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Ft. Hood shooting results in 12 deaths Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff

Dick Chapin, retired U.S. Army, prays for victims of the shooting and their families at the sanctuary of Memorial Baptist Church in Killeen on Thursday. Chapin lost friends in a 1991 massacre at a Killeen Luby’s cafeteria in 1991.

In tragedy, town comes together

By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff KILLEEN — Most of the seats in the sanctuary of Memorial Baptist Church were empty Thursday night after the shooting at nearby Fort Hood left members of the community in shock.

About 40 dedicated members of the 3,400-member church, however, turned out to seek support and pray for the friends and family of the massacre’s victims.

The military had yet to release the names of victims, but members said that in a congregation where 70 percent of members are either active or inactive military, everyone is affected somehow.

“The two questions people asked were why, and where was God in all this?” said Pastor Kenneth Cavey.

Many members of the church faced those questions while awaiting the end of a lockdown on Fort Hood, which lifted sometime after 8 p.m.

Leonard Nuuhiwa, a church deacon and Vietnam veteran, said he could only imagine what was going through the minds of the servicemen going overseas when news like Thursday’s reached them.

“Just to be deployed is one thing — serving in a hostile environment,” he said. “But to come back and have one of your own turn a gun on you?”

Nuuhiwa, 69, said the congregation sees the stress of service at home when military wives meet on a weekly basis throughout their husbands’ deployment.

“When a unit deploys from Fort Hood, it affects the whole community,” he said. “You’re talking thousands of people.”

Fort Hood is the largest military base in the U.S. and has a population of more than 33,000. Just down the road, many of Killeen’s 86,000 residents are family members of active service troops, retired veterans or contractors for the base.

The church and the community provide a support system Nuuhiwa didn’t have when he was deployed to Vietnam as a soldier. But when tragedy happens on the base, the whole community feels it.

Waymon Yon, a 57-year-old Gulf War veteran, teaches classes at Central Texas College in Killeen. The community college, just outside of the army base, was locked down until 5:30 p.m.

“I think anxiety is kind of all around us now,” Yon said. “No matter who’s affected [directly], it affects all of us.”

Bridget Cavey, Kenneth’s wife, said in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, church members found information about the base not just on news sites and television, but also through reaching out to one another on social media networks like Facebook.

She received a stream of chat requests from congregants when she logged onto Facebook on Thursday.

Possible Cap Metro bus fare increase has riders worried Rachel Platis Daily Texan Staff Capital Metro bus riders could experience a fare increase of $0.25 per one-way trip if it’s approved by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.

The organization’s board of directors could vote as early as Monday on a January fare increase proposal that was approved by the Capitol Metro board of directors Wednesday.

If the increase is approved, it

will be the second fare increase in Capital Metro’s history. The last increase was in the fall of last year, said Capital Metro spokeswoman Misty Whited.

The increase from $0.75 to $1 base fare was previously approved by a Local Government Approval Committee in 2008. The increase was originally planned to take effect in August of 2010 but was moved up to January.

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Sean Padilla rides a capital metro bus downtown. Padilla said that while the prices will rise, public transportation will still be more affordable than bigger cities like New York City.

to the decline in sales tax, which is what we get most of our revenue from,” Whited said. “The current economic state means that people are spending less money and we’re earning less.”

The new fare would begin on Jan. 18, 2010 and affect fares for local and express buses, MetroRail, MetroAccess and RideShare services.

Seniors, riders with disabilities and Medicare cardholders will continue to ride for free.

Single-ride bus fare will increase from $0.75 to $1, while the local metro day pass will increase from $1.50 to $2. A local 31-day metro bus pass will increase from $18 to $28.

“The board of directors carefully considered the range of issues and made the prudent decision to increase fares and forego the use of one-time stimulus funds toward operating expenses,” said Doug Allen, the Capital Metro interim president and CEO, in a statement.

The increase is expected to generate $2.3 million for the 2010 fiscal year.

Currently, 10 percent of Capital Metro service is funded by fare revenue. The other 90 per-

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“So many of our women, their husbands are out on the field this week with no access to cell phones,” Cavey said. “Many of them have no idea what’s going on.”

Thursday’s shooting was not the first violent incident to rock the community. In October 1991, a shooter drove his car into a Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen and then opened fire, killing 23 and wounding another 20 before turning the gun on himself.

Church member Dick Chapin, a 72-year-old Vietnam veteran, had several friends killed in the incident. He said Thursday’s 1991 shooting brought back memories of that day.

“It just tends to bring us closer when something like that happens,” he said.

Regina Phinney, manager of donor recruitment at Scott & White Blood Center, said when the medical center asked residents

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By Sean Beherec Daily Texan Staff FORT HOOD — The deadliest attack on a domestic U.S. military base in modern history struck Fort Hood on Thursday as a soon-to-be-deployed Army psychiatrist opened fire on a group of soldiers and civilians, killing 12 and injuring 31.

The shooting began at 1:30 p.m. in the base’s Soldier Readiness Center, an area used for processing soldiers who are returning to and departing from the base. With two non-military-issued pistols, one of them semiautomatic, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot into a crowd of unarmed soldiers who were in line for dental checkups and other necessities, said Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Bob Cone.

Of the 31 people injured, two were civilians working on base.

Cone described the building where most of the shooting occurred as a “very enclosed area” and said more than 100 people were present when the shooting began. He added that there were two smaller buildings adjacent to where the shooter was.

After an undetermined amount of time, Hasan was shot at least four times by a civilian police officer employed by the Army, said Col. Ben Danner, a spokesman for the base.

“It wasn’t a great period of time, otherwise it would have been a lot worse,” Danner said.

Several news outlets initialy reported that the shooter had died, but at an evening news conference, it was announced that he was still alive. Danner said Hasan was hospitalized and in stable condition.

“I would say his death is not imminent,” Danner said.

During the melee, Hasan also shot the police officer who had hit him, who was also initially reported dead. But, at the evening news conference, Cone said she had also survived and was in stable condition.

Cone would not comment on where the shooter and the officer were being held, but he said the shooter was not being treated at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, located on base.

Before the area could be secured, soldiers began treating victims by removing pieces of clothing to dress wounds.

“They did a tremendous job,” Cone said.

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APD chief fires investigative officer

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff With a solemn demeanor, Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo announced Thursday the indefinite suspension of Detective Christopher Dunn, the lead internal affairs investigator of the Nathaniel Sanders II shooting by Officer Leonardo Quintana.

An independent review by KeyPoint Government Solutions found APD’s internal affairs investigation to be biased. Their ruling was partially based on emails sent by Dunn on May 13, which attempted to justify the shooting.

“Integrity is the cornerstone of the law enforcement profession and when your integrity is in a position of trust — police are in a position of trust. Internal Affairs is in a position of greater trust — when you violate that oath of an officer, you can become damaged goods,” Acevedo said.

The investigation was spawned after it became known that Quintana did not activate his on-dash camera and had shot 18-year-old Sanders in the back of the head.

According to the report, the email Dunn sent on May 13 to Detective Christian Harkin advised the retrieval of Sanders’ probation records to find any infringement of Sanders’ probationary statues that night.

“We can make him/them a causation of the entire event,”

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Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo announces the firing of Det. Christopher Dunn at a press conference on Thursday.

Dunn said in the e-mail. “Guezz I am so smart I scare myself.”

KeyPoint‘s report said Dunn sought to manufacture a rationale for the shootings and that his “conduct [was] clearly designed to exonerate the officers’ actions at the expense of the suspects.”

Wayne Vincent, Austin Police Association president, said in some situations officers may simply forget to turn on their cameras, and even though this is not an excuse, it is a reason explaining Quintana’s actions. He said Dunn should have only been suspended for a few days for show-

ing bias in his investigation.

“We are very shocked that [Dunn] got that kind of punishment, and we feel it’s extremely severe,” Vincent said. “We can understand some punishment for the e-mail Detective Dunn sent, but to fire him is, in our view, more of a punishment — it’s making him a scapegoat for all the criticism Internal Affairs has had.”

According to the KeyPoint report, Quintana stopped a Mercedes station-wagon on the morning of May 11 that had been

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From page 1 The other shooting victims are being treated throughout the state, including at Seton Medical Center Williamson in Round Rock.

Three people were detained for questioning following the shooting and were subsequently released, Cone said. He added that they were not involved in the actual shooting and that Hasan was the only gunman.

The base remains open but under “heightened” security, Cone said. The FBI was called in to investigate the shootings, and the area has been closed off indefinitely.

“We’ll bring in the expertise necessary to properly investigate this case,” Cone said.

Cone said Thursday afternoons are a “make-up time” at the facility, and the injured soldiers had been brought in from several units on base to catch up on processing. The number one priority on the base is to take care

From page 1 for help, the response was overwhelming.

“I’ve been doing interviews all night, and as soon as we put the word out, we had a line of people out the door within 30 minutes,” Phinney said. “We had a wonderful response, but we still need people to come out and donate.”

Although the hospital was covered Thursday night, she urged UT students in particular to come and donate during the upcoming week.

Until area hospitals ask for more community support, the congregation waits for new information from the base and prays.

“You just pray for strength and encouragement for all the family and friends of those killed and injured,” said member Dick Chapin.

— Additional reporting by Lena Price

linked to a series of robberies and shootings over the previous two days. After detaining the driver of the vehicle, Quintana, with the help of Officers Mohammad Siddiqui and John Alexander Hitzelberg, attempted to wake Sanders, who was asleep in the back seat of the vehicle.

Quintana said in a statement that he found a gun in Sanders’ waist-

band, and as soon as he awoke, Sanders began to remove it. Three witness testimonies, however, claim Sanders raised his hands immediately after being awoken.

Quintana retreated from the vehicle and fired three rounds, the third of which struck Sanders in the back of the head, killing him.

Hitzelberg pulled Sanders’ body out of the car and discovered a handgun on the seat where Sanders had been sitting. DNA swabs

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Leonard Nuuhiwa, Milton Cruz, Phil Moore and Waymon Yon talk after the memorial service at the Memorial Baptist Church sanctuary Thursday evening. of the remaining casualties, Cone said, for which the base is receiving assistance.

“It is truly overwhelming, the offers of support,” Cone said.

Friday will be recognized as a day of mourning on the base,

and physical training will not be held, but schools on base will still be in session.

“This has been a tragic incident, and our hearts and prayers go out to those who’ve been impacted here today,” Cone said.

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of the gun were consistent with Sanders’ story and not with those of the other witnesses.

“The public cannot trust the results of [the internal] investigation,” said Adam Loewy, attorney representing the Sanders family. “[Dunn’s termination] reaffirms our position that [APD is] doing whatever it takes to protect officer Quintana.”

KeyPoint’s report said Internal Affairs investigators asked slanted questions, ignored negative character evidence about Quintana, focused on negative character allegations about suspects, did not adequately explore Quintana’s use of force and did not recognize the inconsistencies between Quintana’s statements and those of eyewitnesses.

Acevedo said the internal affairs unit will be restructured by switching all current detectives to sergeant, assigning a second lieutenant and assigning a new commander.

“We cannot, and I hope the public understands, [the new command] will not paint that entire unit with a wide brush, because the actions of one person should not call into question the integrity of the entire unit,” Acevedo said.

“The commander and all the other employees in there are dedicated employees that seek out the truth everyday.”

The three-day suspension of Siddiqui, the 15-day suspension of Quintana and the indefinite suspension of Dunn have raised questions for some about Acevedo’s judgement. “[Acevedo] can change the department all night, but the real issue is, when are you going to hold your officer accountable?” said Nelson Linder, Austin NAACP president. “He should have fired Quintana for excessive force based on the independent KeyPoint investigation and fired Dunn as well. They both should have been terminated.”

cent is subsidized by sales tax, Whited said.

“We’re trying to bring our fare revenue up to the standards of the rest of the country,” Whited said. “We have one of the lowest fares and recovery rates across the state and the nation.”

Capital Metro held several public meetings in October, where many options were discussed, such as charging the elderly and disabled a small bus fare.

“Generally speaking, no one really likes a fare increase, but what we’ve heard is that customers would rather pay a little more than have their services cut,” Whited said.

Byron Harmon has lived in Austin since 1975 and has been using the bus service since he got here, he said. He takes the bus almost every day.

“Increasing the fare may be a little bit hard for people to handle,” Harmon said. “I’d rather they leave it like it is.”

Jorge Gomez moved to the U.S. from Mexico 10 months ago and works on campus as a

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Report forecasts optimistic future for US economy

By Tim Paradis The Associated Press NEW YORK — A drop in unemployment claims and an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. gave investors a jolt of confidence a day before a key government report on jobs.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 200 points Thursday to its first close above 10,000 in two weeks, while the Nasdaq composite index led major indexes with a gain of 2.4 percent after Cisco, the maker of computer-networking gear, predicted its revenue would grow.

The Labor Department said the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to 512,000 last week, the lowest level since January and fewer than economists had forecast. Initial claims are considered a gauge of the pace of layoffs.

The report unleashed a wave of optimism about the government's monthly report on employment Friday, which will shape trading because of the ties

between joblessness and consumer spending. Economists say spending must increase for the economy to mount a sustained recovery. Analysts project that the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in October.

The biggest jump in productivity in six years drove hopes that lower costs will boost corporate profits. The report also illustrated, though, that many employers remain reluctant to hire.

The government said the amount of output per hour worked rose 9.5 percent in the July-September quarter.

Meanwhile, retailers posted sales gains for the second straight month in October after watching business slide for more than a year. The retail industry posted a 2.1 percent sales gain for October, according to an International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs tally.

Investors are looking for any signs that consumers will spend more as the holiday shopping season approaches.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as jumping numbers boost confidence.

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Plainclothes police officers lead handcuffed and hooded Yevgenia Khasis, one of two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist through a court in Moscow.

Double-homicide arrests made

By Lynn Berry The Associated Press MOSCOW — Russian investigators announced Thursday the arrests of two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist who were shot in central Moscow in January.

Investigators identified the suspects as a man and woman in their 20s but gave no details about their motives or suspected roles in the killings of Stanislav Markelov or Anastasia Baburova.

In briefing President Dmitry Medvedev on the arrests, the director of Russia's security services suggested the suspects were extreme nationalists. He said they belonged to an armed group that was implicated in a recent killing motivated by ethnic hatred.

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Markelov, 34, a prominent lawyer whose work had angered nationalists, and Baburova, 25, a journalist walking with him, were shot after leaving a news conference on Jan. 19 in a brazen daytime attack by a lone gunman wearing a stocking-style mask.

Russia has seen a string of contract-style killings of human rights workers and journalists in recent years. Few of the killings are ever solved. In the rare case that people suspected of taking part in a killing are brought to trial, the mastermind is rarely identified.

Prosecutors won court approval Thursday to hold the two suspects for further investigation.

The suspects — Yevgenia Khasis, 25, and Nikita Tikhonov, 29 —

appeared in court wearing black stockings over their faces.

Alexander Bortnikov, Federal Security Services Director, told the president in a televised briefing that the decision to arrest the pair was made Tuesday and that the killer had confessed to the crime. Bortnikov did not specify which suspect he was referring to.

However, the spokesman for federal prosecutors, Vladimir Markin, said investigators were still firming up the evidence against the suspects, who would undergo psychiatric examinations.

The wide array of cases handled by Markelov has provided ample room for speculation on a motive for his killing.

He angered radical national-

ists, who had threatened him and cheered his killing in Internet chatter after his death, but he also made enemies through his work fighting for victims of rights abuses in Chechnya.

Around the time of his death Markelov was representing the family of a Chechen teenager killed in 2000 by a Russian officer, Col. Yuri Budanov, who had won early release from prison. Markelov was working to put Budanov back behind bars. The officer had become a hero to nationalists during his trial.

He had worked with renowned journalist Anna Politkovskaya. who wrote extensively about abuses in Chechnya. She was gunned down in Moscow in 2006 in a similar killing.

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Acevedo’s error

At 5 a.m. on May 11, Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana approached a Mercedes-Benz station wagon parked at an East Austin apartment complex.

The station wagon had been linked to robberies in the area, and a couple of days earlier, residents had complained about shots fired from a similar station wagon.

Quintana apprehended the driver of the vehicle without any struggle and placed him in his patrol car as two other officers, John Alexander Hitzelberg and Mohammad Siddiqui, arrived on the scene.

Quintana returned to the station wagon and found 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders dozing in the back seat. The officer shook Sanders’ shoulder, prodded his face and nudged his chest, rousing him from his sleep. When Sanders woke up, he reached for a handgun hidden in his waistband. The two struggled. Quintana retreated and fired one, two, three shots. One hit Sanders in the back of the head, killing him.

The other sleeping passenger, Sir Lawrence Smith, was abruptly awoken by the gunfire. As he exited the passenger’s seat of the car, running, he was shot in the stomach by Quintana.

That’s the official narrative, according to an Austin Police Department YouTube video recounting the shooting.

The problem? Quintana never activated his on-dash camera. Neither did his back-up officer, Siddiqui. The only activated camera was in Hitzelberg’s patrol car, which was pointed away from the scene. Hitzelberg’s camera recorded audio of the incident, but the only video it captured was Smith running out of the car and Quintana’s subsequent shots.

Quintana killed one suspect and severely wounded another, but there’s no video evidence to corroborate the officers’ recollection of events, and Quintana received minimal punishment for failing to provide that evidence.

Legitimate questions about appropriate use of force were raised, most notably

by Sanders’ family, who filed a lawsuit against Quintana and the city of Austin.

Though a Travis County grand jury did not indict Quintana, community members, activists and the Sanders family protested the decision.

For its part, APD relied on an internal affairs investigation to determine if the use of force was warranted. An independent review by KeyPoint Government Solutions later found that the internal affairs investigation was biased in favor of the police department “in a way which undermine[d] the credibility of its investigation.” It then became public that one of the internal investigators, Det. Chris Dunn, had sent out an e-mail regarding the shooting that read, “We can make [them] a causation of the entire event. I am so smart I scare myself. Thoughts?”

Police Chief Art Acevedo declared Wednesday at Quintana’s sentencing that the officer’s use of force was “reasonable,” though he said he would not have handled the situation in the same way.

It’s impossible to say if the officers intentionally left their cameras off. Perhaps they were too distracted to turn them on, or perhaps they felt it would be to their advantage to leave them off — or, in Hitzelberg’s case, positioned away from the officers. While we cannot determine the officers’ intentions, we do know that their actions have severely complicated and hindered an investigation into their use of force.

Acevedo should have responded by adequately punishing the officers to show that he understands the gravity of the situation and cares if his officers use a level of force appropriate in response to the threat.

Instead, he let the two officers off with light sentences: Quintana was suspended for 15 days, without pay, and Siddiqui was suspended for three days. Further demonstrating his nonchalance toward the shootings, Acevedo instituted a new camera policy that will do absolutely nothing to curb future incidents. Officers who unintentionally do not turn on their cameras will be suspended for one to three days. If officers leave their cameras off intentionally, they will be suspended for 15 days for the first offense and after the second offense will be fired. If officers intentionally do not turn on their cameras in a “critical situation,” they will be fired.

There’s no way to make a judgment about the officer’s intention, and Acevedo knows this. Every case will be treated as an “unintentional” offense. What officer would testify otherwise?

Acevedo’s reaction to the shootings shows that he isn’t taking this situation seriously, and that, unquestionably, is a problem.

— Lauren Winchester for the editorial board

Moving to zero waste

By Rebecca Counts Daily Texan Columnist I remember the first time I used one of those new forks to attack my Jester eggs.

The 100-percent biodegradable forks are made of some sort of biomass mash, according to the signs placed around the cafeteria that remind me not to worry about their environmental impact as I throw them away.

These forks, along with the spoons, knives, plates and bowls that debuted on campus sometime last year are part of a growing trend The New York Times called the “zero-waste philosophy.” Other steps some cities and organizations are taking include collecting organic waste curbside in residential areas for composting and requiring residents to recycle just about anything that can be.

The impetus for such movements is easy to find — landfills are smelly, expensive and contribute to global warming, and perhaps more importantly, we’re running out of places to put them.

The New York Times lists fellow progressive cities Seattle and San Francisco as the forerunners of this movement. Missing from any mention in the article is Austin, and with good reason. The city government’s “Austin Zero Waste” page lists a lot of lofty goals and links to letters of support, but the heading “City Resolutions and Ordinances” is notably empty.

It’s time for Austin to move forward with these plans to reduce waste. Not only will we regain some of our progressive street cred, but a rapidly growing area like Central Texas has even less space for landfills. Corporations have begun to demonstrate that such policies can even save organizations money, which should help the

city get some of the major industrial polluters on board to implement waste-reduction policies. High-tech companies like Hewlett-Packard, Xerox and Epson have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars while reducing waste, according to the Zero Waste Alliance.

The city needs to get started soon. Many of the steps listed in the draft recommendations for the Austin Zero Waste Plan (found on the city’s Web site) will require years to implement or are only first steps. For example, the plan includes “investigat[ing] and develop[ing] needed legal authority to require businesses and institutions in Texas to recycle food scraps,” a laudable step in the process that should be started now if it is to make any progress toward reducing waste in the next decade.

As the city gets its act together, there are steps we as individuals can take to reduce our landfill contributions. The Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent figures estimate that we each create 4.6 pounds of trash per day, and more than half of that ends up in landfills or is incinerated. (While burning trash avoids the landfill space problem, it still contributes to greenhouse gas levels and can release toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment.) None of this is rocket science — most of the “handy tips to reduce waste” that you’ll find can be summed up through a simple commandment: Consider the packaging. As in, think about all the bottles, boxes and bags you go through in a simple trip to H-E-B. One application of this rule is that kegs are the superior option, at least when compared to buying a comparable quantity of Natty Light in cans.

Counts is a Plan II and history senior.

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Self-regulation worth gossiping about nue would be lost should parental groups like the Parents Television Council choose to boycott the show or

By Dave Player network. Television viewers, like any other group of conDaily Texan Columnist sumers, can be counted on to financially support a good product just as they can be sure to let an inferior product Love is a battlefield, and so is TV. The latest skir- fail. Market self-regulation among broadcasters can be remish features the CW network’s hit show “Gossip Girl” lied on to protect the public interest just as adequately as against the Parents Television Council, a conservative any government entity, like the FCC, and can do so withmedia watchdog. The council has objected to an episode out taking a subjective big brother approach to what is scheduled to air Monday that reportedly includes a sex- deemed appropriate. ual threesome featuring key characters in the series. The In the networks’ response to the council, a spokescouncil has argued that the show’s promotion of this par- man argued that the show is targeted at adult audiencticular scene amounts to little more than cheap smut that es. As evidence, the network points out a median viewerhas no business on mainstream television. ship of 27 years old and a weekly time slot of 9 p.m. EST. Part of the controversy over the scene The same study shows that 88 percent stems from the nature of the show itof the show’s viewers are over the age self. “Gossip Girl” is a teen drama set of 18. The fact that the target demoin a prestigious private school in New graphic for a teen soap opera is womYork’s Upper East side. The show inien in their late 20s provokes as many tially focused on the anonymous “gosquestions about the audience as it does Using sex as a sip girl,” a blogger who commented about the content of the show. selling device on the school’s social dealings but reMost of the characters in the show, is a common mained veiled to the rest of the characat least in the introductory seasons, ters (juicycampus.com, anyone?). Much are high school students. While the acadvertising tactic, like other teen soap operas such as tors themselves are not legally underbut the promoters “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “The O.C.,” age, the characters they are portray“Gossip Girl” revolves around the roing would be. With the show entering of ‘Gossip Girl’ mantic endeavors of high school drama its third season, the characters are now have taken queens as they vie for social supremamostly 18 years or older, but the concy — in this case, against the backtent and subject matter has remained an extremely drop of upper-crust New York City life. mostly the same as previous seasons. brazen approach The themes and conflicts are similar to As much as “Gossip Girl” is a drafor a show on the teenage angst played out in high ma, there is no question the show’s schools across the heartland, except in producers are trying to sell sex. Promainstream this case the queen bees are competing motional ads for the show have featelevision about to be the future Mrs. Bernie Madoff. tured semi-clad characters lying in In their letter to the CW, the counbed with captions like “Mind-Blowteenage students. cil outlines its problem with the yet-toingly Inappropriate” and “Every Parair episode, namely the corrosive effect ent’s Nightmare.” Using sex as a sellthat television can have on the morals ing device is a common advertisof American youths. They argue that ing tactic, but the promoters of “Gospainting sexual promiscuity in such sip Girl” have taken an extremely braglamorous light encourages teenagers to recklessly en- zen approach for a show on mainstream television about gage in this type of behavior and leads to peer pressure. teenage students.

The same letter also warns of possible Federal CommuIn its letter, the Parents Television Council tries to arnications Commission fines should the program violate gue that its opposition to the episode doesn’t arise out of federal decency laws. prudishness but rather its concern for the social implicaAside from the FCC reference, the council’s letter ex- tions associated with promiscuous sex. The letter cites isemplifies the best type of censorship — indeed, the only sues such as teen pregnancy and other activities that are justifiable variety. The council has asked the CW to self- “emotionally and physiologically damaging to particiregulate and pull the offensive content of its own accord. pants.” Yet the show’s target audience is not at-risk teens This type of free-market censorship allows networks to but rather adults who presumably are fully knowledgemake the call themselves as to what type of content is able as to any risks associated with sexual activity. considered offensive or tasteful.

Adult viewers obsessing over the sexual adventures of As with any other capitalistic entity, a television net- teens seems almost voyeuristic. When it’s real, it’s a social work can view a broadcast in terms of a cost-benefit anal- issue. When it’s fake, it’s entertaining. ysis, analyzing how much additional revenue a racy epPlayer is a Plan II junior. isode would generate versus how much existing reve-

THE FIRING LINE UT and the private option In Wednesday’s “UT and the public option,” Joshua Avelar incorrectly asserts that by “not attending a public university … [you] would have kept your hard-earned money … in the free, private market away from those troublesome government bureaucrats.”

This could not be further from the truth. After all, we are required by the state and federal governments to subsidize public education through taxes (e.g., state sales and property tax, federal income tax). If I choose to attend a private university, my tax dollars are not returned.

Avelar comments that competition does work. However, establishing

public institutions does not increase competition. Government institutions are inherently inefficient. Therefore, by diverting scarce resources in education away from the private sector and into the public sector, the government reduces the overall quality of education.

As a practical example, let us consider UT and Rice University, which have student populations of 50,000 and 6,600 and faculty populations of 2,500 and 1,007 whose average salaries are $110,800 and $129,100 per year, respectively.

Although UT spends twice as much as Rice on faculty, the studentto-faculty ratio at Rice is one-third that of UT’s. If Rice were to triple its student-to-faculty ratio by reducing the number of faculty, it would spend less than one-sixth of what UT spends on faculty.

Although forcing taxpayers in Texas and across the nation to subsidize our education is beneficial to us, it is hardly fair. Too often, the true costs associated with government programs are obscured by the nature in which they are paid for.

According to Avelar, “students here at UT can thank the state government for erecting an establishment that made it possible for them to go to college.” Rather, students should thank the state and federal governments for making it financially unfeasible to attend a private college.

After all, if we are already forced to pay for our own education through taxes, who in their right mind would opt into paying for another at a private institution?

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Dewhurst speaks to students about state’s alternative fuels

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A man reads in Red Bud Isle Park Thursday afternoon. City Council voted on a proposition Thursday concerning the discharge of wastewater by Leander and Granite Shoals into the Highland Lakes.

Austin defies neighbors on wastewater disposal

By Nihas Wagal Daily Texan Staff Austin will be facing off against the cities of Leander and Granite Shoals on Nov. 18 when the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will decide whether or not to allow the discharge of wastewater into the Highland Lakes.

A 1986 ruling by the commission prohibited the discharge of treated wastewater effluents into the Highland Lakes, including Lakes Travis and Austin. But the rising cost of disposing wastewater and improved technology have led Leander and Granite Shoals to petition for a change in the initial ruling.

“In 1986, the technology was a lot different. Now with technology, the level of effluents are of the same or better quality than the current quality of water in Lake Travis,” said Wayne Watts, city engineer for Leander.

Leander and Granite Shoals would be allowed to deposit treated wastewater into the Highland Lakes if the ruling were lifted.

“We feel that disposing of treated wastewater is a cost issue, and, out of concern for our taxpayers, we think this is a very efficient and cost-effective solution,” said Watts.

Though the discharge of wastewaster into the Highland Lakes might be a cost-effective solution for the cities of Leander and Granite Shoals, an added cost may fall onto the city of Austin.

In a resolution regarding the proposed changes, Austin City Council claimed that the added pollutants will increase the cost of treating drinking water, there will be a reduction in aquatic life habitats and there could be an adverse impact on the regional economy.

There are other alternatives for discharging treated wastewater,

but they depend on location.

“Another alternative that is presently used is land-applying the discharge via irrigation. This method is site-specific and can be just as expensive as building a water treatment plant,” said Charles Maguire, director of the Water Quality Division of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

All forms of discharge have to meet stringent rules set by the commission. Unless they pass all permit requirements, no discharges are allowed into the lakes.

The city of Leander has conducted its own tests, which haven’t been released to the public yet.

“This isn’t sewage or partially treated wastewater,” Watts said.

“This is high-quality effluent that is going into Lake Travis, which is where our water intake is, and we don’t want to do anything to pollute our own waters.”

By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Sheffield Room bubbled Thursday afternoon with chatter in German, Polish, Finnish and English. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst just stuck with English. Texan, to be exact.

“Texas doesn’t actually exist,” Dewhurst said. “It’s a state of mind. I guess what I’m saying is that we Texans take a lot of pride in being from Texas.”

Dewhurst spoke to a crowd of about 40 visiting masters students as part of the annual Information Technology and Energy Law judicial luncheon at the Law School.

The students are part of the Executive Master of European and International Business Law Program at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, which partners with UT annually for a weeklong session.

Dewhurst focused his talk on state energy initiatives and the progressive move toward alternative fuels.

“I think, in Texas, all of us want to see economic fuels that are environmentally friendly, and that over time, we wean ourselves away from the dependence of foreign oil,” he said.

“We are constantly looking for ways to increase energy efficiency without necessarily increasing generation.”

Dewhurst said business-friendly decisions in the state’s past leadership are the reason for Texas’ successful economic standing.

He said it is important for governments to work with private industries and to give incentives to private companies for developing renewable energy sources.

“As we try to harness wind and solar [power], which are both inexhaustible and environmentally friendly, the challenge, obviously, is attractive prices to push industry and push development,” Dewhurst said.

He said the University’s law school will play an important role as a premier institution for

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst speaks at a Law School Luncheon about the importance of being well versed in the economics of energy.

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environmental law.

The University of St. Gallen’s masters program takes students for weeklong intensive sessions at nine different higher-education institutions around the world over a period of 18 months. Each institution focuses on teaching specific modules, ranging from international taxation to competition law, and locations range from Shanghai, China to Vaduz, Liechtenstein. UT is joined by Harvard and New York University as the only U.S. stops.

“UT is one of the top universities in the U.S., and everyone in Europe knows about its reputation,” said Felipe Pérez Pose, a research associate in St. Gallen’s masters program. “We’re very proud to cooperate with the University, especially because UT law school is one of the leaders in energy and high-tech law. Energy isn’t just the field of the future — it’s the field of the present.”

The students are all full-time professionals in various fields.

The median age of the program participants is 34 years old.

After each weeklong module, the students return to their respective jobs for about five weeks before the next session. While St. Gallen teaches in only German and English, the students come from a plethora of European countries.

Bartholomäus Rogowski works for Deutsche Bundesbank, which is the German equivalent of the U.S. Federal Reserve. He said he plans to stay in Austin a few more days to enjoy the city.

“After my exams on Friday, I’m going to the AC/DC concert,” Rogowski said. “And on Saturday, to the Longhorns’ game. It’s fantastic. A stadium of 80,000 people. I want to see that.”

Rogowski soon found out the stadium’s capacity was more than 100,000 people.

“Even better,” he said.

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By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff The Texas freight train that easily plowed through opponents all season long came to a screeching halt Wednesday night with a loss in Ames, Iowa.

But Destinee Hooker isn’t panicking, and neither should you.

More than one year after their last regular-season loss, the Longhorns experienced the sour taste of defeat in a five-set heavyweight bout between top-10 teams. Sure, the undefeated season has been thrown out the window, but call it a blessing.

First off, in college volleyball, a loss means about as much as an optional homework assignment.

Just as in college basketball, the championship tournament format doesn’t care about a measly regular-season loss. College football is the only sport in which a loss can damn a team for all eternity. Landing a top seed and winning the national championship are what Head Coach Jerritt Elliott cares about, and so should you.

“Sure, we’d love to have an undefeated season, and it’d be a lot of fun, but we try not to think about

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A&M (13-5-2) WHERE: San Antonio WHEN: 8 p.m.

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Women’S SWimming and diVing

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Destinee Hooker and the Longhorns celebrate a point in their win against Nebraska last Friday. Texas will attempt to start a new winning streak after they suffered their first loss of the season Wednesday at Iowa State.

TODAY: Texas (3-0) vs. Texas A&M (1-0) WHERE: Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center WHEN: 6 p.m.

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WOmEN’S SWImmING aND DIvING

Rivalry goes deeper than football

By Tara Dreyer Daily Texan Staff This year, there is more pressure than ever on the team to accumulate points and beat the Aggies, who come to Austin to take on the Longhorns as a part of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown.

In August, head coach Kim Brackin and volleyball head coach Jerritt Elliott thought of an idea in which all of Texas’ women’s sports teams could feel a sense of togetherness as the one big team which is UT. “We want a sense of oneness among all of our sports,” said Brackin. “It drives home the sense of family we already have at Texas.”

The State Farm Lone Star Showdown will pave the way to realize this idea. At today’s meet, the Longhorns will be wearing T-shirts that feature the showdown trophy on the front and a schedule on the back.

The team members competing in the showdown wear the shirts that day, record their wins and losses on them and pass the shirts on to the next team on the schedule.

“All of us take pride in trying to win that title back. It should be a meaningful thing if, after the match, you write down whether

Erik Reyna | Daily Texan file photo

Sophomore Katie Riefenstahl tries to outlast the competition in freestyle during last week’s meet against Indiana. you earned that crucial point or half-point,” Brackin said.

Brackin knows that her team’s point is not guaranteed.

Both Texas A&M and Texas have two of the best teams in the nation. When asked earlier in the season who she felt was going to be Texas’ biggest competition in the Big 12 and NCAA, Brackin said, “A&M in both regards. They have what I consider to be probably their best team. They are hungry to earn back the title.”

Even though it’s early in the season and things don’t heat up in swimming until the Big

12 and NCAA championships, the team always tries to perform their best.

“The time of the season doesn’t really matter,” Brackin said. “What matters is that it is A&M, and it’s our big rival. You know we put a big emphasis this year on [the State Farm] Lone Star Showdown. We’re racing for the pride of our team and for the pride of the University.”

The two teams met earlier this season in the Big 12 relays, where A&M won the event with 109 points and

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Loss puts Ellis in consolation bracket By alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns’ impressive three-month individual fall tournament season finally comes to a close this weekend as the team will split up and begin play this weekend on opposite coasts.

Texas is represented by freshman phenomenon Aeriel Ellis at the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in New Haven, Conn., while the rest of the team begins play today at the Duals in the Desert in Palm Springs, Calif.

Tournament play began Thursday for Ellis as she faced Kris-

ti Boxx of Mississippi in the first round of women’s singles matches. She is one of 32 players competing in the tournament’s singles draw. Despite falling to Boxx in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-3, Ellis will have a chance to bounce back from her loss in today’s mandatory consolation draw.

Ellis sealed her bid to the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships with a remarkable run at the ITA Texas Regional Championships in late October. Her solid play led her to the finals of the main singles draw, which she won in straight sets. As the team’s newest addition, Ellis already holds a

stellar 15-8 singles record.

Meanwhile, the remainder of the team is on the West Coast facing some of the nation’s top collegiate programs at the Duals in the Desert, played at the Moore Tennis Academy. Both singles and doubles draws full of some of the nation’s best players make up the tournament.

Following this weekend, the Longhorns enjoy a two-month break between their fall and spring seasons. The team will resume play mid-January at the Georgia Invitational in Athens, Ga., and will face Rice in its first regular season match Jan. 23.

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Longhorns seek revenge at Big 12 Championships

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff It looks like the Longhorns have been granted a second chance by the soccer gods. It was just a week ago tonight that the Texas soccer team lost to Texas A&M 4-0 in College Station in their regular season finale.

But tonight at 8 p.m. at Blossom Soccer Stadium in San Antonio, the Longhorns will have another go at the Aggies in the Big 12 Championship semifinals.

This picture looks familiar to the upperclassmen. In 2007, A&M beat Texas in the regular season, but then the Longhorns came out with a victory over the Aggies in the conference tournament finals and became national champions.

“This game brings me back to memories of my freshman year,” said junior Erica Campanelli. “In the regular season, we didn’t have a good game against [A&M], but in the Big 12 Championships, we played them in the championship game as opposed to the semifinals. And we won the Big 12 Championships that year.”

Despite Texas’ poor performance last week, Campanelli says that her team will come out attacking tonight.

“More than anything, we want to win this game so bad,” she said. “We know our season is approaching its end, and we’re going to do everything we can to see ourselves in the championships on Sunday.”

Campanelli has been the backbone of the Texas defense all season and is one of four Longhorns to have started in every match.

She is also the lone player on the squad to play in all 1,897 minutes of action this season.

In order to have a positive outcome in tonight’s match, Campanelli explained that head coach Chris Petrucelli changed some of the team’s tactics after the whole

team watched footage of last week’s game against the Aggies.

“They were able to exploit us a lot last week,” Campanelli said.

“We weren’t able to win as many 50/50 balls in the air as we would have liked. They had most of the possession and were constantly attacking. We need to make sure we get the ball at our feet a lot more and are more composed and don’t let the game get hectic.”

The Longhorns put out a full throttle effort Wednesday in their double-overtime 1-0 win over Colorado. Campanelli said that if the team can connect passes and play like they did against the Buffaloes, there’s a good chance the Longhorns could come out on top.

“Against Colorado we fought as hard as we possibly could fight for 107 minutes,” she said. “Anytime you go out and give that kind of effort, good things can happen.”

The Longhorns have remained in San Antonio, resting up for tonight’s win-or-go-home match.

“We’ve hit the ice baths a lot and made sure every single person is hydrated,” Campanelli said. “We’ve done everything you can do from a nutrition standpoint and from a resting standpoint. Off the field, we are definitely focusing on everything we could possibly focus on, and we hope it will give us the best advantage.”

The Longhorns have been practicing daily while in San Antonio as well, prepping for all the obstacles the Aggies will throw their way.

“You can always expect that A&M is going to play hard,” Campanelli said. “It’s a huge rivalry, and they’re going to give everything they’ve got. You can expect they’re going to pass the ball, and you can expect that they’ll have a lot of speed. But I think those are things we’re ready for.”

Kutrovsky advances, Corrie falls in New Haven

Rachel Taylor | Daily Texan file photo

Dimitar Kutrovsky prepares to hit a backhand in last week’s Texas Invitational, where he claimed both the singles and doubles titles.

Two Longhorns fared differently Thursday at the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in New Haven, Conn.

Senior Dimitar Kutrovsky advanced to the second round of the tournament by defeating Georgia’s Javier Garrapiz 6-3, 7-6.

Also representing Texas was junior Ed Corrie, who clinched his spot in the tournament by winning the singles draw at the ITA Texas Regional Championships last week.

Corrie fell in the opening round to Wisconsin’s Moritz Baumann 6-0, 7-6.

Kutrovsky earned his way into the national tournament as a wild card and will continue play today.

— Dan Hurwitz

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Junior Erica Campanelli uses a header to clear the ball during the Longhorns’ match against Nebraska in October.

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SPorTS brieFly cowboys’ Williams dissatisfied with quarterback’s decisions IRVING — While his lower-paid teammate breaks records, Cowboys receiver Roy Williams sounds like a broken record.

The player who cost Dallas three draft picks and a $45 million contract extension has offered the same refrain for weeks now.

He’s frustrated. He can’t get on the same page with Tony Romo, and doesn’t know why. He’s much happier simply winning in sunny Dallas than he was losing in snowy Detroit.

Williams skipped to a slightly different tune this week by saying he still considers himself the No. 1 receiver despite mounting evidence to the contrary. He said “things are just going No. 2’s way,” referring to Miles Austin.

The less-celebrated Austin has more yards and touchdowns in the past three games than Williams has in his first 16 with the Cowboys. Austin set an NFL record with 482 yards in his first three starts, while Williams has 447 yards for the equivalent of a full season in Dallas.

The former University of Texas standout found himself backpedaling Thursday, a day after suggesting Romo’s throws are accurate to Austin and all over the place to him.

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips made a similar observation Monday, but the reaction to Williams saying it raised the specter of Terrell Owens. Dallas dumped Owens and his demanding demeanor during the offseason after widespread reports of locker-room disharmony last year.

“I didn’t complain that I didn’t get the ball,” Williams said. “All I said was that, when it comes to me, it’s not there. I’m not saying it can’t be fixed, because that’s what we do every day.

“I’m not a T.O., or I’m not trying to be a T.O.” Austin’s big chance came in part because of one of those errant Romo-to-Williams throws. Reaching to try to catch a high throw against Denver, Williams took a hard shot to his ribs. The damage forced him to miss the game at Kansas City a week later, when Austin started and set a franchise record with 250 yards and scored twice. Austin has five TDs in three games.

Williams, meanwhile, has just three touchdowns in a year with Romo. He has 33 catches, not even close to his lowest total in four full seasons with Detroit.

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new streak, beat previous record From page 7 it too much,” Elliott said earlier in the season. “We just take things one match at a time.”

The championship is what this Texas team wants, and the loss doesn’t hurt its chances in the least.

Believe it or not, losing actually improved Texas’ odds. Of the 28 NCAA volleyball national champions, only four had perfect seasons.

That means one in seven teams was undefeated, and six of seven knew what it felt like to lose.

Texas had played so well for so long that it had grown too comfortable in its position. Heading into Ames, the Horns weren’t just 18-0 in their matches; they also had a ridiculous record of 54-5 in sets.

Senior setter Ashley Engle said it best when she described the last

time Texas was bested in the regular season.

“It’s definitely not a good feeling,” Engle said. “But it’s one game, and if this defines our entire season, then we’re not the team I thought we were.”

This year’s team has played with tremendous poise and confidence. With seasoned veterans leading the way and underclassmen who aren’t easily rattled, Texas won’t change its season goal because of one loss.

“This team is pretty special,” said junior outside hitter Juliann Faucette. “We have a lot of talent, but at the same time, we also have a lot of experience with our seniors and a couple of juniors who have been to last year’s Final Four. It’s a different team than ones I’ve been on before because we’re such a tight unit.”

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Fall season wraps up at Hooch

By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff When the Head of the Hooch started back in 1980, only a mere 300 rowers competed at its original location in Roswell, Ga. Today, it’s a completely different story.

Now at Ross’s Landing Park in Chattanooga, Tenn., the 5,000-meter headrace on the Tennessee River hosts more than 5,000 rowers and up to 10,000 spectators every first weekend in November.

And for the Texas rowing team, this weekend will be full of challenges as it wraps up the fall season in the second-largest headrace in the southeast and second-largest regatta in the country.

The Longhorns are going into Chattanooga with a successful fall season so far, but head coach Carie Graves wants to see more resilience in battling fatigue.

“The varsity has been training hard as they move toward the last race of the season,” Graves said. “We have some good depth but would like to see better towing when the team is tired. When the wall pushes, they have to

The Texas rowers attempt to beat out their opponents in the Head of the Colorado on Lady Bird Lake.

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push back constructively with speed, not just power.”

The Longhorns notched three victories last weekend at the 25th annual Head of the Colorado regatta on Lady Bird Lake in the open eight, first novice eight and second novice eight races.

“The novices did a great job in their first-ever race down Lady Bird Lake,” Graves said. “They

show tremendous promise, and their squad has a great deal of depth.”

Texas needs all of its boats this weekend in going up against more than 1,400 registered boats from 25 states and four countries.

Texas has shown that resilience and success Graves wants to see so far this season. Along with their three victories at the Head of the Colorado, they

grabbed the top two places in the collegiate eight while notching a first-place finish in the collegiate four.

Last season, the Horns finished the first day with a fourthplace finish in the championship eight-member boat and sixth in the championship four-member.

The Head of the Hooch kicks off at 8 a.m. for the Longhorns and lasts all day.

Swimming: Texas hopes to repeat

last year’s win against Texas A&M From page 7 Texas finished second with 103.

Last season, Texas took 11 of 16 events against A&M and beat them 169-131. It was the Horns first regular-season win against A&M in three years.

This meet will feature four Olympians who swam in Beijing and represented four different countries. Among them are Texas sophomore Kathleen Hersey, whom collegeswimming.com selected as its NCAA Division I Women’s Swimmer of the Week after winning four individual events at last weekend’s meet in Indiana, Texas senior Susana Escobar, and A&M’s Julia Wilkinson and Alia Atkinson. Hersey

was a finalist in the 200m butterfly for the U.S. while Wilkinson represented Canada as a finalist in three events. Escobar represented Mexico, and Atkinson represented Jamaica.

“From the 100 free and up, we have really good experience,” Brackin said. “We have girls who can score at the NCAA level.”

In preparation for the long season, the team is working on skills, quality of turns, starts and technique earlier in the season. The program hired a new strength coach, and the team is lifting heavier in the weight room than in previous years which they hope will result in greater success.

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City Council delays building on Lady Bird Lake ing for the Austin CarShare proBy Jordan Haeger gram, according to the reading’s Daily Texan Staff The Austin City Council post- summary sheet.

In order to qualify for the poned the third and final hearing on Grayco Partners’ proposed re- PUD, the company must be able tail and residential community to demonstrate how its project to be built at Lady Bird Lake un- is superior to normal zoning, Rye said. til December.

One way to prove superioriThe Council delayed the hearing to give the applicants time ty is to build affordable housing in the complex, to finalize details Rye said. of the affordable “The Council housing aspect of is trying to hamthe complex, said Stephen Rye of The Council is trying mer out what applicant is the City’s Neighto hammer out what the proposing and b o rh o o d P l a n the applicant is see if it’s good,” ning and Zoning Department. proposing and see if Rye said.

The comHouston-based it’s good.” plex would inGrayco Partners plan to build the — Stephen Rye c l u d e c o n d o miniums, retail complex, which Neighborhood Planning shops, restauwill include buildings up to and Zoning Department rants and a cocktail lounge and 90 feet tall, under would be built an exception to on the land borthe normal zondered by South ing rules that limit buildings to a height of 60 feet. Lakeshore Boulevard, Riv“[Grayco Partners] applied for e r s i d e D r i v e a n d Ti n n i n a Planned Unit Development, Ford Road.

There is no date set for the bewhich allows them to build denser, taller buildings in exchange ginning of construction, as that for benefits to the community,” choice lies with the development company, Rye said.

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Mayor Lee Leffingwell, City Attorney David Smith and Council Member Randi Shade consider zoning matters in a city council meeting Thursday.

Conference addresses changing nature of immigration

By Nehal Patel Daily Texan Staff In an “era of restriction” when immigration policies day, month day, 2008 of countries around the world are becoming more strict, dramatic changes can be seen in rates of return migration, according to UT sociology professor Bryan Roberts.ISE T “The A migration DVER Usystem ENT from U.S. Dexample,” T to Mexico isRaSgood RobON!approxiTIago, YOU“A decade A erts said.

Z I N A RGpercent matelyO80 of migrants to the U.S. came back to Mexico, but now the rate has reversed and only 20 percent of migrants come back.”

Roberts spoke at “Migration During an Era of Restriction,” a three-day conference on campus from Nov. 4-6 that features scholars and legal experts from the U.S., France, Germany, Spain, Peru, Russia, Turkey and Mexico.

Speakers participated in panels and focused on topics such as changing immigration policies, border control, remittances and legal and human rights issues affecting migrants.

“It is generally agreed upon by

scholars that the major reason to migrate abroad is to send remittances back to families in the origin country,” said Teófilo Altamirano, an anthropology professor from Lima, Peru.

In 2005, the amount of migrant remittances in Peru reached $2.47 billion, according to a study by the Inter-American Development Bank, Altamirano said. This was the second most important source of income in Peru after the export of materials.

Remittances may provide economic stability but do not necessarily ensure development in the country, especially because most migrants are young to middle-aged men and women from the working class, said UT geography professor Rebecca Torres.

Torres studied neoliberalism in Mexico, focusing on agricultural policies enacted in the country that have shifted resource distribution from small farms to larger ones and resulted in mass migration to large, urban Mexican cities and the U.S. “The theme of hardship and

struggle has been expressed to me 1 many times by migrant families, especially women,” Torres said.

“With the increased militarization LASSIFIEDS of the U.S.-Mexico border, migration has weakened family ties.”

Based on Torres’ research in Veracruz, families headed by females because of males migrating to find work were significantly poorer than male-headed households.

More than 50 percent of femaleheaded households depend on remittances, while only 27 percent of male-headed households do.

“Most people do not realize that migration and development are highly gendered processes,” Torres said.

Migration can also increase the flow of skills from one country to another, said Jacqueline Hagan, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“Acquiring American entrepreneurship skills was expressed reMary Kang | Daily Texan Staff peatedly by the migrants from Mexico that I interviewed as a rea- Rebecca Torres, an associate professor of geography and the environment, discusses immigration issues at son to go to the U.S.,” Hagan said. the AT&T conference center.

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Long Center hosts classic opera with Bohemian ties

By Javier Sanchez Daily Texan Staff To those fans of tragic, unfulfilled love out there, you might have another tale to add to your repertoire. “La Bohème,” Giacomo Puccini’s classic starvingartist opera, is making its way to Austin’s Long Center for the Performing Arts.

“La Bohème” tells the story of Marcello and Rodolfo, impoverished friends trying to survive their liberating yet harsh Bohemian lifestyle in Paris.

Rodolfo becomes acquainted with the young seamstress Mimi, who lives in another room in their building. She knocks on their door and asks for a light for her candle, which has blown out.

A flirtatious exchange with Rodolfo becomes something more, and in grand operatic tradition, they soon sing songs of their love for one another.

But as time marches forward and illness strikes, love may not be enough to pull them out of their physical afflictions.

Since its premiere in Turin, Italy, in 1896, “La Bohème” has inspired many famous modern works.

One such adaptation is Jonathan Larson’s exultant musical “Rent,” which exists as an updated version of the famous opera.

Similarly, “Rent” helped raise the visibility of the AIDS crisis, putting forth a more uplifting portrait of the issue through its music and characters.

“La Bohème” is the opera that spawned the “Rent” phenomena, a feature film and a 10-year run on Broadway. Not a bad deal for what some people might call a real downer of a story.

This particular production is gaining a lot of notice for its cast.

“Every time I see ‘La Bohème’ I find something new and wonderful about this stunning work,” said Kevin Patterson, the Austin Lyric Opera’s general director. “We’ve assembled a cast of young, talented singers who epitomize the Bohemians of Puccini’s day.”

Thirty-year-old French tenor Sébastien Guèze leads the cast as Rodolfo. By his side is soprano Dina Kuznetsova, an alumna of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in Chicago.

Much of the cast, Guèze and Kuznetsova included, are making their Austin Lyric Opera debut with this production, so followers of Austin opera will see a bevy of new faces and performances.

College students seem to evade this kind of event. Opera is an investment of both money and time.

It is for the upper classes, for those who don suits and furs and drink cocktails with pinkies sticking out.

But this isn’t the case at all. Austin Lyric Opera, in an effort to attract the college crowd, offers student discounts one hour before every show, shaving off half of the ticket price. Tickets run from $29 to a steeper $133, but even the most frugal student can enjoy a night at the opera for the same price as dinner and a movie.

You might not have the best seat in the house, but it isn’t about the spectacle of the performance — it’s about the music, and this production promises to deliver on that front. Plus, as a four-act production (something that will take absolute dedication), you are practically guaranteed to get your money’s worth.

And for those opera virgins who want to dip a toe in to test the waters, this classic is the perfect place to start.

fashion: Designer seeks inspiration

from vintage styles, military wear From page 12 Milan, Asaf invited King to show off her designs on the runway.

“Hopefully, this is just going to launch my career that much quicker,” King said. “I’ll have two internships, the fashion show as well as my senior collection in my portfolio. If all goes well, I can get a job right out of college.”

Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis’ novel “Glamorama,” which is about a model who becomes involved with terrorists, King set out to create dangerously sexy looks with dark, edgy color palettes, juxtaposing boots, deceptively loose tops and concealing fringe.

Although some of the looks resemble “Glamo-rambo” more so than “Glamorama,” King uses her previous study of architecture and

faces: Yogathon to benefit community From page 12 of freaking out or running away from them.

During the first six months of practicing yoga, I got injured — I had been doing a pose incorrectly. The injury was a good lesson in terms of taking care of myself, being patient and having fun, no matter [what] the situation. It also taught me the importance of finding a highly skilled and educated instructor and doing what they asked me to do.

The Empower Yogathon to benefit HOPE [Helping Other

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I’m not sure where I’ll be in 50 years, but I know I’ll be practicing yoga.”

— Ashley Hartley owner, Empower Yoga

People Everywhere] is a way for our business to give back to the local community. All of the proceeds will go to support the HOPE Farmer’s Market in Austin.

In two days we already have 20 people signed up to participate. For their fundraising efforts, Empower Yoga will give each of these participants unlimited $5 yoga Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan StafF classes for the entire month Ashley Hartley highlights Empower Yoga’s dedication to its students as well as the ability of any person to of January.

My goal is to raise at least do yoga, regardless of how inflexible or out of shape he or she might be. $10,000 for HOPE. I want to to giving our students the tools are all learning. It is really about yoga for the first time. create a feel-good activity for I’m not sure where I’ll be in all of our students while giving to have really great lives. All of each of us being empowered to them the opportunity to save us believe that as teachers, we move forward in life the way 50 years, but I know I’ll be practicing yoga. money on their yoga practice. I are facilitating a process, but we want.

Anybody can do yoga. If you Empower Yoga is located at 1611 know that the economy has af- ultimately the student is his or are inflexible, out of shape or W. Fifth St., Suite 140. They can fected people, so I want to sup- her own teacher.

We teach students to look to nervous, then you make up the be found online at www.empowport them.

Empower Yoga is dedicated themselves for the answers. We majority of people who start eryogaaustin.com.

studio art to marry crisp asymmetrical lines with evocative colors.

The ultimate effect lays somewhere along the lines of James Bond-meets-Twiggy.

King also says she was inspired by military outfits and the fashion of previous decades.

“After I got my idea, it was really just about researching it like any other topic,” King said. “I looked into a lot of military wear.

There’s actually a great library for that in London. After that, I began looking at ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and fashion from the ‘70s and ‘80s. My hope, though, is to take that spirit of rock ‘n’ roll from those decades and make it into something more wearable. I want to bring some of that freedom of fashion you still see in Europe back with me to Austin.”

review: Movie’s suspense, tension

override problem of miscast lead From page 12 study in Nome, Alaska, which her recently murdered husband had started. Each of her patients claims to have seen a white owl outside their window around 3:30 a.m. that won’t let them sleep, but it’s not until Dr. Tyler hypnotizes them that things get crazy.

Within the first 15 minutes, the film turns up the tension to something painful. Who would have thought that hypnosis scenes could be suspenseful?

By integrating the archival footage so fully with the dramatization, writer and director Olatunde Osunsanmi allows the audience to continually check into reality.

The film never hits you over the head with its conclusions because it doesn’t draw any of its own. In fact, the most reliable characters in the film end up as skeptics.

None of the aliens are anything more than you might see in YouTube clips. They are shadows or strange noises. They are dark spaces that align in the framework of the story like a constellation composed of dark matter, drawing out a sketchy repre-

sentation of reality without ever showing its full form.

One shortcoming of the integrated footage is that the actors are held too closely accountable for their real-world counterparts.

In most cases this matters little, but with Jovovich, the dissimilarities were often jarring.

Dr. Tyler is a fragile waif staring blankly ahead for most of the film while Jovovich has made her career portraying superhuman, zombie- or mutant-killing women.

You can fill in the blanks as to why she was miscast. But, the film doesn’t hinge on its acting talent. It manages the tension so perfectly that Tyler could have been played by a saltine cracker.

I went into this film with very low expectations, and it gave me a kick that I couldn’t help but enjoy. I have no idea what this archival footage is. Is it real? Probably not, but I don’t care to know. It’s a movie, and for 90 minutes, I lived the life of an abduction paranoid.

If that’s right up your alley, I recommend you do the same.

love: Story offers musings on love From page 12 narration separate scenes of the two friends playing music, buying weed in the park from a man with a guitar and generally loving life and wondering what love is until the viewers are finally left with two questions posed

in French: “Do birds know love?

Do tambourines know love?”

We are left to ponder as a Moby electronica track takes us to the credits and Hunt dances with her tambourine.

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Life&Arts Editor: Leigh Patterson E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 www.dailytexanonline.com

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Charity runway show to feature student’s designs

Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff

By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff Textiles and apparel senior Alex King steps over dark-colored scraps of fabric strewn about the floor to cinch a jacket tighter on her model.

Amid the scraps lay the unlikely accessories — an ammo belt and gun holsters — that will complete her clandestine, chic designs.

“I feel like I’m on ‘Project Runway,’” King jokes. “I’ve been working nonstop.”

King will be featured as an emerging designer at this year’s Runway to Heaven Fashion Show along with the fall and winter Versace Collection, chic Los Angeles-based Poleci and nationally renowned Austin designer Linda Asaf.

A portion of the proceeds raised Saturday night will go to the Austin Children’s Shelter and Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas.

The night promises to be one of high class and fashion at The

Austonian condominium complex downtown.

As the models and local celebrities walk the runway, several preselected bloggers will have their comments projected on the exterior of the building with lasers.

Throughout the evening, attendees will be able to enjoy cocktails, wine, fresh sushi and frozen yogurt, among other tasty treats.

The event is just one more notch in King’s studded leather belt. After interning with Linda Asaf and other designers in London and

FASHION continues on page 11 WHAT: Runway to Heaven Fashion Show WHERE: The Austonian, 200 Congress Ave. WHEN: Saturday 7 - 9 p.m. afterparty 9 - 11 p.m.

TICKETS: $40 for students (with ID); $90 for general admission

Ashley Hartley, founder and owner of Empower Yoga, emphasizes the power of yoga to connect the body, mind and heart as well as eliminate the distractions of everyday life.

Harvard athlete embraces yoga

By Robert Rich Growing up in rural Michigan, Ivy League schools weren’t the norm for kids in Ashley Hartley’s neighborhood. But, following the advice of teachers and coaches, she applied to and was accepted by Harvard University to play softball.

Her sophomore year, she left the softball team and found herself aching for something else to challenge her body. What she discovered was yoga. Her journey with the ancient practice led her to inner peace, Austin and the opening of her very own studio, Empower Yoga.

After I quit softball, my best friend and I started training for a half-marathon. Her aunt was a runner, and she told us that yoga would be the perfect complement to our training.

To be perfectly honest, I sort of scoffed at the idea of yoga. I remember walking to the Baptiste Power Yoga Institute in Cambridge, Mass., and thinking, “Oh, this is going to be so easy for me because I am an athlete.”

I laugh when I think about it because that class was one of the most challenging things I had ever done.

Yoga is an ancient practice consisting of physical poses that are designed to connect and harmonize a person’s

body, mind and heart. Most of us move through the day with a constant stream of thoughts, worries and concerns.

We are distracted. Yoga is about reducing distraction. It’s about connecting all the parts of yourself so that you can be successful in life.

Yoga is a journey, just like everything else. It teaches you how to deal with challenges calmly and peacefully instead

MoviE REviEW

Rachel Taylor | Daily Texan Staff

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Alex King, a textiles and apparel senior, fits her clothes on a model in preparation for Saturday’s Runway to Heaven fashion show.

MoviE REviEW

The Fourth Kind

Love & Tambourines

‘Kind’ blurs line between drama, reality Avant-garde film ‘so hip it hurts’

By Robert Doty Daily Texan Staff Walking out of “The Fourth Kind,” whispers could be heard across the theater: “Do you think it’s real?”

The film opens with Milla Jovovich as herself speaking directly to the audience. She explains that everything that follows is based

on archival footage, voice recordings and eyewitness accounts.

The film blends the footage with the dramatization, switching from one to the other and juxtaposing them in split screen, the voices overlapping in tone and cadence.

Initially, the approach seemed too gimmicky. But as the film pro-

gressed, this technique accomplished exactly what it set out to do. I found myself questioning the unquestionable. It all seemed too coincidental.

“The Fourth Kind” follows Dr. Abigail Tyler (Jovovich) as she attempts to finish a sleep disorder

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By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Staff The Austin-made, limited-release film “Love & Tambourines” opens with a girl humming a tune in soft, cutesy “bum-bum-bums” against a black-and-white, slowmotion, backward footage of a girl in a black New York City tee banging on a tambourine. Slowly, additional music builds as the dancer loses herself even more to the music (in reverse).

French narration cuts in while English subtitles appear onscreen. “When approaching a topic, one must look with objective eyes. We must pull back and look at things from all perspectives,” it begins. “The following film attempts this feat in the form of a postmodern essay on the subject of love and tambourines.”

The movie has only played for two minutes, and already it features cutesy singing and French narration about postmodernism.

It’s so hip it hurts.

Abruptly the film switches gears, throwing the viewer into

what could easily run as “MTV True Life: I Can’t Find My Little Black Dress” as a camera shakily zooms in and out on Stephanie Hunt’s mindless cell-phone conversation.

She talks about recent revelations, from deciding to only be in relationships that are exactly what she wants them to be to her conclusion that she just cannot love anyone right now.

Another cut, and she’s off the phone, sitting alone on her couch and playing a tambourine.

The rest of the film plays out in a similar manner, switching between pretentious love-centered conversations and ponderings to tambourine-featured music videos.

Throughout the self-described “documentary-ish” film, terrible dialogue prevails.

“So she broke up with you because you have a small dick, right?” Hunt’s character asks her friend as he mopes on her couch about a recent breakup.

“Love’s a mother ... love

sucks!” he concludes as their conversation shifts into “What is love?” territory.

Eventually the two decide to spend the approaching Valentine’s Day together platonically.

Then we get another just-therefor-the-sake-of-this-thing-beingartsy-cut to a short, slow-motion clip of Valentine’s Day goods that segues into interviews with random people on the streets of Austin. The people are asked about love and tambourines and give some really delightful and elegantly worded responses.

“Love is watching somebody puke. Love is watching somebody shit and still wanting to have sex with them,” says one man.

“Love is the greatest thing in the world, and it’s also the worst thing in the world. Also, all the same things at all the same time,” says another.

More art clips of Valentine’s Day-related items and slow-motion music videos with French

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