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UT students Utbah Masud, Zignat Abdisubhan, Lauren Jacobsen and Barira Munshii, left to right, listen to speaker Naaima Khan during a Muslim Students Association meeting Friday night. Khan spoke about ways to be better followers of Islam.

Suspect’s faith sparks conflict By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff Hours after Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was taken into custody under accusation of killing 13 people and wounding 28 others in the Fort Hood shooting spree Thursday, broadcast journalism senior Sobia Lodhi got a call from her worried parents. Because Lodhi is a practicing Muslim and wears a hijab, her family wanted her to be extra careful walking home from the University that night. They were concerned that someone might think Hasan acted on behalf of his religion and take out their frustrations on Lodhi. “Should I have to take that kind of extra precaution because I am Muslim?” Lodhi said. “No, I don’t think I should.” Lodhi said the media has circulated some misinformation about her religion, and many Muslims who were born in America face daily stereotyping and discrimination. It happened after the Sept. 11 attacks and now, to a smaller degree, it’s happening again, she said. “I think Fort Hood was a terrible tragedy, and I want to offer condolences to the

families affected by it,” Lodhi said. “But it was the result of the choices of one individual, and I refuse to take responsibility for it as a Muslim anymore.”

Breaking news News media outlets flooded Fort Hood almost as soon as the shooting happened, reporting up-to-the-minute details as new information emerged. First, military base officials said that people had been killed, but they didn’t know who had done it. Once they learned who was responsible, new details started to come out about Hasan — he was a psychiatrist, he was 39 years old and he was a Muslim. Associate journalism professor Paula Poindexter said the religion of the shooter was just one detail of many that was reported once it was confirmed. She said people need to be cautious about making quick judgments regarding how much undue emphasis was placed on his religion. “With a breaking news story, there is a lot of information out there, and some of the information is wrong,” Poindexter said. “I don’t think

this story is being framed as a Muslim who did this, as much as reporters are giving us the information they learn as they get it.” Poindexter said that some people will choose to focus on the fact that Hasan is a Muslim, and some people will choose to focus on the fact that he is a psychiatrist. “I think the least of the questions is what his religion is,” she said. Public affairs graduate student Naaima Khan said she wasn’t sure if it was necessary to give any attention at all to the fact that Hasan is Muslim. “I’ve read about other attacks, and nobody ever really says ‘Oh, this person was a Buddhist,’” Khan said, Khan said because not everyone lives around Muslim people, most people have to rely on secondhand information. If this can be corrected, some of the stereotypes might dissolve. “I think it’s a two-way process,” Khan said. “We need to be ready to offer information about anyone who comes and asks for it.” After the Fort Hood news falls off the front page, analysts will be able to go back

and evaluate the impact the reporting had on the perception of Muslims in society. Poindexter said there have already been studies regarding the impact of Sept. 11, and the results of the studies had residual effects on the coverage of Fort Hood.

Post-Sept. 11 The media coverage of Sept. 11 was “a different kind of animal,” Khan said, “There was a lot more urgency, and there was a legitimate fear of people doing bad things to our country,” she said. “But I don’t think the media was very careful at that time between creating a distinction between extremists and people who don’t kill in the name of religion.” Poindexter said the news media is trying to be careful about making Sept. 11 connections. “So far, there is no evidence that this is related to terrorism,” Poindexter said. “They said that over and over.” Some of Poindexter’s Muslim students did get dirty looks and were made uncomfortable after the Sept. 11 at-

By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff Federal stimulus funds are helping retain and create positions for researchers throughout the University during an ongoing recession. Susan Sedwick, director of the UT Office of Sponsored Projects, said the funds created 60 positions at UT, mostly for researchers, and 20 additional work-study positions. “A lot of our jobs are for graduate students. Most of the time, on top of salary, they get tuition,” she said. “But they have to work.” The stimulus bill, signed in February, gave institutions including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health far greater funds to distribute than were previously available. More than half of the money that came to UT in the form of research grants went to the College of Natural Sciences, according to the Office of Sponsored Projects. Astronomy professor Karl Gebhardt said if not for a stimulus grant he received from the National Science Foundation, he would be looking for funding in Europe, where research funding fluctuates with the economy less than in the U.S. “I know many researchers in the sciences who have been keeping their eyes open for what’s available in Europe,” Gebhardt said. Gebhardt’s research will focus on the relationship between the mass of super massive black holes

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and galaxies. The funding from the National Science Foundation will pay for his salary during the summer and those of two graduate students who will contribute to the research through computer modeling techniques. For one graduate student, John Jardel, the funds were the difference between being a teaching assistant and a higher-paid research assistant. The funding will also help him during the summer, when the astronomy department employs only one or two graduate students for teaching assistant positions. Jardel said the funding pays for his tuition plus a stipend for living expenses that covers room and board. “You get to focus on your research, and that’s supposed to be the focus of grad school,” Jardel said. Computer science professor Risto Miikkulainen said most of the grant money his group received went to student employment for a UT student as well as a graduate student at Stanford collaborating with the lab. Miikkulainen said the federal stimulus funds have significant reporting requirements. He said he hopes the federal government will follow up on the data gained from the reporting to find that the stimulus program really works. Like other professors, he hoped that funding lows like those seen in

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Homeless past inspires photographer By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff After 10 years of traveling and sleeping anywhere from youth hostels to public parks, Robert Shults said that his body is still learning how to sleep in the comfort of his own bed. Shults held the opening reception of his photography series “The Small Corners of Existence” on Saturday evening at L. Nowlin Gallery in downtown Austin, exhibiting close-ups of spaces in Austin he had once used as shelter during a three-month period of homelessness without a stable job. Following a layoff from his teaching job at Child’s Day children’s care center in 2007, Shults feared he would return to the streets, where he lived when he came to Austin in 2001. He was able to survive off of savings and a growing freelance photography business. Those initial fears after the layoff prompted him to begin his photo project and revisit old haunts that provided good shelter. Shults now teaches informal photography classes at UT. “For me, it was like a catalog

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Photographer Robert Schults describes to Stefanie Nelson and Shawn Freeman his motivations to photograph places where he once found shelter during a period of homelessness. or a road map of places I could use if I needed to,” he said. “It was reassuring to have an inventory of safe spaces to stay.” The black-and-white photos show just fragments of the spaces, including the framework of a fire escape and the bricks of UT buildings. Shults said he has always been one to focus on shape and texture over color and hopes

that this series will infuse viewers with the feeling of what it is like to occupy each space. After extensive traveling in the United States, Guatemala and England, Shults moved to Austin for what he thought would be a more promising job market and a friendlier place for the homeless

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By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff As universities increase their use of technology, they face the dilemma of providing constant technological maintenance services while feeling the pressure to cut costs. In the next few weeks, Indiana University will implement crowdsourcing, a system where students can answer other students’ technological troubleshooting questions on a database instead of relying only on the 24hour technology help desk service. Notable online crowdsourcing databases include Wikipedia and Yahoo! Answers. Cam Beasley, a UT information security officer who oversees the ITS Help Desk, said the University’s already-established services make a similar move unnecessary. “We have made a tremendous amount of self-help content available on the ITS Web site and have a flexible search capability that allows all of our users to quickly find answers to

their questions,” Beasley said. “We will continue to add content to these pages so that our users can quickly find the answers they need as IT services are introduced or changed.” Proponents for the crowdsourcing system said some technological issues are best answered by other students, including questions about non-educational technology. Beasley said the University has certain measures in place to accommodate those issues. “We have also recently created an information portal for the large number of technical staff supporting faculty and students across campus,” Beasley said. “We believe this tool will further encourage information sharing and will result in better overall support.” Information and idea sharing through online questioning databases is a trend that reaches into the commercial realm. Austinbased firm Bazaarvoice works with online businesses to incorporate social media as a tool for

Communication improving revenue. The firm released a product called Ask & Architecture Answer last year. The tool allows potential customers to ask questions about products and to have those questions answered by other customers, said Bazaarvoice spokeswoman Amy Crow. “Shoppers at sites like Virgin Mobile USA or Roots can connect with each other to get the answers they need to make the best purchase decision,” Crow said. “A shopper at a site like Best Buy can now post her question about a product right on the product page where it can be answered by other shoppers with direct experience [with] the product.” Crow said a technological Ask & Answer equivalent would be interesting to implement in a university. “We would stress, in all instances, the importance of moderating question-and-answer content for appropriateness based on community rules established for this situation by the university,” she said.

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Businesses predict rise in holiday sales Shopping centers prepare for increased spending despite economic worry By Jim Pagels Daily Texan Staff It appears the downturn in the economy has hit everyone except Santa. According to a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. households by the International Council of Shopping Centers, holiday shoppers are expected to spend an average of $543 this year on gifts and another $133 on gift cards. These numbers are up from the National Retail Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 report of $372.57 spent on average by the 172 million people that hit stores last year. The council reported that U.S. chain store sales for October 2009 increased 2.1 percent from the same month last year, the strongest results since July 2008. Shopping council spokeswoman Erin Hershkowitz said that because most stores placed their orders for Christmas products in the summer, last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial crisis hit the retailers at an unfortunate time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stores had enormous surpluses in their inventories, so when Black Friday came around, they had to drastically slash prices to the point that they were losing money,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because re-

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tailers are keeping their inventories [less overstocked] this year, more consumers are expected to get their shopping done early and make sure they get all the items they want.â&#x20AC;? Major retail stores are still offering consumers significant deals on Black Friday. Wal-Mart is offering a $100 gift card with the purchase of an Xbox 360, while Toys R Us is offering up to 50 percent off of franchise toys, including Batman and Star Wars products. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got some incredible deals on a TV and some other electronics last year,â&#x20AC;? said Austin resident Robert Winsper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to save a bit of money in the last few months, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m planning on getting a lot of shopping done [during Black Friday] this year.â&#x20AC;? A study done by the National Retail Federation also cited the growing rebound of the luxury goods market as a reason for the expected 2009 sales boost. Along with these luxury items, the council expects widespread purchases of more practical gifts, including apparel and gift cards. Hershkowitz said the growth of Internet shopping has not had a major impact on holiday shopping figures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People still like to go out to the stores, see all the decorations and get in the holiday spirit,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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RESEARCH: Stimulus creates, expands jobs From page 2 the previous eight years could be avoided. Though regrettable, he said the recession could be seen as a sort of lucky break. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People may recognize the value of research,â&#x20AC;? Miikkulainen said. Andy Gross, a biomedical engineering senior, was given a federal stimulus grant based on a proposal to translate the massive amounts of genetic data handled by UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Genomic Signal Processing Lab. Grossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea is to visualize the data and simply look for patterns that show up. These patterns could match up to mechanisms that govern how genes and cells function. Lab director

Orly Alter said the grant is paying for two graduate students, one in Ohio and one at UT, and pays about $12 an hour to undergraduate students. Not all grants went to the natural sciences or engineering. Sarah Gamble, coordinator at the UT Center for Sustainable Development and the Austin Community Design and Development Center, said her position â&#x20AC;&#x153;wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be possible without stimulus money.â&#x20AC;? Gamble said funding from the National Endowment for the Arts had helped make her part-time position into a full-time job to better fulfill the goals of both centers to provide affordable and sustainable housing. Psychology professor Juan

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Dominguez said funds from grant money he received had been used to create a position for a technician at his lab researching the differences in addiction seen between genders, particularly for cocaine. The funds for the project are being used as summer salary for its members as well, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This, of course, injects money into the local economy,â&#x20AC;? Dominguez said. Sedwick at the Office of Sponsored Projects said she hoped the ultimate goals of the stimulus funding could be achieved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the plan works as anticipated, an improved workforce can find jobs in an improved economy,â&#x20AC;? she said.

MUSLIM: Misconceptions may lead to discrimination From page 2 tacks, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was this tendency to lump everybody into one group,â&#x20AC;? Poindexter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly, the news had some responsibility in the way the story was reported, but it was a fact that the individuals who committed those acts were Muslim. It had a lot to do with the way people interpreted that information.â&#x20AC;? Lodhi said that she grew up in a small community where most people knew her family, so she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t experience any personal discrimination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But there was discrimination against the Muslim community as a whole,â&#x20AC;? Lodhi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are still paying for the mistakes of

single people.â&#x20AC;?

A religion of peace One of the reasons why people are quick to jump to conclusions about Muslims is that the average person doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that much about the religion, Khan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a result, they are more likely to believe the perspective that Muslims like violence,â&#x20AC;? Khan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The exact opposite is true,â&#x20AC;? Finance junior Asif Ansari, an officer in the Muslim Students Association, said it is easy for people to latch onto the fact that Hasan was Muslim because they are conditioned to associate the religion with terrorism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Realistically, we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even

allowed to have simple arguments that last more than three days,â&#x20AC;? Ansari said of one of the religionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over something as simple as cleaning the dishes.â&#x20AC;? Middle Eastern studies sophomore Lauren Jacobsen said that before she converted to Islam, she knew very little about the religion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family is still kind of like that, they get all of their information from Web sites and the media,â&#x20AC;? Jacobsen said. Lodhi said she wanted to study journalism in order to make Muslim people more visible in the media in a positive light. â&#x20AC;?While these misinterpretations about the Muslim faith are still out there, there will be no peace,â&#x20AC;? Lodhi said.

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Utah girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pierced nose leads to culture clash By Jesse Washington The Associated Press To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension. To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain aspects of their cultural and religious traditions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just thought it would be OK to let her embrace her heritage and her culture,â&#x20AC;? said Suzannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Shirley Pabla, a Mormon born in nearby Salt Lake City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it would be such a big deal.â&#x20AC;? It shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been, said Suzannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Amardeep Singh, a Sikh raised in the United States who works as

an English professor at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that the nose ring is mainly a cultural thing for most Indians,â&#x20AC;? Singh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if it is just culture, culture matters. And her right to express or explore it seems to me at least as important as her right to express her religious identity.â&#x20AC;? Singh said people frequently ask him why he wears a turban. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes it can be a burden to explain that,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people presume Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an immigrant, a foreigner,â&#x20AC;? he continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a child of immigrants, you often donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel fully American. The presumption is that you are somehow foreign to a core American identity. You always feel a little bit of an outsider, even in your own country.â&#x20AC;? Professor Amardeep Singh, father of 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, sits in his office Thursday at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

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A Saudi special forces soldier mans his gun in the southern province of Jizan, near the border with Yemen, on Saturday. Saudi warplanes and artillery bombarded a Shiite rebel stronghold in northern Yemen on Saturday for a third straight day, according to the rebel fighters, and Yemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president vowed to wipe out the insurrection.

Saudis nab mountain from rebels By Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press SANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;A, Yemen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Saudi Arabian forces seized a strategic mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five days of fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, a Saudi defense official said Sunday. Meanwhile, rebels said they shot down a Yemeni fighter jet. While Yemen acknowledged the crash, it attributed it to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;technical error.â&#x20AC;? Saudi forces began shelling

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tan said Saudi forces seized was Dokhan mountain, a strategic high point in the rugged border region, where rebels seized a Yemeni army base last month. The mountaintop gives commanding views of Saudi border installations and other military sites in the kingdom. Saudi officials say their military has fought only in its own territory, focusing on rebel infiltrators, but Yemeni rebels, military officials and Arab diplomats say Saudi strikes have hit deep inside northern Yemen.

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Tea parties Considering the recent tea party movement in America conjures up images of anger, flamboyant signs and in one notable case, secession. While this is all very entertaining to observe, it is likely to fade away and be remembered as merely a political fad. Tea parties reflect the extreme version of partisan politics that the majority of our nation rejected almost exactly a year ago when they elected Barack Obama president. Now, the same bombastic attacks that failed to deter the nation from electing Obama are being focused on untruths about health-care reform. While tea parties serve their purpose of rallying the extreme right, they fail to sway meaningful amounts of Democrats and Independents. For proof of this, consider that last Tuesday, despite being promoted by Fox News as a heavy favorite and having his impending election to office called a “tidal wave” in terms of influence by Sean Hannity, tea party candidate Doug Hoffman was defeated by Democrat Bill Owens in the 23rd Congressional District in New York. As reported in The New York Times, this occurred in a district that Karl Rove described as “very Republican.” While these tea parties certainly get their fair share of coverage, if they fail to create a meaningful change in the way people vote on election day, they’re merely preaching to the right-wing choir. — Dan Treadway

Labeled radical by many media outlets and as a revolution by Fox News, tea parties emphasize the fault line in American politics. For liberals reveling in newfound national power, it is easy to discount tea partiers as a fringe group of disgruntled crazies clinging to a quickly fading status quo. But there is something to be said for the legitimacy of the tea parties. Like any out-of-power political party, the GOP does not have a lot of clout to affect public policy. So it is not surprising, or disturbing, that conservatives unhappy with the Obama administration’s policies are banding together to protest. And there are a lot of them. The tea parties have succeeded in demonstrating that conservative thought is not dead. Just this weekend, a few hundred people showed up at a tea party at the Texas Capitol, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Last Monday night, 10,000 people attended a tea party in Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle — a large crowd for a random Monday night protest. The tea party movement has proven itself a legitimate social movement able to mobilize large groups of people. And whoever these people are — radicals, heroes or the pawns of Fox News pundits — they have a right and responsibility to involve themselves in the democratic process that relies on free speech and the right to protest. — Jillian Sheridan

For all of the easy jokes made at its expense, the tea party protests as a movement don’t get enough credit. After all, the organized protests may be the largest example of social networking at play in the current Internet age. Sure, Fox News Channel played a large role in mobilizing protesters, but the fact that “tea partiers” (I know, not nearly as catchy as teabaggers) are still even slightly relevant over half a year after the initial protest says something for the organizers. But while the tea party movement’s ability to simply not go away may be misconstrued as a sign of the undying fervor of conservative zealots, the real reason for their existence has much more to do with the issues. That is, they don’t remember what they are. After the stimulus package passed (remember, the whole point of the protests), attendees needed something else to yell about. Since the package has since been forecasted as a positive move, the raucous rallies, mysteriously well-organized for such “spontaneous” events, adopted every angle with any hint of conservatism as the protests’ rallying cry in order to simply stay afloat. Birthers, anti-abortion and religious radicals and anybody that can hold an inflammatory and inaccurate sign is welcomed with open arms, destroying any shred of credibility the protests were intended to represent. The tea parties have since lost sight of initial, legitimate, concerns with taxes. The movement is self-defeating — it has become the standard parody of a protest. It’s really a shame such an interesting social phenomenon went off the deep end so quickly. — Jeremy Burchard

When I read the Austin American-Statesman’s headline this weekend, “Hundreds Attend ‘Tea Party’ at Capitol,” I was legitimately disappointed that I had missed out. For me, tea parties will always be associated with clinking porcelain cups, fragrant tea and lemon curd smeared on scones. Blame it on my mother, who introduced me to the world of tea houses and tiered serving platters at a young age. But then I noticed the quotation marks. Oh, it was a “tea party.” Otherwise known as a protest against big government, wasteful spending and tax increases. No tea, no scones; just picket signs and disgruntled citizens. My disappointment was compounded when I realized that the Tea Party Express was not in fact some kind of wonderful train, but a bus filled with anti-Obama activists. I understand the protesters are trying to evoke the Boston Tea Party, where angry colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor to protest taxation without representation. But at that tea party, at least there was actually tea involved. I propose that at future rallies, tea party protesters try a little harder to stay true to America’s roots. Though I don’t recommend dumping tea into a harbor, it’s not outrageous to ask that protestors bring a kettle, tea leaves and a few cups along with their posters. It would, after all, be a nice nod to history. — Lauren Winchester

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By Meg Susong Daily Texan Columnist

Carbon safaris: Save yourselves By Emily Grubert Daily Texan Columnist Developing countries need to commit to limiting the growth of their greenhouse gas emissions. The form of the limit is less important than ensuring developed countries assign economic value to their emissions. There are plenty of stories about developed nations buying exhaustible resources in developing nations. This benefits the exporting nation until the resource is gone, at which point it has neither the resources nor the technology and industry that its buyer was able to develop. The whole point of greenhouse gas control legislation, domestically and internationally, is to make the ability to avoid emitting carbon into a valuable resource. A valuable, exhaustible resource — mitigation activities mean removing the opportunity for greenhouse gases to get into the air. As it turns out, we’re not playing with Monopoly money when we talk carbon policy. We’re trying to make avoided carbon into an international commodity, and just because many people see carbon reductions as a moral necessity does not change the fact that a successful carbon industry could be worth about $1 trillion a year. Opportunities to make money will exist and be claimed, and that’s not bad. An industry supported for reasons other than concern for humanity might feel less like a cause, but the easier it is to convince people to participate, the more effective the system will be. That’s why the system has to be carefully designed. A flaw should not be overlooked just because anyone complying with the spirit of the law would not exploit it. So, developing countries, I really do think it’s in your best interest to take binding targets, just to make sure that you value incremental carbon as highly as the developed world does. Here’s why. Say I’m a developed country, and I have to keep my greenhouse gas emissions below a certain level. Reducing my emissions is hard, because my industry is pretty efficient already — so meeting my target by making changes in my own country is expensive. Under the international protocols we established, I’m allowed to pay you to reduce emissions in your country. Maybe your factories are still pretty inefficient, so it’s cheap for you to reduce emissions. You charge me a little bit of a premium, and I pay you to make cheap cuts. The atmosphere benefits, I save money and you get some foreign investment. Win for all, right?

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That works for a while, but the concept falls apart if you want international mitigation efforts to succeed in their goal of reducing global carbon emissions substantially (that is an if; there are incentives to gamble on a system that will fail). In theory, eventually developing countries will take binding emissions targets. Whether because international sentiment changes or because individual countries develop enough to join the group of developed countries with targets, a successful mitigation effort will include all major emitters. Here’s the catch: I, as a developed country, went on carbon safari in your country and then went home and bragged to all my friends about the $2 ton of carbon dioxide I bought. In the meantime, my industry had time to adapt to a carbon-constrained world, so I’m pretty well on target to meet my carbon obligations. You, on the other hand, have barely woken up after your “Welcome to the Developed World!” party when you realize that all those $2 tons you were going to keep out of the atmosphere are gone, because I bought them all. Suddenly, you’re faced with the same abatement costs that I am but without the benefit of technological and operational experience I gained doing projects in your country. Europe has a thriving cleantech sector, and it uses its technologies and its people to implement projects in the developing world — and why not? Developing countries need binding emissions targets so that they can value carbon abatement projects based on their information, not the developed world’s. Otherwise, they open themselves to exploitation, particularly because the offset market is theoretically competitive, and will be more so once the United States enters, if international offsets are allowed. Carbon offsets are part of a commodity market, not part of the foreign aid structure. And they are highly exhaustible. As countries develop, they usually become more efficient resource users and gain access to better technologies, reducing the opportunity to create major emissions savings by paying a little more upfront. Domestically and internationally, the question remains: If there is room for below-market price offsets, what’s wrong with the system? The most transparent, most equitable system will include all emitters and all sources of emissions, reducing the opportunity for potentially exploitative arbitrage. If offsets don’t look potentially exploitative, then we need to question the system’s functionality.

With the recent defeat for gay marriage advocates in Maine, there is likely to be an increase of articles about gay marriage for the next month or two. The articles will most likely continue the battle over whether to “keep marriage pure” (which really means “not let anyone have our privileges”) or to “make it available to everyone.” So here’s a different approach. We don’t need gay marriage. In fact, we don’t need marriage at all. Let’s be really fair here, and not privilege anyone with an outdated social custom. A lot of people forget that there are two parts to marriage: the civil and the ceremonial. Most people against gay marriage are offended that a loving gay couple could participate in the ceremonial half, whereas gay rights activists are interested in the civil half. When you think of marriage, you think of the white dress, the cake, the church and the aisle. You don’t think of going to a courthouse to sign a legal document. Really, I don’t see any reason why people should be so offended over people signing documents. We don’t need marriage for anyone because of the way it socially privileges people. Marriage privileges a lot of things besides heterosexual couples. First and foremost, it privileges couples. Single people don’t receive tax cuts. People involved with more than one person don’t receive benefits. It also privileges men. Granted, not as much as it used to, but women are still expected to change their name, be given away by their father and so on. It legitimizes relationships, regardless of how long someone has been with their partner. If a couple is married, it doesn’t matter if that couple has only been together for one year — that relationship is looked upon more favorably than the relationships of non-married people, no matter how much longer they have lasted. Furthermore, marital status is used to not only provide benefits, but deny benefits. Not married? No health care. No rights to your partner’s children. What marriage does most of all is deceive us. Some put so much emphasis on getting married and staying pure until marriage that people end up marrying someone they barely know. Some heterosexual couples use it to try and solve all their relationship issues by getting married and hoping things will get better. Individuals are pressured — by religion, by family, for whatever reasons — into marrying. Nobody wins in that situation, not the individual, not the spouse, not the children. Groups like the National Organization for Marriage go on and on about marrying for the “right” reasons, in this case love. But what they are really trumpeting is marrying someone with the “right” parts to compliment yours. So if you have a great relationship, meaning you are heterosexual and monogamous (and let’s not forget that until several decades you had to be of the same race), then marriage is the greatest thing since sliced bread. If you don’t fit that requirement, then tough luck. Marriage has become the scapegoat for issues both good and bad. We don’t need it. It privileges people both socially and legally. It makes people focus on a day instead of their lives, and on an ideal versus reality. Marriage is similar to Valentine’s Day in that people make a lot of money off of it by selling romance and love. With marriage, however, instead of exchanging flowers and chocolate for one day, we dispense supposedly meaningful gold rings and labels like “husband” and “wife.” Susong is a women’s and gender studies sophomore.

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Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student.

THE FIRING LINE Congratulations, everyone We (Student Government) successfully lobbied the passage of a 2000-page health care bill that neither we nor many of our elected representatives had a chance to read. The rush to see “something” passed inevitably led to that something being a bill that no one fully understands or is happy with. I understand the egotistical need to see something come of our resolution so that we can flaunt to the student body that we have accomplished something larger than ourselves — but at what cost? The resolution was written to promote the idea of allowing graduate students on fellowships to receive benefits from their employer university. What we did was use this as a front to support something much larger, something that no one understood the full implications of. Many representatives voted for this resolution because it was symbolic for standing up for graduate students. After all, this was what our limited debate and discussion were focused on. The bill for which we

lobbied the premature passage of did not only affect graduate students — it affected all students. I urge this body to think twice in the future before supporting an open-ended resolution that holds much more power than it appears to. The bill that came out of Congress did address the graduate student problem, which is indeed in line with our “voice.” However, the bill also addressed the nearly 50,000 other students on this campus in ways that we were not and may still not fully be aware of. We did not give adequate discussion to these implications — it was more important to us to mock legitimate dissent and usher in a prompt slam of the gavel than engage in open intellectual discourse. I have faith that our constituents would be more than ashamed of our actions. There is no virtue in supporting something that you do not fully understand. Noble intentions often manifest into unfavorable results. The need to feel useful is far too overrated. Many times doing less amounts to accomplishing more.

— Tyler Rosen Aerospace engineering sophomore, Student government representative

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SG president stresses need for student input on tuition By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff Amid the current economic climate, student voice in the tuitionsetting process is more important than ever, said Student Government President Liam O’Rourke. Four students and five administrators and faculty members comprise the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, which develops and presents a tuition recommendation in an open forum and to University President William Powers. Using the committee’s recommendations, Powers develops his own tuition recommendation and presents it to the UT System Board of Regents, which is responsible for setting tuition. O’Rourke, who sits on the committee, said the committee and the process need to be more transparent. “We need, as an institution, to do a better job of communicating our institutional priorities, how we generate them and how we meet them,” O’Rourke said. The committee was created in 2003 after the Texas Legislature deregulated tuition, allowing public universities to set tuition rates rather than the state. Tuition is set every two years, but the committee meets each fall. During non-tuition setting years, the committee looks at different issues that affect the cost of higher education, said former SG President Keshav Rajagopalan, who sat on the committee last year. The meetings are not open to the public. “People will not be as candid [if the meetings were open] because they’re thinking that you’re going to take something one way,” said committee co-chair Kevin Hegarty. “It will inhibit discussion, and having these meetings are all about encouraging honest dialogue. Having a reporter there or having people in a gallery watching naturally will cause people to, I think, not say things that they might otherwise express.” After the committee develops its recommendations, it presents

them at forums open to the student body to gather student input. This year, the forums will likely be held in the first week of December, said Hegarty, who has been involved with the committee since its inception and is the University’s chief financial officer. The first several meetings this year were spent educating new committee members about the financial forecast of the budget, Hegarty said.

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It’s a very adequate way for students to voice their opinions, and the forums allow students to come to the table and provide insights and thoughts in a very direct way.” — Keshav Rajagopalan Former SG President

“We take [members] through the financial forecast of the University, which is no secret, and we explain the details of what is happening with state general revenue, what the regents think will happen and what is happening with the expenses and why,” Hegarty said. “We want [UT] to be at the lower end in terms of total cost. Post-tuition deregulation, the cost [to attend] has been growing at dramatically lower levels than it did when it was regulated by the regents.” Students enrolled in more than 12 hours of coursework pay a flat tuition rate. “In a flat-rate system, the institution in question needs to overcompensate with student representation,” O’Rourke said. “Otherwise, the student voice will

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Student’s necklace wins national contest By Jordan Haeger Daily Texan Staff UT advertising senior Kaki Gaines said she has always been passionate about fashion and jewelry design, but she never thought her passion would land her on the red carpet at the People’s Choice Awards. Austin jewelry designer Kendra Scott teamed up with People’s Choice to hold a nationwide contest to find a talented young jewelry designer to work with her. Scott chose three contestants from all the applicants, who were then voted on by the public in an online poll. Gaines received more than 2,000 votes, Scott said. “I didn’t even know she was an Austinite when I picked the top three,” Scott said. “I had no idea who these people were who were submitting the designs. I just looked at the designs.” Gaines said jewelry design has always been her natural love, and she can often be found scouring bins at Goodwill and antique stores looking for old and new pieces to incorporate into her jewelry. “I feel like it’s almost a puzzle for me when I design pieces, because there are so many colors and shapes to work with,” she said. Scott said she wanted to be involved in the contest because helping young entrepreneurs is what she loves to do most. “I started with $500, and I had a really big dream,” she said. “So for me to be able to help other designers is so exciting. It really makes my success worthwhile.” Scott gave all the entrants parameters for their work, she said. She required the contestants to use the same shapes and colors she used in her own designs. Gaines’ winning necklace consists of seven turquoise teardrop pendants with black and orange accents on a gold chain. Scott described the necklace as one “fit for an Egyptian goddess,” and said it will be an expensive piece, as it is loaded with stones. Gaines said she was elated when her necklace appeared on her computer screen as the winning design. “I stayed up so late waiting for

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Kaki Gaines shows off her award-winning necklace after spending a day with nationally acclaimed jewelry designer Kendra Scott. the results to come out at midnight, refreshing the page over and over, and when I saw my necklace there on the screen I just jumped up and screamed and started running around,” she said. “I was in awe.” This is the first major competition that the 21-year-old said she has ever won. Gaines sells jewelry at C. Jane, a boutique on the Drag, and pieces to her friends. She hopes to sell her pieces in more boutiques after she graduates. Gaines and Scott will create a mini-collection together that they will pitch to retailers across the

country, Scott said. The most important thing to come of this experience, Gaines said, is all the knowledge she will gain from Scott. “This is my ultimate dream, to one day have my own jewelry career,” she said. “It’s great to learn from an expert.” Gaines will walk the red carpet at the People’s Choice Awards in January wearing her winning design with her new friend and mentor by her side. “I’m looking at her, and I’m listening to her, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, she’s me,’” Scott said of her new protege.

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Marge Captain and Tony Romero browse Donald Vann’s paintings at the Austin Powwow and American Indian Heritage Festival on Saturday at the Tony Burger Activity Center in Sunset Valley. Full-blooded Cherokee Donald Vann depicts the American Indian way of life in his paintings; he has been recognized as “one of the best known Indian artists of the 20th century” by the Cherokee National Historical Society. Hundreds of Native Americans marched in line and expanded into an elaborate formation at the beginning of the 18th annual Austin Powwow and American Indian Heritage Festival on Saturday. The event, which was free to the public, was held at the Tony Burger Activity Center in the small community of Sunset Valley, just south of Austin.

Dancing was a major component of the day’s events, as two other “grand entry” dances occurred later in the day. The event closed with individual dancing competitions within different age divisions. The powwow also included a Heritage Tent, which featured flute playing, Cherokee storytelling and activities for children. Hundreds of vendors and food stands surround-

ed the stadium and gave participants the opportunity to try a taste of Native American cooking. “I’ve been coming out to the Austin Powwow for the past four years now,” said Ray Boldin, a Cherokee from Georgetown. “It’s a great event [that has] allowed me to reconnect with some of my heritage.” — Jim Pagels

Web site allows employees to vote, suggest changes By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff To gain more input from faculty and staff members on everything from the budget to sustainability issues, the office of President William Powers launched The Ideas of Texas Web site. Faculty and staff can create accounts on the site and submit their ideas. At the end of the spring semester, the top ideas will be evaluated and possibly implemented. In an e-mail he sent last week, Powers announced the launch and encouraged faculty and staff to start contributing immediately. “Our community includes some of the world’s most gifted, innovative and dedicated employees,” Powers said in the e-mail. “I’m confident that we will all be impressed by our collective ability to contribute outstanding ideas to make the University of Texas an even better place to serve our students and the world at large.” English professor Lester Faigley heard about the Web site in the e-mail circulated by Powers but hasn’t logged on yet. He said the site’s level of success will depend on how quickly it catches on with his fellow faculty members. “Some become Facebook and some become Friendster,” Faigley said.

The Web site has a rating system that allows faculty and staff members to vote on whether or not they support a given idea. The best ideas will eventually make it to the top of the list, and President Powers will consider these for implementation at the end of the year. Geoff Leavenworth and Paul Walker, special assistants to the president, will maintain the Web site. “It’s only been up for a week, but we’ve had a positive response so far,” Walker said. “We hope to launch a similar site for alumni and one for students by the end of the year.” On Friday, the Web site had almost 2,000 members and more than 90 ideas submitted. As of press time, the highest-rated idea suggests that automated light systems should be installed around campus to save money on electricity costs. Powers addressed the “challenging” budget situation in the e-mail and said the University needs ideas about how to do more with fewer resources. “It wasn’t created to deal with the budget situation directly, but it does come at a good time,” Walker said. The site was loosely based on IdeaStorm, Dell’s employeebased feedback Web site. “This is not a site where people can go to complain about policy,” Leavenworth said.

Homeless: Photographer recalls struggles to obtain necessities, find stable employment From page 1 than Dallas, his previous city of residence. During his first three months in Austin, Shults fretted about how to use the few resourc-

es he had to find a job, which was harder to obtain without a phone number, home address or computer. Shults ate food given by Mobile Loaves & Fishes, and washed clothes and did personal groom-

ing in public restrooms, including in some UT buildings. He bathed at the Salvation Army and went to the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless to gather necessities, including a razor to shave for job interviews. Although he tried to

look as sharp as he could, cleaning up to look presentable was a constant struggle, he said. Along with finding a way do basic things like keep up with hygiene, the most stressful thing about being homeless was con-

stantly being in the public eye, Shults said. “People take for granted the ability to step into your apartment and just have a few minutes to yourself,” Shults said. Although he does not consid-

er himself an activist, Shults said he hopes his photographs inspire people to rethink the negative stigma attached to homeless people. A portion of the photo sales will also go to the homeless resource center.

The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology is coming to the University of Texas at Austin! The Siemens Foundation takes great pleasure in inviting you to the following events: Reception and Viewing of Student Research Projects: (refreshments will be served) DATE: Friday, November 13, 2009 TIME: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm LOCATION: University of Texas at Austin, San Jacinto Hall, Room 207C Corner of 21st and San Jacinto Streets Austin, Texas 78712

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By Alexa Hart & Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff Cozier and considerably less muddy than Zilker Park during last month’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, Waterloo Park provided the perfect venue for the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest. Hipsters and music fiends alike assembled in the downtown park for two days of underground music, local eats and booze under pleasant conditions. While jams resonated throughout the creekside park from four stages, festivalgoers perused the many tents set up by local vendors. Head shops laid out an array of pipes, from the small and simple to ornate sculptures of animals such as elephants, dragons and sea horses. Sweet Leaf Tea offered free samples of its locally famous flavors to thirsty passersby while Toy Joy distributed 3-D glasses and glittery stickers to the young at heart. Tantalizing aromas wafted from the stands of various Austin eateries, where the hungry could find relief in the form of pies from Boomerang’s Gourmet Veggie & Meat Pies and the Jackalope, a sau- Alice Glass of Crystal Castles crowd surfs in the rain at Fun Fun Fun Fest on Sunday night. sage dog made of antelope and jackrabbit meat, from hot-dog laid back. The weary took ref- stage under a cloud of smoke — among rail-thin hipsters smokuge under trees to refuel before a mixture of cigarettes and mari- ing Parliaments. The vibe of the establishment Frank. heading over to see their favor- juana — as music lovers lit up. crowd was undeniably optimisMetalheads and Hipsters ite bands. Fans danced without Metalheads looking out for tic. Because Fun Fun Fun Fest’s The festival was markedly a care in the pits in front of each Danzig traversed the park freely roster of artists runs the gamut

with an intermittent drizzle intruding, spirits were not dampened at Waterloo Park as artists took the stage and fans geared up all over again for day two.

Going underground Neon Indian, an Austin-byway-of-Brooklyn band playing just its third show in Austin, was a crowd favorite. “Should Have Taken Acid With You,” off the band’s debut album Psychic Chasms, got the audience dancing to Alan Palomo’s soft vocals and Leanne Macomber’s delicate keyboard work. Just a few hours earlier, Palomo enticed the crowd with his other project, VEGA, with big bass and cosmic riffs. “No Reasons,” a track off VEGA’s Well Known Pleasures EP, hit hard with proggy synths and a funky bassline. Palomo and company had just returned from a one-off gig in Los Angeles, and Palomo said the buzz behind the band was helping with crowds. Thankfully, Fun Fun Fun Fest has a sense of humor. MC Chris put a smile on the crowd members’ faces with his off-kilter hiphop and strange backup choices, one of which was a Eurotrash Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan Staff techno sample. No Age, a lo-fi rock duo that redefined the LA scene, roused from hip-hop to metal and from the masses with its ear-splitlo-fi electro to polished post- ting and catchy songs. Consistrock, the audience was diverse. ing of drummer/singer Dean Although the weather was MUSIC continues on page 9 less forgiving Sunday afternoon,

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Above: Car Stereo Wars performs while fans dance behind him on the Blue Stage on Sunday at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009. Top Left: Tim Harrington, lead vocalist of Les Savy Fav, sings at the top of a ladder that he placed in the crowd at Fun Fun Fun Fest on Saturday. Bottom Left: Members of The New Movement comedy group dance on the Yellow Stage on Sunday afternoon at Fun Fun Fun Fest before comedian The Pharaoh performs. Shelley Neuman | Daily Texan Staff

Be your own drummer Or guitarist, cellist or saxophonist. Deloitte’s Dietrich Schmidt certainly is. He’s a business analyst by day and a rock star by night, playing across Texas with his band, The Ars Supernova. You won’t ﬁnd a more innovative approach to career-life ﬁt. Dietrich’s or ours. Meet Dietrich at www.deloitte.com/yourfuture. It’s your future. How far will you take it? As used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Copyright © 2009 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

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Local musician highlights a few of his favorite things MUSIC MONDAY By Brad Barry Guitarist describes best, worst experiences; picks top food joint in Austin Though Headdress often disappears to record sprawling albums, the band now calls Austin home. The duo’s music swings back and forth between acoustic campfire ruminations and dense psychedelic drone, filtering classic Americana through peyotetinged desert nights. After touring in support of Lunes — the dense, swirling album the band released this summer — the nomadic group plans to find a location to craft a set of new songs. But, beCoutesy of Headdress fore it does, we asked guitarCaleb Coy, guitarist for the band Headdress, talks to The Daily Texan ist Caleb Coy to answer our about selling hot dogs and waking up in tents. questions.

What album have you listened to the most in the last week? Caleb Coy: Our Mother the Mountain by Townes Van Zandt.

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If you could collaborate with any musician in the world, who would it be? CC: La Monte Young.

What was the best show you’ve ever played? CC: Ballroom Marfa with Psychic Ills. It was a huge room with a great sound, a good vibe and lots of friends drinking tequila in the desert. Not to mention it was a full moon. It was far out.

What was the worst show you’ve ever played? CC: Maxwell’s in [Hoboken, N.J.] with

Dungen. It was the first gig of the East Side. that tour, and we just didn’t have our shit together. My pedal board Do you have a day job? kept cutting out, and there was CC: I sling hot dogs and feedback all over the vocals. It cold beer at a joint called just wasn’t our night. Frank on Colorado and Fourth. What is your favorite song to play live? What is your favorite Web CC: “My Enemy, I site? Come After Your Good CC: Soakersbible.com. White Horse.” It’s a new jam. What is a perfect When you were forming day for you? the band, were there any CC: Waking up alternate band names you in a tent, making didn’t pick? fresh yerba maté over a fire, CC: Our first EP was [released] going for a morning swim in under the moniker Worship, but the river. That would be folwe didn’t want to be mistaken lowed by a soak in the hot for the infamous German doom springs and an afternoon spiroutfit by the same name. So we it walk with fresh coca leaves, went with Headdress. watching the sun set behind the mountain. Then, cooking Where is your favorite dinner over an evening fire place to eat in Austin? and staring at the stars until I CC: Las Cazuelas on fall asleep.

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music: Lineup, vendors make fest fun ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ goes live From page 7 Spunt and guitarist Randy Randall, No Age gave a full-fledged, powerful performance that belied the fact that it only has two members. “Every Artist Needs a Tragedy,” the opening track off the album Weirdo Rippers, got the crowd cheering to its raw and raucous guitar chords, complete with some tasty feedback. Also hailing from LA, Red Sparowes played its brand of intense, moody post-rock to a mostly quiet crowd — not quiet for lack of enthusiasm but rather the band’s incredible stage presence. Red Sparowes’ soul-crushing wall of sound on “Like the Howling Glory” was intense, but it was the

band’s closing track, which could have easily been a Godspeed You! Black Emperor cover, that was the icing on the cake. Ratatat set the crowd right at the beginning of its set Saturday night with a proper, chilly rendition of “Shiller” off its latest album, LP3. The end of the track devolved into a five-minute set of experimental noises that might have been part of a sound check were it not for the interesting deluge of reverberating guitars. The noticeably energetic Evan Mast and Mike Stroud, the guitarists for Ratatat, got the crowd waving their arms to “Bruleé,” a sonically optimistic jam also from LP3. Though few casual listeners of Ratatat are aware of this, the

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duo has released two remixed albums of straight-up hip-hop with an electro touch, and the band’s fondness for the genre is undeniable even onstage. Mast’s hip-hop way of strutting across the stage and bouncing his head to the bass was infectious and delightful.

By Katherine Kloc Daily Texan Staff Fans of Adult Swim’s long-running cartoon “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema-Lake Creek on Friday and Saturday for a live show featuring voice actors Dana Snyder and Dave Willis, who is also one of the show’s co-creators. While interrogating audience members, Willis and Snyder showed unaired episodes of “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and performed a song from their recently released Christmas album, Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas, albeit with a few forgotten lyrics. “That’s the excitement of a live show,” said Snyder. “You never know who’s going to screw up and who’s going to perform it well.” Even this unplanned hiccup managed to entertain the audience. Considering Friday night’s performance was the first live show Snyder and Willis have

At the end of the day With a decidedly better lineup than other similar festivals, there’s no doubt that Fun Fun Fun Fest is here to stay. The festival showcases its independent streak by supporting local vendors and shops while building up a roster of the latest and greatest underground artists. Thankfully, the festival lived up to its name, providing three times the fun you’d expect.

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done, the show went smoothly. “This is the first time we’ve performed onstage together,” said Willis. “The Alamo seemed like a really good place to jump in and have fun.” For the occasion, Snyder dressed up in a rented tuxedo. Willis wore shorts and flip-flops. “I thought the audience deserved to know how much I respect people who went to the show,” Snyder said. “I didn’t wear flip-flops and shorts because I respect the audience too much.” Regardless of their attire of choice, the live show provided a welcome change for Willis and Snyder. “We’ve been doing [“Aqua Teen Hunger Force”] for a while — we’re coming up on 100 episodes,” Willis said. “[The live show] is a fun way to interact with live people instead of [just dealing with] computers and drawings.” The live performance also gives them an outlet for connecting with fans. “I think it’s fun to do because we get to see our fans and their reaction to our show instead of just

producing something and never knowing if anyone likes it,” Snyder said. “It’s nice to be with people who like you enough to pay $15 to come and see you.” Although they are only performing in two cities this year, Snyder and Willis hope to tour more extensively in the future. “We’ll probably do some more shows next year and visit some colleges,” Willis said. “If the time’s right and the city’s right and we have enough material, we’d love to do more performances.” In keeping with the theme of Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas, Snyder and Willis entertained the idea of having a Christmasthemed show. “Soon, everyone will know the words [to the album], and it will become a holiday yuletide tradition,” Willis said. “We’ll perform songs again next year, and the entire audience will sing with us.” If Snyder and Willis do come back to Austin next year, expect them to perform Christmas songs while outfitted in Santa hats, cowboy boots and silver belt buckles, Snyder said. And maybe next year they’ll be able to remember the lyrics.

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shipley: Receiver breaks record with 88-yard catch From page 12 underneath,” Shipley said with a smile. His big day gave him 75 catches for 1,050 yards and six touchdowns on the year. He has the seventh 1,000-yard year in school history and joined Williams as the second Texas player to have two 1,000-yard receiving years in a career.

“If he’s not in the middle of the Biletnikoff [Award running], I don’t know how anybody else could be better than he is right now,” Brown said. But you can bet that Shipley could care less about awards. Even after his record-setting day, he was quick to give the glory again to God, his teammates and coaches, but he added a new one: the men and women of

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the armed forces. “We dedicated this game to the troops. We felt terrible about what happened at Fort Hood, and we’ve had several guys come in and talk to us this week [who] were in the service,” Shipley said. “It was really special for us to go out and get a win for those guys.” That’s just the kind of guy Shipley is.

Texas’ Emily Anderson pushes the ball upfield against Colorado on Oct. 25. On Friday, Anderson had two shots, but the Longhorn offense dried up in the second half as the Aggies won, 5-1.

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Despite the deficit, Texas’ junior defender Erica Campanelli wasn’t discouraged after the first half. “I think we actually had a very good first half,” Campanelli said. “I think when the second goal went in, things changed a little bit.” In the second half, the Aggies unleashed a fiery attack, posting four goals in the 55th, 56th, 67th and 88th minutes. “You have to give credit to their offense because they scored five goals against us,” Campanelli said. “But at the same time, I

them all,” said Petrucelli. “I think we had the same but didn’t finish them. Between the 18-yard boxes, we were pretty good. Inside the penalty area is where we weren’t that good.” As Petrucelli reflected on the season, he noted that consistency was the key to moving forward. “We’ve been up and down all year long,” he said. “But the big message that we need to take away from this is that we have work to do. We have got to better. It’s certainly not fun right now, but in the long run, this could be good for us.”

football: Brown applauds Houston’s game From page 12 The players wore emblems of the different branches of the military on their helmets Saturday to honor the U.S. Armed Forces.

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think our team as a whole gave them a lot of chances, and those chances were inside the 18-yard box, and that’s a tough place to give them up.” Texas’ lone score came in the 82nd minute, when Longhorn Sophie Campise took a hard foul in its box. Texas was awarded a penalty kick, which Campanelli confidently netted. After the game, Coach Chris Petrucelli was clearly disappointed that his team was forced to leave the tournament early. “[Texas A&M] had four or five chances in the game and finished

A reporter asked defensive tackle Lamarr Houston if he had ever been in the backfield as much as he was Saturday. Houston paused for a few seconds and shook his head. He couldn’t remember another time that he had. Houston had one sack for an 8-yard loss and three tackles for a loss. He also had two hits on the quarterback.

“Lamarr played really, really well,” Brown said. “We’re excited for him that he continues to do that.” With the loss of Roy Miller and Brian Orakpo, Houston has stepped up to lead the defensive line along with fellow senior Sergio Kindle, who also had a sack and three tackles for a loss. Houston and Kindle led a defense that achieved a season high of six sacks. “[Kindle and Houston] are out there making plays for the defense,” said senior linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy. “They’re out there making plays for our defense on every down.”

Williams impressing coaches With Quan Cosby graduating and Brandon Collins ineligible for the season, the Longhorns have searched all year for a consistent receiver other than Jordan Shipley. It looks like they may have found their man in Malcolm Williams. The 6-foot-3-inch sophomore equaled a career high with five receptions and had more than 50 yards receiving for the third straight game. On the Horns’ final scoring drive, Williams had an 11-yard gain on third and 11 where he made a catch in front of the firstdown marker but fought off two defenders.

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Texas piles it on in second half to win McCoy sets career high as Longhorns light up Golden Knights, 35-3

By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff His teammates grabbed him by the collar and forced him to the front of the pile. There, Jordan Shipley finally broke into a smile. He stood in the end zone, surrounded by teammates but distinct from all of them, alone in Texas’ record books. The thousands of fans who had stayed until the end of the game all stood, chanting his name. Shipley’s career day propelled No. 2 Texas to a 35-3 win over the University of Central Florida on Saturday afternoon. The senior wide receiver, in his sixth year at Texas, had 273 yards on 11 catches. His 88-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter broke the game open and broke the school receiving record, surpassing Tony Jones’ 1987 milestone. After not getting a sack last week against Oklahoma State, the Longhorns sacked quarterback Rob Calabrese six times, holding UCF to 2-of-12 on third downs. “[Will] Muschamp challenged us up front to get sacks,” said defensive tackle Lamarr Houston. “We always try to respond when he challenges us.” The Colt McCoy-to-Shipley connection finally got the Texas offense in gear after a scoreless first quarter. Shipley keyed the Longhorns’ first touchdown drive with a 44-yard catch after McCoy scrambled right and found the receiver blazing across the field. Three plays later, Texas was in the end zone and in the lead, 7-3. Cody Johnson scored the first of two rushing touchdowns, running 20 yards nearly untouched. On the next drive, Shipley contributed two more catches

4. TCU (9-0) 5. Cincinnati (9-0) 6. Boise State (9-0) 7. Georgia Tech (9-1) 8. LSU (7-2) 9. USC (7-2) 10. Iowa (9-1) 11. Ohio State (8-2) 12. Pittsburgh (8-1) 13. Oregon (7-2) 14. Miami (FL) (7-2) 15. Houston (8-1) 16. Utah (8-1) 17. Arizona (6-2) 18. Penn State (8-2) 19. Oklahoma State (7-2) 20. Wisconsin (7-2) 21. Virginia Tech (6-3) 22. Brigham Young (7-2) 23. Oregon State (6-3) 24. South Florida (6-2) 25. West Virginia (7-2)

Green Bay 28 Tampa Bay 38 Miami 17 New England 27 Kansas City 21 Jacksonville 24 Houston 17 Indianapolis 20

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Above, Jordan Shipley slips past a Golden Knight defender on his way to 273 yards receiving, a texas single-game record. Below, Colt McCoy steps back in the pocket while looking to pass. McCoy threw for a career-high 414 yards Saturday. Bottom, the ever-humble Shipley led the Longhorns out of the tunnel before the team’s game at Oklahoma State on Halloween night. and 35 yards as Texas scored again, this time on a 13-yard Johnson run. Despite driving downfield on the next possession, Texas didn’t find the end zone again in the half, as UCF picked McCoy to escape at halftime down only 14-3. On his record-breaking catch, Shipley beat his man in single coverage and had no problem reeling in McCoy’s perfect pass, wheeling away for an 88-yard touchdown and a new receiving record. “It’s one of those deals that you don’t really think about while you’re playing, and I really had no idea,” Shipley said. The only drama left from that point on would be McCoy’s. The senior passed his own career high for yardage, 414, on

By Blake Hurtik Daily Texan Staff Jordan Shipley’s father and granddad always told him to act like he’d been there before, no matter the situation. When the Texas receiver makes a big catch, instead of giving a flashy first-down hand signal a la former Longhorn receiver Roy Williams, he simply springs up and hustles back to the huddle. When he scores a touchdown, he flips the ball back to the referee and looks for his nearest teammate to jump on and share the glory with. When he has a big game, he always deflects praise onto God, his teammates and his coaches. It’s never about Shipley. And that’s how he likes it. But his performance Saturday in Tex-

the play and was zeroing in on the school record as well. A final completion to John Chiles brought him to within 3 yards of Major Applewhite’s record 473, but Texas went to the ground to find the end zone a fifth and final time. Fozzy Whittaker went in from 6 yards to deny McCoy the chance at the record. The quarterback watched from the bench near Applewhite as Texas ran out the clock on its final possession. “We were aware after the last touchdown,” said offensive coordinator Greg Davis. “We thought we might put him back in, but as the game unfolded, we decided against it.” The Golden Knights held the ball for almost eight min-

as’ 35-3 win over Central Florida made it hard for even the ever-modest Shipley to not take a minute and appreciate what he had accomplished. Shipley set a new school record for single-game receiving with 273 yards, breaking Tony Jones’ 22-year-old record of 242 that he set in the 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl. He also set a new personal best with an 88-yard touchdown reception and became just the third player in school history to have more than 200 catches — with 207 — after recording 11 against the Golden Knights, joining Williams and Quan Cosby. How did he react? Well, you could probably guess. “It’s a humbling feeling for me to be mentioned with some of those guys,” Shipley said. “I just feel extremely blessed to be mentioned with that group.” His one moment of self-acknowledgment came after the remaining fans at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium forced him into a make-

Arizona 41 Chicago 21

Tennessee 34 San Francisco 27 San Diego 21 NY Giants 20 Detroit 20 Seattle 32 Carolina 20 New Orleans 30 Dallas 20 Philadelphia 16 Stephen Keller | Daily Texan Staff

utes following the final Texas touchdown but were stopped on fourth down at the Texas 5-yard line. Needing just a running play to finish out the

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The women’s swimming and diving team topped Texas A&M on Friday, 166-134, on the solid individual performances of three sophomores. Longhorns Lauren Caldwell, Leah Gingrich and Kathleen Hersey combined for eight wins in the home meet. Caldwell won the one-meter and three-meter diving competitions. Gingrich placed first in the 1,000-yard freestyle, the 200yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle. Hersey won the 200yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. Hersey was also a part of Texas’ 200-yard medley relay, which started off the meet with a win in a NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 1:40.45. Hersey swam the third leg of the relay with a split of 23.86 seconds. Texas also won the 400-yard freestyle relay. — Will Anderson

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clock, McCoy did not throw another pass. He finished 33-of-42 for 470 with one interception and two scores.

shift curtain call with chants of “Jordan” after the Longhorns sang “The Eyes of Texas.” Fittingly, Shipley had to be physically dragged out of the mob of players by his offensive linemen to give the crowd a smile and the “Hook ‘Em Horns” hand sign. “I didn’t hear it at first, but those guys grabbed me and tossed me out there,” Shipley said. It was probably the most celebrating the Longhorns have seen from Shipley in his six years at Texas. Fellow receiver James Kirkendoll could think of only one other instance in which Shipley showed the slightest ounce of bravado — and that was during a sevenon-seven drill this summer. After making a big catch for a touchdown, Shipley, wearing 1970s-esque orange shorts as a joke, pulled the shorts down to his ankles and did a celebration dance in his underwear. “That is true, but I had shorts on

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After record performance, Shipley still humbly shifts praise to God, teammates

Longhorn diver Samantha Holland tucks into her move during the onemeter diving competition. Holland finished fourth overall in the event.

1. Florida (9-0) 2. Alabama (9-0)

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SOCCER

Texas A&M knocks team out of Big 12 tournament By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff The game slowed down for those few seconds, but Aggie Rachel Shipley did not. The Longhorn defense around her expanded, and Shipley took full advantage of the bubble Texas graciously gave her by sending a shot soaring from 30 yards out toward an outstretched Alexa Gaul. The ball gracefully tucked itself into the back of the net for the Aggies, and they never looked back. Not even Texas’ famous brand of late-game magic could bring the Horns back into Friday night’s Big 12 semifinal match in San Antonio. In the end, the Longhorns walked off the Blossom Soccer Stadium

grounds with their heads down after concluding their promising season with a 5-1 loss to their rivals. The loss comes after beating Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 championship tournament. But the Aggies, who have historically given Texas problems on the field, were ready to put a halt to the momentum Texas mustered. The Longhorns came out Friday with a swift attacking game, striking shots throughout the first half. Texas A&M quelled that storm, posting the game’s first goal in the 33rd minute by the foot of Rachel Shipley. The score sent the Aggies into halftime with a 1-0 lead.

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Longhorns honor U.S. military for UCF game By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns were playing for more than just a win to keep their national title hopes alive Friday. After the tragic shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen that left 13 dead, Head Coach Mack Brown told each player on the team to dedicate the game to someone in the military. “We have so many players with family and friends in the military, so this was very special for us,” Brown said. “It was nice to celebrate all our veterans on a wonderful day like today.” Sophomore running back Fozzy Whittaker played the game in honor of his older brother Curtis, who is stationed in Iraq with the Army. “When I heard about what happened, it made me think, ‘What would have happened if my brother would have been there?’” Whittaker said. “It felt good to play for him today and all of the people who are fighting so that we can live our lives here.” Soldiers addressed the team at their pregame meal Friday and honed in on the similarities between being in the military and playing football, such as preparation and teamwork. “I had a Texas graduate named Corey address the team about preparing for a mission, and it was very heartwarming,” Brown said. “We asked him if he was worried about losing. He said, ‘You can’t lose.’ He said if the other guy is four inches closer to him instead of three, they crash. You’ve got to have teammates, and you’ve got to work really hard.”

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