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TODAY Calendar Leonard Downie The former executive editor of the Washington Post will introduce a screening of “All the President’s Men” and lead a discussion about investigative reporting. The event will begin at 5 p.m. in Studio 6A in the CMB.
Bieber, Clarkson, Metallica, Decemberists: Here’s all the album reviews we could print
Longhorns return with first-class running game.
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$10 million MyEdu contract troubles professors By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff
University faculty raised concerns about inconsistencies with the interactive MyEdu website and about how student feedback on the site will be used in faculty evaluations. Multiple faculty members voiced questions and turned focus to the website’s
partnership with the UT System at a Faculty Council meeting on Monday. The $10 million system-wide partnership with the website is an effort to increase graduation rates by helping students navigate through their degree plans with online advising. UT President William Powers Jr. said the Board of Regents presented the
partnership to him and the other UT System presidents after it was made. Powers said since the UT System Board of Regents already made the solo decision to enter the partnership, the main direction of the site is out of his hands. “Would I have had different priorities for that money? Yes,”
Powers said. “We didn’t choose to bring this to the campus.” Powers said information about individual professors can be useful to help University administration determine actions like pay raises, tenure or the distribution of research space. However, he said it may not be appropriate to display publicly on MyEdu. “If it’s going to tap into our
ter-themed Halloween because we know that there is a large Harry Potter fan base here on campus, and since our programs are aimed directly at the UT student community, we figured that students would really enjoy an event like this,” Allison said.
The UT Medical Branch at Galveston’s contract to provide medical care to state inmates may continue with altered conditions or be terminated as the institution extends negotiations involving the financial situation over the next 30 days. The UT System B oard of Regents voted to give UTMB President David Callender the power to negotiate a transition plan to limit or discontinue UTMB’s relationship with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in providing these services to inmates by Dec. 31, 2012. Financial risk is the main issue threatening the relationship, according to a UTMB press release. The partnership began in 1994 to provide health care to about 80 percent of the state’s inmates, according to the institution’s website. “Negotiations have reached an impasse,” UTMB President David Callender said in a press release Oct. 13. Callender said a preliminary proposal “does not seek to eliminate jobs” and instead suggests the transfer of some UTMB personnel to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. “We will recommend that UTMB continue to manage Hospital Galveston and continue to accept TDCJ inpatients there,” Callender said in the press release. “We must, however, have an agreement where TDCJ will pay UTMB the cost of providing this care.”
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— Liz Farmer
Tuezgayz is kicking off their celebration of Dia de los Muertos at Barberella tonight from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. Face Painters will be set up on the back patio, prices ranging from $3 - $10. No cover for 21 and over.
Art in practice
Playboy’s Curator Art in Practice will be hosting artist Aaron Baker, the curator of the Playboy Collection. Baker will talk about being an archivist and what it takes to maintain the Playboy Collection. The event will take place tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Visual Arts Center. More on the talk in Wednesday’s paper.
Costumed yoga
Google Docs
From 11 a.m. — noon, learn how to share, create and edit documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations with your co-workers anywhere in the world. Visit bit.ly/UTGoogleDocs for the free public session.
Today in history In 1952 The United States tested the very first hydrogen bomb. Also known as a thermonuclear bomb, the device was 1000 times more powerful than other average conventional nuclear devices and signified another terrifying leap forward in the Cold War arms race.
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European studies senior Anastasia Davis sets up a prop for a potions class at Harry Potter Fest on Monday afternoon. The festival featured a number of classic Harry Potter activities, including dark mark tattoos, a Tri-Wizard maze and a Yule Ball.
Harry Potter wand-erland draws crowd Brianna Pelayo Daily Texan Staff
The Student Activity Center was no place for muggles as Harry Potter Fest 2011 transformed it into platform nine and three-quarters and flooded the building with wizards, witches and butterbeer.
The event, organized by the Student Events Center, was a themed nonprofit celebration on Monday created to bring UT community members of every variety together at the center, said Cameron Allison, president of the SEC. Students took part in a day’s worth of magical events that included a “Tri-Wizard Maze,” a
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“Defense Against the Dark Campus Arts” class, Harry Potter trivia, temporary “Dark Mark” tattoos, a photo booth, a potions class to make “Butterbeer,” a “Horcrux” scavenger hunt, “Honeyduke’s Sweet Shop” and a costume contest and “Yule Ball” to end the night. “We chose to do a Harry Pot-
Fake moustaches, fundraisers stand up to prostate cancer By John Farey Daily Texan Staff
Fake moustache kits are usually associated with use in a private eye’s disguise routine, not to raise awareness for men’s prostate cancer. Passers-by on Speedway were treated to Interfraternity Council members wearing thick, black moustaches and handing out free fake moustache kits for the Mo[ustache]vember charity on Monday. The IFC hopes to raise $20,000 for men’s prostate cancer
research — double last year’s efforts. The kit included a can of shaving cream, a razor, some candy for Halloween and a prop moustache to be applied to the upper lip to promote sponsorship for the month-long event. Participants start the month clean-shaven and grow a moustache for all 30 days in November. Meanwhile, they can create a profile to track their progress through the Interfratenty
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I want to use the CD to bring the theremin back as an instrument. A lot of people see it as just a tool for sci-fi movies. I feel it hasn’t had due justice as a musical instrument. — Aileen Alder
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Dia de los Muertos Tuezgayz
Meet at Festival Beach in Town Lake Park dressed in Dia de los Muertos themed costumes for a six mile ride and some yoga. Bring your lights, locks, mat and jackets. The event goes from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
data, I want to know how it’s going to use that info,” Powers said. Engineering professor Brian Evans said student comments on MyEdu about professors and inaccuracies in class grade distributions concern him. “You have no way to know
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A pedestrian crosses the intersection of Sixth Street and Congress Avenue under surveillance on Monday afternoon.
Security cameras keep an eye on 6th By Nick Hadjigeorge Daily Texan Staff
Victoria Montalvo | Daily Texan Staff
Biology Freshman Kyra Malicse tries on a fake moustache given out by the Interfraternity Council in honor of ‘Movember.’
Seventeen High Activity Location Obser vation security cameras were installed along Sixth Street last Friday, aimed at thwarting crime and will expand to include a total of 26 cameras by next week, Austin Police Department Lt. Patrick Cochran said. C o chran s aid t he c amera system known as HALO has already been used to identify one person involved in an assault, but hopes that the cameras will mostly be used to pre-
vent crimes rather than record them happening. “ We w o u l d r a t h e r d e t e r crime than have to deal with actual crimes in the first place,” Cochran said. “But if a crime does happen, then we can have some evidence to catch the criminal.” Cochran said the cameras were installed before Halloween weekend, not because they were expecting many crimes, but because they wanted the opportunity to test the cameras on a busy weekend. The c amer as c ost a tot a l of about $250,000 and were
paid for by the Austin Downtown Business Alliance, Cochran said. The cameras are housed inside a bulletproof enclosure and are designed to be highly visible to people on the street. Recorded footage from the cameras is stored for seven days and streamed wirelessly to a monitoring station where at least one person is always on duty. “We are hoping that if people just know about the cameras, it will deter crime,” Lt. Cochran said.
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Correction: Because of a reporting error, Friday’s page 6 news story about Ronya Kozmetsky misidentified Kerri Battles, a public affairs specialist, as an LBJ School spokeswoman. The story also should have said the RGK Foundation donated $5 million to the LBJ School, and misidentified the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service as a branch of the RGK Foundation.
UT President Bill Powers fields questions at a Faculty Council meeting, Tuesday afternoon.
MYEDU continues from PAGE 1 that the student attended that class,” Evans said. “Comments can come from anybody.” Computer science professor Alan Cline said faculty concern with MyEdu began years before the partnership, when it started posting class grade distributions. He said the faculty worried it would lead to grade inflation. Cline said MyEdu will not help to improve graduation rates because advising is not the issue, but instead, the issue is the need for money to hire more faculty and teaching assistants to provide additional classes. “Students are finding that they’re having difficulty gett i ng t hroug h b e c aus e t he y can’t get the classes they need,”
Because of a reporting error, Monday’s Page 5 news story about the Hands for Hope charity event misidentified El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission as a church.
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WA SH I NG TON — T h e Obama administration on Monday cut off funding for the U.N. cultural agency, after its member countries defied an American warning and approved a Palestinian bid for full membership in the body. The lopsided vote to admit Palestine as a member of UNESCO, which only the United States and 13 other countries opposed, triggered a long-standing congressional ban on U.S. funding to U.N. bodies that recognize Palestine as a state before an IsraeliPalestinian peace deal is reached. The State Department said a $60 million payment to UNESCO scheduled for November would not be made as a result, and U.S. officials warned of a “cascade” effect at other U.N. bodies that might follow UNESCO’s lead. “Today’s vote by the member states of UNESCO to admit Palestine as a member is regrettable, premature, and undermines our shared goal of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. She said the U.S. remained committed to UNESCO and its goals, which include the promotion of science, education and culture, and that the administration would work with Congress to preserve U.S. interests and influence in the body. But, while Nuland said the U.S. would maintain its membership and participation in UNESCO, the organization’s internal rules will strip Washington of its vote if it is delinquent in paying its dues for two years. It is not clear how U.S. membership would work in the interim, especially since UNESCO depends heavily on U.S. funding. The U.S. provides 22 percent of its budget — roughly $80 million a year — but has survived without it in the past: The Unit-
As s i s t ant m an a ge r Mar k Wright of Buffalo Billiards on Sixth Street said he welcomes the introduction of security cameras to the area. “I’ve seen fights, stabbings and muggings happen around here,” Wright said. “Having more eyes everywhere to see
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“We tried to put cameras at 12th and Chicon,” Lt. Cochran said, “but they didn’t want any cameras there, so we weren’t going to force them.” Germanic studies graduate student Ryan Dux said the security cameras represent the city’s distrust for the people to
SHAVE continues from PAGE 1 Council website and receive donations. President Chris Felicetta said the IFC, which represents all 23 Greek fraternities, hopes to sign up more than half of the 2,200 council members this November. Three hundred members sported moustaches to raise $10,000 for the Movember charity in 2010, the first year the monthlong event was run on campus, Felicetta said. “We’re asking our members Greek-wide to grow facial hair, make a profile on the web page and then raise money for prostate cancer,” Felicetta said. “This is our
big philanthropy of the semester.” Female students can also participate by signing up as “Mo-Sisters” to help take donations and raise awareness, Felicetta said. Vice-president Matthew Ziemnicki said he didn’t believe young men were aware of how common and serious prostate cancer can be. “I didn’t know much about it myself until I started this campaign,” Ziemnicki said. “It happens to one out of every six males. It is out there and it doesn’t get enough press, and we’re just doing our part.” More than 240,000 men have
report and prevent crimes on their own. “I would see more purpose for cameras in dark alleys and places where people are unable to see well,” Dux said. “Not the busiest streets where you would hope people would report the crimes themselves.”
been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the U.S. alone this year, according to the National Cancer Institute, about 7,500 more than the number of men and women with breast cancer, which receives much greater public awareness. Architectural engineering freshman Jordan Figueroa said he had tried to grow a moustache over the summer without much success, but raising awareness of men’s health and prostate cancer might convince him to try again. “I tried to go for the typical Latino moustache, but I didn’t get it,” Figueroa said. “Prostate cancer isn’t something that was really on my radar. I don’t know much about it. Awareness couldn’t hurt, I’m going to look into it.”
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what’s going on will do more good than bad, in my opinion, to fight crime.” Cochran said the public response to the downtown cameras has been ver y positive, and the cameras wouldn’t be installed if people didn’t want them.
ed States pulled out of UNESCO under President Ronald Reagan and rejoined two decades later under President George W. Bush. Of potential greater concern to the administration is the possibility that the Palestinians, buoyed by the 107-14 vote in their favor at UNESCO, will apply for membership in other U.N. organizations that the United States values, like the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, or the International Atomic Energy Agency. “We don’t see any benefit, and we see considerable potential damage, if this move is replicated in other U.N. organizations,” Nuland said. “We are trying to make clear what the implications for us, what the implications for these organizations are, of the move that the Palestinians started here. And we are hoping that this will end here and we can get back to the peace talks because that is the place where we’re going to be able to achieve the aspirations of the Palestinian people.” Senior State Department officials were meeting Monday with executives from numerous hightech firms to consider options if the U.S. is forced to restrict its participation in the World Intellectual Property Organization, which sets global standards for copyrights and adjudicates cross-border patent disputes. “We need to make sure that our companies understand the implications of what’s happened and begin that conversation with them.” The UNESCO vote was a fallback for the Palestinian leadership that presented its plan for U.N. recognition as a state and full membership in the global body in September. Israel has fiercely opposed the bid, and it has no chance of passing because the Obama administration has promised to veto any resolution in the Security Council.
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Preparation for this event began in August as Allison, the committee chairs and vice presidents of the SEC discussed how to put the idea of a Harry Potter Fest into action and to make it an event that was worthwhile for UT students, she said. “It was a lot of fun planning out the different events that we have for the day,” Allison said. “We wanted things to be fun but also educational, so each committee in the SEC worked together and came up with creative ways we could reach this goal.” The “Defense Against the Dark Campus Arts” class was one that was intended to be both fun and educational, Allison said. In this event, the SEC joined forces with UTPD to put on drunk driving demonstrations and a workshop on the Rape Aggression Defense classes that are offered on campus, he said. “I don’t know if many students actually know that they have these types of resources on campus, but I think after the demonstrations students will be able to take away something very valuable that they can use both inside and outside the classroom,” Allison said. Many students attending the event made sure to dress in the appropriate attire of a Hogwarts student so they could have the full experience, said radio-television-film sophomore Skylar Moran. “I always thought that the SAC looked like a high-tech Hogwarts, so I was really excited about the event being held here,” Moran said. “It’s Halloween, and I already had my Harry Potter costume, so I was really excited to be here to celebrate.” Throughout the event, the Harry Potter films were on display, and the famous Harry Potter film score played throughout the building for students to enjoy. “It’s a fun way to relax and celebrate Harry Potter,” said advertising senior Martin Munoz. “Now that the Harry Potter books and movies are over, it’s a great way to keep it alive.”
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Occupy Austin demonstrators regroup following arrests Members of the Occupy Austin movement have not been deterred by recent arrests, as they have made accommodations to continue their protest, despite local law enforcement policies. The 38 organization members arrested during Halloween weekend were later released, but not without restrictions. Arrest warrants issued included public intoxication, as well as trespassing. Some who were arrested for criminal trespassing are no longer allowed to convene on ground at City Hall. The group held a general assembly meeting on the evening of Halloween to discuss issues with law enforcement policies, safety while protesting and improving Occupy Austin living conditions. Occupy Austin supporters have moved their general assembly meetings to the grassy median between City Hall and Town Lake in order to allow those not permitted on City Hall grounds to attend meetings. Occupy Austin supporter Samantha “Mama” Trevino said she witnessed several arrests and was concerned with the way police treated those taken into custody. Trevino said she witnessed an arrest that left detainees with bruises. “I think they’re trying to get rid of us,” Trevino said. “It hurts, but I’m here for a purpose.” Occupy Austin supporter Colby Wendeborn was one of the 38 arrested over the weekend, and said he feels he is participating in the protests for a significant purpose. Wendeborn said he and many others arrested appear in several videos the group has uploaded to YouTube in hopes of raising awareness to the issue of law enforcement policies he believes are wrong. “The arrests needed to happen to bring everyone together,” Wendeborn said. “When I got out of jail, I thought Austin would be in uproar, but nothing has happened. These are the things people need to see.” — Jillian Bliss
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By Amanda Myers The Associated Press
PHOENIX — Arizona authorities have disrupted a Mexican drug cartel’s distribution network, arresting dozens of smugglers in dismantling a ring responsible for carrying more than $33 million worth of drugs through the state’s western desert every month, officials said Monday. The ring is believed be tied to the Sinaloa cartel — Mexico’s most powerful — and responsible for smuggling more than 3.3 million pounds of marijuana, 20,000 pounds of cocaine and 10,000 pounds of heroin into the U.S. through Arizona over the past five years, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Their efforts in that time generated an estimated $2 billion, according to ICE. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Pinal County Sheriff ’s Office arrested 22 suspected smugglers tied to the ring on Thursday, the latest of three busts they say have brought it down following a 17-month investigation dubbed “Operation Pipeline Express.� In the three busts combined, the agencies have arrested 76 suspected smugglers and seized more than 61,000 pounds of pot, about 160 pounds of heroin, about 210 pounds of cocaine, nearly $760,000 in cash, and 108 weapons, including assault rifles and shotguns. The other busts came in mid-September and mid-October. Although the agencies released some information about Thursday’s bust last week, they held back most of their information for a Monday news conference in which they displayed dozens of guns and hundreds of pounds of pot seized for members of the media. The smuggling ring operated by using backpackers and vehicles to
move drugs from the border to a network of so-called stash houses in the Phoenix area. The drugs were then sold to distributors from states across the country. Authorities say the ring virtually monopolized smuggling routes along an 80-mile section of the Arizona-Mexico border from Yuma to just east of the small Tohono O’odham Nation town of Sells. Some of the officials at the news conference in Phoenix lauded the bust as a significant blow to the Sinaloa cartel, while others acknowledged that it affects only a portion of the cartel’s massive operation, which still has cells operating in the state. “It’s a body blow but it doesn’t knock them out by any sense of the imagination,� Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeau said. “This literally is just a fraction of what’s going on.� It’s only a matter of time before either the Sinaloa cartel or another operation reclaims the area affected by the bust, said Matthew Allen, ICE’s special agent in charge for Arizona. “This is not a closing chapter in this book,� he said. “We have every expectation that command and control in Mexico is working to re-establish their presence, and it’s our job to go after them.� Authorities began investigating the smuggling ring in June 2010, when a Pinal County sheriff ’s deputy stopped two smugglers hauling 1,500 pounds of pot in Stanfield, about 50 miles south of Phoenix. At least one of the smugglers gave investigators detailed information about the ring. Allen said that those arrested range from low-level drug haulers and scouts to those who were in command. “This is how you attack international organized crime and transnational criminal organizations, by focusing on the people,
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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu checks out one of the seized weapons after a news conference.
the leadership and the illicit pathways that they exploit,� he said. “Our goal is to take them out by their roots.� The case is a reminder of how important it is for the federal government to gain operational control over the border, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne said. “I find it completely unacceptable that Arizona neighborhoods are treated as a trading floor for narcotics,� Horne said. “Children are not safe when their homes are located near the other homes that are used as distribution centers for drugs. Our highways are not safe when
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criminal organizations battle each other, sometimes violently and at risk to innocent bystanders, for control of loads of drugs being transported in vehicles.� Authorities need to send a message to cartel leaders through continued busts, Babeau said. “We have to stand up to bring the fight to the cartels to say, ‘This is America. You’re not bringing your violence, you’re not bringing your drugs and your trash to our country. We’re going to stop you,’� he said.
LONDON — The Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral quit Monday, the second high-profile clergy member to step down over anti-capitalist protests that have spilled across the historic church’s grounds. The resignation of Graeme Knowles leaves the cathedral without a leader and will delay its planned legal action to evict the protest camp — though the neighborhood’s governing body says it will formally ask the protesters Tuesday to leave, and will go to court if they refuse. K n ow l e s s a i d h i s p o s i tion had become “untenable� as criticism of the cathedral mounted in the press and in public opinion. Knowles had urged protesters to leave the cathedral area to allow it to reopen its doors. Officials shut the church to the public on Oct. 21, saying demonstrators’ tents were a health and safety hazard. It was the first time the 300-yearold London church had closed since German planes bombed the city during World War II. After a public outcry, it reopened Friday. Knowles’ resignation follows that last week of Giles Fraser, a senior St. Paul’s Cathedral priest who had welcomed the anti-capitalist demonstrators to set up camp outside the landmark, inspired by New York’s Occupy Wall Street movement. He said he resigned because he feared moves to evict the protesters could end in violence.
The protesters said Knowles’ resignation showed that the management of St . Pau l’s is “obviously deeply divided� over the protests. But in a statement on the Occupy London website, the movement said it had never called for any “scalps� from the clergy. “Our cause has never been directed at the staff of the cathedral,� the group said. It called for an “open and transp are nt d i a l o g u e� b e t we e n demonstrators and those urging campers to move. Knowles, 60, called the past two weeks a “testing time� and said his decision to step down did not come easily. “Since the arrival of the protesters’ camp outside the cathedral, we have all been put under a great deal of strain and have faced what would appear to be some insurmountable issues,� he said in a statement. “I hope and pray that under new leadership these issues might continue to be addressed and that there might be a swift and peaceful resolution.� St. Paul’s officials said Knowles made his decision known on Sunday night and has already removed himself from operations. Both the church and the local authority, the City of London Corporation, announced last week they were going to court to clear scores of tents from a pedestrianized square and footpath outside the cathedral. But cathedral spokesman Rob Marshall said legal proceedings had not yet started, and the governing chapter “is now discussing a range of options in the wake of the resignation of the dean.�
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OVERVIEW Battling perceptions, avoiding drought Monday’s Faculty Council meeting featured concern regarding an article by the Austin American-Statesman story titled “Do college ratings of professors make the grade?” published two weeks ago. The article explores the post-tenure review process at UT and illustrates inadequacies by highlighting faculty members who received poor reviews but were not fired by the University. President William Powers Jr. said during the meeting that articles such as the Statesman’s negatively affect UT in its attempts to attract the best faculty. He asserted that all of the challenges higher education faces can be worked through as long as the University is able to continue to recruit and retain faculty. In the perception-dominated higher education beauty contest, University officials feel that even the Statesman’s pimple delivery can put it on uneven ground in the competitive pursuit for brandname faculty members. As a public university in a transparency-driven state, UT is subject to very broad interpretations of the Freedom of Information Act, making everything from comments in an internal post-tenure review process to wide disparities in faculty salaries fair game for the media and the public. And while information accessibility and open dialogue seems compatible with the spirit of higher education, UT’s dilemma is that it competes in the same market with private universities. As public universities across the country battle with budget cuts and other forms of internal instability, private universities remain relatively impervious to misdirected calls for change and continue to reinforce the traditional model of higher education. That explains why the top 20 universities on US News and World Report’s Best Colleges of 2012 include no public institutions. UT’s biggest fear is that even its most perfectly choreographed recruitment rain dances can no longer pour in, or even keep, the breadth of talented faculty that it wants to keep, making most outside commentary seem like a misstep.
Plastic bags as model to forgo the bottle By Larisa Manescu Daily Texan Columnist
An open forum held last week focused on the proposed citywide plastic bag ban, which aims to reduce the amount of waste in the environment and cut city spending on cleanup programs. Various interest groups have debated the issue for months, and City Council will introduce a draft of the legislation in early November outlining such a ban. Amid the push for more environmentally friendly bags, Austinites have given little attention to reducing bottled water purchases. In 2008, pitchers of water replaced bottles of water at City Hall Meetings. While this represents a minor step taken by city officials, few have followed their lead. The city has focused more on recycling water bottles rather than reducing their sales, as evidenced by certain initiatives put forward to aid the recycling process, including widespread, accessible recycling containers and the confiscation of empty bottles at concert venues. Environmentalists often refer to the phrase “reduce, reuse and recycle” to promote their message. However for water bottles, “reduce” is the most productive of these three verbs and the one that should be heavily advocated for. While recycling seems like a viable option, the reality is that only about 15 percent of “custom plastic bottles, which include water, juice, tea and sports drinks” are recycled annually, according to the Container Recycling Institute. Reusing plastic water bottles is not a safe option, as heavy reuse can cause the dangerous leakage of certain chemicals in the plastic container into the water. Additionally, the heavy carbon footprint that results from manufacturing water bottles for consumer convenience is unsustainable. Former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who ordered all city departments and agencies to stop buying bottled water in 2007, told MSNBC that 47 million gallons of oil are consumed annually to produce the bottles. Former Austin Mayor Will Wynn previously expressed that Austin should set a national example for reducing plastic bottle use and that he would consider a ban on most city purchases of bottled water. Progressive movement from the city government has been slow, however. The bottled water industry is extremely powerful and immense.
According to Tom Lauria, vice president of communications for the International Bottled Water Association, the industry’s revenues include $9 billion in stateside sales. However, action to reduce bottled water purchases can be initiated from the bottom — at the consumer level. There is no justifiable reason why personal consumption of bottled water cannot be reduced. Consumers should realize that reducing their purchases would not only aid the environment but also benefit them by putting money back into their wallets. The consumers’ fixed mindset regarding bottled water is a bizarre phenomenon. A taste test called the “Tap Water Challenge,” carried out earlier this year by American University’s Office of Sustainability and Corporate Accountability International, shed light on the indistinguishable taste difference between tap water and bottled water. The test was particularly targeted at members of Congress, who spend approximately $1 million per year on bottled water. Many Universities across the nation have had similar awareness projects, including University of Maryland’s “Tap That” program, whose goal was to eliminate the preconception that bottled water tastes better than tap water. Pamela LeBlanc of the Austin American-Statesman recently wrote, “We spend a collective $11.7 billion annually on bottled water when the U.S. has some of the safest, best-testing tap water in the world. More specifically, in a city whose tap water is ranked seventh best of 100, based on data tests run on cities with more than 250,000 people by the Environmental Working Group, Austinites should be embracing the city’s prime tap water. Apart from the arguments of the better taste or better quality of bottled water, many consumers simply admit that bottled water is more convenient. However, the alternative does not require much effort either; more effort is actually exerted in hauling bottled water cases from the grocery store to the home than in buying a water filter or using water fountains to fill up reusable water bottles. The University should install more retrofit bottle fillers onto the water fountains around campus to incentivize more people to take advantage of these fountains. The excessive purchase of water bottles is unnecessary, and each person should contribute to the reduction of their usage. Manescu is an international relations and journalism freshman.
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Perry’s tax plan falls flat By Samantha Katsounas Daily Texan Columnist
Early last week, presidential candidate Rick Perry debuted his new tax and spending reform plan in an effort to revitalize his floundering campaign. Advertised as straightforward, Perry’s Cut, Balance & Grow proposal is a mash-up of conservative ideology that will create unprecedented budget problems for the federal government. Seeking to differentiate his plan from frontrunner Herman Cain’s 9-9-9, Perry emphasizes a flat income tax instead of a national sales tax. Advertised as “simple,” Perry’s income tax offers Americans two choices: pay a 20-percent flat tax on income or keep your old tax rate. Not only is the plan far from simple, it will tilt the tax code drastically in favor of the wealthiest Americans. According to calculations performed by the nonprofit Tax Policy Center, “the highest-income households in every structure of family analyzed benefit from opting into the Perry plan.” Besides, this assessment only analyzes employment-based income. For wealthy Americans who earn money through capital gains, the tax figure shrinks even further. Famed billionaire Warren Buffett would pay a miniscule 0.2 percent income tax under Perry’s plan, according to the Houston Chronicle. Perry latched onto the concept of a simplistic tax code that allows individuals “to file their taxes on a postcard.” In reality, the plan is far from effortless. Perry slams the current system for “forcing”
taxpayers to hire professionals to help navigating the intricate tax code. However with Perry’s plan, taxpayers will still have to calculate whether their current rate or the new rate would be a better deal for them. Most analysts seem unable to find a way this simplifies matters, since the plan adds more layers onto the already complicated tax system. Moreover, it seems Perry’s system will have a net effect of lower tax revenue since wealthy Americans would be the only ones receiving tax cuts. Congress has dealt with unprecedented deficits in the past few years, and this plan would compound the situation. Combined with Perry’s proposed balanced budget amendment, there is serious concern that lowering tax revenue could have catastrophic effects on the federal budget. Perry offers up a study delivered by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, as support for his plan. According to Perry and Cato, two dozen countries have successfully adopted flat tax systems. The countries in question? Economic powerhouses such as Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, Serbia and Iraq. Bewilderingly, Perry is actually using countries with some of the most corrupt governments in the world as support for his flat tax proposal. But Perry’s plan goes far beyond taxes: it encompasses corporate taxes, the federal regulatory system, Obamacare, social security reform, Medicare and Medicaid. Cut, Balance & Grow is an agglomeration of ideas that tries to cover all of Perry’s political bases. These proposals are often at odds with his strident stances in the past. While Perry has famously reiterated over the
past few months that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme” and a “fraudulent system,” he now claims an avowed desire to “save Social Security” in his plan. While Perry insists in his plan that the famous 2008 TARP bailout “was wrong when it was signed into law,” he wrote a 2008 letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to “strongly urge Congress to leave partisanship at the door and pass [TARP].” While Perry is well-known for Tammany Hall-style patronage for generous donors, he decries the corporate tax code that allows “loopholes and special interest tax breaks.” What outsiders see as capricious changes in policy, Texans recognize as true to form flip-flopping. Perry has displayed an unwavering commitment to his as-the-wind-blows methodology, as evidenced in his rise from Democratic state legislator to Republican presidential candidate. Try as he might, Perry can’t have his cake and eat it, too. While he plans to slash taxes on the upper crust of American earners, he refuses reductions in defense spending, which has doubled in the past 10 years. The programs that will feel the pain of Perry’s plan will unquestionably include education. During the recent legislative session, Perry showed no qualms in approving draconian budget cuts for public and higher education to satisfy budget constraints. There’s no reason to expect him to change positions now. Students, take note. In Perry’s system of back-room politics, you won’t come first. Katsounas is a finance and government sophomore.
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John Ciorciari, assistant professor of public policy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, gives a lecture on Monday afternoon titled “Archiving Memory after Mass Atrocities� as part of the Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series hosted by the School of Law.
Professor argues for archiving genocide By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff
It is a nation’s duty to record the truth through archives and to overcome the challenges of assembling those archives, said John Ciorciari, assistant professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. Ciorciari lectured Monday as part of a series on human rights sponsored by the Rapoport Center in the School of Law. Ciorciari, who published a book on the duty to protect human rights in Southeast Asia, described the foundational approach of creating a strong archival base for both memory and accountability. “It’s very important for the people responsible for documentation to be
thoughtful, to establish procedures,� he said. He noted the example of Cambodia and the atrocities committed there in the 1970s with the brutal, genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Documents were used to convict those responsible for crimes against humanity, he said. “There’s an emerging notion that people have a right to know what happened,� Ciorciari said. He also said a number of postcommunist states began to set up specialized memory institutes after the Cold War. This norm of establishing archives gathered momentum in the late 1990s, he said. The question of who is allowed to assemble archives and who is to organize and gather the documents is
a difficulty governments face, Ciorciari said; a national archive is a natural place to start. “When a national archive is [established], it is a building capacity for the state in dealing with future recordkeeping,� Ciorciari said. He also said the process of establishing national archives depends greatly on the cooperation of a national government. “A lot of governments are not willing, or are unable, to deal with these documents,� he said. “And [those documents] may not see the light of day.� He said in cases of citizen privacy, ethical decisions will have to be made. William Chandler, an administrator at the Rapoport Center, said discussing human rights issues is
important for students of law as well as other students. “The Rapoport Center is interdisciplinary,� Chandler said. “The University is a great environment to have open dialogue about human rights issues.� The archiving process, Ciorciari said, is not a simple or easy one, but it is inherent to human rights and holds those who abuse their power at the expense of citizens accountable for their actions. “People will say, ‘I want to see those documents today. I lost my uncle,’ or, ‘I lost my sister,’� he said. “Even with modern technology, it’s going to take a long time relative to the legitimate needs [of citizens]. Their patience for the use of these documents is going to be short.�
A group of Mexican-American women from Texas were essential in increasing cultural understandings of Latin-American citizens living in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century, according to a visiting expert from Yale. Ph.D. candidate Serena Sprungl presented a workshop to the Institute for Historical Studies, focusing on ethnic Mexican women’s activism and public cultures as they contributed to a more culturallyaccepting Texas. The League of United Latin American Citizens, founded in Texas in 1929, became instrumental in gaining recognition for Mexican contributions to Texas society and establishing a Mexican-American identity, Sprungl said. “The project reflects my longstanding interest in Mexican history, as well as my frustration that so much cultural history is told as a white U.S. history,� Sprungl said. “By going in and observing patterns in cultural artifacts, such as the newspapers and cartoons of the time, I want to highlight the meanings and implications of race and gender as understood by ethnic Mexicans in the 1930s.� Understanding the work of LULAC was an important part of giv-
ing ethnic Mexicans who are learning in U.S. schools an accurate picture of their cultural heritage, Sprungl said. Assistant history professor Anne Martinez said Sprungl’s work documented Mexican and American women in Texas reaching out internationally to Latin America and establishing important cultural ties. “This is the beginning of us trying to think in a transnational lens,� Martinez said. “Certainly, there was a different language for doing that at the time, but that is something that’s still evolving as globalization takes root and our economy is shifting.� “Again, the U.S. is trying to recognize and process our relationship with other nations while foreign nationals are present, as they have been for centuries,� Martinez said. Ph.D. candidate in Latin-American history Renata Keller said the talk was important for understanding identity in the frontier region during the 1930s. “[Sprungl’s] ideas go a long way towards conceptualizing how people position themselves in one country, but have a dual Mexican-American heritage,� Keller said. “We’re still dealing with these issues, especially immigration, and how we decide who is American.�
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Assistant history professor Anne Martinez listens to faculty members and students in a meeting at Garrison Hall on Monday.
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Red Raiders will test Texas defense
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Emmanuel Acho, Blake Gideon and Carrington Byndom are part of a Longhorns defense that will its hands full when Texas faces Texas Tech this weekend. The Red Raiders boast the nation’s eight-most productive offense, averaging more than 500 yards per game this season.
end. But the Longhorns are expecting the prolific offense that had its way against Oklahoma, rather than the one that struggled against the Cyclones. “I think the Texas Tech team that we’re going to see is the one that played against OU,” said senior tight end Blaine Irby. “Last
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In honor of Veterans Recognition week, two F-18 Hornets will fly over Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday. But they won’t be the only things flying around this weekend. Texas Tech is still throwing the ball around a lot. The Big 12 has many great passing offenses and the Red Raiders are near the top again. Seth Doege is picking up where Texas Tech gunslingers like Kliff Kingsbury, Sonny Cumbie and Graham Harrell left off. The junior has thrown for over 300 yards per game and 22 touchdowns this season. Doege will provide a much stiffer challenge for a Texas defense that held Kansas to 46 total yards on 36 offensive plays. “Thirty-six plays might be the first quarter,” said defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. “We go back to a million miles an hour tempo, a great quarterback, wideouts all over the park that can make plays and then the silent killer, which is the run game.” Two weeks ago, the Red Raiders shocked previously undefeated Oklahoma, 41-38, in Norman, but followed up the brilliant performance with a 41-7 loss in Lubbock to Iowa State. The hangover from taking down the mighty Sooners, possibly combined with looking forward to a game against Texas the following week, could have doomed Texas Tech last week-
I think the Texas Tech team that we’re going to see is the one that played against OU. — Blaine Irby, Senior tight end
week was kind of a trap for them because they had played against OU and were playing us this weekend. It’s kind of hard for them to get emotionally prepared for all of those games.” Texas, on the other hand, is coming off one of its most impressive contests of the season, particularly on defense. The Longhorns did not give up a point and didn’t allow the Jayhawks past their 40-yard line. That won’t be the case against a Red Raiders squad that has scored more than 30 points per game in their last nine meetings with Texas. But defensive ends Jackson Jeffcoat and Alex Okafor registered sacks in the same
game for the first time this season, an encouraging feat heading into this weekend. “It’s always good when both of us can have a great game,” Jeffcoat said. “[Okafor] played tremendously well. Two forced fumbles, a sack and two tackles for loss. That was big. There’s not that many games that we can lose when we all come out and play like that.” Pressuring the quarterback will be crucial this week, especially considering that the quarterback will be Doege. He’s maintaining a proud Texas Tech tradition of leading high-powered offenses, airing it out 40 to 50 times per game. Doege leads
a Big 12 conference stacked with terrific quarterbacks in passing with 2,779 yards, the second-most in the country behind only Arizona quarterback and Austin product Nick Foles. “For a spread of fense, he throws the ball deep exceptionally well,” Diaz said. “The easiest way to get beat is to give up big plays. He can stretch you vertically, but he can work you horizontally. And he’s just in an offense where they’re going to run the pass concepts they’ve run forever and ever.” Te x a s h e l d Ka n s a s t o - 2 rushing yards, but a solid run
DEFENSE continues on PAGE 8
Horns’ dominant rushing attack could allow them to win final five games By Trey Scott Daily Texan Columnist
We learned Saturday in emphatic fashion that Texas can really run the ball. Now we’ll begin to find out if they can actually run the table. A 43-0 win over Kansas — perhaps the worst team in college football — was the perfect exhibit of smashmouth football that Mack Brown has so fruitlessly tried to install, as eight runners combined for 441 yards and five touchdowns on 72 attempts. Finally, for the first time since the early years of the Vince Young era, the Longhorns are a team that will use the run to set up the pass, and not vice versa. Because of that, senior tailback Fozzy Whittaker believes Texas can win out. “There’s a great possibility we can do that,” Whittaker said. “Time of possession is key and if you can run effectively, you have a chance.” There’s nobody left on the schedule with a more porous defense than the one the Jayhawks trotted out, but none of them will be confused with Alabama, either. The combined naMalcolm Brown made it two straight 100-yard games against Kansas, running for 119 yards and two touchdowns against the Jayhawks. The freshman is one of many reasons a runfirst offense has worked well so far.
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tional run-defense ranking of Texas’ last five opponents is 63rd. This Saturday’s foe, Texas Tech, is No. 114. “I feel that we do have balance on offense, but when something’s good, you stay with it,” said starting guard David Snow. The rushing attack has been bolstered, of course, by the arrival of freshman Malcolm Brown and the improvement of Whittaker who, for the first time in his career, is completely healthy. Joe Bergeron emerged as a good third option against Kansas and D.J. Monroe and Marquise Goodwin are dangerous in their special packages. But don’t sleep on co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin, who came to Austin from Boise State this offseason with a rather incorrect reputation as a past-first playcaller. Harsin likes to spread receivers all over the field and call elaborate trick plays, but the basis of his offense is the ability to run. “The reason for our success has to be the change in philosophy, we ran the ball 72 times against Kansas,” Whittaker said. “His mentality when he got here was that we needed to rush for 200 yards each game.”
At Boise State, Harsin enjoyed the luxury of having Kellen Moore at quarterback. At Texas, he doesn’t have anybody close to Moore, so he’s had to find even more ways to run the ball. His most recent — and smartest — wrinkle was moving offensive tackle Luke Poehlmann to tight end. “He s et t he edge,” Harsin said after the Kansas game. “He got us out there on the perimeter by just being physical and being a bigger guy there on the edge, and it helped the run game.” The past few Augusts, head coach Mack Brown has insisted Texas will become a power-running team, only to throw the plan out the window after the first few games. This year, it’s actually working. “When we had Colt McCoy, we didn’t need to run the ball because we threw it so well,” Snow said. “But
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each team changes and at the end of the game, if you’re still winning, that’s all that matters.” The offensive line has played well, especially considering most of them have spent their careers moving backwards, rather than forwards. “We’re more downhill-focused,” Snow said. “We love to run block. We’re Texas, we recruit the best. We have guys who can either runor pass-block. These are guys who have been pass-blocking their whole careers, and we still ran it for 400 yards Saturday.” It would be smart to continue moving forward. No offense to David Ash, but he’s not exactly ready to be slinging the ball 30 times a game. And Texas shouldn’t
need him to. After all, it was Darrell Royal — the namesake of the stadium — who once said that three things can happen while throwing the ball, and only one of them is good. “By running, we’re putting the offense in manageable down-anddistance situations,” Whittaker said. “And the passing game has become a compliment to the run game, which is a lot different than in the past years.” Texas isn’t even eligible for a bowl yet, so maybe it’s too early to talk about running the table, even if there’s only one ranked opponent left on the schedule. But hey, at least we’re talking about it.
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SPOTLIGHT Khat Bell, No. 1 Position: Middle Blocker Height: 6’ 1” Class: Freshman Hometown: Mesquite, TX Sports: Volleyball For the third time this season, Khat Bell was recognized when the Big 12 handed out its weekly awards. But Monday marked the first time the freshman was named both the conference’s Rookie of the Week and Player of the Week. Bell’s errorless 13-kill, four-dig effort against Iowa State helped Texas sweep its opponent for the second straight match and for the fifth time in its last six matches. She also posted a mindboggling .812 hitting percentage against the Cyclones and allowed the Longhorns to have the Big 12’s top performer for the second consecutive week. Sophomore setter Hannah Allison earner conference player of the week accolades last Monday and Bell also made it five times a Texas player has garneted rookie of the week honors this season with outside hitter Haley Eckerman earning the award twice this month
SPORTS BRIEFLY Texas adds another quarterback to next season’s recruiting class The Longhorns may have found the depth they were looking for at quarterback. After losing two quarterbacks in as many months, Tatum senior Jalen Overstreet committed to play for Texas in 2012. Overstreet received an official offer from Mack Brown Sunday and accepted it the next day to become the 19th member of the Longhorns’ next recruiting class. He and Chaparral’s Connor Brewer, who pledged to play for Texas in February, will provide much-needed depth to a Longhorns team that currently has only two quarterbacks on scholarship — sophomore Case McCoy and David Ash. With Overstreet coming to Texas next year, the Longhorns won’t have to worry about being thin behind center. The dual-threat quarterback, who turned down offers from Arkansas, Michigan, Baylor and Texas Tech, threw for 28 touchdowns last season and ran for another 16 while leading Tatum to an undefeated regular season and the third round of the playoffs as the Eagles posted a 12-1 mark last year. Overstreet has led Tatum to seven wins in its first nine games this year, including a 44-25 win over Bullard that saw him score six touchdowns and amass 415 yards, 206 on the ground and 209 through the air. — Christian Corona
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LeSean McCoy stiffarms a Dallas defender Sunday night. The former Pittsburgh star leads the NFL in rushing yards per game with 107.7. Led by McCoy, the Eagles boast the league’s most productive rushing offense, averaging almost 180 yards on the ground per game.
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McCoy runs over Cowboys, remains top fantasy player this season, averaging more than 100 yards a game, even before this weekend’s performance. He Week 8 of the fantasy season is cut through the top-ranked Dalnow complete, so here are a few las run defense like butter for 185 players that knew how to com- yards and two touchdowns. pete and those whose expectations they did not meet. Maurice Morris, By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff
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rushing team? Done guessing? Well I’m willing to bet that none of you chose the Eagles, a historically pass-happy squad that has had a change of heart in 2011, averaging a 179.9 yards on the ground. The bulk of those yards have been gained by a lightning quick second-round pick from Pittsburgh, LeSean McCoy. McCoy had been the best running back in football
Best is hurt and that means someone has to get the carries in the Motor City. That person is Maurice Morris, who had a good game on Sunday as Best’s replacement, rushing for 58 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown. Morris, who is available in 86 percent of ESPN fantasy football leagues and should continue to see touches even when Best comes back to keep him healthy, is a solid pickup.
Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers
3. The Steelers have always been known as a run-first offense, but they have an All-Pro quarterback behind center and they have decided that throwing the ball is the best way to win ball games, which makes Pittsburgh receivers viable fantasy options. While you will not be able to pick up the Steelers No. 1 option, a solid No. 2 is still available in Antonio Brown, who has had more than 10 points in each of the past two weeks and is the Steelers’ most targeted wideout. He is still available in 76 percent of leagues and is a solid wavier pickup this week.
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1. Whenever your team gets shut out, it will be a rough week for the quarterback. For one that is compet-
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ing for his job, it could be devastating. This is exactly the situation Beck is in after the Bills shutout the Redskins 23-0 on Sunday. Beck threw for only 208 yards and added two interceptions. After that performance, it remains to be seen if the quarterback carousel in the nation’s capital comes back to Rex Grossman this coming Sunday.
Blaine Gabbert, Jacksonville Jaguars
2. Rookies will take their lumps and Gabbert took his on Sunday against the Texans. He threw for only 97 yards and two interceptions on a 10-of-30 passing performance in a 24-10 loss. The Jaguars’ league-worst offense was held to only 174 yards in this game.
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As October came to an end yesterday, the Longhorns ended their first round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational strong. Juniors Madison Pressel, Desiree Dubreuil, Haley Stephens and senior Nicole Vandermade all led the team with scores of even par (72). No. 14 Texas is currently in second place going into today’s round only three strokes behind Florida. The Texas golfers finished the front nine at three under par. Dubreuil had three straight birdies while Stephens finished the first nine with three birdies and a lone bogey. To round out the day, the Longhorns finished with nine bogeys and six birdies on the back-nine to end with a score of even par (288). Pressel, Dubreuil, Stephens and Vandermade are all tied for 12th place individually in the tournament. Junior Katelyn Sep-
DEFENSE continues from PAGE 7 defense may not seem as important when facing a team with as productive of a passing attack as Texas Tech’s. But since Tommy Tuberville became head coach in 2010, the Red Raiders have run the ball more. Passing has accounted for just under 70 percent of Texas Tech’s total offense since Tuberville took over, compared to more than 81 percent during the 10 seasons Mike Leach was in charge. The Red Raiders are also averaging 11 more rushing attempts under Tuberville than they did under Leach.
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moree, their fifth player in the field, is tied for 50th place with a fiveover-par 77. Also competing individually is sophomore Alyssa Morgan (79, +7) and senior Megan Rosenfeld (80, +8), who are tied for 61st and 67th place, respectively. The Longhorns set off this morning at 9:45 a.m. alongside first-place Florida and third-place Oklahoma State (290, +2). Tomorrow is the last day of the tournament here in Austin and the last round Texas will play before their spring season. “The one thing Tommy’s doing more than Mike did, is they’re ave r a g i ng n e ar ly 1 5 0 r u s h ing yards per game,� said head coach Mack Brown. “ They’re staying balanced enough so you can’t ignore the run. All five offensive linemen are back. Three are juniors and two are s eniors, and the two seniors are pro prospects.� Texas will give up a lot more than the 48 pass yards it surrendered last weekend, now that the Longhorns are facing an elite quarterback again. But the Longhorns secondar y, now at full strength with Adrian Phillips back in the lineup, should be up for the challenge.
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Big East spokesman Chuck Sul- whose continued existence is in livan said of the Horned Frogs. serious jeopardy, WVU had no “Because they had not formal- choice but to accept the Big 12’s ly joined the conference, which offer,� the lawsuit says. would have been July 1, 2012, The complaint says the departhey were subject only to the fi- tures of Pitt and Syracuse left nancial component.� the Big East with only six footWest Virginia’s lawsuit says 1 ball members and eight nonother Big East football mem- football members — an imbalbers — Connecticut, Louisville, ance not contemplated by the Rutgers and Cincinnati — “have bylaws, which therefore should CLASSIFIEDS been engaged in discussions be declared null and void. with other sports conferences,� The complaint also alleges so when the Big 12 extended its that the Big East and its cominvitation Friday the Mountain- missioner ignored recommeneers accepted. dations by football members to “As the Big East, in less than maintain the league’s level of two months, had denigrated into competitiveness in that sport a non-major football conference and advanced the interests of the
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UNDER THE MISTLETOE
Christmas album nails variety, at times edges on over-the-top By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff
Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber’s Christmas album, is first and foremost an attempt to create an exceedingly accessible and marketable Christmas album. Justin Bieber’s music already falls in this tween demographic-exploiting vein, but Under The Mistletoe goes even further. The album spans tons of genres, but not in the cohesive manner that is gaining popularity in contemporary music. Certain tracks fall into very distinct, definitive genres with minimal combinations. “Home This Christmas� is a country song and “Drummer Boy� is a newfangled hip-hop R&B song. “Someday At Christmas� is a doo-woppy ballad. That being said, Under The Mistletoe does a very good job of what it sets out to do: be a really listenable pop record. The songs provide a 21st-century rendition of Christmas classics in conjunction with original Bieber songs, which actually demonstrate a great deal of technical proficiency on Bieber’s part. Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song� acutely reflects this to the point of being nearly annoying, as Usher and Bieber accentuate and warp the ends of their verses way too much. They make sure everyone knows they have good voices in the most painfully obvious of ways. Bieber extends this exemplification of his talents even further in “Drummer Boy,� where he raps alongside Busta Rhymes. Granted Bieber’s techniques, like his collaborator’s, are gimmicky in that they involve tremendous amounts of repetitious skipping
Under the Mistletoe Justin Bieber
Genre: Pop/R&B For those who like: Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men
Grade: B breaths and cadence manipulations to sound fast and cool. Even so, it works out and shows a tremendous amount of potential on Bieber’s part. Hopefully he’ll pursue rapping more somewhere down the line. For now, though, it serves to make the track one of Under The Mistletoe’s standouts and makes “Drummer Boy,� one of the seasons’ most boring songs, much more pleasing. In inter views before Under
The Mistletoe’s release, Bieber said he wanted the album to be a Christmas classic, like Boyz II Men’s or Mariah Carey’s Christmas albums. He’s managed to one-up himself in that regard, as he has created a Christmas classic, and both are featured on this album. Even though the record has flaws, it’s nothing unique to most pop music that tries to cater to overarching amounts of fans, and Bieber, as always, does it the best.
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LULU
Metal, avant-garde experiment crashes By Eli Watson Daily Texan Staff
2011 has been a strange year for musical collaborations: Raconteurs and ex-White Stripes frontman Jack White was scrutinized for working with hip-hop’s outcasted duo Insane Clown Posse, and now heads are being turned by a new project between Lou Reed and Metallica, known as Lulu. Inspired by German expressionist Frank Wedekind’s early 20th-century plays “Earth Spirit� and “Pandora’s Box,� Lulu strives to be a work of art but crashes and burns immediately. Reed’s preacher-like vocal delivery on opener “Bradenburg Gate� unites effortlessly with the open and airy acoustic guitars in the beginning, but it’s overshadowed and overpowered by Metallica’s unrelenting guitars. This problem foreshadows the album’s failure to captivate: The two artists do not complement each other well, resulting in fractured pieces of songs that only satisfy when one or the other is playing. In its entirety, this album is mediocre: It becomes a challenge to listen to, and the only amusement you will get is through Reed’s humorously dark lyrical content (listen to “Iced Honey� and try not to laugh).
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Lou Reed and Metallica Genre: Metal For those who like: Megadeth, Anthrax Website: loureedmetallica.com
Grade: D Lulu could be better, but the partnership between Reed and Metallica have many noticeable holes. Metallica frontman James Hetfield is no Nico, and his gutteral vocals clash against Reed’s monotonous, spoken-word delivery. When the two do have simultaneous vocal parts occurring, they are interspersed in such a way that the song becomes cluttered and overwhelming. “Cheat On Me� starts off as listenable, but toward the end, it grows into an uncontrollable ball of sound. Lou Reed and Metallica are not a perfect pair. Yes, Lou Reed has always been known as a risk-taking, fearless musician, but there is a difference between fearlessness and foolishness. Present-day Reed is nothing like his Velvet Underground counterpart. This Reed sacrifices evocative narratives for incomprehensible babble, sometimes
so overwhelming that you can’t help but wonder what he was thinking as he recorded his vocals. Metallica follows suit. Their definitive, rough-edged metal sound that catapulted them into the mainstream has since dwindled and become something of its former self. Rather than stylistically following their last release, Death Magnetic, the band makes the mistake of treading too deep into their St. Anger-era sound. This hurts the album more than helps and diehard fans who are expecting grandeur-laden guitar solos will be greatly disappointed. Lulu could have been an interesting album, but the lack of cohesion between Reed and Metallica is a problem that is obvious from beginning to end.
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LONG LIVE THE KING
Long live the Decemberists’ new album By Robert Starr Daily Texan Staff
Photo Courtesy of Associated Press/Enrique Castro Mendivil, Pool
Singer Justin Bieber performs during his My World Tour concert at the National Stadium in Lima, Peru.
Though The Decemberists released a few albums before Picaresque, that was the one that put them on the map. Strange and wonderful, the album began with whale songs and each track came up with new and weird sounds to throw at listeners without alienating them. Unfortunately, nothing The Decemberists have released before or since has matched the level of bizarre musical genius. Earlier this year, they released the 10-song LP The King is Dead, which, while not revolutionary, was still a solid release from the band. If it lacked Picaresque’s inventiveness, at least it avoided the over-the-top and pretentious experimentalism they used on The Hazards of Love. Long Live the King, released today, is a six-song collection of B-sides from The King is Dead, consisting of standard pop songs made a bit more interesting by lead singer Colin Meloy’s distinct, nasally voice that
sounds as though he swallowed a small kazoo. The first track, “E. Watson� exemplifies this. What could have been a dull guitar/vocal piece is made more interesting just because Meloy sings it. There isn’t really anybody else with a voice like his, which gives every song he sings a feeling of coming from a charming, non-specific, older era. Most of the rest of the tracks are more upbeat than the starter track, featuring more instrumentation than just a man and a guitar. Any of these could have fit right in on The King is Dead, with the exception of “Row Jimmy,� which is a cover of a
Grateful Dead song and the weakest link on this release. Performed about a half beat too slow, it also manages to sound too busy, with guitar and piano parts that don’t belong in the same song. Meloy can certainly breathe new life into older songs, but this cover just drags. Fortunately, the rest of the tracks will keep fans of the band satisfied. Long Live the King is a B-side EP and it doesn’t transcend that fact, but most of the songs are still quite good and should appeal to those who enjoyed The King is Dead. Unlike Picaresque, however, this is not the kind of fresh release that’s going to attract many new fans.
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Genre: Folk Rock For those who like: Of Montreal, The Shins, Morrissey
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KELLY continues from PAGE 12 her to be more than a performer but a true musician. “Hello,� is a sassy bubblegum pop track that practically begs for a performance with a microphone stand, multiple hair flips and bursts of confetti. With a punchy melody reminiscent of Clarkson’s 2004 hit “Since U Been Gone,� “Hello� proves that
in the pop world, you don’t have to have good lyrics to get someone to sing along. Lyrics also fall short on “Einstein,� where the 29-year-old pop star, sings “I may not be Einstein but I know/ Dumb plus dumb equals you,� to a cheating ex-boyfriend. Though it would make a strut-worthy runway
track, the song would be better suited for the album of a saccharine Disney tween queen instead. Stronger solidifies Clarkson as the pop music authority when it comes to getting over love and getting even. Attention, heartbroken girls, it’s time to put down the ice cream.
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STRONGER
Kelly Clarkson sings abouts of female empowerment on her new album, Stronger.
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Clarkson’s latest teems with fiery empowerment By Anjli Mehta Daily Texan Staff
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Local musician Alleen Adler showcases one of her theremins outside the Fine Arts Library on Monday. The theremin uses electromagnetic waves given off by the human body to create its unique sound.
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Nothing screams Halloween quite like a theremin — that is, the musical instrument used to create spooky sounds in early Hollywood blockbusters such as “Spellbound� and “The Day the Earth Stood Still.� Resembling a stationary radio, a theremin has two protruding antennas that create electromagnetic fields. Moving your hands in a controlled, precise manner over the device creates song-like sounds. UT’s Fine Arts Library rang in the holiday with Theremin Mania, a celebration of the instrument com-
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When I learned about the theremin, there wasn’t much known about it. I taught myself the hard way by ruining one of my good amps. — Alieen Adler, Local theremin musician
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helped develop spy technology for Soviet intelligence. The theremin, named after its inventor, was featured in horror movies and in many different genres of music, including the Beach Boys hit “Good Vibrations.� Local theremin musician Aileen Adler brought her modern, solidstate version of the instrument and explained how it radiates an electromagnetic field that is affected by the human body’s natural electromagnetic charge. There are two varying high frequencies, she said, and the difference between them creates a third audible frequency, the one we hear. Adler said her roommate initially introduced her to the instrument and after seeing a video of a famous theremin musician, she was enthralled by it and inspired to learn to play. “When I learned about the theremin, there wasn’t much known about it. I taught myself the hard way by ruining one of my good amps,� she said, laughing.
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When it comes to pop music, if Britney Spears is the voice of unrefined sexuality and Taylor Swift is the voice of the demure girl next door, then Kelly Clarkson is the voice of fiery empowerment. Kelly Clarkson’s latest album, Stronger, holds true to its title, pumping out song after bass-thumping song, making it the ideal breakup playlist for girls who refuse to feel bad about themselves. From the album’s first single, “Mr. Know It All,� to the catchy, “Don’t Be A Girl About It,� the songs deliver rockinfused pop beats perfectly crafted for car ride sing-alongs and impromptu dorm room dance-offs. On “What Doesn’t Kill You,� Clarkson masters the post-breakup anthem, fit to empower not only with lyrics like, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger/Stand a little taller/Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone.� In the chorus, however, walloping dance beats compete with powerhouse vocals and mask Clarkson’s singing, which is well-designed for belting out words double-dipped in vengeance and angst. Some songs, based on formulaic crescendo-led choruses, prove that Clarkson sticks to what works for her. On “Alone,� her expected crescendos keep lyrics like, “You’re gon-
na miss me/So get ready/I’m about to tell you why,� tense and tight, just before the apex of volume and excitement. In the world according to Clarkson, it appears that a post-breakup comeback song isn’t complete without a crescendo. The album shows Clarkson’s vocal versatility with the country-influenced ballad, “Don’t You Wanna Stay,� where country artist Jason Aldean takes the lead, but Clarkson, no stranger to country music, keeps her signature vocal prowess, taking back the spotlight for the chorus and bridge. Though the track’s country twang is easy on the ears, it’s out of place, considering the overall pop vibe from the rest of the album. However, Clarkson’s song, “The Sun Will Rise,� is a seamless blend of country and pop, as it promises that life postbreakup gets better with each day. The almost-bare versINSIDE: es feature simple but strong See the rest of the vocals that Tunesday album reviews. contrast the Page 10 bouncy dance beats of the rest of the album. Clarkson showcases a vocal versatility that sets her apart from her female pop music peers, proving
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