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UT staffer arrested over shower footage By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff A former UT women’s track equipment manager faces 10 counts of improper photography or visual recording after UT police found footage of team members in stages of undress in his home. UTPD arrested Rene Zamora late last week in his Uvalde County home and booked him into the
county jail, where a judge later released him on a personal bond, said Claire Dawson-Brown, a Travis County assistant district attorney. Zamora has been a full-time employee since 2006. On Sept. 3, Zamora unloaded equipment near the women’s locker room following their late return from a track meet. Zamora entered what he believed to be an empty locker room to get the
team uniforms, court records show. Upon entering, he heard someone in the shower area and proceeded to leave the locker room, only to return with a digital camera. Zamora placed the camera above the curtain rod and was about to record when the victim screamed.
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The Campus Environmental Center will celebrate the national day of recycling by handing out T-shirts on the West Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WEDNESDAY Meteor shower About two or three hours before dawn, stargazers can get a glimpse of the Leonid shower. Depending on how clear the skies are, viewers can expect to see 20 meteors.
Atypical study abroad A panel of students who all had a unique study abroad experience will share their stories and take audience questions from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in GAR 0.102. Photos by Stephanie Meza | Daily Texan Staff
Above, architects Jessica McLarty and Franklyn King construct a “Roller Canster” made of canned goods. Below, a huge train made of cans captivates Izabella Reyes while strolling through Barton Creek Square Mall with her father, Octavio Reyes, on Saturday.
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Architecture firms build enormous sculptures from canned goods to benefit Austin food bank
The California punk band will play a sold out show at Stubb’s with Lucero and Frank Turner. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
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oller coasters, cornucopias and giant armadillos constructed out of 19,000 cans of food to feed the hungry line the halls of Barton Creek Square Mall. The monuments are part of the third annual Canstruction event benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank. Teams from around the Austin area had eight hours to build largescale structures out of aluminum cans Saturday. The Society of Design Administration organized the
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Confusion of roles spurs SG election board delays By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The Election Supervisory Board is supposed to be formed by the third week of October, according to the Student Government constitution and election code, but the committee that will appoint the board missed the deadline and is still seeking applicants to fill the board’s nine positions. The board oversees the March general election, in which students elect members of Student Government, the Graduate Student Assembly, the Texas Union Board, the Co-op Board of Directors and Texas Student Media. Board members must learn the election code and establish regulations, such as penalties for code violations, before campaigning begins in midFebruary. The first round of applications did not go out until Oct. 28 and were not widely distributed before the Nov. 5 due date. The committee has only received five applications. SG President Scott Parks said part of the reason applications went out so late is no one seems to be sure who is responsible for distributing them. Members of the appointing committee are supposed to remain neutral in all things related to the 2011 election, and no one took the lead on forming the new board, he said. The committee now hopes to have the complete board in place before winter break. “Everyone is committed to doing a better job advertising this time around,” Parks said. “It’s important that the board starts getting to work and deciding some ground rules for the next election
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Event remembers deceased homeless with lunch, movie By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff As the sun rose Sunday morning, members of a local homeless advocacy group read the names of 168 homeless men and women who died in Austin this year, and mourners hung origami birds on the Tree of Remembrance on Town Lake. The event was part of House the Homeless’ 18th annual Sunrise Memorial Service. Prayers, singing and the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaque were all part of the ceremony. Sunday’s ceremony was the second part of Austin’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, which runs from Nov. 13 through Nov. 19. Other events include a tour of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, a homeless veterans awareness luncheon and a screening of “The Soloist” at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. City Councilwoman Laura Morrison, the event’s keynote speaker, said the city needs to improve its efforts to help the homeless, stressing access to health care, job training and affordable housing. “Every one of these people was a son or daughter, mother or father, sis-
ter or brother,” Morrison said. “They may have been invisible in life but they aren’t anymore.” She said these untimely deaths need to be avoided in the future, and although Austin is weathering the recession better than other cities, many Austinites are still living on the streets. House the Homeless president Richard Troxell read a passage from his book “Looking Up at the Bottom Line: The Struggle for the Living Wage,” which urges the inclusion of the homeless in American society. “We will rise like grass through cement,” Troxell said. “We come from every walk of life. We are America. We are living and dying on our streets.” Jim Cooley, director of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, said a few of his clients passed away this year and were honored at the event. “We called him Guitar Mike and Indian Mike,” Cooley said of a homeless Austinite he cared for. “He had been homeless and in bad health. I remember five years ago seeing him
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Filmmaker Spike Lee speaks Sunday following the screening of his documentary “If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise,” which looks into the aftermath of Hurricane Kartina and the Gulf oil spill.
Spike Lee discusses Katrina, oil spill Director plays clips from latest movie, critiques BP’s response to rig explosion
a hurricane,” said Lee after screening a segment of his latest documentary “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise.” “It was the faulty levees and the work of the United States of America. By Gerald Rich The whole infrastructure of this country needs Daily Texan Staff help. When you cut corners, people die. It’s the The 5-foot-6-inch outspoken director Spike same with BP. People are going to die and get Lee made his presence felt on the stage at the hurt? Fuck it. Make the money. There has to be Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium on Sunday and some morals and ethics that go into capitalism focused on the ongoing corruption resulting in this country.” from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to the more reAbout 600 members of the UT community cent British Petroleum oil spill. LEE continues on page 2 “We still forget [the catastrophe] wasn’t really
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and thinking that he probably wasn’t going to live for more than a month, but he ended up dying this month.� Meeting homeless people changed Jessica Burkemper ’s perspective on the issue. A volunteer at the resource center, she said getting to know the homeless individually made her realize they should not be neglected. “First impressions are not always key,� Burkemper said. “I may have been afraid or scared
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Zamora apologized, ran into the equipment room to check the footage but found none, according to arrest affidavits. The victim told police that Zamora sent her a text message four days later saying he deleted the footage of her showering. The victim told her coach about the incident on Sept. 7, and UTPD began its investigation the next day. Police began its examination of Zamora’s computer and memory cards
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the first time I went down there, but now they are my friends and they protect me and I trust them with my life. They are people just like you and me.� Amber Fogarty, the chair of the community education subcommittee for ECHO, the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, said volunteering and understanding what causes homelessness is important. “We have to continue to remember that we have to work together to end homelessness so that this doesn’t continue to occur,� she said.
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after acquiring a search warrant on Sept. 8, said Nick Voinis, the senior associate athletic director. Police found more footage of two former and seven other current track team members during their investigation. “We believe the earliest video was in spring 2008, and the latest was in fall 2010,� Dawson-Brown said. “At this point, we have no indication that it went out beyond him that we can find.� Zamora had a clear criminal background check prior to employment, said UT women’s athletics director Christine Plonsky in a statement. UT athletic officials verbally suspended Zamora immediately following the allegations, and the equipment manager formally resigned on Sept. 10 and can no longer work for the University. The Travis County district attorney’s office is currently preparing the case for the grand jury to see if they will indict Zamora. If guilty, Zamora could receive 180 days to two years in state jail and up to a $10,000 fine for each count.
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Wine is served at the statue unveiling of federal judge and noted Mexican-American civil rights leader James DeAnda in the Joseph D. Jamail Pavilion in the School of Law on Friday night.
Law school alumnus honored The School of Law dean and a UT law alumnus unveiled Friday a sculpture of James DeAnda, a lawyer, social activist and federal judge. DeAnda, a UT alumnus, fought for the integration of MexicanAmericans into Texas schools. Law
From page 1 attended the screening, which previously aired on HBO on Aug. 23, and a heated roundtable discussion featuring history and film professors as well as New Orleans native Camille Pluck, a psychology junior. “Politics, class and racism will always permeate [New Orleans’] society,� Pluck said. “People always ask, ‘How can you love New Orleans if it’s so corrupt?’ And I respond, ‘How can you love America?’� Lee filmed his latest documentary as a follow-up to the Peabody Award-winning 2006 documentary “When the Levees Broke.� Initially, Lee says,
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ican-American students in the Texas public education system. According to a press release, the sculpture will signify the impact of DeAnda’s accomplishments and contributions to the School of Law. — Allie Kolechta
he finished the four-hour documentary before the BP oil spill but then went back to the Big Easy eight more times to follow the story. Both documentaries feature a plethora of firstperson accounts that humanize the events. “These aren’t documentaries — these are now part of American history,� said Douglas Brinkley, a noted history professor from Rice University who introduced Lee. “His Katrina and BP spill archives are important parts of documented oral history. I see him less as a filmmaker and more as one of our great truth-tellers, and we have so few of them.� Included in his latest documentary are reports of BP initially
blocking fly-overs and questions about the toxicity of the oil dispersants used. The hour-long segment concluded with a montage of underwater oil leak footage from nearly every day of the three-month spill, followed by images of the blue and grey corpses strewn across the city after Katrina. “I had no idea about the entirety of the problems in New Orleans,� said studio art sophomore Tara Alavi. “The rhetoric is so censored and his documentary is incredibly moving. I teared up during it. It made me want to take action and do what I can. I don’t know where to begin, but it opened my eyes to the magnitude of the problem.�
FOOD: 25 million pounds donated last year “We really appreciate all the help Bank in the form of a check, as we can get.� well as $3,000 worth of canned nationwide event. Shoppers will STG Design, an interior design food. The Encotech team startvote on the designs all week, and the and architecture firm, signed up ed working on a test build three winner will be announced on Nov. for Canstruction as soon as the weeks ago and built their can 22. Food used will be donated to the firm heard about it, said Ashley structure between 8 and 11 a.m. food bank. Hargrove, the firm’s marketing on Saturday, said Katie Harris, In the last fiscal year, the Cap- representative. The STG Design marketing coordinator at Enital Area Food Bank received 25 team constructed “The Little En- cotech Engineering. million pounds of food, said John Turner, food bank spokesman. “We just came off the back of a record year,� he said. “We expect our program to keep growing. As adults, we tend to forget how much of a difference The need for our services is realwe can make with just the smallest steps.� ly steady.� The food bank provides food — Ashley Hargrove, STG Design to 21 counties in Central Texas, and only 18 percent of their marketing representative 48,000 weekly clients are homeless, he said. Most are working class families who have been laid off or are struggling beThe Encotech team built an arcause of the sluggish economy, gine That Could� with the theme of “I Think I CAN� using chicken madillo mostly from pinto beans. he said. “There are an awful lot of peo- soup, tuna, chili, beans and fruit The project also included 2,000 ple who are literally struggling to to enhance the nutritional value of cans of corn, green beans, beets and diced tomatoes. The armaput food on the table,� he said. their contribution, she said. “‘The Little Engine that Could’ dillo was titled “Keep Austin taught us all at a young age to Fed� to draw attention to the conquer mountains for the self- community that the food will be less benefit of others,“ she said. donated to, Harris said. “As adults, we tend to forget “The idea behind it was that how much of a difference we when we donate canned foods, can make with just the small- we don’t always remember that est steps.� we’re donating to Austinites,� Encotech Engineering and she said. “We’re not just feeding The Beck Group raised $6,000 faceless people; we’re feeding to donate to Capital Area Food people in our community.�
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school Dean Larry Sager and Houston attorney Scott Atlas discussed DeAnda’s accomplishments before unveiling the bronze bust sculpted by Utah artist Edward Hlavka. DeAnda played a critical role in fighting discrimination against Mex-
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NEWS BRIEFLY Mississippi man thought dead arrested for kidnapping of girl JACKSON, Miss. — The FBI says a Mississippi man who was once considered dead has been arrested in the kidnapping of a slain Las Vegas girl whose body was found in Louisiana. FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorne said Thomas Steven Sanders was arrested early Sunday in Gulfport, Miss. The arrest capped a massive manhunt in a bizarre case that stretched across the country. Sanders was declared dead by a Mississippi court in 1994. He lived unnoticed for years despite being arrested several times. Sanders was wanted in the kidnapping 12-year-old Lexis Roberts, whose skeleton was found by hunters early last month.
Report shows officials allowed Nazis to settle in United States WASHINGTON — A report chronicling the history of the Justice Department’s Nazi-hunting unit criticizes the government for knowingly allowing some Nazis to settle in the United States after World War II. The document stated that America prided itself on being a safe haven for the persecuted, but also became a safe haven for persecutors. The New York Times obtained a copy of the report, which the National Security Archive, a private group, posted on its website. Earlier, the Justice Department had declared dozens of pages from the document off-limits to the public after the archive sued to get it.
Thief takes $20,000 from safe, leaves remaining $80,000 inside FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Alaska State Troopers say a thief removed a safe from a home Friday but took only a fraction of the cash inside. The safe contained $100,000 but was found in the back yard of the victim’s home with just $20,000 missing. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said that the safe was relatively lightweight. She says there were no signs that anyone had broken into the house. Compiled from Associated Press reports
Light-rail connects Islamic holy sites ‘Mecca Metro’ shuttle train part of development plan for boosted infrastructure By Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has unveiled an elevated light-rail that will shuttle some Muslims beginning the hajj Sunday between Islam’s holy sites, part of plans to turn the ancient city of Mecca into a modern metropolis and ease crowding during the annual pilgrimage. The four-day Islamic pilgrimage draws around 2.5 million worshippers each year, and the large numbers present authorities with a challenge in preventing stampedes, fires in pilgrim encampments and the spread of disease. Dubbed the Mecca Metro, the new 11-mile light-railway is to begin shuttling pilgrims between holy sites Monday, although it’s reserved for Saudis and citizens of other Gulf nations until it becomes fully operational next year. The train is just part of a bold plan to transform Mecca into a modern, high-tech city and increase the number of pilgrims it can host annually from the current 10 million to around 50 million by 2020. “We are trying to make Mecca the first city in the world that realizes the desires of its residents and visitors throughout the year by using the best urban planning, the smartest technology to ensure the trip of the pilgrim is safe, easy, and enjoyable,� Mecca Mayor Ossama al-Bar told The Associated Press. He said the 10-year plan devised last year also envisions new roads, an improved health care and labs to keep track of viruses green initiatives and a new broadband communication network to enable pilgrims to stay connected. Religious entertainment, in-
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Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world. cluding cultural events to explain the history of Islam and Mecca, is also in the works. Another step was taken Sunday, when officials signed a $7 billion deal to develop the nearest airport in the city of Jiddah, boosting its capacity to 30 million travelers a year. “It is a huge project. But it started and we hope God willing it will be finished within the designed period,� al-Bar said in his makeshift office in the heart of a tent city accommodating thousands of pilgrims at Mina. The first phase of the Mecca Metro project will transport pil-
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grims between Mina, Mount Arafat and Muzdalifa — three stops during the pilgrims’ journey that trace the steps of the Prophet Muhammad and Abraham. Muslims believe Abraham built the ancient structure in Mecca’s Grand Mosque known as the Kaaba. The lime green cars zoom along an elevated rail, passing over the permanent white tents where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims spend the night on the way to the major sites. There are 12 trains now, each with a capacity of 3,000 people, said train operator Ahmed Hosny. It will begin a limited service Monday, operat-
ing at around 33 percent of its expected capacity. The $2 billion train, which does not stop at holy sites in Mecca itself, was constructed by a Chinese company. Officials say next year it will be at full capacity, serving around 500,000 and disposing of thousands of buses that shuttle the pilgrims between rituals and crowd the streets and pollute the air. During the hajj, pilgrims seek forgiveness for their sins and meditate on their faith, while tracing the steps of the Prophet Muhammad and also Abraham, who Muslims believe built the an-
cient structure in Mecca’s Grand Mosque known as the Kaaba. Saudi Arabia has for years carried out development and construction projects to expand and improve the spaces used by the millions of pilgrims from around the world who are performing the hajj — one of Islam’s main pillars required of every able-bodied Muslim once in their lifetime. Many worry the development around the holy shrines are stripping Mecca of its heritage and spirituality. But al-Bar maintains there is no harm in new buildings so long as they don’t violate Islamic belief.
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Expansion on the Drag For over a year, UT students and Austinites have passed by the empty space on the corner of 24th and Guadalupe streets and wondered what would replace the gap where Intellectual Property once stood. Would it be another bookstore? Maybe an arcade? Well, wonder no more — The Daily Texan reported Friday that the space formerly occupied by the campus area’s only traditional bookstore will be occupied by three restaurants. Just what we need. More places to eat. Apparently Crave, Veggie Heaven, Potbelly, Madam Mam’s, Thai Noodle House, Chipotle, Austin’s Pizza, Texadelphia, Whataburger, Mellow Mushroom, Arpeggio, Pita Pit, Jack in the Box and Which Wich, not to mention the two buffets and three markets sitting on campus along with the restaurants in Dobie Mall, the Union and soon-to-be-opened Student Activity Center are not enough to satisfy our Texas-sized appetites. Are we really that hungry? In an area with copious eateries, the last thing we need is more restaurants. We could, however, use a movie theater. The Intellectual Property building housed the Varsity Theater from the mid 1930s until shutting its doors in the early ‘90s. With Dobie Mall’s movie theater closed down and the Union selection somewhat limited, UT students could certainly enjoy a new movie theater near campus. A grocery store would also be an appropriate replacement. The H-E-B in the Hancock Center or the Central Market at 38th Street and Lamar Boulevard are the closest grocery stores to campus. A grocery trip is inconvenient for those with cars and nearly impossible for those without them. Students could benefit from a grocery store walking and biking distance from West Campus, though it might hurt business at the aforementioned restaurants. Lastly, we could just put in another bookstore. Despite being one of the biggest universities in the world, the only bookstores within walking distance from campus are the University Co-op, Brave New Books and Beat the Bookstore. Since Brave New Books operates on the unique business model of deriding and antagonizing customers and the other two primarily sell textbooks, the closest traditional bookstore to campus is BookPeople — which is downtown. While Intellectual Property’s failure would understandably make many apprehensive about the prospects of another bookstore, the void its absence created could fuel the success of another. Films, books and bodegas — college students love and need them, but they are all tough to come by in West Campus. Instead of just installing more places to eat, the prime real estate location of 24th and Guadalupe should be used to meet a need, not expand an excess.
Controlling utility costs In a year when good news seldom comes from Texas athletic centers, John Graham, director of the UT basketball arena, helped significantly slash utility costs at the Frank Erwin Center, according to The Texas Tribune. According to the Tribune, Graham’s campaign to lower utility costs at the Erwin Center began when he discovered the building’s utilities cost upwards of $3,500 in a single day. Graham subsequently began to implement simple solutions such as operating the air conditioner only 12 hours a day and turning off lights in empty rooms, and utility costs began the plummet. Although seemingly simple acts such as turning off the lights and using colder water are, well, simple, they are largely ways Graham and the athletic department were able to lower their utility bill by around $250,000 between 2008 and 2010. Graham’s efforts are exactly the type of cost-saving and sustainable actions the University needs in this time of budget cuts and environmental awareness. We often criticize the athletic department’s funding and ways it spends its money, but this sense of sustainable awareness is an example the entire University community should follow. With so many aspects of the UT budget completely out of the University’s control, utility costs are one area where we do control our own destiny.
Increase participation in Eco2Go By Kate Clabby Daily Texan Columnist Two years ago, Jester second Floor and Kinsolving dining halls were generating 112 tons of food waste per year. That’s a lot of garbage — and the amount of energy it took to grow, process, transport and prepare 112 tons of food destined for a landfill, along with the amount of money it took to buy it, is difficult to fathom. But when the Department of Housing and Food Service took trays out of the dining halls, food waste was reduced by 48 percent. Even better, starting this year, food waste from all DHFS locations is being composted. Food that rots in landfill produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Properly composted food produces rich, nutritious soil that farmers and gardeners can use instead of fossil-fuel-derived fertilizers. DHFS sustainability initiatives aren’t just talk — UT is a huge institution, and programs like this make a big difference. When DHFS introduced composting infrastructure, it also completed the transition to using all compostable cups, plates, to-go containers and eating utensils. But the environmental impact of these products is more complicated than it seems. Most compostable containers and utensils are made from either cornstarch or potato starch. And unfortunately, today’s agricultural practices use a lot of fossil fuel to grow these crops. Add that to the energy required to process and refine an ear of corn into a heat-resistant coffee
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cup, and by some estimates, these “bioplastics” actually take more energy to manufacture than ordinary plastic. Critics also argue that using food crops to make plates and forks instead of food will raise global food prices. But the technology is improving, and in the future, manufacturers might be able to make these containers from agricultural byproducts, such as peanut shells and straw. And their biggest benefit is not just that they can be composted but that they make composting food waste much more feasible. If DHFS composted food but offered only plastic containers and utensils, the compost would inevitably be contaminated. If just one person throws a plastic spoon in the compost bin, the entire load might have to go to the landfill. So when you account for the massive composting system that these compostables help facilitate, they do make sense for DHFS — as long as most of them are actually composted. Though they are made from corn and potatoes, compostable containers are so highly processed that they will only break down in the high heat generated by commercial composting facilities. You can’t just throw them on the side of the road, and you can’t even compost them in your backyard. And if you send them to the landfill, they generate the same planetwarming gases as decomposing food. Right now, compost is only collected at food service locations, including JCL and Cypress Bend Café. Given that the main justification for using disposable containers is that students like to take their food and drinks with them, it is not enough to
Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees.
Clabby is an English senior.
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only being able to dispose of them properly at the dining halls. To maximize the impact of its composting program, DHFS could try adding composting stations to the recycling stations across campus. Ultimately, we need to move away from disposables altogether. Ideally, all DHFS locations would offer reusable plates, cups and utensils at all eating locations. But bringing in reusables would require new dishwashing facilities and staff, which isn’t immediately possible. For now, they offer a program called Eco2Go. Students pay $5 to join the program, and every time they visit a DHFS location, they get their food in a reusable container and get 5 percent off their purchase. They then rinse and return the container. Eco2Go is a good idea, but so far only about 500 students have participated. To increase participation, DHFS could lower listed food prices by 5 percent and then charge customers who don’t use Eco2Go a 5 percent surcharge. The cost to students is the same, but consumers respond much more strongly to added charges than they do to discounts. A 50-cent discount might not seem like much, but if someone sees 50 cents added to the receipt for his or her $5 lunch every day, he or she might eventually realize joining Eco2Go would be more cost-effective. DHFS has proved its commitment to sustainability, and moving forward, it should focus on making it easy for students to take advantage of the infrastructure it has invested in.
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When it comes to politics, Americans usually only focus on one thing: Election Day. Some research the candidates they vote for, along with their positions on important issues. Most, though, vote along party lines. We can’t expect every person who isn’t a government major to know the minute details of every race in the country — most cannot even name their state representative. Partisanship allows us to assume more than we know about candidates based on their party affiliation. Many believe that to be involved in politics, one must work on campaigns, regularly attend community forums, stay upto-date with local, state and federal politics and basically devote all of his or her time to government-related issues. There is the perception that to stay involved, politics has to become your pastime, and if you’re not willing to do that, then you stay out of politics completely. The conservative Austin think-tank Texas Public Policy Foundation and Craig James, former NFL running-back and ESPN commentator, are trying to change this perception. Using the analogy of “getting off the sidelines and into the game,” James and the TPPF are preaching the message that staying involved, even if just slightly, could do wonders for our caustic political environment. More knowledge translates to a better understanding of the issues — not just
from the Republican and Democratic positions but from all sides. Most problems don’t have only two solutions, and if we treated our political system less like a cointoss, we might be able to find pragmatic solutions to problems we face. The TPPF and James have singled-out some bipartisan issues that have helped “Keep Texas Awesome” through the years. The first is, of course, that Texas is No. 1 in barbeque (I prefer Black’s BBQ in Lockhart myself), and the second is that Texas is also No. 1 in job creation. Both of these achievements are likely attributed to the economic climate in Texas, which promotes free markets. Even President Barack Obama acknowledges the benefits of free markets, as seen in his new economic plan, which aims to double U.S. exports to liberalizing markets in India and Indonesia. These are the types of issues that Democrats and Republicans generally agree upon, although there is some disagreement on how to implement the policies. As we move forward, it’s important to create a common ground that will provide a stable foundation when we face more contentious issues. If you want to find out more about how to help spread this message, join James tonight at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Austin’s Pizza on Guadalupe Street for a discussion on how to “Keep Texas Awesome.” If you’re thinking of being involved, I’ll see you there. Garcia is a government senior.
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Professor says recovery requires ‘creative class’ By Nick Mehendale Daily Texan Staff Austin is paving the way for Texas to pull out of the economic recession, according to a prominent urban studies theorist. Richard Florida, a professor of business and creativity at the University of Toronto, addressed an audience of about 900 people at the LBJ Library Auditorium on Friday. During his speech, Florida said Austin and Central Texas should lean on the “creative class,� made up of artists, musicians and inventors, to recover from the recession. He first developed the idea of a creative class in his book “The Rise of the Creative Class.� In it, he claims metropolitan regions with high concentrations of “creatives� will result in higher levels of economic development. Florida said the creative class fosters an open, tolerant and dynamic environment. More creative people would then be more attracted to the area and move in, bringing with them business and capital, he said. Times of major economic crises call for a change in where we live and work, Florida said. “Every single human being is creative,� Florida said. “The great challenge is to tap into that creativity, and that must include everyone.�
Florida said that the current times are unique because people don’t rely on raw materials and physical labor as they did in the past. “There is something much more important than physical labor we share,� he said. “There is something innate that is essentially fundamental to humans. It’s our human creativity. That’s what’s beneath this economic transition we are experiencing.� Senior business lecturer Michael Brandl said that if we want to look at rebuilding the economy, we have to look at what is directly causing the problems now. “We must go after the cause of the problem: the mortgage market imbalances and the horribly misaligned incentives within financial markets,� Brandl said. “Banks using taxpayer dollars to trade and invest rather than lend to the taxpayers themselves is the real problem. Until we address the cause the problems, the economy will not have a significant rate of expansion.� Business professor Lewis Spellman said that the lack of income tax is the reason why Texas has been able to bring in business after the recession, not a creative class. “The reason Texas is doing better is because we don’t have an income tax,� Spellman said. “Businesses want to go wherever costs are least.�
Students explore Japanese culture Country’s customs, beliefs taught by organizations using traditional practices By Anna Fata Daily Texan Staff While many Americans might affiliate Japanese culture with sushi, karaoke and anime, the UT Japanese Association hosted a fall festival to expand students’ knowledge about the country. The Japanese student group celebrated its fifth annual Fall Festival Friday evening, showcasing Japanese food, dance and games, along with a traditional sword fight called “Kendo.� Entertainment included traditional Japanese dance as well as contemporary performances such as a hip-hop dance by the Korean Student Association dance crew. Pianists and singers also showcased their talent. The cold weather and threat of rain moved the event from Gregory Plaza to Jester Center. For $4 a plate, visitors sampled authentic Japanese food such as yakisoba noodles, fried chicken and okonomiyaki pancakes, which are less well-known in the United States than foods such as sushi and chicken teriyaki. The group’s president, Nick Prum, wore a traditional Japanese robe called a “happi� at the event. He said since the organization is only six years old and has about 70 members, the annual festivals are important events to raise awareness about the group. “There are not that many Jap-
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UT Kendo Association members prepare to give a sparring demonstration at the Japanese Association’s Fall Festival in Jester Auditorium on Friday night. anese people on campus, but we do have a lot of people who are just taking Japanese and have high interest in Japanese culture,� said Prum, an advertising senior. “We just want to give them a place where they can come and share their interests.� The group will organize a similar event in the spring called the Golden Week Festival, where they will again present traditional performances and food throughout the week. Other Asian student organizations,
such as the Korean Student Association, Filipino Students Association and Chinese Student Association, were present at the festival. P ru m s a i d o t h e r s t u d e n t groups’ presence at each others’ events helps spread awareness of each organization and builds ties between the clubs. Although undeclared sophomore Lartrell Ransom is not Japanese, he joined the organization to immerse himself in the culture while learning the language,
he said. Plan II sophomore Ritika Gopal said she came to the event to see her boyfriend perform and noticed similarities between the Japanese culture and her own Indian culture. “Both cultures are from the Eastern hemisphere, so a lot of the elements are kind of the same,� she said. “Both cultures tend to have a lot of people on stage and dance all at once, and you don’t really see a lot of that here.�
Gov. Perry’s book tour ignites presidential speculation By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff After appearances on Fox News, The Today Show, The Daily Show and CNN’s Sunday morning program, Gov. Rick Perry returned to Texas from his whirlwind book tour last week. The tour has launched a new wave of speculation that Perry is thinking about running for president in 2012, something the governor has steadfastly denied every time he’s been asked about it. “I have the best job in America,� Perry said Friday on American Morning News, a conservative radio talk show. “I truly think that governors are where the rubber meets the road. It’s where the action is.�
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that Perry is expected to be named the head of the Republican Governors Association at its meeting in San Diego that begins Monday and lasts until Thursday, which Perry plans to attend. If he accepts the position, it could complicate a presidential run because Perry would have to raise funds for both the RGA and a presidential bid. While running for re-election, Perry announced plans to raise his national profile by creating a coalition of conservative Republican governors with the aim of campaigning around the country to stop what Perry calls the excesses of Washington, D.C. “Not long ago, the candidate
book tour was rare,� said H. W. Brands, a history and government professor. “Now, it has become almost mandatory.� President Barack Obama wrote his second book before running for president in 2008. Former President George W. Bush co-wrote a 1999 biography about himself that described his political philosophy before running for president. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich has also recently released a book and is openly considering a run for the presidency. Brands said writing a book allows potential candidates to define themselves and their positions and philosophies before being hit by the glaring media spotlight of a national
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sively about federal issues in “Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington.� There are other political considerations that drive candidates to release books before they declare whether they’re going to run for the presidency, said government professor Daron Shaw.
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Offensive trio of Weeden, Blackon, Hunter too much for Horns as OSU cruises By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff As it turns out, the Texas secondary is not invincible. A unit that was ranked as the nation’s second best heading into Saturday was picked apart by Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden in a 33-16 loss, the Longhorns fourth straight home loss for the first time since 1956. Weeden completed 29 of 43 passes for 409 yards and one touchdown and the nation’s leading receiver, Justin Blackmon, had nine receptions for 145 yards and one touchdown. “Weeden was unbelievable,� said head coach Mack Brown. “He made throws that very few college quarterbacks can make.� One throw in particular stood out — a 67-yard bomb to Blackmon early in the second quarter that put the Cowboys up 163, and sucked all the momentum out of the Longhorns for the rest of the night. Cornerback Aaron Williams, the best defensive back Texas has, matched Blackmon step for step, but Weeden’s pass fell just beyond his grasp.
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Oklahoma State wide receiver and Heisman Trophy candidate Justin Blackmon reels in a perfect 67-yard Hail Mary from Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden that was just out of Texas cornerback Aaron Williams’ reach. Blackmon had nine catches for 145 yards and this TD.
LONGHORNS IN THE NFL Colt McCoy, QB 18-31 205 Yards 11 Yards Rushing 1 TD
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Texas center Ashley Gayle goes up for a layup in Texas’ seasonopening 92-60 over Mississippi Valley State University, the alma mater of NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. Gayle finished the night with11 rebounds to go along with her nine points, five blocks and two steals. Gayle will have to continue this kind of production with the loss of fellow center Cokie Reed to injury.
assists in her Texas debut. When five players play as well as that, there should little question as to the future prospects of the team. But the stats read both ways in this MVSU game — and the other side of the numbers read poorly for the bench. Texas had 24 turnovers that happened mostly when a chunk of the starting rotation was on the bench. When the young reserve players came into the game, the Devillettes took advantage of their inexperience and cut into the lead. Goestenkors said coaching the mental aspects of the game to the bench will be her focus in upcoming practices. “One, I think the bench has to feel like they are starting,� she said. “We have to have our bench play well, so whoever is in the game has to play with the same focus and same intensity as our starters. I think the other thing that hap-
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By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff A very simple examination of the score line would make fans assume that the Texas women’s basketball team handily defeated the Mississippi Valley State University Devillettes on Friday. Upon further examination, though, there are signs that suggest head coach Gail Goestenkors and her staff have a lot of work to do in preparation for their next game. The Longhorns’ starters played extremely well, posting a combined 78 points out of the team’s 92. Yvonne Anderson notched a career-high 18 points while seeing action in a career-high 26 minutes. Ashleigh Fontenette led Texas in scoring with 20 points. Ashley Gayle snagged a game-high 11 rebounds and Kathleen Nash added 19 points to the mix. Even freshman Chassidy Fussell posted 12 points, nine rebounds and five
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pened, though, was that we had such a big lead when they did go in that I think they were not as focused as they need to be. I think there is a little letdown when you have a big lead, so I think it was a bad combination.� Anderson said that with the young bench still learning the feel of game time, it is up to her and the rest of the returners to take an expanded leadership role. “This year, I definitely had to take a larger leadership role,� Anderson said. “I’m one of the returners, I’m one of the upperclassmen, so that’s kind of my role to come in there and calm everything down and get everyone back on the page they are supposed to be.� The Longhorns will take on Northwestern State on Tuesday night. Texas will likely use that game to continue tuning up the play of their bench before getting into the meat of their schedule.
By Julie Thompson Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns placed first at the NCAA South Central Regional Championship meet in Waco on Saturday. The win earned Texas an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships. “I think winning the regional is the first step of a long process that we started here four years ago,� said head coach Steve Sisson. “This is a step in part of a long extended push in this program to be the best in the country.� The team placed four runners in the top 10, leading to a 46-point victory. Rice followed with 71 points, and then came Arkansas, Baylor and Texas A&M. There was laughter and smiles all around at the 6K’s finish line, where Sisson called his runners rock stars. Junior Mia Behm led the Longhorns with a second-place finish in 20:20.5. Freshman Marielle Hall finished in fifth 20 seconds later. Julie Amthor took sixth, Sara Sutherland ninth, Laleh Mojtabaeezamani 25th, Megan Siebert 27th and Allison Mendez 38th.
Points were totaled using the top five finishers from each team. The five Texas scorers posted 6K career best times. The Longhorns had aimed to put as many runners in the top 15 as possible — four of the top five scorers finished in the top 10. “My five, six and seven were not very strong today,� Sisson said. “Mia and Marielle did the lion’s share of work throughout the race, and I was really happy with their run. But really, it was a full team effort.� The Longhorns had a disappointing finish at the Big 12 meet Oct. 30, and used the regional meet as an opportunity to prove their strength as a team. “It’s the road to the NCAA Championships, and it’s a process where we can get ahead of ourselves,� Sisson said. “So, I spent the last two weeks making sure everyone knew what the region meet meant.� The Longhorns were able to accomplish their goal of winning the meet, and now they are preparing for their first NCAA Championship meet since 2002. “It was a tough competition and definitely a testament to our team,� Sisson said. “We turned a corner in the program today and we’re beginning to prove that we belong on the national stage.�
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Dohner leads squad to nationals By Bri Thomas Daily Texan Staff After competing Saturday in Waco at the NCAA South Central Regional, Texas came home with a second-place finish, clinching a spot in the NCAA Championship. The team drew in 66 points. Arkansas, the regional champion, finished first with 30 points, while Lamar took third and 102 points.
“We expected to get top two,� said head coach John Hayes. “We have been aiming at regionals and nationals all year. This team really works hard for each other.� Individual victories came with five all-region honors through freshmen Ryan Dohner and Patrick McGregor, juniors Brian Rhodes-Devey and Brock Simmons and senior Bradley Lowry. Dohner
crossed the finish line in fifth, leading Texas in the 10K race, with a time of 30:21.1. This NCAA Championship trip, which will be held Monday Nov. 22 in Terre Haute, Ind., will be Texas’ 27th national visit. Last season, the team tied for 28th. “Now it is time to put the region meet behind us and look ahead to the national meet,� Hayes said.
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BLACKMON: OSU offense shreds again From page 6 “It was just a great throw and a great catch,� Williams said in a melancholy tone after the game. “[Blackmon] is just a great receiver. Oklahoma State is a great team. We fought hard, but things went their way.� As a testament as to how good Blackmon is, Brown compared him to Michael Crabtree, the former Texas Tech standout that ruined the Longhorns’ chances of making it to the national championship in 2008, and complimented him further by saying Williams “covered Blackmon the best anyone could.� Though Blackmon accounted for the majority of receiving yards, Weeden found six other wideouts who all had receptions over 20 yards. Out of the eight receivers Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert passed to, only two surpassed the 20-yard mark. The Cowboys’ balanced offense allowed them to taunt the Longhorns with their running game as well. And just like in the UCLA, Iowa State, Baylor and Kansas State games, Texas could not stop the run. Heralded tailback Kendall
Hunter, who was averaging 137.8 yards per game before playing Texas, gained 116 of the Cowboys 123 total rushing yards. He also scored two touchdowns. “That Oklahoma State offense ... That’s not our scout team we’re playing against,� junior safety Blake Gideon said. “They’ve got great athletes on the [offensive] side of the ball and they showcased that.� Two weeks ago against Kansas State, Texas knew that running back Daniel Thomas would get the ball the majority of the game, yet the Longhorns had no answer. Same thing this weekend — Texas knew Blackmon and Hunter were going to get the ball, but their talent was unstoppable. “Blackmon gets over 100 yards, Hunter gets over 100 yards,� Brown said. “That puts pressure on you.� Before the game got out of hand, the Texas defense did what coordinator Will Muschamp has been emphasizing all season — holding the opponent to a field goal or less in Texas territory. On Oklahoma State’s first series, it drove down to the Texas 6-yard line and had to settle for
a field goal. Then on the Cowboys’ next drive, safety Kenny Vaccaro intercepted Weeden on the UT 34. The Texas players were fist pumping and it looked like the night might turn out differently than it had the past four weeks. But OSU took control of the game in the second quarter, scoring points on four out of its five drives. “We always talk about wanting to start fast and obviously we didn’t,� Gideon said. “It’s kind of a downer when you look up at the scoreboard and we’ve given up touchdowns early. As a defense, we need to rise to the occasion.� After the game, Muschamp complimented Oklahoma State’s effectiveness on offense, a group that ranks No. 3 in the nation in passing offense (354 yards per game), total offense (549 yards per game) and scoring offense (46 points per game). “We tried to mix it up during the game, but they’re very fast,� Muschamp said. “They’re very balanced and we didn’t stop them.� Texas has two guaranteed games left this season and it has to win both to become bowl eligible.
defense — Texas finished the season allowing seven goals in four contests. A practical no-show in the first half of their opening-round game in the Big 12 tournament against Oklahoma set the tone for Texas in the postseason, as the Longhorns allowed JMU to outshoot them 1912 in Friday’s loss in Chapel Hill. Texas loses two starters, including captain Erica Campanelli, to graduation, but should be able to contend for the Big 12 title next season. Doniak emerged as a scoring machine toward the end of the season, and Campanelli is the only piece — albeit a major one — the Longhorns lose along their strong back line.
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Eleven straight for Faucette, Horns and McNeal put the game in the books with the last kill of the night as Texas closed out struggling Texas Tech 25-16 to wrap up the match. Texas stormed out to an early lead in the first, thanks to a couple of early kills from Faucette and a pair by Doris during a 7-1 run that put the Longhorns out in front for good as the team opened the match with a 25-12 win. But the Red Raiders (323, 1-16) rallied in the second to tie the contest as it pulled away from the Longhorns late 25-22 and overcame eight kills by Faucette. After the break, Texas regrouped and regained the lead with a hard-fought third set. Faucette broke out with four straight kills to stretch the lead to 21-12 after McNeal got the Longhorns going with an ace and two kills during a 7-1 rally that put Texas ahead by eight.
By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff For Juliann Faucette and the Longhorns, the hits just keep on coming. The senior outside hitter racked up 24 kills Saturday as Texas rolled 3-1 over Texas Tech on the road to extend the Longhorns’ winning streak to 11 games. I t w a s F a u c e t t e ’ s t h i rd straight contest with at least 24 kills, and she has found a rhythm as Texas (19-5, 14-2 Big 12) enters the final stretch of the regular season. Senior middle blocker Jen Doris and sophomore opposite hitter Sha’Dare McNeal each got in on the action with 11 kills apiece and senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson had her best game in a Longhorn uniform with eight kills and 11 digs. McNeal and Dickson carried the Longhorns in the fourth and final set with four kills each. A Dickson kill forced set point,
WHAT: No. 7 Texas vs. Missouri WHERE: Gregory Gym WHEN: Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. COVERAGE: texassports.com The Red Raiders came as close as 24-20, but Faucette put an end to the set with her eighth kill of the frame to give Texas the 25-20 win. It was the Longhorns’ 20 th straight win over the Red Raiders and Texas’ 14th win of its last 15 matches. It’s been the opposite for Texas Tech this year as the Red Raiders’ latest loss was its 11th in a row. Texas sits behind Nebraska in the Big 12 standings and is a game-and-a-half behind the Cornhuskers with four contests left on the slate.
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By Jon Parrett Daily Texan Staff Texas’ season ended Friday as the Longhorns fell 3-1 to James Madison in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Junior Kylie Doniak scored the lone goal for Texas off a cross from senior Kirsten Birkhold. It was Doniak’s ninth goal of the season. Texas finishes the year 11-6-4, but 0-2 in the postseason. Wins against BYU, Oklahoma State and Wisconsin-Milwaukee were highs for the Longhorns this season, but a slow start in Big 12 play buried them in the standings and they never got higher than fourth in the conference. Texas looked like it might have
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shrimp leave crowd without much regret From page 10 by Tim and Eric’s pierced, fratty alter-egos Jim and Derrick, and some onstage dancing when Pusswhip Banggang played several songs at the end of the show. Also, a privileged few were able to snag the Christmas gifts — packets of frozen shrimp — that Tim and Eric tossed out. Classic Tim and Eric skits from the TV show that were projected onto a screen and selected by the audience’s applause kept everyone entertained in between performances. The chosen clips were “Ooh Mama!� and “Celery Man,� the latter featuring a sweaty, coffee-gulping Paul Rudd watching funky, kinky videos of himself on a computer. The seating arrangement in the Paramount worked fairly well for most of the show, but when Tim
and Eric donned their guitars and American flag pants for the Pusswhip Banggang performance, about 30 fans abandoned their chairs and went to the front. “Pusswhip Banggang was awesome,� said Amy Offield, a Tim and Eric fan who drove from College Station to see the show. “Eric’s pants were the most patriotic pants I’ve seen in a long time. And I didn’t know that they could shred so hard.� The band played some favorites from the TV show like “Poke On,� and even came back for an encore after they had left the stage, making the weirdness last until just before 11 p.m. Afterwards, the audience cheered and left without many regrets. “I just wish I could have gotten my hands on some of that frozen shrimp.� Offield said.
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alternative rock. That’s what I DT: What are your plans for thought of it as, and it’s not that the next year or so? And I’m anymore. also curious if you would ever do anything in the vein of your DT: So what are your previous project, Holy feelings about the reShit, again. surgence in what AP: I’m open to it, ON THE WEB: people now call lobut I have no plans Read the full fi? I’m specifically to do it. I just want interview with talking about all to make music. I Ariel Pink the lo-fi stuff that’s don’t have any kind @dailytexan come out of Los Anof ... It’s all the same, online.com geles, and especially whatever I do. I mean, The Smell, where a lot it’s different enough when of contemporary lo-fi has come different people are involved. I out in the last few years. love collaborating with people. AP: They’re just punk bands. I have no intention of repeating It’s punk rock. The Beatles are lo- what I already did, though. It fi, man. I don’t even know what can’t be rehashed anyway, and it it means. I really don’t know shouldn’t be rehashed. day, month day, 2008
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Musician sheds not-so-rosy light on labels, lo-fi MUSIC MONDAY By Francisco Marin Ariel Pink doesn’t necessarily believe in the labels critics and his fans have attached to his aesthetic since he began making music in 1996. Actually, Pink and his band, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, are irritated by those labels and think they have led people to make some illegitimate misconceptions about their music. Take, for instance, “hypnagogic pop,” a term coined by critic David Keenan in summer 2009 used to describe music that “refashions ’80s chart pop-rock into a hazy, psychedelic drone.” While many music journalists have been quick to point out hypnagogic pop and lo-fi music as the precursors to today’s popular chillwave and surf pop genres, Pink, on the other hand, has been quick to dismiss those labels as skewed and biased. It happened in 2006 as well, when bloggers and music journalists attempted to create a “hauntology” canon that would include artists like Pink and the entire roster of the United Kingdom-based Ghost Box record label; that genre eventually deflated under the weight of its own vanity. Rather than embrace the ideals that those genres champion — musical nostalgia as a reactionary element against the polished indie pop of the 2000s and a sort of cosmopolitan unity of underground genres from the 1970s to the mid-1990s — Ariel Pink just wants to make music and not have to worry about falling in line with other artists. To that end, he has released several dozen proper albums and underground albums, often in CD-R and cassette form. Pink’s latest opus, Before Today, was released this June and charted on the Billboard Top 200, something that is unheard of for an artist who remained underground for more than a decade. In an interview with The Daily Texan at Fun Fun Fun Fest last weekend, Ariel Pink spoke more about what he believes his music really is, the new legacy of lo-fi bands and why he isn’t concerned that his albums tend to leak early. The Daily Texan: The first thing I wanted to ask is if you’re still in touch with the older crowd, like— Ariel Pink: Like R. Stevie Moore, Animal Collective, yeah, yeah, yeah. DT: You read my mind. So you still— AP: Yes! Yes, yes, yes. DT: Well, I guess moving on, there’s this article that’s always fascinated me, and it grouped a bunch of artists together under the label “hypnagogic pop.” AP: Yeah, I’m familiar with it. DT: And I know the way labels are thrown around these days, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti was definitely associated with the resurgence in the lo-fi movement, from which hypnagogic pop and chillwave were eventually born. How do you feel about that? AP: Well, it’s gone, and nobody remembers that anymore. Lo-fi is a lot more irritating to me. It just stuck around and never fucking got out of fashion. I’ve redefined the meaning of lo-fi to where it’s now, not what it once was. But I thought it was Sebadoh and ‘90s
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Ariel Pink has crafted underground pop music since 1996 and recently released his album Before Today to widespread critical acclaim. Pink played at Fun Fun Fun Fest last weekend with his full band, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti.
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By Sara Benner Daily Texan Staff When one envisions the perfect pizza, many things come to mind. Some desire a thin pie and a fluffy crust spotted with pepperoni. Others yearn for a dense pie with a crunchy crust topped by the usual suspects: sausage, olives, peppers, anchovies, onions, and extra cheese. Utilizing fresh, local products, a custom-made wood-fire pizza oven-trailer hybrid and a serious passion for pizza, Bola Pizza owner and food blogger Christian Bowers seeks to restore pizza to its rightful place in the culinary world as an entree, rather than mere utility food. While maintaining his blog, Austin Food Journal, Bowers runs his pizza-catering company out of his North Austin backyard. The pizza project began as a content builder for his blog. “I was going to blog about the build-up over a series of months, which I did, but it kind of took on a life of its own. It became a business once I put it on a trailer,” Bowers said. Bowers claims three years of practice before perfecting his pizza dough, which is fermented in
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Named after Christian Bowers’ deceased dog Bola, Bola Pizza is a mobile pizza oven that caters Austin-area events. The oven is constructed of handmade blue tiles, which are reminiscent of Lake Travis at dusk. cold temperatures for three days, similar to the process of making sourdough bread. “When I was working on the
dough, I was making it twice a wife. And I ain’t sick of it yet!” week for about three years. That Bowers joked. means for dinner twice a week, we’d have pizza, me and my PIZZA continues on page 9
Group pushes students to globalize education By Lindsey Cherner Daily Texan Staff Latin American studies senior Asiago Ogaisa is a big believer in karma, and rightfully so. While in Vietnam, Ogaisa ate dog, a traditional staple of the country’s diet, but just a week later, a dog bit him in Thailand. “It tastes like beef stew, but really, food tastes so different around the world,” Ogaisa said. “Why don’t we eat bugs? I’ve eaten bugs in other countries.” This is just one of memorable experiences that Ogaisa, president of Students for Study Abroad, had overseas. He wishes to share his experiences with students attending International Education Week, which celebrates cultural diversity on campus. “Going abroad is how I found myself,” Ogaisa said. “It taught me about my own culture.” This is one of the goals that In-
ternational Education Week has for those that come to its 55 events. An overall promotion of going global and having cultural interactions will be stressed. The week is also meant to showcase how diverse a student body UT has. “Everyday you can see how global we are, but by giving it a week, it draws attention to it,” said International Office spokesman Christian Casarez. “It pulls different cultures together.” In addition, the week aims to give students knowledge of the global economy. “Nowadays, everything is global,” said Claudia Prieto, international programs coordinator and International Education Week committee chair. “Products are manufactured all over the world. All of this starts at home by gaining perspective and exposure to new ideas.” This year’s events will range
from foreign films to language sessions and even wedding traditions to appeal to the widest variety of tastes on campus. “The events are meant to help students create their own road maps to fit in their college degree plans,” Casarez said. “They can learn how to fund [their own programs], which is really empowering.” Coordinators think students provide the relatable perspective of a young adult who has traveled abroad and seen the differences between the U.S. and other countries. “I never realized how much influence the U.S. has on the world,” Ogaisa said. Ogaisa hopes that his study abroad experiences will inspire others to do the same. “[Traveling abroad] makes you realize all the resources you have at UT,” Ogaisa said. “I never real-
ized the accessibility of gyms [or] the PCL. You can really get anything for free if you go looking for it. Other countries aren’t like that.” Ogaisa and students involved in International Education Week will attempt to open doors for students to the possibility of traveling overseas, but they’ll also show them it’s worth the risk to travel. “Fight your own fears,” Ogaisa said. “Every time I go, it’s still a challenge. The fear of the unknown kills us, but you have to get out of your bubble.”
By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff The Paramount Theatre, Austin’s oldest theater, was also the city’s freakiest when the perversely hilarious comedy duo, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, invaded the venue on Saturday for their Chrimbus Spectacular 2010 tour. Tim and Eric, the creators and stars of Adult Swim’s bizarre television show “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” is weird enough on TV, so when it’s converted to a live show, things get insane. Offensive, awkward, surreal and straight-up odd are Tim and Eric’s bread and butter, and the two spread it on thick for the show-goers. There were glittery, over-the-top Christmas-themed musical numbers; a furry, anatomically correct onesie; guest appearances; uncomfortable audience participation; a performance by Pusswhip Banggang, Tim and Eric’s band; and plenty more. Audience members familiar
with the TV show had an idea of what they were getting into and, judging from the crowd’s reactions, they were satisfied with the performance. “I knew that it was going to be absurd and off-the-wall,” said Zach Hutchens, a local actor and glass technician who attended the show. “My sides hurt from laughing. And man, when Steve Brule came out, I was on my feet.” Dr. Steve Brule, played by a somewhat-confused but always sincere John C. Reilly, was a highlight of the night. People jumped out of their seats and clapped like crazy when he came onstage and conducted an unsettling mammogram for Misty, a “patient” he chose from the crowd. Misty seemed freaked out, which is what Brule was going for, so mission accomplished. Other bits involving the audience included a strange, twoman wet T-shirt contest emceed
DUO continues on page 9 Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim sport American flag pants as a part of their ridiculous comedy performance at The Paramount Theatre on Saturday.
WHAT: International Education Week WHERE: Various locations around UT WHEN: Nov. 15 - 19, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. WEB: utiew.wordpress.com
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