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iPhone apps’ use increases exposure By Jim Pagels Daily Texan Staff As social networking becomes more popular, more businesses are attempting to connect with their consumers by entering the iPhone-application market. These applications range from handheld banking services to fantasy football reports. “For all of these businesses, the main goal is interacting with customers on a closer level,” said Marc Lesnick, organizer of the annual Social Networking Conference, which educates business managers on how to navigate the online community. Lesnick said most businesses create social networking tools such as iPhone applications simply to connect with their customers in hopes of attracting more business and boosting sales. “Most corporations have engaged in social networking because it is an adjunct to their business,” he said. “They’re communicating with their customers and making them more happy, but they aren’t [generating revenue] from the iPhone applications themselves.” Application developers can set any price for their applications that are sold through the Apple iTunes App Store. Apple takes a 30 percent commission from the transaction, although many developers choose to distribute their applications for free. The growth of third-party applications has exploded since Apple began allowing developers to create content in July 2008. It took only nine months for users to download one billion applications, and today, there are more than 50,000 applications available. Texas Student Media recently launched their own iPhone application that distributes content from The Daily Texan, The Texas Travesty, KVRX and TSTV. “We just felt like people really like to be able to use that [medium] for consuming our content, particularly the student demographic,” said Frank

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lar American songs and traditional Hindi songs to create a unique a cappella experience. “Most of us grew up in the United States, but we’re still very much tied to the culture of our parents,” said Nikhil Marathe, the choir’s music director. “That transfers into a musical sense. By infusing these two types of music, we’re connecting with our heritage but still remaining contemporary.” The choir has produced several albums, always using the name Penn Masala despite vary-

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Senior Police Officer Lawrence Davis shines a flashlight in a suspect’s face on the side of Georgian Drive in North Austin on Thursday. The suspect was pulled over after he and another man attempted to sell crack to an undercover police officer on Sam Rayburn Drive. He was arrested and charged with manifesting drugs.

APD undercover operation results in eight drug-possession arrests aLONg FOR THe RIDe By Bobby Longoria A man dressed in black with old English letters on his shirt waves a white towel to oncoming traffic, whistles at them and asks “What do you need?” He is a crack dealer with rocks in his pocket looking for a customer — and he’s a cop. In an effort to suppress Aus-

tin’s crack cocaine market, the Austin Police Department made eight drug possession arrests Thursday night during a sting operation in the Georgian neighborhood of North Austin. APD’s tactical units conduct drug sting operations, which encompass weekly buy operations that target dealers, and reversal operations that target buyers two to three times a year. “It gains control back of the neighborhood that essentially is under siege,” said APD Sgt. Eric De Los Santos. “The goal of this is to make sure or try to

Hindi singing group hits high note By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The Indian Students Association and the UT chapter of Nourish International brought University of Pennsylvania a cappella choir Penn Masala to UT for a benefit concert Friday. Penn Masala is the world’s first Hindi a cappella choir, and its popularity has led them to perform internationally since their inception in 1996. Made up of 12 IndianAmerican students, the choir performs a fusion of popu-

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ing lineups as students graduate. Ankit Dir, the president of the choir, said performing is the most important way to develop a following. The group’s last performance at UT was in the fall of 2007. “We like to go to new places to develop a fan base, but we also like to return to places that have an existing fan base and a supportive fan base, and UT is definitely one of those places,” Dir said. Varun Jindal, publicity chair for the Indian Students Associa-

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The singing group Penn Masala, performs during the UT Indian Students Association’s fall fundraising event in the LBJ auditorium Friday night. Penn Masala is the world’s first Hindi a cappella group and was formed in 1996 by a group of students from the University of Pennsylvania.

tion, said the event was successful and served as a great benefit concert. “During the week, we were selling tickets, and we were scared that maybe the auditorium would be empty. But the day of the event, everything fell into place,” Jindal said. “Even the group itself was very happy and said it was one of the best shows they have had.” Around 700 people came to the concert, raising $2,500 for Nourish’s summer project in Ecuador. The group’s fundraising goal for the year is $5,000. The group will send five to 10 representatives for a two to three month venture to help a group of indigenous tribal women establish a sustainable business and become financially independent using their native arts and crafts. Suchi Pahi, Nourish’s international project director and a biology and government senior, said their organization is unique because they fund the project and are involved with its execution. Last summer, they went to Guatemala and helped women there establish a shampoo and soap business that has maintained success. “We actually send our own people and all of the money,” Pahi said. “And all of our projects are sustainable. We follow the philosophy of ‘Teach a man to fish.’ These arts and crafts are part of [the Ecuadorian women’s] culture, we’re just giving them the financial acumen to take it further.”

recapture that neighborhood from [crack users and dealers] and spread them out so these families and this neighborhood can have some normal semblance of life.” De Los Santos supervised the operation that was run by approximately 50 officers in surveillance, processing and undercover roles. He said that on Wednesday officers observed about 40 dealers on the street. Officers began the operation around 7 p.m. Thursday night by first clearing the street of any persons who might have poten-

tially interfered, including other drug dealers. Undercover officers were appropriated into two groups: one stood at the opening of the street, flagged potential customers and directed them to an officer of the second group selling crack cocaine. A hidden camera coupled with several microphones recorded the deals. Once the transaction finished and the customer had the crack in his possession, officers leapt out and arrested the individual for

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Business alliance urges consumers to shop local Austin retailers attempt to attract pre-recession profits during holidays By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff This holiday season, some local retailers are hoping that the relative strength of the Texas economy will boost consumer confidence enough to draw in shoppers like in pre-recession times. In the past year, local business owners have seen a downturn in revenue, said Dean Lofton, the executive director for the Austin Independent Business Alliance. The alliance, however, has several ideas in mind to encourage residents to support independent businesses, including hosting the seventh annual Austin Unchained challenge on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Austin Unchained asks residents to purchase only from locally owned merchants for one day in hopes that consumers will eventually break the habit of solely shopping at chain stores. People do not need to make extra purchases. They are just asked to buy what they normally would from independent businesses instead of chains, Lofton said. Last year, independent businesses in Austin showed a 4 percent increase in sales tax revenue the week of Austin Unchained, the largest increase in two years, according to the alliance’s Web site.

“With local business owners seeing slower sales, it’s more important than ever to buy local,” Lofton said. “We need to draw attention to not only the cultural value of these businesses, but also the economic impact they make on Austin.” Lofton said two studies of the Austin economy inspired the alliance to begin Austin Unchained to help people realize how shopping locally circulates more money into the city’s economy. A 2004 Big Box Retail and Austin report stated that if everyone in Austin shopped locally for one day, $14 million would return to the Austin economy. In 2002, BookPeople and Waterloo Records & Video generated a combined $6.9 million in the local economy compared to less than $1 million from Borders, according to the most recent comparison report released by Civic Economics in 2003. To reach more consumers, the alliance and affiliated businesses have used social media Web sites like Twitter and Facebook, Lofton said. The association has also recently purchased five commercials to air on Time Warner Cable, Lofton said. The Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area ranks as one of the top economies in the United States, but consumers do seem to be spending less based on how much sales tax the city has

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collected, said Greg Hammond, the director of research for the Austin Chamber of Commerce. In October 2009, Austin was down 11 percent in sales tax revenue compared to October 2008, according to data collected by the chamber. “There’s no hard data or good way of knowing how people in Austin will spend in the future,” Hammond said. Austin resident Lucie Kolar said that although members of her family have never been big spenders, the current state of the economy caused her to adjust some of her spending habits. One of the ways she has curbed spending is by buying more used items. In August, Kolar and her husband purchased a used car for their 22-year-old daughter. After beginning a home remodeling project last year, she has also begun looking at consignment stores to purchase used furniture. Chairs that cost $600 in new furniture stores can go for as low as $150 in consignment stores, Kolar said. “It’s sad how the economy has affected us all, and people every day are losing their jobs,” Kolar said. “[My family] is just watching what we’re buying and making sure we’re not spending money on unnecessary things.”

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NEWS BRIEFLY Running back arrested on DWI charges, suspended indefinitely UT running back D.J. Monroe was suspended indefinitely following a driving while intoxicated arrest Sunday morning. Lt. Leroy Opiela, spokesman for the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, said the 20-year-old Monroe was arrested at 1 a.m. Sunday in Buda near mile 217 on southbound Interstate Highway 35. He was placed in Hays County Jail and was released at 11 a.m. Sunday on $3,000 bond. “He was stopped for erratic driving. Standard field sobriety tests were done and he was thought to be intoxicated and he was put in jail,” Opiela said.

Monroe is a redshirt freshman running back and receiver that has made two kickoff returns for a touchdown — tying a school record. The first was during a game against Louisiana-Monroe and the second against UT-El Paso. He has made 20 rushes for 110 yards this season. Several other UT football players have been arrested for driving while intoxicated in recent years. Lamarr Houston was suspended for one game by head coach Mack Brown after his DWI arrest Aug. 31, 2008. However, Sergio Kindle and Henry Melton were each suspended for three games for their DWI arrests that occurred July 28, 2007 and June 1, 2007 respectively. UT is ranked third in the Bowl Championship Series listings. With

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two games remaining, the team may have the chance to return to the National Championship Game, a feat not met since 2005. Brown did not comment on how Monroe’s arrest will affect the team. “We’re disappointed any time one of our players is accused of wrongdoing,” Brown said. “We have talked to D.J. and his family and have decided to suspend him indefinitely pending the completion of the legal process.” — Bobby Longoria

UTPD investigates reportedly armed suspect on campus At 11:55 p.m., UTPD patrols were notified about an unknown, reportedly armed suspect. The call was made by a UT student ready to enter his vehicle in the parking lot of the North Office Building. The suspect, wearing jeans, a black shirt and dark baseball cap, was last seen headed West on 27th Street toward Speedway. By 12:10 a.m., officers issued a follow-up emergency mass text message declaring the suspect was off UT property. Pending an ongoing investigation, Rhonda Weldon, UTPD spokeswoman, said she could not clarify in what way the suspect was armed. “{Investigators] don’t like to give that information early on because they don’t want it somehow hurting their investigation,” she said. It is not known if the suspect poses any danger to students or area residents living in apartments surrounding north West Campus, Weldon said. “Students should be aware and cautious of their surroundings,” she said. — Pierre Bertrand

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Serpas III, assistant director of TSM. “As more people consume the content digitally, they can help spread the networking to other social mediums like Facebook and Twitter.” The Texas Student Media application offers streaming broadcast of KVRX radio and receives any updates from The Daily Texan and Texas Travesty. The application is not yet compatible with video, but TSTV content will be integrated soon, Serpas said. Companies are also creating applications that aren’t related to their primary business to attract and connect with customers. Wisk-It, a laundry detergent company, recently created a Facebook application that helps “clean” p ro f i l e s o f s c a n d a l o u s or embarrassing photos. The company is currently working to develop the service into an iPhone application. “Companies will do anything to keep in touch with their customers in the hopes that it makes them further profit down the road,” Lesnick said.

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Obama remains cautious during first trip to China By Jennifer Loven The Associated Press SHANGHAI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while weighing when and how â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or if â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he should raise traditional human rights concerns. On Monday, the president is holding talks with local politicians and, in one of the marquee events of his weeklong Asian trip, conducting an American-style town hall discussion with Chinese university students. The two nations are partnering more than ever on battling global warming, but they still differ deeply over hard targets for reductions in the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause it. China has supported sterner sanctions to halt North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear weapons program, but it still balks at getting more aggressive about reining in Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uranium enrichment. The White House hoped Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s town hall meeting with Chi-

nese university students would allow Obama to telegraph U.S. values â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through its successes and failures â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the widest Chinese audience possible. But those hopes will have their limits in communist-ruled, tightly controlled China. The particulars of the town hall, including whether it could even be called one, were the subject of delicate negotiations between the White House and the Chinese up to the last minute. It remained unclear, for instance, whether â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and how broadly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it would be broadcast on television and how much of a hand the central government had in choosing those allowed to question the U.S. president. Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said Obama would call at random on several of those in the audience, to be made up of hundreds of students hand-picked by the department heads of Shanghai-area universities, and would also answer questions solicited in advance by the White House from â&#x20AC;&#x153;various sources on the Internet.â&#x20AC;?

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Chinese traditional paper-cut artist Hong Man makes portraits in the likeness of President Barack Obama in Beijing, China on Thursday. Obama will start his first visit to China today.

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The crew of space shuttle Atlantis, from left, commander Charles Hobaugh, mission specialist Leland Melvin, pilot Butch Willmore, and mission specialists Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher, arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday to prepare for their STS-129 mission, scheduled for launch today. NASA used Twitter to invite 100 fans to watch the launch.

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By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets. They plan to let loose with electronic messages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; provided they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so swept away by the afternoon liftoff that they fall uncharacteristically silent for a moment or two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be uploading stuff as it happens,â&#x20AC;? promised Steve Wake, 38, a computer programmer who flew in from Denver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On launch day, who knows? I may be too excited about everything else to even think about doing that stuff. When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over with, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure I will.â&#x20AC;? Laura Burns already has a strat-

egy. She figures sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the For the first time ever, NASA last words typed in and her finger hov- month invited its Twitter followers ering over the to sign up online button so she can for the chance to send a tweet at the see a space shuttle moment of liftoff. launch up close. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to be The 100 slots Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to be like like juggling my â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and 50 backup juggling my iPhone positions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; filled iPhone and my camera and my and my camera and in less than 20 eyes, and trying minutes Oct. 16. my eyes, and trying to get everything The two-day to get everything all gathering got all at once,â&#x20AC;? said Burns, 33, a softunder way Sunat once.â&#x20AC;? ware systems enday at Kennegineer from Coâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Laura Burns dy Space Cenlumbia, MD. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with talks by software ter using the TwitNASA bigwigs, systems engineer including the first ter name â&#x20AC;&#x153;moonrangerlauraâ&#x20AC;? to Twittering aschronicle her trip tronaut, Michael â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the Massimino, aka drive to Cape Canaveral and a pit Astro_Mike. The discussions were stop for MoonPies. streamed live on the Internet, and

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OVERVIEW Monroe’s DWI Early Sunday morning, Donald (D.J.) Monroe, a freshman education major and a member of the UT football team, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Monroe, who is 20 years old, is the starting kick returner for the Longhorns and has returned two kicks for touchdowns this season, the first player to ever do so. It’s not unusual for college students to have run-ins with law enforcement from time to time (see the Campus Watch printed in this newspaper and online every Wednesday). It’s when that student happens to have his entire tuition and housing paid for in addition to being a recognizable face for the University that people tend to notice. In lieu of castigating Monroe for his actions, we think it would be more productive to educate him as well as other student athletes that feel the selfish need to drink and drive. The repercussions for doing so tarnish not only their image, but the image of every person affiliated with the University. Before you decide to venture out into the night, please write this number on your hand: 512-4529999. It’s the contact information for Austin Yellow Cab. Oh, or just don’t drink at all.

By Emily Grubert Daily Texan Columnist

Disrespect for the First Amendment As a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, you would think Anthony Kennedy would respect the freedom of the press. But when Kennedy visited Dalton, a Manhattan private school, on Oct. 28, his staff made an unusual and heavy-handed demand: They insisted that the student newspaper not publish anything about Kennedy’s visit without prior approval. In the issue of The Daltonian following the speech, the paper’s editors published a note to the effect of “We’ll publish the story in the next issue. Publication constraints. Sorry.” Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg said Kennedy’s office made the request because they wanted accurate quotations, according to The New York Times. Even Dalton’s head of school, Ellen Stein, seemed to have no problem with the demand, telling the Times that “fact-checking is a good thing,” and that the review would ensure that the newspaper published correct information. It’s disturbing that Stein does not know the difference between fact-checking and outright image control — a crucial trait of fact-checking being that it is conducted by the press and not the source. Furthermore, Kennedy’s request — and Stein’s endorsement of the request — was belittling to the Dalton seniors. As the head of Dalton, Stein might have expressed more confidence that the student journalists could accurately attribute a quotation.

Confused campaigning Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison doesn’t think she’ll miss anything too important in the United States Senate during her run in the Republican primary of the Texas gubernatorial race. Hutchison said she plans to resign her seat in the Senate after the March primary, not before like she had previously stated. When questioned about the implications of running for governor and serving in the Senate at the same time, Hutchison remarked, “I’m not going to miss important votes ... but clearly I cannot be there 100 percent every single time.” Hutchison is undermining the importance of her position as a senator, not to mention her constituents. Though she promises to vote on the things that “matter,” Hutchison is dividing her attention between two positions that should each demand her full participation. Hutchison says she will answer Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s call if he needs her back in the Senate to vote in partisan politics. And with cap-and-trade legislation and health care reform on the table, Hutchison still wants to be a part of Republican opposition, if only to boost her image among Texas conservatives. But besides voting along party lines, Hutchison doesn’t seem to have a clear direction or commitment to anything, besides pointing out all of political rival Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign mishaps.

THE FIRING LINE Irrational arguments I was surprised and disappointed to see Ben Freed’s Nov. 13 column “Boycotting Israel? Do it right.” published in The Daily Texan. The column is a response to a display put up by the Palestinian Solidarity Committee calling for a boycott of Israel. Ben Freed is the president of Texans for Israel. Ben Freed’s main point may be summarized as follows: It would be very hard to boycott Israel because that would mean giving up the many Israeli technological achievements we enjoy in our lives. The column is essentially a taunt directed at the boycott supporters. Such irrelevant reasoning should be below the bar of The Daily Texan’s opinion page. An acceptable response to the boycott proposal would include a summary of the original display, counterarguments to the claims the display presents, and facts to support the counter-arguments. Granted, one paragraph of Ben Freed’s column does bring up some facts (Israel’s attitudes toward women’s and gay rights as well as Darfur refugees) that could have been used to undermine the boycott proposal. The paragraph, however, is completely lost among seven paragraphs listing Israeli technological achievements and Israeli-born celebrities. It is easy to get carried away discussing such an emotionally charged topic as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; thus I do not fault either side of the debate for their sometimes irrational arguments. I

Getting lost By Andrew Tolan Daily Texan Guest Columnist Getting lost is one of the most underappreciated parts of life. After 21 years of living in Texas, it is nearly impossible for me to get lost. With the advent of new technology such as the iPhone, MapQuest and even cars with navigational systems, the average college student has no reason to ever get lost. Yes, you sometimes feel lost when trying to find your car after a UT football game and yes, you sometimes feel lost moving three mph in traffic on Interstate Highway 35. But follow the guiding star that is the UT tower and you can always get to where you need to go and never feel the sensation of being completely lost. Upon arriving in Europe, I can now say I appreciate the brilliance of feeling — and actually being — lost. I have never experienced being completely unfamiliar with anything in my peripheral vision with no idea of how to pronounce any of the streets in view and absolutely no familiarity with where I even need to go. It sounds stressful, and, at times, it is. When I recently traveled in Latvia and found myself being led in circles by the few people who spoke English in the town of Riga, I was certainly on the edge. I had 30 minutes to get back to a boat unwilling to wait for a lost American tourist, and I did not have any credits left on my pre-paid European phone. I turned into the typical American relying on intuition rather than a map. I eventually found my way back to the dock and had some strange encounters along the way. I met a 50-year-old man who moved from New York to marry a 22-year-old Russian girl, two 12-year-old Latvian girls who tried to give me a ride home and two French girls who insisted that I was drunk and tried to suggest some good vodka for me to buy. Although only one of the three groups of people actually provid-

do, however, take issue with The Daily Texan’s editorial staff for choosing to publish them.

— Rustam Miftakhutdinov Electrical engineering graduate student

Missing the point Ben Freed’s column, “Boycotting Israel? Do it right.” missed the point of the Palestinian Solidarity Committee’s “Boycott Israel” effort. He implies we should not boycott Israel because it has produced many useful things, such as electronic devices and software, and has a strong record of social justice, at least for its Jewish citizens. As I understand it, the PSC is not boycotting Israel’s creativity but rather its cruelty in dispossessing Palestinians of their homes, their industry, their infrastructure and their water. According to Lawrence Wright’s excellent article in the Nov. 9 issue of the New Yorker (“Captives – What really happened during the Israeli attacks?”) Israelis have forbidden even toys to be shipped into the Gaza Strip. Likewise, the fanatics who piloted U.S. jets into the World Trade Center were not angry about America’s abundant contributions to modern technology, but rather the U.S. disregard for Arab lives, specifically the deaths of at least 600,000 Iraqis civilians, most of them children, through restrictive sanctions following the First Gulf War. In addition, America has assisted to the ongoing dispossession of the Palestinians — which Israel carries forward — by providing funds, military hardware and political cover.

Americans seem puzzled that Arabs should take offense. They don’t hate us for our freedoms. They hate us for our callous destruction of Arab lives and livelihoods. To understand where the PSC is coming from, one must know some history. UT students who want to understand why the Middle East is so troubled need to look very closely at the horrors that were inflicted on the Palestinians in 1948. Israeli historian Ilan Pape has made it easy. His recent book, “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine,” makes it clear that the Zionists were focused on removing Arabs from their homes and taking their land. If you read his book, a lot of what is going on in that part of the world will start to make sense. I am grateful to Freed for pointing out Israel’s contribution to much of the paraphernalia of modern life: drip irrigation, computer chips, etc., much of which I admit I didn’t know was invented by Israelis. However, now that I know Israel is responsible for the egregious Windows Vista, I am tempted to boycott Israel myself.

— John Kerr UT alumnus

Denying human rights violations Ben Freed criticizes the Palestine Solidarity Committee’s mock version of Israel’s apartheid wall honoring the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (“Boycotting Israel? Do it Right”). This wall is 400 miles of concrete and electric fencing that expropriates Palestinian resources and denies Palestinians access to their jobs and farmlands.

ed me with help in getting back to the boat, they all provided me with fodder for laughs. I feel I left a little part of my heart in Latvia with them. I am not going to lie and say that the first time I got lost in Europe I handled it with typical Texan class. One of the first weeks I was in Europe, I attempted to travel from Uppsala to Stockholm by myself to check out the surroundings and dabble in some gambling at the casino. I got up bright and early at 2 p.m. to start my day and walked to the Uppsala train station. I forgot until I had been walking for 30 minutes that I had no idea where the train station was. I called up my parents complaining about how confusing Sweden is and how irritating it is not knowing where you are. I went on a furious rant about everything from the quality of the people to the diluted, carbonated version of Sprite that is a shoddy knock-off of water with a lime squeezed in it. After talking to them for around 10 minutes, I looked to my left and realized I was a block away from the train station. Out of pure embarrassment, I hung up the phone pretending like I was still lost and walked to the train station with the pace of a shamed man. I have enjoyed the trials and tribulations of having to navigate unfamiliar environments. Sometimes getting lost can lead you to finding things you would have never normally seen. When I eventually did get to Stockholm, I got lost trying to get back to the train station and ran in to a Tex-Mex restaurant called Macho (with an exclamation point at the end to emphasize just how macho Tex-Mex really is). Nothing that the world can throw at me will ever shock me as much as finding a Tex-Mex restaurant in Sweden. Getting lost is truly underappreciated, and I know in the next month I will have plenty of opportunities to bask in its glory. Tolan is a journalism senior.

PSC, with an international coalition, calls for BDS: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions to pressure Israel to respect international law. Freed suggests that should we choose BDS, we boycott the nation that gave us “Natalie Portman and voicemail,” and the country “that offers asylum to Darfur refugees.” Freed’s claim on Darfuri refugees is insulting. Refugees in Israel are treated poorly, and Israel is considering the forced placement of Darfuri refugees in camps to work as unpaid laborers. Second, the idea that when a nation has done some things “right,” we cannot condemn it for the things it does wrong, is absurd. Israel violates more UN resolutions than any other nation. It does not allow Palestinians access to food and water. As a result, 40 percent of Gazan children are anemic. Israel massacred 1,400 Gazans, bombing UN schools and hospitals in January and continues to build Jewish-only settlements despite the fact that the Obama administration has asked them to stop. If apologists for Israel continue their defense fully aware of these facts, they consciously deny an entire people their human rights based on their ethnicity. Even in our crippled economy, we fund the occupation by giving Israel 3 billion of our tax dollars each year. The solution that remains is BDS. This doesn’t mean you must throw your computer out and give up your affection for Natalie Portman. That’s not how boycotts work. Rather, strategically target companies directly complicit in building settlements, manufacturing weapons and creating apartheid.

— Tanya Keilani UT alumnus

Texas is extraordinarily well-positioned with respect to two of the most talked-about ways of reducing carbon emissions to the atmosphere: wind generation and carbon capture and storage. When I moved here, one of the most striking things I noticed about the night sky was the speed of the clouds blown about by the nighttime winds. It’s breathtaking, and it’s helped make Texas the site of more wind-generating capacity than any other state in the country by a large margin. You’ve probably seen either turbines or pictures of them. They’re about the size of the UT Tower. I was delighted on a flight to San Francisco last week when my flight attendant announced that out the window, we could see not the Grand Canyon, but the West Texas wind farms. The machines are beautifully engineered to capture the wind. What we cannot yet do is store the electricity that we make by capturing the wind on a large scale. And that’s why the point about the high nighttime wind speeds is important — people don’t really use that much electricity at night, and we have coal and nuclear power plants that are hard to turn on and off supplying the nighttime electricity we do use. If we could generate lots of wind electricity at night and save it to use the next day, that would be fine, but as the technology currently stands, we have to generate power that matches the amount of power being used. This inability to store a desirable resource contrasts with the carbon situation, where oil field engineers and geologists have devised ways of keeping carbon dioxide trapped in spaces deep below the surface. Questions remain about the permanence of storage over geologic time, but many agree that deep geological storage is technically feasible. To store the carbon, however, we must first capture it, and that’s been a bit of a problem. Mostly because it takes a lot of energy to separate carbon dioxide from other gases, which means we need to generate more energy, which right now means we need to emit and capture additional carbon and extract additional carbon-based fuels. What this means is that a coal-fired power plant that is sequestering most of its emitted carbon uses about 30 percent more coal than a conventional plant does, which represents 30 percent more mining and 30 percent more pollutant volume — CO2 and otherwise. Texas can take advantage of the need to strip CO2 out of natural gas and the relatively pure CO2 streams produced by refineries because of the state’s large conventional energy sector. In these cases, the CO2 is being captured anyway, so it’s not an additional burden on fuel use to get at it. Storage requires relatively little (though not insignificant) amounts of energy, so it may make sense to store these already nearly pure streams of CO2 away from the atmosphere. Moving to large scale capture from exhaust gases at power plants, however, represents a serious energy investment. So we can capture the wind and store the carbon, and there’s a lot of effort being expended on figuring out how to store the wind and capture the carbon. My personal preference is that we spend a lot more time working on storing wind than capturing carbon, mostly because of the magnitude of the nonclimate impacts associated with additional use of carbon-based fuels. Wind power generation doesn’t require water during operation, while coal-fired generation requires significant amounts for cooling — and more when carbon capture systems are brought into the equation. Not only are those direct water uses impactful, but mining coal can have major effects on ground and surface water quality near mines, and the land-use problems associated with mining are very substantial. There are some measures that we can take to protect the climate that fundamentally enhance sustainability, while others are taken only because they keep greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. To me, wind generation and deployment of efficiency and conservation measures promote long-term goals of cleaner air, lower reliance on exhaustible resources and opportunities for saving money. Carbon capture and storage is admittedly pretty cool technology, but it does little to promote goals other than preventing carbon emissions. Power generation infrastructure has very long lifetimes, and so committing to a future based on carbon capture is committing to a future that delays the eventual need to use renewable resources. The fact is, the wind doesn’t always blow. But when it does, we know how to capture it. So let’s put more effort into figuring out how to work with that rather than relying on exhaustible resources that put major pressure on land, water and community systems. Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student.

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Film festival celebrates Asian-American culture By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Angela Chen’s family said they will support her filmmaking career when she becomes the next Oscar-winning Ang Lee. The radio-television-film senior drew inspiration from her upbringing in a strict and deeply traditional Chinese family to illustrate gender roles in her short film “Mr. Cupcakes.” “It’s based on a Chinese saying about how raising a daughter is like water spilling,” Chen said. “It means a daughter isn’t yours because she’s going to be married off. It doesn’t matter what she does or what career she chooses because eventually, she’ll marry and have to take care of her new family.” “Mr. Cupcakes” was shown before the Austin premiere of “White on Rice” at the Texas Union Theatre on Friday as part of the sixth annual Austin Asian American Film Festival. The premiere was co-sponsored by the festival and UT’s Asian American Culture Committee. Chen was one of more than 40 filmmakers who showcased at the festival.

From Thursday through Sunday, more than 40 Asian-American films filled the screens at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar and the Texas Union Theatre. The films featured a wide range of Asian and Asian-American characters, including teenage thieves and traveling revolutionaries, out-oftouch fathers and lesbian artists. Without the festival, many of the films would not have been able to reach audiences in Austin, said festival director and filmmaker Masashi Niwano. Being an independent filmmaker is tough already, but AsianAmerican filmmakers face even more challenges since they represent a minority demographic that is not typically on the media’s radar, Niwano said. Asian-American filmmakers have to accept that under current conditions, they will be limited in finding a place for their work, he added. “I could make the same film with white actors and it would have more visibility, but I don’t want to do that just for sake of finding more screens,” Niwano said. “Knowing that you’re go-

ing to be limited, that’s why you have to be passionate about your work.” The main theme of this year’s festival is not to whine about wanting change but to celebrate the distinct backgrounds of a rapidly growing minority in Austin and stand up for what makes them proud of their culture, Niwano said. Festival organizers spent a year looking for both old and recent films that not only feature AsianAmerican directors or characters, but also universal themes of relevance to the Austin community. The festival showed four films featuring Vietnamese culture because of Austin’s large Vietnamese-American community, Niwano said. “This festival created a platform for Asian-American filmmakers to get the word out,” Niwano said. “It’s the only way to succeed. We can’t wait for the world to realize we exist and our films are important too.” Other festival events included a Bollywood dance party on Friday and a free outdoor screening of

Michael Baldon | Daily Texan Staff

Fared Shafinury and Chris Ladesma of Tehranosaurus prepare themselves before their show Saturday evening at the Mexican American Cultural Center. Tehranosaurus, who plays primarily classical Persian music, performed as part of the Austin Asian American Film Festival. “Persepolis” at Town Lake, which featured a variety of Asian cuisine and a performance by Iranian indie rock band Tehranosaurus. On Saturday, director and screenwriter H.P. Mendoza showed the Austin premiere of “Fruit Fly,” a musical comedy which takes place in the arts and clubbing scene of San Francisco’s Castro district. The

film stars L.A. Renigen as a Filipina struggling to find a home for herself as she fends off her gay roommate’s name-calling of “fag hag.” Mendoza said he is not the type to make blatant statements, but social commentary is implied in the film based on the characters’ actions and words. Misogyny, and sometimes even racism, runs ram-

pant in the gay community from both whites and Asians, he said. Women are often stereotyped in gay media just as much as in mainstream media, he added. “This festival is a way for us to prove [Asian-American filmmakers] exist, too,” Mendoza said. “Right now, people don’t see us as a movement.”

Journalist shares experiences at ‘Talks’ By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff One of the most influential journalists of the 20th century opened up about his experiences in news for a live interview talk show at the KLRU station on campus Friday. Morley Safer, a correspondent for the “60 Minutes” television program, appeared on Texas Monthly Talks with host Evan Smith. Safer shared stories from his time as a correspondent in Vietnam for CBS News as well as a correspondent and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Safer said his most memorable experience as a broadcast journalist was reporting on a 1965 U.S. Marine search-and-destroy mission to the village of Cam Ne in Vietnam. The Marines gave orders in English

to the town inhabitants to evacuate the village and then proceeded to burn it down with flamethrowers and Zippo lighters. Safer’s report on the mission was broadcast on CBS News on Aug. 5, 1966 as one of the first reports on the Vietnam War. Safer said that following the airing of the report, President Lyndon B. Johnson told Safer he was a communist who “shat on the American flag.” “There were various attempts by the Johnson administration to manipulate the news,” Safer said. “They got deeper and deeper with each lie.” Safer began his career in 1964 as a London-based correspondent for CBS News. In 1965, he worked at the CBS News bureau in Saigon. Safer was named the London bureau chief in 1967 and left CBS in

1970 to begin a career as a correspondent for “60 Minutes.” Safer recently donated his archive of work, composed of news articles, tapes and interviews, to the University Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. The center also holds the archives from other distinguished journalists, including Walter Cronkite, Robert Trout and Dan Rather. “Quite honestly in craft, [the Dolph Briscoe Center] is the best place to find information about the media and the news,” Safer said. “It’s a host of works from landmark people in journalism and gives an idea of what happened in our news from an eyewitness point of view. That is invaluable.” Safer also touched on the development of broadcast journalism throughout the 20th and

21st centuries. “The thing that is hurting journalism is pressures of time on broadcasting form,” Safer said. “There’s not a heck of a lot you can do to report a broad spectrum of an issue in 22 minutes and where we are being shortchanged is in the coverage of foreign news, which is debilitating to the media.” Smith, the editor emeritus of Texas Monthly and the host of the magazine’s program, said he enjoyed hosting Safer. “[Texas Monthly Talks] is honored to have many wonderful news men and leaders in the media,” Smith said. “Safer is certainly one of my favorites.”

Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff

Morley Safer, a correspondent for CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” talks with Evan Smith in the Austin City Limits studio on UT’s campus as a part of the Texas Monthly Talks Series. Safer shared stories from his time as a correspondent in Vietnam for CBS News.

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dispute effectiveness of reversal operations From page 1 possession of a controlled substance. In less than five minutes, officers cleared the area and prepared for the next customer. Norrell said the audio and video of the transaction provides adequate evidence for prosecutors to prove that a person willingly purchased and possessed crack. During the operation, two men in a white Buick offered crack to undercover officers. Two minutes later, uniformed officers within the operation stopped the vehicle a block away. The driver was found in possession of crack and arrested. Although the passenger did not have any drugs on his person, he, too, was arrested for attempting to sell. Police made a total of 16 arrests Thursday night, encompassing paraphernalia possession, interference charges, outstanding warrants and evasion attempts. “Whether we make lots of arrests or few arrests, when the citizens see police presence out there, they are more intent to call the police and report crimes,” said Senior Police Officer Lawrence Davis, who is APD’s district representative for the Georgian neighborhood. “They know we are actually backing them up and listening to them.” But some groups believe APD’s reversal operations may be a form of entrapment and that criminal records simply add another burden to individuals with drug dependency problems. “Reducing recidivism should be a priority,” said Matt Simpson, ACLU Texas policy strategist. “Crack is more often a symptom of larger problems,

and just punishing someone for possessing a [personal-use] amount is obviously not going to address those underlying problems.” Jerry Epstein, Drug Policy Forum of Texas president, said drug sting operations are a bad use of limited APD resources that produces questionable results. “Are we doing this effectively, or are we, in fact, creating more problems than solving when we pick up users and create an atmosphere that, if they don’t have a problem, we are creating one?” Epstein said. “If they do have a problem, we need to make treatment available noncoercively.” If the person charged with a drug offense is simply a user and does not have a history of violence but shows sign of drug dependency, they may be eligible to be processed through the Travis County Drug Diversion Court. Corinne Hernandez, a social service program coordinator at the court, said the court pro-

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A man climbs into the back of a suspect transport vehicle in North Austin on Thursday. He joined several other suspects who would be transferred to downtown holding cells.

be dismissed. uals are entrapped by APD with The court receives five to 11 sting operations is not her proreferrals a week that must be gram’s concern. screened for eligibility for the “If [users] have an addiction at all, and they are so fed up that they are going to be taken in by an undercover cop, then maybe there is a problem there,” Hernandez said. “I am here to help them address that problem, “It’s something that needs to be dealt with, fix that problem and help them but the sky isn’t falling. It’s within manageable move on with their lives.” levels, and the kind of thing the police officers Austin City Councilman Bill Spelman said the operations are were doing [Thursday] night is an important not a form of entrapment and part of keeping it in manageable levels — not the council’s major concern is letting it get out of hand.” the effectiveness of police action and the rehabilitation of users. — Bill Spelman, Austin City Councilman “It’s something that needs to be dealt with, but the sky isn’t falling,” Spelman said. “It’s within manageable levels, and the kind of thing the police officers vides a program that is geared program. Hernandez said only were doing [Thursday] night is to help users lose their depen- 51 percent of people in the pro- an important part of keeping it dency. If users succeed without gram complete it successfully in manageable levels — not letany violations, their cases may and that whether or not individ- ting it get out of hand.”

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Leonard Peña prays during a tent revival on North Lamar on Saturday evening. Peña testified that after 20 years in prison, a new relationship with God enabled him to become a better person and “give back to society.”

By Layne Lynch Daily Texan Staff One of the most consumed dishes during the winter months is the thick and hearty stew known as chili. During the spring and summer seasons, some may buy a can or two to top off hot dogs, but chili is most appropriate during the chilly months, no pun intended. The warmth, the bold flavors and the need for second helpings make this dish a cold-weather favorite. Texas is probably the state that prides itself most on its chili. In fact, the state dish is chili. And while a marriage between the conventionally greasy dish and vegetarianism seems like an unlikely combination, vegetarian chili lovers from around the city came together Sunday for the 21st annual Lone Star Vegetarian Chili

Cook-Off at the Travis County Farmers’ Market on Burnet Road. On a lark, I was selected as a judge for the cook-off and knew I was in for a treat. More than 500 people — vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike — had the same idea. Growing up, I would dine on my mother’s chili when winter came around. No doubt in my mind, she made the best chili I have ever had. Her secret ingredient: chocolate. That’s what I love about chili: There is such an open window of experimentation one can have with the dish. But I never had the chance to try so much vegetarian chili until Sunday afternoon at the volunteer-run event, which had been in the works for about four months, according to cook-off organizer Liz Bruns.

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Tent revivals come to Austin By Emily Royall Daily Texan Staff Tent revivals are often thought to be relics of the past. Originating in the late 19th century, they were originally erected to host religious meetings in which preachers spread the gospel to groups of Christian worshippers. For many, the idea of a tent revival conjures images of small, conservative towns. But for Les Marling, it’s Austin. “I don’t have a problem going anywhere to have a

tent revival,” Marling admitted Saturday while seated in the humidity of a large blue and yellow tent. A soft breeze rustled lonely cardboard signs addressing a crowd of empty chairs. After leading a “sinful life” leading to divorce, bankruptcy and nine DWI’s, Marling has embarked on a mission to spread the gospel, setting up shop in a vacant lot off of North Lamar last Tuesday. While serving time in Del Valle County Jail, Marling

encountered local minister Tom Cook, who introduced him to Christianity. Therein Marling discovered his calling and in 2008 started his first tent revival in Lufkin, Texas. And after experiencing overwhelming success in Lufkin, Marling decided to bring the revival experience to Austin, where he was born and raised. Marling insists his mission is not about religion but “getting a relationship with God,” and helping others become aware of what saved

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Cindy Hader and her husband, Steve, serve their veggie chili to Jessica Dean at the 21st Lone Star Vegetarian Chili Cook-Off at the Burnet Farmer’s Market on Sunday. Steve and Cindy are president and vicepresident of the Fort Worth Vegetarian Society.

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John Krasinski takes questions after the premiere of “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,” a movie he directed and acted in, at Alamo Drafthouse-Ritz downtown on Saturday. On Friday, John Krasinski of “The Office” came to the Alamo Drafthouse-Ritz for the Austin premiere of his directorial debut, the screen adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.” Before the screening began, Krasinski introduced the movie to an audience of screaming fans. “I cannot tell you how overwhelmingly touched I am to see a full, sold-out theater,”

Krasinski said. Once the movie ended, Krasinski got back on stage to answer questions about his experience directing and adapting the book to screenplay. After Krasinski bought the screen rights to the book, he began an unsuccessful search for a director. Eventually, he decided to direct the movie himself. “The best way to direct is to direct out of

ignorance,” Krasinski said. “I had a blast, but I don’t think I’ll ever do it again. It’s very rare to find material that gets you up every day. We were all so excited to work on it, and the material was so inspiring. I don’t know that I’ll ever find something like that again.” “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” is now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse-Ritz. — Katherine Kloc

Twenty-four contestants from the Austin area entered dishes for judging, hoping to win the title of top vegetarian chili maker. Participants stood at tables with crock-pots of chili and ladled chili into bowls as festival-goers wandered the outside farmer’s market grounds. Guests were given cards to vote for “Audience Favorite” as the judges sat inside a separate building, spending the afternoon engulfing bowls of the stew. The judges included a retired Austin Police Department sergeant, the marketing director and healthy eating specialist at the Whole Foods Market on South Lamar Boulevard, the chef and owner of El Greco Greek Taverna and Rip Esselstyn, author of “The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-YourLife Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds.” After sampling some of the early dishes, truth be told, none of the chili entries blew our socks off. Some had too much smoky flavor, some didn’t have enough vegetables (or any at all), some were more like a soup and some just shouldn’t have been served. Many times, an entry was very close to being delicious; all it needed was some salt. “One of the biggest challenges is the large quantities and trying not to overcook or undercook the chili,” said judge coordinator Rupert Hazel. “Everyone has to make at least five gallons of chili, so it can be challenging.” The judges sympathized with the contestants; having to cook using electric sockets, pray-

ing against a surge can be very tricky. But about 10 dishes into the over 20 entries, we were all still looking for the El Dorado of the group, which had yet to be presented. By the 15th chili, it was looking gloomy as people removed articles of clothing and wiped their foreheads due to heat overload. I couldn’t even form a complete sentence; the only thing I could say was, “Too much chili.” Yet, reaching the end, the judges agreed on the top three. In the end, entries from the Texas Humane Legislative Network and Austite Molly Frisinger were deemed the judges’ cook-off favorites. The audience’s favorite was Don and Alice Barnes’ “Quintessensual Chili.” Why did these two strike our taste buds the most? Well, it’s simple; they blended their flavors without abusing any one. They stuck with using vegetables instead of just meat substitutes — a downfall for many of the entries. While several of the contestants were novel in using ingredients such as pecans, sweet potatoes, bulgur wheat, cloves, avocados, ginger and one bad case of seitan, many used way too much meat substitute. “One of my favorites was the higher levels of chili powder and lentils,” Hazel said. “Also, the one with the coconut base was good.” In all, eating chili on a notso-chilly afternoon proved to be both entertaining and challenging. “We considered this year a huge success,” Bruns said. “Everyone enjoyed it, especially with a cold beer.”

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dead, I’m picturing Beethoven When you were formtime-travelling here to jam with ing the band, were there me, and just totally rocking out any alternate band like in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent names you didn’t pick? Adventure.” If they have to be RM: I actually wasn’t around Ringo Deathstarr has rejuvenat- alive, though, I think I could when Ringo Deathstarr was ed the shoegaze genre with heavy make some pretty wild music chosen as the band name, but doses of energy and volume. with Gary Glitter. I think the naming process Channeling My Bloody Valwas pretty unceremonious. I entine and the Jesus and Mary What was the best show do have a lot of good ideas for Chain, the Austin quartet is you’ve ever played? band names, though, so if anytouring extensively behind a R M : I d o n ’ t l i k e one needs one, feel free to connew 7” called In Love and a vichoosing favorites, so tact me. nyl reissue of the band’s self- I’ll just say that playing parties titled EP. Guitarist Renan Mc- in warehouses, or basements, Where is your favorite Farland answered the 10 Music or college radio stations or place to eat in Austin? Monday questions while pre- wherever you can get a bunch RM: Any place that paring for the band’s tour of of kids to come out. Places with serves tacos and makes Japan and Europe that begins kids who are really into hearing the staff wear crazy hats. at the end of the week. live music are almost always better than playing at some upDo you have a day job? What album have you tight bar that only cares about RM: No way man, listened to the most in how much booze they sell. that would be a drag. the last week? Renan McFarland: What was the worst What is your favorite “Lullaby” by Shawn Mullins. show you’ve ever Web site? When I was an infant, I had a played? RM: I haven’t been on babysitter that would put me RM: I played at open the Internet very much in a tree and sing “rock-a-bye mic nights a few times in high since my laptop broke, but I’m baby, in the treetop” as some school. It’s basically just a room kind of addicted to Google kind of twisted joke. Inciden- full of people who hate you. Reader. tally, when I listen to that song I get an overwhelming sense of What is your favorite What is a perfect vertigo. song to play live? day for you? RM: I don’t know if I RM: Me and If you could collaborate like playing any of our a young Winona with any musician in songs any more than the others Ryder driving around town on a the world, who would — whichever song the crowd beautiful spring day in a stolen it be? likes best is usually the most ice cream truck, making out and RM: If it’s somebody that’s fun to play. listening to Shawn Mullins.

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tent revival?” asked North Loop resident Lisa Mills. This lack of attendance is no cause of concern for Marling. “The Devil works on your mind and says, ‘Look at those empty chairs,’” he said. “But it’s not about the numbers; the world always looks at numbers.” Other neighbors appeared more concerned with the future use of the lot. The site has been home to many oddities in the past, including a carnival-sized concession stand and a string of

snow cone vendors. “The nature of the gathering is irrelevant,” resident Mary Patrick wrote on a neighborhood forum. “My concern is the precedent that may be set in ‘renting’ out the lot for public gatherings.” Regardless, Marling plans on conducting more tent revivals. Aware of the temporary nature of his work, Marling is prepared to pack up and move on, unfazed by what others may deem an unproductive venture.

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Festival informs residents of environmental projects By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Eleven city of Austin departments joined together to put on the Green City Festival on Saturday, an event aimed at educating Austin residents about the city’s environmental programs. The event featured stations set up around City Hall, music, demonstrations and speakers to educate residents about different rebates, programs and future projects coordinated by the city. “We are selling nothing. We are just trying to educate people,” said Kathy Shay, Austin Watershed Protection’s water quality education manager. “We’ve found that a lot of people just don’t know what our programs are. We put everybody together so we can make everything available.” The city put on a similar festival two years ago and plans to make it a biannual event, Shay said. In addition to city representaAustinite Mary Dodson holds a painting by Curtis Barnette day,that month day, 2008 she purchased at the Art From the Streets show at the Austin Resource RTISE ADVEforTUDENT Center S the Homeless OUR IZATION! Y(ARCH) N A RG on OSunday. Barnette, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, moved to Austin in 1999 to work for Dell Computers until the company downsized.

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ing feeling of self-esteem and encouragement that I have.” Heloise Gold co-founded the program 17 years ago with a semiweekly art class. As the class posted their pieces on the walls, more and more pieces accumulated, and they decided to try to sell the works. She said originally the art show was simple with about 70 pieces in its first year. “Through the show, the artists are recognized for their humanity, their intelligence and their creativity,” Gold said. “There’s a lot of pride in this room.” Gold said that oftentimes, basic necessities are thought of as food and shelter, though humans need so much more to live. “I’m an advocate of creativity and imagination,” Gold said. “People’s souls are fed in programs like these.”

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tives, community members worked at information booths and different stations to support the festival. Volunteers ranged from Girl Scouts to UT students. Health Outreach Promotion and Education, a UT health occupations organization, sent some members to help at the festival. Nursing sophomore Leah Peterson said that although the festival was not health-related, it is important to stay involved in different aspects of the community through service. “I’m a nursing major and most of my friends are nursing majors, and having that human contact and helping people makes us feel good and lets us be more in contact with our population, since we’ll be serving these people later on,” Peterson said. Among the stations was an Austin Energy booth that offered a sneak preview of the group’s carbon calculator that will be widely available in January.

Emily Pan sprays water onto a watershed model of Slaughter Creek to demonstrate the effects of chemicals used in lawns on the whole water system. The watershed model was one of the tools used to bring awareness to Austin environmental programs at the Green City Festival on Saturday.

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DEFENSE: Goon squad holds Baylor to six rush yards From page 12 Brown came untouched on a cornerback blitz from Florence’s back side and drilled the quarterback for a nine-yard sack. “They were in seven-man protection, and the tight end didn’t [see him] and we got a nice hit on the quarterback,” said Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. The hit left Florence looking visibly shaken and it showed on the field. He missed his next seven passes and didn’t have a completion until late in the half. Fittingly, the next play resulted in a poorly run option that Ganaway fumbled into the end zone for a 20-yard loss and a safety. The Bears had -20 yards in the second quarter. “Honestly, I think Nick got rattled a little bit and rightfully so,” said Baylor coach Art Briles. “When you have not played a bunch and you don’t have the snaps under your belt to where you are able to shake stuff off, that can wear on you a little bit.” Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns noticed a change in Florence, too. He fintexas’ defensive tackle Lamarr Houston pressures Baylor’s nick Florence during the Longhorns’ dominant defensive showing saturday. ished 28 for 45 for 240 yards with

one touchdown and three interceptions, the last of which defensive end Eddie Jones took back for a 60-yard touchdown. “It’s huge when you’re talking about affecting the quarterback in the pocket and making him uncomfortable,” Houston said. “That’s what we want. We want to rattle him back there.” Baylor added a couple of scores in the fourth quarter, but both were against the secondteam defense. The first team played just one series in the second half and exited the game having surrendered just 41 total yards and no points. Still, the performance wasn’t what Houston calls “total domination.” “That’s all we look for. We don’t look at the scoreboard. It can be 6-3, as long as we dominate,” Houston said. “I think we did a good job, but I don’t think we had total domination.” The good news for Houston: There are potentially four games left, plenty of time for total domination. If Saturday’s performance says anything, the Longhorns are close to achieving it.

FrEShmaN: Bradley, Hamilton shine in college debut after slow starts From page 12 to dunk,” Bradley said. “I wasn’t nervous at all.” Bradley’s dunk was part of a 21-point run by the Longhorns near the end of the first. The Anteaters jumped out to an early lead Sunday afternoon, but Texas dominated the opposition for much of the game to win 89-42 in the Frank Erwin Center. “Early, we thought we were playing hard, but maybe not really focused in on what we needed to be,” said Texas coach Rick Barnes. “It was okay.” UC-Irvine scored the first six points of the game and built an early advantage, but the Longhorns kept their cool and began a methodical comeback that saw them retake the lead for good with about seven minutes to go in the first half. The Anteaters finished with a

27.4 shooting percentage and just seven second-half field goals. “In a game like this with a very talented team, you have to execute and make some shots, which we didn’t,” said UCI coach Pat Douglass. “We didn’t have too many solutions. They’re a good ball club, and we had to play well and didn’t.” The freshmen might have started slow, but they finished strong. Bradley, Jordan Hamilton, J’Covan Brown and Shawn Williams combined for 35 points and 12 rebounds. Brown started for Texas but had five turnovers, leading Barnes to replace him with Dogus Balbay and Varez Ward. “J’Covan Brown wore us all out,” Barnes said. “I’ve never seen a guy that amped up ever.” At one point, all four of the freshmen were on the floor at the same time, but for the most part, Barnes mixed them in with the

more experienced players. “We just know that we’re all going to go out there and lay it on the line,” said Texas’ senior center, Dexter Pittman. Pittman scored 13 in the first half and began to take over the inside as UCI’s frontcourt tired in the second. He controlled the lane for Texas and posted a game-high 21 points. Pittman also finished with seven rebounds, and he would’ve had more if it wasn’t for teammate Damion James. “If y’all noticed or not, I had seven rebounds, and five of them he took out of my hands,” Pittman said. “That’s what he does, he goes after the ball, he’s hungry.” “Every rebound belongs to me,” James joked back. “If he gets them from me, I’m gonna be mad at him, so either way he’s gonna lose.” But James had some nice words about his teammate.

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“Dexter, he’s been great in the off-season,” James said. “He’s worked hard, he’s continued to lose weight, so I just love playing with him.” James, who also scored 21, snagged a game-high 15 rebounds. Texas’ defense limited the Anteaters to mostly outside shots and held UCI scoreless for half of the opening period. The Longhorns also out-rebounded their opponents 4930 and scored 36 more points in the paint. “That’s the game plan,” James said. “We’ve got to get the big guys going. If we do it like that every game, I’m going to be pretty happy.” Aside from Bradley, Hamilton also had a dunk when he slammed a 180-degree jam back over his shoulder with a little more than six minutes to go in the game. The Longhorns got pretty cozy above the rim as the team recorded 10 blocks. The electrifying dunks, coupled with the 21-point run, helped the team enter the break up 42-21. And even though the Anteaters were first to strike again in the second, Texas never lost the momentum it captured early on. The Horns play on Wednesday against Western Carolina in the second round of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Classic.

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Texas falls short of qualifying with fourth place finish By Ryan Betori Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns had high hopes for their first trip to nationals since 2003 but failed to qualify after their fourth place finish on Saturday at the 6k NCAA South Central Regional in Waco. The team tallied 124 points and finished behind SMU (43 points), Baylor (54 points) and Arkansas (66 points). Only the top two teams from each region advance, and an atlarge bid is highly unlikely. “We had the goal all season to get to nationals, and anything less than that is a disappointment,” said head coach Steve Sisson. The team executed its goal of getting runners ahead of the pack early on but was unable to maintain that position. The early lead deteriorated along with the health of key runner Lauren Salisbury. Although she started the race, Salisbury, who has been battling a herniated disk in her back all season, was unable finish because of her injury. “Lauren’s injury really hurt us. It put a lot of pressure on others,” Sisson said. “I think we were one person shy of being really, really special.” Despite the disappointing finish, the team had a few bright

spots. Senior Betzy Jimenez qualified for nationals on an individual basis, finishing second overall with a personal-best time of 20 minutes, 54.5 seconds. Sophomore Mia Behm came just short of qualifying individually with an 11th place finish overall. But, Behm could get an atlarge bid if Arkansas is able to receive one, thereby moving some of its runners out of individual atlarge contention. Also solid was junior Allison Mendez, placing 18th with a career-best time of 21:36.8. Senior Asia Myrland finished in 22:17.6 for 31st, and freshman Melissa Mahoney was the last scorer for the Longhorns, finishing 63rd with a time of 23:12.6. Sophomore Ginny Simon clocked in at 23:41.2, placing 82nd. The team won three of its six meets this year and improved upon last year’s fifth-place regional finish. Although the team will lose three of its top runners as seniors Jimenez, Myrland and Salisbury move on, the Longhorns are confident with its prospects for next year. “We really, really wanted this,” Behm said, “I think being so close and not getting it will really motivate us.”

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allows McCoy to rest in second half From page 12 Following another Baylor three and out, Texas stretched its lead even further, needing just two plays to reach the end zone. Tre’ Newton ran 45 yards for a touchdown. The freshman saw his first extended action since a midseason concussion dropped him down the depth chart. While McCoy was leading the offense to its most productive half of the season, scoring five touchdowns and a field goal in eight possessions, the Texas defense was matching its every step. “We’re playing really well together,” McCoy said. “The offense is really clicking, and the D is playing well.” McCoy connected with Shipley again in the back of the end zone while Johnson crashed in from a yard out. Texas added the finishing touches to a flawless first half when Lawrence

connected on a 41-yard field goal with three seconds left for a 40-0 lead. The second half featured few big plays. Defensive end Eddie Jones jumped a screen pass and returned it for a 60-yard touchdown, briefly bringing the score to 47-0, before the Bears added two late touchdowns against the Texas reserves. McCoy had one of his shortest outings of the year, leaving in the third quarter, finishing 23-of-34 for 181 yards and two scores. It was the first game all year in which he was not sacked and was the second game where he didn’t throw an interception. The Longhorns forced three interceptions, one fumble and stopped the Bears on downs. They gave up 240 passing yards, most in garbage time, while sacking quarterback Nick Florence three times and hitting him consistently.

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Texas romps as McCoy ties wins record Running game comes to life as Johnson has career day in victory over Bears

fense to three touchdowns in its first four possessions. “I am really proud of our football team,” said Head Coach Mack Brown. “They came out ready to By Michael Sherfield play and dominated the first half.” Daily Texan Staff Texas knocked Baylor out earWACO — Colt McCoy sat pa- ly with an interception in the end tiently on the sideline and watched zone and a fourth down stop on the as the clock ticked down toward first two drives. The Bears didn’t zero. On the bench since the mid- get another first down for the rest dle of the third quarter, the senior of the half. didn’t have much celebrating left “We’re looking to dominate,” to do as he became the most suc- said defensive tackle Lamarr cessful quarterback to ever play Houston. Houston had two sacks the game in the only statistic he and was a constant presence in the values: wins. Baylor backfield. With a convincing “We’re not looking 47-14 win over Bayat the score.” lor on Saturday, McTexas opened the Coy tied Georgia’s game with a methodWe’re looking to David Green for ical 80-yard drive. most wins by a quardominate; we’re not The Longhorns faced terback in NCAA looking at the score.” only one third down, history with 42. He on which McCoy will go for the refound Shipley for a — Lamarr Houston cord on Saturday 3-yard score. defensive tackle against Kansas in The running game his final home game t o o k o v e r f ro m and hopes to stretch there. A few minutes it out further in the later, running back coming weeks. Cody Johnson had the first of his “I’ll celebrate with my team- two touchdowns from six yards out mates,” McCoy said, a subdued en route to his first 100-yard game of smile stretching across his face. the season. Don’t expect it to get too rowdy. Johnson carried 19 times, all in the While a ninth consecutive 10-win first three quarters, for 109 yards. season and all-time wins record is “Cody played great, he’s a nice, it’s not at the top of the Long- tough runner,” McCoy said. “He’s horns’ wish list. just a workhorse.” “We want to be the best,” McCoy Texas ran the ball 35 times for 224 said. “That’s our attitude.” yards, the team’s best performance They certainly looked capable of since putting up 300 against UTEP in that against the Bears. week four. The offense was balanced, Texas piled on 40 first-half points splitting passes and runs almost perin a blowout win that could have fectly (40 to 35) while outrushing its reached 60. passing total, 224 to 187. Whatever fight the Bears had in “We need to be able to run the them evaporated quickly as the Tex- ball,” Brown said. as defense made big plays when it needed them, and McCoy led the ofBLOWOUT continues on page 11

4. TCU 5. Cincinnati

8. LSU 9. Pittsburgh 10. Ohio State. 11. Oregon 12. Oklahoma State 13. Iowa 14. Penn State 15. Virginia Tech 16. Wisconsin 17. Stanford 18. USC 19. Oregon State 20. Miami (FL) 21. Utah 22. Brigham Young 23. Clemson 24. Houston 25. California

Men’S BaSkeTBall Valparaiso 77 No. 4 North Carolina 88 W. Illinois 50 Kansas State 82 Loyola (MD) 60 No. 9 West Virginia 83

nFl Detroit 10 Minnesota 27 Cincinnati 18 Pittsburgh 12 New Orleans 28 St. Louis 23 Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff

texas’ running back Cody Johnson plunges into the end zone during Saturday’s win over Baylor. Johnson finished with a career-high 109 yards and two touchdowns.

By Blake Hurtik Daily Texan Staff WACO — At what point exactly did the Texas-Baylor game turn from a potential offensive shoot-out into another Longhorn blowout win over the Bears? Well, take your pick. On a day when quarterback Colt McCoy made headlines for tying the all-time NCAA wins record, it was the same old story for the defense in Texas’ 4717 win: turnovers, big-time stops and intense pressure on the quarterback. The Longhorns used a string of plays featuring all three of those aspects to derail the overmatched Bears early on. After Texas’ offense put to-

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texas’ quarterback Colt McCoy throws a screen pass in Saturday’s game. McCoy tied David Green for the most wins by a starting college quarterback in NCaa history.

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gether a methodical touchdown drive on its opening series, Baylor appeared capable of matching the Longhorns’ offensive firepower. Freshman quarterback Nick Florence, making his seventh career start for the injured Robert Griffin III, guided the Bears 68 yards to the Texas 4-yard line on the their first possession using a mix of wide receiver screens and short passes. With the Bears on the verge of tying the game, cornerback Aaron Williams gave Texas its first big momentum swing. Florence tried finding Ernest Smith on a fade route in the corner of the end zone, but Williams played the ball perfectly and came down with the leaping interception. “Once he went outside, I knew to turn my head and look for the ball,” Williams said,

“and there it was.” When the Texas offense couldn’t capitalize on the turnover, it was up to the defense again. This time the Longhorns stuffed Baylor running back Terrance Ganaway on thirdand-inches and Florence on a hurry-up quarterback sneak on fourth down. Texas had seen the hurry-up sneak on film during the week and was ready for it. “They like to go up-tempo and catch people looking at the sidelines,” said defensive tackle Lamarr Houston. That turnover on downs led to a Cody Johnson touchdown run, and then Chykie Brown landed a blow late in the first quarter that would rattle Florence for the rest of the half.

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Dallas 7 Green Bay 17 Buffalo 17 Tennessee 41 Denver 17 Washington 27 Philadelphia 23 San Diego 31 New England 34 Indianapolis 35

Big 12 STandingS north Nebraska (7-3, 4-2 Big 12) Kansas State (6-5, 4-3) Iowa State (6-5, 3-4) Missouri (6-4, 2-4) Colorado (3-7, 2-4) Kansas (5-5, 1-5)

South No. 3 Texas (10-0, 6-0) No. 19 Oklahoma State (8-2, 5-1) Oklahoma (6-4, 4-2) Texas Tech (6-4, 3-3) Texas A&M (5-5, 2-4) Baylor (4-6, 1-5)

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Texas 71, UTsa 60

Longhorns take late lead to secure victory over UTSA Seniors start strong as sits out first half for freshmen find their place Raven sleeping through class as By Will anderson Daily Texan Staff Entering Sunday’s game, much of the speculation surrounding No. 3 Texas had to do with the addition of four highly touted freshmen, but for the first 15 minutes against UC-Irvine, the newest Longhorns were silent. That is, until Avery Bradley stole the ball from UC-Irvine near

the Texas 3-point arc, streaked down the floor on a fast break and answered any questions about his offensive prowess with a resounding one-handed dunk. As far as opening statements go, it was a bold one. “I thought in my head [during warm-ups] that I was going

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Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff

longhorn freshman Shawn Williams dives for the ball during Sunday’s win over UC Irvine. Williams finished with six rebounds.

Gayle helps in Texas’ win

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff Seconds after Brittainey Raven entered the game for the first time, the Longhorns took their first lead in Friday’s 71-60 win over UTSA Friday night. Raven, a team captain who started 30 games last season, sat out the first half as a punishment for sleeping through class. The entire team suffered as a result of the punishment. The Longhorns trailed the Roadrunners until the 17:37 mark of the second half and went on to avoid the role of Wile E. Coyote as Raven scored 11 points going a perfect 4-4 from the field in only 16 minutes on the court. “I did oversleep, but as a captain, leader and a senior, I should have gotten up and gone to class,” Raven said. “I apologized to my teammates and it will not happen again.” Even though the Longhorns trailed the entire first half, putting Raven into the game never came into the mind of head coach Gail Goestenkors. “Once we say we are going to do something, we are going to stand by it,” Goestenkors said. Goestenkors and the rest of the

squad were happy to see Raven come into the game two minutes into the second half and perform well. “Brittainey [Raven] does a great job creating shots for herself, and for others,” Goestenkors said. “She is great at finding the shooters on the floor.” “When Brittainey is in, the defense has to focus on her because she penetrates so well, which leaves us open for shots,” said sophomore guard Ashleigh Fontenette. Fontenette scored back-to-back layups, giving the Longhorns their first and second leads of the games which were not lost for the remainder of the game. Fontenette was joined by Raven and Ashley Gayle as the only Longhorns who scored in double figures with 10 points as well as five assists. Gayle dominated the paint with a game-high 12 points and added four blocks on defense. “I have been working on my offensive post game from the post season through the summer,” Gayle said. “In preseason, the coaches have really stressed my offensive game, so I have been doing a lot of work on it.” The Longhorns continue their season on Tuesday in San Antonio against the defending champion Connecticut Huskies as a part of ESPNU’s Road to the Championship.

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longhorn ashley Gayle shoots the ball in traffic against UtSa on Friday. Gayle tallied a game-high 12 points.