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Republican plans for student loans nothing new; Obama offers recommendations

Soccer team heads to San Antonio hoping to win a Big 12 title.

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Perry, Cain neck and neck Rick Perry GOP Canidate

By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan Staff

If the 2012 Republican primary were held today, Herman Cain and Gov. Rick Perry would be statistically tied among Republican primary voters in the state of Texas, according to an online survey conducted by the University and the Texas Tribune.

The survey ran from Oct. 19 to Oct. 26 and included 800 respondents from around the state. The results were part of a much larger survey of political attitudes using a pop-

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Poll shows the two Republican primary candidates are tied in Texas ular online system called YouGov Polimetrix, said government professor James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project, who co-runs the polls.

According to the poll, Cain led with 27 percent, Perry followed with 26 percent, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul held 12 percent, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney held 9 percent and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich followed with 8 percent. Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson and Rick Santorum each received 2 percent or less, while 11 percent indicated they “don’t know.”

The margin of error in the poll was listed at 3.46 percent, while for voters listed as Republicans the margin of error was 4.93 percent.

While Perry remains a front-runner, the fact that he is running into such stiff competition in his own state has intrigued pollsters, said Ross Ramsey, executive editor of the Texas Tribune.

“It looks like the Texas governor is in a dead heat in his own state,” Ramsey said. “Cain has risen from his performance in polls and debates through October and voters have clearly taken a notice in

him. The wax and wane in the popularity of Republican candidates has created a current lineup that’s very interesting.”

Cain has only recently been given extensive media coverage following his 9-9-9 plan for a simplified, flat tax and success in the Florida straw poll, and this surge appears to correlate with the results from the survey, Henson said.

“I think Herman Cain’s appeal for Republicans is that he seems to use common sense and straight talk,” said Jenna White, chairwoman of the Young Conservatives of Texas

UT Chapter. “Rick Perry has performed poorly in the debates and has doubled down on some policies that are unpopular among Texans. I don’t think it’s especially surprising that Cain and Perry are at the top.”

The results differ significantly from polls taken earlier in the year, when Sarah Palin was a popular candidate for the 2012 election, Ramsey said.

“There aren’t a lot of polls going on in Texas, so we do see a lot of distance [between poll results],” Ramsey

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PRESENTING THE PAST

The Miles Davis Experience

Avoiding Plagiarism

The University Libraries are hosting a session that covers mistakes that can lead to plagiarism, strategies for avoiding these mistakes and practical techniques for using sources correctly. The course will be held from noon to 1 p.m. online at bit.ly/lib_plagiarism.

Go hungry to feed others

From 6-9 p.m. in JGB 2.218 today, hear both a Muslim and Jewish student recount the experiences they have had while attending the same multicultural high school. There will be a dessert reception afterwards.

TEXAS REPUBLICAN POLL Herman Cain 27%

Other 25% Don’t Know 11%

Rick Perry 26%

Ron Paul 12% Margin of Error: ± 3.5%

Source: UT and the Texas Tribune

By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff

Miles Davis will be performing at the Bass Concert Hall, featuring a new multi media musical production. The event is from 8 to 10 p.m. and tickets range from $10-34.

Israeli Jewish/ Arab school students speak

GOP Candiate

Austin Water raises rates, utility costs up for some

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Join The Texas Muslim Students’ Association to support the East African Famine Relief. Pledge to fast from 1-7 p.m. today, and sponsors will donate money towards the cause. It is located in the Student Activity Center ballroom, and there is a free dinner afterwards.

Herman Cain

Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff

On the first night of Dia De Los Muertos, Zenyase Tellez dances with Groupo de Danza Azteca-Chichimeca Tlaltechuhtli at The Gregory Gym plaza Tuesday night. The four-person dance ensemble celebrates and preserves Mexico’s Aztec heritage.

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Playboy curator shares unusual career

By Megan Strickland Daily Texan Staff

Students should keep an open mind and be willing to think outside of the box when pursuing careers, said Aaron Baker, curator of the Playboy Collection.

Baker spoke from experience at the Art in Practice series sponsored by the Visual Arts Center on Tuesday. He detailed his journey from a post-graduate student working as a furniture mover to curator of the collection of all Playboy memorabilia, including an art collection with

an estimated worth of more than $25 million.

“Be patient,” Baker said. “Be open to new opportunities and don’t assume that all you can do is teach. Just be open to being a creative person in different ways than what you’ve traditionally thought you were supposed

to do or were limited to doing.”

Xochi Solis, program coordinator for the Visual Arts Center, said the center wanted to feature Baker in the speaker series because the Art in Practice program’s goal is to inform

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In 2009, Austin Water lost almost $53 million in revenue because of increased rainfall across Texas and lower consumption rates, said David Anders, assistant director of business support services for the utility company.

In response, this Tuesday, Austin Water enacted the new fixed Revenue Stability Fee, which will cause monthly rates to increase based on the amount of water used, he said.

“Our average customer consumes 7,700 gallons of water and 4,700 gallons of wastewater [monthly],” Anders said. “Currently, that costs the consumer about $64.88. Under the new rates, it will rise to $72.67, which is about a 12 percent increase [per consumer on average].”

He said the fee will most significantly impact consumers who use more than 15,000 gallons of water monthly.

Director of residential facilities Randy Porter said the Department of Housing and Food Services would certainly be affected by an increase in rates.

“Utility rates are obviously part of our expenses, and they factor into our anticipated costs,” Porter said.

He said the department has been trying to limit water usage by replacing all shower heads and toilets with low usage systems during any remodeling. He also said the department tries to educate its residents about conservation.

“We implement a lot of conserva-

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Good reporting still works, Today in history former Post editor explains In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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Quote to note

“Honestly, you’ve got to have balls to do this.”

— Robert Camp Fire breather LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12

By Lydia Herrera Daily Texan Staff

D e spite te ch nol o g i e s t hat have been recently introduced to journalism, basic reporting techniques have remained the same, and any one reporter can make a difference, said Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post.

Downie discussed his experience working at The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal after a Tuesday screening of the film “All the President’s Men,” hosted by the School of Journalism. The film, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, is based on the novel by Carl Bernstein and

Bob Woodward which recounts their journalistic endeavors during their investigation of the Watergate scandal.

Downie worked for the Washington Post for 44 years and served as executive editor for 17 of those years. While he was executive editor, the Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes. Downie now serves as vice president at large for The Washington Post.

Downie said the reporting techniques used in the film are the same techniques some of the best reporters use now, which includes working sources from the bottom up, makTamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff ing cold phone calls to see what Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post from 1991 to 2008, speaks about The Watergate

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scandal and the state of journalism in Studio 6A of Communication Building B following a screening of “All the President’s Men.” With Downie worked as executive editor, The Washington Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes.

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Aaron Baker, curator of the Playboy art collection, discussed how he came into the position as well as the start of the collection. Baker also detailed his work as an advocate for other 20th century icons such as Andy Warhol and Tom Wasselmann.

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“There are a lot of nuances of becoming a professional artist,” Solis said. “There are a lot of strange jobs you pick up along the way.”

Baker, who graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 1998 with a master’s degree in studio art, said he never expected to become curator of Playboy’s archive of 5,000 pieces of original art, 20 million photos, cartoons and editorial content.

“I just kind of fell into this career by being open to different opportunities,” Baker said. “It’s been a nice surprise to go to school for a studio de-

gree and just assume I was going to make art and maybe teach and then fall into this weird career.”

Baker found there were no jobs available as an art instructor when he graduated and was working as a frustrated furniture mover when his wife convinced him to become an art handler at an auction house, he said. Baker said he rose through the ranks of the business and was an art appraiser when Playboy decided to auction off some of its collection in 2002. Baker formed a relationship with the retiring curator during his evaluation of the Playboy works and was hired following the auction, he said.

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In the subsequent decade, Baker has cared for original artwork, editorial content and interview material from famous personalities, including Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, Fidel Castro, Frank Sinatra, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kerouac, Ian Fleming, John Updike and Hunter S. Thompson, he said. A posterity archive of Playboy memorabilia that includes a variety of objects including memorabilia from the original Playboy mansion and Hugh Hefner’s private jet is also under the control of Baker, he said.

The short-lived 2011 television

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show “The Playboy Club” relied heavily on Baker’s and his associates’ research in the posterity archive, as well as Hugh Hefner’s personal collection of 3,000 scrapbooks and personal comic strips to help find pieces from a certain era, Baker said.

Studio art junior Rachel Wade said seeing the variety of ways Baker has utilized his art background was very beneficial to students.

“I’m learning a lot more about curating and auctioning,” Wade said.

“He was very personal and helped give advice to students on how we can get to have such a cool job like he has.”

terpret the results of the poll as indicators of future trends, and another poll will be held closer to the actual March primary, Henson said.

Henson said, for example, the said. “Here we are a few months down the road, and it looks like recent allegations that Cain sexually harassed two women when we have the whole field.”

Pollsters are careful to not in- he was head of the National Res-

information can be found and knocking unexpectedly on doors of possible sources. “ The film is about how journalists do journalism,” said Glenn Frankel, director of the School of Journalism.

“It is the best American film ever made about the process of journalism, how reporters make progress, make mistakes, fight and work with each other and struggle with their editor.”

T h e Wa t e r g a t e p o l i t i cal scandal began June 17, 1972, with the break-in of t he D emo crat ic Nat iona l Committee headquarters and the attempted cover-up by the Nixon Administration, Downie said.

Frankel said the film is a prime example of what occurs when politicians abuse power and try to cover it up.

He said the public must never assume people in power can be totally trusted because they can become liable to commit abuses with their influence.

Downie said if people are blinded by what’s happening during a scandal, it’s oftentimes hard to find a way out.

“History is a big river. It keeps on going and it’s hard to capture what really happens, but the film does it well,” said photojournalism professor Eli Reed. “It’s a good indication of what can happen if people in the press do something really right.”

The media always needs t o b e v i g i l ant , i n d e p e n dent, evenhanded and energetic in order to find and e x p o s e abu s e s of p owe r, Frankel said. taurant Association in the 1990s could have affected opinion since the poll.

“The poll is a snapshot in time,” Henson said. “What has happened in the past 48 hours may have already changed that. It’s a very open question whether these results will be present in the spring.”

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tion-type programs to try to keep our costs down,” he said. “And we are always looking at ways to limit our water consumption.”

Juan Ontiveros, executive director of utilities at UT, said because these increases are targeted at large consumers they will more greatly affect the University.

“The largest rate increases that we get are always in water and wastewater,” Ontiveros said.

UT has been working hard to limit consumption, and through these efforts, UT consumes 17 percent less water than it did in 2006, Ontiveros said.

“The University uses water for its cooling systems, and by capturing the condensation from [them], we have been able to save about 39 million gallons of water,” Ontiveros said. “Additionally, the University makes all of its own electricity, and water is used in our energy manufacturing process. Cleaner and more efficient energy production at UT means less water consumption.”

He said the University has also made water conservation efforts such as shutting off campus fountains and limiting irrigation, but there is only so much the University can do to conserve water.

“Even though we do a lot of things to reduce water consumption, the campus still uses a lot of water,” Ontiveros said. “There is not much else you can do when you have 70,000 people on campus.”

Ontiveros said the University has a responsibility to use its resources wisely, which it is seeking to uphold.

“The campus is trying to be a good steward and do the right thing,” Ontiveros said. “We have always said that whatever we don’t spend on utilities, we can spend on academics.”

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In show of force in Egypt, military jails activist blogger

By Hamza Hendawi The Associated Press

CAIRO — Growing in confidence after eight months in power, Egypt’s military generals appear more determined than ever to crush the protest movement that ousted Hosni Mubarak and has turned critical of their rule.

This week, they detained Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a blogger whose activism made him an icon of the anti-Mubarak uprising, and — in an accusation that was derided by fellow activists — said he was to blame for stirring up violence at an October protest where 27 people were killed when soldiers cracked down.

At the same time, the military leadership has been drumming up an image of itself as the nation’s foremost patriots, even as it steps up moves to silence critics, leaning on managers of media outlets to tone down commentary on the army or ban particularly vocal critics from appearing on political talk shows.

Activists worry the military aims to hold power for as long as possible to give itself time to create favorable conditions for one of its own or a civilian with military background to run for president in elections. In what many saw as a trial balloon, posters went up briefly last week in Cairo voicing support for the head of the military, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, as a presidential candidate.

Tantawi and other generals on the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces insist the military has no wish to stay in power and will not field a candidate in the presidential election, slated for late next year or early 2013. But activists doubt it will willingly give up the domination it has enjoyed over

the nation for decades. “I have serious doubts that the military will hand over power to civilians,� said activist Ahmed Imam. “They will most likely choreograph a scenario in which they will appear to hand over power but will in fact hold on to power.�

The arrest of Abdel-Fattah has fueled accusations that the military is trying to sweep away the taint its reputation suffered from the bloodshed at the Oct. 9 protest that turned into Egypt’s worst violence since Mubarak’s fall in February.

Troops stormed the protest outside the state television building. Video from the scene showed military armored vehicles barreling through crowds and soldiers heavily beating and firing on protesters.

The military later blamed the Christians and “hidden hands� for instigating the violence, denying its soldiers had live ammunition.

On Sunday, the military ordered Abdel-Fattah held for questioning for 15 days on suspicion of inciting the rioting, damaging military property and assaulting on-duty troops. If charged, he could face trial before a military court, where thousands of protesters and other civilians have been prosecuted in recent months — many ending with swift and harsh verdicts.

At least 3,000 people marched through downtown Cairo on Monday to protest Abdel-Fattah’s arrest, chanting “Down, down with military rule� and “Alaa, we’re behind you, don’t stop.� Abdel-Fattah, 29, was Egypt’s first blogger activist, launching a blog years ago organizing opposition to Mubarak. He has been a vocal critic of the military’s rule since Mubarak’s ouster. “They want to hide the actual criminals,� rights lawyer and activist Gamal Eid said.

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Marble statues of ancient Greek philosopher Plato are seen on a plinth in front of the Athens Academy, as the Greek flag flies.

First ex-convicts released after crack sentencing reductions

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Greek PM puts austerity to referendum

By Elena Becatoros, Matthew Craft & David Randall The Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — The Greek government teeters and markets around t he world plunge after the prime minister’s stunning decision to put a hardfought European debt deal up for a risky public vote. As lawmakers in Athens revolt and European leaders watch anxiously, the ripples reach Wall Street, where investors unload stocks and euros because of fear that the Greek turmoil will unleash financial chaos across the globe.

The prime minister of Greece said unexpectedly Monday that he would put the European rescue plan to a popular vote, the first referendum to be held in Greece since 1974.

The plan requires banks that hold Greek national bonds to accept 50 percent losses to help keep the Greek economy afloat. It also beefs up a European bailout fund and requires banks to strengthen their financial cushions.

There were also late reports that Greek lawmakers dissented from the plan, raising the possibility that Greece’s government would not last until a confidence vote on Friday.

International creditors have demanded that Greece enact painful tax increases and drastic cuts in public welfare programs, and Greeks have shown their hostility to those measures in violent protests and strikes.

If the European rescue falls through and Greece defaults on its debt, the ripple effect would be global. Europe could fall into recession, hurting a major market for American exports, and banks could severely restrict lending.

It was only last Thursday that European leaders announced a deal that they believed would be a turning point in the two-year debt crisis. Banks agreed to take bigger losses on Greek debt and to boost their levels of cash, while the European Union increased the size of its bailout fund. Global stock markets surged after the plan was unveiled. Now, those

gains seem to be fleeting.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished down nearly 300 points. It swung in 100 point bursts throughout the day as investors reacted to sometimes conflicting headlines about the next steps in Greece’s long-running debt crisis. Treasurys and other assets considered safe surged. The stocks of major banks, including Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, were hit hard.

The value of the dollar rose, and bond prices jumped so dramatically that analysts said they were stunned. Analysts said the bond action reflected fears that the turmoil in Greece would tear at the fabric of Europe’s financial system and create a crisis that could engulf the entire European Union, which together forms the world’s largest economy. “This brings all of the concerns about Europe back to the front burner,� said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James. “If this ends up turning into a financial catastrophe in Europe, then no one will escape it.�

WASHINGTON — Potentially thousands of inmates who are being released early from federal prison because of an easing of the harsh penalties for crack that were enacted in the 1980s.

The 1980s-era federal laws punished crack-related crimes much more severely than those involving powdered cocaine — a practice criticized as racially discriminatory because most of those convicted of crack offenses were black. More recently, the penalties for crack were reduced to bring them more in line with those for powder.

Some 12,000 prisoners are expected to benefit from reduced sentences over the next several years, with an estimated 1,900 eligible for immediate release as of Tuesday. On average, inmates will get three years shaved off their sentences.

Defense lawyers for captives protest Pentagon policies SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lawyers appointed to represent some of the most notorious prisoners at Guantanamo Bay accused the U.S. government Tuesday of making it impossible for them to do their jobs by improperly reviewing all communications between them and their clients.

Lawyers for six of the “highvalue detainees,� including prisoners facing war crimes trials for the Sept. 11 attack, sent a letter to a senior Pentagon official urging him to overturn what they said were new policies that violate attorney-client privilege.

The lawyers said in the letter that officials are reading attorney-client communications, which they assert is illegal, violates legal ethical guidelines and will halt the war crimes proceedings that are supposed to resume soon at the U.S. base in Cuba. −Complied from Associated Press reports

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QUOTES TO NOTE “Would I have had different priorities for that money? Yes. We didn’t choose to bring this to the campus.”

— President William Powers Jr. on the UT System Board of Regents’ decision to form a $10-million partnership with MyEdu, according to The Daily Texan.

“As voting rights experts have noted, the recent stream of laws passed at the state level are a reversal of policies, both federal and state, that were intended to combat voter disenfranchisement and boost voter participation.”

— U.S. Reps. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on

voter ID laws, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Laws requiring voters to present government-approved ID have been adopted or are pending in 37 states, including Texas.

“If I run and I get elected, [my stance] will be partly my ideological thinking, but it will be partly what I am. We always oppose wrong ...

When you do what is right, people know that.”

— Mansour El-Kikhia, chairman of the UT-San Antonio political sci-

ence department, as he considers the possibility of returning to his home country of Libya to run for president, according to the Houston Chronicle.

El-Kikhia was exiled from Libya about three decades ago and has been back twice since the first rebellion broke out in February.

“I guess you can do anything you want with a video and make it look any way you want, but I felt good, felt great. I think the message got across very well, so it was a good speech.”

— Gov. Rick Perry referring to his bizarrely energetic speech caught on video in New Hampshire last week, according to ABC News.

“I was confused. I was coming back off days of being away and it was like, ‘Whoops, that wasn’t good.’ It has been stressful here with all these budget [cuts].”

— Jorge Posadas, director of student life at San Antonio College, apolo-

Republicans drawing groans on student loans

By Samian Quazi Daily Texan Columnist

At a time when nationwide, youth-led protests have focused media attention on college graduates’ mounting student loan burdens, Republican presidential candidates have begun addressing this issue. Their attacks on the federal student loan program fail to pose coherent solutions.

Republican frontrunner Herman Cain pointedly attacked federal student aid programs, arguing that “people living within communities” bear the ultimate responsibility of helping fund their students’ college educations, according to Politico. Essentially, students from wealthy enclaves such as Westchester, N.Y., should have no issue soliciting financing, but where should students from lower-income areas miraculously find their own Daddy Warbucks?

Perhaps Cain could pontificate about getting rid of federal student loans at his alma mater, Morehouse College in Atlanta. CollegeData.com tells us that a whopping 99.4 percent of Morehouse undergraduates applied for such aid, all of whom received it. And when the same site lists Morehouse’s annual tuition at $23,520, who can blame them?

Cain, who habitually touts himself as a self-made man and has said “blame yourself ” to Occupy Wall Street protesters for not being rich, fails to note that he went to college at a time — 1963 to 1967 — when tuition was comparatively far lower, even after accounting for inflation. Writing in The Black Student’s Guide to College Success, Cain noted that he got a tuition scholarship to Morehouse for his first year, and “when that ran out, the money my dad had been saving since I was in 10th grade kicked in along with money earned from part-time and summer jobs.”

Could you find someone in your home community willing to help you pay for leftover costs? How about your father? Barring the fortunate few whose parents can cut such checks each semester, I’d make a safe bet the thousands of us on financial aid would struggle under stagnating wages for college student jobs coupled with ever-increasing tuition. What Herman Cain doesn’t get is that we all work hard, yet industriousness alone doesn’t cover the bills.

Another GOP contender, Newt Gingrich, went even further by calling for the entire student loan industry to return to the private

sector. But as MSNBC notes, “private loans almost always cost more than government loans, and lenders don’t extend the grace periods, deferments and other accommodations that are built into the federally backed loans.”

And loans for students operate differently than loans for home owners. Americans with toxic mortgages were able to walk away from foreclosed houses seized by their banks. A 2005 federal law pushed by Republicans made it virtually impossible to discharge private student loans in bankruptcy court.

Translation? The folks who give you a private student loan are essentially guaranteed to get their money back from you. If you can’t pay private loans back, the IRS will take out a chunk of your paycheck for your entire working life, and even draw from your Social Security checks, until the lenders get fully repaid. Of course, the law effectively encourages private lenders to offer you money, but you’ll have little recourse from debt relief upon graduation.

Another Republican contender, libertarian Ron Paul, echoed Gingrich’s views on re-privatization, though Paul insisted such an effort to axe the federal student loan program would be gradual rather than immediate. Paul wrote in a USA Today op-ed last week that students would be most helped “by eventually transitioning student aid away from the inefficient and ineffective federal government and back to local governments and private market-based solutions — which simply work better.”

Paul couldn’t be more wrong. Unless you have an impeccable credit history — few 18- to 22-year olds do — you’ll probably need a co-signer such as a parent to get any attractive private loans. Federal loans, on the other hand, are open to all full-time students. Uncle Sam generally won’t consider you defaulted on those loans unless you’ve missed payments for more than nine months. Some private lenders, however, can consider a borrower in default after the first missed payment, according to USA Today.

Student loan reform should be a top priority for government in the next several years, at least because such debts are an increasingly untenable burden on U.S. graduates. Republican candidates should face increasing scrutiny on their proposals that affect so many UT students.

Quazi is a nursing graduate student.

gizing for an email he sent to the editor of the school’s student newspaper, The Ranger, that requested payment for giving a face-to-face interview, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

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Managing jobs and debt from the desk of the president Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to get out of Washington and talk with folks across the country about how we can create jobs and get our economy growing faster.

This is a tough time for a lot of Americans, especially young people. You’ve come of age at a time of profound change. The world has gotten more connected, but it’s also gotten more competitive. And for decades, too many of our institutions — from Washington to Wall Street — failed to adapt, culminating in the worst financial crisis and recession since the Great Depression.

For the last three years, we’ve worked to stabilize the economy, and we’ve made some progress. But we still have a long way to go. And now, as you’re getting ready to head out into the world, many of you are watching your friends and classmates struggle to find work.

You’re wondering what’s in store for your future, and I know that can be scary.

The truth is the economic problems we face today didn’t happen overnight, and they won’t be solved overnight. But the fact that you’re investing in your education right now tells me that you believe in the future of America. You want to be a part of it, and you know that there are steps we can take right now to put Americans back to work and give our economy a boost.

The problem is there are some in Washington who just don’t share that sense of urgency. That’s why it’s been so disappointing to see Republicans in Congress block jobs bills from going forward — bills that independent economists say could create millions of jobs though the kinds of proposals supported by Democrats and Republicans in the past.

Now, the best way to attack our economic challenges and put hundreds of thousands of people back to work is through bold action in Congress. That’s why I’m going to keep demanding that members of Congress vote on common-sense, paid-for jobs proposals. And I hope you’ll send them a message to do the right thing for your future and the future of our country.

But we can’t wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won’t act, I will. That’s why I’ve announced a new policy that will help families whose home values have fallen refinance their mortgages and save thousands of dollars. We made it easier for veterans to get jobs putting their skills to work in hospitals and community health centers.

And at the University of Colorado at Denver, I an-

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nounced steps we’re taking to make college more affordable and to make it even easier for students like you to get out of debt faster.

Michelle and I know what it feels like to leave school with a mountain of debt. We didn’t come from wealthy families. By the time we both graduated from law school, we had about $120,000 worth of debt between us. And even though we were lucky enough to land good jobs with steady incomes, it still took us almost 10 years to finally pay it all off. It wasn’t easy.

Living with that much debt forces you to make some tough choices.

And when a big chunk of every paycheck goes toward student loans, it isn’t just painful for you — it’s painful to our economy and harmful to our recovery.

That’s why we’re making changes that will give about 1.6 million students the ability to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their income starting next year. We’re also going to take steps to help you consolidate your loans so that instead of making multiple payments to multiple lenders every month, you only have to make one payment a month at a better interest rate. And we want to start giving students

And when a big chunk of every paycheck goes toward student loans, it isn’t just painful for you — it’s painful to our economy and harmful to our recovery.

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a simple fact sheet called “Know Before You Owe” so you can have all the information you need to make your own decision about paying for college. That’s something Michelle and I wish we had.

These changes will make a real difference for millions of Americans. We’ll help more young people figure out how to afford college. We’ll put more money in your pocket after you graduate. We’ll make it easier to buy a house or save for retirement. And we’ll give our economy a boost at a time when it desperately needs it.

That’s not just important for our country right now — it’s important for our future. Michelle and I are where we are today because our college education gave us a chance. Our parents and their generation worked and sacrificed to hand down the dream of opportunity to us.

Now it’s our turn. That dream of opportunity is what I want for my daughters and for all of you. And even in these tough times, we are going to make that dream real once again.

In the weeks ahead, I’m going to keep doing everything in my power to make a difference for the American people — including young people like you — because here in America, when we find a problem, we fix it. When we face a challenge, we meet it. We don’t wait.

And I hope you’ll join me.

Obama is the 44th president of the United States.

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Heart expert supports stem cell research

By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff

After the death of his father from heart failure and diabetes, David Bales began advocating responsible stem cell research for the health benefits which it promotes. He is now the chairman of Texans for Stem Cell Research, a charitable pro-life foundation which encourages adult stem cell research.

Texans for Stem Cell Research sponsored a speech by Dr. Emerson Perin, an expert in heart treatment through stem cell therapy at the AT&T Conference Center on Tuesday.

“Our primary goals are to encourage collaboration between experts, to promote discussion about stem cell research and to educate the public about the issue,” Bales said. “[The event] fur-

Committees send budget proposals for three colleges

By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff

Members of three student committees submitted recommendations to their deans to suggest ways to best spend their colleges’ budgets for this semester.

The College of Liberal Arts’ and the Cockrell School of Engineering’s College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committees and the College of Communication’s Student Issues and Advisory Committee submitted the recommendations. The liberal arts committee submitted its proposal on Oct. 11. The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee gave the College of Communication a proposal, which the SIAC endorsed on Oct. 11, and the engineering proposal was given to its dean last week.

TPAC must review all three of these recommendations and submit its amended versions to President William Powers Jr. by the end of November, said Michael Morton, spokesman for the Senate of College Councils. Then, Powers will send his revisions of the proposals to the Board of Regents who will make final tuition decisions, he said.

“Ever y CTBAC has their own process,” Morton said.

“All three of those schools have been meeting throughout the semester and looking over the budget for their individual colleges, deciding what their priorities are.”

Each CTBAC and the SIAC are made up of representatives from their colleges and focus on making the decidedly best choices for their college, Morton said.

“Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl has been very supportive,” he said. “Engineering has been pretty much identical. I haven’t really heard anything back about communic at ions, but I wou ld say all of the feedback has been positive.”

The communications prop os a l was g iven by C ommunicat ions D e an Ro derick Hart for review by the SIAC , s ai d ch ai r wom an Jannah Deis.

“We looked over his proposal and talked about it and came up with our endorsement,” she said. “ There’s a couple of points in there. We want more professors, more TA’s, more advisers for students at academic risk, special programs and more online programs.”

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thers all of these goals in the Austin community.”

Bales said as a leader in stem cell research, Perin was well equipped to discuss this issue. Perin has been an expert in the field of heart treatment, and he was the first investigator to be given permission by the Food and Drug Administration to inject stem cells into the hearts of patients suffering from cardiac failure, Bales said.

During his speech, Perin said he had great confidence in the functionality of stem cells.

“We would not be here without stem cells. There is not a doubt in my mind that stem cell therapy will work,” Perin said. “However, the problem is that though it does work, we understand very little about it.”

Perin said there are many types of stem cells, including those found in bone marrow, hearts and embryos.

The fact that they each have varying functions complicates the research and treatment process as new discoveries are made, he said.

“From the standpoint of clinical use, we have found that we cannot even use embryonic stem cells because we cannot make them stop growing,” Perin said. “Scientists have discovered that all you get once you inject them is a bunch of tumors.”

He said even though new findings are being uncovered, scientists still know very little about stem cell therapy.

“In the nineties, we discovered that stem cells do not just exist in embryos but also in adults,” Perin said. “But this is just a small portion of the discoveries that need to be made. It took us almost 100 years to discover exactly how aspirin works. [Stem cells] are not molecules or chemicals.

Dr. Emerson Perin spoke at the AT&T Conference Center on Tuesday afternoon about the function of stem cells in modern medicine. Perin has confidence that stem cell therapies will work even though at this point, very little is understood about their proper applications.

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They are cells with proteins and complex functions.”

The talk was put on in conjunction with the Austin Forum, a premier monthly speaker series which focuses on developments in science

and technology and their effects on society, said spokeswoman Faith Singer-Villalobos.

“Having an event like the Austin Forum is essential to the fabric of UT and the Austin commu-

nity,” Villalobos said. “By providing not only information on these topics but also allowing experts an opportunity to network and collaborate, this event really fills a niche in the community.”

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Commemorative day celebrated with food, dance

By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan Staff

Dia de los Muertos, the ancient Mesoamerican holiday honoring the dead, has become more commercialized over time by European influence, but its traditions can be revitalized and brought back to modern society, said Alejando Martinez Quiahutil, dancer of the Austin based Grupo de Danza Azteca-Chichimeca Tlaltecuhtli.

Danza Azteca was one of many groups performing at the yearly Dia de los Muertos celebration joint-hosted by the Mexican American Culture Committee and Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity Tuesday evening. The steps of Gregory Gym were lined with candles, skulls, colorful altars and pictures of deceased loved ones

as a few hundred people enjoyed dances, ethnic food and religious performances by traditional groups such as UT Mariachi Ballet, Folklorico Mexikayotl and UT Ballet Foklórico.

“We want people to know the reasons behind the holiday and remove common conceptions,” said Maritza Rodriguez, chair-

woman of the Mexican American Culture Committee . “It’s

not just about death or another Halloween. It’s a time of remembrance, not mourning.”

About 10 Latino, Greek and non-Greek organizations took part in the Dia de los Muertos celebration, each hosting their own altar and offerings for the dead ranging from apples to traditional Latin meals such as tamales or rice and beans, said mechanical

engineering senior Robert Jimenez of Sigma Lambda Beta.

“This was about creating a traditional community event that didn’t just include Latino-based groups or Greek organizations,” Jiminez said.

Participating groups included Mecha, Sigma Iota Alpha, Hispanic Business Students Association and Alpha Epsilon Phi, a traditionally Asian sorority, among others.

“A lot of our sorority sisters have Hispanic roots, and our sorority likes to get involved and learn about other cultures,” said physical culture and sports junior Alexis Wong.

The festivities began with a traditional Aztec dance by Grupo de Danza Azteca-Chichimeca Tlaltecuhtli, honoring the origi-

nal elements of life as well as the founding of the Aztec nation. The dancers wore traditional feathered headdresses called “copilli” and rattling shell anklets known as “ayoyotziu” as they danced to the rhythm of a single drummer before a crowd of about 100. The dancers usually perform at sites of traditional Aztec temples in Mexico, where spiritual power is heightened, Quiahutil said.

“Dia de los Muertos is a term the Europeans gave [this day],” Quiahutil said. “For us, it has a different significance. This is a day where we remember those who brought us into this reality, not going door-to-door for candy.

Death is a term that does not exist in our culture. Today is not a day of the dead but rather a day of commemoration.”

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Volunteer Karen Knight organizes mirrors in preparation of this weekend’s Settlement Home Garage Sale at the Palmer Events Center.

Tickets for entry are 5 dollars, and the sale runs until Sunday.

Hundreds of thousands of items lay neatly organized in the Palmer Events Center, waiting for the weekend. Pre-war film cameras, golf clubs, mini-fridges for 70 dollars – all mint condition. Beginning on Thursday for a select few and Friday for the general public, the 36th annual Settlement Home Garage Sale features an array of items that has to be seen to be believed.

“We’ve had people out collecting things all year,” says Andi Kelly, public relations manager, “we go to estate sales, garage sales, and a lot of people donate to us as well.

This event is massive.”

So massive, in fact, that buyers fly in from overseas in search of something special.

“They come mostly for the furniture,” Kelly said.

All of the proceeds raised from the sale benefit The Settlement Home, an Austin organization that helps underprivileged girls find their feet. Last year, the garage sale took more than $750,000.

The sale runs until Sunday and will end with a bang.

“The last two hours is a box sale. Shoppers simply buy a box and whatever they can fit inside is theirs,” Kelly said. “It’s quite a sight.”

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Groupo de Danza Azteca-Chichimeca Tlaltechuhtli, a traditional Mexican dance ensemble, performs before a crowd at the Gregory Gym Plaza on the first night of Dia De Los Muertos. Tables with memorials for lost loved ones, arts and crafts and food lined either side of the plaza.

GENEVA — The United Nations says humans are destroying the environment faster than they are learning to protect it.

The U.N. Environment Program says the last two decades have been marked by a steady erosion of the planet’s resources as the world population grows and becomes ever more urban.

UNEP says fossil fuels are being used more efficiently and clean energy production is up sharply.

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Though the regular season is over, there is still work to be done. The Longhorns (10-7-1, 3-4-1) will play in San Antonio today for the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. “Our whole mindset has been to start strong, finish stronger,� said senior Kylie Doniak. “We’re ready for the tournament, we’re ready to finish the season strong.�

Texas is seeded No. 5 in the eightteam tournament. Oklahoma State, the No. 2 team in the nation, is the top seed in the tourney, while Iowa State didn’t qualify for it and Kansas State does not field a varsity team. It looks like it will be a difficult road ahead for the Longhorns. “The Big 12 tournament is difficult. Every team can play,� said Texas head coach Chris Petrucelli. “It doesn’t matter where you are seeded, all the teams are quality teams so every game is a hard game.�

The last time Texas and Texas Tech met up, the Longhorns fell to the Red Raiders 3-2 in a lengthy double-overtime contest on the road.

Accolades were handed out this week across the Big 12 just in time for the tournament. Despite finishing fifth in the Big 12 and unranked in the country, the Longhorns are well represented across the board.

Freshman Brooke Gilbert and senior transfer Taylor Knaack were two of 11 athletes named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer squad for their contributions to their teams. Gilbert was one of only two freshmen to start every game this season — her lone goal of the season secured the 1-0 Longhorn victory over Seattle University

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Senior Kylie Doniak and the rest of Longhorns will take on Texas Tech today in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Doniak was also recently named to the first team All-Big-12 Team along with eight of her teammates, with two more being selected for the second team.

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Knaack, who started at forward all season before an injury sidelined her, had five assists and three goals on the season. Her quick feet secured the Longhorns’ victories against both Cal State Northridge and Georgia.

Academically, Texas has significant representation on all conference

teams. Nine Longhorns were selected for the Academic All-Big 12 Team with nine on the first team and two on the second. Senior forward Kylie Doniak has earned a spot on the first team for the last three years and junior Kristin Cummins was also named to the first team for the second time.

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Finally, juniors Alexa Gaul and Hanna Higgins, along with sophomores Lexi Harris and Nina FrausingPederson, were named to the All-Big 12 second team. Gaul was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week earlier this season and has established herself in the Texas record books with a spot at No. 2 in career shutouts.

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Even if the Longhorns are able to create space for Higgins and Ibewuike to attack defenders one on one, Texas still struggles to get multiple players in the box. Numerous times against the Aggies and other Big 12 teams, Texas has only had one player on the box trying to get on the end of a Higgins/Ibewuike cross. This leaves little opportunity for the one player, usually Kylie Doniak, to score since three defenders are marking them. If Higgins is crossing the ball, Ibewuike must attack the far post and vice-versa. Also, midfielders Harris, Cummins and Brooke Gilbert must push into the middle of the box. With more numbers in the box, the crosser will have more targets to pick out a teammate and multiple defenders will no longer be able to mark Doniak.

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The Texas defense has been very effective this season at holding quarterbacks bellow their averages.

Defense holding QBs under their average national championship.

Despite the fact that the Jayhawks are Big 12 cellar dwellers, they came into the game with a respectable offense that was averaging 30 points a game. So it’s really no small feat that Texas held them off the scoreboard.

We could see signs of an improving defense in mid-October when the Longhorns held Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden

Senior place kicker Justin Tucker was named Big 12 Special Team Player of the Week on Monday. Tucker earned the award after making a pair of field goals, including a career-long 52 yarder and five extra points in a 42-0 win over Kansas.

Tucker has made a huge impact on the Longhorns team this season, averaging a team high 8.1 point a game, while converting 10-11 field goals on the season.

Horns must get multiple players in the box

In Texas’ last loss of the season — 3-0 against Texas A&M — the Aggies controlled the game from start to finish, and it was the first time the Longhorns had lost by two or more goals since their first game this season. To respond and beat Texas Tech, the midfield must play better. The team relies too much on wingers Hannah Higgins and Vanessa Ibewuike to attack opposing defenses, which leads to it having little to no possession in the middle of the attacking third. Midfielders Kristin Cummins and Lexi Harris need to step up and attack the Raiders’ defense by possessing the ball up the middle. If they are able to do this, there will be more space for Ibewuike and Higgins to attack opposing defenders.

Texas’ 43-0 shutout of Kansas on Saturday marked its most impressive defensive outing of the season and, arguably, the past decade. The Longhorns haven’t kept a team off the scoreboard since 2005 against Baylor, the year they won the

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to 218 yards passing, 158 yards under his average up to that point in the season. While Texas lost the game, the defense proved it could hang with a top-tier passing offense.

This past weekend, first-year defensive coordinator Manny Diaz’s defense held Kansas quarterback Jordan Webb to 46 yards through the air, 155 yards under his average.

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Te ams simply won’t k ick to Fozzy Whittaker any more. Quandre Diggs is okay with that.

Diggs returned two kickoffs for 33 yards on Saturday against Kansas, who decided to let someone other than Whittaker beat them. Whittaker entered the game with 100-yard touchdown returns in each of his last two games — a school record. But as expected, the Jayhawks pooch kicked and angled the ball away from the senior.

Now the onus is on freshman cornerback Diggs to keep the return game strong. Diggs and junior tailback D.J. Monroe will get more chances for kick returns over the final five games of the season. “It’s a great opportunity for me and D.J. to step up and try to get those guys to kick away from us also,� Diggs said.

Diggs has returned 10 kickoffs for 186 yards, including 121 against Oklahoma on Oct. 8. Monroe has four returns totaling 61 yards.

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tion against the Jayhawks, his second of the year.

Vertical passing game lacking Texas has found success on the ground in recent weeks, but the downfield passing game has taken a hit.

Since assuming the starti ng j o b a g ai ns t O k l a h om a State, quarterback David Ash has completed just three passes over 16 yards — the distance the coaching staff considers an explosive play. Only one of those completions has gone to the Longhorns’ big-play wide receiver, Mike Davis, with a 20yard connection against OSU. Texas steamrolled Kansas for 441 yards rushing and piled up 231 yards against the Cowboys, leaving few opportunities for Ash and Davis to complete long throws. But the two have stayed after practice to work on vertical routes and deep balls in recent weeks, typically working for 45 minutes after each day’s conclusion.

Davis and Ash haven’t established the same rapport that the

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Former starting quarterback Gilbert transfers to SMU After a little more than two seasons at Texas, Garrett Gilbert is transferring to SMU according to multiple reports. The junior quarterback was spotted at a Mustangs practice the morning he announced he would transfer in October and will be eligible to play for them in 2013. Gilbert, who played in only two games this year and underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in September, can apply for a medical redshirt that will allow him to play a sixth season in 2014. A two-time state champion at Lake Travis and 2008 Gatorade Player of the Year, Gilbert started all 12 games last season and had a 7-7 record as a starter for the Longhorns.

Freshman Texas wideout Jones elects to transfer Freshman wide receiver Chris Jones announced his intentions to transfer Tuesday, making a shorthanded receiving corps even thinner. Jones was an all-state receiver at Daingerfield twice and made 2010’s ESPNU 150 list, coming in at No. 73. Regarded as the 11thbest high school wideout by ESPN and Rivals.com, Jones becomes the third receiver to miss significant time this year. Malcolm Williams left the program in August for personal reasons and freshman receiver John Harris, who broke his foot in September, has not played in Texas’ four games. “This was a very tough decision, but I want to get closer to home for personal reasons with family,� Jones said. “I appreciate everything from my teammates and coaches and I’ll always be rooting for them.� — C.C.

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Freshman Quandre Diggs has gotten the chance to return kicks the last few games, and has done so at a good clip of 18.6 yards a return on average, as teams are attempting to stay away from kicking to Fozzy Whittaker.

DIGGS continues from PAGE 7 wideout shared with former starting quarterback Garrett Gilbert, but they’re working on it. “We’re on the right track, we’re clicking together,� Davis said.

Davis has seven explosive plays this season in seven games, but only two of those have come from Ash. Still, the sophomore believes he will have an opportunity to get down the field as teams start to bring extra defenders closer to the line of scrimmage to stop the run. “Now it’s time to air it out because teams are going to start biting down [on the run],� said Davis, who has 27 catches for 418 yards.

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Injured Horns expected to play

The Longhorns beat Kansas by 43 points, but several players took a beating themselves.

Jaxon Shipley left Saturday’s game with a knee injury, but is listed as a starter this week. The wide receiver felt discomfort in his knee after a collision with a Jayhawks defender while trying to catch a ball near the sidelines.

The pass fell incomplete, but KU was penalized for an illegal hit against a defenseless receiver.

Shiple y c aug ht f ive p ass es for 57 yards before leaving the game. The freshman also rushed once for seven yards.

B ackup cor nerb ack L eroy Scott was shaken up on a special teams play and did not return, while starting corner Adrian Phillips was held out with a shoulder injury.

Still, head coach Mack Brown expects all three to play against Texas Tech.

Phillips is listed as an “either/or� candidate at right cornerback with Diggs and is behind safety Kenny Vaccaro at the nickel position. Phillips and Diggs lead the team with two interceptions each.

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The Longhorns couldn’t have asked for a better second round as they finished Tuesday with another strong performance. Junior Madison Pressel led the team with a score of 1 under par 71 to give the Longhorns an eightstroke lead in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational. Texas now sits in first place going into today’s round eight strokes ahead of second-place Florida.

It has been 11 years since the Longhorns won their own tournament here in Austin. Veteran Coach Martha Richards said they want to focus on just playing right now. “It has been a long time since Texas has won the Betsy Rawls, so we would like to do that,� Richards said. “But more than anything, what we are striving to do is to play the best golf we can play. If we can do that, we are going to take care of our business, and the win will be a result of that.�

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However, OSU and Kansas are at two different spectrums in the college football world, the Texas secondary held the Jayhawks to 374 percent fewer yards. “We were seeing the improvement in the last couple weeks,� Diaz said. “We had mainly been playing passing teams, and last week we just hadn’t seen that kind of running yet. It was nice to see our guys being disruptive and making plays on the ball.�

Freshman cornerback Quandre Diggs added to his “Diaper Dandy� resume with his second interception of the season, while the rest of the secondary broke up three passes. Overall it was a performance that places the Texas pass defense at No. 21 in the nation, allowing

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Right now, the Texas defense sits at No. 13 in the country (296 yards a game), a fair spot coming off the grueling mid-October stretch the team faced. Texas Tech travels to Austin this Saturday bringing with it the No. 8 total offense in the nation (508 yards per game) and the memory of a huge win against Oklahoma in Norman. The Red Raiders are for real, so it should be a good test for the improving Texas defense. “They can stretch you vertically down the field, and of course, they’ll have you spread out so they can stretch you horizontally as well,� Diaz said. “It’s quite a challenge.�

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Pressel said. “We will have a morning shotgun, so it probably will not be as windy. We will all have to make some birdies in order to keep that lead. We are right where we want to be. You could not ask for something better going into the last day.�

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To put that in perspective, Kansas had been averaging 188 yards a game, a statistic that would rank it in the top 30 today. Defensive ends Alex Okafor and Jackson Jeffcoat silenced their critics who were saying they weren’t getting to the quarterback enough, registering two of the Longhorns’ three sacks. After holding the Jayhawks to negative yards, the rushing defense improved to No. 18 in

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Currently, Pressel is second place individually, only two strokes behind Florida’s Mia Piccio. Senior Nicole Vandermade also made it to the top 10 as she tied for sixth place after a second-round score of 73 (+1). Junior Desiree Dubreuil is not too far behind, as she is tied for 13th after Tuesday’s round of 3 over par, 75. To round out the Longhorns lineup, juniors Katelyn Sepmoree and Haley Stephens are tied for 33rd place with second-round scores of 74 (+2) and 79 (+7), respectively.

Pressel has a chance to capture an individual tournament win, which hasn’t been done since Jessica Reese captured the title in 2003.

The home course advantage didn’t mean much to her though as she just goes out and plays golf, Pressel said. “Honestly, I don’t think about it,� Pressel said. “You come to every tournament to win no matter where it is.�

Texas is paired with Florida and Tulsa going into today’s shotgun start and the final round. Pressel is

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an affluent suburban neighborhood after George finds a box of (unopened) condoms in Tessa’s bedroom.

Its send-up of suburbia in the five episodes aired so far is pretty rote — isn’t there anything more clever to say about the suburbs other than that it’s run by a mob of prescription drug-addled soccer moms armed with SUVs and PTA meetings?

The show is far better at plucking one of those housewives out of her McMansion and humanizing her: Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiam�) plays the sweetly self-aware Dallas, who can laugh at her press-on nails and take them utterly seriously all in the same turn.

No, the oddest thing about the otherwise standardly operated “Suburgatory� is the impeccable chemistry between the show’s father-daughter protagonists.

George and Tessa are cribbed from the post-“Juno� era of overly smart teens and sardonic dads, but Sisto and Levy play off each other remarkably well, and their relationship, full of sarcasm, playfulness and heart, is what makes the show enjoyable.

At times, though, the partnership is... too good. Weird incestuous overtones occasionally wash over the duo’s scenes, and those moments pull you out of the experience of watching the show.

that, if it were any other, would have been played out a decade ago. Really, how many lands, worlds and galaxies can one moustached plumber explore before players say enough? Apparently, with this new game, there’s room for one more.

The demo version felt comfortably familiar, with plenty of question mark blocks to headbump, meat-head Goombas to squash and even the reappearance of the raccoon-styled Tanooki suit — absent from Mario games since 1988’s “Super Mario Bros. 3� for the NES. The well-known Mario environment is enhanced by the Nintendo 3DS’ 3D capabilities, which makes the 3D worlds of “Super Mario 64� and other older games look like “Pong.�

B e yond just ma k ing t he landscapes pop with color and depth, the 3D elements actually figure into the gameplay.

Players can use the 3D perspective to find blocks that need smashing and power-ups that need grabbing that they aren’t able to see in plainJane 2D. Of course, for anyone who feels a bout of mo“Super Mario 3D Land� tion-sickness coming on, the release date: Nov. 13 third dimension graphics can system: Nintendo 3DS be conveniently lowered or “Super Mario 3D Land� puts even switched off completely a huge emphasis on the 3D, by turning a dial on the side which adds a lot to a franchise of the 3DS. fights a boss. The dungeon is populated with classic enemies such as Skulltula, those bony spiders that hang around on webs, and Stalfos the ill-tempered skeleton soldier, but their fighting styles were anything but typical. Instead of the same predictable swordplay and attack tactics in previous games, the bad guys react to Link’s moves and players will find themselves having to actually block and parry strategically with the remote.

The boss battle with Lord Ghirahim — an elegantly creepy fellow with a long tongue that he flaps around Gene Simmons-style when he gets annoyed — started out fun but became a little repetitive. The fight felt a little more scripted than the dungeon gameplay, with Ghirahim using the same moves such as grabbing Link’s sword and transportation moves over and over again. But the intense, horror movie-meets-philharmonic orchestra soundtrack, the detailed graphics and that unique, beautiful feeling that overwhelms you when Link grabs hold of the heart container at the end of the battle generally make up for the repetition.

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Eliza Coupe and Damon Wayans Jr. star in the irreverent ABC comedy “Happy Endings,� which explores weird topics to get laughs.

When George kisses Tessa on the forehead, it comes off as bizarrely Freudian. “Suburgatory� is funny enough that brief moments of discomfort are permissible. For now.

On “Happy Endings,� moments of pure oddity are encouraged. In its second season, this comedy centered around six Chicago late 20-somethings is like a wackier, goofier version of “Friends� that isn’t afraid to go to weird places for a joke. In a recent episode, for example, Jane (the brilliantly manic Eliza Coupe), tracks down the child mothered by her donated eggs and ill-advisedly attempts to lure a little girl into her car with candy.

That the show managed to pull off a child predator gag without a hint of creepiness is a testament to its unwavering principle to stick to the logic of its world — as long as everything makes perfect sense to its characters, it doesn’t necessarily have to make sense to us.

The show wouldn’t work without its cast of seasoned comedy actors. Placed in a room together, they bounce one pop culture-inspired riff off another long past the point most shows would take them; no other show would see a screeching rendition of Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn� set at a motorboat trade show all

the way through.

Perhaps as a way to be more palatable to a wider audience, the show’s kookiness has actually been reigned in since its first season. This is most noticeable in Max (Adam Pally), who was formally the show’s caustic, jerky right hook but is now just comfortably zany.

It’s interesting to watch “Suburgatory� and “Happy Endings� in their intended order with “Modern Family� in between. They don’t seem to fit together in terms of tone or theme (in fact, they all couldn’t be more different from each other), but they hold their ratings across the time period pretty consistently. In the season of comedy revival, weirdness has found its place.

TYCHO continues from PAGE 12 with the late Arnaud Mercier, an artist he admired. “[Mercier] was how I got my name,� Hansen said. “He shot ISO50 film on lomo cameras.�

Mercier, formerly of interactive creative agency Area 17, helped Hansen in his initial experimentations with design until his death in September. “He really helped me. Back when I was starting, I emailed him a bunch asking him how he did all of these things [in design],� he said.

In spite of his adeptness at design, Hansen has since halted his freelance design work as ISO50 in favor of the Tycho project. “I stopped doing freelance about four years ago to focus on the shop and all that stuff.

Anything I do design wise is driven by Tycho.�

Hansen’s retooled focus has paid off immensely. Dive, his latest album, is by far his best, both in terms of quality and reception. The ambient electronica instrumentals manipulated by a guitar give the listener the closest feeling they will ever have to lounging around on an intergalactic space beach.

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And if Camp makes the switch to foodbased fuel, the cost will be dramatically cheaper. A bottle of lamp oil costs about $12. During a performance, Camp finds that he can go through an entire bottle. He keeps his practice time to a minimum to avoid making his hobby more costly than it needs to be.

Though fire breathing is a dangerous hobby to take up, Camp has always been cautious. He has never been seriously injured but knows people who have been. Their injuries are a reminder that if he is not careful, he could easily suffer an injury of his own.

But no matter the risk, Camp plans to continue to practice fire breathing until it is no longer fun for him. “I just love fire,� Camp said. “It’s just a lot of fun to play with.�

When anthropology junior Amanda Bullwinkel first arrived at UT, she had heard about the fire breathing going on at the 21st Street Co-op but did not believe it until she saw it with her own eyes. “Austin is this weird place,� Bullwinkel said. “But I definitely did not expect to go to a party and see someone spinning fire around like that.�

Camp plans to keep the fire breathing spirit alive at the 21st Street Co-op. At the moment, he is the only person there who knows the craft, and at 25, Camp plans to move out soon. “I absolutely have to teach someone,�

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Robert Camp, a pre-nursing student at Austin Community College, performs fire breathing at 21st Street Co-op on Thursday. This craft involves creating a fireball by spitting a mist of lamp oil or another non-volatile substance over an open flame.

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Nintendo’s silver, Mario-and-Zelda decorated trailer has been zigzagging across the country since September, showcasing upcoming titles such as “Super Mario 3D Land� for the portable Nintendo 3DS and “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword� for the Wii. On Tuesday, it made its way to Austin and media people interested in trying out the games were invited to climb inside the plush, surroundsound equipped trailer and do just that. The Daily Texan also took the games for a spin.

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Firing up 21st Street Co-op Spinning, breathing fire no simple game for student hoping to share knowledge

By Jessica Lee Daily Texan Staff

When Robert Camp was a child, he did not listen to his parents when they told him not to play with fire. Instead, he held a lighter up to the couch when no one was around just to see what would happen. The self-proclaimed “pyro� has since turned his fire-loving ways into something more socially acceptable: fire breathing.

Camp is not the only one who is happy that he managed to figure out a way to take some-

thing generally frowned upon and turn it into s omething worth smiling about. His parents are glad to see that their son is no longer pulling fire-related pranks such as dipping his fingers in rubber cement before lighting them on fire. “The first time my parents saw me fire spin and breathe, they actually commended me on doing something productive with my pyromania,�

Camp said.

It all started when Camp, a pre-nursing student at Austin C ommunity C ollege, moved into the 21st Street Co-op in 2009. He noticed someone practicing fire breathing and spinning outside and immediately took an interest in the hob-

by. Within a month, Camp was practicing the craft on his own.

Fire breathing involves spitting a mist of lamp oil or other non-volatile substance into the air before setting it on fire, creating a fireball. Before creating the first fireball of his own, Camp practiced spitting water in the air to make sure he had the technique correct. In order to avoid the flame burning a breather’s face, the fluid must be spit at a 45-degree angle. “Honestly, you’ve got to have balls to do this,� Camp said.

Along with fire breathing, Camp also spins fire using a 6-foot contact staff. The ends of the staff are set on fire before Camp spins the staff in the air as well as allowing it to come

system: Wii The new Zelda title not only looks fantastic — Shigeru Miyamoto, who created the “Zelda� franchise, reportedly wanted the water-

into contact with his body. “ It i s a m a t t e r o f b e i n g c o n s c i o u s l y aw a re o f w h at your body does and how the staff reacts,� Camp said. “It’s all physics.�

R e c e n t l y, C a m p h a s b e come weary of the ultra-pure lamp oil he is currently using as fuel. Though the lamp oil is non-volatile and is widely recommended by the fire breathing community, Camp worries about the effects it may have on his health.

He plans to start using foodbased fuel, which includes everyday products such as cornstarch, non-dairy creamer and powdered sugar. These products do

color-like graphics to resemble impressionistic art — it really puts the Wii MotionPlus system to work.

When “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess� was released in 2006, there were some grumblings about its neglect of the Wii’s motion capabilities, but this latest game addresses those complaints in a big way.

When you hold the Wii Remote to the right, Link holds his sword to the right. When you slice horizontally, so does Link. And when you hold the remote in the air, wait for a moment and then jab it forward (careful not to put your hand through the TV screen “and end up on YouTube,� said the Nintendo representative who was manning the trailer), Link duplicates the motion and shoots a beam of energy into whatever you’re aiming at.

The game’s demo version allows players to control Link while he rides on a bird (a new feature of the game), explores a dungeon and

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Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff

Gil Ruta powers up Nintendo’s Airstream trailer decked out in flat-screen TVs and game consoles on South Congress Ave. on Tuesday afternoon.

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TV REVIEWS

Fall sitcoms getting weird to grab laughs

By Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff

The most prevalent trend to emerge from the new fall television season is that, by and large, network sitcoms have made a ratings comeback. Most of the new programs to have been picked up for full, 22-episode seasons are sitcoms with respectable audience draws, which include “New Girl� starring Zooey Deschanel and “Up All Night� with Christina Applegate and Will Arnett. Easily lost in the profusion of on-air comedies are two irreverent, offbeat little shows that bookend the unquestionably populist “Modern Family� on ABC.

Design work on hold for creative force behind Tycho

By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff

Tycho’s west coast-inspired electronic music elicits a grainy, almost detailed image of a beach.

Sacramento native Scott Hansen, who writes and performs electronic music under the moniker Tycho, named after the 16th-century astronomer, has been creating atmospheric electronica music way before Toro y Moi and the rest of the synthedout, ’80s-esque chillwave movement took place.

Hansen grew up listening to lots of folk music, and later drum and bass, before finally hearing more mellow, nondance music and electronic artists like Boards

Photo courtesy of ABC/Michael Desmond..

Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy play a father and daughter who move to the suburbs from New York City in “Suburgatory.�

“Suburgator y� and “Happy Endings,� both on tonight, are more modestly rated than some of the comedies picked up with bigger stars but have, nonetheless, found decent enough followings that the network recently ordered additional episodes of each. While both shows are archetypal, they are leavened by a decidedly weird tone — it’s in-

teresting that audiences are willing to embrace them regardless.

Of the two, “Suburgator y� is closest to a traditional sitcom. Set in suburban upstate New York, Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy star as father-daughter duo George and Tessa, who move from New York City to

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of Canada and DJ Shadow. This eclectic mixture of influences combined with his design background created a unique foundation for Hansen to begin making music. Hansen combines intricate IDM beat patterns that are far too complex to dance to with a palate of wonderfully intriguing instruments and samples to create a final product that is very surreal and immersing. A good portion of this has to do with his use of a guitar, an instrument generally not associated with electronic music. “I realized, songwriting-wise, you just kind of fall into this dogma of the visual patterns of a keyboard,� Hansen said. “When I

sit down with [a keyboard] I feel like I’m looking at it too much.

With a guitar you get forced into writing new patterns.�

Scott speaks with a mature California surfer drawl, laced with an ever-so-subtle childlike enthusiasm about his art, of which he produces plenty. In addition to writing and performing his music, he creates the posters for his shows, as well as curates his popular music and design blog, “The Blog of Scott Hansen.� Hansen originally began his professional foray into art under the pseudonym ISO50. He adopted the name after talking

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