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Foreign researchers aid US academia By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff Doctoral student Carlos Guarnizo, who studies ecology, evolution, and behavior, works with people from all over Latin America to study how climates in the Andes affect frog populations throughout

the region. Researchers from Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia help Guarnizo transport specimens across borders on a regular basis. Finding researchers to collaborate with from outside the U.S. has become much easier for peo-

ple like Guarnizo since 2002, according to a November study released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The jump was even higher for developing countries. Between 2002 and 2007, the number of re-

searchers from developing nations increased from 1.8 million to 2.7 million and the total number of researchers — both in academia and the private sector — increased by more than 1 million to 7.1 million researchers worldwide. Juan Sanchez, UT vice presi-

dent for research, said developing countries are coming to the realization that intellectual capital is as important as natural resources and manufacturing activities. “Obviously, science and technology research is a global activity,” Sanchez said. “So this is def-

initely a good thing. Although an increase in research from developing nations might sound like more competition, it could actually help countries like the United States.” UT actively recruits faculty

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Houston mayor draws Council’s support in race

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Above, firefighter Chris Bowen hears details of a water pressure alarm downtown over the radio on the way Friday night. Below, Keith Antista and Chris Bowen check a Congress Ave. office stairwell for running water after a water pressure alarm activation.

Firefighters exhibit versatility ALONG FOR THE RIDE By Bobby Longoria Editors note: This is the third installment in a series that explores law and order in Travis County. Members of the Austin Fire Department are best known for facing flames and even death in fire emergencies, but the department responds to a variety of events beyond fire control. Firefighters are the jack-of-all-

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff While Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison formally entered the governor’s race Monday, some Austin City Council members began endorsing candidates of their own. The Austin City Council and Mayor Lee Leffingwell announced their support for Houston Mayor Bill White for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination over the weekend, propelling Austin into a crowded 2010 race for the governor’s seat that includes Hutchison and incumbent Gov. Rick Perry. White filed for the race on Friday, and Austin’s City Council members promised their support for White over the weekend, joining a number of Texas politicians who have expressed support for White. More than 300 people attended a White campaign rally in Austin last night, which suggests growing support for the Hous-

ton mayor among Austin residents, said Katy Bacon, White’s campaign spokeswoman. Bacon said gaining Austin’s support is an important step for the White campaign. “Austin is critical to winning a statewide campaign,” she said. “People in Austin are some of the hardest working people across the state, and we’re looking forward to working with elected officials and the people who turned out last night to help get Bill White elected.” Bill Spelman, an Austin City Council member and professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, was the last councilmember to give his endorsement. “My support is less because I am on the road with him on any of his policies, although we do agree on most things,” Spelman said. “What’s more important is

RACE continues on page 6 Councilman Bill Spelman was the last of the City Council members to endorse Bill White for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. White’s campaign faces Republicans Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, both of whom will be also vying for the Austin vote.

trades in critical emergency situations, serving as the first responders, along with Emergency Medical Services and police officials. “When the alarm sounds, we all have to get into a different mode,” said Station 1 Cpt. Lonnie Owen. “You never know what you are going to see. If they don’t know who to send the problem to, they send it to the fire department.” AFD Station 1, located down-

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Local officials offer advice for holiday safety By Hannah Jones Daily Texan Staff In order to make the holiday season as safe as possible, Travis County officials have a few warnings for area residents. To prevent accidental fires from occurring during the holiday season, Hershel Lee, Travis County fire marshal, said the most important thing students can do is make sure smoke detectors and fire alarms are in working order. “Verify that [smoke detectors] are properly working yearround,” Lee said. “Once we add trees and extra electrical loads to the house, there are more preventions that need to take place.” Christmas lights are tested by the companies to ensure fire safety, but people should check for frayed electrical connections

that may start fires, Lee said. Lee said Christmas trees should be treated to be flameretardant and should be watered regularly. Never leave the trees up for more than four weeks, and if they become dry they should be taken down earlier, he said. Lee also advises people to keep lit candles away from Christmas trees and to never leave home with a candle still burning. Fireplaces should be cleaned and inspected by a licensed professional. “Never put loose wrapping paper into a fireplace, and the opening should be protected by glass or a screen that’s in good shape,” Lee said. “When you clean it out, put the ashes in a

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Holiday Safety Tips • A fresh tree is key. Make a fresh cut on the base before putting your tree into a sturdy stand, and water it frequently. Dispose of your tree after approximately four weeks. Place your tree far from sources of heat, like fireplaces and heat vents. • Check your lights — check them twice. Inspect all of your electric lights and decorations for damage or wear. Look for worn or frayed wires and broken bulbs. Make sure you do not overload extension cords and outlets. • Avoid using lit candles. If you do use them, make sure they are in stable holders, and place them where they cannot be easily knocked over or reached by children or animals. Never leave the house with candles burning. • Never put wrapping paper in a fireplace. It can result in a very large fire, throwing off dangerous sparks and embers and may result in a chimney fire. • Make sure your smoke detectors are working properly. Never remove batteries from a smoke detector to place them in children’s toys. Test smoke detectors monthly, and keep them clean and equipped with fresh batteries at all times. Know when and how to call for help, and remember to practice your home escape plan. Source: Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office

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Boosted carp population to combat invasive plant By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff A persistent drought has led the Lower Colorado River Authority to eliminate plans to fight an invasive plant species by draining a foot of water from Lake Austin. Instead, more than 4,000 non-native, sterile fish will be added to the lake to fight the aggressively growing plant infestation with hungry carp.

The plan was to drain the lake enough to kill off the invasive Hydrilla in shallow waters before refilling it with water from Lake Travis. The LCRA decided last week not to lower the lake because Lake Travis water levels are already only 50 percent of what they should be. “If, indeed, we did a lake

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town, was established in 1938 and is a special-operations unit that responds not only to fire calls, but technical and water-rescue calls as well. The station rotates firefighters across three shifts, each comprised of 15 members who undergo offsite medical, fire and rescue training on a routine basis. According to the AFD 2008 annual report, Station 1 made 7,674 emergency response runs with its two engines and one quint, a hybrid engine with a 75-foot aerial ladder. The department responded to 2,767 fire, 54,797 medical, 499 rescue and 1,238 hazardous materials incidents. AFD’s 1,079 uniformed members had an average unit response time of 4.56 minutes. Shifts last 24 hours, followed by two days off, but some firefighters may work beyond that on overtime. “Even though there is not always a positive outcome, the satisfaction of being able to help when you can is very gratifying,” said Stephen Truesdell, president of the Austin Firefighters Association. “It’s very hard. It impacts the other family members, having someone be gone for 24 hours at a time. You really try to leave stress at the station, but you can’t always do it. Sometimes it carries over with you into your personal life.”

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lowering in Lake Austin, it would take about a foot [of water] from Lake Travis to refill the lake, and it’s hard to justify lowering the lake another foot to combat Hydrilla,” said John Wedig, water

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Forty-three fire stations serve the Austin community, including Station 1, whose primary jurisdiction is downtown. Dave Rossorelli has been a firefighter at Station 1 for nine years, and within that time, he has responded to incidents that can keep some firefighters awake at night. “It’s hard being on scene, seeing someone who was in a car wreck and didn’t make it,” Rossorelli said. “Just thinking about their family — they don’t even know what’s happened yet. You are the first one to see this. Some of that gets hard to take.” On Saturday night, Station 1 responded to a fire in a south Austin apartment complex that resulted in two deaths. Flames engulfed the building from the ground up and

were extinguished by more than 10 fire trucks. In the past 26 years, 152 Texas firefighters have died in the line of duty, four of which occurred last year. But AFD has avoided any deaths in the line of duty since 1977, when Specialist Nathaniel Kindred died of a heart attack. According to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, of eight investigated on-duty deaths since September 2001, five were caused by heart attacks, which remain the leading cause of on-duty deaths among Texas firefighters. Each firefighter is required to work out for at least one hour dur-

quality supervisor for LRCA. Hydrilla, an aquatic plant brought to the United States from South America and Southeast Asia during the 1950s, has plagued Austin’s lakes for more than a decade. The plant, which can grow up to an inch a day during the summer, forms twisted groupings at the surface of the water, hindering recreation and posing danger to swimmers. Since 2003, the city of Austin has released several sets of carp into the waters of Lake Austin to offset some of the Hydrilla’s growth. The city purchased 2,200 grass carp for around $12,000 and released them in mid-November in the upper-end of the lake at Mary Quinlan Park, where the infestation is heaviest. The carp, known

for their appetite, eat the equivalent of their own body weight every day and pose no danger to people, Wedig said. “They eat a lot of Hydrilla in a short period of time,” he said. Wedig said Hydrilla causes problems for property owners along the lake because it entangles itself around docks and boats. Another problem with the fast-growing plant is its potential hindrance of flood control. Wedig said the plant clogged up part of Tom Miller Dam and decreased dam efficiency. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which has helped the city control Hydrilla since its appearance in Austin’s lakes, purchased another 2,200 carp last week with a vegetation management grant

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ing their shift in the station’s gym. When not training, firefighters pass the time by performing routine maintenance checks of their equipment, taking required online classes, watching movies and conversing with one another. “You come to work with your buddies. You know they got your back, and you got their back — you’re good to go,” said firefighter Keith Antista, who has been with Station 1 for five years and has a family of three. “[My wife] is going to be by herself about 72 hours with hardly any relief from the children, so she gets a little stressed out.” Although some firefighters will be away from home this Christmas, they still make time to bring their families together. This Thanksgiving, firefighters and their families came to the station for a potluck dinner. Plans for this Christmas include a visit from Santa and a gift exchange at the station. AFD Lt. Scott Bartell works at Station 1 and has been a firefighter for 20 years. He said the camaraderie of the station and his family of three helps him cope with the added stress. “You may laugh about [severe incidents] at the station, but you may go home in tears. You may go home and you fall apart,” Bartell said. “For us, running into burning buildings and doing rescues — it’s what we look forward to. It all boils down to the public safety.”

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from the Texas Legislature. Earl Chilton, Aquatic Habitat Enhancement program director at Texas Parks and Wildlife, said the department plans on releasing the fish somewhere along the upperend of the lake in the next week or week and a half. The decision to release the carp came after a survey of the lake conducted by Texas Parks and Wildlife early this fall. The survey found that nearly 20 percent of the lake is covered by Hydrilla. Mary Gilroy, environmental scientist in Austin’s Watershed Protection and Development Review Department, said the city has released 12,800 Asian fish since 2003 as part of its effort to control Hydrilla. Gilroy said the city should not worry about too many carp, because they have about a 30 percent mortality rate and cannot reproduce. “There are many control methods, but none of them are going to be total eradication,” Gilroy said, although she expects the fish to manage the problem for at least another couple of years.

because findings collected from Afghan and Iraqi citizens are delivered straight to U.S. military officials. “It can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology,” the report stated. In addition, MacLeish said there is no data available that could verify the effectiveness of the Human Terrain System. “[The Human Terrain System] is meant to minimize collateral damage against civilian populations, but there is no evidence to suggest it has been able to do that,” he said. Representatives of the Human Terrain System were unavailable for comment.

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require nations to collaborate From page 1 and graduate students from around the world. Some of them come directly from developing countries, and others are already established in the United States. Guarnizo, a native of Colombia, said many of his friends pursuing doctoral degrees choose to study in the United States or Europe, rather than pursue degrees in their native countries. “It’s actually becoming a problem in Colombia because so many good scientists are leaving,” Guarnizo said. Because transporting plants and other specimen across borders can require a large amount of collaboration, Guarnizo said working with scientists from other countries is imperative. An increased number of researchers from other countries will help foster international collaboration. The Global Commercialization Group, an interdisciplinary research unit at UT, focuses on bringing new technologies to other countries. They have economic development programs in almost 20 countries. Donna Kidwell, a program manager for the group, said the increase in researchers from developing countries has made the group’s job even easier. “One of our goals is to bring knowledge transfer into those countries,” Kidwell said. “If they have a hunger to do more of this themselves, it is a great thing for us.” Kidwell has worked extensively in Korea and said that she has seen fundamental policy changes over the past few years that allow more students to research in the country and travel to the United States to study. In addition to the findings about researchers from outside of the U.S., the report also stated that there was still a large discrepancy between the number of male and female researchers. Around the world, about 70 percent of researchers are men. In Asia, the imbalance is even higher with more than 80 percent male researchers. “This is a global study, and there are tremendous cultural differences to take into consideration,” Sanchez said. “I would expect that those inequities are less pronounced in the U.S.”

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and well-being of the people they do research on,” MacLeish said. MacLeish, who researches soldiers and the military primarily at Fort Hood, said that in a war zone, a research subject may feel uncomfortable exposing themselves to a specialist from the opposing side. What is exposed to the researcher needs to be disguised so the person’s identity is hidden, he said. “In a war, with a lot of different actors involved, people could be exposed to harm if they tell an anthropologist something that they assume will be kept in confidence, and it’s not,” MacLeish said. The report states the system is flawed because of the war-time context of the data collection and

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level of confidentiality given to the research. Dozier said the system violates the AAA’s code of ethics by keeping collected data unavailable to research subjects, like the Iraqi and Afghan natives. Ken MacLeish, an anthropology graduate student at UT, said the program is meant to help troops better understand the civilian cultures around them and decrease civilian casualties, but there is no evidence showing what is done with the data collected on civilians after it is passed off to military officials. “From an anthropological perspective, the highest ethical obligation is protecting the safety, dignity

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Anthropology, criticizes this practice because there is no guarantee that the process is effective. “The concern the commission has is that the practice of anthropology as in the Human Terrain, is a perverted form of anthropology,” said Damon Dozier, an association spokesman. The Human Terrain System, which began in 2006, sends specialists into war zones and imbeds them in deployed units to collect and analyze data about unfamiliar cultures. The Human Terrain teams are composed of military personnel, linguists and anthropologists. Problems arise from the way the research is handled once out of the specialist’s hands and the

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Students protest at Iranian universities By Ali Akbar Dareini The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tens of thousands of students, many shouting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death to the dictator!â&#x20AC;? and burning pictures of Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supreme leader, took to the streets on more than a dozen campuses Monday in the biggest anti-government protests in months. Riot police and pro-government Basij militiamen on fleets of motorcycles flooded Tehranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main thoroughfares, beating men and women with clubs as crowds of demonstrators hurled bricks and stones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death to the oppressor, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the shah or the leader!â&#x20AC;? the students chanted, according to witnesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making a daring comparison between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the pro-U.S. shah, despised in Iran since his overthrow in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The protests reflected how university students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the driving force of the 1979 Islamic Revolution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have revitalized the antigovernment movement, even as mainstream opposition politicians struggle to dent the power of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clerical leadership. Inside the walled campus of Tehran University, fistfights broke out between protesters and hardline students loyal to the government. In one photo obtained by The Associated Press, a student wearing a green headband â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature color â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had blood streaming down his face after a beating. Journalists working for foreign media organizations have been banned from covering opposition protests, including Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demonstrations. A fierce government crackdown crushed gigantic protests by hundreds of thousands that erupted immediately after Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disputed presidential elections, which the opposition says Ahmadinejad won by fraud. The wave of arrests swept up not only protesters but also many pro-reform politicians

EPA finds greenhouse gases create health risk to Americans WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there is compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed to build momentum toward an agreement at the international conference on climate change that opened Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark. It signaled that the administration was prepared to push ahead for significant controls in the U.S. if Congress doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t act first on its own. The EPA finding clears the way for rules that could eventually force the sale of more fuel-efficient vehicles and require plants to install costly new equipment or shift to other forms of energy. Energy prices for many Americans probably would rise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finding will have no immediate impact since regulations have yet to be written. Supporters of separate legislation in Congress argue they could craft measures that would mitigate some of those costs.

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This photo, taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, shows pro-government Iranian students burning a representation of the U.S. flag during their demonstration at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran on Monday. and activists, deeply damaging the movement. Since the summer, the opposition has been able to hold only about one protest a month, all far smaller than the ones in June and July. Thousands of riot police, Revolutionary Guard forces and Basij militiamen surrounded Tehran University beginning at dawn, vowing to prevent any unrest from spilling out into the streets. They sought to seal off the campus from the outside world, draping the university fence with banners and signs bearing slogans from Khamenei to hide what took place inside. Cell phone networks were shut

Rescuers cut rope off young whale in Hawaiiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waters By Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press HONOLULU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Officials said Monday they successfully cut loose hundreds of yards of plastic rope that had been caught in the mouth of a young humpback whale off Hawaii. Ed Lyman, the marine mammal response manager for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, said the rope could have killed the yearling whale because it may have interfered with its feeding over time. The whale â&#x20AC;&#x201D; believed to have been born last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would have also grown into it if not removed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saved a whale from a life-threatening entanglement,â&#x20AC;? Lyman said. During the rescue operation Sunday, officials first slowed the whale by weighing it down with buoys and a sea anchor. Then they used a specially fashioned, 24-foot-long pole to position a folding knife around the rope on the whaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back. They attached a knife to another sea anchor and waited for the weight of the anchor to pull the knife through the rope. It

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came free in about 10 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was some uncertainty, but then all of the sudden the buoys fell still and the lines kind of spread apart and started to sink,â&#x20AC;? said David Schofield, marine mammal stranding response coordinator for the Pacific Island Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was jubilation. It was a really good feeling.â&#x20AC;? A whale-watching cruise spotted the entangled animal last Tuesday off Maui. The next day, about a hundred yards of the yellow, polypropylene line came free, but several hundred yards were still attached. Officials were unable to attempt to free the whale for several days because of rough seas, but the weather was good Sunday. The rope ran through the animalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth, around its head and behind its blowhole. Rescue efforts were made more difficult by the presence of two adult whales traveling with the juvenile. The adult whales â&#x20AC;&#x201D; believed to be the mother and her male escort â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had been swimming on either side of the young whale.

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This Dec. 1 photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a humpback whale entangled in polypropylene rope off the coast of Maui, Hawaii.

down, and police and members of the elite Revolutionary Guard surrounded entrances, checking IDs to prevent opposition activists from entering, said witnesses. They requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. Authorities also slowed Internet connections to a crawl in the capital to stifle activistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; communications. Still, large crowds massed in the streets outside the university in support of the students, chanting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death to the dictator!â&#x20AC;? and taunting the plainclothes Basij militiamen. As riot police fired tear gas, militiamen charged the crowds, beating people on the head and back,

witnesses said. The youths regrouped on street corners, where they set tires and garbage on fire and pelted the militiamen with stones and bricks, according to witnesses and footage posted by the opposition on the Internet. Inside Tehran University, several thousand pro-reform students marched through the campus, many wearing surgical masks or scarves over their faces to protect against tear gas, according to photos from the scene obtained by the AP. Some wore green wristbands and waved green balloons. Hard-line students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; numbering about 2,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; held a counterdemonstration in the university, waving pictures of Khamenei and

Iranian flags and chanting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death to the hypocrites,â&#x20AC;? a reference to Mousavi and other opposition leaders, official media reported. Protests erupted at seven other universities in Tehran and on campuses in at least six other cities, the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported. Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protests were the largest in months â&#x20AC;&#x201D; far bigger than the last major rallies on Nov. 4. The opposition has begun timing its marches to coincide with significant national events to help drum up a crowd. Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protests were held on National Students Day, when student rallies are traditionally held.

Guinea president still hospitalized By Rukmini Callimachi The Associated Press C O N A K R Y, G u i n e a â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Commando units loyal to the wounded leader of Guineaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military junta swept through neighborhoods near the capital Monday, arresting civilians believed to have ties with the renegade soldier that tried to assassinate their leader. The arrests came as the ruling junta tried to reassure the population about the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health, insisting that that Capt. Moussa â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dadisâ&#x20AC;? Camara was recovering well from a surgery in a Moroccan hospital where he had been rushed for emergency treatment, but the capital remained tense as the fate of the military dictatorship remained unknown. Residents said that at least three military pickup trucks filled with soldiers wearing fetishes in their hair descended on a street of corrugated tin shops looking for a marabout, or local witch doctor. The young man fled but was pursued by the soldiers, who opened fire, wounding him, said the residents who showed the AP the trail of blood he left in the alley down which he tried to run. He is rumored to have been one of the witch doctors that performed spells for Lt. Abubakar â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toumbaâ&#x20AC;? Diakite, the former head of the presidential guard, who opened fire on the head of the junta last Thursday. The security sweep showed that the military is widening its net to include civilians. Earlier, only soldiers allied with Diakite had been arrested. The arrests came one day after the junta announced a tollfree number where citizens could call with tips on the whereabouts of the wanted lieutenant. The soldiers came back three different times, arresting four people in all, including an imam in his 70s or 80s who was returning from evening prayers at the local mosque. The arrests and the volleys of gunfire sowed panic. It reverberated across the capital as Guinea entered a fifth day without a clear sense of whether the 45-year-old army captain would survive his wounds. In an effort to tamp down speculation that he was badly hurt, the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foreign minister said

Senatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposal would limit health care backed abortions WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The divisive issue of abortion emerged Monday as an obstacle to Senate passage of President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care overhaul, as a moderate Democrat proposed tough restrictions that liberals said they could not possibly accept. The amendment by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., would bar any private insurance company from offering plans to cover abortion if they receive federal subsidies. In practice, the restriction would apply to most plans within a proposed new insurance marketplace, or exchange, since most people shopping in the exchange would be using federal subsidies to purchase coverage. The amendment also would block a proposed government insurance plan from covering abortions except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Joining Nelson in sponsoring the amendment was another antiabortion Democrat, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, along with eight Republicans. The measure is unlikely to get the necessary 60 votes to pass, but Nelson has threatened to oppose the underlying health care legislation if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

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Guinean soldiers, loyal to the ruling military junta, stand outside an entrance to the main army base in Conakry, Guinea on Monday. Monday that Camara is conscious and speaking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw him, I spoke to him, he answered me. All this shows that he retains his mental faculties,â&#x20AC;? Alexandre Cece Loua told the AP in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He recognizes his entourage. His breathing is not assisted.â&#x20AC;? But a doctor who saw Camaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAT scan and agreed to speak to the AP on the condition of anonymity due to patient confidentiality said the bullet had skimmed the right side of the leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skull, causing a splinter of bone to wedge itself in his brain. He said the injury could be life-threatening if it causes excessive swelling in the brain. Camara came to power last December after the death of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former strongman, Lan-

sana Conte â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who was also a captain in the Guinean army when he grabbed power 24 years earlier. Conteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regime had been marked by excessive corruption, and Camara promised he had come to â&#x20AC;&#x153;clean.â&#x20AC;? He promised to punish all those who had embezzled from the state and then to hand over power to civilians in democratic elections in which he would not run. It was only months before he reversed course. In September, the presidential guard opened fire on unarmed protesters demanding an end to military rule, killing at least 157 people. Dozens of women were raped by the presidential guard, including with rifle barrels. Several died after the soldiers who raped them shot them in their genitals.

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Under heavy pressure to get Americans back to work, President Barack Obama suggested Monday using money left over from the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bank bailout to help create more jobs. Obama has been struggling to trim the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painfully high unemployment rate, which is now at 10 percent. He said there may be â&#x20AC;&#x153;selective approachesâ&#x20AC;? for tapping into the money that was to go to propping up seriously ailing financial institutions. The administration would have to get around a provision in the 2008 bailout legislation that requires money that is paid back by banks or left over to be used exclusively for reducing the federal deficit. Obama and congressional Democrats badly want to do something about jobs. Turning a highly unpopular financial rescue program into a potentially popular one with new jobs attached has strong political appeal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although Republican critics have depicted such an approach as a backdoor way of putting a second economic stimulus package into force. Compiled from Associated Press reports

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Political lag

It’s said that with gay rights — much like any civil rights movement — politics lags behind culture. On Wednesday, the same day that the New York Senate rejected a same-sex marriage bill that many thought had mustered enough support to narrowly pass, high schoolers bounded and skipped across the TV screen in “Glee,” the hit musical-comedy that, in addition to attracting droves of young — many of them college-aged — viewers, has drawn praise for its positive, often casual depiction of homosexuality. Among a multitude of other cultural signals, the popularity of “Glee” underscores the generational divide that has come to shape the modern debate on gay rights. Polls have consistently shown that support for gay marriage among Americans under the age of 40 stands at about 60 percent, but for those over 40, hovers around 30 percent. In universities across the nation, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals have built havens for themselves in which their sexualities have often come to inform their character only incidentally. What, then, to make of recent student-led decisions on college campuses that have more closely resembled defeats the GLBT community has suffered politically within the past year? Two weeks ago, the University of North Texas student body voted against allowing gay couples to run for its homecoming court. The measure, which had been similarly defeated in a student senate vote in October, attracted a record number of votes — 13.5 percent, or 4,895, of the 36,206 students at UNT — and was defeated decisively, 58 percent to 42 percent. A week later, the Southern Methodist University student senate shot down a resolution to add an GLBT representative seat to its student government, which already offers minority senate seats to the school’s African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American and international communities. These small blows to GLBT rights at the campus level might not speak to a slowdown in support for gay rights among young people, but they do reveal that even on college campuses — those meccas of the same culture that is said to lead politics — politics is playing catch-up. The motivations behind the two outcomes are unclear. According to the Dallas Voice, debate at SMU before the vote seemed to center more on the merits of representation than judgment of a community. But both rejected bids, especially the UNT vote, suggest that GLBT campus communities still face struggles defining themselves — especially in a modern, more tolerant world in which blending in is not only desired, but often easy. Even on the UT campus, this struggle emerges as a GLBT community attempts to assert itself while pushing for the extension of benefits for partners of UT employees. Students in the community can easily view the tolerant spaces they’ve found for themselves as signs of a changed world, but to effect real change, they must realize that the world around them — even the college campuses around them — must feel their presence. “Glee” may serve as a barometer for young, modern takes on gay rights, but the real singing and dancing won’t come until those around us take the fight for equal rights seriously. — David Muto for the editorial board

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THE FIRING LINE Reasons for going meatless I was delighted to see a meatless recipe listed in your quick recipe guide (“Recipe ideas make healthy substitute for stressful finals,” Dec. 7). Vegetarian food is not only good brain food but also better for the environment, and it spares animals from tremendous suffering. Livestock farming contributes more to climate change than all cars, trains, boats and planes combined, according to a 2006 United Nations report. Farmed animals produce about 130 times as much excrement as the entire U.S. population, much of which finds its way into our local waterways. It’s also incredibly wasteful — we currently feed more than 70 percent of the grains grown in the U.S. to animals raised for food. Similarly, nearly half of the water and 80 percent of agricultural land consumed in this country is used for livestock, rather than direct consumption by humans. More than 95 percent of animals raised in the U.S. spend the vast majority of their lives inside dark, cramped sheds in extreme confinement. On today’s factory farms, chickens have their beaks cut off, pigs are castrated and cows are branded with hot irons, all

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without any painkillers. If any of these abuses were inflicted on a dog or a cat, it could constitute felony cruelty-toanimals charges. Luckily, being vegetarian has never been easier, with most major grocery stores carrying vegan pizza and veggie riblets. For more quick, crueltyfree options, check out PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook, which was made for busy students with little time and even less money. Students can also find free recipes and request our “Vegetarian Starter Kit” on peta2.com.

— Drew Winter College Campaigns Assistant, peta2

A response to failed leadership As noted in Monday’s, “Failed leadership at Virginia Tech” Virginia Tech assumed a 9/11-like mentality in the days after the shooting. The media started asking questions on April 17, 2007 about the administration’s decisions on April 16, 2007, and were so intrusive that the entire community circled the wagons. Unfortunately, left outside the wagons were those of us who were especially close to victims — not to mention the survivors. President Steger brings in a great deal of money for Virginia Tech, and he is on good terms with its Board of Visitors. Unfortunately, he has little experience

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Lessons Texas can learn from AP exam failures By Joshua Avelar Daily Texan Columnist

This past weekend, thousands of students dressed in caps and gowns and crossed a stage at the Frank Erwin Center in a ceremony marking the end of their undergraduate years. Though most of these individuals still have finals to take, the sense of pride and accomplishment they must have felt can only be matched by the time they received their admission letters to this great University years ago. Some of us may contend that we felt ready for college way before we received our first syllabus. However, most of us can testify to receiving a rude awakening once that first midterm was taken or that first bad paper was drafted. These humbling experiences are essential for individuals to grow as students, and it is safe to say that an overwhelming number of graduates from this past weekend’s commencement ceremonies had their fair share. For the Texas high schools, which prepare an overwhelming majority of the students currently on this campus, recently had their own sort of rude awakening. The Dallas Morning News reported yesterday that more than half

as an educator. Under his management, the Dean of Students was eliminated (to save money) — which is perhaps how it came to be that Cho fell through the cracks in the first place. Those of us close to the tragedy were already familiar with the information in the revised report, but the media has generally avoided these topics — until these last few days. With dialog, a university can help students feel safer and in doing so increase safety; this is something UT administrators have done quite effectively. Virginia Tech has taken the approach of silence, and it shows: Violent crime at Tech (and in Blacksburg) is higher than it had ever been before the shooting. Two students were murdered in the nearby National Forest several months ago; last month, a student was kidnapped; and last year, one student murdered another in a campus cafe. These tragedies are most likely all related to April 16. Virginia Tech needs new leadership. In a time of disaster, it is necessary to find experts in disaster relief. The current VT administration behaves more like Bush’s FEMA than anyone would like to admit. I’ll say it: “Heck of a job, Steger!”

— John Woods Biology graduate student Student government representative

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of the high school students in Texas who take Advanced Placement exams fail to receive passing grades (a score of at least three out of five). The AP exams are meant to be hard, as 43 percent of students across the nation who take these exams fail. However, Texas’ average is far below the rest of the nation, at 54 percent. There are many theories as to why Texas high school students perform so poorly on these tests, even when their high schools are considered top-notch. High schools are given incentive for opening access to AP exams because the number of students taking — not necessarily passing — the exams becomes a key factor in assessing school performance and rankings. Many schools will even cover the testing fees so that more students may take the exam. This gives a clear insight into flawed high school assessments and shows that even the schools that serve as the state’s leaders still have severe problems. AP exam failures are not limited to any specific type of high school – this epidemic has spread beyond geographic, racial, and economic boundaries across the state. Some of the best magnet schools and wealthiest high schools in Dallas area saw similar results to those given to the rest of state.

If the citizens of the state needed any more indication of how detrimental the education system is here in Texas, hopefully this is it. The best and the brightest from our schools — even the one with most advantages afforded to them — are failing in comparison to their counterparts in the rest of the country at the highest level. This also serves as a great indication that students that thrive in their high schools may not necessarily be prepared to take on the tasks of higher education, adding to the cases of those against automatic acceptance at this University for high school students graduating top 10 percent. Education in Texas is not a discriminatory issue by any means. The lack of preparation and true performance offered by our schools is cause for concern for citizens from McAllen to Plano. Hopefully, the issue of education will be carefully considered during next year ’s gubernatorial race. As for the students receiving these failing AP exam scores, we can only hope these exam results serve as early collegiate rude awakenings, and that these students arrive to college with the mindset that they will have to work harder than they ever expected. Avelar is a government senior.

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Hooping

Scarborough works in her yard to catch some rays while still being productive. She is making hoops for the Girls Now conference. The conference is an empowerment program for middle-school age girls that was held at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in East Austin Saturday Nov. 14.

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ROUND Hula-hooping master Laura Scarborough teaches hooping classes at Alisa’s Dance Academy in Bee Caves and has been hooping for five years. She was not particularly good when she first started but decided to throw herself into hooping, she said. It became her life source. Not only did she change her body, but she changed herself. She does not teach hooping for a living but instead uses music to pay the bills. She graduated from UT in 1999 with a degree in music and now teaches piano lessons, does solo work and performs live with several bands. Along with her hooping and musical talents, she also paints and does crafts, which currently involves remaking old hats with LED lights. She is also learning to walk on stilts and to contact-juggle. To learn more about Scarborough and her hooping classes check out hoopcircle.com. — Lara Haase

Above, hooping enthusiast Laura Scarborough breaks down the mechanics of the “Cowgirl” to students on the first day of their Beginning Hoop class. Below left, Scarborough makes her living playing music and performing at shows. She is a talented artist and describes herself on her Web site as a “pianist, composer, singer, performer, producer, eklectronik musician, piano teacher, accordian player, hula hooper, bike rider, video editor running a rural tech-farm in Austin, Texas.” Below right, Shadow, a Jack Russell-Pit Bull mix, has been Scarborough’s faithful companion for five years now. She is Scarborough’s only roommate and also loves to hoop (or jump through them at least) and jump on the trampoline with Scarborough.

Above, students from Scarborough’s hooping classes paid $20 to make their own personalized hoops. Scarborough provides all the supplies and helps students cut the right size tubing and bind it. Below, students in the hoop-making class decorate their hoops with various kinds of tape, from shiny glitter tapes to cloth tapes of many colors and patterns. Some made hoops for themselves, while one student made a hoop for a friend.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Safe: Burglary precautions may save money

Burglary Prevention Tips • Install a deadbolt lock. The most popular times for residential burglaries are weekday daylight hours. • Install solid doors. Outside doors should be metal or solid hardwood and at least 1 3/4 inches thick. Frames must be made of equally strong material, and each door must fit its frame securely. • Secure sliding doors and windows. Cut a broom handle to the length of the bottom track so that the window or door will not slide open when forced. • Purchase a burglar alarm. A home alarm system can be a very effective burglary deterrent and fit into many people’s needs. Remember to test your system monthly. Source: Austin Police Department

From page 1 metal container and outdoors away from any combustible surfaces.” In addition to fire safety, students should be careful when leaving their local residences to

Budget discussion offers treats By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The Liberal Arts Council is giving students a chance to both unwind and give feedback about the ongoing budget cuts in the College of Liberal Arts during the council’s Coffee Break today and Wednesday. Students enrolled in the college can come for free Dominican Joe’s coffee and Tiff’s Treats at the Flawn Academic Center and the Perry-Casteñeda Library from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Students can also fill out a survey about their experience in the college and their opinions on changes to the foreign language program, registration and advising, and the role of the council itself.

“We’d like to gauge students’ opinions about what they think should be done about these budget cuts and inform [students] about them and the consequences, like faculty and class sections being cut,” said Megha Kansra, a Plan II, business honors and Spanish literature senior and member of the council. “But it’s still a coffee break, and it’s still about students getting together to destress and get to know the Liberal Arts Council.” Authorities from the college were unavailable to comment on how they will use the surveys to influence their plans about the budget cuts. Carl Thorne-Thomsen, Liberal Arts Council Vice President and an economics junior, said he

hopes the surveys will be a mobilizing agent for students to raise their concerns and let the college know how budget cuts are affecting them. “Once [the survey] is done, we’ll have something to take into the college and say, ‘This is real student opinion,’” Thorne-Thomsen said. “When the administration makes a decision, sometimes student voice and opinion really is important and sometimes it isn’t, so it’s tough to say how effective this will actually be.” Government freshman Miranda Grummons said she is frustrated by what she has read about the recent changes within the college, especially with the potential change in foreign language re-

go home for the winter break in case of household burglaries. According to the Austin Police Department Crime Prevention Web site, burglaries in Austin neighborhoods cost residents more than $1.3 million per year in loss of property alone. Most bur-

glaries in neighborhoods are committed by youths 18 and under. “Having a death or injury during the holiday is even more devastating, so we use this time of year to reach out and remind people to be careful and safe, and it will be a better time for all,” Lee said.

Digital age redefines teaching Fredrick J. Bramante, past chairman of the New Hampshire State Board of Education, discusses how teacher education programs can be improved Monday afternoon.

quirements that would compress the current four-semester requirement into two semesters. “I realize that it may be important for there to be change and possibly budget cuts,” Grummons said. “We can’t move forward without changing, but it shouldn’t be this drastic. With the survey, hopefully we can somehow compromise to get what is truly best for the University instead of just mindless budget slashes.” Grummons said she will be attending one of the Coffee Break sessions and hopes other students will do the same. “I would not turn down free food, and any way to help make my school better is great,” she said.

Race: Councilman cites ideology over partisanship as key to campaign across the state. “This reflects Texas value,” Frazier said. “Perry is excited about his momentum and is going to continue moving forward.” Spelman said he believes that Texans are going to examine issues over party affiliation and that when it comes to issues, White is the man for Texas. “The vast majority of Texans are centrists,” Spelman said. “For years and years, they voted Dem-

ocrat. Recently, they have voted Republican, but they are still voting as centrists. The reason I’m optimistic that Bill White can become governor is that he will pay attention to the great majority of Texans who are voting for a guy who can take care of them rather than a party or an ideology.” Spokeswomen for both candidates said they are preparing for March primaries while fulfilling the duties of their current offices.

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that I think he is the sort of guy who, given an opportunity or a threat down the pipe, would look at it in the way that a chief executive needs to.” Although Bacon said White is optimistic about the significance of Austin’s support, Catherine Frazier, a campaign spokeswoman for Perry, said Austin may not reflect the rest of Texas, which has

primarily voted Republican during the last 15 years. “[The endorsements were] a local Austin decision, and statewide is a different story,” Frazier said. Perry, who is already the longest-serving governor in Texas history, is running for a third fouryear term in office. He officially filed for the race Friday. She said Perry has received more than 60 endorsements from leaders and trade associations

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Colt McCoy was named a Heisman Trophy finalist Monday for the second year in a row. He would be the first Texas quarterback to win the award and the third Heisman Trophy winner from UT. For the second year in a row, Colt McCoy will be in New York City for the Heisman Trophy presentation as he was named a finalist Monday. McCoy was a finalist for the award last year, but finished second behind Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. This year’s Heisman race was expected to be a three-man race between last year’s final-

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ists, which also included Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, but due to injuries and inconsistent play, the race is considered wide open. Tebow, Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamaukong Suh, Alabama running back Mark Ingram and Stanford running back Toby Gerhart are also finalists. Suh’s strong performance against Texas in the Big 12 title game on Saturday made him

a candidate to win the award. The only defensive player to win the most coveted individual award in college football was Michigan’s Charles Woodson in 1997. If McCoy wins the award, it will be Texas’ third Heisman Trophy, the first since Ricky Williams won it in 1998. McCoy would be the first Texas quarterback to win the award. — Chris Tavarez

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By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff Texas coach Rick Barnes smiled more than usual in the post-game press conference last night, and it’s easy to see why. If last week’s victory over USC was a step backwards for the Texas offense, Monday night’s 107-74 trouncing of Long Beach State was a huge leap in the other direction for the entire Longhorn squad, including the seven bench players who combined for 61 points in an aggregate 106 minutes of floor time. Texas’ bench showed up in a big way on offense and provided much of the firepower. In an

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff In No. 2 Texas’ 107-74 win over Long Beach State Monday night, the Longhorn freshmen accounted for 49 of Texas’ total points, and 83 out of 200 minutes. “I think we did really well,” freshman guard Avery Bradley said. “We get better every single day and my teammates and coaches just help us get better on both ends of the floor and I think tonight showed that we’re improving every single day.” Two minutes into the game, Bradley started off the freshmen’s stats with a steal at midcourt, which was followed by a hang-on-the-rim dunk. He end-

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ed up leading the team in scoring with 17 points, and went 7-for-13 in field goals. “Avery ran hard and he really worked hard defensively,” said head coach Rick Barnes. “Avery has started to understand details, too. How important it is to be ready to play, do your work early, and don’t give up separation. And on offense it all goes back to tempo with him. When he plays at a tempo where he can use his vision, he normally makes good things happen.” Freshman forward Jordan Hamilton also made good things happen Monday night. Hamilton was second in scoring with 13 points, and led the team with 26 minutes. After he came off the bench, Hamilton boiled up the Texas offense

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Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Georgia

The Aggies return to bowl action after they took a hiatus in 2008 where they finished 4-8 for the season. Their opponent on Dec. 28 is traditional SEC power, Georgia. After losing Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno to the NFL Draft, the Bulldogs took a step back in 2009 as senior Joe Cox threw for 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. On the flip side, A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson had a spectacular year, throwing for 28 touchdowns and only six interceptions. The thing to watch in this game will be how well A&M’s offense — which ranks in the top 25 nationally in total offense — performs against Georgia’s defense, which is playing without fired defensive coordinator Willie Martinez.

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Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez, left, fights for the ball against Chelsea’s Frank Lampard during their English Premier League soccer match in Manchester, England on Saturday.

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From Bo Pelini’s point of view, one controversial second stood between Nebraska and a BCS bowl game. After Hunter Lawrence narrowly sealed Texas’ victory over the Cornhuskers with a field goal that sailed just inside the left upright, Nebraska has to settle for the Holiday Bowl against Arizona. With the defeat of USC on Sat-

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take. In the eighth minute, Nicolas Anelka took a shot on goal which City goalkeeper Shay Given deflected straight off the back of Adebayor into the net. Adebayor had come back to protect the right side of goal but instead of helping his goalie Adebayor was the culprit in letting in a very unnecessary goal. Adebayor’s “real” goal came out of nowhere. Shaun WrightPhillips put an ambitious effort on goal from way outside

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By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff Emmanuel Adebayor scored a goal for both Chelsea and Manchester City Saturday. Fortunately for City, however, Carlos Tevez also put one in, and Man City finally recorded a result other than a draw with a 2-1 win over Chelsea. Chelsea got on the board early through Adebayor’s mis-

NCAAM TOP 25 1. Kansas 7-0 2. Texas (1) 6-0 3. Villanova (1) 8-0 4. Kentucky 8-0 5. Purdue 7-0 6. West Virginia 5-0 7. Syracuse (1) 8-0 8. Duke 7-1 9. Tennessee 6-1 10. Florida 8-0 11. North Carolina 7-2 12. Michigan State 6-2 13. Ohio State 7-1 14. Connecticut 6-1 15. Georgetown 6-0 16. Texas a&M 7-1 17. Washington 6-1 18. UNLV 7-0 19. Cincinnati 5-1 20. Wisconsin 6-1 21. Gonzaga 6-2 22. Butler 6-2 23. Texas Tech 8-0 24. Georgia Tech 6-1 25. Mississippi 7-1

By Ben Walker The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Whitey Herzog spent a good, long time stewing about a blown call in the 1985 World Series. So in a strange way, perhaps this fits: He’s going into the Hall of Fame, standing next to an umpire. Herzog and prominent crew chief Doug Harvey got the call Monday notifying them they had been elected to the Hall by the Veterans Committee. Herzog was a single vote short in his previous try, and might have made it sooner with another crown on his resume. But he was forever linked to Don Denkinger after the ump’s infamous miss in Game 6 so long ago cost the St. Louis Cardinals a chance to clinch. “No, I’m not bitter at Denkinger,” Herzog said at Busch Stadium. “He’s a good guy, he knows he made a mistake and he’s a human being. It happened at an inopportune time, but I do think they ought to have instant replay in the playoffs and World Series.” As for Harvey, Herzog joked: “I don’t know why he should get

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Texas A&M’s Jerrod Johnson tries to escape the Texas rush. Johnson hopes to avoid Georgia’s defense in the Independence Bowl. after beating the likes of Oregon, USC and Notre Dame in the same season. Heisman-hopeful Toby Gerhart will have to exploit the Sooners’ rush defense if Stanford hopes to win, as freshman quarterback Andrew Luck is doubtful for the bowl game with a hand injury. Oklahoma is entering the game Brut Sun Bowl: after blowing out Oklahoma State Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Stanford in the Bedlam game, and hopes to After an injury-plagued season, build on that momentum against Oklahoma finally knows its bowl Jim Harbaugh’s team. fate. Unfortunately for the Sooners, the weight on their shoulders Texas Bowl: Missouri vs. Navy — because they haven’t won a Two polar opposite offensives, bowl game since 2005 — didn’t one bowl game. get any lighter when Stanford was named their opponent. BOWL continues on page 8 The Cardinals are riding high

urday, Arizona finds itself in a much more respectable bowl than experts anticipated. Ndamukong Suh will look to build on his already mammoth draft stock by taking out Austin native and Wildcats’ quarterback Nick Foles.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The standings say the Green Bay Packers are in good shape for the playoffs. But Monday night’s victory over the Baltimore Ravens showed they still have some work to do to be taken seriously once they get there. Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes, including two to tight end Jermichael Finley, and the Packers beat the Ravens 2714 in a penalty-filled game Monday night. It was the fourth straight win for the Packers (8-4), solidifying their spot in the NFC wild-card race. But it certainly wasn’t pretty. The teams committed 23 penalties for 310 yards, tying for the second-highest yardage total in an NFL game. Packers coach Mike McCarthy called the penalties “unbelievable for both sides” but said he was happy with the way his team responded to trying circumstances — something they hadn’t done well early in the season. “I’ll say this about our football team: I was very proud and excited the way they overcame the adversity,” McCarthy said. — The Associated Press

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adds two assists, two steals From page 7 11-minute stretch to end the first half and begin the second, the team’s reserves scored 20 of 31 points. Every single eligible player, all 14 of them, eventually made it onto the court in Texas’ win. Freshman Avery Bradley, making just his fifth start, led the Horns with 17 points. He added two assists and two steals. “I just wanted to come out and be aggressive tonight,” Bradley said. Bradley struggled earlier this season with open and long shots but picked up his mid-level game against Long Beach. “A lot of my game last year was mid-range, and I’ve still been working on that,” Bradley said about his career at Findlay Prep in Nevada where he averaged 19.1 points and 2.9 steals as a senior. “I thought Avery settled in,” Barnes said. “When he plays at a tempo where he can use his vision, he only makes good things happen.” It was Avery’s best offensive performance since coming to Texas as the No. 1 recruit in the nation, according to ESPNU. Barnes attributed the youngster ’s recent offensive upswing to playing against guards Dogus Balbay and Justin Mason in practice. Balbay was the second-most productive Longhorn guard on Monday. He showed his playmaking abilities by dishing out a game-high 11 assists, part of the team’s season high of 23. He also scored four points on two bigtime plays. With 8:27 to go in the first half, he took a pass near the right baseline, split a defender to the inside and then scored on a reverse layup that caused the home bench to erupt and the student section to begin chanting “Dogus! Dogus!” Big men Dexter Pittman and Damion James had 11 and 14 points, respectively, but sat out much of the second half as Barnes rotated his less experienced players. In short, it was a complete game for Texas, including on defense where the Horns limited their op-

ponents to 46 percent shooting. The Longhorns also caused 23 turnovers and made 15 steals. Even though Texas allowed a season-high 74 points, they returned the favor by breaking the century mark for the first time all year in an up-tempo game. Barnes and his players favor that style of play, especially as they prepare to face eleventh-ranked North Carolina and No. 12 Michigan State later this month. “I really respect Long Beach State, because that’s how they play,” Barnes said, referring to the 49er’s run-and-gun approach — they average 74 points per game. “A lot of teams will come in and change their whole style for one game, and I think that doesn’t send a great message to your players,” Barnes continued. “I can assure you that North Carolina and Michigan State will get up and down the floor as quick or quicker than these guys.” “So the fact that these games are coming right here is going to really help us in terms of our transition defense,” he said. “From that point of view, it worked for us.” Long Beach State lost its fourth game; all of those defeats were to Top 25 opponents, but Texas was the highest ranked team the 49ers have faced. “This is Texas’ show and we are who are,” said Long Beach head coach Dan Monson. “You can tell that our guys need to work on some things and sometimes it’s a pretty painful lesson for them to see it. Texas gave us that painful lesson today.” T.J. Robinson recorded 12 points and 12 rebounds for Long Beach, his fifth double-double of the season and third straight. I thought he was the only one that lived up to playing who he is,” Monson said about Robinson. “We had a lot of guys trying to do more than they’re capable of doing and that really gets exposed when you’re not playing together.” Stephen Gilling led the 49ers with 18 points, a game high, but no player off the Long Beach bench had more than six.

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hAll: Herzog, Harvey new inductees From page 7 in. Doug kicked me out of more games than any other umpire.” Like Herzog, Harvey fell one vote shy in the last election. This time, they both easily drew enough support to reach Cooperstown. “I don’t think I would’ve had my heart broken if I’d missed by another vote or two. But I’m damn happy it’s over,” Herzog said. “It was just in the last few years when I was only missing by a few votes that I thought, maybe I do deserve it.” Among those who came close this year was former players’ union head Marvin Miller. He was on a separate slate for executives and officials, and fell two votes short. “Very few individuals have had as significant or as positive an impact upon the history of baseball as Marvin,” union head Michael Weiner said in a statement. “The Hall remains incomplete without Marvin’s plaque.” Herzog was a fixture in major league dugouts for two decades. He won the 1982 World Series and three NL pennants with the Cardinals and three division titles with Kansas City. He became the 19th manager to make

zog’s star players. “You’d see him take a relief pitcher and put him in right field.” Smith was a late addition to the 16-member panel that considered managers and umpires. Candidates needed 12 votes (75 percent) to make it, and Herzog got 14 in voting Sunday at the baseball winter meetings. Results were announced Monday, and the 78-year-old Herzog was told he was in. Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog received his nickname because of his light blonde hair while playing minor league ball. He wasn’t much of a major league outfielder, but made his mark with the Runnin’ Redbirds. “He’s the best baseball man I’ve ever been around,” said Washington manager Jim Riggleman, a former member of Herzog’s staff. “If you worked under Whitey, you had a chance to manage in the major leagues.” Herzog started managing in 1973 with Texas and compiled a .532 career winning percentage. “He gave his entire life to the Tom Gannam | Associated Press game,” said Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda, another VetFormer St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog talks with the erans panel member. “When he media at a news conference for his Hall of Fame announcement. didn’t make it last year, I was the Hall. looking at doing more creative very, very down. This year, ev“I think he was one of the things,” said Hall of Fame short- eryone understood he belonged guys who started managers stop Ozzie Smith, one of Her- there.”

frEShmEn: Longhorns improving, ‘on fire’ From page 7 on his first play of the game. After Bradley’s dunk, Hamilton capitalized on a nothing-butnet 3-pointer. Two minutes later, he was in the thick of the action when he made a steal on defense, which he followed with a fast break lay up. “Jordan can do a lot of things,” Barnes said. “He can shoot it, but I’ve tried to get him to understand, like all the other freshmen, how important defense is. But on the offensive end, he can pass the ball. He’s 6-foot-7 so he can obviously shoot it. He’s got a variety

of shots. He’s learning that it’s not just about shooting and he is continuing to work hard.” At the end of the first half, the last 16 field goals came from freshmen, mainly off the tips of Bradley and Hamilton’s fingers. The Longhorns were on fire and showed no sign of fatigue against a quick Long Beach State team. “We’ve gotten more comfortable and have brought that to our game,” said Hamilton. “We’ve been working on getting to the basket and making easy baskets.” In the second half, Bradley and

Hamilton kept up their momentum. The crowd went nuts when Hamilton denied Long Beach State guard, Jesse Woodward, a dunk and then grabbed the rebound to send it down the court to sophomore forward Alexis Wangmene, who would stuff it down the net. Freshman guard J’Covan Brown also showed improvements, especially in the second half. At games’ end, he had gone 5-for-12 in field goals with 13 points in 22 minutes of play. However, out of the team’s 11 turnovers, Brown accounted for six of them.

“He got a little too lax and was trying to hit homerun passes as opposed to just moving the ball,” Barnes said of Brown. “That was a big focus coming in just trying to be more efficient.” Barnes played his entire 14man roster Monday night, and the players off the bench racked up 104 total minutes. Junior forward Gary Johnson was also major factor as he totaled 14 points and went 7-for-8 in field goals in 22 minutes. “We’ve come a long way in five weeks and we still have a long way to go as a team,” Barnes said.

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coln, excitement in Ames has been building. Head coach Paul Rhoads has done a tremendous job replacing Gene Chizik, who left for Auburn in the spring, and will be competing in his first bowl game as a head coach. If experience in a bowl setting matters, then the Gophers might have the upper hand since they have played in the Insight Bowl three out of the last four years.

Missouri comes into the game after scoring at least 32 points in its last five games, where it went 4-1. Receiver Danario Alexander has been the nation’s hottest receiver on a team that likes to throw the ball, and will look to continue that trend against a tough Navy defense. In contrast, the Midshipmen garner the nation’s No. 3 rushing attack but rank dead last in passing out of 120 teams. The interest- AT&T Cotton Bowl: No. 19 ing thing for Navy is the fact that it actually has another game on Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi Dec. 12 against Army before it can It was supposed to be a dream focus its attention on the Tigers. season for the Cowboys in Stillwater. But after a shocking loss to Houston and getting blown Insight Bowl: out by Texas and Oklahoma, Iowa State vs. Minnesota coupled with off-the-field issues The Cyclones are bowl-eligible concerning All-American wide for the first time since 2005, and receiver Dez Bryant, Oklahoon Sunday they found out they ma State will have to settle with will take on the Gophers in the a date against the Rebels in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31. Cotton Bowl, where Mississippi After a road victory over Ne- played last year. braska earlier this season in LinMike Gundy and compa-

ny can only hope that a repeat of last season’s AT&T Classic doesn’t occur. In that game, the Rebels knocked off Texas Tech in a shootout. If the Cowboys can win, it will be the first time since 1988 that they finished with 10 wins in a season.

Valero Alamo Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Michigan State The Red Raiders will look to have a field day against Michigan State’s defense. Tech’s highpowered offensive attack will be facing a defense that ranks 96th in pass efficiency defense and 103rd in pass defense. On paper, it seems like a mismatch, but the Spartans have some firepower of their own. With the combination of quarterback Kirk Cousins and receiver Blair White, the Tech defense, which has played beyond expectations this season, will be tested. But with the game being played in San Antonio, it will be a virtual home game for the Red Raiders.

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the box and his shot rocketed off teammate Micah Richards and fell directly to Adebayor, who promptly scored. Chelsea players appealed for a handball when the ball hit off Richards, but their claims to the referee were futile since the referee couldn’t clearly see where the ball hit off of Richards. Tevez’s winner came in the 56th minute by way of a free kick. The shot wasn’t unstoppable by any means, but the wall blocked the vision of Chelsea keeper Petr Cech just enough and he guessed the wrong way. Didier Drogba had a few chances to equalize for Chelsea but couldn’t find the finishing touch he has become famous for this season. Frank Lampard had the best opportunity for Chelsea in the 83rd minute when he took a penalty kick, but Given guessed right and blocked the kick brilliantly. It was a poor week overall for Chelsea as they lost midweek to Blackburn in the Carling Cup on

penalty kicks. However, Chelsea is still in first place, two points clear of Manchester United. City had recorded seven straight draws in Premier League matches up to this point; an eighth consecutive draw would have been a Premier League record and the team’s Big Four aspirations would have slipped even further away. Instead, with the win, Manchester City currently sits in sixth place just two points behind fourth place Tottenham. In other Premier League matches, Jermaine Defoe became the top scorer in the Premiership this season after bagging a goal in Tottenham’s 2-2 thrilling draw with Everton. The striker had a chance from the penalty spot in the dying minutes to take three points for the Spurs, however, American goalkeeper Tim Howard’s kick saved Defoe’s poor penalty attempt to secure the draw for Everton. Liverpool continued its horrendous season as they drew 0-0 with Blackburn while Arsenal got back on track by beating Stoke City, 2-0.

In Italian Serie A, Juventus earned a much-needed 2-1 physical win over Inter Milan in their match to keep their slim dreams of winning the Scudetto alive. Juventus struck first after a deflected shot slowly rolled by Inter keeper Julio Cesar, but Inter answered with an uncontested header by Samuel Eto’o. Claudio Marchisio bagged the winner for Juventus in the 58th minute when he chipped the goalkeeper. In Spain, Barcelona took down Deportivo 3-1. The league leaders looked to be headed towards a 1-1 draw, but Lionel Messi scored his second goal of the game in the 79th minute and then just two minutes before time, Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his recent fine form with a perfectly-placed strike into the upper-90 from just inside the box. Real Madrid kept pace by beating Almeria 4-2. Cristiano Ronaldo had quite the eventful match as he scored, missed a penalty and earned a red card for Madrid.

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Scottish painter wins contentious Turner Prize paintings were rooted in the fine art tradition yet “radically conceptual in impact.” “Wright uses elaborate and labour-intensive methods to create transient works that respond directly to the architecture and context of a space,” they said in a statement released by Tate Britain. “His works come alive as they are

By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — A Scotland-based painter, known for destroying his large-scale wall murals after they have been exhibited, won Britain’s best-known art award, the Turner Prize, on Monday. Richard Wright said he was surprised he beat three other finalists to win the annual 25,000 pound ($40,000) prize, which was announced at London’s Tate Britain gallery. The award was presented by British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. “I’m shocked — is there another kind of reaction?” the artist said. “I wasn’t expecting it, not at all.” Wright is known for painting intricate, large-scale patterns on walls or ceilings, as well as for his insistence that his work be destroyed after the exhibitions end. He said he gave up painting on canvas because those paintings were “rubbish” and didn’t represent who he was. Judges said they admired the “profound originality and beauty” of Wright’s work, saying his

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experienced by the viewer.” It was 49-year-old Wright’s last chance to win the Turner, awarded annually to a British artist under 50. The prize, which always inspires fierce public debate about the nature of art, is named after 19th-century landscape painter J.M.W. Turner and was established in 1984.

Wright said he sometimes felt a sense of loss at the destruction of his work. “It is sad but it’s also a relief,” he said. “Other people make things that don’t survive. If you are a dustman or a reporter you do something that is consumed and passes.” Wright beat bookie favorite Roger Hiorns, 34, who transformed a derelict London flat with thousands of liters (gallons) of crystal copper sulfate. The work, “Seizure,” drew thousands of art fans to a run-down housing estate in south London earlier this year. The shortlist also includes London-based Enrico David, 43, an Italian-born artist who creates installations, sculptures and drawings inspired by everything from traditional crafts to 20th century surrealism, and Lucy Skaer, 34, who works in London and Glasgow and creates drawings, sculptures and films. Past winners include “Brit Art” akira suemori | Associated Press upstarts such as transvestite potter Grayson Perry and shark pick- Glasgow-based painter Richard Wright, 49, poses in front of his artwork, after being announced as the winler Damien Hirst. ner of the Turner Prize 2009 at Tate Britain in London on Monday.

Celebrate the holidays Austin-style By Rene Huynh Daily Texan Staff While maniacally preparing for upcoming final exams, our thoughts inevitably wander from derivatives and obscure British literature to a much-awaited winter break. There’s no harm in a little planning ahead during study breaks. The Daily Texan has put together a list of fun places to get into the holiday spirit and to avoid pre-fiday, month day, 2008 nals drama.

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scheduled festivities centered around the glitzy tree between Dec. 12 and Dec. 21. AdmisWhen: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. daily, sion is free — just another reaDec. 6 – Dec. 24 son to join the community in celBy Javier Sanchez ebration — and the parking has Where: Austin Convention Daily Texan Staff been reduced from the usual $15 Center Even though it’s the season for to $10. Besides, there’s no better Christmas entertainment, here tickets: $3 weekdays before way to get in the holiday spirit 7 p.m., $6 all other times are a few productions that stand than to frolic beneath a 380-foot- 1 on their own, offering an alternaed if you’re no Martha Stewart — tall lit-up Christmas tree. tive theatergoing experience this Hobby Lobby caters to crafters of holiday season. all experience and skill levels, carLASSIFIEDS Armadillo Christmas Bazaar rying items for numerous types of “The Eight: Reindeer Attending the Armadillo Christprojects, from jewelry making to sculpture building. If you don’t mas Bazaar is a fabulous way to Monologues” have time to make gifts, the store find unique gifts for your loved Onyx Company offers ready-to-give products, like ones while supporting local artThere are, of course, the lights, frames, candles and other home ists and musicians. The event has served as an Austin tradition the infectious music and the 10 accents, as well. since 1976, and has been known million television specials cooked to boost careers by carefully seup for the holiday season. Zilker Tree Holiday Festival lecting local and national artists to But for those with a darker sense of humor, the Onyx ComEven though recession-relat- sell their work. For those with money burning pany is staging “The Eight: Reined budget constraints have put deer Monologues.” a hold on Zilker Park’s famous a hole in their wallets, the Bazaar Instead of the bright merriTrail of Lights this year, Austini- offers delightful gift items from its ment of Christmastime, audience tes shouldn’t stay disappointed 156 exhibitors. Even if you’re trymembers are confronted with a for too long. Sure, nothing can re- ing not to break the bank, the Ardifferent kind of Yuletide animal place the Austin attraction that ap- madillo Christmas Bazaar is still — sexual harassment. Yes, one peals to our child-like fascination a great place to relax and spend of the reindeer accuses Santa of with bright, sparkling objects, but time with friends and family after this terrible deed, spurring a leZilker Park is still hosting a cele- the stress of finals. For $3 admission on weekdays before 7 p.m. gal battle against him. bration of sorts. The reindeer recount their exIt’s called the Zilker Tree Hol- and $6 admission on evenings periences with their boss, offeriday Festival. The event may not and weekends, you can browse ing a different image of the jolly have quite as many of the bells local and national talent while enfellow and of themselves. and whistles as its blazing coun- joying the Bazaar’s festive musiWritten by Jeff Goode, creator terpart, but there are still many cal performances. What: Armadillo Christmas

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Albums of the year give nod to pioneers, cross genre lines

Girls Album

Much has been said of Girls’ backstory and critical reception, but not enough has been said of the album itself. This cleverly titled debut is the sound of a band out of touch with current trends, but in-tune with themselves. These 12 songs give a listener the impression that lead singer Christopher Owens is fighting for something. He constantly worries over wasting away his life on depression and spends his good will on dead-end relationships. Album isn’t his stage to get the world to love him, but an effort to make sense of his own life. As he sings in “Hellhole Ratrace,” “Sometimes you’ve just gotta make it for yourself.”

Delorean Ayrton Senna

If 2009 felt like just a year that stands between you and the next Cut Copy release, Delorean’s latest release should please. They manage to take everything wonderfully dated about ‘80s/’90s dance music and makes it contemporary.

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Continuing a strong series of new artists on the Sincerely Yours label, jj’s sleepy brand of synthpop captures a cruise into the Bahamas without the annoying couples and nausea. — Allistair Pinsof

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The Dead Weather Horehound

In a word, The Dead Weather is evil. The aura surrounding Jack White and Kill’s vocalist Alison Mosshart is one of filthy, dirty, sexually driven rock and roll, full of minor chords, teethrattling bass and a “doom and gloom” approach to songwriting. Owing equally to classic groups like Black Sabbath and White and Mosshart’s principal bands, Horehound is the year’s best record, offering us a glimmer of familiarity muddled with the rumble of distant thunder, the impending apocalypse, the chariot of hell coming to take away rock’s non-believers into the depths of ignorance.

Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures

Sometimes, supergroups try to do too much and end up looking like fools. In the case of Them Crooked Vultures, sometimes supergroups take two phenomenal rock megastars like Dave Grohl and Josh Homme, recruit former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and subsequently making one hell of a debut album. The group’s self-titled album pulls no punches, rocking harder than anything in recent memory and mixing all the best parts of Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters and Zeppelin into something altogether wonderful.

The Decemberists The Hazards of Love

Colin Meloy has created his magnum opus. A desire to explore enduring archetypes in a pseudo-concept-album format resulted in The Hazards of Love, the group’s best album since Picturesque. Acoustic guitar melodies intertwine with heavy metal riffs, and a collection of backup singers lend perfect harmony to Meloy’s intriguing vocal style, making The Hazards of Love a treacherously good album. — Robert Rich

Best TV Shows of ‘09

The xx xx

Topping off a year of first-rate artist debuts was the xx’s self-titled album. Rarely has a band as young as the xx demonstrated such coherence and control. The band’s sexy, vintage glam rock is as natural as T-Rex’s contemporary crooning. The 20-yearold British rockers have a nofrills, basic structured style that is a refreshing change from synthsoaked sounds that bands like MGMT have brought into fashion. The only drawback to the bands nearly flawless debut is being able to top it with the next release.

The Low Anthem Oh My God, Charlie Darwin The Low Anthem’s smart debut Oh My God, Charlie Darwin launched the band from complete obscurity to the forefront of Americana and folk. The album gracefully toggles between haunting folk melodies and raucous blues chops, executing both genres with ease.

Passion Pit Manners

It was impossible to escape the electronic punch of Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” this summer, but this explosive single is not the only gem on Manners. The follow-up to the much buzzed about Chunk of Change EP featured 10 bright, memorable songs that managed to blow up both indie and mainstream airwaves. — Abby Johnston

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One of the season’s best new show, “Glee” has taken that wannabe performer in all of us and given it a spotlight.

Unique plot lines mean stellar year in television 7 3 8 Top show picks include everything from comedy to gruesome cable drama

By Robert Rich Daily Texan Staff 2009 was a stellar year for television — evidence that writers were truly happy not to be on strike. As a result, the year saw almost every story line imaginable in the top tier of TV programming: A reality show returned to the forefront thanks to a controversial new participant, new dramas made their presences known through blackouts, high school kids singing Kanye West, and a faithfully seminal piece of mind-blowing excellence upped the ante to produce its best season yet. It was a hell of a year, and The Daily Texan salutes the top 10 television shows of 2009.

“Lost”

The end date had been set, there was no writer’s strike and the Oceanic Six were on a collision course with destiny. The fifth season of the show that has had a stranglehold on the imaginations of those faithful to it was its best, albeit most confusing, yet. Answers were finally revealed, time travel was finally discussed in an interesting way, and even haters were finally forced to admit that no one writes like the team from “Lost.” The show begins its final season in February and, if the fifth season of 2009’s top TV show is any indication, “Lost” will be right back in this spot next year.

‘Secrets’ author to appear in Austin By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff Everyone has secrets. Nobody knows this better than PostSecret creator Frank Warren, often referred to as the “most trusted man in America.” Warren began PostSecret as a community art project, inviting thousands of strangers to anonymously mail him their secrets on the back of postcards. The outpouring of responses was so large that PostSecret has since developed into an incredibly successful blog, five books and has spawned numerous art exhibitions. Warren receives about 1,000 postcards a week and every Sunday posts 20 new additions to his blog, postsecret.blogspot.com. Secrets submitted to the project range from funny to joyful to heart-wrenching. “I thought if I can create a safe, non-judgmental place where other people can share inside jokes, sexual peccadillos or painful childhood experiences, it could be pretty special,” Warren told The Daily Texan, about his inspiration to begin the PostSecret project. Participants who submit to PostSecret are motivated by a variety of reasons. Some simply wish to have their voices heard, while others use the project’s anonymity as a cathartic release. “I think that the range is as varied as the postcards themselves,” Warren said. “Some of the postcards have artwork that is so painstakingly creative or secrets written with words chosen so carefully they read like a poem,

“Glee”

By far the season’s best new show, “Glee” has taken that wannabe performer in all of us and given it a spotlight, while also making high school drama kids cool again. Equal parts comedy, soap opera and musical, “Glee” is responsible for talk of phantom pregnancies, confused football players and their homoerotic tendencies and a rendition of

“Gold Digger” that’ll have Tay“Top Chef” lor Swift interrupting Kanye to Top Chef is tasty. Intertalk about who really is the best esting contestants, great new chalof all time. lenges and a fantastic Las Vegas locale all help to make this season “30 Rock” the show’s best yet. Tina Fey’s SNL-inspired sitcom is, and has been for the “Modern Family” last three years, the best comedy The single-camera comon television, bar none. edy finally hit the big-time with Fey and Alec Baldwin, who is doing his best work in many “Scrubs” in 2001, but few shows years, play off each other per- apart from “The Office” have fulfectly, and supporting cast mem- ly mastered the format. Until now. “Modern Family,” bers like Tracy Morgan and Jack MacBrayer add to the show’s which revolves around the branches of a single family and those that mystique and originality. married or dated into it, follows the mockumentary format championed “Mad Men” by “The Office.” Like “Scrubs,” it relies on quick wit and outrageous Believe the hype. The AMC drama about adver- situations to achieve its goals. But don’t let all the comparitising in the 1960s may be all the rage among hipsters and univer- sons fool you — “Modern Family” sity types, but it’s the real deal. is unique in its own right. Buoyed A unique visual style, histori- by critical acclaim, hopefully it will cal authenticity and ever-evolv- stick around. ing archetypes have all lent to “Mad Men’s” quick ascension “Big Bang Theory” to the top of the TV landscape. CBS’ top sitcom (screw And it doesn’t look like it’s com“Two and a Half Men”) ing down anytime soon. about dorky science nerds has operated under the radar since its pre“Dexter” miere, but the show’s smart writShowtime’s provocative ing — and the fact that it doesn’t series surrounding a covert seri- feature Charlie Sheen — has cataal killer working for the Miami pulted it into the public consciousPolice Department (don’t wor- ness. Well-researched topics and plot ry, he kills people that deserve it) has maintained a steadily in- angles that haven’t been recycled creasing level of brilliance since a million times are allowing “Big Bang Theory” to reinvent the traits inception. The show’s placement on pre- ditional sitcom, and the results are mium cable allows it more lee- out of this world. way with what it can show and what it can say, and with a top“American Idol” ic as gruesome as “Dexter,” it’s needed. America’s favorite reality singing competition began a rapid decline two years ago after “FlashForward” the departure of Chris Daughtry. Admit it or not, this A revamped format and what ABC drama owes its existence to producers hoped was a fresh approach were put in place this year “Lost.” But, by God, it has run with to save the flagship program. In reality, it was controversial the concept and taken it in marvelous new directions. Rapidly glam rocker Adam Lambert that improving writing and constant did the saving. Lambert’s off-theplot twists serve to keep viewers wall antics, insane vocal range off balance and make “FlashFor- and intriguing song choices singleward” one of the season’s best handedly attracted viewers and put “Idol” back on the right track. new programs.

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No one knows secrets better than PostSecret creator Frank Warren, often referred to as the “most trusted man in America.” and for them I think the reasons are deeper.” Warren’s role as society’s resident secret keeper has changed through his experience with the project. “I’m a guy, so I think I’m pretty lucky that my emotions are kind of stunted to begin with, but I do think I’ve changed to become the person that can do this everyday,” Warren laughed. With such a high volume of submissions, he has developed a personal system for choosing which postcards to display. “It’s just a gut reaction to truth,” he said. “It’s the secrets that just have that ring of authenticity or surprise me or use artwork in a way I haven’t seen before.” Warren’s latest book, “PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God,” released in early Octo-

ber, contains the same funny, sexual, shocking and hopeful submissions included in the previous four PostSecret books, but more than any other, includes postcards that are “soulful and spiritual.” “I have one of my secrets in every book, and in the latest, my secret is on page 103,” Warren said. As evidenced by PostSecret’s popularity, Warren has struck a chord with American society and given many the opportunity to participate in one of our generation’s most interesting cultural phenomenons. “At any PostSecret exhibit or event, something kind of magical happens when people come together who have a connection with the Web site.” Warren will appear at Book People on Dec. 12 at 3 p.m.

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Local restaurants place Austin on foodie’s map By Layne Lynch Daily Texan Staff Truth be told, most new restaurants will not succeed. In addition to the expected quality of a restaurant’s cuisine, many other factors, such as the atmosphere, prices, service and pace are up in the air for judging, and sadly many of the criteria will serve as the restaurant’s demise. Yet when a restaurant solidly conquers all of these criteria, it has the ability to establish itself as a major contender in the industry. Over the past couple of years, Austin has inaugurated itself as a solid force in the national restaurant industry. With new restaurants sprouting up all around the city every week, there is more and more talent arriving in the city every day. With that said, this year five new restaurants in particular deserve praise for not only their

quality, but for their mastery of mes has created a delicious hot spot. good cuisine.

Olivia

Olivia on South Lamar Boulevard is, without a doubt, the best new restaurant in Austin this year. Even catching the eyes of Bon Appetit magazine, Olivia was crowned as one of the Top Ten Best New Restaurants in America this year in the magazine’s September issue. Olivia chef James Holmes is indeed a rare bird in the restaurant industry. He runs his restaurant using only local products and even cultivates a garden for the restaurant. In fact, the menu changes everyday to reflect the best seasonal offerings of farmers. Open for brunch and dinner and serving up customer favorites such as lamb’s tongue and “picnic-style” fried chicken, Hol-

Perla’s

Perla’s on South Congress Avenue is also another restaurant that caught the attention of a reputable national magazine: Esquire named Perla’s one of the Best New Restaurants in America in its October issue. Without a doubt, the restaurant makes its mark with a mastery of both simple and fresh seafood, which can be seen in its oysters, gulf shrimp and wide selection of fish. Similar to Olivia, Perla’s menu changes daily, reflecting the best and freshest offerings. The comforting ambiance of a mock-seaside atmosphere and wide variety of menu choices will have diners planning their next visit the moment they leave the restaurant.

Justine’s

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Chef Josh Lopez serves up a salad and looks over another order in the kitchen of Justine’s Brasserie in late September. Justine’s, an east Austin French restaurant located on Fifth Street, opened in August. of reasons why it shouldn’t be good. The food is raw, everything on the menu is vegan and it’s all healthy. However, the restaurant is a prodigy in the raw-food movement. Owner Sylvia Heisey has created a restaurant that offers a fresh outlook on vegan food that will appeal to even the most serious carnivores. Serving an array of breakfast foods, smoothies, salads, entrees and even a surprisingly delicious raw cheesecake, the restaurant is a breath of fresh air that diners will continually love to take.

Justine’s off East Fifth Street deserves praise for its delicious and very affordable French cuisine. Despite being known for its spectacular flavors, French cuisine is usually outrageously expensive, but Justine’s most expensive entree, the ribeye, is just $16.50. Even though the menu is somewhat small, and the wait at the restaurant is sometimes excruciatGet Sum Dim Sum ingly long, Justine’s is worth a visit. The food is divine, and with ofGet Sum Dim Sum on ferings like steak tartare and deli- North Lamar Boulevard is anothciously creamy creme brulee, din- er unique new restaurant. ers will be drooling at the menu. Dim Sum, known to be a typical Chinese brunch offering, is uniqueBeets Café ly served all day at the restaurant. Beets Café in the Fifth Perfect for college students, the Street Commons has a whole host restaurant is very affordable and a

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Get Sum Dim Sum is a precise, modern interpretation of the sesame balls, pork barbecue buns, and eggrolls that make dim sum a vibrant fixture in the pantheon of Asian-American cuisine.

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Beets Café, located on 5th Street, offers a selection of raw vegan food options. The restaurant was opened by Chef Sylvia Heisey. nice change of venue. The setting isn’t an ideal place for fine dining; the restaurant delivers its food quickly in an almost fast-food-like environment,

but this doesn’t discount its quality. My personal recommendations for a first-time visit are the buns, sticky rice and the fried taro dumplings.

Best Movies of ‘09

Blockbusters disappoint; a few show potential to shine By Robert Doty Daily Texan Staff On the whole, 2009 has been a weak year for film. Some big releases wait on the horizon: “Nine,” “Up in the Air” and “Avatar” could each realize outrageous potential, but to date, the year has produced more bust than boom. Nonetheless, some remarkable films have graced the screens this year. So far, these are my 10 favorites — ranked from best to very, very good.

“Up”

When I first watched the trailer for Pixar’s latest masterpiece, I thought the film could be the beginning of the end for the animation studio. I worried that the filmmakers chose the balloon conceit with more consideration for the aesthetics than the story, but when I found myself bawling in the first 15 minutes, I knew I was in for a treat. The transformation of Carl, the septuagenarian protagonist, brought me laughter, tears and yelps of glee. It’s Pixar’s best film to date and, without a doubt, my favorite film of the year.

“Inglourious Basterds” I haven’t enjoyed any

Tarantino film since “Pulp Fiction” but “Basterds” blew me out of the water. Its utter disregard for historical accuracy gives a great antidote to the saccharine eulogies of World War II. Pitting American Jews against a mustache-twirling Jew Hunter (he doesn’t actually have a mustache but the character of the twirler is very appropriate), Tarantino has created an alternate universe in which the war reflects a pop-culture conception instead of battles and treaties. And the last sequence provided the most surreal moment in cinema this year. Staggeringly brilliant.

“The Hurt Locker”

“In the Loop”

“Drag Me to Hell” Though campy B-mov-

When the film’s final credits began rolling across the screen, I realized I had been holding my face with both hands for at least 30 minutes. Director Kathryn Bigelow has made the first great Iraq War movie but, what’s more “Antichrist” impressive is that she has created I have never seen anyone of the most tense films I have thing like this film in my whole ever seen. The performances, the life. Not in a good way, but not in script, the direction; it’s all phea bad way either. I hesitate to even nomenal. place “Antichrist” on the list since I am wary of recommending it to “A Serious Man” anyone but, nonetheless, its effect The film follows a pas- proves its greatness. Lars von Trisive, basically unlikable protago- er has produced a nightmare. If nist, nothing really happens and you feel like having your stomnothing is resolved, but the Coen ach pushed to its far-reaches, give brothers have sculpted another it a shot. But don’t blame me if it unique addition to their already proves too much. impressive resume with “A Serious Man.” Though certainly not “Star Trek” for everyone, it shows the trageJ.J. Abrams’ redy of small difficulties and their imagining of the Star Trek unidisproportional weight in the verse was a huge gamble that modern age. Not to mention, it’s paid off in Spocks. The actors hilarious. filled their roles perfectly, giving

This British parody of U.K.-U.S. foreign relations, the war in Iraq and modern politics in general delivered razor-witted, dirtymouthed zingers and insights throughout, but became a classic in its final act when the humor evaporates and the terrifying nihilism of the system emerges. It was seen by almost no one, but I expect it to be a cult classic once the DVDs circulate. Next time you’re at Vulcan or I Luv Video, give it a chance. You won’t regret it.

undereducated girl in the worst of circumstances would be unfair to both the character and the audience. The film is a vicious but life-affirming experience and one that will not leave a dry eye in the house.

Photo courtesy Pixar

Pixar’s animated masterpiece, “Up,” delighted children and adults alike, topping the best movies of 2009. ies have never held a special place in my heart, watching this nod to the genre by one of its old masters kept me kicking, screaming and laughing throughout. Not to mention the final twist sent me into gleeful hysterics. As far as pure cinematic enjoyment, this film is the best of the year.

inversion produced the best science fiction film in recent memory. The story of alien derelicts wrecked on Earth, District 9 develops an intriguing allegory for the dehumanization of “the other” and power structures developed around an impotent subordinate. Also, and probably more importantly, it tells a twisty, air“District 9” tight action plot that keeps you Neill Blomkamp’s genre glued to your seat.

“Precious”

Some have decried “Precious” for its melodrama, but its earnest emotionality is the film’s strength, not its weakness. To intellectualize the story of a young,

them new life but also reverence. The story was sharp, intelligent and fun. It was the blockbuster of the summer, and deservedly so. I only hope that Abrams’ rebooted universe continues to produce such quality.