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WEEKEND up for the FRIDAY Broken Social Scene

The Canadian indie rock band will play a sold out show at La Zona Rosa with Zues. Doors open at 8 p.m.

‘Midnight Train to Georgia’

The Paramount Theatre presents Motown singer Gladys Knight. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets start at $30.

SATURDAY KVRX Pledge Drive Benefit Show

The show costs $5 and will feature Knifight, Literature, My Milky Way Arms, Dark Water Hymnal, Masonic. Show starts at 8 p.m. in the Spiderhouse Ballroom.

Austin Nordic Film Fest

The eighth annual film festival will feature works from Norway and Finland, as well as a documentary about novelist Stieg Larsson. The films start at 7:30 p.m. in the Bob Bullock Museum.

SUNDAY The Run Around The Austin Marathon will kick off at 7 a.m. from 16th and Congress Streets. Registration slots are filled.

Today in history In 1931 Toni Morrison, the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Lorian, Ohio.

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Quote to note “We know these places [colonias].

We know what we’re doing here, and it’s that truth the Census Bureau should remember whenever they’re dealing with us.”

— Mike Seifert spokesman, Equal Voice Network NEWS PAGE 6A

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Proposed law would merge two statewide school boards

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By Melissa Ayala

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ensus data released Thursday verifies what most Texans already know — in the last 10 years, the state has seen a huge population boom and dramatic demographic shifts.

Texas is still the second most populous state in the nation, after California, growing 20.6 percent — 4.2 million people — since the 2000 Census. The nation as a whole grew by 27.3 million people, most of whom settled in the South. Austin alone grew from 656,562 to 790,000 people.

“The data verifies that the Austin metropolitan region has been nothing short of an extremely rapidly growing region, in terms of its population gained over the last 10 years,” said city of Austin demographer Ryan Robinson. “Totals are all a little bit above what everyone thought they would be.”

Robinson said demographers expected the 2010 population to be about 785,000 people. The Hispanic population grew more than any other ethnic group and now makes up 35.1 percent of the city total, about 250,000. Austin is now a majority-minority city, meaning that the non-Hispanic white population is less than 50 percent of the total.

“Within the city of Austin, Hispanics now make up more than 35 percent of the population, five percentage points higher than in 2000,” Robinson said. “It shows that we have diversified significantly from a racial and ethnic standpoint. Anybody who lives here knows that.”

Sociology professor Jacqueline Angel said the state’s additional four million people translates into higher costs for state agencies that assist students,

By Allison Kroll Daily Texan Staff

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Houston

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Two Texas education agencies may merge to ease the transition from high schools to universities if a proposed bill passes this legislative session.

Rep. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, proposed the bill to incorporate the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board into the Texas Education Agency, which would assume the coordinating board’s responsibilities, said Austin McCarty, Brown’s legislative director. The bill could also transfer the functions of the State Board of Education to the TEA. “[It] is about getting our students prepared to make that jump from the 12th to 13th grades, which is an issue,” McCarty said. “There is a very high number of students going from seniors in high school to being a freshman in college and requiring developmental education courses, formerly known as remedial classes.”

The number of students who are in need of developmental education courses when they graduate from high school, which is up to about

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The editors weigh in on proposed higher ed changes on page 4A For more on the 82nd Legislature see page 6A

ESPN, UT discuss home for Longhorn network

By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff

Sports broadcasting giant ESPN may be taking over the entire second floor of the Jesse H. Jones Communications Center Building B to house studios for its $300 million Longhorn network, said College of Communications Dean Roderick Hart.

The plan might impact the Department of Radio-TelevisionFilm, which uses space in the CMB, one of the buildings in the communications complex. RTF production faculty are meeting to discuss ESPN’s interest in the studio space today, according to an e-mail RTF production area head Andrew Shea sent to the faculty members.

“I believe this has potential to be seen as one of the best things to ever happen to the RTF department,” Hart said. “It’s a wonderful building. To build studios of this quality today would be extraordinarily expensive.”

The 20-year deal would also give ESPN rights to Studio 6B, currently home of KLRU broadcasts

and performances. The network, which UT and ESPN announced last month, does not yet have an official name. Programing will include Longhorn sports as well as studio shows, historical programming and other academic and cultural events when it launches this summer.

Three weeks ago, ESPN representatives identified the building as a strong candidate for the studio. Legendary news anchor and former UT student Walter Cronkite once said the building was better than the CBS studio in New York.

“It is probable [the facility] will be in the CMB, which will provide optimal opportunities for faculty and student participation and learning,” said UT vice president for legal affairs Patricia Ohlendorf.

“I expect we will conclude the lease document very soon.”

With the potential arrival of ESPN in the building, the biggest challenge for the RTF department would be finding a space for the all the broadcasting equipment

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Journalism junior Chris Benavides attends the opening of the Oscar Sanchez show. The show depicted Mexican gay, lesbian and transgendered families in their homes.

Allen Otto Daily Texan Staff

Photos showcase LGBT Mexican families

By Marty McAndrews Daily Texan Staff

Editor’s note: Some statements were partially translated from Spanish.

A series of black-and-white portraits reveal the private lives of gay, lesbian and transgender families in Mexico City in a new exhibit at UT’s Fine Arts Gallery. Óscar Sánchez took the photographs in the Familias Mexica-

nas series in the mid-1990s, documenting the families going about daily life in their homes. Leticia Bonifaz Alonzo, professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, said the unity in the families included in the project have nothing to do with biological similarities.

“The exhibition takes the reinvention of family as a plural phenomenon, based on a variety of effective relationships that are construct-

ed through daily cohabitation,” said ALonzo, who spoke with about 50 people at the opening. “The connections are not established through blood relation or reproductive sexuality but through the union of individuals pursuing happiness and commitment in love.”

Associate Spanish and Portuguese professor Hector DominguezRuvalcaba, who is also a co-chair of

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organizing for the Queer Studies Cluster, said the goal of the exhibition’s opening night was to bring in people centrally involved in the process of legalizing same-sex marriage in Mexico.

The first civil unions, including those for same-sex couples, took place in Mexico in 2007. In January 2009, an amendment to Mexico City’s civil law legalized gay marriage in the capital. Dominguez-Ruvalcaba said the amendment endured constitutional debate, and in August 2009, the Mexican Supreme Court upheld the decision, legalizing gay marriage and gays’ rights to adopt throughout the country.

“Sánchez is an activist through his photos, and Alonzo was instrumental to making this amendment possible,” he said.

The lecture and question-andanswer section were conducted in Spanish and mediated through an

English translator.

“The decision was influenced by Alonzo’s fluency, but I also believe that Texas is not English country. It’s Spanish country,” Dominguez-Ruvalcaba said. “It was something of a political statement to hold the lecture in Spanish.”

The audience for the lecture and the opening included Spanish speakers, bilingual people and English speakers.

“I’m interested in how the work highlights a social situation that I’m not really aware of,” said studio art senior Erica Holloway, who took advantage of the audio translation. “I simply didn’t know anything about same-sex marriage in Mexico, and I came to learn more.”

In addition to the Queer Studies Cluster, several UT centers and programs supported the exhibition, including the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.

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Hart said RTF classes would be spread across the communications complex at Whitis Avenue and 25th Street for the short term. Once the $50.6 million Belo Center for New Media opens in June 2012, RTF faculty will move into vacant space in the CMA. ESPN will have its own security on the second floor and will pay for all renovations, Hart said. He said the network will bring in 75 employees, including some new hires and employees transferred from other facilities. ESPN may also hire UT students as interns to help with programming and other aspects.

“We’d love to have our students

be a part of this,” said Jennifer Hammat, interim director of Texas Student Media. “Twenty-four hours of programming is a lot of programming for a day.”

Location negotiations are ongoing, but Hart said he believes UT and ESPN must agree on a location for the network by the end of the month. When President William Powers Jr. announced the deal in January, he said the network would have its facilities at the Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Nick Voinis, senior associate athletics director for communications, declined to comment on negotiations, as did an ESPN spokesman. Voinis said there will be an announcement soon.

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IBM super computer Watson defeated two reigning Jeopardy champions this week.

Elementary, my dear Watson IBM computer wins Jeopardy in match against champions I’ll take artificial intelligence for $77,147, Alex.

That’s how much IBM supercomputer Watson earned over the course of two games when he defeated two “Jeopardy!” champs, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter this week. Watson came out $53,147 ahead of second place Jennings’ two-game total.

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Watson is an intellectual question-and-answer system with a command of natural language. It can simultaneously launch hundreds of information-seeking algorithms, making it fast and efficient. The screen that represented him on Jeopardy is not the actual computer — it is just a representation of a much larger computer.

His display has different avatars that show how Watson felt at that particular moment. Differ-

ent colors and movements show how confident Watson was when answering a question. Watson didn’t lead the whole game. He was tied with Rutter after round one, fell behind during the second round and came back for a victory in the third.

UT Computer Sciences Chair Bruce Porter did fundamental research in programming computers to read and understand text.

His research helped lead to the

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By Scott Bauer The Associated Press

Hasan Jamali | Associated Press

Bahraini women wait outside a hospital in Manama, Bahrain, where victims of the confrontation between anti-government protesters and riot police are being treated Thursday. Tanks appeared in the streets for the first time after riot police drove protesters from a main square.

Bahrain sees violent reaction to protest

By Barbara Surk & Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press

MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain’s leaders banned public gatherings and sent tanks into the streets Thursday, intensifying a crackdown that killed five anti-government protesters, wounded more than 200 and turned a hospital into a cauldron of anguish and rage against the monarchy.

Bahrain’s streets were mostly empty after the bloody clampdown, but thousands defied authorities by marching in cities in Libya and Yemen as the wave of political unrest continued in the wake of uprisings that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.

While part of the recent revolt in the Arab world, the underlying tensions in Bahrain are decades old and

pit the majority Shiites against the Sunni elite.

After allowing several days of rallies in the capital of Manama by disaffected Shiites, the island nation’s Sunni rulers unleashed riot police who stormed a protest encampment in Pearl Square before dawn, firing tear gas, beating dem-

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lence against largely peaceful demonstrators was a sign of how deeply the monarchy fears the repercussions of a prolonged wave of protests.

In the government’s first public comment on the crackdown, Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifa said it was necessary because the demonstrators were “polarizing the coun-

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Riot police using tear gas, shotgun sprays of birdshot increase death toll to seven

They think they can clamp down on us, but they have made us angrier.

—Makki Abu Taki, Protester

onstrators or blasting them with shotgun sprays of birdshot. Along with two who died in clashes with police Monday, the new killings brought the death toll this week in Bahrain to seven.

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try” and pushing it to the “brink of the sectarian abyss.”

Speaking to reporters after an emergency meeting with his Gulf counterparts in Manama to discuss the unrest, he called the violence “regrettable,” said the deaths would be investi-

gated and added that authorities chose to clear the square by force at 3 a.m.

— when the fewest number of people would be in the square — “to minimize any possibility of casualties.”

Many of the protesters were sleeping and said they received little warning of the assault.

In the wake of the bloodshed, angry demonstrators who milled around one hospital for treatment or to transport wounded friends and relatives chanted: “The regime must go!”

They stomped on and burned pictures of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa outside the emergency ward at Salmaniya Medical Complex, the hospital where most of the casualties were taken.

“We are even angrier now,” shouted Makki Abu Taki, after viewing the birdshot-riddled body of his son in the hospital morgue. “They think they can clamp down on us, but they have made us angrier. We will take to the streets in larger numbers and honor our martyrs. The time for Al Khalifa has ended.”

MADISON, Wis. — Faced with a near-certain Republican victory that would end a half-century of collective bargaining for public workers, Wisconsin Democrats retaliated with the only weapon they had left: They fled.

Fourteen Democratic lawmakers disappeared from the Capitol on Thursday, just as the Senate was about to begin debating the measure aimed at easing the state’s budget crunch.

By refusing to show up for a vote, the group brought the debate to a swift halt and hoped to pressure Republicans to the negotiating table.

“The plan is to try and slow this down because it’s an extreme piece of legislation that’s tearing this state apart,” said Sen. Jon Erpenbach.

The move drew cheers from tens of thousands of protesters — teachers, prison guards and others targeted by the proposal — who filled the Statehouse during the past three days.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who took office just last month, has made the bill a top priority.

He urged the group to return and called the boycott a “stunt.”

“It’s more about theatrics than anything else,” Walker said, pre-

dicting that the group would come back in a day or two, after realizing “they’re elected to do a job.”

Walker said Democrats could still offer amendments to change the bill, but he vowed not to concede on his plan to end most collective bargaining rights.

With 19 seats, Republicans hold a majority in the 33-member Senate, but they are one vote short of the number necessary to conduct business. So the GOP needs at least one Democrat to be present before any voting can take place. Once the measure is brought to the floor, it needs 17 votes to pass.

Erpenbach said the group had been in Rockford, Ill., but they dispersed by late afternoon.

As Republicans tried to begin Senate business around midday, observers in the gallery screamed “Freedom! Democracy! Unions!”

Opponents cheered when a legislative leader announced there were not enough senators present to proceed.

The sergeant-at-arms immediately began looking for the missing lawmakers. If authorized, he can seek help from police.

The drama in Wisconsin unfolded in a jam-packed Capitol.

Madison police and the State Department of Administration estimated the crowd at 25,000 protesters, the largest number yet.

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Protesters to the proposal to eliminate union rights for many state workers gather in the rotunda at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis.

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THE BILL: House Bill 104: Relating to abolishing the

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and transferring the coordinating board’s functions and activities and the State Board of Education’s statutorily assigned functions and activities to the Texas Education Agency.

Sponsor and contact information: Author: Rep. Fred Brown, R-Texas: (512) 463-0698 To find contact information for your local state representative or state senator, please visit the Capitol’s “Who Represents Me” page at http://fyi.legis.state.tx.us

Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a six-part series about legislation that would directly affect students. We have asked campus leaders, students, faculty, politicians and administrators to weigh in on this week’s topic of debate: abolishing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

What’s your opinion on the Higher Education Coordinating Board bill? E-mail us at firingline@dailytexanonline.com

The question: How will abolishing the Higher Education Coordinating Board affect the quality of curriculum at UT? Senate of College Councils

Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin

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The main focus of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is to provide leadership and coordination of efforts aimed at meeting the goals of the state’s higher education plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015. In regard to curriculum, the board’s primary responsibilities include reviewing new degree programs offered by post secondary institutions, improving developmental education offerings and promoting policies to improve a student’s ability to transfer credits among institutions. They have also been heavily involved in the development of the state’s college and career readiness standards which have been incorporated into high school curriculum.

I do not believe that abolishing the board and adding its functions to the current scope of the Texas Education Agency would have an immediate, material impact on the quality of the curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin.

These agencies already work together on policies to promote P-16 alignment like the college readiness standards. However, this might not be the case for other initiatives like developing more Tier One universities in Texas or increasing the number of graduates in critical fields like nursing or engineering. In addition, agency staff does not have much experience with administering financial aid programs.

Representative Fred Brown’s rationale for abolishing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is two-fold. First, he aims to save money in times of budget cuts. Secondly, he hopes to enhance college readiness by merging the management of higher education and K-12 curriculum into one agency.

UT’s curriculum will not be affected directly, as it sets its own core standards. However, this institutional merge will create a college readiness gap between hopeful transfer students enrolled in the Coordinated Admission Program — who follow the state-set core requirements — versus the students following the UT-Austin set core requirements.

This educational gap results in a reallocation of UT’s resources and funding to be spent on remedial coursework programs rather than resources that maintain UT’s standing as a Tier One institution.

Another side effect of the abolishment of the Higher Education Coordinating Board is the dissipation of the standards that qualify institutions to become Texas state schools. This decrease in standards and state oversight will lead to a boom in the number of schools given State University status, a status that enables them to receive state funding. This increase in the number of institutions receiving state funding will result in a lack of funding to undergraduate education across the state, as the state pocket book will become stretched thin.

The decision to cut the Higher Education Coordinating Board is a short sighted response to budget cuts. Ultimately, investing in Texas’ higher education will generate more revenue than abolishing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board ever would.

Quotes to Note: the higher educatioN coordiNatiNg Board Bill Editor’s note: The following are quotes from H.B. 104 author Fred Brown, R-Texas.

“We see in the numbers that we have so many students that are college-bound that were not ready for college. They have to go through remedial courses. So, hopefully, this will be a more seamless transition.”

- Rep. Brown explaining the need for continuity in Tex-

as public education, which he argues would be accomplished with the consolidation, according to the BryanCollege Station Eagle.

“We need to be thinking about K-16. For the sake of our students, it just makes sense.”

- Rep. Brown, according to the Texas Tribune. legalese Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees.

UT should eliminate trans fats from dining halls are a few natural fats with this shape, such as the conjugated linoleic acid sometimes found in meat and dairy products. However, studies have not Partially hydrogenated oils, invented in 1910, linked these fats to the same problems as artificial first became popular as cheap alternatives to trans fats. animal fats, such as butter and lard. Then, in the While the mainstream medical community 1950s and 60s, when doctors told us to cut down continues to recommend vegetable oils, includon our saturated fat intake, companies started ing canola and soybean oils, a growing minormarketing these oils — found in hard margarines ity of nutrition experts warns that these highly and vegetable shortening — as health foods. refined oils can cause health problems and quesNow we know better. Strong evidence shows that tions the scientific basis behind the demonizing partially hydrogenated oils, the only major source of saturated fats. But still, nobody recommends of dietary trans fats, increase the risk of heart trans fats. disease. They may also be linked to liver dysfuncUnfortunately, partially hydrogenated oils are tion and diabetes. Oops. still in a lot of processed food, including some of Butter, most animal fats and tropical oils such the food served by the Department of Housing as coconut and palm are made up of mostly satu- and Food. The frying oils do not contain hydrorated fats. Saturated fats work best in certain reci- genated oils, and all home-baked goods, except pes because they are solid at room temperature, the pie crusts, are trans-fat free. Large amounts shelf-stable and able to withstand extreme heat. of trans fats are only found in a few items. NutriUnsaturated fats, the main components of liquid tion facts for all food served by DHFS, including oils including olive, canola and soybean, don’t ingredients and trans fat content, are posted have these properties because their molecules online. In tonight’s dinner at Kinsolving Dining contain fewer hydrogen atoms. To make vegetable Hall, the whipped margarine contains 5.1 grams oils act more like saturated fats, food processors of trans fat per serving, the white cake with “hydrogenate” the unsaturated fats by adding a buttercream icing contains 1 gram per serving, hydrogen atom to each molecule. But this process and the beef and soy fajita wraps each contain .4 also changes the shape of the molecules from grams per serving. their natural cis forms into trans forms. There But if you want to totally eliminate artificial

By Kate clabby Daily Texan Columnist

trans fat from your diet, you have to look at the ingredients list. The FDA allows companies to claim that foods are trans-fat free as long as they have less than .5 grams of trans fat per serving.

But anything that contains a partially hydrogenated oil contains some trans fat. This is especially important to keep in mind when you eat more than one serving — and the listed serving size is often small. Several more items on the menu at Kinsolving tonight, including all of the pizza and the vegetable pot pie, are listed as containing 0 grams of trans fat but contain partially hydrogenated oils. And trans fat content is not listed for every item on the menu, because some of the nutrition data was entered before suppliers were required to list trans fat content on their nutrition labels. Items such as the hot fudge chocolate topping and the country style gravy contain partially hydrogenated oils but do not have the trans fat content listed.

DHFS is in the process of hiring a new dietician who DHFS Environmental Expert Meagan Jones said will be working to eliminate remaining trans fats. However, there is not an official policy on trans fats or a timeline for their elimination.

DHFS works to include students in discussions about menu changes. We need to let them know that eliminating trans fats should be a top priority.

New York City and the entire state of Califor-

nia have banned restaurants from serving food with more than .5 grams of trans fats per serving.

These new laws have forced large-scale, corporate suppliers, the same suppliers that DHFS uses, to develop alternatives. And Wal-Mart has just announced that they will be totally eliminating hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils in the packaged food they sell by 2015. They, too, have huge influence on suppliers.

Let’s ask DHFS to develop a speedy and realistic timeline for getting the artificial trans fats out of our dining halls. Items with more than .5 grams of trans fat per serving should be eliminated as soon as possible. After that, sourcing products that are totally free of partially hydrogenated oils should be a priority — and as the Wal-Mart influence widens, it will become easier.

Ultimately, it’s up to students to make healthy food choices. It’s a good idea for health-minded students to become familiar with the nutrition content of common dining hall foods, but we can’t be expected to check them online before every single meal. Trans fats are harmful, artificial and unnecessary. Getting them out of the meal plan is an easy way to make every choice a little bit healthier.

Clabby is an English senior.

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Leslie Potter, a psychiatrist, came with co-workers from Ft. Worth to the Capitol to support Mental Illness Awareness Day Thursday afternoon.

Children advocacy groups lobby legislators

By Shamoyita DasGupta Daily Texan Staff

Members from Children at Risk collaborated with other organizations to give a voice to children who are too young to vote for themselves, group members said.

The organization hosted Children’s Advocacy Day for the first time at the Capitol on Thursday to allow participants to meet with legislators and encourage them to make children a priority this legislative session. The organization hosted the event to educate the community about children’s health, education, food and nutrition, human trafficking and access

to health care.

“We work on effecting change for policy,” said Dawn Lew, staff attorney for the organization. “We thought this would be an opportune time to raise awareness about our issues and speak with legislators and get the community involved.”

The main goal of the event was to bring awareness to legislators about children’s issues on their behalf, since most kids do not have the ability to do so themselves, said Houston pediatrician Jamil Joyner.

“Children don’t vote,” Joyner said. “Someone has to be a voice for them, so we have to remind [legislators] that investing in our children is a good investment for them.”

The event was attended by members of Project GRAD, students from Quest High School in Houston, pediatricians with Doctors for Change and members of Prayer for Freedom in Fort Worth.

“You want children to progress,” said social work sophomore Brenda Cazares, who is a member of Project GRAD. “The more resources that you have available, the more chance you’ll have that a child will be successful in life.”

After a rally for mental health advocacy by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, nearly 40 people split into four groups, which then met in 30-minute increments to discuss their con-

cerns with legislators.

“It’s important for our legislators to see everyday folks coming here to tell them that we need to give kids the chance at success,” said Bob Sanborn, President and CEO of Children at Risk.

Doctors for Change members who were part of the group focusing on health, expressed worries about the budget deficit, which would mean loss of funding for health care.

“Our legislators are making really important decisions [about the budget],” said Houston pediatrician Claire Bocchini. “Every decrease in funding impacts the care we can provide.”

Sonogram bill passes Senate, moves ahead for House vote

By Chris Tomlinson The Associated Press

Allen Otto | Daily texan staff

Collin Goddard, a former Virginia Tech student, speaks with the media Thursday about prohibiting concealed handguns on campus. He was both shot by Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman, and present when Cho took his life.

Survivors decry campus gun legislation

By William James Daily Texan Staff

Two survivors of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting want Texas lawmakers to vote against bills that would allow students to carry concealed handguns on campus, they said at a press conference Thursday.

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, Sen. Brian Birdwell, RGranbury, and Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, filed a bill that could allow licensed individuals to carry concealed handguns on college campuses. Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, filed a similar bill in the House.

The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence hosted the event at the Capitol on Thursday morning to persuade lawmakers not to vote for the bill. John Woods, a graduate representative in UT Student Government and the president of Students for Gun Free Schools, and Colin Goddard, the Brady Campaign’s assistant director of federal legislation, reflected on their experiences at Virginia Tech.

When English senior Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on campus before Cho died by suicide, he shot Goddard four times. Goddard survived by lying still while the gunman continued to fire rounds of

bullets around the room. Woods was not directly injured from the attacks, but his girlfriend was shot and killed.

Wentworth said in a statement that the Virginia Tech shooting is one reason he believes campus carry is essential.

“I want to put an element of doubt in a potential shooter’s mind,”

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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that would require doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion and to describe to the mother whether the fetus has arms, legs or internal organs.

Senate Bill 16 requires doctors to perform the sonogram at least two hours before an abortion takes place and to provide the woman with the opportunity to view a sonogram or hear the fetal heart beat. The bill makes exceptions for cases of rape, incest or where the fetus has fatal abnormalities.

The vote was 21 in favor of the bill and 10 opposed, with three Democrats voting for the bill and one Republican against. The state House must now pass one of four similar bills before it goes to the governor for signature.

Republican Gov. Rick Perry made the bill emergency legislation, and state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, authored the Senate bill.

“I commend the Texas Senate for quickly passing SB 16, an important achievement in our efforts to protect life,” Perry said in a statement.

To have a final vote on the same day that debate began, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst adjourned the session and then immediately opened a new one.

Opponents, including the Texas Medical Association, said the bill interferes with the doctor-patient relationship. If passed and signed by the governor, the law would be the first time lawmakers have dictated when doctors must perform a procedure and how they do it, according to the TMA. Patrick rejected the criticism.

“This is the only medical procedure [in which] the goal ends in death. There is no patient relationship between that baby and the doctor,” Patrick said.

But Patrick faced fierce criticism from Democrats in a procedural debate that lasted more than two hours.

We need to focus on the real underlying issue causing gun violence.”

— Scott Parks, SG President

he said. “And, if some deranged person does open fire in a Texas college classroom or dormitory, I want to give faculty, staff and students the ability to defend themselves.”

Gov. Rick Perry endorsed Wentworth’s bill. Although SG’s official stance is against concealed carry, some UT students support the legislation. Individuals older than 21

who get a concealed handgun license by having a clean mental health bill and completing a training program can carry a gun almost anywhere, including on the public streets that surround campuses.

“School campuses are not sanctuaries from crime,” said Jeff Shi, president of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. “Allowing campus carry will give students and faculty the same means of protection they are afforded virtually anywhere else.”

Woods said allowing students to have guns on campus puts everyone on campus at risk. Because many campus shooters are suicidal, the threat of death at the hands of a concealed handgun licensee would not deter them, he said.

“We need to focus on the real underlying issue causing gun violence, such as mental health resources and things of that nature,” said SG President Scott Parks, who also spoke at the press conference.

President William Powers Jr. has also firmly denounced concealed carry on campuses.

“There need to be many other steps before we consider this legislation,” Goddard said. “Options, such as providing locks on the inside of doors to protect classrooms, is a good step toward making campuses a safer place for everyone.”

40 percent, is unacceptable, McCarty said.

“There’s a little quote that [the board members] always like to use about ‘closing the gap,’” McCarty said. “Well, the biggest gap is the communication gap between the TEA that handles K-12 and the higher education board that covers 13 through 16.”

The TEA focuses on the inner workings of education for K-12 students by managing the textbook adoption process, overseeing the development of statewide curriculum and administering the statewide assessment program. TEA declined to comment due to pending legislation.

The higher education board looks at the performance of Texas universities and colleges and helps to establish curriculum and development.

They also assist in higher education planning, the effective delivery of higher education and the administration of university-specific programs — including establishment of degree and research programs — according to the board’s website.

“We’re trying to get everybody to

basically sit down and work on developing the curriculum that’s going to be better preparing our students for that transition,” McCarty said.

“On top of that, you’re spending basically two budgets on two different state agencies, and the result just isn’t there at the moment.”

If the bill passes, the higher education board would also create an electronic system for keeping track of student records and academic progress.

The bill could also create a Texas State Board for Career and Technology Education, which would assume responsibility for state level administration of technical vocational education programs in public community colleges, public technical institutes and other eligible public postsecondary institutions in Texas.

Abolishing the higher education board and the SBOE would result in less community involvement in the education process, said SBOE chair Gail Lowe.

“It will create less transparency in the decision-making process since all SBOE meetings are open to the public,” Lowe said.

Mental health care advocates call on lawmakers for funds

By Jake Hong Daily Texan Staff

Funding for mental health care keeps people out of the prison system and encourages proper diagnosis and treatment, members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness said at a rally Thursday.

A group of about 60 people addressed the role of legislators in ensuring that mental health services and programs can continue to operate and expand, even as state mental health services face a slew of proposed budget cuts to balance a $27-billion budget shortfall.

Elizabeth Smalling, the group’s Metropolitan Houston program assistant, said mental health care impacts entire communities, not just individuals.

“We’re trying to keep people out of jails, institutions and treatment centers,” she said.

Rally participants called on legislators to make health care more accessible and expand the scope of coverage.

Smalling said that because many mental illnesses lead people to commit criminal acts, individuals who do not have access to appropriate health insurance and treatment could end up in jail.

“Police officers have become the de facto social workers of the twenty-first century because of the lack

of funding and the vast majority unwilling to seek treatment,” said Frank Webb, a senior police officer in the Houston Police Department’s mental health unit. Out of the 10,000 individuals in custody at the Harris County Jail, 2,500 use psychotropic drugs, Webb said.

According to statistics from the alliance, the average cost of mental health treatment is $12 per day, and the average cost for treating someone in jail is $137 per day.

“If you’re looking from a dollars and cents perspective, it makes sense,” Webb said. “You’ll save money by spending it on these programs.”

Speakers at the rally said an investment in mental health care would pay for itself.

“So many of us will lose our medications and treatment, and without them we will end up back in the system,” said Michael Barton, a member of St. Joseph House, a Houston-based club for people with mental illnesses. Diagnosing a mental health issue early and effectively is yield better results than jailing them, said Ana Yañez-Correa, executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition.

“It is unconscionable how many people end up behind bars for something that they have no control over,” she said. “It has to stop. It has to stop now, and it should have never occurred to begin with.”

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Students petition regents for socially aware investing

By Matthew Stottlemyre Daily Texan Staff

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A UT student presented a resolution to the UT System Board of Regents on Thursday suggesting that they change the system investment policy, which the student said disregards the social and political impacts of its investments.

Mishal Al-Johar, a former geological sciences graduate student, made the proposal on behalf of the group Longhorns for Investing Responsibly. Six UT students authored the proposal. Student Government and the Graduate Student Assembly both passed resolutions recommending the policy change last year.

In the proposal, the group recommends the University of Texas Investment Management Company change its policy to “[consider] investments in line with its values.” The current policy states that the corporation cannot use its investments to “advance social or political purposes.”

UTIMCO, independent from any campus, is the nonprofit corporation created by the UT System in 1996 to oversee UT and Texas A&M systems’ investments. UT System Regent Paul Foster is the chair of UTIMCO’s board of directors, and UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa is vice-chair for policy on the board.

Ben Snyder, a theater and dance graduate student, was instrumental in the creation of the responsible investment group. He said the sheer size of the bureaucracy surrounding UTIMCO makes changing the policy challenging, and UTIMCO’s investments have out-performed many other universities’.

“Maybe in these economic times, that’s all they want to focus on,” Snyder said. “But you are dealing with the money of a public institution here. We have a mission statement, and we need to adhere to that.”

Snyder, one of the proposal’s authors, said approaching the board with the suggestion was the most effective way to push for the change.

“We were hoping for one person on the board who thought this was a

good idea and wanted to take this on,” Snyder said.

Student regent Kyle Kalkwarf, a fourth-year medical student at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, expressed interest in pursuing the issue, Snyder said. Al-Johar said by changing its investment policy, UTIMCO would follow the examples set by investment companies at other public and private universities, including those at Harvard University and Stanford University, which UTIMCO was modeled after.

“There are many major universities who have this policy and many investment groups who consider social responsibility,” Al-Johar said.

“If UTIMCO is to follow a prudent investment standard, shouldn’t the UT System consider adopting the policies of our colleagues?”

In his presentation, Al-Johar said UTIMCO’s policy does not adhere to the standards set for the UT Board of Regents in the Texas constitution, which requires the regents to use available University funds to make reasonable investments that benefit the state’s flagships.

“It is our hope that the committee would be willing to discuss the proposal and discuss how we can move this forward,” Al-Johar said.

UTIMCO officials and system spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment as of press time Thursday.

In a May 2010 Daily Texan article, UTIMCO chief executive officer Bruce Zimmerman said the corporation should not use investments to make social and political statements.

“It is not UTIMCO’s position to make [ethical] judgments,” Zimmerman said. “The reason there is the bright line to not take in those considerations is that it’s a slippery slope. There is an endless list of potential social and political grievances. Whatever judgments we make would incur an economic cost, so we would be taking resources away from the University system, and that is not our role.”

TRAINING DAY Carolyn O’Connor and Stephanie Twohey train with Jake Saenz, owner of Atomic Athlete in Hyde Park, on Thursday afternoon.

Lizzie Chen Daily Texan Staff

Census problems plague border towns

Editor’s note: This is the first install- Preliminary 2010 census data places ment in a two-part series about the the number at 774,769.

2010 census in South Texas.

Texas boasts more colonias than any other state and the largest colonia population in the nation. More

By Bobby Cervantes than half of the 400,000 Texans that Daily Texan Staff live in these communities are located in the Valley, according to the A group of long-standing com- Texas Secretary of State’s website. A munity groups and local officials are network of 11 community groups ramping up their charge of a massive called Equal Voice Network have undercount of South Texas colonias, worked in the communities for dethe low-income communities along cades and volunteered their help as the Texas-Mexico border. The move the bureau began to count the cocomes after the U.S. Census Bureau lonias. The groups include some of released preliminary figures Thurs- the most notable of the Mexicanday of the 2010 census, including American civil rights era, includcounty breakdowns in Texas. ing La Unión del Pueblo Enterno, The Rio Grande Valley, the state’s which César Chávez founded, and southernmost region, includes four ARISE, an empowerment group counties and is home to more than for colonia women.

1 million Texans. In Hidalgo Coun“We know these places,” said ty, the Valley’s most populous, the Mike Seifert, the network’s spokesestimated population in 2000 stood man. “We know what we’re doing at 569,463, according to census data. here, and it’s that truth the Census Bureau should remember whenever they’re dealing with us.”

Colonias started gaining popularity in the 1950s, when property developers bought cheap, lowlying land not viable for agricultural production — usually in rural and unincorporated areas — to build houses that often lacked proper infrastructure. The 2,294 colonias in Texas remain an affordable housing option for the state’s low-income families, most notably Hispanic migrant workers and illegal immigrants.

Colonia communities continue to The Graduate Student Assembly, with the generous support of face issues with access to basic amethe University Co-op, will present a $2,000 award to the winner nities, including potable water, elecin EACH of the following categories: tricity and indoor plumbing. Heavy rainfall, for example, will leave some • Graduate Research Assistant areas flooded for months because of • Teaching Assistant the lack of basic irrigation and drainage systems.

• Assistant Instructor Still, in the past 30 years, colonia residents have organized to get some basic necessities, including their All graduate students are eligible for nomination if they held the mail, which was key when the 2010 appointment title of GRA, TA, or AI at the university during the census was set to begin.

Spring 2010, Summer 2010, or Fall 2010 semesters.

The bureau prepared for a largescale public relations campaign in South Texas, including the colonias.

One nomination for each category is allowed per program.

Valley lawmakers and community All nominations must be submitted by a Faculty Member groups said the Census Bureau told them in January 2010 that colonia or Administrator for the receptive academic unit. residents would receive their forms in their mailboxes.

The media campaign, particularly

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in Hidalgo County colonias, focused on how easy it was to complete and return the form. The community groups also emphasized that the forms were confidential (no U.S. citizenship questions) and important to return (the census count would determine the allocation of federal funds).

U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, DMcAllen, distributed 100,000 bilingual fliers about the mail-in form to colonia residents in his district. Seifert credited the community outreach effort — most of it done four months before Census Day — with educating colonia residents about the importance of returning the form. He said the bureau provided adequate resources to help the groups, including census literature and trained personnel.

“The initial response we got from residents was, ‘We wanted to be counted,’” he said. “The census did a great job of having people on the ground.”

However, about a week before Census Day, April 1, colonias contacted some community groups because they did not receive any forms.

Some reported unannounced visits from census workers.

“It was on April 1. We thought that was kind of ironic — looking back on it — that it was April Fool’s Day because we didn’t think it was really funny that we got contacted that they were not mailing them out to the colonias, that they were going to walk the colonias,” said Ann Cass, executive director of Proyecto Azeteca, another community group in the network.

Gabriel Sanchez, the Census regional director in Dallas, said the bureau has used door-to-door updates for the South Texas colonias since the 1970s.

“We’ve always done it like that down there because it is so difficult to count,” he said. “ Sanchez said the bureau finalized the door-to-door count, officially called Update/Enumerate, in February 2009.

As the group’s scrambled to change their message, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrived in the Valley, facing a tough crowd.

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COUNT continues from PAGE 1 low-income people, the young and the elderly. That means the state Legislature will now have to figure out how to address the increasing cost of state programs like Medicare, Medicaid and education, she said.

“The growing number of younger and older people are going to need a lot of support to compete in a global economy,” Angel said. “The 2010 Census has very important political implications for our state’s future.”

With increasing student populations, she said University tuition rates are likely to increase to compensate for the increased costs of providing higher education to more people.

“This increase is going to put pressure on the state to fund all of our programs,” she said. “More students are going to be demanding higher-educational opportunities, but they may not be able to come to flagship universities because of the lack of availability of openings because enrollment numbers are just exceeding capacity nationwide.

How we respond to that is where our political leadership matters.”

As a result of the increase in population reflected in the Census count, Texas gained four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in December, bringing the total to 36 representatives. The release of Census data also marks the beginning of state redistricting — the process of redrawing district lines for state and national legislative seats.

Texas Legislative Council spokeswoman Anna Abraham said the population data will be input into a redistricting application for lawmakers to begin to outline proposed district boundaries by next week.

“We have some computers set up here in the office with the software so that anyone from the general public can take a stab at making their own maps, or if there are any maps that have been released as open records, they can also play with that,” Abraham said. “Or they can just look at how things are right now.”

NEWS BRIEFLY Hyde Park tire slasher arrested after 16-year crime spree The Austin Police Department arrested a North Campus tireslashing vigilante after releasing a warrant early Thursday.

Tommy Joe Kelley was involved in at least five separate documented cases of tire slashing in and around the Hyde Park area in the last 16 years. Kelley is suspected of committing hundreds if not more than a thousand criminal mischief offenses, according to the arrest affidavit. Although he began by using knives, Kelley invented his own puncturing tool that left a mark barely visible to the naked eye, according to the affidavit.

Police charged Kelley, 56, with four counts of unlawful use of a criminal instrument, a third-degree felony.

Kelley’s criminal record dates back to 1973 and includes 500 involvements with APD, 57 arrests and 23 convictions. Kelley’s nearly 40-year-long crime spree spanned three states, six different dates of birth, 44 aliases and numerous social security numbers.

His arrests range from burglary to prostitution.

Major spikes in criminal mischief tire offenses from the area in the past three years coincided with Kelley’s jail release dates, according to the affidavit. Police used the Hyde Park Tire Slasher Tracker website, dedicated to reporting tire slashes, to gain more information about Kelley and his mode of operation.

Kelley is also a suspect in approximately 53 cases of smashed car windows in the Hyde Park area in the last four years.

— Mary McAndrews

Strauss Texas Leadership Award to be given to Sen. Hutchinson U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will receive the Inaugural Annette Strauss Texas Leadership Award on Feb. 22.

The Annette Strauss Texas Leadership Award reflects the standards of civil service established by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation. The group chose to honor Hutchison for her civic contributions, according to the Institute.

“She was a person who knew Mayor Strauss and worked with her in Dallas. And when we started the institution 10 years ago, even though they were of opposite political affiliations, she was gracious enough to endorse us,” said College of Communications Dean Roderick Hart, who chairs the Annette Strauss Institute.

The award ceremony coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the nonpartisan organization.

“This an attempt to dramatize the importance of civic engagement,” Hart said.

The proceeds of the ceremony will go to the organization’s education fund, which promotes scholastic outreach to secondary and collegiate learning.

The selection process for the award is entirely nonpartisan, Hart said.

The fourth-term senator will receive the award upon the premise of her civic commitment to the public and her demonstration of leadership within her community. Hutchison announced in January that she will not seek another term in 2012.

— Jake Hong

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GALLERY continues from PAGE 8A Old Kyle road in Wimberley, will only be one-third of what it is now.

Berman added that he couldn’t turn down the space, which is full of windows looking out to Cyprus Creek, when it opened up.

Wimberley doesn’t have a serious contemporary art gallery, Berman said, a gap he is hoping to fill.

There are several little galleries and shops in Wimberley that draw people from big Texas cities on the weekends, he said, and hopefully, they’ll also be interested in seeing what is happening with regional Texas art.

Associate director Anastasia Colombo will also be let go once the move is made. Colombo, who has been with the gallery since the very beginning, has been an essential element of the gallery, Berman said.

“She has been the major factor in helping the gallery accomplish what it did in Austin,” he said.

Berman said he’s still wrestling with maintaining good relations with D Berman artists, but so far, everyone he’s talked with has been enthusiastic about showing their

work in Wimberley.

There will still be showing opportunities in Austin, though. Berman has made an agreement with Gensler architecture firm in downtown Austin, where D Berman artists can display their work. Although the space is a private office, public viewing will be available. The first showing at the firm will be in early March.

Instead of dreading the loss, Berman said people should use the gallery’s relocation as an excuse to make a trip into the country. The grand reopening of the gallery will be designed as a destination opening, he said, where there will be live music daily and bed-and-breakfast setups for out-of-towners.

Berman, who graduated from UT in the late 1960s, decided in 2000 to open a contemporary art gallery focusing on Texas artists after getting burnt out in the TV commercial industry. Berman was looking for another way to spend his time, and a gallery was best since his wife, Ellen, was a painter, and he had some exposure with art exhibitions through her showings.

Located in the 1930 Chapline Building, the limited, yet intimate 1,000-square-foot exhibition space has hosted more than 80 showings

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David Berman sits in front of Beverly Penn’s artwork in his Austin gallery, D Berman, on Guadalupe Street. Berman is moving his gallery to Wimberly, Texas in March.

of contemporary American painting, sculpture and photography from national artists and local artists, including organic sculptures from Virginia Fleck, paper collages from Lance Letscher, fanciful paintings and drawings from Malcolm Bucknall and abstract paintings from Sydney Yeager.

The gallery’s first exhibition this season — concurrent solo shows of Yeager’s “Inclining Toward Chaos” and Beverly Penn’s “Still Nature” —

GATSBY continues from PAGE 8A explicable stuff in it, like this one level where you fight giant scorpions in this desert with the Egyptian pyramids in the background.”

The game in earlier stages of development leaned toward this style of humorous surrealism. The final boss fight was originally a showdown versus a giant clam; another cut driving section allowed the player to take control of a drunken Daisy as she attempts to not run over pedestrians in Gatsby’s roadster.

“A lot of that we ended up pulling back on,” Smith said. “We really wanted to honor the book too, so we just ended it with the player jumping towards the green light, caught in mid-air. It seemed much more appropriate.”

Hoey added, “Plus, the driving section wasn’t too fun. And it was kind of horrifying!”

The duo’s attention to detail is

impressive. All the music Smith created for the game was in 45-second loops created in four channels, just like the original NES synthesizer. The music in “Gatsby” is incredibly catchy and classic Nintendo.

Smith looked to ragtime music and early jazz references for his compositions (Billie Holiday, Chopin’s “Nocturnes”) as well as the hooky, addicting video game music ingrained in the memories of an entire generation of gamers.

“Verisimilitude was a big concern for us,” Smith said. “We knew that there were those geeks out there, ourselves included, that would totally pick this apart.”

The end result works. Two sets of nostalgia are working concurrently — Gatsby’s memories of his past romance with Daisy and the player’s memories of childhood afternoons spent with the simple joys of playing

video games. It’s an incredibly adult game, made for a very specific audience — themselves.

“I mean, clearly this is the work of geekling best friends,” Hoey said.

“We weren’t sure we were gonna amuse anyone else, but we were certainly amusing each other.”

Neither Hoey nor Smith expected it to go viral in the mainstream, but it blew up regardless. It’s probably because of the palpable heart and joy that went into the game, as well as the ubiquitous source material. Just as Nick Carraway, in the last lines of Fitzgerald’s novel, gazes across the lake at the green light, one of the great things about this game is the nostalgia of watching other people play it. They become kids again, spending their carefree summers away with their favorite pasttime, “borne back ceaselessly into the past,” as Fitzgerald wrote.

will be the gallery’s last at its Austin location. Featuring Penn’s play on the undrawn border of civilization and wilderness with cast-bronze sculptures and Yeager’s large, oilon-canvas abstract paintings of floating fragments, the exhibit ends Saturday, Feb. 26.

Because of the 30 miles separating Austin and Wimberley, Berman will continue to put all pieces of future exhibits online so viewers can virtually visit the gallery.

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In the past, families that have been directly affected by the donations at Dell Children’s Medical Center have come to the marathon and interacted with the beneficiaries. Two of the children attending this year are twins Major and Mason. Proceeds raised allowed the hospital to buy specialty MRI machines for Major.

All of the proceeds from the marathon go toward improving the building or buying expensive equipment that the hospital may need, Cox said.

“We are pledging to stand for kids that can’t stand for themselves,” Vo said. “And pretty much everyone is dedicated to the idea.”

WARM-UP

WEIGHTLIFTING

“Stretching: The Truth,” a 2008 article published in Play Magazine from The New York Times famously debunked your high school gym class stretch routines (“touch your toes and count to ten”) in favor of dynamic stretches that involve movement. A cursory YouTube search would yield plenty of options, but the article’s Web page offers specific breakdowns, diagrams and a video of the warm-ups and stretches mentioned in the piece.

Depending on your goals, the frequency and intensity of your weightlifting routines will differ, but important to all weightlifters, especially novices, is proper technique.

You’ll get the most out of the vigorous exercises but also avoid hurting yourself. ExRx.net has a handy directory that provides step-by-step animations for many of the common weight room movements that also include documentation on exactly what muscles you’re working and how to keep yourself safe when handling heavier weights.

And for the dumbbell-adverse, there are plenty of weight-free workouts that garner similar results.

J.P. Müller’s “My System,” first published in 1904, is a daily 15-minute workout that many have sworn by — look up “Kafka’s Calisthenics” at Slate.com to see a video of the father of the article’s writer, who is still using the routine into his 60s.

CARDIO The Nike+ app is a useful (and free) application that tracks how far and long you’ve run, plus how many calories you’ve burned. The app, which comes standard with newer iPod models and iPhones, allows you to access your playlists and monitor your progress over time by syncing your workout data online. One caveat: the app requires that you have a compatible Nike shoe (chances are if you’ve bought a pair recently, you’re fine), but the $1.99 Nike+GPS app offers the exact same features and more and allows you to wear whatever shoes you want.

Unique to the Nike+GPS are social networking features, which allow you to update your Facebook and Twitter feed when you start a workout — every “like” and reply plays cheering sounds on your headphones, and when you successfully complete a workout, you’re met with a congratulatory message from celebrities both appropriate (Lance Armstrong) and

COOLDOWN AND IN-BETWEEN Soreness is a natural aftereffect of exercise, though alleviating it is not always easy. The “In a Pinch” iPhone app (free) is like digital acupuncture: You indicate down to the muscle whether you’re sore, stiff or stressed, and it recommends stretches and breathing with matching pictures to reduce whatever pain ails you. And if you plan to complement your workout habits with healthier eating, sites such as MyFitnessPal.com and MyFoodDiary. com allow you to input your meals to evaluate their nutritional value.

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ou don’t have to be a freshman to find yourself gaining an unflattering paunch — if anything, the all-you-care-to-eat campus meal plans and the inviting Austin food scene make it all the easier to weigh down the scale.

Worse, the most convenient options for those late night hunger pangs near campus are fast food such as Whataburger, Big Bite or Taco Cabana. But Austin is also one of the most active and plugged-in cities in the nation, and the Web’s vast resources offer a unique and helpful convergence. From pre-jog stretches to relaxing breathing exercises, your workout can be as connected as your phone. Here are some of the best health programs technology has to offer.

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The Web offers plenty of choices, with the best ones doing all of the math and planning for you. Dead-simple plans like The Couch-to-5K Running Plan and the popular One Hundred Push Ups give day-by-day, motion-by-motion guidance. For something more comprehensive, Keas, an all-inclusive health site started by the former head of Google Health, makes personalized health plans using your actual medical data that allow you to get as specific (such as lowering your cholesterol) or general as you would like.

In the digital age, maintaining a proper workout regimen is easier than ever. A variety of fitness applications are now available for mobile devices.

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Austin gallery closing doors for fresh start in Wimberley

By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff

After celebrating its 10th anniversary in December, D Berman Gallery will relocate in March from its current space on Guadalupe and 17th streets to Wimberley, Texas.

Director and owner David Berman, who made the announcement in December, said his decision to relocate the gallery, tentatively set for March 26, rested ON THE WEB: heavily on check out his hourmore art long commute from @dbermanhis home in gallery.com Wimberley to work every day.

“I was feeling it in my body and in my spirit,” Berman said.

Berman said his philosophy is if work isn’t fun, then you should change to make it fun again. He said he hopes to find that joy again with D Berman’s new location, but that there are no guarantees in life.

Another factor in the move was the increased expenses in running a gallery in Austin, Berman said. The rent for the gallery space located in the square on

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Students raise money for children’s hospital Classic American novel inspires game with dance marathon VIDEO GAME REVEW

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WHAT: UT Dance Marathon

This Saturday, UT students will stay on their feet for 12 hours straight in the 10th annual Dance Marathon, a community service project to benefit Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas.

One of the first things to note is the title’s subtle irony. Although it is called a “Dance Marathon,” there is not much traditional dancing that takes place at the event. Participants can choose to dance, but it is not required. Instead, participants stand on their feet for 12 hours without a break.

“We’re the first organization to do a lock-in on campus and show families where their money’s going,” said Danica Schmidt, advertising senior and morale chair of the UT Dance Marathon committee.

To participate, each dancer must raise at least $100. The committee provides various events for participants to reach their goal, hosting all-you-can-eat pancake nights and other events. Chemistry junior Derek Vo has already raised $500 this year through various fundraisers.

Vo first became involved in the marathon his freshman year. He heard about the event through the Freshman Leadership Organization and participated as a dancer. The following year, he joined the committee, which plans the events for the 12-hour marathon and strives to keep participants energetic.

“Dance marathon is more fun, and in its own way, more challenging than your traditional community service activities,” Vo said. ”It’s

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a cross between a good deed and good company.”

Rhonda Cox, assistant director for the Division of Recreational Sports and Dance Marathon adviser, came to UT with Dance Marathon experience under her belt from her previous position at Iowa State University. Cox said the marathon raised $12,000 its first year at UT. This year, it has raised $15,000.

“One of the reasons I’m involved in advising and why the students work so hard to raise money is because it stays local,” Cox said.

The trend of dance marathons took off in 1923 when dancer Alma Cummings danced nonstop for 27 hours, wearing out six dance partners and inspiring women all over the U.S. to try and break her record, according to the encyclopedia U.S.A. Twenties.

Later, hosts began to offer prize money to the dancers in these competitions, often including activities like vaudeville acts or burlesque to keep the dancers stimulated.

This year, the marathon has a “’90s Nickelodeon” theme and will include activities from “Nick Sports,”

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On Monday afternoon, the Internet was abuzz over a piece of inexplicable ephemera — an 8-bit adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel, “The Great Gatsby.”

Within 30 hours of hitting the web, the game racked up more than 200,000 hits.

“The Great Gatsby (for NES)” purports to be a long-lost unreleased localization of a Japanese Nintendo Entertainment System action-platformer from the late ’80s, early ’90s called “Doki Doki Toshokan: Gatsby no Monogatari.” The “About” section of the game’s website displays a grainy cellphone snapshot of the alleged NES cartridge, as well as aged magazine advertisements and a

scanned image from the game’s coffee-stained instruction manual.

You play as a pixelated Nick Carraway, collecting the scattered riches of Jay Gatsby throughout a surreal recreation of 1920s New York. You kill enemies — including Gatsby’s butlers, Charleston-ing flappers and drunken hobos — by throwing your hat at them.

“The Great Gatsby” is the brainchild of two guys from Boston — San Francisco-based developer Charlie Hoey and Brooklyn-based editor and artist Pete Smith. A labor of love nine months in the making, the game, which is programed in modern Flash, actually started as a joke between friends.

“It all started with mocking up that title screen,” Hoey said, referring to the classic, instantly recognizable cover art from Fitzgerald’s

1925 novel. “I did it in the limited NES color pallet and added ‘press start’ in blocky graphics. We both thought it was hysterical!”

The two had been talking about making a video game for a while, and ”Gatsby” is a first for both of them. After a few false starts and some prototypes, the pair began to put the game together during evenings and weekends.

“We both really love the book,” Smith said. “The prose is absolutely beautiful. I’d go back to the text to get a reference for something, and I’d just keep reading.”

Surprisingly, they’re not the first ones to adapt Fitzgerald’s novel into a video game; 2009 saw casual developer Big Fish Games’ “Classic Adventures: The Great Gatsby,” a pointand-click hidden object game.

“Our game is a whole lot goofier,”

Smith said. “More earnest, less loving. Ours is really, really silly, but we really, really love the book.”

“Gatsby” is short, composed of four levels requiring only 10 to 1 5 m i nute s ON THE WEB: to complete.

Play the game What is not online obvious is @www.greathow mu ch gatsbygame. consideration com and editing went into the translation of a novel from the Jazz Age into the strange, cheesy medium of an ’80s NES game.

“Those old Nintendo games were always so weird,” Hoey said. “I remember this one movie tie-in game for ‘Star Wars.’ There was all this in-

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the Big 12. The only thing missing was a trip to Omaha.

It will be difficult for Texas to duplicate the success it had a season ago, most notably because of the losses it’s suffered on offense. Gone are offensive stalwarts Cameron Rupp, Kevin Keyes and Russell Moldenhauer, who combined to produce 34 home runs and 154 RBIs. Without those hitters, Garrido said Texas will play more small-ball this year, relying on manufacturing runs and good defense.

“This team is built on pitching,” Garrido said. “Disch-Falk Field really favors pitching and defense, with its high, deep fences and slow infield. Good pitching helps the infielders play well.”

But the Longhorns are not without loss there, too, as pitching aces Brandon Workman and Chance Ruffin have moved on to

It’s already that time of the year.

Spring is around the corner, and with the recent cold front still f resh in our memories, baseball season is upon us. No. 6 Texas opens the season with a four-game home series against Maryland.

“It’s exciting to start the season because you know you don’t have control of what’s going to happen,” said Texas head coach Augie Garrido. “It’s like hide-and-go-seek: Ready or not, here I come.”

The Longhorns are looking to shrug off a heartbreaking ending to 2010, when they fell one step short of the College World Series.

Last season was almost too good to be true: a 50-13 record, 21 wins in a row, completely dominating

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“He’s going to be pretty hard to replace, but we’re happy for him,” Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido said.

Moreland will replace legendary Cubs broadcaster Ron Santo, who died last December after a long battle with cancer and diabetes.

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ground outs and fly balls to get hitters out as opposed to striking them out like teammate Taylor Jungmann. Though the two pitchers have different styles, they do everything together and are still able to find ways to make each other better.

“Last year, we had a thing with me, him and Brandon Workman going on, who was going to do the worst out of the three,” Green said. “If you can find any-

thing like that, anything within your teammates to keep you pumped and competitive, it’s a great thing.”

But through all the competitiveness and strenuous workouts, the two manage to keep it light.

“When he’s on the mound, I’m go of ing around talking about him, and when I’m on the mound, I’m sure he’s doing the same thing,” Jungmann said.

Jungmann enters the sea-

son surrounded by hype, having been named to several preseason all-American lists. Green is also a preseason all-American and knows something about hype, after starting last season 9-0 and going 30.2 consecutive innings without giving up a run.

“I just tell Taylor not to worry about [the hype]; do what you do and play your game,” Green said.

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Green was drafted in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers last summer but turned down a $300,000 signing bonus and a chance to play professionally for another year at Texas.

“It was what was right in my heart, so I just decided to do it,” Green said. “I understand I’m probably going to lose a bit of money, but the college experience — living in Austin, going to UT, playing here — is irreplaceable.”

Six Longhorns were drafted last year; Green is the only one returning.

“It’s a sign that he’s unselfish,” said pitching coach Skip Johnson. “He wanted to come back for his team and for his school, and I think it’s pretty special when you see a kid that does that.”

Green returns for his senior year to build upon a 2010 season where he compiled an 11-2 record as a starter with a 2.74 ERA. But Green’s presence isn’t only felt on the mound. The entire Texas defense gets a boost when Green is in the game.

“Whenever you have any one pitcher that is a dominatingtype player like he is, it’s extremely important,” said Texas head coach Augie Garrido.

“It makes everyone else on the whole team better.”

Garrido explained that if a pitcher is good enough, a batter can’t square up when he hits the ball and can’t hit it as hard.

The less contact, the less speed of the ball, allowing infielders to make plays they otherwise wouldn’t make.

“Pitching affects everybody,” Garrido said.

But Green needs the guys behind him just as much as they need him. Green is a contact pitcher, which means he relies on

Texas pitcher Taylor Jungmann fields a ball during practice on Wednesday.

Jungman will be the team’s No. 1 starter and along with second starter Cole Green they will lead a defensively experience squad.

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Garrido added that Moreland had a great balance of educating those who were listening to him, while making it exciting for them to hear.

“More than anything, Keith made it an intelligent and impassioned broadcast,” said Craig Way, Moreland’s partner doing Longhorn football and baseball games for the last

10 years. “Calling a game with him, he’d be two or three pitches ahead.

He’ll never be over anybody’s head, but you’ll be impressed with how he sees the game.”

The 56-year-old Moreland, who signed a three-year deal with WGN-AM, said Wednesday he was excited about working with play-by-play man Pay Hughes, and making the transition from collegiate to professional sports.

“I understand there’s a lot of difference in an 18-year-old getting his education paid for free and a professional athlete,” Moreland said.

“I’m not a critical guy; though, if somebody’s not hustling, I’ll say it.

That goes with the territory.”

The Cubs begin their spring training Feb. 27. Their season starts April 1.

Bye-bye, home-run bats Always a place with a low number of home runs, roomy DischFalk Field has a reputation as a pitcher’s park.

With a new NCAA-mandated bat to make its appearance today, expect even fewer balls to make it over the walls.

“The game will be dramatically different with the new bat,” Garrido said. “We played 72 innings in the fall against 17 top-rated teams, and there wasn’t one home run hit in any of the 72 innings.”

While the bats will still be aluminum, they’ll play more like a wooden one because of the new Bat-Ball Coefficient of Restitution standard, put in place to make the game

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Friday, February 18, 2011 BASEBALL SPOTLIGHT: OFFENSE

Take me out to the small-ball game Texas’ Brandon Loy exits the dugout during Wednesday’s practice. Loy is second in the batting order this season, a crucial position in head coach Augie Garrido’s offense.

By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff

In head coach Augie Garrido’s utopia, the leadoff batter always finds a way to get on base. The next man up always lays a good sacrifice bunt, taking the out but advancing the runner to second. A few pitches later, the leadoff batter is always crossing home plate, thanks to a hit from either the three- or four-hole man.

Runs are always on the board and rallies are never-ending.

Most call it “small-ball,” but locals like to refer to it as “Augie ball.” Garrido has ridden the game plan relying on singles and bunting to historical heights: five national championships and 1,629 career wins, the most all-time of any Division I coach.

Garrido likes the style — he’s never needed too many runs because of the wealth of great pitchers he’s put on the mound, and it’s the best way to score at the cavernous Disch-Falk Field, a venue where it’s sometimes impossible to clear the fences.

“This ballpark favors pitching and defense,” he said. “To score, you have to be able to execute. You need to be able to bunt and to understand the concepts. When you play like this, you need every guy in the lineup to perform consistently in order to score runs.”

The Longhorns will rely on the fundamentals of Augie ball more than ever this year. Gone to the pros are the powerful Cameron Rupp, Kevin Keyes and Russell Moldenhauer and their combined 34 home runs from last season.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP Below is the Texan’s projected starting lineup, with Tim Maitland leading off and Jordan Etier hitting at the bottom of the order. Taylor Jungmann pitches on day one, with Cole Green filling in as the second day starter, Sam Stafford sitting at No. 3 and Hoby Milner projected to start the final game against Maryland this weekend.

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SOFTBALL: SEASON PREVIEW

Off to 6-0 start, team sets sights on CWS

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The Longhorns’ season got underway last weekend with the Texas Classic in which they went 5-0 and won the tournament then beat Wisconsin 15-1 on Thursday.

These wins started the season with high aspirations: to repeat as Big 12 champions and eventually reach their ultimate goal, the College World Series in Oklahoma City.

“Their expectations are extremely high,” said head coach Connie Clark. “We’re talking about World Series on a daily basis, and that’s our expectation. [It] helps us backtrack and work on the daily process to get there.”

The team is looking to rebound from a loss in the regional round of the NCAA Tournament last year and are using the early exit as motivation this year.

“You talk about last year early and use the pain as a motivation and use it to work hard on daily basis, then shelve the feelings; returners can use them for motivation this year,” Clark said.

The Longhorns came into the season ranked No. 15 in the nation and climbed to No. 13 after their dominating performance

Cohl Walla, OF Height: 6’3” Weight: 165 Class: Sophomore Hometown: Austin

Jacob Felts, C Height: 6’0” Weight: 200 lbs.

Class: Freshman Hometown: Orange

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Texas softball fan Venona Thomas cheers on the team during last week’s game against Louisville, which the Longhorns won 14-4. The team is 6-0 and already talking about the postseason.

in the Texas Classic. However, Texas faces stiff competition this year for the Big 12 crown with six other Big 12 teams currently in the polls — including two top-10 teams in Oklahoma and Nebraska.

This team will use an impressive blend of experience and youth this year with 10 return-

ing lettermen and five freshmen — two of whom are stepping into starting roles. This blend gives the team an advantage any team would love to have: depth.

“This team is associated with two words we couldn’t start this meeting with last year: experience and depth,” Clark said. “I think the depth and experience

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Texas will look to its offense to help carry the load as they did last weekend averaging 9.6 runs a game. The Longhorns have returning power in the middle of the lineup as they showed in the Texas Classic with eight home

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SOFTBALL SPOTLIGHT: TAYLOR THOM & RAYGAN FEIGHT

LONGHORNS’ ODD COUPLE

By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff

A sharp grounder is hit to the second baseman, who makes a precise flip to the shortstop standing on the second base bag; then the shortstop catches it clean and delivers a laser to the first baseman. It goes down in the box score as 5-43, or as it is better known in softball — the double play.

For this year’s team, the combination of senior Raygan Feight at second base and freshman Taylor Thom at shortstop is a peculiar defensive element. A senior and a freshman working together in this important tandem is a bit of an oddity because teams usually pair up seasoned veterans who know each other’s moves and can function well together from season’s start.

“It’s very important to know their arm, to know their techniques, to know everything about how they like to throw, to know that they can trust you to be at the base, to hear you talk,” Feight said. “Everything

between the second base and shortstop is very important.”

Despite the novelty of their relationship and Thom’s overall inexperience at the collegiate level, they have already developed a special connection.

“It’s been very good. I love having her at shortstop,” Feight said. “I feel confident about her being there, and I think she feels confident being there. She got her first jitters out of the way the other day when she made a diving play, and it was awesome. I feel really good with me and her up the middle like that.”

That connection is important as Texas focuses on building up its defense this year.

“I love seeing those two up the middle,” said Texas head coach Connie Clark. “Taylor just did some of the little things exceptionally well, and you put her side by side with Raygan Feight, who I think is one of the best defense players we’ve had come through the program, she’s able to help verbally and help build confidence with a freshman short-

OFFENSE continues from PAGE 3B The first step to successful smallball is a good leadoff hitter, one who has a good eye for the ball, can make contact and has first-class speed on the base paths, should he need to steal a base or beat a throw home. Junior Tim Maitland will get first crack at the spot.

“The best player of the fall was Maitland,” Garrido said. “He does everything right, every day. And of course, he’s been productive. He’s certainly earned the leadoff spot.”

Maitland only appeared in 18 games last season and started three. He is one of the fastest guys on the team and is capable of stealing bases, but only logged one run all of last season. After a summer spent practicing and working out, he looks up to the job.

“The main thing I did over the summer was play every day in Alaska,” he said. “I was able to get a lot of at-bats in and just worked seeing the ball. I also hit the weight room and added some muscle.”

Maitland replaces sophomore Cohl Walla, who batted .316 last season. Walla’s play during fall practices resulted in him being moved down in the order.

Once Maitland reaches base, it’ll be junior Brandon Loy’s turn to advance him, a job he’s familiar with, as he hit in the two-hole last year. Loy is a skilled defensive player with a wide range at shortstop, but he’ll be asked to do the

dirty work at the plate.

“I’ve embraced this role and the fact that I have to sacrifice an out to get the runner to second,” he said.

“My job is to find a way to get him over any way possible. It’s something that I’ve worked hard on.”

Loy will usually be asked to bunt, which forces the throw to first base, thus giving the runner an open route to second — but almost always sending Loy back to the dugout. Garrido once said that he’d bunt with even Babe Ruth at the plate — that the task of effectively getting the leadoff runner to second base is more important to the offense.

Once the leadoff batter is at second, it takes just one hit out of the infield to get him home. That’s where Mark Payton and Paul Montalbano come in.

“It’ll be my job to bring the leadoff batter home,” said Payton, a freshman from Chicago who will hit in the three-hole. “It won’t happen every time, but I have to find a way to get a productive at-bat and get a run on the board.”

Montalbano, a senior who transferred from Weatherford College in 2010 will most likely start the season at the cleanup spot, where he’ll be asked to continue sustaining the rally with a hit.

Though the lineup will undergo changes during the long season, it’ll be up to those four to get Augie ball rolling for now.

DUO continues from PAGE 2B “He doesn’t have to change anything or prove anything to anyone. He just needs to go out there and be himself.”

Both pitchers are honored by the preseason accolades but both realize it’s only preseason, and individual awards mean nothing to a team trying to win a championship. The two haven’t even congratulated

each other on the honors or spoken one word about them to their coaches or teammates.

“I have very high feelings for this program and this team and I wanted to come back and win and play another year here,” Green said. “To win a national championship is really my only goal this season.”

stop in Taylor. They work tremendously well together. If we can get our pitchers committed to not just think, ‘strike out,’ and think, ‘ground ball,’ we can get a lot of 6-4-3 or 4-63 plays throughout the year.“ While Feight and Thom’s on-field chemistry is still developing, their friendship off of it has been strong since the start.

“Me and Raygan are tight,” Thom said. “She always says I’m just like her when she was a freshman.”

Despite their difference in ages, their similarities are stark.

“We’re really good friends,” Feight said. “We love country music, we’re both family girls, so it is very much an onthe-field, off-the-field type friendship.”

Their bond can be attributed to Feight taking the younger player under her wing.

“Raygan’s taken me in and made me feel like I’m part of the family here,” Thom said. “I mean everybody did,

but she definitely took me in and made me feel good. [She] helped me when I was struggling, and she’s just been great like a big sister.”

That’s a good sign just five games into the season. Feight is in her final year at Texas, meaning this doubleplay pair has only one season together at most, but both women believe it will be an efficient one.

“I think we’re b ot h goi ng to get a lot of reps under our belts and be stopping b a l ls not a lot of people are going to stop and just be great together,” Thom said.

CWS continues from PAGE 3B runs, but will also look to their speed on the base paths to manufacture runs this year.

“Taylor Hoagland was pretty deceptive in her speed and ability to steal bases last year and drop a bunt when the infielders moved back on her, but we have several in the lineup that can do that this year,” Clark said. “We have a lot of ways to score runs and get them into scoring position and be very aggressive on offense.”

Texas is also expected to receive a strong performance from its pitching staff.

Blair Luna, the 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year, returns for her sophomore season and will be joined by the highly touted

freshman Rachel Fox. The Longhorns will use the combination of a balanced offense and a lights out pitching staff to take on the Big 12 this year. Clark has been stressing that everyone gives their best effort daily.

“We live by ‘DIRT,’” said junior Nadia Taylor. “Discipline, integrity, respect and teamwork, and what comes with that is accountability; you have to be accountable, coach instilled that in us.”

The team has high goals and expectations this year and will look to use the lessons instilled

by DIRT to reach their goal in Oklahoma City at the College World Series.

OPENER continues from PAGE 2B the pros. Taylor Jungmann and Cole Green will carry the pitching load for the Longhorns this season, and until they can find a reliable closer to replace Ruffin, Andrew McKirahan and Stayton Thomas will close by committee.

“We certainly are not perfect at this time, and maybe never will be, but I’d rather be us than them,” Garrido said.

Though Texas has lost a lot of firepower on offense, nearly its entire infield returns, including four players who started 95 percent of last year’s games. The

Longhorns led Division I in fielding last season with a .980 mark.

Texas opens its season against Maryland this weekend, and Garrido said he’ll be looking to see how his team responds when things go wrong. It’s a long season, and he wants to see if they can play hard when faced with adversity, and play with confidence when they’re behind.

“We have a good team,” Garrido said. “But we have to have a great team to become a champion, and that can only take place through the ups and downs of the season.”

SOFTBALL SPOTLIGHT: PREPARATION

Clark establishes game plan for opponents

By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff

The Longhorns will face upward of 35 opponents, each with their own style this season. Oftentimes, they have less than a week to prepare for a game, which can be tricky, especially if they don’t play the opposing team regularly. Texas has developed an effective method for preparing for a game that has already proven effective for the undefeated Longhorns.

Step 1: They have to figure out their opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. During the week prior to a game, the Longhorns watch video of their next opponent. They figure out how the other team bats — Are they conservative or risky?

Are they right- or left-handed?

“We’ll look at video and look at the hitter’s strengths and weaknesses,” said freshman pitcher Rachel Fox. “[We then pick] certain pitches to get the effects that we want.”

The Longhorns also learn about the pitchers they are facing. For example, Wisconsin’s starter Meghan Mcintosh is left-handed. That knowledge affects a right-handed and a left-handed batter differently.

“I think about what a lefty would normally throw to me on a daily basis,” said left-handed freshman Brejae Washington. “Probably an inside curve or something else inside.”

For a right-handed batter, it’s the opposite analysis.

Pitchers have a favorite set of pitches that they rely on. An experienced batter can use this knowledge to predict what pitch might be coming if the count is full or if the pitcher is desperate.

The coaches also have their own notes that come from additional videos or from experience playing the other team.

“Coach Clark has been here 15

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Texas head coach Connie Clark, left, speaks with pitcher Kim Bruins last Saturday. Clark’s experience facing different teams has helped the Longhorns prepare for opponents.

years, so she has faced a bunch of the teams that we play,” Fox said.

“She knows their weaknesses, and we try to focus on that and go right at them.”

Step 2: They put it into practice.

To be able to perform in a game, Texas takes what it’s analyzed and applies it. Sophomore Taylor Hoagland stresses that using these notes and improving on past performances is crucial in practice.

Hitters also have the opportunity to prepare for a pitcher. Batters practice against a pitching machine that can imitate the opposing pitcher.

Pitchers and hitters are not the only positions analyzed. A poor infield can motivate a hitter to hit short ground balls to get a batter to first, while a great defensive team can lead to power hitting.

Step 3: The Longhorns apply what they have practiced to game-time situations. Game day ignites nerves in players regardless of experience level and can lead to mistakes.

“Mentally, you have [to] really be prepared so you don’t think as much and just play the game,” Washington said. “[You need to] react to different situations and be able to adjust.”

The proper mental outlook can come in different forms for different positions. A pitcher who is frazzled needs to remember to take each pitch as it comes. If she gives up a hit, she needs to be able to see that a new batter is a fresh opportunity to get an out.

For a hitter, analyzing past atbats can help deal with future ones.

“Our coach gives us a batting

book, and you take notes on your at-bat,” Washington said. “That way, if you mess up on your last atbat, you can go back when you’re in the dugout waiting and look at those notes.”

A hitter has an advantage knowing what a pitcher is likely to throw and what she is not. Through this practice, a missed opportunity in one inning can turn into something much better next time.

Step 4: All of the preparation in the world may become useless when on the field. Games are as unpredictable as the weather in Austin, and what really matters is getting out there and dealing with the unexpected.

“Obviously, if they have a lot of slappers or a good catcher, we will try to work a little better on base running,” Hoagland said. “But really, it just comes down to playing the game.”

BATS continues from PAGE 2B safer for bystanding players and spectators. The bat will also shorten the length of the games — because of less scoring — and diminish what has become an inflated home run statistic.

The bat should have a dramatic effect on the game. Distances of fly balls should decrease by 10 to 15 percent, meaning many balls that might have left the park will instead become pop flies. The effect shouldn’t change the offensive scheme for the Longhorns, who prefer the small-ball method anyway.

“With the new bat, the offense is going to be about sustaining rallies and getting guys to the play,” Garrido said. “All of the little things are going to matter more.”

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The Texas bench cheers during the 15-1 win over Wisconsin on Thursday. The Longhorns have scored 43 runs in three games.

By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff

Early season tournaments are meant to prepare a team for the rigors of their conference schedule and postseason, but at this rate, all Texas is learning to do is go home early.

The Longhorns (6-0) finished their third straight game in the fifth inning because of the NCAA’s mercy rule, beating Wisconsin 15-1 on Thursday at McCombs Field in the opening round of the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational.

Texas accomplished all this with just 18 base runners and 23 atbats. The Longhorns are beating opponents by an average of 9.32 runs per contest.

“It gets us really hyped when we can all [play] a part and score a lot of runs,” said Texas freshman Brejae Washington. “We have 43 runs in three games. It’s really good to know that everyone is on offensively.”

Washington, along with sophomore Taylor Hoagland, led the Texas offense against Wisconsin. Both hitters were perfect during their atbats, going a combined 5-for-5 with five hits and five runs.

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ues to look that good,” said Texas head coach Connie Clark. “We had some great at-bats early and [were able to work] really deep in the counts, and when we get to see a lot of pitches, that helps us.”

The Texas pitching staff, led by sophomore Blaire Luna, started off slow in the first inning but quickly

demolished any hope Wisconsin had of coming back. After sending four batters up to face Luna in the first inning, the Badgers sent the minimum up to bat the rest of the game. In four innings of work, Luna had seven strikeouts against 13 batters.

“Blaire did a great job; she made some adjustments and we talked

about some things between the innings, specifically where the Wisconsin hitters were setting up in the box against her,” Clark said. “It’s always that game within the game.

You want to make the in-game adjustments that you need to, and she was able to do that immediately into the second inning and had success.”

At the top of the fifth inning, sophomore reliever Kim Bruins came in and logged two strikeouts of her own without giving up a hit in her first outing for the season. The Texas pitchers struck out nine of the 16 batters they faced on Thursday.

Texas started out fast and finished fast, a good sign for the team

as it prepares for its second-round matchup with Missouri State on Friday night.

“Today before we started the game, our chant was to start fast,” Hooks said. “We want to start fast, and we want to jump on them early and not wait until later in the game to score runs.”

Washington sets school record for triples

By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff

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The long ball once more paid off for the Longhorns, who scored more than 14 runs for the third game in a row.

But a new threat emerged for the Texas offense in the form of freshman Brejae Washington, who went 3-for-3 from the plate with two runs scored, one RBI and two triples. It was the first multiple-triple night from a Longhorn in the program’s 15-year history.

Washington didn’t know about her record-breaking performance until afterward.

“It feels like I want to get three next time,” Washington said. “It feels great to be able to do that be1 cause I know a lot of people can’t get the ball in the outfield and leg out a triple, so it feels really good to be able to do that.”

Freshman Brejae Washington raises her horns prior to Thursday’s game. She became the first Longhorn to ever hit two triples in one game. The outfielder scored two runs and was 3-for-3 at the plate. day, month day, 2008 lassifieds

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Washington’s other hit in the game came off a bunt in the second inning that put two on for Texas. The Wisconsin pitcher then made two illegal throws, allowing one Longhorn to walk home, before a sacrifice fly allowed Washington to score.

Washington adds other elements to the team as well — her speed makes her an excellent center fielder who can cover a lot of ground.

Plus she has an excellent glove, which she showed when she posted a perfect 1.00 fielding percentage in her senior year of high school.

Washington’s talents are unique but will mix well with the other Longhorns’ impressive power hitting. Even if the remarkable power doesn’t stick around all year, they can count on at least one constant on offense.

“I’m going to be stealing bases for sure,” Washington said.

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Washington’s speed brings a new element to the lineup this year, as she is a dangerous runner who stole 137 bases in her high school career at Cajon in Southern California.

Texas stole just 61 bases last year, but the freshman thinks the team can blow past that number in 2011.

The single-season team record at Texas is 107 steals.

“I’m just really quick on my feet ... It feels great to know that I could be the fastest runner at Texas,” Washington said. “We’re going for the stolen base record. My role on the team is to run.”

Head coach Connie Clark is utilizing Washington’s speed to bolster the bottom of the order this year, placing her in the ninth hitter’s spot. This essentially gives Texas an extra leadoff hitter at the bottom of the order that can cause havoc on the bases late in games and set up the top of the lineup.

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THOMPSON continues from PAGE 8B and points are all fine and dandy for Thompson, it’s the stat that he leads the team in that means the most to him: blocks.

Thompson averages more than two blocks a game and has become one of the most feared defenders in the Big 12. His long arms physically give him an advantage on the defensive end. His fearless mentality helps as well. But it’s his pure enjoyment of blocking shots that has made him a force in the past.

“That’s the greatest feeling I have when I block a shot,” Thompson said. “Using my athleticism to say, ‘Hey, I can jump, so let me try to

deflect it and get back on offense.’”

Don’t expect to see Thompson try to take a charge. That’s not his style. From time to time, he will stand tall with his hands up and that alone makes a difference. But no flopping.

Opposing teams have learned that Thompson is going to go for the blocks. But one pump fake is not enough. If Thompson does fall for a pump fake, there is usually a teammate right behind him to back up and contest the shot.

Playing on one of the most physical squads in practice every day has helped Thompson be ready for

the other teams that target him.

“I just try to push him as much as I can and try to make him work as much as he can so that once he gets to game it’s like this isn’t too bad,” said senior Matt Hill.

Head coach Rick Barnes praised Thompson’s ability to open things up and do a lot of the “little subtle things” that he has been doing all year.

“The more he plays, the more familiar he becomes with everything,” Barnes said.

And the more he dunks, the more familiar he will become with the rim.

SOONERS continues from PAGE 8B Nebraska. They are 6-2 since facing the Sooners and have fixed many of the problems that plagued them early in the season — namely, limiting turnovers and grabbing rebounds.

“It just comes with concentrating in practice,” Nash said of Texas’ early season woes. “Now we’ve learned how to maintain a lead, keep our foot to the ground and not let them come back.”

Despite the obvious disparity in their national ranking, Texas and Oklahoma games are usually close ones. Both teams are neckand-neck in almost every statistical category.

Texas’ 79.6 points a game is the third-best scoring team in the conference. Oklahoma’s 76.4 is fourth. To maintain their miniscule scoring edge, the Longhorns will need production from their top scorer, freshman Chassidy Fussell.

“I think that [Fussell] came in with the attitude that she wanted to contribute right away, and that is definitely what she is doing,” said junior guard Yvonne Anderson. “She is very consistent on the offensive floor.”

Both teams also rank at the very bottom of the Big 12 in scoring defense. Oklahoma yields 65

points a game to Texas’ 68.

Exemplif ying the idea of honing “student athletes,” Texas and Oklahoma enter Saturday’s contest featuring 2011 Academic All-Big 12 players, including Nash. Anderson, Ashleigh Fontenette, Ashley Gayle and Sarah Lancaster. Oklahoma placed a Big 12-leading six student athletes on the squad, including Robinson.

Though their similarities abound, Texas is hoping that it can come away from Saturday further differentiating the two teams — with a Texas win and a Sooner loss.

MARATHON continues from PAGE 8B Nemzer is aiming for the full marathon with multiple 5ks, 10ks and other races under his belt.

“Other than a quick check of my feet and arms, I mostly just try to stay loose,” he said. “I try to do what feels right and focus a majority on the mental aspect.

I get in the habit of talking to myself and occasionally singing to myself in order to keep that pace I want.”

The pair’s race philosophies converged once more when

talking about the experience of running. The key, both agreed, is knowing what to expect from the wear and tear of an endurance race.

“Who wouldn’t want experience in this type of running?”

Weidenheft said. “I’m really just nervous because I don’t want to disappoint myself.”

Nemzer, as a veteran competitor, is not as worried. “ The first time is always hard,” he said. “You question yourself and get butterflies. It is

when you have been there and done it when you can get rid of the butterflies and trust yourself. Knowing you have run the miles before helps you train mentally. That X-factor relaxes you and helps you focus on what is going to push you to the next level.”

No matter the experience, personality or training technique, there is one aspect that remains the same for all runners at this weekend’s marathon — the finish line.

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WEEKEND PREVIEW men’s tennis

Championship tournament gets underway

By Wes maulsby Daily Texan Staff

Texas takes its show on the road again this weekend, heading to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship against Kentucky. Texas is the No. 5 seed in the 16 team bracket, and the Wildcats are in the 12th spot. The field includes some of the top teams in the country, and Texas’ side features fourth-seeded Ohio State and the No. 1 overall seed Virginia. Last year, Texas made it to the semis after upsetting top-ranked USC but lost to Tennessee in the finals.

The blueprint for Texas this year has been to take the doubles point first and get the sin-

gles points wherever they can.

That strategy has paid off so far, with the Longhorns undefeated and ranked No. 5 in the country.

Texas has taken the doubles point in every match it’s played so far this season, and with four pairs ranked in the top 100 nationally, they’ll need to continue that early domination. Ed Corrie and Jean Andersen are the second-ranked doubles pair in the country. Kentucky doesn’t have a ranked doubles team, which should play right into Texas’ strong suit.

After registering easy wins to start the year, Texas has been facing stiffer competition over the last few weeks, posting 4-3 wins over Michigan, Texas A&M and

Florida State.

Kentucky has three players ranked in the top 100 nationally in singles, including the thirdranked player in the country. Texas may not be as strong at the top of the singles draw but it is deeper with five players ranked. Ben Chen and Daniel Whitehead, a pair of sophomores, have clinched many of Texas’ matches so far and, along with fellow sophomore Vasko Mladenov, are climbing up the rankings. Texas has yet to record the same singles win combination multiple times this year, so any player on the roster could step up this weekend and provide the punch the Longhorns need to be successful.

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Texas is once again island hopping — the team travels to the Rio Mar Beach Resort to compete in the Puerto Rico Classic this Sunday.

The Longhorns finished second in their last outing, the Amer Ari Invitational in Kohala Coast, Hawaii. Senior Bobby Hudson and sophomore Cody Gribble led a late push and each finished in the top 10. Those two, plus juniors Dylan Frittelli and Adam Wennerstrom and freshman Toni Hakula, start for Texas in this weekend’s threeday tournament.

At this point in the season, Texas has not finished worse than ninth place in any team event and is No. 6 in the most recent Golfweek Magazine rankings.

The Longhorns are no strangers in Puerto Rico — they beat perennial powerhouse Oklahoma State by six strokes to win the last Puerto Rico Classic. The top-ranked Cowboys, along with many more of the nation’s best teams, will be looking for revenge.

“The field for this event is tremendous, as usual,” said Texas head coach John Fields. “We like to play against the best teams in the country, and this is another opportunity to do that.”

The Longhorns will play on the River Course of the Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort, a course designed by golf legend Greg Norman. Norman’s first Caribbean course design stretches more than 6,900 yards and features wide fairways, open greens and shallow bunkers. This design should lend itself to lower scores for everyone

in the event.

“It’s a golf course that some of our guys are familiar with, though we’ll be taking two guys who are not familiar with the course,” Fields said.

The two newcomers to the course, Wennerstrom and Hakula, will have to learn the terrain quickly, as nearly all of the teams from last year’s field are back.

Along with Oklahoma State, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Georgia Tech and 14th-ranked Georgia return, plus host school Purdue.

Winning a second-straight Puerto Rico Classic against such stiff competition is a tall order, and Fields knows it.

“If we play really good golf, we will have a chance to win,” he said. “We’ve prepared as best we can, and we will see where that leads us.”

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AUSTIN MARATHON

Grueling workouts, sacrifices worth it for devoted runners

After months of training, Aaron Nemzer, left, and Alex Weidenheft will run in Sunday’s Austin Marathon. Last year, more than 4,000 people finished the marathon.

By Chris Medina Daily Texan Staff

As 6 a.m. arrives, and while many students lay blissfully unaware or dreaming in their beds, a small group of them wake up and begin preparing for their days.

The preparation begins with tying their shoes, then getting in a quick stretch or warm up.

After that, they’re off, sprinting into the brisk morning cold that nips at the body as they start to stretch the muscles that are still asleep.

A 10-mile run, maybe more.

Then, it’s back home for a quick shower, a bite to eat, then class, homework, meetings and finally back to bed.

It’s a life that could be mistaken for a NCAA athlete, but it’s actually led by normal students preparing for this weekend’s Austin Marathon.

The race compels people such as kinesiology freshman Alex Weidenheft and economics junior Aaron Nemzer to live slightly different lifestyles.

“You really have to have a love for [running],” Nemzer said. “It is one of those things that can help you feel really good about yourself because of the dedication it takes.”

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easy part. What separates this lifestyle from others is the sacrifice.

“Sleep is what I sacrifice the most,” Weidenheft said. “But along with sleep, there is also the food and time aspect. I have to keep a closer eye on the types of food I take in and how much of it. It’s almost like a full-time job.”

Runners like Weidenheft and Nemzer usually consume a diet full of carbohydrates, fiber, protein, fat and, most importantly, lots and lots of water. The diet is essential for a distance runner because it prevents the body from becoming ill and helps the runner concentrate, recover and perform better.

But, of course, running includes many mental and physical struggles. Nemzer and Weidenheft agreed on the general aspects of training such as paying attention to the way their feet land on the ground and the way their arms move while they run, but their specific techniques differ.

“When training, I try to focus a lot on my breathing. It is when I control my breathing that I can focus on muscle memory,” said Weidenheft, whose half-marathon this weekend is her first competitive race. “The rest is pretty easy.”

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After years spent watching others, Thompson making own highlight reel This time of year, Tristan Thompson only needs to know two channels on his television.

“My television always sits on ESPN or ESPN2,” Thompson said.

That is all he needs so that he can keep watching basketball.

His favorite players to watch include LeBron James and Kevin Durant. His favorite NBA team: his hometown’s Toronto Raptors.

He compares himself to Chris Bosh, the former Raptor who Thompson has met a few times.

And he loves seeing big guys make big dunks. He also loves being one of the big guys making a big dunk.

“I think it just comes from growing up watching players like Dwight Howard and Shaq [O’Neal] being so dominant trying to dunk everything,” Thompson said.

The 6-foot-10 for ward was not the first to dunk growing up though.

“Everyone started dunking early on in eighth grade,” Thompson said. “I didn’t start until late in eighth grade, early on in the ninth grade. I haven’t stopped since.”

The freshman comes up with dunks you would not think possible by someone not named Blake Griffin. After getting an offensive rebound underneath the basket and being surrounded by three defenders, there is no way anyone would be able to throw one down.

But with patience, Thompson finds the perfect time to go up and rattle the rim.

“If you have that dunk-first mentality, things will go good for you,” Thompson said.

Things have been better than Thompson could have hoped

for, averaging 12.8 points and 7.4 points per game — both second on the team entering Saturday’s game against Nebraska. While dunks

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TEXAS at No. 15 OKLAHOMA

Longhorns need win over rival Sooners The last time Texas and Oklahoma met, the two fought an epic back-and-forth battle that culminated in a frustrating 71-67 overtime loss for the Longhorns.

When the unranked Longhorns head to Norman this Saturday to take on the 15th-ranked Sooners, Texas is bringing the same strategy but hoping for a different result.

“We aren’t really fixing our game plan,” said Texas senior Kathleen Nash.

“Last time we faced them, our shots just weren’t falling, and we didn’t protect the ball. We hung with them for most of the game,

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Why was Cinderella cut from the baseball team?

but we didn’t finish. We’ve learned how to do that since then.”

This matchup is the first of three straight games against ranked opponents, and with the Longhorns barely breaking .500 in the Big 12 standings, they desperately want to come away with a victory.

“This one is huge. We need every game but especially this game,” Nash said. “They are our rival, and they are a team we know we can hang with.”

Facing a highly ranked opponent is hard, but facing one with one of the nation’s top players is even tougher. Last time around, Oklahoma’s Danielle Robinson started slow but eventually got going and torched the Longhorns for 30 points, seven rebounds and

five steals.

“Stopping her was our focus in practice yesterday,” Nash said on Wednesday. “We want to take her out of the game early because she is quick and can change a game.”

The Longhorns are coming off of a much-needed victory over

Tristan Thompson, No. 13, has been a dominant force on offense and defense for Texas this season. The freshman forward averages nearly 13 points and two blocks per contest.

Junior guard Yvonne Anderson, left, looks to make a play against Nebraska on Tuesday.

Saturday’s game against Oklahoma is Texas’ first of three straight games against ranked opponents.

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Combined seasons at Texas between Tim Maitland, Brandon Loy, Mark Payton and Paul Montalbano, the Nos. 1 through 4 batters this year.

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