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Argentina’s new law lets people choose own gender.
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Bullying on college campuses — it doesn’t end in high school.
NEWS
State Fair officials have a deadline but few plans for the new Big Tex.
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Jordan Hicks is out for the season, but Longhorns run defense still getting.
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Israel, Gaza draw supporters on campus By David Maly
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As the Israel-Gaza crisis becomes increasingly violent, people around the world and on the UT campus are paying more attention to it. Members of the UT community on multiple sides of the issue voiced their opinions Monday. Roughly 20 students from the UT chapter of the International Socialist Organization and Palestine Solidarity Committee marched across campus Monday in support of residents of Gaza. They
walked through the East, West and Main Malls as well as the halls of the Beauford H. Jester Center and the Student Activity Center chanting, “Free, free Palestine. Occupation is a crime.” Meanwhile, roughly 45 students from six organizations tabled on the West Mall in support of Israel. These six organizations were Texans for Israel; College Republicans; Chabad Jewish Student Organization; Alpha Epsilon Pi, a fraternity that works to provide opportunities for Jewish men; the Latino and Jewish Student
Coalition; and Texas Hillel, an educational Jewish center. The International Socialist Organization and Palestine Solidarity Committee set up tables on the West Mall as well. Advocates on both sides of the issue worked to attract passing students to their table. Tracy Frydberg, Middle Eastern studies and liberal arts honors sophomore and head of campus relations for Texans for Israel, said she has family in Israel and came out
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Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan Staff English junior Zach Guerinot stands in support of Palestine during a protest Monday afternoon. Israel supporters also tabled in West Mall to inform students about the conflict.
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New team, same tradition
Hexing TCU not the same
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game. Since then UT has used the hex against rivals other than A&M, including SMU in 1950, Baylor in 1953 and TCU in 1955. Kelsey Roberts, the Texas Exes’ student relations coordinator, said the organization considered replacing the hex rally as a result of A&M’s departure, but ultimately decided to keep the rally because it is a valuable piece
Having a Hex Rally without playing Texas A&M is going to be like Thanksgiving without the turkey. You can’t have one without the other. But Texas will do just that this week, facing TCU on Thursday, three days after Monday night’s Hex Rally. There’s nothing wrong with bringing the Horned Frogs to Austin on Thanksgiving night, but to have a Hex Rally knowing that a game against the Aggies isn’t on the horizon just doesn’t feel right. “It’s a Texas tradition and TCU will just fill in,” junior guard Mason Walters said. “I really think that the Thanksgiving Day game is what made the game so great. It’s an in-state school with TCU, they’re two different teams. We know that. But it’s great to play in that Thanksgiving Day environment.” TCU hasn’t played on Thanksgiving Day in more than 80 years. But the Horned Frogs, who have
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Chelsea Purghan | Daily Texan Staff Coach Mack Brown addresses the crowd at the TCU Hex Rally Monday evening. Though UT has a new Thanksgiving rival in TCU, Brown stressed the importance of keeping the Hex tradition alive.
Hex Rally shifts focus from opponent to UT By Tiffany Hinman The glow of red candles illuminated the steps of the UT Tower 71 years after UT’s first hex on Texas A&M, proving that Longhorn tradition remains even if the original opponent does not. The Texas Exes Student Chapter hosted its annual Hex Rally on Monday at the Main Mall, placing a curse on the TCU football team in time for
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Major-exploration tools to raise graduation rate By Bobby Blanchard
Today in history In 1945
On Nov. 20, 1945, 24 high-ranking Nazis went on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for acts of murder and genocide committed during World War II. This trial, led by the International Military Tribunal, was the first of its kind and marked the beginning of international prosecution of war crimes.
the Thanksgiving game. Although the Longhorns have hexed A&M for the past 26 years, the Aggies’ departure from the Big 12 Conference provided UT with the opportunity to hex the Horned Frogs. According to the Texas Exes, the Longhorn football team ended an 18year losing streak against A&M at Kyle Field in 1948 after a local fortune teller, Madam Agusta Hipple, suggested burning red candles a week before the
A new online interactive balloon-popping game is one way UT is trying to help its incoming students graduate in four years. The University added modules to Wayfinder, an online site incorporated into Be a Longhorn that helps prospective and current students figure out their majors. The modules are online tools that aim to debunk myths, provide sample class problems and inform students about selected courses. The purpose of the interactive tools is to give students the information they need to select an appropriate major. David Laude, senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation management, said programming the new
modules cost several thousand dollars and was done by staff in the School of Undergraduate Studies, the Undergraduate Writing Center, the Department of Mathematics and the Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation. Some of the tools are carnival- or arcade-style interactive games aimed at addressing myths relating to major selection. One of the games requires participants to match celebrities and historic figures with what they studied in college. Players do this in the game by popping balloons with the icon’s corresponding major written on the balloon. At the end of this game and the others, the interactive tool reviews a list of myths. In a statement, Kedra
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UTPD seeks enhanced bike safety By David Maly James Otte, 56, is being held in the Travis County Jail after he was charged this weekend with theft of a University of Texas Police Department “bait bike,” a bike with a GPS tracker inside. UT police say a dwindling number of criminals are still falling for the bait bike sting. UT police chief Robert Dahlstrom said since the bait bike program was initiated in February of 2011, it has been successful, but that success has recently declined. “Over the last month, we have had more thefts and no bait bikes taken,” Dahlstrom said. In October, UTPD received 39 bicycle theft reports, almost double the 20
Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan Staff UTPD has seen a 95 percent increase in bike thefts in the past two months, but no bait bikes have been taken in the past month.
bicycle thefts reported in September. UTPD has not received that many bicycle thefts reports in a single month in the past 10 years. The second-most bicycle thefts reported in a single month since 2000 came in January 2011, the month before the bait bike program
began, when 36 bicycles were reported stolen. Since the bait bike program began, there have been less than 20 bicycle thefts reported to UTPD each month, until the spike beginning in September.
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of UT history and tradition. “If we got rid of the rally, it would be proving that this entire time it was all about A&M,” Roberts said. “We instead decided to keep up with this tradition by making it more about us.” Advertising senior Erica Flores, Texas Exes Spirit and Traditions Council chair, said the council worked to make the rally more UT-focused by introducing new acts to the rally, including a skit by mascot Hook ‘Em and a speech by Harley Clark, creator of the “Hook ‘Em Horns” hand sign. “Students need to embody UT traditions as UT traditions,” Flores said. “We need to take the ownership back, and this year provides a great opportunity for that.” Flores said the organization successfully maintained
student body spirit for the tradition. The Student Chapter sold more than 400 Hex Rally shirts Monday in addition to 400 shirts it sold Nov. 14, Flores said. She said this support reflects UT’s independence gained from A&M’s departure from the Big 12 Conference. “Of course there may be mixed opinions about the rally, but there is a sense of such excitement because not all campuses do these types of things,” Flores said. Despite the changes made to the rally, one aspect remained the same. Coach Mack Brown initiated the hex by lighting the first candle. Brown emphasized UT’s 15-home game winning streak against TCU. Junior offensive guard Mason Walters said UT’s opponent is not what is important. Walters
If we got rid of the rally, it would be proving that this entire time it was all about A&M. We instead decide to keep up with this tradition by making it more about us. — Kelsey Roberts, Texas Exes’ student relations coordinator
said what matters is the time-honored tradition of Longhorn football on Thanksgiving Day. “The thing about this game is it is about Texas,” Walters said. “It is not about the other team.”
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to support them and the other Israelis in fear for their lives. She said the organization’s main goal in tabling was to better inform students of the issues surrounding the conflict. “We are here to clarify, to answer questions, to be here as a resource for students on campus and to explain the issue and what is happening right now,” Frydberg said. Frydberg said the more vocal approach to the situation taken by students from the International Socialist Organization and Palestine Solidarity Committee seemed ineffective to her as it didn’t educate people on the issues. “We are not going to be doing anything like this,” Frydberg said. “These people are not here to clarify the situation. They are not explaining what
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is happening.” Jonathon Orta, Latin American studies senior and member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, said drawing more attention to the issue is necessary. “It forces a dialogue to happen, and a dialogue that happens is often uncomfortable for some people,” Orta said. “Just as when the South was segregated, you had these protesters of the Civil Rights Movement fighting for integration, but those conversations had to happen ... the same conversations are what we are trying to have happen at UT.” Journalism professor Robert Jensen spoke at the protest in support of the people of Gaza. He said the public must fully educate themselves on the issue since the situation’s history is essential for full understanding. “You cannot understand what is happening in Gaza today without understanding one central fact — the occupation of Palestine by Israel,” Jensen said. Ben Mendelson, government and liberal arts honors junior and chief financial officer for College Republicans, said he believes standing with Israel is an issue of safety, not politics. “I don’t think it is an issue of political party,” Mendelson said. “There is overwhelming support on both sides of the aisle for American support of Israel.” U.S. President Barack Obama and other politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have come out in support of Israel’s right to defend itself. Protesters on both sides of the issue said they will be working more this week to advocate for their causes through similar efforts.
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Israeli border policemen stand guard during a protest against Israel’s military action on the Gaza Strip in Birzeiton on Monday. Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.
African Anglicans elect female bishop MBABANE, Swaziland — The Anglican Church has ordained its first female bishop in Africa. Ellinah Wamukoya, 61, was consecrated Satuday to serve as the church’s bishop in Swaziland, a tiny, impoverished nation surrounded by South Africa that is the continent’s last absolute monarchy. It has been 36 years since the church’s General Synod declared it had no fundamental objection to ordaining women as priests, and 18 By Jordan Rudner years since the first women were ordained. Meanwhile, sister churches of the Anglican Communion in Australia, New Zealand and the United States already have women serving as bishops.
Animal deaths plague making of ‘The Hobbit’
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Animal wranglers involved in the making of “The Hobbit” movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept at a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and othner “death traps.” r The American Humane As-sociation, which is overseeing -animal welfare on the films, esays no animals were harmed eduring the actual filming. But it also says the wranglers’ comoplaints highlight shortcomings tin its oversight system, which -monitors film sets but not the ”facilities where the animals are nhoused and trained. , A spokesman for trilfogy director Peter Jackson on tMonday acknowledged the tanimal deaths, but he said osome of the deaths were from -natural causes.
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Israel, Hamas struggle to reach ceasefire By Ibrahim Barzak & Karin Laub Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers traded fire and tough ceasefire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their border conflict if diplomacy fails. No deal appeared near. A total of 38 Palestinians were killed Monday, bringing the death toll since the start
of Israel’s offensive to 109, including 56 civilians. Some 840 people have been wounded, including 225 children, Gaza health officials said. Three Israeli civilians have been killed and dozens have been wounded. Egypt, the traditional mediator between Israel and the Arab world, was at the center of a flurry of diplomatic activity Monday. Hamas wants Israel to halt all attacks on Gaza and lift
tight restrictions on trade and movement in and out of the territory that have been in place since Hamas seized Gaza by force in 2007. Israel demands an end to rocket fire and a halt to weapons smuggling into Gaza. With positions far apart on a comprehensive deal, some close to the negotiations suggested Egypt is first seeking a halt to fighting before other conditions are discussed. Israeli leaders have repeat-
edly threatened to widen the offensive, saying an invasion is an option. Israel has amassed troops on the Gaza border and begun calling up thousands of reservists. Still, an Israeli official emphasized that Israel hopes to find a diplomatic solution. As part of global efforts to end the Gaza fighting, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo on Monday and was to meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday.
The U.N. Security Council held closed-door consultations at the request of Russia, and Ambassador Vitaly Churkin later accused one country of foot-dragging, implying it was the U.S. Germany’s foreign minister was also headed to the region for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. On Tuesday, Turkey’s foreign minister and a delegation of Arab League foreign ministers were to visit Gaza.
2 workers indicted in BP spill British oil company BP said Thursday it is in advanced talks with U.S. agencies about settling criminal and other claims from the Gulf of Mexico well blowout two years ago.
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Dan Balilty | Associated Press Tel Aviv’s Art Museum, one of Israel’s premier museums, has moved 200 of its most precious works of art to a rocket-proof vault in case of a missile attack.
Museums protect art in Gaza rocket firings By Dan Balilty & Daniel Estrin Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel — The wine-red walls of the Brueghel exhibition hall at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art are now bare, like the crime scene of a daring art heist. Tel Aviv’s leading art museum, spooked by rocket attacks on Israel’s cultural capital, moved nearly 200 works Friday into a rocketproof safe the size of an auditorium — including some 100 works painted by relatives of Flemish Renaissance master Pieter Brueghel the Elder. “Even if there’s a very small possibility (of damage), we don’t play around. We don’t take chances,” said Doron J. Lurie, the senior curator and chief conservator. “We’ve guarded them like our own kids.” One other Israeli art museum followed suit, hauling some of its most prized artworks into fortified vaults deep underground to protect them from the current round of Israel-Palestinian fighting. For nearly a week, the Israeli military has waged air strikes against Gaza, while Palestinian militants have barraged Israel with rocket fire. In the southern city of Ashdod, which has suffered more frequent rocket barrages because of its proximity to Gaza, the curator
of the Ashdod Art Museum — Monart Center took down 15 works of leading contemporary Israeli artist Tsibi Geva. On Sunday, he stashed them in a vault four floors underground designed to withstand rocket fire and biological weapons. “It’s chutzpah to take a chance on them,” said curator Yuval Biton, using the Yiddish word for “audacious.” It was the first time the Ashdod museum had hid its art in the vault since it opened in 2003. Israel has seen its fair share of incoming fire over the past decade: Hezbollah launched rockets that rained down during the 2006 Lebanon war, and rockets from Gaza have repeatedly been fired into Israel’s south. Despite concerns about the risks, top masterworks are frequently exhibited in Israeli museums on loan from world institutions and collectors. Only a few rockets have whistled over the skies of Tel Aviv during the current conflict, and the city is considered safer than other Israeli towns along the Gaza border. So the Tel Aviv museum let southern Israelis visit the museum for free — and reduced admission for everyone else to account for the 200 or so missing spots on the museum walls. The Israel Museum and Eretz Israel Museum also offered free and discounted entry.
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By Michael Kunzelman Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — The manslaughter charges brought against two relatively low-ranking BP rig workers in the deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster may be as far as federal prosecutors are willing to go. The Justice Department has said only that its criminal investigation is still going on. “Either there simply isn’t evidence that anybody higher up was involved, or
the department has concluded the only way it’s going to make its case against more senior corporate officers is if it charges and eventually obtains cooperation” from the two men, said David Uhlmann, a University of Michigan law professor and former chief of the Justice Department’s environmental crimes section. A federal indictment unsealed last week charged BP rig supervisors Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine with botching a crucial safety test before the 2010 drilling-platform explosion
that killed 11 workers and triggered the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Two and a half years after the blast, they are the only individuals charged directly in the tragedy, despite a string of government investigations that spread fault among a host of people and companies. None of the company’s onshore engineers or executives was accused of wrongdoing in the indictment. BP agreed last week to plead guilty to charges related to the workers’ deaths and pay a record $4.5 billion.
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e WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — eTwinkies will live to see andother day. - Hostess Brands Inc. and its -second largest union agreed sMonday to try to resolve rdifferences after a bankruptcy court judge noted dthat the parties hadn’t gone athrough the critical step of -private mediation. e The company’s announceyment last week that it would move to liquidate prompted -people across the country to srush to stores and stock up on ltheir favorite Hostess treats. -Many businesses reported -selling out of Twinkies within fhours and the spongy cakes turned up for sale online for -hundreds of dollars. - Even if Hostess goes out of -business, its popular brands hwill likely find a second life in -buyers. The company says several potential buyers have exkpressed interest in the brands. fCourt attorney fired e for Twitter comments f . TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kanssas appeals court attorney was lfired Monday after using foul klanguage about the state’s forsmer attorney general in comments she posted to Twitter last week. Sarah Peterson Herr, a research attorney for a Kansas Court of Appeals judge, posted the comments about former Attorney General Phill Kline while he was appearing before the Kansas Supreme Court as part of an ethics investigation. One tweet commented on Kline’s facial expression, saying “Why is Phil Klein (sic) smiling? There is nothing to smile about, douchebag.” Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss said Monday that Herr had been fired and that her case had been referred to other offices for possible ethical violations. Messages left for Herr weren’t immediately returned.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Editor-in-Chief Susannah Jacob
Bullying exists on college campuses Laura Wright
Daily Texan Columnist
I was bullied during middle school. For a short period during my seventh-grade year, a gang of my classmates bullied me so fiercely and frequently that their attacks fundamentally changed the person I grew up to be. My close friends have heard me refer to this affecting experience from my past. They have also heard me joke that the silver lining of being bullied is that it helped my ability to take an insult and increased the speed at which I generate comebacks. When I have talked to other college students about my experience with bullying during middle school, the response has always been one of empathy and understanding. No one can deny that middle school is hell, and most people accept bullying and being bullied as part and parcel of an American adolescence. But what if my memories were set not in the past but in the present, in the halls of my dorm room instead of in my middle school homeroom? Would my fellow students still identify with my memories of being bullied if they occurred on a college campus? I suspect not, but that is by no means because bullying doesn’t occur on college campuses. Rather, we lack a definition of bullying that incorporates college students, and consequently, we often fail to recognize it among our own age group. I haven’t been bullied during my time at UT, but I’m not sure I would recognize it if I were. What is bullying, anyway, when it doesn’t fit into the paradigms of lunch money theft or locker room taunts? The government-run website stopbullying.gov defines bullying as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance.” Medlineplus.gov, another governmentrun website, defines bullying as “when a person or group repeatedly
tries to harm someone who is weaker or who they think is weaker.” The second definition does not explicitly limit bullying to children, but the webpage on which it is found goes on to talk about bullying’s effects on children and teenagers. Clearly, bullying is seen as something that stops when you leave high school. But abuses of real or perceived power imbalances certainly occur among college students as well. Neither the Office of the Dean of Students nor the Counseling and Mental Health Center mentions bullying on its website. The Office of the Dean of Students does, however, deal with allegations of hazing, sexual harassment and sexual misconduct. And while bullying isn’t on the CMHC’s list of “Common Student Concerns,” many of the concerns, including stalking, assertiveness and relationship and dating violence, speak directly and indirectly to managing imbalances of power. I0n many ways, the complications of adult life — including the absence of a principal’s office to settle disputes — mean that we need numerous categories to define and make sense of the single, overarching problem of abuse of power. Bullying, we should remember, runs the gamut from verbal to physical assault. Even the range and order of the spectrum is continually debated, forcing us to admit that bullying between adults is an issue much larger and more complex than your average playground name-calling. The problem with associating bullying only with children is that it leaves adults — and especially college students — to play a vocabulary game when identifying serious problems. Sexual assault is different than sexual misconduct, which is different than hazing, which is different than stalking, which is different than discrimination. When we jumble these words together, they become heavy not only with emotional weight but also with legal implications. How can I feel
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comfortable reaching out for help from my university with a problem of bullying if I don’t know what constitutes bullying? And if I don’t know what constitutes bullying in the university’s eyes, how can I know if they consider my problem worthwhile? Recently, a friend of mine found herself in an emotionally trying situation in which she felt manipulated by a powerful classmate. Though her friends urged her to take action, my friend’s problem didn’t fit into any of the conveniently defined categories, so she felt that the problem was not legitimate. This is not to say that the Office of the Dean of Students should start fielding complaints for bullying or that the Counseling and Mental Health Center should change their name to the “Bullying Help Center.” On the contrary, both of these agencies do a great job providing resources to students who are being bullied. Rather, we as students need to understand that bullying exists on college campuses, both within the traditionally defined categories such as hazing and sexual harassment and beyond them. It is the job of the University to handle these complaints — to sort the minor disputes from the major ones — and they have the procedures in place to do so. A student saying, “’I’m just really stressed out’ can mean anything from ‘I’m having difficulty sleeping’ to ‘I’m considering suicide,’” explained Jane Bost, associate director of the Counseling and Mental Health Center. “Part of what we do is to help people clarify [their problems] and to empower them with various options.” But clarification, and subsequent healing, can’t begin until we call bullying (in all forms and by any name) what it really is — a significant problem on college campuses. Wright is a Plan II and biology junior from San Antonio.
A call for grass Curry Shoff
Guest Columnist
Rape victims have options at UT Sydney Wilkins Guest Columnist
On Tuesday, Nov. 13th, the Daily Texan published an opinion column by Katelyn Sack titled “UT’s response to rape fails to protect students.” Ms. Sack’s column gave readers the impression that UT does not provide adequate services for survivors of sexual violence. This assertion is, quite simply, untrue. Voices Against Violence is a holistic program operated through UT’s Counseling and Mental Health Center. This program provides resources for survivors of sexual violence and works to educate the university community about relationship violence, sexual assault and stalking. Since its inception in 2001, VAV has spearheaded the University’s efforts to prevent sexual violence and provide resources and services for survivors. Although I am not here to claim the system in place is perfect, I believe that it is important for all UT students to know their options as victims of sexual violence and UT’s programs and policies geared toward providing survivor services. In the 10 years that VAV has existed, more than 150,000 individuals on UT’s campus — from orientation advisors and the UT Police Department to incoming freshmen and student athletes — have participated in VAV’s training sessions. These sessions offer information on how to be a safe and supportive first responder when an incident of sexual violence is reported, what sexual violence entails and how to identify red flags. Ms. Sack suggested in her column that part of UT’s failure concerning survivors of sexual assault lies in how survivors are counseled on campus and what their “best reporting option” may be. To be clear, no one has the power to tell survivors how best
to respond to their experiences. In fact, for some, the “best reporting option” may be no report whatsoever. The very notion that any one path could possibly be “almost always survivors’ best reporting option” shows an inherent misunderstanding of a survivor ally’s role. The individual who experienced the violence is the expert on it and how he or she feels about it. Attempting to tell a survivor what is best for them potentially disregards a survivor’s ability to take control of an already difficult situation. No one has the right to take the power to choose out of the hands of the survivor. Voices Against Violence employs a survivor-centered approach. This means that regardless of how survivors choose to come forward with their story — whether they’re seeking medical attention by calling the 24hour University Health Services nurse advice line, justice by reporting to the UT Police Department, guidance from a resident assistant, or peace of mind by contacting a Voices Against Violence counselor directly — VAV has trained all of these individuals to respond appropriately. In line with the philosophy of keeping a survivor’s power in his or her own hands, an appropriate response includes disclosure of all reporting options available to the student, some of which include filing a criminal complaint, civil complaint and/or a University complaint. Despite Sack’s assertion that a civil suit is a survivor’s best option, each of the options listed above has unique pros and cons that affect every survivor in equally distinct ways. Although civil cases are statistically easier to win, in the event of a student committing sexual assault against a peer, a lawyer may not even pick up a civil case. In a civil case, the survivor is essentially suing his or her assailant for a dollar amount that coincides with the heinousness of the crime committed. If the assailant is a young adult in col-
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lege, he or she is unlikely to have the means with which to pay that amount — and who can really put a price on the privilege of living a life free of sexual violence? If damages cannot be collected, no one gets paid unless a negligent third party can be found responsible and brought to court. So, yes, civil cases may be easier to win, but only if you can find the money to pay a lawyer to take the case and if the offender has assets. If a survivor finds a feeling of closure in seeing his or her attacker pronounced guilty, that is the survivor’s choice to make, whether through a civil or criminal suit. In the end, the best support an ally can provide is respecting the power a survivor has over his or her life. The process of creating a safer campus is, as always, a work in progress. Until sexual violence is eradicated, there is more work to be done. But if you are a survivor in need of a place to turn, look to your family. Look to your friends. Look to your fellow Longhorns. We are here and we will listen. We can help. If you would like to speak to a counselor trained in issues related to relationship violence, sexual violence and stalking, call the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center , which is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.5 p.m., at 471-3515 and request a VAV appointment when scheduling. If you need to see someone immediately, please come to CMHC on the 5th floor of the Student Services Building and ask to see a Crisis Counselor. No appointment is necessary. If you would like to speak to someone over the phone confidentially and anonymously, please call UT 24-hour telephone counseling at 512-471-CALL (2255). Wilkins is a member of Voices Against Violence’s student organization and an economics and international business junior from New Braunfels.
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In 1969, the Texas Longhorns switched the field, in what was then Texas Memorial Stadium from natural grass to AstroTurf. The team went 11-0 and beat Notre Dame 2117 in the Cotton Bowl, securing the second national championship for the Longhorns in 10 years. And then they went 36 years without one. From 1969-1995, the Longhorns played on a variety of artificial surfaces at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Over those 26 years, the Longhorns were 109-33 at home, with a winning percentage of .766, a full point less than the following 15 years when they went back to grass. Making the switch from natural grass to artificial grass has recently become a common trend in college football. Historic programs like Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Oregon have all altered their fields of play to artificial turf in the last decade. In fact, as a way for programs to save money on field maintenance, schools across the nation can be found “updating” their fields to artificial turf. One place you won’t find any of these programs, however, is on the podium holding up the championship trophy at the end of the year. Since the inception of the Bowl Championship Series in 1998, the national champion has never been a team who plays on artificial turf at their home stadium. Of the 28 teams that have played in the BCS National Championship Game over the last 14 years, only two of them have played on artificial turf. In 2009, as Texas sulked over a heartbreaking loss to Alabama in the National Championship, UT Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds announced that the Longhorns would start playing on artificial turf again. It was a petty $500,000 that would be spent as part of the $27 million in renovations to Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Dodds deemed this change necessary for the advancement of the program after multiple complaints about players slipping and falling in the last home game of the previous season against Texas A&M. (Remember them, the team in the Southeastern Conference
that just beat number-oneranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa? They still play on grass.) Texas won that game handily — 49-7. The change was intended to help improve the safety of the student athletes. However, the argument that artificial turf improves player safety is debatable. Studies have shown that artificial turf can actually be more dangerous. The American Journal for Sports Medicine found that the injury rate of knee and ankle sprains on artificial turf was 22 percent higher than on grass fields. But just how big has the change from grass to artificial turf been for the Longhorns? During the period in which Texas brought natural grass back to DKR (from 19962009) Texas set a remarkable 73-10 winning record in home games — amassing a .890 home winning percentage that placed them among the top three in college football. Following the installation of artificial turf at DKR in 2009, the Longhorns are a less than impressive 10-8 (.556) at home, with losses to teams like Iowa State, UCLA and Baylor. The Longhorns have won one game against a ranked opponent in the last three seasons. That game came this year against 18th-ranked Texas Tech, a team that has now fallen out of the Top 25. The Longhorns of the artificial turf era have given up 146 points to Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl (grass) in three years while only scoring 58 points. Statistically, this year’s defense is on track to be the worst defense the Longhorns have ever fielded. While Texas’ former rival is becoming a feared SEC opponent, this University is struggling to get out of Lawrence, Kansas with a win. Profit has finally trumped tradition in Austin, and Longhorn fans have not been shy in voicing their displeasure. The calls for changes have echoed throughout Austin this year. Fans have demanded changes in coaching personnel and changes in strategy. Change is definitely necessary, but the solution might be subtler than a coaching staff shake-up or player personnel changes. Maybe the real answer for Texas football is Bermuda grass. Shoff is an economics sophomore from Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Thanksgiving, F1 crowd to pack Austin airport By David Maly
Photo Illustration by Laura Devila | Daily Texan Staff
Big Tex reconstruction plans to begin By Jordan Rudner The committee in charge of rebuilding Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas has not selected a builder, approved a final blueprint or even generated a cost estimate. What it has done, officials said, is set a deadline. “Big Tex will definitely be back in time for the 2013 State Fair of Texas,” state fair spokesperson Sally Wamre said. “Big Tex is always there. He’s a tradition.” For 60 years, 52-foot-tall Big Tex greeted visitors at the entrance of the annual Texas State Fair. But on Oct. 19, the cowboy caught fire as a result of an electrical malfunction investigators believe started
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Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, said these tools would help students better understand the majors they apply for. “Many high school students make choices about their course of study in a vacuum ... without always having a sense of what that takes
NEWS BRIEFLY Man points handgun at couple in vehicle Austin police charged Anthony Almaguer, 24, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony, after they say he pointed a gun at the driver of another vehicle while the two cars were stopped at Guadalupe Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. According to an arrest affidavit for Almaguer issued Friday, the Austin Police Department received a call around 3:51 p.m. from a man saying he and his wife had been threatened with a gun by a man in another car. Michael Hernandez, the alleged victim, gave police the vehicle’s license plate number. The Austin police soon located and arrested the driver, Almaguer, at the 1000 block of West 24th Street. According to the affidavit, the caller told police he was driving southbound on Guadalupe Street when Almaguer “zoomed” past them yelling obscenities in the adjacent lane. While stopped at a traffic light, the caller said he heard yelling and heard his wife yell, “Gun!” He said he looked over to see Almaguer pointing a black handgun at him. According to the affidavit, Hernandez said Almaguer was yelling, “You want some problems. … I got you. … You want some problems?” Police recovered a black handgun during Almaguer’s arrest. Almaguer was released from the Travis County Jail on $20,000 bond. A second degree felony comes with a prison term of two to 20 years and a possible fine of up to $10,000. — David Maly
in the icon’s right boot. Fair officials removed the remnants of Big Tex from his location shortly after the fire, but plans for a new Big Tex began immediately. State Fair officials promised to restore Big Tex “so that he can once again fill his boots in time for the 2013 State Fair of Texas,” according to a press release issued the day of the fire. Big Tex has undergone several changes since he was originally installed as the fair greeter in 1952. In 1997, his frame was strengthened with 4,200 feet of steel rods, which together weigh roughly three tons. “Even though his clothes change every three years, for the most part, he’s the same
old Big Tex,” Wamre said. Jonette Daggs, director of sales for a planned theme park at the state fair site, said that no concrete plans have been established to rebuild the towering cowboy. “We have not totally decided on anything for next year and that’s all under review now,” Daggs said. “We’re receiving input at this point.” Daggs said Big Tex is more than just a greeter to those entering the fair. “He’s an icon of the State Fair,” Daggs said. “He’s what people think of when they think of [the fair].” Business honors sophomore Annie Zhu, who is from Plano, said she does not visit the State Fair every
or what some of the other academic options are,” Ishop said. “Ultimately, student satisfaction with their choice of major increases motivation as well as the likelihood of student success.” A third of UT students transfer to different schools or colleges within UT, which can delay their graduation date, according to the statement. The University is trying to increase its four-year graduation rate to 70 percent
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continues from page 1 UTPD detective Roberto Gonzalez said roughly 50 people have been arrested by UTPD through the bait bike program since it started. He said criminals are most likely wising up to the bait bike program. “They are usually repeat offenders,” Gonzalez said. “That is what we found through our bait bike program. Many times you have career criminals that steal bikes or
year but remembers Big Tex as a staple of her childhood. “I did always go to the fair when I was a kid, and I would always look forward to seeing Big Tex there,” Zhu said. “He was a trademark that I just sort of took for granted.” Zhu, who visited the fair this year with a native Texan friend who goes to college out of state, said she thinks Big Tex also serves as a “welcome home” message to people who have moved away. “She felt welcomed home and said she missed Texas — fried food and Texas culture in general,” Zhu said. “Obviously people say that ‘everything is bigger in Texas,’ and I think Big Tex really symbolizes all of that.”
by 2016. Currently, it stands at 52 percent. Laude said the sooner students begin to think about their major choice, the better chance they have to stay on their graduation track. “Tools like the Wayfinder module are intended to open students up to different possibilities and to prompt self reflection,” Laude said. “Some students will change their majors. Some will have their major choices anything accessible.” Gonzalez said while some instances of organized crime have shown up in the past, where stolen bicycles were taken to other cities in large quantities to be sold, that is not normally the case. Most thieves steal the bicycles to sell somewhere in the area for quick cash, often to buy drugs, Gonzalez said. “They are definitely being sold at pawn shops, flea markets and on Craigslist,” Gonzalez said. He said the fact that the bicycles usually stay in the area doesn’t neces-
Six cargo planes bound for Brazil and loaded with Formula 1 cars and equipment departed from AustinBergstrom International Airport on Monday, as officials transition from the challenge of Formula 1 travelers to the annual Thanksgiving rush. Jason Zielinski, AustinBergstrom spokesman, said with added Thanksgiving and Formula 1 airport traffic, the wait time could be roughly an hour for many passengers, and they should arrive two hours early as an extra precaution through the period up to and following Thanksgiving. “Overall, Thanksgiving is always the busiest holiday at the airport,” Zielinski said. “The scenario is that most people get four days off, and with it being a big family holiday, they often like to fly home.” He said because people tend to have less time off for Thanksgiving than other holidays, they tend to travel on the same days, usually departing on the day before or on Thanksgiving and flying back Sunday. Airport officials advise passengers to arrive at least two hours early if departing Sunday or Monday after the holiday. Zielinski said wait times last year peaked at an hour, and wait times during the
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confirmed. Some students will be more uncertain than when they started. All of this is good. It is a process.” Andrew Kogler, computer science and electrical engineering sophomore, added his computer science major after realizing during his first year of college that he was more interested in that than electrical engineering. He said the Wayfinder tool would have helped him figure out his preference for
sarily make it easier to track them down. “The problem is they are still difficult to find,” Gonzalez said. He said bicycles are a prime target for thieves, especially on a college campus, as they are often accessible and left unattended. “The bikes are often left for an extended period of time, sometimes maybe even semesters at a time,” Gonzalez said. “They are open, accessible. That is why they are such an appealing target.” He said the best way students can prevent bicycle
regular travel season normally get up to 45 minutes. He said although most who flew into town for this past weekend’s Formula 1 festivities were expected to fly back this past Sunday and Monday, some will be flying back during the heavy Thanksgiving travel days, worsening congestion. He said because this is the first year Austin has held a Formula 1 Grand Prix, it is hard to predict how it will continue to affect air travel. Zielinski said there was a spike in the number of personal aircraft traveling into the area during Formula 1 that was not seen during other major Austin festivals including the Austin City Limits Music Festival and South By Southwest. He said to better handle congestion, Austin-Bergstrom added an extra checkpoint with four additional Transportation Security Administration lanes and now has four checkpoints and 15 security lanes. He said airport traffic has risen by roughly 3.5 percent when compared to this time last year. Zielinski said air travel has declined nationwide, but because Austin’s economy has remained strong, air travel in the city has increased. Austin-Bergstrom officials advise passengers to frequently check their flight’s status for cancellations and delays.
Some students will change their major. Some will have their major choices confirmed ... All of this is good. It is a process.
— David Laude, Senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation management
computer science sooner. “Something like that would have been helpful, but at the same time it is difficult to know what major you would like without taking a theft is to properly secure their bicycles with two strong locks: one through the bike’s frame and another through its back wheel. Gonzalez said students can also have their information engraved free of charge at UTPD, and they can register their bicycles with the University online. By registering a bicycle with the University, students leave the serial number of their bicycle on record. Gonzalez said this can assist police and even students in identifying a stolen bicycle, as many bicycles tend to look the same.
course in it,” Kogler said. The University will highly recommend, but not require, that incoming students complete the modules in Wayfinder.
bike bait program by the numbers Bikes reported stolen
Jan. 2011 36 Bike bait program implemented Feb. 2011
Feb. 2011 17 Sept. 2012 20 Oct. 2012 39 Highest number of bikes stolen in the last 10 years
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Artists color sidewalks in Houston charity competition By Erica Quiroz Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON (AP) — Elinor Smith used colored pastels and a clean sidewalk to create a layered drawing of an owl. Smith’s inspiration for the 6-foot square that she created at the 7th annual Via Colori Street-Painting Festival came from a picture she saw on Pinterest. “After I saw a square my sister drew one year and got jealous, I decided I wanted to draw one myself,” said Smith, an art teacher at Alief ’s Hastings High School. Smith and her sister were among 200 artists who showcased their talents with chalk over the weekend at Hermann Square. About 20,000 people have attended the free event each year since its inception in 2006. Colori is the largest fundraiser for the Center for Hearing and Speech, a nonprofit “that enables children with hearing loss to reach their
full potential by teaching them listening, speaking and literacy skills.” About 180 companies sponsored squares, and artists could draw anything they chose. Attendees voted for their favorite piece by making donations directly to the artist. Having artistic freedom and being out in the art community is what made Smith come back for a fourth year. “It’s good for me to get out and see what people in the community are doing,” Smith said. “Plus, I try to encourage my students to attend so they can see what Houston is doing art-wise too.” The main attraction of the festival was a downtown mural that encompassed a full block. Douglas Rouse, a chalk muralist from Colorado, designed the mural featuring the Houston skyline and various landmarks. Rouse worked with local artists and design students to complete the piece. Planning was essential for
James Nielsen | Houston Chronicle/Associated Press Miranda Reynolds works on her chalk art piece titled “Rappahannock Baptism” during the Via Colori street chalk art festival in downtown Houston on Sunday .
many artists attempting to draw large-scale pictures. Newcomers Susan Diebold Chughtai, Henry Membreno and Meredith Cunningham from Imago Dei said they learned to lay out everything the night before for their 10by-20 foot drawing of Blue
Moon beer with the Houston bayou in the background. “We used a lot of pictures and a ladder to make sure everything was in the right place,” Chughtai said. Many artists were putting the final touches on their pieces Sunday — all of the
art would be washed away by morning. Although her project would be gone, Smith was ready to do it again next year. “To create art alongside the people of Houston is great,” Smith said. “It’s a really awesome festival to be a part of.”
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012* TOP: Yessica Daiana, center, waits to be admitted into Argentina’s La Casa Rosada on Aug. 2 when President Kirchner gave the first identification cards under Argentina’s gender identity law. Under this law, heralded as the world’s most progressive, people do not have to receive a diagnosis, surgery or hormone therapy to change their gender or name on official documents. BOTTOM LEFT: Feeling trapped in the wrong body and comforted by self-mutilation, Mateo Rodrigo, 25, moved from Bolivia to Argentina to ease the challenge of physical transition and escape his parents’ disapproval to live as a man. BOTTOM RIGHT: When 35-year-old Micaela Bayer decided to live her life as a woman, her family was supportive. However, as an employee of the federal police since she was 19, her co-workers, who always knew her as Marco, were not as understanding about her physical transitions.
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Photo Editor’s Note: After receiving the Helen M. Powell Traveling Fellowship through UT’s College of Communication, former Daily Texan photographer Danielle Villasana spent the summer documenting how Argentina’s recent gender identity law has affected the transgender community. Tuesday marks the 15th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, which memorializes those killed by transphobia.
To Be Reborn: How Argentina’s gender identity law gives people the freedom of identity Photos by Danielle Villasana Born as female in Bolivia, 25-year-old Mateo Rodrigo spent his adolescence escaping the reality of living in the wrong body. “I would hurt myself because I hated my body,” said Rodrigo, who started drinking heavily at a young age. With a friend’s support, Rodrigo decided get a mastectomy on his 19th birthday. “I felt like it was a way of being reborn. It was the best birthday.” Because staying in Bolivia would be too hard for his family, Rodrigo moved to Argentina years before the country passed the world’s most progressive gender identity law. On May 9, Argentina’s Senate passed the Gender Identity Law, stating that people no longer have
to receive a diagnosis, surgery or hormone therapy to change their gender or name on official documents. For 45-year-old Yessica Daiana, these laws will give her a better life. Daiana, who dropped out of high school because of social ostrecism, has worked as a prostitute throughout her life. Like Daiana, many dropouts turn to the sex industry because of the inability to find work. “With this law, they are opening doors. We are seeing that they are including us [and] we are more visible. People will understand that we can do work that any man or woman can do.” The son of a federal police officer, transgender wom-
an Micaela Bayer, 35, considers herself lucky because she began working as a federal police officer after graduating from high school. Although she endured insults from her co-workers when she began to slowly transition from Marco to Micalea five years after entering the force, Bayer says she remained strong and showed them that she wasn’t going to change. “I’m the way I want to be.” With the passing of the Gender Identity Law, Bayer says that her work environment is more positive. “In this way, Argentina has advanced a lot. I’m very happy with their solution because it has helped me a lot and other people as well.”
ABOVE: Taking hormone therapy, which Argentina’s new law provides for free, increases Rodrigo’s confidence because his body now matches his mind. Though nervous to cut his hair for the first time while still living in Bolivia, he said, “I never thought I would feel something like that. I was so happy. It was one of the happiest days of my life.” RIGHT: According to the Transvestite, Transsexual and Transgender Association of Argentina where Daiana works, statistics show that many transgender people drop out of school and begin working as prostitutes. Daiana has worked as a prostitute throughout her life and sees this law as a new beginning.
LEFT: Bayer’s work environment is now positive because of an increase in gender education and awareness within the police force. Bayer says her boyfriend, Nicolas Sarlinga, left, is different because he treats her as she is, a woman. “He treats me with great respect. He doesn’t hide me.”
ABOVE RIGHT: On the evening of Aug. 2, Daiana celebrates with other ATTTA members who were the first people in the country to receive identification cards with their chosen gender. These laws provide accessible, affordable avenues to self-actualization and self-identity.
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Jordan Hicks is out for season, but Horns step up run defense at end of Big 12 play By Lauren Giudice
Photos by Elisabeth Dillon & Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff Kenny Vaccaro (top left), Shiro Davis (top right) and Reggie Willson have each played a role in Texas’ defensive turnaround.
Mack Brown announced Monday that junior linebacker Jordan Hicks is out for the season and will apply for a medical redshirt. If that had been said five weeks ago, the future of the defense would have been a serious concern. But a lot has changed in recent weeks. Hicks has been out since Sept. 15 when he injured his hip during Texas’ win over Ole Miss. In his absence, the run defense struggled. In the four games following Hicks’ injury, teams averaged 266 rushing yards per game and Texas went 2-2. But in Texas’ three most recent matchups, teams have averaged 163 rushing. Senior defensive end Alex Okafor said he had “zero confidence” in Texas’ ability to stop the run after
Texas’ loss to Oklahoma. Since then, however, he feels that things are beginning to look up. “People forget that we had a stretch of playing maybe four top-five offenses in a row,” Okafor said. “That’s a lot to throw at our defense at once, especially when we were trying to fill the shoes of key players that we lost last year. I think we matured a lot as a defense. Everybody’s just doing their job now.” The offenses of Texas’ recent opponents haven’t been as good as those the team faced in early conference matchups, but also the run defense has improved since Hicks’ injury and the news of his season ending doesn’t mean the Longhorns’ season is ending, too. Before his injury, Hicks was Texas’ most experienced linebacker and had 23 total tackles in just three games. Now sophomore Kendall
bit.ly/dt_seniors Thompson has stepped in for Hicks at weakside linebacker. Although Hicks is an important leader for the defense, senior safety Kenny Vaccaro spoke to Hicks about his season ending and said it was the right thing for him, as he can apply for a medical redshirt at year’s end and get a full season of eligibility back. Hicks will again be a junior. Vaccaro said he knows Hicks has a bright future ahead of him and the struggles the defense went though early in conference play made them stronger. “Anybody can take the easy route and win all the games and play perfect defense,” Vaccaro said. “But I think it means a lot more when you face a lot of adversity. A lot of guys back us in a corner and say we’re horrible and that
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Kelly looks forward after early exit By Wes Maulsby
Following two scoreless halves and overtime, TCU gained a 4-2 edge in the penalty shootout to end Texas’ season earlier this month. In the Big 12 preseason poll, the Longhorns were picked to finish sixth in the conference. But it was not looking good for them heading into Big 12 play. Texas had a difficult non-conference slate, which resulted in a 4-6-1 record that included a pair of big losses to Virginia
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Silverswords dice Longhorns By Nick Cremona In what could be deemed the worst loss in the Rick Barnes era, Texas turned the ball over 18 times and never looked to be in-sync on either end of the court in a 86-73 loss to Division II Chaminade. Until Monday’s win, Chaminade had won just six games against 76 losses in the Maui Invitational since the tournament’s inception in 1984. The Silverswords, who compete in the Pac West Conference, had previously won just four games over Division I opponents in school history. “We had guys that were scared,” Barnes said. “Standing around, you’ve
Angela Kelly and her Longhorns were slated to finish sixth in the Big 12: they finished fourth. Still, the team failed to make the NCAA tournament. However, Kelly feels the future is bright for Texas soccer.
and BYU that put a bleaker sheen around the start. But in the final nonconference weekend, Texas turned the corner. Freshman goalkeeper Abby Smith returned from her stint with the U.S. U-20 Women’s National team and provided a significant spark. Her first career start was also her first career shutout against Fresno State. Two days later, a solid Denver team, fresh off a win over Kansas, couldn’t get out of
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Spieth fails to advance, falls short of tour card By Peter Sblendorio
Eugene Tanner | Associated Press Jaylen Bond and the Longhorns fell to Division II Chaminade, 86-73. Texas committed 18 turnovers in the loss, falling to 2-1 on the year.
got to take your shots, surprised. They’ve got some you’ve got to take them. Am I surprised? No, I’m not UPSET continues on page 8
Sophomore golfer Jordan Spieth’s journey to the PGA Tour hit a roadblock Friday. He failed to advance to the Q-School finals and will not be able to earn his PGA Tour card this year. Spieth was planning to go professional at the conclusion of the Q-School finals had he earned his PGA Tour card, but he was unable to crack the Top 20 in the four-day second round to advance. The sophomore finished the tournament with a score of 8-under-280, which was good for a tie for 26th place and three strokes shy of what he needed to advance.
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Golfers are required to finish in the Top 25 in the Q-School finals in order to join the PGA Tour, with all other finals qualifiers having the opportunity to compete in the Web.com Tour. Since he was unable to qualify for the finals, Spieth will have a decision to make regarding his future. Spieth will have the option to return to Texas for the remainder of the season and attempt to go pro following the NCAA championship, although he could pursue a professional career immediately in a number of different scenarios. He could play overseas, compete in Web.com Tour
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75 The number of times Texas has played on Thanksgiving in its history, dating back to 1895.
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82 The number of times Texas has played TCU, but Thursday’s game will be the first between the pair on Thanksgiving.
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Texas will square off with Texas Tech next season on Thanksgiving, according to Texas Tech Associate Athletics Director of Communications, Blayne Beal. The Longhorns had played Texas A&M on Thanksgiving 64 times in the teams’ 117-year history. However, the rivalry ended when Texas A&M moved to the SEC at the beginning of the season, meaning Texas needed a new team to play on Turkey Day. The Big 12 scheduled TCU, an old Southwest Conference foe, for Texas in 2012. But as of now, the Longhorns will face the Red Raiders on Thanksgiving in 2013. According to Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News, the game will be played in Austin. — Chris Hummer
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HICKS continues from page 7 Coach Diaz didn’t need to be here, but I think we got together as a team. We could have quit after OU, after we got blown out. But we got together as a team.” Many players cited the team’s play against Oklahoma as a turning point for the defense. The Sooners had 343 rushing yards and averaged 6.7 yards per rush. For a defense that ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 in run defense last season, this was not the kind of performance it expected. But after now-NFL linebackers Emmanuel Acho and Keenan Robinson graduated last year, their absence was felt early this season. Since Vacarro and Okafor are Texas’ only seniors on defense,
Eric Gay | Associated Press Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany leads the field into the first turn for the start of the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday in Elroy, Texas.
Formula 1 makes large splash in Austin, does not bring expected economic impact By Stuart Railey & Brian Ecclestone Associated Press
While lack of philanthropy is by no means a crime, Bernie Ecclestone’s desire to maximize personal revenue has often led the Formula One racing industry astray. The auspicious debut of the “Circuit of the Americas” here in Austin has only further brought to light F1’s reputation for underhanded dealings and cutthroat negotiation practices. Last April, the Grand Prix was held in Bahrain, a country east of Saudi Arabia. According to an expose written by the Guardian, political strife between the Sunni ruling family and the Shia population took the spotlight during the race weekend, leading to the death of a protester and raising safety concerns for both racers and fans. Although the Bahraini government had earlier agreed to sort out a number of discriminatory policies before the racers arrived,
Amnesty International reported that most of these claims were nothing more than a public relations move to ensure that the royal family would still receive proceeds from the event. Allegations of bribery also surfaced last month when the German bank BayernLB sued Ecclestone for $400 million. When selling his Formula One shares to private equity in 2006, the 82-year-old businessman reportedly undervalued his stock, paying off bank official Gerhard Gribkowsky to make the deal go through. A Formula One race hasn’t graced American soil since the 2007 Grand Prix that was held in Indianapolis. The five-year dearth of attention, of course, is nothing new to the sport. Even the birthplace of the race, France, has received the cold shoulder from Ecclestone since 2008. Because money drives many of the decisions made by Formula One’s governing body, FIA, no real attempts have been made to bring the
sport to a wider audience. Broadcasting rights for the event remained outside the public domain, accentuating Ecclestone’s reliance on a very small niche of international customers, but they do travel. The Driskill Hotel, a hot spot for fans of the racing event, was booked up several months in advance in anticipation of the race. “For quite a few months we’ve had reservations, only because our property had the main car groups, Ferrari, Peugeot, so these accounts were created close to six months ago,” said John, a clerk at the hotel. Yet small businesses like the Waterhole Saloon, a family-owned restaurant in close proximity to the track, failed to receive much attention as business remained unaffected throughout the weekend. “From what I got told, not really in change in the number of customers,” said the owner, who preferred to remain anonymous. “We had the Red Bull racing team in here the last week, but other
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We had the Red Bull racing team in here the last week, but other than that not a whole lot of increase in customers, to be honest with you. — Owner of the Waterhole Saloon
than that not a whole lot of increase in customers, to be honest with you.” Perhaps Ecclestone’s aristocratic indifference might have been overlooked if the Formula One race had brought a significant boost to Austin’s economy, but so far the hyped-up spectacle has left taxpayers shrugging their shoulders and smallbusiness owners shaking their heads. The final event for the 2012 season will take place next weekend in São Paulo, Brazil.
KELLY continues from page 7 Austin with a victory, as Texas forced a tie to claim some momentum entering conference play. Texas used that momentum to put together a 4-4 record in conference play that gave it a fourth place finish in the Big 12, two higher than predicted. All of Texas’ conference losses came by a single goal, with several of them coming in extra time, far removed from the 3-0 and 5-0 losses it suffered in non-conference play. “I was very pleased with the progress of the team,” Texas’ first-year head coach Angela Kelly said. “And the cohesion, the adaptability to new concepts and new system and the way in which we grew as a unit and were able to perform and play the way we were at the end of the season.”
Texas may have ended with four conference losses, but none of them were nearly as scathing as some nonconference ones. Texas did not allow a single opponent more than two goals, and only allowed one first half goal to a Big 12 team. With her inaugural season complete, Kelly is building toward the future of the program. As with any firstyear head coach, there is always some groundwork to lay out before the team can really flourish. “The game of soccer is very simple.” Kelly said. “We don’t need to make it complex, but until we know who we are and what our foundation is, it doesn’t make sense to move onto a different level of tactics.” With 20 returning starters, Texas will have a very
experienced team full of talent next season. Smith and sophomore Sharis Lachappelle both received second team All-Big 12 honors and are joined by freshmen Ali Schmalz and Lindsey Meyer as All-Big 12 newcomers this season. In addition, sophomore defender Brooke Gilbert and freshman forward Kelsey Shimmick were selected for the All-Tournament team for the Big 12 championship. So there is plenty of returning talent for the team. But Kelly is looking for more. Since the end of the season, she has been on the recruiting trail to get more talent for the 40 Acres. “We want to get the best soccer players in the country to come to the University of Texas,” Kelly said. She acknowledges that the
standards are high at Texas. Championships are expected on all athletic fronts, and Kelly knows that her team will have to work for it. With so many returning players, Texas can work in the spring as it would in the fall with a full roster. “We can make this whole entire program and team stronger,” Kelly said. “The mentality can continue to grow.” With the team’s growth this season, Kelly and the Longhorns are ready to take on a major role in the everchanging Big 12. She has build a solid foundation, with plenty of talent, and is looking forward to what this team will become while she is at the helm. “The future for Texas women’s soccer is very, very bright,” Kelly said.
SPIETH continues from page 7 events through Monday qualifiers or participate in PGA events through sponsorship exemptions. While Spieth has made a decision on his future, he has yet to publicly disclose his intentions. “I’ve looked at all options everywhere,” Spieth told GolfWeek. “I know what I’m going to do, I’m just not saying anything right now.” The Longhorns would like to have Spieth return, as he has been their strongest and most consistent player over the past year and a half. Currently the fifth-ranked collegiate golfer, the sophomore earned Big 12 Conference Player of the Year honors in 2011 and was instrumental in leading the Longhorns golf team to its third national championship. Should Spieth return to Texas for the remainder of the 2012-13 season, there is a strong chance that he will turn pro at the conclusion of the NCAA championship. Another possible scenario would see him return next season and compete in Q-School again next fall for an opportunity to earn his PGA Tour card.
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If Spieth were to turn pro this January, he could compete in PGA Tour events through sponsorship exemptions throughout the season. He would likely have no trouble getting sponsorship exemptions when the PGA Tour comes through Texas, as he has already competed under such circumstances at the Byron Nelson in 2010 and 2011 and at the Texas Open in 2012. For now, though, Spieth is focused on getting some rest and taking his time in preparing for the future. “I’m just going to go home now and get some food and get some rest, enjoy Thanksgiving and we’ll see what happens,” Spieth said.
UPSET continues from page 7 Division I transfers that have been around. It goes back to, I think players sometimes that play basketball have no clue what really goes on.” With a bounty of bluechip freshmen and a strong returning cast, Barnes and the Longhorns were expected to turn over a new leaf for the Texas program this season. Instead, Texas has turned over the ball an average of 13 times through three games and has left little room for praise with its sloppy early-season play. Still without the services of point guard Myck Kabongo, the Longhorns struggled to keep possession and couldn’t maintain an advantage on the boards over a sizably smaller Silverswords squad. Kabongo’s backup,
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Hicks played a significant leadership role, especially for the linebackers. But freshman linebackers like Peter Jinkens and Dalton Santos, each of whom has started a game, are beginning to understand their role in the defense. “When things happen too often you kind of get tired of it,” junior safety Adrian Phillips said. “We just made it up in our mind that we’re not going to let offenses run the ball on us. In practice we put an emphasis on everybody running to ball and hitting well and getting assisted tackles and making sure that the person with the ball doesn’t get any extra yards. It’s been working for us.”
freshman Javan Felix led Texas with 17 points and five assists, but was once again plagued by mistakes and the lack of reliable support from his teammates. Sophomore forward Jaylen Bond had been cleared by the Texas medical staff to play, but was rendered ineffective after re-injuring the ankle that has kept him sidelined for most of the past month. Chaminade’s fifth-year senior point guard DeAndre Haskins led all scorers with 32 points while connecting on 14 of his 15 free throw attempts. Haskins nearly recorded a double-double against the Longhorns. The Silverswords were able to outrebound Texas and shot 87 percent from the charity stripe, sealing their surprising win.
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weekend. Junior Chassidy Fussell was named to the All-Tournament team in a weekend that also saw her make the Naismith Trophy early season watch list. Texas carries a 34-4 record in its previous 38 home openers into this game, as momentum continues to build for a team on the rise.
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Enemkpali recorded her first-ever double-double in this contest, imposing her will with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Enemkpali again led the dominating effort against Hofstra, finishing the game with 26 points and 10 rebounds to record her second straight double-double. Texas outrebounded Hofstra 62-31 in its 72-52 victory showing tenacity on the boards that will definitely cause trouble for Jackson State. Enemkpali was named the MVP of the tournament after converting 18 of her 25 shots attempted last
That’s one of many reasons why there shouldn’t be a Hex Rally in the absence of a Texas-Texas A&M game on the way. “We handled business my junior year so that makes it better,� senior safety Kenny Vaccaro said. “I miss it. As I watch [Texas A&M] this year, I miss it. It’s weird not playing them.� Vaccaro’s right. His Longhorns, with the help of his highlight reel-worthy interception in the third quarter, beat the Aggies, 27-25, on Thanksgiving last year. It was a thrilling end to the storied rivalry, one that will hopefully be revived soon. Until then, Texas will have to make do with TCU. But Texas A&M is the only school worthy of hexing.
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A week after claiming the No. 19 spot in the country, the Longhorns will confront a new foe in their first game Tuesday night at the Frank Erwin Center. The women’s basketball team will carry its undefeated record into its first matchup against Jackson State in school history. The team is 2-0 after a dominating performance in the WBI Tip Off Classic last weekend. The Longhorns opened up their slate of games in Daytona Beach with a 7060 win over a solid St. John’s team. Sophomore Nneka
creating a revolving door of in-state rivals to visit Texas every November. But don’t kid yourself. Neither the Horned Frogs nor the Red Raiders will ever replace the Aggies as a Longhorn rival. “It’ll be a little different than what we’re used to,� senior running back Jeremy Hills said. “But we handled those guys [Texas A&M] already. We won the first, the most and the last. That’s all that matters. We’re ready to handle whoever’s next and right now that’s TCU.� Texas fans don’t sing “It’s goodbye to TCU,� and the Aggie War Hymn lyrics, despite Texas A&M’s move to the SEC, still stand: “Goodbye to Texas University/So long to the Orange and White.�
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dropped 28 of their last 29 against Texas, spent seven-plus decades in the same conference as the Longhorns. The former Southwest Conference member is a perfect fit to play Texas on Turkey Day. “Realignment has changed history. It’s changed tradition, which I don’t like,� head coach Mack Brown said. “When A&M left our league and the decision was made that the two teams would not play anymore, I felt like I wanted to still play on Thanksgiving and I’m really excited that we’re playing an old Southwest Conference foe.� Texas Tech announced Monday that it would be playing Texas in Austin next Thanksgiving, possibly
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continues from page 12 Duty,” the closing track from Here We Rest. It serves as an appropriate introduction for a band that has played hundreds of shows each year since its formation in 2009. Isbell then reaches back six years for “Decoration Day,” the title track to the 2003 Drive-By Truckers’ album. After blasting through another DBT classic, “Goddamn Lonely Love,” the band then launches into a spry rendition of Candi Staton’s 1970 single “Heart on a String,” originally recorded by the Alabama R&B singer at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
“Danko/Manuel,” another holdover from Isbell’s DriveBy Truckers days, follows, featuring a guest brass section of trombone, trumpet and saxophone. “In a Razor Town” from Isbell’s 2007 debut, displays some of his trademark lines that parody life in the South: “In a Razor Town you take whoever you think you can keep around.” The same can be said for the two subsequent songs, “Alabama Pines” and “Outfit.” The latter, which is another song culled from Isbell’s Drive-By Truckers output is a song he wrote for his father with trademark Southern wit: “Well, I used to go out in a Mustang / a 302 Mach 1 in green / till me and your mama made you in the back / and I
sold it to buy her a ring.” “Cigarettes and Wine,” “TVA,” “The Blue” and “Dress Blues” lead up to the record’s final statement: a blistering cover of Neil Young’s “Like a Hurricane.” Isbell’s voice sounds clean and raw, and the Alabama crowd clearly enjoys every minute of it. Isbell keeps the betweensong banter to a minimum, instead focusing on the performances of the songs themselves. The limited stylistic range is not likely to win over many new fans from outside the spheres of roots rock or country, but for fans of the genres, Live from Alabama captures one of the best singer/songwriter-and-band combinations doing what they do best.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s new album Live from Alabama captures the raw energy of the band’s live show in a hometown setting. While the album isn’t likely to draw in new listeners, fans of roots rock and country will enjoy it.
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continues from page 12 inexpensive sport. Looking around the room where he keeps the polo equipment, Hamir makes a quick tally of the costs associated with playing. “A good bridle will cost you $700, $1,000 ... good saddles, like my saddles, they’re about $2,000 apiece. A good mallet is about $200$300 ... a good helmet’s about $600, boots are about $1,000. So as you can see” — here Hamir imitates the sound of a cash register — “ching, ching, ching. It gets pretty expensive.” Which is why Hamir’s generosity means so much. Ethan Galis, a biology senior and the Texas Polo Club’s current president, who met Hamir in 2011 and introduced him to the UT club, said that the recent growth the club has experienced can be “chalked up to someone who’s willing to donate his money on a regular basis to keep this running.” By subsidizing the club
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dues and offering up his facility for use, not to mention coaching for free (Gallis describes Hamir as a “great” coach who is “really good at getting people to fall in love with the sport”), Hamir has made a sport that is often inaccessible to anyone outside the 1% affordable for UT students. At last weekend’s practice, Vicki Oladoyin, a sophomore biochemistry student, and Samantha Maher, a Plan II international relations and geography senior, said they found out about the club online and through organizational fairs. Now they both attend practice regularly. “I just felt like jumping into something new and exciting,” Oladoyin said. As practice wraps up, Hamir and the students bring the horses back to the stable and put away the equipment. The students will all carpool back to Austin, another cost-saving measure Hamir is quick to note. “We just want people to come out,” Hamir said as he turned to help the students clean up the stable.
The prolific pop diva releases her seventh album since 2005. Highlights include the bombastic “Diamonds,” the Mike Will collaboration “Pour It Up” and the dance-infused Chris Brown duet “Nobody’s Business.”
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Ocean came out, a handful of rappers (50 Cent, Jay-Z, T.I.) voiced their support for him and brought a conversation about sexuality to the forefront of hiphop. The genre remains very heteronormative, but Ocean’s courage has improved that. 6. The Beastie Boys Earlier this year, Beastie Boys co-founder Adam “MCA” Yauch died of cancer. With Yauch’s untimely death came praise and remembrance for his longlasting influence. From Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to rapper Eminem, multiple artists voiced their thankfulness for Yauch’s musical impact. The Beastie Boys’ future is still uncertain: fellow Beastie Boy Michael “Mike D” Diamond stated in an interview with Rolling Stone in May that the group may disband. 5.Thomas Gabel, of Against Me!
Having dealt with gender dysphoria since childhood, Against Me! frontman (now front-woman) Thomas Gabel, came out as transgender in May. The move was a courageous one for Gabel, now known as Laura Jane Grace. Against Me! will continue to perform with Grace in the lead, and most recently performed at Fun Fun Fun Fest.
last year but did not premiere in the U.S. until February. Whether listeners liked the song or not, its pop cultural relevance was inescapable. From radio stations and YouTube to “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” — Jepsen was everywhere. Jepsen recognized that no human can ignore relatable lyrical content and catchy and upbeat melodies. People can pretend to dislike “Call Me Maybe” as much as they want, but they can’t deny that it’s catchy.
4. The birth of Blue Ivy Carter Excitement has been brewing since singer Beyonce Knowles revealed her baby bump at the MTV Music Video Awards last year. Blue Ivy Carter was born in January, resulting in many congratulations for Beyonce and rap mogul Jay-Z. The best part of it all? Jay-Z dedicating a song (“Glory”) to his newborn child.
2.“Gangnam Style” A memorable beat and an easy-to-learn dance move propelled Korean pop artist PSY to worldwide popularity earlier this year. His song “Gangnam Style” has been called a “force for world peace” by UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon. And it makes sense: no matter what, whenever “Gangnam Style” comes on, people cannot help but gallop
3. “Call Me Maybe” Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit single originally dropped
around and simultaneously yell, “Hey, sexy lady!” With its formulated commentary on the dangers of flaunting wealth, “Gangnam Style” is much more than just a catchy pop song.
1. Pussy Riot’s Protest in Moscow When several members of Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot staged a protest in opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church, the outcome was catastrophic. Three of the group’s members — Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina — were arrested, with Samutsevich eventually being freed, but Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina will be serving two years in prison. Pussy Riot’s bravery incited activism on a global scale, with people banding together not only for the members’ freedom, but for justice for all.
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Maria Arrellaga | Daily Texan Staff Back in action with the support of Zubair Hamir, UT polo team members practice the sport at Hamir’s Dripping Springs polo arena.
Polo team gets back in saddle By Laura Wright On a cold, bright afternoon in Dripping Springs on Saturday, Zubair Hamir called out from atop his horse to the Texas polo team. “What did you guys see?” Hamir asked the watching players. They had just seen Hamir and three of their teammates play part of a polo match, and all were full of questions about polo strategy and rules. Hamir listened patiently as the players, all
UT students, shouted out their observations. Polo, a sport in which players on horseback use long-handled mallets to push a small plastic ball into the opposing team’s goal, had more liabilities than the University felt comfortable handling. In the spring of 2011, this concern led RecSports to pull the club’s sponsorship and put up for auction the horse trailer the team used, as per University policy for surplus property. That’s when Hamir’s
generosity began. At five-foot-six-inches, with dark hair and a youthful face, Hamir speaks eloquently and endlessly about the esoteric sport he has no choice but to love. “Polo’s kind of a combination of ice hockey, golf, maybe soccer,” Hamir said. “Throw in your equestrian discipline and maybe some chess in there and that becomes polo. On a horse. It’s sort of that sort of thing.” Hamir began playing polo
in high school and found himself addicted to the sport. “We have a saying in polo: the only two ways to quit the sport are to either die or go broke because once people start polo, they very seldom quit,” Hamir said. Hamir and his wife moved to Austin from Washington two years ago when his wife, Dr. Heather Barclay Hamir, was appointed director of Study Abroad at the University. Mr. Hamir had recently retired from the banking industry and “was just
looking for something to do.” He heard UT had a polo team and began to help them out in a volunteer capacity. But when the trailer went to auction, Hamir went to bat, buying the trailer and forming a nonprofit called Longhorn Polo that would support the club. Now club members pay dues of $500 a semester directly to Hamir, who also serves as their coach. The club’s new facilities are at Hamir’s property in Dripping Springs, a stunningly scenic spot with a stable, 14
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From memorable hit singles to important moments in music, 2012 has given us a lot to be thankful for. Here are the top eight music-related things we should be thankful for Thursday:
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hop icon will continue to bring good vibes for years to come. 7. Frank Ocean’s “Courage”
In July, hip-hop singer and rapper Frank Ocean revealed on his Tumblr that he had a love affair with a man four years ago. The publicity of Ocean’s coming
out letter was the result of his place in a genre known for being hypermasculine and homophobic. But once
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New release infused with Southern charm By Ricky Stein Since parting ways with the Drive-By Truckers in 2007 to embark on a solo career, singer/songwriter/guitarist Jason Isbell has maintained a steady stream of quality album releases that has mirrored the consistency and prolific output of his former band. Sirens of the Ditch marked a promising solo debut for Jason Isbell. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit hit a new stride in 2009, and Isbell displayed progression
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8. Snoop Dogg’s “Reincarnation” Most fans thought Snoop Dogg renaming himself Snoop Lion was some elaborate joke or publicity stunt when he announced the change back in July. Although the latter is highly plausible, Snoop stated the name change was the result of being rechristened “Snoop Lion” by a Rastafarian priest in Jamaica. Although fans will always remember Calvin Broadus Jr. as Snoop Dogg, Snoop’s reincarnation is an indicator that the hip-
horses and a polo arena, the last of which Hamir built with his own money after buying the land. Hamir and his wife moved to the property, according to Hamir, “Because we just thought, well, the club needs a place. [The club] had been moving around everywhere and that’s hard, and definitely there’s a huge cost for the students, and we want to keep that as minimal as possible.” Polo is by no means an
as a writer and performer on 2011’s Here We Rest. Live from Alabama, out Tuesday from Lightning Rod Records, captures the raw energy of the band’s live show in a hometown setting. Recorded during two soldout shows, one at the WorkPlay Theater in Birmingham, the other at the Crossroads Cafe in Huntsville, the album features 13 songs that span Isbell’s career, from his tenure with the Truckers on up through the present day. The 400 Unit, made up of
keyboardist Derry DeBorja, bassist Jimbo Hart and drummer Chad Gamble, performs these songs with seemingly effortless precision, providing a sturdy framework for Isbell’s husky baritone. The songs themselves, like much of Isbell’s work, revolve around stories of growing up in the South and the angels and demons that hide in the shadows of Southern small-town America. The set opens with “Tour of
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GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE. And football. All of the football.
Andrew Isn’t Andrew @AndrewisAndrew Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Live from Alabama Record label: Lightning Rod Records Download: “Outfit,” “Like a Hurricane”
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spending time with family. And taking power nap after dinner.