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Throughout July, some UT students have pledged not to eat from dawn until dusk in honor of the Muslim holy month Ramadan. / PAGE 5

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OPINION If Republican legislators want to restrict abortion, they have to provide the tools to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. / PAGE 4

SPORTS The trend of leaving college early for professional careers is becoming more common among Texas athletes. / PAGE 8 Former Longhorn Spike Owen is coaching with the Round Rock Express. New signee Manny Ramirez is making an impact. / PAGE 8

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A UT student returning from an internship in Shanghai survived the Asiana Flight 214 plane crash. / PAGE 3

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The Texas Czech community is trying to hold onto its language despite increasing pressure from English. / PAGE 10

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INTERNATIONAL

JORGE CORONA / Daily Texan Staff

Plan II sophomore Varun Bhatnagar was on Asiana Flight 214 when it crash-landed on a San Francisco International Airport runway on July 6. Because he was sitting near the center of the plane, he was able to escape the wreck uninjured.

Student survives plane crash in San Francisco

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By Stuart Railey @stuart_railey

t wasn’t until the plane smacked into the runway that Plan II senior Varun Bhatnagar realized something was very wrong.

Seated toward the center of iAsiana Flight 214, he and his e fellow passengers were airborne for another few seconds before hitg ting the ground a second time and sliding to a halt. Dangling oxygen masks, dust and muffled screams quickly led Bhatnagar to a n startling realization: He had just survived a ght crash-landing.

Asiana Flight 214 crash-landed at the San ace Francisco International Airport in the early n morning of July 6, injuring many and killing three. Originating from Shanghai and stoprd ping in Seoul, the seemingly routine flight t carrying 307 people showed no sign of trouble prior to reaching its final destination. But

as the plane came in for landing, a shallow angle of descent and low airspeed caused the tail to clip the edge of the tarmac and separate from the fuselage.

Bhatnagar, heading home from a monthlong internship in Shanghai, was drifting off to sleep right before the impact.

“It was a total shock to me,” Bhatnagar said. “Everyone started to panic and we were all rushing out of the plane. The flight attendants, yelling in Korean and Chinese, were telling everyone to ‘Get out, get out, get out.’”

With barely any time to process what has happening, Bhatnagar escaped through the emergency exit and distanced himself from the plane without an injury. He then turned back to the plane to the see only wreckage engulfed in smoke.

“I didn’t realize how bad the whole incident was until I got out and saw all the people who were injured and the tail was off the plane,” Bhatnagar said. “I didn’t even realize all that damage had happened when I was inside.”

Many of those injured were sitting at the rear end of the plane, which hit the ground first. Emergency responders were soon on the scene, rescuing and treating victims who appeared immobile. After initiating several head counts, Bhatnagar said, the authorities shuttled most of the passengers to the terminal for customs and immigration. Despite the chaotic landing, he explained that the ensuing safety procedures were “very quick” and “managed well.”

Because he participated in the BE Global Internship Program through the University of Texas, Bhatnagar’s status as a passenger aboard Asiana Flight 214 was immediately communicated through several levels of UT administration and faculty, according to Dean Soncia Reagins-Lilly.

“We gather information from a large number of sources on a 24/7 basis,” Lilly said. “We operate in the best interest of the students and our goal is to make the UT community feel smaller.”

For his parents, however, Bhatnagar opted to take matters into his own hands.

“I called them right after the crash, and I’m glad I did because I’d rather them find out through me than through the news,” Bhatnagar said. “That way, before they heard about the crash, they knew I was OK.” After spending the rest of Saturday answering questions from investigators and sorting out travel options, the exhausted student stayed with an uncle in the San Francisco area. Bhatnagar endured two days of subsequent flight cancellations before finally arriving in Austin on July 8.

He is now spending time with his family, and recovering from what he casually described as jet lag.

Rahul Bhatnagar, Varun Bhatnagar’s father, couldn’t be happier.

“I was very relieved to find out that [my son] was OK, perfectly OK,” Rahul Bhatnagar said. “And when he came back home on Monday, I just wanted to hold him and not let go.”

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LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, @DTeditorial MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013

VIEWPOINT

Texans still need safe abortions On Friday, January 12, after more than nine hours of discussion on the Texas Senate floor, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2, an omnibus abortion bill by Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Murphy) that criminalizes abortions that occur more than 20 weeks post-fertilization (unless the fetus suffers a “severe fetal abnormality” or the pregnancy poses a “serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impair-

Texas legislators...should recognize the simple truth that people will have unprotected sex, and therefore unintended pregnancies and the desire for abortion, whether the state restricts access to the procedure or not. ment of a major bodily function” to the mother) and requires abortion facilities to meet the standards required of ambulatory surgical centers. The bill also mandates that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital located within 30 miles of the clinic where the abortion is performed.

Planned Parenthood has predicted that the financial burden of meeting these regulations could potentially force all but five abortion clinics in the state to close, severly restricting the ability of Texas women to recieve safe and legal abortions.

The idea that women might seek out abortions, whether or not legal and safe options are available, seemed largely lost on Texas legislators, who in their unwillingness to accept a single one of the 47 amendments offered in the Senate and the

House seemed willfully ignorant of this possibility.

We understand the Texas Senate’s desire to challenge Roe v. Wade by passing a law that restricts abortions past 20 weeks. We recognize the compellingness of the argument made by Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) for protecting a fivemonth-old fetus, which she made during the debate when she held up a picture of a fetus that far along.

(Zaffirini, though pro-life, voted against the bill on the basis that it would restrict access to women’s healthcare.)

But if Texas legislators are going to be moved by arguments as simple and beautiful as the image of a fetus at five months, they should also recognize the simple truth that people will have unprotected sex, and therefore unintended pregnancies and the desire for an abortion, whether the state restricts access to the procedure or not, and whether or not that sex offends their own sensibilites.

Given these realities, why were amendments that bolstered evidenced-based sex education and funding for family planning cast aside in party-line votes?

If we had to point to one moment in Friday night’s debate, which, for the most part, saw respectful and well-argued perspectives from both sides of the aisle, that sent our stomachs churning (excepting, of course, the descriptions of child rape, incest and pregnancies endangering the life of the mother shared

by Democratic senators attempting to convince their colleagues to amend, or at less think twice before voting in favor of, the legislation) we would certainly point our fingers straight at Sen. Dan Patrick’s (R-Houston) closing comments.

Patrick’s speech may have confused many viewers of the Senate live stream into thinking they had accidentally switched from viewing

the proceedings of the Texas Legislature to viewing the proceedings of a “Dan Patrick for Lieutenant Governor” campaign rally. (Patrick announced he would challenge Dewhurst for that position on June 27, just before the start of the second special session.)

Other members of the Republican caucus, such as Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), and Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flowermound), gave closing arguments in support of HB 2 that hinged on deeply personal stories and conceded the difficulty of the issue at hand.

Both Nelson and Schwertner acknowledged the connection between unwanted pregnancies and abortions and called for both increased funding for women’s health care and evidence-based sex education.

In his comments, Schwertner even saw fit to address why he had voted “no” on the many amendments offered that night.

“You have noticed I didn’t vote for any amendments this evening,” Schwertner said. “I think it’s too important to get this bill passed and get it to the governor’s office… however, I can say I’ve heard the proposals this evening from my Democratic colleagues, which I believe merit further consideration.”

Schwertner’s words are not as reassuring as even a single “yes” vote on one of the many amendments offered would have been. And they hint at the disturbing inability of the Republicans in power to accept even a rape/incest exception to the 20-week ban. But they are still valuable words, and next to Patrick’s statements, Schwertner’s comments look downright courageous.

Patrick’s speech could also, like Schwertner’s and Nelson’s, be characterized as “deeply personal”— in that he managed to spend his time at the microphone throwing out deeply insulting, personal insults

JOHN MASSINGILL \ Daily Texan Staff

Tired of merely implying that people with different opinions were somehow lesser than him, [Patrick] went on to explicitly say that supporters of HB 2 were “listening a little more closely” to God than the bill’s opponents. at both women who have chosen to have abortions and at the many citizens of Texas whose religious beliefs do not match his own.

In his speech, Patrick implied that women who chose abortions do so flippantly, because having a child wouldn’t be “convenient” for them. Tired of merely implying that people with different opinions were

somehow lesser than him, he went on to explicitly say that supporters of HB 2 were “listening a little more closely” to God than the bill’s opponents, just before he referred to God as a “he” and asked “how God would vote.”

Patrick’s comments on this divise and difficult issue rang of political opportunism at its worst and reminded us why Americans outside the state of Texas so often dismiss this wonderful place as prejudiced and backwards.

There are universally compelling arguments for banning abortion after 20 weeks. There are also universally compelling arguments for having sex, arguments that the state will have little luck in challenging.

Legislators have passed HB 2.

Now, they need to confront the issues of family planning, sex education and sexual violence against women, all causes of abortion.

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RELIGION Young men are served food at the Nueces Mosque in West Campus on July 10 in celebration of the first day of Ramadan.

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Mosque provides free meals

By Rabeea Tahir @rabeeatahir2

Four years ago, UT alumna Pari Wafayee walked down to her cafeteria in her residence hall to break her Ramadan fast, only to find out campus dining halls operated on reduced schedules in the summer.

Feeling famished after going without any food or drink from dawn to dusk, Wafayee said she quickly realized the entire month of Ramadan, the holiest time in Islam, would be a challenge because she did not have the money to eat at a restaurant off campus once it was time to break fast.

Wafayee’s lucky break came at the Nueces Mosque in West Campus, which has provided free, daily meals to people to break their fast during Ramadan since it was built in 1977. The Nueces Mosque is the oldest mosque in the city of Austin.

The mosque provides free food to Muslims and nonMuslims alike who come on the days of Ramadan, although it asks larger parties to notify them in advance if they are coming, said Shaykh Mohamed-Umer

Esmail, the Imam — or worship leader — at the Nueces Mosque. Mohamed-Umer Esmail said the mosque’s purpose is to help people fulfill the highest peak of spirituality during Ramadan. He said it does this by relieving people of the work of cooking, and by providing a place of comfort for students who are away from their families.

The food is fully provided for by donations from alumni, parents and students themselves, and local restaurants also cater food to the mosque at discounted rates, officials said.

“We are here to help the youth rejuvenate their faith,” Mohamed-Umer Esmail said.

Mohamed-Umer Esmail said the Ramadan offering complies with the obligations of Imams to provide for other members of their community.

MohamedUmer Esmail said the host of the itfar, the Arabic name for the meal breaking a Ramadan fast, receives spiritual rewards for contributions to the community.

Sarah Abdelhadi, a biochemistry senior and board member at the Nueces Mosque, said the mosque recently began using

environmentally friendly dinner sets that can be washed and reused for iftar. The mosque previously used paper and plastic utensils, but this practice is now too wasteful because there are so many students, Abdelhadi said.

Wafayee said she immediately felt she was part of a community when she started attending Ramadan meals at the mosque.

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“In addition to humiliation, self-control, perseverance and will power, fasting teaches you empathy and compassion for the poor as you endure hunger, encouraging the spirit of charity.” Wafayee said. “It is a very humbling experience.”

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Trees to be cataloged to understand history, care

By Christine Ayala @christine_ayala

Shading students while they wait at the crosswalk and housing the famed albino squirrel are roughly 4,900 trees with different stories to tell — and UT is working to document and measure every last one.

UT’s Facilities Services department is cataloging the trees on campus this summer to better understand how to care for them and learn more about their history.

The department will culminate its efforts in an online database featuring stories of 25 interesting trees on campus and launch a walking tree tour in spring 2014.

Trees play an important role in UT’s environmental and social ecosystems, providing shade, clean air and bringing people together under their leaves.

Every year, the University spends thousands of dollars caring for its trees, valued at more than $25 million. But caring for trees is not easy. UT employs a special team of six to battle ongoing campus construction, damage from wild animals and the Texas drought.

The team operates from a $2.5 million allotted landscape budget, which pays the salaries of 71 landscapers, and not all the funds go to trees. Landscapers keep trees healthy by pruning and revitalizing the soil.

“It’s our duty, not only mine but the people at UT to do right by the trees because it’s been proven they add such an environmental benefit,” said UT arborist and assistant manager of urban forestry James Carse, who is part of the team that will be documenting the trees.

TREE PEOPLE

In 1923, UT professor William Battle pulled out his shotgun to protect the live oak trees on 24th Street and Whitis Avenue from demolition.

Years later, Carse’s said Battle’s passion set the standard for preserving trees on campus, and his passion for trees lives on in students, faculty and staff. Many have stories on how their lives have been affected by UT’s trees, and not all stories include famous trees like the Battle oaks.

English professor Jerome Bump said he and UT professors Joe Jones and Sam Ellison used to eat lunch under a cypress tree along Waller Creek. Since Jones and Ellison died, Bump said it is a powerful place for him.

Not all trees with historic tales are as well-known or commemorated with a plaque, however.

“I learn something new every day,” Carse said. “Many of the faculty have heard a story about this or that tree or know of a rare species and if they let us know we can better protect and maintain it, and make sure it is known if a project comes up around it.”

Carse said the push for preservation on campus has allowed trees to flourish, but his department still works to overcome one furry obstacle — squirrels.

SQUIRRELS

“I’ve never seen this kind of squirrel problem anywhere and really it’s because everything comes together; We have water and we have a constant food source for these things,” Carse said.

The fox squirrels roam from tree to tree on campus and

LITTLEFIELD DEADOR CEDAR 24th and Whitis streets; in front of The Littlefield house George Littlefield imported the Himalayan Deador Cedar planted in front of Littlefield house, even bringing Himalayan soil to ensure its survival. Today the tree has become the state champion for being the biggest of its kind in Texas, although not a very common species.

chew on parts of young trees and fresh growth on older trees. These are some of the most important parts of the tree, since they give it the most nutrients.

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, squirrels can breed twice a year with a litter of two or three, typically born in February and July. Live oak trees are the natural home for fox squirrels and provide for their basic needs.

Carse said hand-feeding and trash adds to the problem because it only spurs the growing population.

“Please don’t feed these wild animals,” Carse said. “They become dependent and you’re actually doing an injustice to them in the long-run.”

Texas state law classifies the campus squirrels as small game. Carse said if the squirrels are trapped, they are required to be utilized or killed, meaning UT officials can’t trap or poison to control population.

Officials have resorted to sprinkling white and cayenne pepper on popular spots for squirrels to deter them from coming back, but they say it is not very effective.

KEEPING TREES ALIVE

Aside from defending against squirrel damage, the drought and construction, Carse said one of the biggest problems for trees on campus is construction.

Although trees are a priority for construction projects, there are some struggles associated with removal and relocation. Removals involve cutting off a large portion of tree roots, which shocks trees. And some trees are relocated to smaller spaces and do not have enough room to grow.

“If you plant a tree on a restricted area like that, you’re

“THE BATTLE OAKS” LIVE OAKS 24th and Whitis streets The Battle Oaks are three live oaks William Battle defended from a construction project that would’ve cut them down, standing under them with a shotgun. The native trees are said to be older than the University and some of the few that were not used as fortification wood of the State capitol during the Civil War. The trees now surround a statue of Barbara Jordan.

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setting it up for failure,” Carse said.

The conflict between expanding construction and tree preservation has long been present on campus. The live oak trees that once stood where the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium is now located were torn down in 1969 to expand the stadium. Students fought to save the live oaks, even chaining themselves to the trees.

Some trees relocated and brought to campus have thrived despite these struggles, including a Himalayan deodar cedar planted in front of Littlefield Home, which is a state champion in size. Others, like a sixth generation descendent of the apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton, have not fared as well.

“It’s not easy to keep an apple tree alive here that is used to our weather and squirrels, but we’re doing our best,” Carse said.

The tree is expected to be planted near the Gates Dell Complex in the coming months.

Carse said the benefits caused naturally by any of the historic or ordinary trees can impact students the most, but tend go unnoticed.

“We want to protect that history, along with everything else they provide for us,” Carse said. “They not only make the campus look nice, but give us shade to be outside and benefit us. It’s kind of crazy how many things impact trees and how many ways the trees impact us.”

THE SOUTH MALL LIVE OAKS South Mall The trees along the South Mall were planted in the 1930’s, known as the Live Oaks era on campus, about 38 feet apart. They have seen commencements, Forty Acres Fest and various student gatherings as part of the mall, which was created to represent the unification of the north and south after the Civil War.

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Top: UT arborist James Carse is a member of the team cataloging the campus’ trees to gain more knowledge of their history and learn how to preserve them. EMILY NG / Daily Texan Staff Left: A fox squirrel chews on a live oak tree outside of Garrison Hall. Squirrels damage trees by habitually chewing on the newest and most productive parts of both young and old trees. WILL CRITES-KRUMM / Daily Texan Staff Bottom: Many trees on UT’s campus are tagged as part of the cataloging process that the Facilities Services department is executing. ERIKA RICH / Daily Texan Staff

CONSTITUTION OAK Main Building John William Calhoun planted the Constitution Oak directly East of the Main Building in 1937 in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the United States Constitution. Calhoun worked to plant several other Live Oaks in the area and around campus.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY AARON RODRIGUEZ / Daily Texan Staff

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SARA BETH PURDY, SPORTS EDITOR, @texansports MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013

Early departures more common

By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Columnist @ sara0beth

At the beginning of the summer, freshman Brandon Stone announced his intention to forego his three remaining years of eligibility for a professional golfing career. Stone is the second golfer in many years to leave Texas as an underclassman, following in the footsteps of former Longhorn Jordan Spieth who turned pro in 2012 after only one season.

For the Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year, the allure of a professional contract was likely too much to pass up. In addition, Spieth hinted that winning a national championship as a freshman left him with no more challenges.

Though this has become a

recent trend for men’s golf, the Texas men’s basketball program is all too familiar with the one-and-done phenomenon. For example, Kevin Durant only spent one season at Texas before seeking greener pastures in the NBA. Before Durant, superstars often went directly to the NBA before a rule change prevented 18-year-olds from signing professional contracts, effectively changing the face of college basketball.

Talented players now go to college for at least a year before cashing in with the NBA. Myck Kabongo became the most recent player to leave Texas early. Even though he is not a “one-and-done” athlete, he did leave for the NBA with two years of eligibility.

“It’s been my dream for a while and I felt like I was

ready,” Durant said in 2007.

“I had to take the opportunity. I love the game and I thought it was time.”

For both basketball and football, the importance of being drafted high is key in the decision of whether to go pro or not, as draft order is coupled with certain guaranteed salary minimums.

“I just don’t want to be a player in the NBA; I want to have an impact,” Durant said.

“That was one of the big decisions too.”

Draft stock is a major factor that affects athletes who contemplate giving up college eligibility. Currently, analysts cite former USC quarterback Matt Barkley as a reason to pay attention to draft stock. Barkley was

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Former Longhorn Tristan Thompson dunks against Texas A&M in 2011. Thompson is one of many Texas athletes who have left college early for the benefits of a professional career in the NBA.

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By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman

Spike Owen is back working with the Round Rock Express for his third year and is currently a fielding coach. Owen, who set several records and lists in the top 10 of many Texas statistical categories, first worked for the Express from 2002 to 2006 when they were affiliates of the Houston Astros. After his stint in Round Rock, he was the infield coordinator with the Rangers for a few years

before rejoining the Express after they switched to the Rangers organization.

“Baseball is in my blood and being able to pass along and help these kids and young men try to achieve their goal is very satisfying,” Owen said.

Owen played at Texas from 1980 to 1982 and helped lead the Longhorns to the Southwest Conference championship in all three seasons. Owen was the 1981 SWC Player of

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SIDELINE Jordan Spieth wins 2013 PGA Tour Former Longhorn Jordan Spieth won a three person playoff to win the PGA Tour John Deere Classic Sunday evening. With the win, at 19-years old, Spieth is the youngest player in 82 years to win on the PGA Tour. The last under-20 to win on the PGA Tour was Ralph Guldahl in 1931, who won the Santa Monica Open.

Spieth defeated David Hearn and Zach Johnson with a twofoot putt and finished on-par on the fifth hole of the playoff round. He earned a spot in the Open Championship which will take place next week.

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Former Longhorn Spike Owen currently helps coach the Round Rock Express, the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The Express made headlines with recent signee Manny Ramirez.

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continues from page 8 the Year with an on-base percentage of .528, a Texas record which has since been broken, and recording 265 assists from the field, a Texas record which still stands. He helped take the team to the 1981 College World Series where he recorded 10 assists in a 15-8 victory in 13 innings over Oklahoma State.

“Being able to play there two years in a row in ’81 and ’82. That’s why you go to Texas to have an opportunity to win a National Championship. That was definitely my greatest memory,” Owen said.

After back-to-back World Series trips, Owen chose to forgo his senior season, having been drafted sixth overall in 1982. He currently sits second in Texas history in career base-on-balls with 247 and an on-base percentage at .509.

Owen had one of the longest careers in the Majors of any former Longhorn, traveling between five different teams in 12 seasons.

The Express has grabbed national headlines recently

since Manny Ramirez signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers earlier this season and was assigned to Round Rock.

On July 12, Ramirez had a two-out walk off solo home run to win the game 7-6.

“He’s just one of the guys here,” Owen told a reporter at the Kansas City Star after the 7-6 win in Omaha. “And, obviously, saying that, you can’t forget about what he’s done in the game.”

Often considered the greatest right-handed hitter of his generation, Ramirez’s career has been unconventional.

His antics on and off the field were questionable and his actions simply described as “Manny being Manny.”

Ramirez’s career began in Cleveland where he played from 1993 to 2000. Ramirez hit .333 with 44 home runs and 165 RBIs in 1999 and hit .351 in a contract year to land with the Boston Red Sox. It was the Boston years for which Manny is most remembered for, especially for his World Series MVP performance in 2004 to help end the Curse of the Bambino and the Red Sox’s 86-year drought without a title.

In late July 2008 Ramirez was traded to the Dodgers and hit .396 with 17 home runs in 53 games, helping them reach the National League Championship series.

After signing a twoyear, $45 million contract, Ramirez was less effective and failed a drug test. In 2010 he landed with the White Sox on waivers and ended up in Tampa Bay in 2011. Ramirez failed another drug test, leading to his retirement in 2011.

Since then, Ramirez has played in Taiwan, batting .352 with eight home runs and 43 RBIs in 49 games.

“I’m in the moment right now, I don’t think ‘Oh, I’m going to go to the Big Leagues.’ None of that,” Ramirez said in a press conference when asked what it was like being so close to returning to the Majors. “I think about the moment right now.”

Though Ramirez may be content with his role now and grateful for the opportunity, there is little doubt making a Major League comeback was his primary motivation for his signing again at age 41.

projected as a top-10 selection after his junior season but after a disappointing senior year, he fell to the fourth round, losing potentially millions of what could have been a potential first-round contract the year before.

Money is a huge motivating factor. Former Longhorn J’Covan Brown left for the NBA because he wanted to be able to financially support his family.

Currently, there is a rule that prevents the one-anddone trend from affecting college football — athletes must be three-years removed from high school before declaring for the NFL draft.

While athletes have the opportunity to leave after their junior season for the NFL, athletes often complete most, if not all, of their college

eligibility in order to increase their draft stock.

Current Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel may be paving the way for potential college football “one-and-dones” and has contemplated leaving the Aggies after only two years. .

“If an opportunity comes to go to the NFL, you have to look at that,” Manziel told ESPN’s Krik Herbstreit.

Many analysts admit that while young athletes would benefit the NFL, they are not physically ready to go up against other athletes. High school seniors are no match for players like Baltimore’s Ray Lewis, a linebacker with a 240-pound frame.

Baseball seems to be the only major sport that has developed a system that works for most players. Athletes can be drafted directly after high school but are given the option of signing

with an MLB team or going to college. If they decide to go to college, then they must stay through three years or be 21 to declare for the draft.

Even swimming has become a potential source of athletes who choose to leave with eligibility remaining.

Former Longhorn Kathleen Hersey left with two years of eligibility remaining in order to train with Texas men’s coach Eddie Reese and Longhorn Aquatics.

Money and the chance to compete at a higher level has created and developed the culture of forfeiting college eligibility for a professional contract. An NFL agent confirmed this with Sporting News earlier this year.

“The days of players coming back for the love of the game or winning a national championship are over,” the agent said.

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ELYANA BARRERA, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR, @DTlifeandarts MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013

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ne hundred seventy-five years ago, La Grange was nothing more than a sleepy way station between Austin and Houston. Situated on the Colorado River roughly 60 miles southeast of Austin, the village and surrounding Fayette County underwent a transformation beginning in the 1850s, when waves of Czech and German immigrants arrived in the area.

The Czech immigrants who settled there held onto their heritage and language, but also emphasized assimilation through the learning of English, said Retta Chandler, director of the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange. The center, first conceived in 1995, seeks to increase awareness of the Texas Czech community through cultural events and exhibits.

After moving into shiny new digs adjacent to the Fayette County Fairgrounds in 2009, the center filled the space with books, paintings, photographs and heirlooms donated by the descendants of Czech immigrants. However, while the excitement over the new collection was a good indicator of the local interest in Czech heritage, it also belied a less encouraging fact about the state of the community: Texas Czech, the local dialect of Czech, is dying.

According to the U.S. English Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based foundation that promotes the adoption of English as the official language of the U.S., 12,805 Texans spoke Czech as of May. How-

ever, Chandler understands that number is ever dwindling. “[The Czech language] is almost gone,” Chandler said.

“I think my generation is probably the end of it.”

Linguists have long observed that immigrant languages tend to die out after just a few generations as the younger generations assimilate to the dominant culture.

In her 2009 undergraduate thesis on the Czech language in Texas, Pavlína Pintová of Masaryk University in the Czech Republic identifies two causes for the decline of Texas Czech, which she dates to the 1920s: the introduction of Americanization programs in response to World War I and tightened immigration quotas.

According to Lida Cope, director of the Texas Czech Legacy Project based here at UT, the decline picked up speed after World War II, when negative feelings toward Czech slowly built up to a tipping point at which Czech speakers abruptly switched over to English.

To Frank Klinkovsky, an 87-year-old docent at the Czech Heritage Museum Genealogy Center in Temple, this assessment rings painfully true. “[Things are] changing real fast,” Klinkovsky said. “The Czechs don’t speak up for themselves. They [don’t] teach their kids [the language].”

Klinkovsky grew up on a farm east of Temple, the son of a Moravian father and a Bohemian mother. As a boy, Klinkovsky spoke Czech to his friends and family, but when he went to school, in a rural two-room schoolhouse, the pressure to learn English

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Frank Klinkovsky, 87-year-old docent at the Czech Heritage Museum Genealogy Center in Temple, is one of the few remaining who can still speak Czech in Temple.

was strong, from both teachers and parents who didn’t want to hold their children back. English was the only language spoken in school, so to supplement the language he heard at home, he took Czech classes every summer.

After high school, Klinkovsky married a local Czech girl. Her ethnicity wasn’t a mere coincidence.

“I was a little bit particular that she was Czech,” Klinkovsky said. “I don’t know why ... because I talked Czech, and I kind of wanted her to.”

It wasn’t an easy courtship, however.

“It was kind of a hassle,” Klinkovsky said. “One time I

was going to go see her ... and I was going down a gravel road ... and I got into some loose gravel on the side of the road.

The tail end got sliding sideways and I over-corrected, and the car rolled over and landed upright on its wheels.”

Luckily, Klinkovsky wasn’t severely injured, and the couple went on to be married for 55 years. Somewhat ironically, Klinkovsky’s progeny have followed the pattern of the Texas Czech community and don’t speak Czech beyond a few songs and stock phrases.

When Klinkovsky’s greatgranddaughter was born three years ago, he had a new opportunity to pass on the language,

[Things are] changing real fast. The Czechs don’t speak up for themselves.

—Frank Klinkovsky, Czech Heritage Museum Genealogy Center

but limited contact and other priorities made that unfeasible.

“I probably should be teaching her some Czech,” Klinkovsky said. “I don’t know ... That would be nice.”

Like Klinkovsky, Georgia Kovar, a native speaker of Texas Czech, seems to have resigned herself to the fact that there’s not much hope for saving the language in Texas.

“There’s hardly anybody I can talk Czech to anymore,” Kovar said.

Although the center has offered Czech classes in the past, the trends are undeniable.

Still, Chandler believes it’s worth trying to save the language.

“It’s such an important part of our identity,” Chandler said. “It’s something we should be proud of.”

For more from Chandler, as well as a conversation in Texas Czech, visit bit.ly/dtvid

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