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TUESDAY Battle of the bands
Nourish International will raise awareness of its summer development project while local bands duke it out.
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The Department of Religious Studies will play “Zombieland” in BUR 436A at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
THURSDAY Planet taco Jeffrey Pilcher will discuss the globalization of Tex-Mex food at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. The event begins at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
‘I’ll be watching you’ “Little Fockers” will play at 6 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. in the Texas Union Theatre. Admission is free with a UT id.
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TULSA, Okla. — Cory Joseph usually looks for his teammates to make two or three cuts on an inbounds pass. With 14 seconds remaining and Texas up two points, Joseph decided he was only going to look for one cut by J’Covan Brown and one cut by Jordan Hamilton before calling time-out. But when he turned to the official to call time-out, he heard a whistle. “I called a time-out before he blew the whistle,” Joseph said. “So when he blew the whistle, I thought he was going to call a time-out for us. But he called five seconds.” Following the questionable call, Arizona’s Derrick Williams made a miraculous shot and drew a foul to regain the lead and beat Texas 70-69 to advance to the Sweet 16 and eliminate Texas from the NCAA Tournament. Hamilton tried taking a charge on the play but did not get the call. “I didn’t even feel contact at all,” Hamilton said. “But the ref made up his mind and called a foul. There’s nothing we can do about it now.” Texas had one last chance with nine seconds remaining as Brown, who scored Texas’ last 11 points — most of which were made at the free-throw line — went to the basket trying to get contact and this time could not get the call. Gary Johnson picked up the loose ball and was unable to get a shot off in the last second as Texas’ season came to an end. A handful of calls that could have gone either way determined the outcome of Sunday’s loss.
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Freshman guard Cory Joseph (right) goes up for a shot against Arizona in the third round of the NCAA tournament.
Three-6 Mafia will perform at Republic Live at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15.
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“I just thought about the seniors that we have on our team. I just tried to give my all to them.” — J’Covan Brown Sophomore guard SPORTS PAGE 6
The University’s self-funding enterprises, research money and University land income make up approximately half the University’s $2.2 billion overall operating budget for fiscal year 2011, while less than half comes from tuition, state allocations and gifts. Auxiliary enterprises include Intercollegiate Athletics, the Division of Housing and Food Service and the Frank Erwin Center. UT budget director Mary Knight said the University’s auxiliaries, especially athletics, have increased consistently for the past five to 10 years. She said the other sources’ ties to the economy have made them less predictable over the same time period. Auxiliaries’ budgets, which are completely self-funded, have made up between 11 and 12 percent of the overall budget since 2000, while the budget has increased from $1.1 billion to $2.2 billion. Knight said while auxiliaries do not receive state money or tuition, they pay 3.25 percent of their income into the University’s academic budget. She said this fee pays for human resources, budget staff and other services University offices provide for the auxiliaries.
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A non-UT subject was observed kicking at an exterior door leading into the building. During the investigation, the subject informed the officers that he had been to a downtown establishment the night before. Due to the shenanigans the night before he had awoken to discover he did not know where he was nor how he had gotten there. The officers issued the subject a written Criminal Trespass Warning.
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Newly elected SG President Natalie Butler, right, and Vice President Ashley Baker are the first female executive alliance to be elected.
After surviving a runoff election and a series of campaign infractions, newly elected Student Government President Natalie Butler and Vice President Ashley Baker are gearing up to begin their new term in office. Butler and Baker are the first female executive alliance to be elected
into office. Butler, a political communications and Plan II senior, said once they appoint several key student leaders, they plan to further the efforts made by the Scott Parks administration to lobby the Texas Legislature for more funding, to redesign the SG website and to implement the suggestions made by the reform task force. They will kick off their administration by appointing new students
to fill the more than 100 positions of the executive board: policy and agency directors, staff and external appointments among others. Butler said their first order of business is to appoint an executive team. She said they plan on soliciting for executive board positions this week and are hoping to attract a diverse pool of applicants.
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Quake, tsunami Anti-death penalty event educates student advocates create anxiety among family of Japan victims By William James Daily Texan Staff
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UT associate professor John Traphagan and his wife, Tomoko, could not reach their family members for two days following the tsunami that hit Japan more than a week ago. Tomoko Traphagan said some of her family members live in the areas greatly affected by the disaster. “It took me until Sunday night to get confirmation that everybody was safe,” she said. She did not lose any immediate family members. Tomoko Traphagan and her family often visited the northeastern coastal areas of Japan. She said looking at the devastating pictures of the towns wiped away by the tsunami is very
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Students around the country gathered in Austin to advocate an anti-death penalty agenda as part of the Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break. The weeklong event offered 30 students a crash course in capital punishment education and the opportunity to lobby to end the Texas death penalty system. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas has executed 466 people since 1982, more than any other state. Virginia has the secondhighest number of executions, with 108 since 1976. Because of this record number of executions, the Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break held a rally at the Capitol in hopes of building on the momentum seen recently by other states. Earlier this month, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn repealed the state’s death penalty law, which made Illinois the 15th state to
Shujaa Graham (center) marches as part of the AntiDeath Penalty Alternative Spring Break on Sixth Street on Wednesday afternoon. Graham was wrongly accused and was on death row for three years because of police brutality. Mary Kang Daily Texan Staff
abolish the law. Participants involved in the Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break had a full itinerary, which began on March 14 with talks by UT assistant sociology instructor Danielle Dirks and exonerated death-row inmate Stanley Howard. The lec-
turers educated students on how to become a voice for change. “The death penalty is a very serious topic. Getting together with other informed, interested people is an opportunity to get in on the exciting, social parts of activism,” said women’s and gender studies se-
nior Teri Adams, a member of Campaign to End the Death Penalty Austin. Students als o attended a screening at the South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival of the documentary “Incen-
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diary,” which examines the controversial arson case of Cameron Todd Willingham, directed by Steve Mims, a UT Department of Radio-Television-Film lecturer and UT law student Joe Bailey Jr. The documentary investigates the case of Willingham, who was convicted of murder and executed for the deaths by arson of his three young children at their home in Corsicana but maintained his innocence until his death. “We took a scientific approach to this case rather [than] emotional, and hopefully, this film is useful to everybody who watches it,” Mims said. Arson expert Gerald Hurst sent a report that supported Willingham’s innocence to Gov. Rick Perry, but Perry allowed the execution to continue as planned. “Willingham was a monster.
“We plan on appointing a team of students who are excited to get involved and work for the betterment of the student body,” she said. “We were very excited to see so many students involved during campaigning this spring and are hopeful many will apply for these positions.” Applications as well as information about each position will be available online on the SG website. The team has started to meet with the current executive board, administrators and staff to draft applications for SG appointed positions, Butler said. They are currently creating a plan to implement the reforms and platform goals the executive administration will focus on. Butler said since next year is a tuition-setting year, she will sit on the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, hoping to open up the budget process to more students. “The first part of our platform that we plan to tackle is getting students more involved in the budget process,” she said. “We want to make the process more transparent and get student input at every step of the way.” Baker said she predicts tackling the budget process will be their most challenging initial task, but she is ready to get to work on it. “This will be a very intense fiscal year for the University, state and nation, and we have our work cut out for us in ensuring that students are affected the least by the proposed cuts to education funding,” Baker said. She said now that campaigning is over, the team is excited to begin establishing a hands-on relationship with students. “As student leaders, we simply want to ensure that each Longhorn has the best experience while at UT, and hopefully, by our actions while in office, this will have been accomplished,” she said.
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Protesters rally against the death penalty during the Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break, which was held throughout the United States during students’ spring breaks.
He was a guy who murdered his he wouldn’t have those kids. Per- that quite frankly, you all aren’t three children, who tried to beat son after person has stood up covering,” Perry said to The Ashis wife into an abortion so that and testified to facts of this case sociated Press.
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“We also retain the interest they have on their accounts, which amounts to between 5 and 6 percent total,” Knight said. “Athletics pays that, too.” John Graham, associate athletics director for the Erwin Center, said the center’s income comes mostly from ticket sales, concessions and advertisements within the facility. He said any surplus revenues from year to year stay within the center as reserves for down years or fund infrastructure improvements. He said these surpluses fund work to improve energy usage currently under way
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on the center. Graham said the separation of funding allows auxiliaries to serve the University’s nonacademic needs. University Lands, which is within the UT System and is located in Midland, manages the leases of 2.1 million acres of Texas land, called the Permanent University Fund, designated to help fund UT and Texas A&M. A nonprofit investment firm created by the UT System invests income from leases. Two-thirds of the investment income, called the Available University Fund, goes
to the UT System and the other third goes to the A&M System. For 2011, UT Austin received $166 million from the fund. This makes up just more than 7.5 percent of the overall budget. Stephen Hartmann, executive director of University Lands, said all of the University Lands are leased for at least one purpose. He said while oil and gas leases generate the most money, thousands of miles of easements for gas and fiber-optic lines, agricultural spaces, wind farms, businesses including gas stations and hotels and a winery that produc-
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Famed polar bear dies unexpectedly at Berlin Zoo In March 23, 2007, Knut, the polar bear cub, has his first public appearance with his keeper, Thomas Dörflein, in the Berlin Zoo. Knut was rejected by his mother at birth and raised by Dörflein until the keeper’s death in 2008. Bear keeper Heiner Kloes said the cause of Knut’s death is not yet clear.
BERLIN — Berlin’s beloved polar bear, Knut, who rose to international stardom as a cuddly cub hand-raised by zookeepers, died suddenly on Saturday, a zoo official said. The world-famous bear died alone in his compound without warning, bear keeper Heiner Kloes told The Associated Press. “It was a completely normal day: He was with the female bears before, who had just been shut away,” Kloes said. “Then, Knut strolled around the enclosure, went into the water, had a short spasm and died.” A post mortem will be conducted on Monday to try to pinpoint the cause of death, he said. Between 600 and 700 people were at Knut’s compound and saw the 4-year-old bear die, German news agency DAPD reported.
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Allied forces fire cruise missiles at Libya to save lives of civilians By Robert Burns The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. and British ships and submarines launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses Saturday and a senior American defense official said it was believed substantial damage was inflicted. In the strikes, 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya’s air force. While U.S. defense officials cautioned that it was too early to fully gauge the impact of the onslaught, the official said that given the precision
targeting of the Navy’s cruise missiles, they felt that Libya’s air defenses suffered a good deal of damage. Explosions continued to rock the coastal cities, including Tripoli. Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, would not discuss future operations, but defense officials said military action was likely to continue. In announcing the mission during a visit to Brazil, President Barack Obama said he was reluctant to resort to force but was convinced it was necessary to save the lives of civilians. He reiterated that he would not send American ground troops to Libya. “We cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no
mercy,” he said in Brasilia. It was clear the U.S. intended to limit its role in the Libya intervention, focusing first on disabling or otherwise silencing Libyan air defenses and then leaving it to European and perhaps Arab countries to enforce a no-fly zone over the North African nation. Gortney told reporters the cruise missile assault was the “leading edge” of a coalition campaign dubbed Operation Odyssey Dawn. Its aim: prevent Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from inflicting more violence on civilians — particularly in and around the rebel stronghold of Benghazi — and degrading the Libyan military’s ability to contest a no-fly zone.
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“The only ‘bias’ of those who begin with ‘Morning Edition’ is a bias for truth. My constituents tune in to KUT because they want fact-based, not faux-based, Fox-based coverage.”
— Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, testifying on behalf of funding for National Public Radio on March 17.
“What [proposed reforms fail] to recognize is that at the truly top universities in this nation, research is not separate from education. Research is education.” — Dean Neikirk, an engineering professor and chair of the UT Faculty Council, on reforms which would downgrade the role and funding of research at Texas state universities, according to the Texas Tribune.
“I believe that the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions in the UT System are at the risk of serious, long-term, perhaps irreversible degradation in academic stature as a result of initiatives being implemented by the new Chairman of the Board, with the encouragement and assistance of Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Public Policy Foundation.” — Fort Worth attorney and UT alumnus Gordon Appleman in an open letter to the UT community regarding state university reforms instigated by Gov. Rick Perry and his supporters.
“Quality faculty can really change the meaning of an education. Students are in favor of this to continue the quality of the education we’re getting.”
— UT System student regent Kyle Kalkwarf regarding the Board of Regents’ decision to raise tuition for students at UT System medical schools, according to the Austin AmericanStatesman.
“Anytime you’re making fundamental changes, the people who are part of the current system are naturally nervous and suspicious.” — Texas Public Policy Foundation spokesman David Guenthner, responding to criticisms of the Foundation’s recommended reforms to Texas higher education, according to the Texas Tribune.
“So should the state spend their Rainy Day Fund before [funds from public school reserves] are accessed? It’s a good debate to have. My answer is no, I don’t think so.” — Gov. Rick Perry said regarding whether the Legislature should use the state Rainy Day Fund to pay down the state budget deficit, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Those who speak, those who vote By Holly Heinrich Daily Texan Columnist
When it comes to politics, two groups hold most of the power: those who give money and those who act. Since college students are notoriously strapped for cash, it is unlikely that we will ever become major campaign contributors. We do, however, have the sheer numbers to be a significant political voice — UT alone has the potential to be home to 50,000 voters. However, until we use that power at the polls, students will pay the price — in real dollars — for our failure to act. Though our backgrounds vary significantly, Texas college students share many key interests. We pay tuition, and we don’t want it to skyrocket because the Legislature cuts higher education funding. We don’t want to lose our financial aid or watch friends drop out of school because they lost theirs. We don’t want to face the situation that exists at University of California institutions, where drastic budget cuts have resulted in many students being unable to enroll in courses they need to graduate. The UT student body could, by voting in large, unified numbers, compel its representatives to prioritize higher education. UT students come from every legislative district in the state; as a whole,
we are constituents of every lawmaker in aid accordingly. Voting is not the only way for UT stuTexas. UT students represent a political power which, if utilized effectively, could dents to impact the political process, be used to advocate for reasonable tuition especially when the Capitol is only four blocks from campus. The next time you have an hour or two between classes, walk those few blocks to visit your state representative or senator’s office. They’ll likely be glad to see a student from their home district and might even offer you a glass of water or a Coke. Tell their staff how your life will change if college becomes unaffordable or enrolling in necessary classes becomes impossible. Your visit will put a human face on the impact of higher education funding cuts. If you’re hesitant to go alone or want more training, sign up for one of the many “lobby days” hosted by several campus organizations. “Invest in Texas,” a Student Government-sponsored advocacy program, is holding a lobby day Tuesday. Students will meet at 11 a.m. in the Student Activity Center and walk to the Capitol. rates and small class sizes. Getting angry when tuition goes up It is time to stop letting our busy schedules and transient lifestyles prevent and professors are fired is easy. This sumus from taking simple steps to influence mer, if you learn about funding and staff public policy. As long as we continue to reductions and feel inclined to gripe, ask bypass the voting booth and postpone yourself: Did I act? If the answer is yes, contacting representatives, legislators then go ahead and gripe at the system. If will continue believing that students the answer is no, gripe at yourself. don’t pay attention to what happens at Heinrich is a government freshman. the Capitol, and cut tuition and financial
“It is time to stop letting our busy schedules and transient lifestyles prevent us from taking simple steps to influence public policy.”
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hard for her and her husband. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on March 11, sweeping away homes and buildings. The tsunami’s force caused countries and states bordering the Pacific Ocean to send out warnings of a possible nuclear meltdown. The death toll in Japan rose to more than 8,000 people, and many more are missing in what is said to be the worst earthquake of the century. After the disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear plants stopped producing power, and the tsunami knocked out backup generators that cooled the nuclear reactors. Pressure built after the reactors stopped working, causing radiation to leak into the atmosphere from the Daiichi plant. John Traphagan said U.S. media has been sensationalizing the plant’s failure by reiterating that the Japanese government is hiding critical facts from its citizens, including areas they should stay away from and how much radiation has been leaked. He said the media hype does not help the Japanese as they combat one of the biggest natural disasters the country has experienced in the modern era. The Japanese need immediate assistance in rebuilding the infrastructure and getting back on their feet instead, he said. “It will take years for that part of Japan to recover from this,�
neWs BrieFLY Tuition to increase for 2011-12 at five of six UT health institutes Tuition at five of the UT System’s six health institutions will increase for the 2011-2012 academic year after the UT System Board of Regents approved the increases via teleconference Friday. The presidents of the five health institutions submitted tuition increase proposals for the board’s approval. The proposals ranged from an increase of 3.6 to 33 percent, with the largest proposal coming for UT Health Science Center at Houston’s Nursing School. After the increases, tuition at all the UT System’s medical
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Members of the Japan Self-Defense Force pray for the body of a tsunami victim wrapped in a tarp in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday.
John Traphagan said. “The destruction is enormous, and the human implications are also very serious. There are thousands who have lost everything.� John Traphagan said he spent about 12 years living in Japan doing ethnographic research, specifically on the elderly population. “They are the ones who are hit the hardest during these tragedies,� John Traphagan said. The elderly, who usually live with their children, cannot move fast enough to get to higher ground
branches remains below the national average for public health institutions, according to the board’s documents. UT Medical Branch at Galveston did not include a proposal for approval at the board’s meeting Friday. The regents approved tuition increases for the 2011-2012 year at the system’s academic branches last year. For UT-Austin, the increase was just less than 4 percent or about $200 per year for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 academic years. The board also appointed James Wilson and re-appointed Charles Tate to the UT Investment Management Company’s nine-member board of directors Friday.
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when a tsunami hits and are usually left behind, he said. Mathieu Glacet, a Chemistry and Asian cultures and languages senior, said he was supposed to leave for Japan in less than a week, but the Study Abroad Office canceled all trips to the country this semester. He said he had been planning his trip for a year and had looked forward to experiencing the culture firsthand. After seeing the destruction, Glacet said his heart was heavy for the people of Japan. Japanese Association President
Nick Prum said the organization will work with other student groups to put together a donation effort. The association will set up tables throughout campus this week to raise money for the tsunami victims in Japan. Victims are currently facing electrical, fuel and food shortages, but Tomoko Traphagan said it will not take long for Japanese people to get back on their feet. “The people up north are known for their perseverance,� she said. “It’s going to be OK.�
Influx of car thefts prompts extra warnings from UTPD
thing that’s being left inside the car,� he said. The car burglaries began about two weeks before spring break and are continuing in the parking garages, Halstead said. The number of burglaries has decreased since they began in February, but police still warn students to remove all valuables from their vehicles because everything is at risk of being stolen, he said. “Don’t leave anything inside the car,� he said. “Hide everything, including power cords, GPS tracking mounts and spare change.�
A string of car burglaries caused University police to warn all students who park on campus to hide everything in their vehicles, including GPS docks and power cords. Since Feb. 25, 59 burglaries have occurred in parking lots near the baseball and softball fields, including Brazos and Trinity parking garages. Wallets, GPS tracking systems, stereos and other possessions have been stolen. The UT Police Department could not comment on possible suspects, said UTPD officer Darrell Halstead. “They’re taking basically any-
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Perry said in a statement he is against using the Rainy Day Fund to close the 2012-13 budget shortfall, but came to an agreement with House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, and Comptroller Susan Combs for a one-time withdrawal to alleviate the current budget. “[It will] close out the Fiscal Year 2011 budget gap by implementing $800 million in cuts, using $300 million from increased sales tax collections over the last few months and using a one-time draw not to exceed $3.2 billion from the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund, also known as the Rainy Day Fund,� Perry said in a statement.
While students were off during spring break, Texas lawmakers tackled legislation including concealed carry on campus and the Rainy Day Fund. The Rainy Day Fund is an emergency pot of excess revenue totaling $9.4 billion that lawmakers can use to balance the budget. State legislators, including House Appropriations Committee chair Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, said the state should tap into the fund, but Gov. Rick Perry did not want to use any of the excess revenue. A concealed carry bill — which would allow licensed carriers over the age of 21 to bring handguns onto Concealed Carry on Campus college campuses — was originally The concealed carry on campus introduced in 2009 but did not pass bill passed in a 5-3 vote along parthe House. ty lines out of the House Homeland Security and Public Safety CommitRainy Day Fund tee on Wednesday. The bill will move State troopers estimated 8,000 par- to the House floor, and the Senate ents, educators and students rallied Criminal Justice Committee will hear at the Capitol on Saturday protesting testimony on a similar bill Tuesday. the proposed $10 billion cuts to pub“College campuses do play host to lic education. Rally participants en- violent crimes,� said W. Scott Lewcouraged Perry to use a portion or is, Texas legislative director for Stuall of the Rainy Day Fund to alleviate dents for Concealed Carry on Camthe $15 to $27 billion budget shortfall pus. “This is about personal security and its impact on education. not campus security. We are suggestPerry, however, did not want to ing that individuals be granted the use the fund at all because he said it means to protect themselves.� should be used for other emergenUT students against the bill are excies, such as natural disasters. pected to march from campus to hold The House Appropriations Com- a rally at the Capitol before the Senate mittee met Monday to discuss using committee meeting tomorrow. the fund, but no one from Perry’s of“You’re trying to address the rare fice showed up. The committee re- day when a campus shooting occeived the governor’s approval to tap curs, but what about all the days the fund Tuesday, and members vot- when campus shootings aren’t occured unanimously in favor of with- ring?� said John Woods, executive didrawing $3.1 billion to balance the rector of UT Students for Gun-Free 2011 budget. Schools. “These bills will not make The bill will move to the House campuses safer. These bills are about floor and will take 90 votes to pass. an ideological agenda.�
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Brown’s effort not enough
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TULSA, Okla. — J’Covan Brown couldn’t shake the hands of Arizona players after the game as he lay prostrate on the floor of the BOK Center. He wouldn’t look his teammates in the eyes — jersey pulled over his head — as he walked off the court. Brown missed the final shot for the Longhorns on Sunday, a potential game winner against Arizona in the third round of the NCAA tournament, but without him they would never have gotten that close. He scored the lion’s share of the points in his team’s comeback attempt, accounting for 21 of the last 28, and almost shot Texas into the Sweet 16 with a 23-point, three-assist performance. “I think J’Covan put us in a situation that we wouldn’t have been in if he weren’t in the game,” said Texas senior Gary Johnson. “He was a key to this run.” After settling for mostly threepoint attempts in the first half, Brown chose a more direct route to the basket in the second. During one 90-second stretch, he drove the ball through the lane on threestraight Texas possessions, drawing two fouls and ultimately creating six points. “He made the shots down the stretch,” said Jordan Hamilton, the Longhorns’ leading scorer. “He got fouled and he knocked down his free throws.”
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Sophomore guard J’Covan Brown scored 23 points and played a huge role in keeping the Longhorns in the game in the 70-69 loss.
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Horn’s season ends with another close defeat By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff It’s back to the drawing board for the Texas women, who now have the entire offseason to reminisce about a season marked by the occasional triumph and more common disappointment. For the third year in a row, the Longhorns (19-14) bowed out in the first round of the NCAA tournament, this time with a heartwrenching loss to No. 8-seed Marquette on Saturday, 68-65. No stranger to close losses, the ninth-seeded Longhorns let it happen again — this time on a national stage in Knoxville, Tenn. With less than a minute left in the game, Marquette’s Tatiyiana McMorris drained the go-ahead 3-pointer. Texas never got a shot off before time expired.
“Our defense broke down,” said Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors. “The play they ran at the end we knew was coming but didn’t do a good job switching out.” The loss now marks the sixth game this season in which Texas lost by nine points or less, three of which were decided by three points or less. Today, the Longhorns could have been preparing for a rematch against No. 1-seed Tennessee, but instead they are left with a season that could’ve been. What if the Longhorns hadn’t lost sophomore Cokie Reed to injury last summer? In no other game this season was it more evident how much the presence of Reed was missed. With 10 minutes left in the first half, Texas clawed its way back af-
ter Marquette took an early lead. The Longhorns were in the driver’s seat for much of the game, leading by as many as nine points with a little more than 12 minutes to play. But in order to win, Goestenkors said her team must play the full 40 minutes. Saturday, they played a good 33 of them. What if the Longhorns hadn’t allowed their attacking ability to collapse? With 6:58 left in the game, Marquette seized an opportunity to close the gap as McMorris found her rhythm, hitting a trey. “I thought we played extremely hard, sometimes not well,” Goestenkors said. “I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t attack the basket more.” While senior Kathleen Nash led her squad with 19 points,
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Ashleigh Fontenette, left, Chassidy Fussell, center, and Shanice McKoy walk off court after losing a tight game to Marquette 68-65. usual scoring threats such as juniors Ashley Gayle and Yvonne Anderson were kept at bay — Gayle tallied six points and Anderson had five. On a bright note, Texas kept turnovers to a lowly 11 but countered it by shooting only 39 per-
cent from the field. “We had a few shots blocked. We stopped attacking for some reason, and that’s a huge part of our game,” Nash said. “We settled for outside jump shots. That was huge for us that we didn’t get those free throws.”
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Luna perfect, helps team to go 6-0 during spring break
Extra innings work out well for team, in 6-5 win over Big 12 rival Wildcats By Jon Parrett Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns sure know how to end a slow-paced game with excitement. Texas (15-5, 3-0) needed 14 innings to win 6-5 and close out the series sweep of Kansas State (12-7, 0-3) on Sunday. With the final run coming on a two-out RBI double from Brandon Loy that fell just fair along the right-field line. Tim Maitland singled the previous at-bat and scored the winning run from first base. “The wind blew the ball back onto the field and down, keeping it away from the right fielder,” said Texas head coach Augie Garrido. “It wasn’t his mistake as much as Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff it happened to be high enough and Texas players celebrate a walk-off 6-5 win in the 14th inning against Kansas State on Sunday. in an open spot where the wind was getting to it.” Wildcat right fielder Mike Kindel decided to throw to second instead tom of the 14th inning against and finishes the game in the Texof home to get Loy out before MaiBy Trey Scott Kansas State. as dugout. No catching fly balls tland crossed home plate, but he Daily Texan Staff It sure was a big difference in the outfield grass, just cheerwas not in time. Tim Maitland did a Super- from how he began the day. For ing for his teammates. No hitting, Loy started the scoring off in man slide headfirst into home most of the season, he’s been just handing out high fives. In the third inning, when he tripled plate, arms outstretched and ar- a seldom-used role player. On 20 games all year, the junior outto left-center, scoring Jordan Etier tificial turf pellets flying up all Sunday, Tim Maitland got to fielder has registered only two from second base. But Kansas State around him, to score the dramat- play hero. In most outings, Maitland starts ic game-winning run in the botINNINGS continues on PAGE 7 MAITLAND continues on PAGE 7
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SPORTS BRIEFLY Dallas return specialist McCann arrested for public intoxication
During spring break, sophomore all-American hurler Blaire Luna was invited to the tryouts for 2011 USA Softball National Team. Luna is one of 12 players who has already accepted the invitation to the tryout camp in June, where about 17 individuals will ultimately be chosen to represent USA softball this season. This past weekend, she proved her worth as the Longhorns traveled to California to face six teams, including fourthranked Washington. Texas began the stretch in Long Beach, Calif., where it shut out the Long Beach State 49ers 1-0. A home run by senior catcher Amy Hooks turned out to be the only run of the ball game, which was helped by Luna’s shutout, her seventh this season. The Longhorns then went to Fullerton, Calif., for a five-game stretch at the Judi Garman Classic where they faced De Paul, Washington, Fresno State, Cal
Dallas Cowboys cornerback and special teams member Bryan McCann is denying reports that he was intoxicated when arrested by Dallas police during the weekend. WFAA-TV of Dallas and Fort Worth reported early Sunday that the former SMU star was arrested early Saturday, charged with public intoxication, taken to the Dallas city detox center about 3 a.m. Saturday and released almost eight hours later. Dallas police have not released the details behind the arrest. Sr. Cpl. Gerardo Monreal, a Dallas police spokesman, did not response to messages left Sunday by The Associated Press. However, McCann issued a statement Sunday that he “was not intoxicated and did not pose a danger” to himself or others. He said he took pride in his “good name and reputation” and would mount a vigorous defense.
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Junior infielder Brandon Loy drove in the winning run in a 6-5 thriller over Kansas State on Sunday.
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on his second pitch. Then a balk put both runners in scoring position, but the junior got Jason King to pop up to end the inning. Texas entered the seventh inning trailing 5-1, but Tant Shepherd led off with a triple to right center field, and Etier brought him home with a single to left field that just cleared shortstop Tanner Witt’s glove. Texas loaded the bases with a Loy single and a walk by Mark Payton, and cut into the deficit with a bases-loaded walk by Erich Weiss that scored Etier. Cohl Walla tied the game two batters later on a single to left center that scored Loy and Payton. Walla is hitting 3-for-5 with seven RBIs with bases loaded this season. “A lot of times, guys get over-aggressive at the plate and want to
quickly responded, scoring three runs of its own in the fourth inning. Cole Green started for Texas and gave up four hits and two earned runs in 4.2 innings. “I wasn’t happy with the way I pitched,” Green said. “A couple balls could have gone a couple different ways, and it could’ve been a totally different story. It’s just part of the game, and I just need to bounce back and learn from it.” Andrew McKirahan came in to pitch with runners on the corners and two outs remaining in the fifth, and he surrendered an RBI single
LUNA continues from PAGE 6 State Fullerton and New Mexico. Texas came home with the tournament crown after going 5-0 and ending as the only team out of 18 teams to go undefeated in the tournament. The Longhorns didn’t encounter any trouble in California, even day, month 2008 against theirday, highest-ranked opponent so far this season. Texas beat a previously undefeated Washington team 12-0 in a shortened mercy-rule game. In five innings, the Longhorn offense managed 13 hits, which included three home runs. On the other side of the ball, Luna further impressed by pitching the first per-
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fect game of her career. She pitched the entirety of the shortened game without giving up a hit, walking a batter or producing any errors. The Longhorns had three shutouts in California, the third coming in a 5-0 victory against Cal State. Out of their other three victories, only one was ever in jeopardy — the 3-2 win against New Mexico, which clinched the tournament crown for the Longhorns. Down 2-1, an RBI double by freshman Taylor Thom in the sixth inning put the Longhorns ahead for good. An 11-3 victory against De Paul and a 9-2 victory against Fres-
Brown mixed his driving layups with unorthodox fadeaways and pull-up jumpers. He was the most effective player for Texas, oftentimes creating his own offense from the top of the key as Hamilton went 7-of-18 from the floor for 18 points. “I just thought about the seniors that we have on our team,” Brown said. “I just tried to give no State capped off the weekend. my all to them. I just tried to be It wasn’t just the starters that aggressive.” contributed during the weekend. Even more importantly, he Freshman pinch hitter Karina Scott drew plenty of contact, personhit the first home run of her career 1 ally putting at least two Arizona in the Longhorns’ win over the players — Kyryl Natyazhko and Washington Huskies. Jesse Perry — into foul trouble. At the end of the weekend, TexBrown was perfect from the line, lassifieds as connected for 10 home runs making 13-of-13 free throws. and 58 hits. Luna came home with “He’s a heck of an offensive three wins and lowered her season player,” said Arizona coach Sean earned run-average to 0.96. FreshMiller. “Texas did a good job of man pitcher Rachel Fox was also putting him in position to use credited with three wins, and sopha lot of ball screens, we didn’t omore reliever Kim Bruins saw have an answer for him.” one inning of action, the final one An accurate encapsulation of against De Paul. Brown’s second half came with
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Texas put itself in the situation as it played one of its worst first halves of the season, trailing by as much as 13. The Longhorns had to play from behind and slowly cut the Arizona lead before regaining it with two minutes left. “I think the first half, we didn’t start the game off with energy,” Hamilton said. Arizona shot 6-for-10 from behind the 3-point line in the first half to boost them to a doublefigure lead. Brown took over the second half, scoring 21 of his game-high 23 points. He got Arizona in foul trouble and made all 13 of his freethrow attempts. Up 69-67 and Joseph under the basket prepared to throw the ball in, Brown made his first cut. Hamilton made his cut towards Joseph. Referee Richard Cartmell counted off one by one and waved his arm to signal each second. But he blew the whistle before waving his arm to denote the fifth and final second. “I had the call. I had five seconds before the kid turned and signaled a time-out,” Cartmell said. “I had to make a decision whether it was five seconds or a time-out, and I made the decision it was five seconds because I had counted five seconds before he called time-out.” Texas coach Rick Barnes said it’s a tough game to call, but something that is determined on a count should be easy. Barnes said that he thinks the NCAA should be able to fix tough calls such as the five-second violation. “[In other sports,] there are certain things that can be corrected,” Barnes said. “In our game, there’s not. We’ve got to be willing to make the rules that are right because at the very end, if you truly want the players to determine it, the officials have to be willing; the NCAA has to be willing to say, ‘OK, we’re going to get this right.’” After watching the replay, Barnes saw what all the commotion was about. “I think if they’d looked at it, they would have changed the call,” Barnes said. This marks the end of the college careers of Johnson, Dogus Balbay, Jai Lucas and Matt Hill. “We were in a great position to go to Anaheim,” Johnson said. “It sucks.”
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starts, to go with a handful of pinch-hitting appearances. “It’s never easy sitting around in the dugout,” he said. Maitland did a lot of sitting, standing and pacing Sunday, until the eighth inning — finally getting his number called as a pinch-hitter for Paul Montalbano. He worked the count to 3-1, and then advanced to first after getting hit by Wildcat Jake Doller’s pitch. Two innings later, still in a 5-5 tie, Maitland grounded out to second. He got another chance as the game continued, registering his first hit of the season in the bottom of the 12th. But the Longhorns’ rally fizzled as Erich Weiss struck out to end the inning. Then came Maitland’s moment. In the 14th inning of a game that lasted four and a half hours, he came up to bat with two outs and nobody on. He hit the first pitch he saw to left field, his second hit of the season. Maitland would score from first, two pitches later on a Brandon Loy double that just stayed fair down the right-field line. “I thought it was a routine fly ball, so I was just running my hardest with two outs. I saw
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Tyler The Creator, member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, crowd surfs at the Swan Dive patio stage as part of the Brooklyn Vegan party March 17.
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s the nine days of South By Southwest descended upon Austin, so did an influx of nearly 100,000 outof-towners. Though already in its 25th year, the festival has swelled enormously in the last five years be cause of its increasingly large and prestigious lineups and the increase of movie premieres and interactive events. The week started off with Interactive, which saw the largest increase of 36 percent, increasing to 19,364 registrants from the 14,251 in attendance in 2010. This year’s film portion was also a record-setter, boasting nearly 300 feature and short films selected from a total of 4,911 submissions, a 23-percent increase from last year, according to a press release from the SXSW Film Committee. It is virtually impossible to pin down accurate numbers for the music portion of the ON THE WEB: week. While there were 2,000 official SXSW For video interviews showcases featuring hundreds of bands in and stories from five days, there are thousands more unofSXSW ficial and mostly free shows featuring just @dailytexan as many bands sprawled throughout the city online.com during the entire week. SXSW has always drawn massive crowds to Austin for a week of the best the interactive, film and music scenes have to offer. However, this year’s extreme growth affected each industry, and the city itself, more than expected. These are some of the highlights and lowlights from each portion of this year’s SXSW.
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Special guest Yoko Ono headlined the Chimera Music night at Elysium on Saturday. She performed with her son, Sean Lennon, and the new Plastic Ono Band, a collaboration of musicians co-produced by her son.
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interactive Program’s reputation grows, events become overcrowded By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff
Walk into any South By Southwest Interactive party and you might mistakenly think you are on the set of “The Social Network 2.” This year’s Interactive portion of the festival was larger and more populated than ever before, with conference floors packed with sharply dressed young entrepreneurs who believe they have the next breakthrough idea in social media. Interactive has become an exhausting, convoluted conference that is best enjoyed by those who only want to party and make connections. The panels, in comparison to previous years, are no longer the main draw. This year Interactive was spread across 10 venues with the keynotes being held at the Austin Convention Center. The smaller venues focused on panels that shared something in common. For example, the Marriott Hotel held panels that fell under the “Work and Happiness” category. At the 14th Annual Interactive Awards, Grammy-winning band Arcade Fire’s interactive music video project, “The Wilderness Downtown,” won Best of Show in the music category. Coupon site Groupon won the People’s Choice Award, in spite of a much talked about fiasco during Groupon’s panel March 13, during which a past client, Travis Kalanick of online car service Uber, spoke against the company’s poor service, according to fastcompany.com. The big surprise of the festival came with SXSW Cares, SX-
SW4Japan and other grassroots efforts working with the American Red Cross as part of its Japan relief effort. SXSW Cares merged with sxsw4japan.org and managed to pull in $96,840 in donations. The site also hosted a 12hour telethon featuring a voice message from R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and a live performance by pop group Hanson. This grassroots effort is a reminder that many at Interactive want to better the world through technology. Another example is founder of TOMS Shoes Blake Mycoskie’s keynote on how his company’s success has been based around giving a pair of shoes to those in need for every pair that sells. For the most part, though, Interactive feels like it’s drifting away from big ideas and being placed closer to big corporations. For example, Screenburn’s trade show, which focused on video games, was filled mostly by industry giants such as Capcom, THQ and Warner Brothers. Where there once was room in the Austin Convention Center’s hallways, this year, there were numerous booths set up to promote businesses such as Microsoft. With more attendees and panels than ever before, this year’s Interactive suffered some growing pains. Next year, we will likely see an attendance cap and prices raised in order to meet the high demand of the conference. Even if this results in a more comfortable environment, it will make the conference more exclusive, working against the main aspect that made the conference a favorite in the tech community.
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film Dramas, horror flicks characterize festival’s movie selection By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff
Out of the wide selection of feature films, most were good, some were great, and a handful were colossal failures. The Texan has selected a few highlights from this year’s SXSW. Perhaps the film of the festival was first-time director Joe Cornish’s “Attack the Block,” a fantastic, genremixing thrill ride about violent London youths fighting off an alien invasion. While fears about the characters’ thick London accents have prevented the film from getting U.S. distribution, the audience at the film’s world premiere wasn’t deterred from giving the film a rapturous reception. The film went on to win an Au-
dience Award at the festival. Plenty of other films had people talking. One of the most hotly discussed titles was Ben Wheatley’s “Kill List,” a violent and disturbing hit man drama and one of the festival’s SXFantastic titles. The SXFantastic films, programmed by Fantastic Fest director and Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League, were almost without exception deliciously gruesome and unsettling, leading to some of SXSW’s most uncomfortable cinematic moments. Also hotly discussed among festival attendees were Monday’s pair of Secret Screenings. The first secret screening was Sundance favorite “Another Earth.” While the film failed to live up to the promise of its
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Now more than ever, South By Southwest is all-inclusive. If you’re willing to brave long lines and impossible parking situations, you can look forward to free alcohol and food, free shows and trendy swag. The Strokes, Kanye West, James Blake and A-Trak — all heavy hitters in the music world that would be at the top of the lineup for any other festival, such as Coachella or CMJ, played free shows during the week. The fact that SXSW has become a watershed for both up-and-coming musicians and chart-topping bands alike has only been solidified and reiterated, each and every year. And fortunately, you don’t have to spend more than $1,000 on a platinum badge to see them anymore.
The evolution of electronic music In the last few years, there’s been a complete 180-degree turnaround in the world of electronic music. Whereas people used to be content to listen to IDM and the various offshoots of house music, it’s now obvious that dubstep is the hottest ticket in town. At the Trouble & Bass Record Showcase on Saturday, DJs AC Slater and Drop the Lime played dubstep-heavy sets to the crowd’s wild approval; when these same DJs played at Beauty Bar nearly two years ago, their sets were composed mostly of fidget house and hard electro tunes. Skrillex, an electronic artist out of Los Angeles, played several shows at SXSW, and many of those shows capitalized on the burgeoning popularity of dubstep.
Tragedy and Mishaps Four people were injured Friday evening when a large camera boom fell into the crowd during OMD’s
inspired premise, star and co-writer Brit Marling was in attendance for an entertaining post-screening Q&A. Later that night, Harry Knowles of local news aggregate site Ain’t It Cool News took the Paramount stage to introduce his own secret screening. Not even festival programmer Janet Pierson knew the name of the film Knowles had chosen to screen, and special guest Guillermo Del Toro was proud to introduce the 1981 fantasy “Dragonslayer,” taken from Ain’t It Cool writer Eric Vespe’s personal collection. Another hotly anticipated event at the Paramount was the new film from young director Emily Hagins, “My Sucky Teen Romance.” Equal parts “Twilight” spoof and earnest
vampire love story, the film walked a very delicate line, and Hagins nailed the balance perfectly. Other film highlights from the festival included Canadian director Jason Eisener’s “Hobo with a Shotgun,” the hilariously offensive exploitation film that won Robert Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse” contest at SXSW in 2007. Also worth mentioning is football documentary “Undefeated,” a genuinely moving story that reduced numerous grown men to tears at its three screenings during the festival. All in all, SXSW’s film festival was nine days of coming-of-age stories, gore-filled midnight screenings and unfortunately below-the-radar indie films, with the occasional high-profile premiere and exciting Q&A.
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