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TODAY Calendar “Inside Job” screening
“Inside Job” is a film that investigates the causes for the 2008 international financial crises. A light meal will be served and after the film there will be a discussion led by Dr, James K. Galbraith. The screening will take place in SRH 3.122 from 6 to 8:45 p.m., and is free and open to anyone. RSVP on the event’s page on the UT events calendar.
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McCombs chairs private security firm By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan Staff
Academi, the private military company formerly known as Blackwater USA that was contracted to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq, has acquired a new director with close ties to UT. Billionaire entrepreneur Red Mc-
Combs, namesake of the McCombs School of Business, is now the chairman of Academi’s board of directors. McCombs joined the company during its restructuring last December to “manage the company and enhance its governance and oversight capabilities,” according to a December press release
announcing the decision. More recently, as part of an article published in Harper’s April issue, the publication released a series of videos on their website showing alleged Blackwater contractors indiscriminately firing at Iraqi traffic, smashing into cars and running over civilians.
Beginning in 2003, the U.S. State Department contracted Blackwater to provide a wide variety of services in Iraq and Afghanistan from training and deploying special-forces soldiers to providing aerial reconnaissance.
Red McCombs Chairman of Academi’s Board of Directors
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Protest leads to student arrests
UT group plans Kony 2012’s Cover the Night By Alex Klima Daily Texan Staff
12:30-1:00 p.m. When UT Police Department Chief Robert Dahlstrom threatened the group with immediate arrest for disrupting office business and trespassing, the students relocated to the lobby, where they remained until UTPD arrested them for criminal trespassing when the office closed at 5:00 p.m. UTPD reports 19 students were arrested, although mem-
The UT chapter of Invisible Children will flood Austin with 1,000 posters in a number of different languages while participating in Cover the Night, the Kony 2012 campaign’s main event Friday. Members of the club gathered Wednesday during their chapter’s last meeting before the event to discuss the details of Cover the Night. With the help of the Invisible Children Austin Street Team, the UT chapter of Invisible Children and other groups not affiliated with the club will cover Austin with wall art, fliers, posters and stickers in order to continue spreading the message of Kony 2012: Arrest Joesph Kony. Kony is an African warlord with a long track record of wrongdoings including the kidnapping and use of children for child soldiers. The UT chapter of Invisible Children will spend most of their time during Cover the Night at The Hope Foundation’s outdoor gallery, said Cassidy Myers, Invisible Children Austin Street Team coordinator. A non-profit organization in Austin, The Hope Foundation helps artists who are working on peace projects get their message out to the community, according to their website. The Hope Foundation offered Invisible Children access to its Hope Outdoor Gallery where murals will be created and large banners will be hung for Cover the Night. The 1,000 posters will be written in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English and other languages to reach as many people as possible, Myers said. Sidewalk chalk and reverse graffiti, a form of tagging where a stencil is placed on a dirty wall and cleaned off, revealing the message, will be used as well. Keep Austin Beautiful, a non-profit organization focused on the environment, is donating gloves, shovels and
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Joel Nelson performs Grammy-nominated cowboy poet Joel Nelson will be performing at The Blanton Museum of Art Auditorium in EAS from 6 to 7 p.m. Admittance is free.
Melvins at Mohawk
Influential sludge rock group Melvins are playing at Mohawk with Unsane and Same Sack. Tickes are $20 the day of, and door opens at 7 p.m.
Today in history In 1993 The FBI’s 50 day siege of the Branch Davidians’ Waco compound came to an end when the FBI mounted an assault that resulted in 75 deaths.
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(Above) Members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition await arrest during a sit-in outside President Powers’ office Wednesday afternoon. The protesters claim that UT apparel is made in factories with substandard conditions. (Below) Ultiminio Vega protests in support of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition in the third floor stairwell of the Main Building Wednesday afternoon. Vega was part of a larger group of protesters who began rallying on the West Mall, but later moved inside the stairwell to support the group of students who had entered President Powers’ office earlier in the day.
Students opposing sweatshop clothing removed from campus By Samuel Liebl Daily Texan Staff
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Quote to note “I think offensively we kept trying to stay on the attack and had some balls that were hit hard. But defensively, we did not look good. We did not look like the more confident team.” — Connie Clark Softball Head Coach SPORTS PAGE 8
Nineteen activists entered the President’s office Wednesday and began an afternoon-long protest that ended with UTPD arresting all protesters involved. The protesters, 17 UT students and two non-UT students and all members of the Make UT SweatshopFree Coalition, occupied the office in the Main Building starting at about
Former professor turns Helpful tips for surviving registration trash into sculptures By Rainy Schermerhorn Daily Texan Staff
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More than 1,000 sculptures made out of credit cards, brochures, tops of Bluebell Ice Cream containers and paper towel rolls are displayed on a table in Goldsmith Hall. Architecture professor emeritus Richard Swallow began cutting, folding and creating sculptures in January 2011 as a way to occupy his time after the loss of his wife. Swallow said he spent around a year completing the sculpture
project, working on about three sculptures per day. He said people encouraged him to put the sculptures on display, and the exhibit launched in the School of Architecture gallery April 4. It will remain there until April 28. “My wife passed away in December 2010, and I started to cut up credit cards that we had gathered for about 50 years,” he said. “My fingers started folding them and making little sculptural pieces, and I just kept doing this,”
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Junior Communications and Sciences disorder major, Samantha Sheppard, admires the junk mail sculptures that are displayed on tables at the school of architecture.
Registration — the word alone is enough to induce a splitting headache in some students, along with the hassles, deadlines and frustratingly closed classes that come along with the process. Although modern technology has certainly removed some of these difficulties, at the end of every semester, students are still faced with the impending batREAD INSIDE: tle of getting into their deA column from two sired classes. vice provosts about Fortunateimproving registration ly, registraPage 4 tion doesn’t necessarily have to be a cut-throat battle royale; with this survival guide for what is perhaps the most dreaded two weeks of the spring, this year’s registration may end without tears and bloodshed. One of the most frequently pondered questions amongst students is the order in which registration times are decided — when you have a friend of the same major or last name letter registering a week before you, the process can often come across as exasperatingly random. “There is an alpha breakdown,” said Nancy Sutherland, history and liberal arts advisor. “It is based on a simple, yet secret formula created by a registrar
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sometime in the last century.” While last name and class year are important factors, the Registrar’s office rotates the order of the names so students whose last name begins with “A” don’t always get to register first in their class. Similarly, there are frequent misunderstandings when it comes to the spe-
cific required courses available for students. For example, unless you want to get certified to teach or you plan to transfer to another university, you can take any two different classes in the approved list of American history core courses – even upper-division ones,
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paint rollers to use for Cover the Night. Although Kony 2012 is geared at stopping an international issue, spreading the message of Kony 2012 throughout Austin has also become a community service project, Myers said. “We want to earn our right to be heard globally by acting locally within our own community,” Myers said. “Why would you try to help someone globally if you can’t even help your neighbor?” She said supporters do things like mow a neighbor’s lawn in exchange for posting a Kony pickett sign because Invisible Children wants participants to earn their right to be heard. Local communities must better themselves so they can eventually turn their focus to global community issues, she said. Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell created the original “Kony 2012” video, which eventually went viral and garnered almost 100 million views on YouTube. Russell was detained by police on March 15 and was subsequently brought to a medical facility to be evaluated after he was found running through the streets in his underwear and shouting incoherently, according to the Huffington Post. A video of Russell running through the streets prior to his detainment was shortly thereafter released to celebrity news website TMZ.
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Brady Morrison and international studies majors Julia Hudson and Caroline Thomas attend a meeting about the Cover the Night event.
“I don’t think Russell’s scandal will affect the impact of Kony 2012,” Myers said. “TMZ overexaggerated the entire incident. Russell was physically and mentally exhausted after giving over 80 interviews within two weeks.” She said the Kony 2012 movement is so much bigger than any one person, which was exactly what Russell wanted. International relations sophomore and Invisible Children member Caroline Thomas said she has been involved with Kony 2012 since the student chapter’s inception last fall. Thomas commented on the subsequent Stop Kony YouTube videos obtaining lower views than the first video. “We understand there won’t be 100 million views for all of Kony 2012’s videos, but there’s still an impact,” Thomas
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said. “In the end it comes down to removing Kony from his reign of terror and the people who have stuck around must have seen the significance in that endeavor.” Thomas said the original Kony 2012 video garnered a huge surge of interest, which has helped the chapter build its member base. History sophomore Danielle Lefteau said she feels like the viral video has done a great job of gathering attention, but most people just watch the video. Lefteau said they will maybe update their Facebook cover photo to “Kony 2012,” but never actually donate their time or money to truly help the cause. Human development freshman Jenna Javior attended last night’s meeting and said she saw the Kony 2012 video and felt she needed to be involved in the movement. “I definitely think students can make this happen,” Javior said. “We just have to keep spreading the word.”
according to Sutherland. The same goes for classes like GOV 312, in which many students feel tied down to taking a specific subject matter. “Many students that I have advised do not know that the second required Government course, GOV 312L, has topics,” said Linda Mayhew, advising coordinator for the Liberal Arts Honors and Humanities programs. “This gives you a chance to select a topic that really interests you.” However, sometimes class availability can get a bit trickier. Many students tend to believe that professors have the final say in regards to their class roster and that students can always get their permission to add a class that’s either full or restricted. “Actually, departments can override faculty preferences,” said Jackie Dana, sociology undergraduate advisor. “We often have to tell students ‘No’ even after they get a written note because we use the waitlist system and check prerequisites.” In terms of general advice, advisors suggest keeping an eye on your prerequisites and taking advantage of waitlists. Although being last on a long waitlist may appear to be a depressing prospect, with the large number of people who change classes during the add/drop period, it’s not the end of the world, especially for a larger lecture class. However, it also helps to have a backup class just in case. “It’s also important to realize that
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Swallow didn’t stop at credit cards. He proceeded to conform his daily junk mail into elaborate designs to add to the collection. “It kept me occupied for a year, and
some of my colleagues said, you ought to exhibit those,” he said. The project expanded until Swallow had created more than 1,000 unique sculptures, which he said are all dis-
sometimes required classes really do max out and advisors don’t always have the authority to add additional students,” Dana said. “We don’t intentionally keep people from graduating.” And while it may seem a bit obvious, many students aren’t aware of the extended course descriptions available on some departments’ websites. While the Registrar provides a general overview of what a class entails, course descriptions on the pages of individual departments often offer a more insightful look at what specific classes have to offer. For example, the English department lists the required readings for the semester alongside a breakdown of professor’s individual grading, and the journalism department allows access to past and present undergraduate course syllabi. “If you can’t get into a class you need or just really, really want, be sure to ask an advisor for assistance,” Dana said. “But don’t make demands.” For Sutherland, the number one tip to being prepared for registration is to talk to your advisers ... except during actual registration days. She also advises awareness of the catalog for your major, as each catalog has very different degree requirements, flags and CORE approved courses. “Advisors are here year-round. Make a plan of action to graduate — even if you change your mind a little,” Sutherland said. “You can still go to advising during registration, but it will just be to touch base or to check on secrets advisors might know, so you won’t be as stressed.”
tinct and individually designed. “My goal was to make every single one of them different, and I think I accomplished that,” he said. “Each one of them has some thought behind it, but they weren’t preconceived. It was more spontaneous.” The gallery is split between Swallow’s work and the drawings of a former colleague in the School of Architecture, John Blood. “Richard was my instructor a long time ago,” Blood said. “The sculptures [he did] are pretty fabulous. The gallery is a nice combination of work that we’ve done.” For Swallow, an interest in architecture molded at an early age, and being a professor wasn’t a field he thought he’d enter, he said. “I wanted just the opposite. I wanted to be an architect, and I dreamed of designing everything as a teenager,” he said. “It started with automobiles and grew into buildings.” Upon graduating from Rhode Island School of Design, he went on to graduate school at MIT but said the New England area didn’t offer much opportunity for building. “I was looking for greener pastures,” he said, “and Austin turned out to be perfect.”
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School of Architecture lecturer Allison Gaskins said Swallow’s unique approach to the project reflects his gifts and approach to life. “Richard is of a generation of architects who know how to make things,” she said. “He does a lot of that through his hands, through drawing or sculpting, and for me the exhibit is a clear depiction of how he is and how he thinks.” Swallow said the project served as a way to release his emotions during a tough time in his life. “It turned into a way to fill up my time, and I’ve referred to it as my relief from grief project,” he said. “I don’t know where it’s going to go now, but it was fun.” Beside the displays Swallow crafted is a table, several bags of junk mail and a few pairs of scissors, inviting others to cultivate their own imaginations using Swallow’s unique idea.
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French candidate’s patriotism gains votes By Elaine Ganley The Associated Press
NANTERRE, France — She calls herself the anti-system candidate who will ensure social justice for the have-nots and purify a France losing its voice to Europe and threatened by massive immigration and rampant Islamization. The message of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has seduced thousands, kept her consistently in third place in polls and scared President Nicolas Sarkozy as he seeks a second term. The conservative Sarkozy is trying to woo those who would vote for Le Pen in Sunday’s first round of balloting to bridge the gap with front-
runner Francois Hollande, a Socialist whom all polls show will win the May 6 election. In an interview Wednesday on BFM-TV, Sarkozy named her directly, asking, “The vote for Marine Le Pen serves whom? Francois Hollande.” Le Pen, putting the accent on patriotism, deplores what she says is France’s loss of sovereignty to the European Union and to globalization, the nation’s perceived loss of identity and what she claims are real dangers hidden within France’s Muslim community, is the largest in western Europe. Le Pen wants France, and other euro zone nations, to give up the euro currency. She wants to drastically re-
duce the number of immigrants — to 10,000 a year — and, a top theme, to crack down for good on what she claims is the growing footprint of Islamic fundamentalists in France. The image Marine Le Pen projects is less linked to the extreme-right than that of her father, said Nonna Meyer, an expert on the extremeright vote at the prestigious university Sciences Politiques. Meyer said that it is impossible at this point to predict how Le Pen will fare in Sunday’s balloting because there are too many unknowns, including the level of voter turnout. “I think there really is no chance that Marine Le Pen will be in the second round,” she added.
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LOS ANGELES — Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ‘n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike. His identity as “the world’s oldest teenager” became strained in recent years, as time and infirmity caught up with his enduring boyishness. But he owned New Year’s Eve after four decades hosting his annual telecast on ABC from Times Square. And as a producer and entertainment entrepreneur, he was a media titan: his Dick Clark Productions supplied movies, game shows, beauty contests and more to TV, and, for a time in the 1980s, he boasted programs on all three networks. Equal-
ly comfortable chatting about music with Sam Cooke or bantering with Ed McMahon on “TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes,” Clark had shows on all three networks for a time in the 1980s. Clark, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at a Santa Monica hospital, also was part of radio as partner in the United Stations Radio Network, which provided programs to thousands of stations. “There’s hardly any segment of the population that doesn’t see what I do,” Clark told The Associated Press in a 1985 interview. “It can be embarrassing. People come up to me and say, ‘I love your show,’ and I have no idea which one they’re talking about.” President Barack Obama noted the nostalgia. “More important than his groundbreaking achievements was the way he made us feel — as
young and vibrant and optimistic as he was,” Obama said. Clark bridged the new music scene and traditional show business. He defended pop artists and artistic freedom, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said of the 1993 inductee. He helped give black artists their due by playing original R&B recordings instead of cover versions by white performers, and he condemned censorship. “It still wasn’t acceptable for them to dance with white kids, so the blacks just danced with each other. We were waiting for the explosion, but it never happened,” Clark said in 1998. “The wonderful part about our decision to integrate then was that there were no repercussions, no reverberations, no battles at all — it just happened right there on a television screen in front of millions of people.”
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Thursday, April 19, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com
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Prioritizing everything accomplishes nothing As students in the UT System await the decision that will mean the fate of tuition for the next two academic years, researchers warn that tuition increases across the state are limiting the accessibility of higher education. The Institute for Research on Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania released a report Wednesday that indicates something Texans have known for some time: Financial aid cannot keep up with the rising cost of attendance, forcing prospective students to take out larger loans or to refrain from attending college altogether. Some of the state’s priorities, such as creating more research institutions, are slowing progress in other more significant areas, such as college readiness and graduation rates, the report suggests. Moreover, in an attempt to improve the state of higher education in Texas, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has turned much of its attention to the Closing the Gaps initiative, which aims to bring Texas universities to parity with those in other large states by 2015. Institute Director Joni Finney told The Texas Tribune, however, that the state may face difficulties in reaching the initiative’s objectives if it does not address the funding of community colleges and reevaluate its goal to increase the number of national research institutions. “If Texas spreads its finite financial resources among too many priorities, however worthy, it is unlikely to get a handle on the soaring tuition that is threatening to price more and more Texans out of a college education, thus perpetuating racial and economic disparities,” according to the report. Accessibility and quality do not have to be mutually exclusive, but without properly prioritizing them, higher education leaders cling to the illusion that the state has unlimited financial resources to fund the many goals they have or that all of those goals are attainable. A similar illusion persists at UT. Framing the tuition discussion as though the quality of education can be maintained or even improved with either cuts to essential programs or increases in tuition implies that there is a quick fix to address the decline of higher education in Texas. Instead, anyone with a vested interest in higher education should recognize that the problem is growing increasingly complex and that everyone from university administrators to state lawmakers needs to reassess the priorities of higher education. A poor investment in both quality and accessibility means neither can prevail.
By Gretchen Ritter and Shelby Stanfield Daily Texan Guest Columnists
Aside from final exams, class selection and registration are among the biggest stresses for students between now and the start of summer. It’s a process that begets angst over questions such as: “Can I get the class that I need?” and “What’s the best class for me to take?” Giving students and staffers better online e-advising tools for degree planning is one of the keys to improving four-year graduation rates at UT. And progress has already been made to improve student services and advising tools. Last month, the Office of the Registrar, a unit of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, launched a new Interactive Degree Audit system known as IDA 2.0. Students can check to see which degree requirements have been satisfied, partially completed or still need to be satisfied. The information is easier to access and more intuitive than in the old system. The new system has been in the works for the past year and a half, and student and adviser input was used to make the new system more streamlined and user-friendly. The results will be fewer surprises for students about how close they are to graduation and better information for academic advisers and staffers who make recommendations about what courses students should
take next. As a complement to IDA 2.0, students also have access to MyEdu, which is working in partnership with the UT System to provide additional planning tools to students at all of its campuses. UT-Austin is one of the first three campuses to participate in the $10-million initiative approved by the Board of Regents. For students who have used MyEdu in the past, the mobile application and site have many of the features they will recognize — the ability see other student opinions on courses and research potential schedules. In time for summer and fall registration — which began this month — the University has provided MyEdu with course schedule information including class options, descriptions, instructors, class meeting times and locations to improve accuracy on the site. Our administrators are working to find more public university data that can be quickly added to the site to strengthen its offerings, including information about transferring credits from other colleges and universities. Students can use MyEdu to plan their class schedules. But only IDA 2.0 will tell them whether they are on track for graduation using real-time information and personal educational records. MyEdu can provide general information regarding degree plans but does not perform automated, complex interactive degree audits based on student academic records mapped to
University degree requirements. All of these tools will help students to determine the best path to take through the University. E-advising can give students quicker access to the facts, but professional academic advisers possess the wisdom and practical knowledge about what students need to prepare for upper-level courses and get where they ultimately want to go — graduate school, business, the public sector or elsewhere. The University’s steering team will work with MyEdu to determine what additional public information can be provided to MyEdu to complement the University’s existing registration, enrollment, degree planning and advising services. In all of these efforts, we will work to provide services that are secure, accurate and reliable — services that we believe will support the academic success of our students. Finally, we will continue improving our other advising services as well, including additional planning and degree audit features for advisers throughout the summer and fall. We hope we will make advising, degree planning and registration even more accessible and angst-free so that students can spend more time preparing for finals and not as much time worrying about what they need to take next semester. Ritter is vice provost of undergraduate education and faculty governance, and Stanfield is vice provost and University registrar. Both serve as co-chairs of the MyEdu Steering Team at UT.
Nominate a Longhorn of the Year The Daily Texan Editorial Board is seeking suggestions for our Longhorn of the Year distinction. The Longhorn of the Year is an individual who had the most positive impact on the UT community throughout the 2011-12 academic year. You can suggest a candidate by emailing the name of the nominee and a short explanation to firingline@dailytexanonline.com for potential publication or tweeting us @ DTeditorial. We’ll print finalists later in the semester and announce our selection in May.
Shining through the cloud of student debt By Heba Dafashy Daily Texan Columnist
Student loans seem to be a big looming cloud over students’ heads that only continues to grow larger with rising tuition costs. But the Texas Exes could be the solution. Last year, Stanford alumni created SoFi, a company that funds student loans with investments from alumni. The name refers to the social and financial benefits that both the alumni and students will receive through this program. SoFi is based off of a peer-topeer lending model, where students receive low-interest loans from alumni of their school. In doing so, SoFi builds a network for students to connect with alumni who can eventually become their mentors. This initiative seems like a win-win for both students and
alumni. According to the alumni page on SoFi’s website, the company advertises, “do well for yourself, while doing good [for] others.” Alumni have the advantage of investing in a student for the social benefits of helping the student out while also receiving a return on their investment. SoFi CEO Mike Cagney claims, “SoFi investors receive a 5-percent to 8-percent return on their loans and view it as a socially responsible investment, as opposed to a charitable donation.” On the other hand, students receive low-interest loans in addition to a new network of alumni who can help them start their careers when they graduate. This creative idea comes at the perfect moment as the student loan crisis has reached an all-time high. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the current total stu-
dent loan debt has surpassed the $1-trillion mark. To put this amount in perspective, the nation’s credit card debt is just under $800 million. It is clear that there needs to be a solution to the nation’s student loan crisis. Although SoFi may not significantly lower the national student loan debt, the company has broken the mold for student loans and created a system that builds solidarity between students and lenders. Instead of an abstract government entity loaning a student money, the student receives a loan directly from alumni. As alumni invest in current students, they imply, “I believe in you.” In turn, students have an incentive to live up to a higher potential because someone is personally invested in his or her future. So what would this program look like at UT? It could work very nicely. Texas Exes would
be encouraged to give back to the University in a more tangible way than through a donation fund, while students would receive low-interest loans and an alumni network for their careers in return. In addition, alumni would be more willing to assist these students after graduation since they had been investing in them for the previous four years. It is to UT’s advantage to create a program like SoFi. This kind of peer-to-peer lending will give the University a competitive advantage among other schools. Not only will it offer attractive low costs for student loans, but it will also strengthen alumni engagement. Through an initiative like SoFi, Texas Exes can break some sunshine through the studentloan cloud. Dafashy is a Plan II senior.
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Hall of Fame inducts Austin rocker By Alexandra Klima Daily Texan Staff
Austin became a little bit more rock and roll last weekend when rocker Ian McLagan became the first Austinite to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony took place on April 14. The city of Austin and Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell honored McLagan for all of his achievements at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 12 before McLagan took off for the Hall of Fame ceremony in Cincinnati. KUT-FM on-air music host Jody Denberg presented McLagan with a proclamation from Leffingwell, which declared April 12 “Ian McLagan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Day.” McLagen moved to Austin in 1994. “McLagan’s music defines Austin’s music scene and his induction into the Hall of Fame is a great achievement not only for McLagan, but also for the city of Austin,” Lucky Lounge managing partner Johnny Alvarez said.
Alvarez said McLagan has been performing at Lucky Lounge almost every Thursday night for the past six years. McLagan found out about his induction to Hall of Fame in January and was officialy inducted last Saturday, said Denberg. “He fills up stadiums all over the world and decides to live in Austin and perform locally,” Alvarez said. “That’s really cool for Austin.” McLagan played in two bands in the ‘60s and ‘70s, The Small Faces and The Faces. The Small Faces was founded in 1965 and was eventually reborn into The Faces in the ‘70s with an exciting, innovative rock and roll sound, according to the press release. McLagan plays pure rock and roll, developed from the original rockers such as Jerry Lee Lewis. He also branches out in his solo albums into a more singer/songwriter style of music, said Denberg. Denberg said McLagan’s most prominent songs in the past have been “Miss You” and “Just My Imagination” by the Rolling Stones, in which McLa-
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Ian McLagan, right, holds up his trophy after he and Ron Wood, left, and Kenney Jones, background, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as members of the Small Faces/Faces Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Cleveland.
gan played keyboard. McLagan has recorded with John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Taj Mahal, Denberg said. “I think it’s great that Austin has acknowledged his achievements, which are not only local, but also internation-
The protest: how it unfolded On the web
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UTPD Chief Robert Dahlstorm threatens immediate arrest. Students relocate to lobby.
ARRESTS continues from PAGE 1 bers of the group said there were 18 students involved. Some of the protesters had been released from jail on bail by press time, according to the group’s Twitter account. The coalition demanded that UT become a member of the Worker Rights Consortium, an indepen-
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dent labor rights monitoring organization, said group leader William G. Yates, an Asian studies senior who also serves as a regional coordinator for the nation-wide United Students Against Sweatshops. “We demand that the University of Texas at Austin, in accordance with our own code of conduct and stated core values, have an honest, open discussion with our administration and affiliate with the Workers Rights Consortium, the only independent monitor for col-
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legiate apparel,” Yates said. “We will be here till these demands are met.” The University is currently a member of a different oversight organization, the Fair Labor Association, and has no intention of leaving the FLA or of joining the WRC, said University spokesman Gary Susswein. “The University is very comfortable in the FLA,” Susswein said. “What we hear from the FLA is that these factories are being monitored.” Susswein said both the WRC and the FLA require an annual member-
You are invited to a series of Open Forums for Students to meet the four finalists for the Vice President for Student Affairs position. The candidates will answer questions from students and discuss their vision for campus. Dr. Christopher Miller Vice President for Student Affairs, Marquette University Tuesday, April 3rd, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Main 212 Dr. Ajay Nair Senior Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Thursday, April 12th, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Main 212 Dr. Francisco Hernandez Vice Chancellor, University of Hawaii at Manoa Thursday, April 19th, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Main 212
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al,” Denberg said. “I know it means a lot to McLagan’s heart to be recognized on a local level in his hometown before the big Hall of Fame event.” According to McLagan’s press agent, McLagan said he loves living in Austin and appreciates being surrounded by all the musicians here.
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ship fee of $50,000. Joining the WRC would not be a responsible decision in a time when the University faces shrinking funding, he said. “Our examination has determined that there is no added benefit and that in a time of budget austerity spending another $50,000 is a concern,” Susswein said. “The FLA is not the shallow, hollow organization that its critics would have you believe.” The University generated $10.6 million in merchandise revenue in
MCCOMBS continues from PAGE 1 Management and sociology professor John Butler said McCombs is likely joining the company as a good business practice, similar to when he donated $50 million to the business school in 2000, resulting in the naming of the school. “Mr. McCombs understands the importance of defending this country, and you need someone like him to build an organization that’s so important,” Butler said. “Red McCombs has the leadership you require in such a company, and I expect that as part of his plan he will be rebranding its image as part of effective entrepreneurship.” The company drew wide criticism in 2007 when Blackwater military contractors allegedly shot and killed 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Nisoor Square, Baghdad, which resulted in the company temporarily losing its contract to operate. The company was also investigated that year by the State Department for allegedly smuggling arms into Iraq for designated terrorist organizations. McCombs could not be reached for comment. Finance junior Philip Kaminer said he believed that it wasn’t an issue to have McCombs associated with the company. “Despite the fact that Blackwater has done military contracting, it’s a legitimate corporation and has to be seen as legitimate enterprise,” Kaminer said. “It would be different if he was funding mercenaries, but if its acceptable for the government to put millions of dollars behind these companies then it is perfectly fine for a busi-
the 2011 fiscal year, according to the Austin American-Statesman. “We can afford to pay our football coach $5,000,000 and we have 4,000 factories all over the world where workers rights are not conducted because of $50,000,” Yates said. “It shows a crisis of priorities for this university.” Sisters Bianca, Sabina and Sophia Hinz-Foley were among those arrested. Bianca recently graduated from UT, Sabina is a Plan II junior and Sophia is a high school
nessman to support them as well.” Thomas Palaima, a professor of classics and middle eastern studies who researches war and violence, said that while he was concerned about the activities of Blackwater, it was more important to understand where funding comes from and how it is spent. “It’s a very dangerous thing to get private contractors involved in fighting our undeclared wars, but that’s a different question,” Palaima said. “Does Red McCombs have the right to throw his money into Blackwater, make a profit and then put his money into the University? Of course he does. At least, President Powers seems to think so.” It is common for large sums of money to enter institutions through questionable means and institutions still accept funding, Palaima said. He added it was more important to raise discussion about institutional priorities allowing this to happen. “If you’re really concerned about where money comes from, just look at how many of the great fortunes are attached to conflicts that later get donated to charity,” Palaima said. “Rockefeller was behind the killing of innocent minors, but nobody says we can’t have money from the Rockefeller foundation any longer. Someday people will look at Blackwater the same way.” Palaima said the controversies surrounding Blackwater cannot change large public indifference or affect the business school’s image. “The general public just doesn’t care very much to be informed about Blackwater and Afghanistan — the former vice president of the United States was highly involved in Blackwater,” Palaima said. “The bigger issue is the U.S. being able to conducting informal wars by using highly profitable private companies like Blackwater.”
student. Sabina said Wednesday’s protest has the potential to stimulate the student body to act. “Many students are not with us because they think they cannot put their academic careers at risk,” she said. “But this issue is galvanizing a lot of kids who think they can make a tangible, obvious improvement in the world.” The Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition announced on their Facebook page that a rally will be held in front of the Tower today at noon.
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Acho following familiar path to NFL Overall career stats 278 tackles 41 tackles for loss 7 forced fumbles 3 fumble recoveries 2 interceptions
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No. 6 Bears sit atop conference standings By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff
It seems as if the 2011-12 year is the year of the Bear, because in the world of sports, Baylor cannot be stopped. Baylor’s football team won 10 games while Robert Griffin III brought the school its first Heisman trophy. Its men’s basketball team made the elite eight and the women’s basketball team was a perfect 40-0 en route to a national title. Now their
baseball team is ranked in the top 10 in the country and is undefeated in conference play. The No. 6 Bears (30-7, 15-0 Big 12) are currently riding a 20-game win streak, which is the longest streak in the country and also ties their school record for consecutive wins. Baylor is led by a potent offense that sports a team batting average of .317, which leads the Big 12, and its everyday lineup features seven players that bat over .300.
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Baylor orchestrates late rally, defeats UT in extra innings By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff
The Longhorns were back on the winning track with record-setting performances against Kansas last weekend. However, when the Longhorns traveled to Waco on Wednesday, they came up short and will now head into this weekend’s home series against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls with a loss on their minds. Wednesday night’s 5-4 loss came in eight innings as the Texas defense struggled to keep the Bears offense off the bases. The Longhorns are now 35-6 on the season and 9-4 in Big 12
conference play. The loss puts them in second place in the conference behind Oklahoma. “I think offensively we kept trying to stay on the attack and had some balls that were hit hard,” said Texas head coach Connie Clark. “But defensively, we did not look good. We did not look like the more confident team.” It was just the third time this season that the Longhorns had been pushed to play in extra innings. Texas is now 2-1 in extra-inning games so far this season.
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The team is paced by senior catcher Josh Ludy, who is hitting .370 with a .457 on base percentage. He also garnered National Player of the Week honors on Monday by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, after a week in which he hit .647 with four home runs and 12 RBIs over five games. Baylor’s streak will be put to the test this weekend when they will square off with No. 2 Texas A&M, in
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Editor’s Note: This is the third in him play at the middle linebacker an eight-part series about Longhorns position enough. hoping to be drafted into the NFL. But they definitely know he can play outside linebacker. “Where you get drafted is more like stars coming out of high school; it is all about pride,” Acho said. NFL DRAFT 2012 “Once you are there, everyone is on a level playing field.” On the field, Emmanuel and his brother are very similar, but off the By Lauren Giudice field they are opposite. Emmanuel At about this time last year, for- hopes Arizona drafts him so he can mer Texas linebacker Sam Acho was play alongside his brother again. “I started playing ball before Sam eagerly awaiting draft day and would be eventually chosen by The Arizona and then all of a sudden he got really good, I don’t know where,” EmCardinals in the fourth round. Now, his younger brother, Em- manuel said laughing. “He stole the manuel, is playing the same waiting spotlight as usual.” Once Emmanuel saw his brothgame. But don’t feel too bad for Emer get drafted, he knew that the NFL manuel. He’s gotten some help from was a reality for him. He saw his his big brother along the way. “He helped me understand what brother improve during his senior was going to happen, so nothing year, leading the team with 131 tackshocked me,” Acho said. “As I put it, les, 19 tackles for loss, three sacks, he gave me the answers to the test one forced fumble, 18 quarterback before I had to take it. I was not sur- pressures and six pass breakups. While Emmanuel was helping prised by anything.” the Longhorns bounce back from Acho knew how to prepare for the physical and mental examina- 2010’s 5-7 season, Sam had an outtions that teams gave him through- standing rookie season for the Carout this process and during the dinals. He had 40 tackles, seven NFL Combine. Although Emman- sacks and four forced fumbles. But uel partially tore his quadricep Emmanuel hopes to top those numwhile running the 40-yard dash, he bers in his rookie season. “Anything I do well is really as a felt he did enough to stand out to result of him,” Emmanuel said. “He’s the coaches. But Emmanuel isn’t stressing wishing I probably play better than about who picks him on draft day him, as am I. But he had a heck of a season.” or where he will go next year. Emmanuel’s stats speak for them“In talking to my brother who went through the process last year, selves. During his four years in he told me not to worry where I got burnt orange, he had 278 tackles picked but just to get in the door,” (159 solo), 41 tackles for loss, eight Acho said. “As soon as you get in sacks, seven forced fumbles, three the door, which is the NFL, then fumble recoveries and two interceptions. He helped Texas lead the you worry about making a team.” Emmanuel knows that once he is Big 12 and rank sixth in the nadrafted, there is still a lot of work to tion in rushing defense and 11th in be done. But he feels that his versa- total defense. tility and high football IQ will help him come draft day. He said he doesn’t know if coaches have seen ACHO continues on PAGE 10
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The San Antonio Spurs are the team to beat in the NBA’s Western Conference. Sure, the Oklahoma City Thunder are loaded with young talent, the Dallas Mavericks are the defending champions and the Los Angeles Lakers have five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, but the Spurs have depth. And Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s bunch is hungry af-
ter last season’s embarrassing exit in the first round of the playoffs at the hands of the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies. San Antonio has quietly jumped to the top of the Western Conference, fighting the Thunder for the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, which begin April 28. “We love our position [in the West], obviously,” center Tim Duncan told reporters Tuesday. “We hope to hold on to it. We’re facing a tough schedule, but we’re feeling good and we’re staying healthy.” Health is paramount for the Spurs, who could care less
about seeding. “We won [61] games last year. Remember we lost right away. One would think that maybe it doesn’t matter,” Popovich said when asked about the importance of getting the top seed. The Spurs are a far different team than they were a season ago, because their bench is among the league’s best. Rookie swingman Kawhi Leonard plays and defends multiple positions. Forwards Tiago Splitter and DeJuan Blair are each a force in the
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Nine University of Texas golfers were named to All-Big 12 Academic Teams, including five members of the women’s team. Senior Megan Rosenfeld and juniors Desiree Duberuil, Madison Pressel and Haley Stephens were all named to the first team, while senior Nicole Vandermade earned second team honors. The Longhorns’ five honorees mark the most of any school in the women’s golf conference in 2012. Four men’s golfers also made the All-Big 12 first team, including senior Dylan Frittelli, who was honored for the second time in his career. Seniors Brett Spencer and Adam Wennerstrom, along with sophomore Toni Hakula, joined Frittelli as first team members. In order to be considered an academic All-American, student athletes must compete in over 60 percent of the team’s events while maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher.
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Senior hurdler Angele Cooper focuses on her footwork during the 85th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Mt. SAC Relays up next for UT By kristin otto Daily Texan Staff
Nine of UT’s most developed middle and long distance runners are set on striking gold at the renowned 54th Annual Mt. SAC Relays. In 1959, Hilmer Lodge founded the Relays with the intent of creating opportunities. In particular, Lodge wanted a meet that offered female athletes equal opportunities as their male counterparts. Over the years, the event has evolved into a unique opportunity to showcase an aspect of track that is too often overlooked. “[The Mt. SAC Relays] is going to be more of a distancebased meet. It’s rare that you find some of your top middledistance and distance runners in one place,” head coach Beverly Kearney said. “And the weather in California is really conducive to the distance events.” With a forecasted temperature of about 80 degrees and clear, sunny skies, the Mt. SAC Relays will commence at 2 p.m. with the university/open women’s 1500-meter. Longhorns Julie day, month day, 2008
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Amthor, Connor Ward and Anne Jones are among the 160 competitors scheduled to compete in the first event of the three-day meet. At last weekend’s Texas Invitational, Amthor had a seasonbest performance that earned her the top collegiate finish in the 1500-meter. Slicing over eight seconds off her time from Texas Relays, she is gaining momentum as a team leader as well as a major threat to the competition. A lt hou g h she r an i n t he 1500-meter last weekend, Brittany Marches will take on the daunting open 3000-meter steeplechase. The sole athlete representing UT in the event, the redshirt freshman will aim for her second steeplechase win this season. At 9:15 p.m., senior Laleh Mojtabaeezamani will wrap up the first day of competition with the last women’s event of the night, the Olympic development elite division of the 10,000-meter run. Last weekend, Mojtabaeezamani had a notably improved performance, the fastest collegiate finish in the 3000-meter. However, tonight will be the first time for her to compete in the 10-kilome-
really battled hard, we stayed in the game the whole way. They made some great plays behind me defensively. It’s just a tough loss.” Harrell didn’t allow a hit between the first and sixth innings. In the seventh, Rick Ankiel doubled off the wall in left-center field with one out and advanced to third on Harrell’s balk. Roger Bernadina tied the game at 1 with a two-out double that ended Harrell’s night. “You can’t say enough about the way he threw the ball,” Houston manager Brad Mills said. “He got in trouble in the seventh and we were able to get out of it with just the one run, and then the walks kind of hurt us there in the eighth inning.” Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann allowed one run on four hits in seven innings. He struck out three and did not walk a batter. Ryan Mattheus (2-0) gave up two hits and a run in the eighth inning but got the win. Henry Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth for his third save, as Washington improved to 10-3 and became the first team in the majors to reach 10 wins this season.
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Junior All-American Blaire Luna was saddled with the loss on the road in Waco. Luna, who is now 15-3 on the season, gave up nine hits while striking out seven and walking four batters. The usually stellar Texas defense committed four errors which contributed to Baylor’s offensive success. “We made some throws to bases that allowed the winning run to get into scoring position and it’s too late in the season for that,” Clark said. “We are better than that, [and] I don’t think mentally we played very well in pressure situations.” Despite the defensive woes, the Texas offense managed to keep the Longhorns in the game until the Bears came up with a walkoff double in the bottom of the eighth inning. Senior third baseman Nadia Taylor went 1-for-3 on the evening with one home run and two RBIs. Taylor, who was named Big 12 player of the week last week for her performance against Kansas, extended her hitting streak to five games and has four home runs in the last four games. Sophomore center fielder Brejae Washington and junior left fielder Torie Schmidt each turned in a multiple hit performance. Washington went 2-for-4 with two runs while Schmidt went 2-for-3 with one RBI. “I thought [Baylor’s] crowd was great tonight in helping with the momentum,” Clark said. “It’s nice to be at home for this next window. Anytime you can be at home and comfortable with your crowd for pressure situations. We just need to get back to work and play hard for our fans.”
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WA S H I N G T O N — L u c a s Harrell pitched into the seventh inning and shut down the Washington Nationals offense. The Astros bullpen woke ‘em back up. Three relievers gave up three walks and two r uns in the eighth inning and the Nationals won 3-2 Wednesday night. Houston lost its fourth in a row and seven in eight games. Four of the Astros’ last five losses have been by one run. “We’re in every game,” said Jordan Schafer, who had two hits, and RBI and a scored a run. “It’s not like we’re getting blown out. The little things are costing us wins.” Houston led 2-1 when Fernando Rodriguez (0-2) gave up a walk and a single to the first two batters in the eighth. Wesley Wright relieved and walked Adam LaRoche, loading the bases. Rhiner Cruz then came in and walked Jayson Werth, tying the game at 2. “It was a close pitch,” Houston catcher Jason Castro said. “It was one of those borderline ones and it didn’t go our way.” A forceout at the plate left the bases loaded for Wilson Ramos, who scored LaRoche with a sacrifice fly to center field. The Astros took the lead in the top of the eighth. Castro led off with a double and Washington third baseman Ryan Zimmerman held him there with a pair of highlight defensive plays. He made a sliding catch in foul territory of a popped-up bunt and a diving catch on a sharp line drive before Schafer’s RBI single hopped past the glove of the diving LaRoche at first. Harrell gave up one run on four hits in 6 2-3 innings, strik1 ing out four and walking three. “I couldn’t be more proud of this team and the way we pl aye d,” Har rel l s aid. “We
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as well. The Aggies feature six relief pitchers with ERA’s below 3.19, and there are three regulars in the bullpen that have not even allowed an earned run this season. The combination of a killer startwhat will be a battle to determine the ing rotation and a shutdown bullpen Big 12’s best team. makes Texas A&M one of the most dangerous squads in the country, and Aggies ride starters to hot start As hot as Baylor is, the Aggies (28- it will look to its staff to carry it to 8, 8-3 Big 12) could still be the better Omaha for the second straight year. squad, thanks in part to an outstandBig 12 is top heavy this season ing weekend rotation. With the loss of Colorado to the Texas A&M’s Friday, Saturday and Sunday starters: Rafael Pineda, Mi- Pac-12 and powerhouse Nebraska to chael Wacha and Ross Stripling all the Big 10, the Big 12 is lacking depth have ERA’s under three and have a as a conference this season. Sure, the Big 12 has two teams in combined 16-2 record. The three man rotation is a formidable obstacle the top 10 in the country and three for opponents in a three game set, as ranked squads overall, but the botit forces the hitters to run the gaunt- tom of the conference is especially let against talented pitchers every day weak this year. Of the 10 schools, only five (Bayof the series. With a starting rotation full of fu- lor, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma ture MLB draft picks, it comes as lit- and Texas Tech) have records better tle surprise that the Aggies have only than one game over .500, and only lost two series all season and have yet three schools have winning conference records — Baylor, Texas A&M to be swept. However, it’s not just the starters and Texas at a combined 33-6. The that are getting it done on the staff other seven teams are a combined 24— the bullpen has been outstanding 51 in Big 12 play.
SPURS continues from PAGE 8 paint. Matt Bonner is a 3-point specialist with size. Gary Neal scores in bunches. Patrick Mills goes baseline to baseline in a flash. And if that wasn’t enough, the Spurs got more help at the trade deadline. Boris Diaw looks reborn after
ACHO continues from PAGE 8 His teammates have been impressed with his performance and leadership over the years. “One thing that stands out for me is that he’s been a consistent performer over the last four years,” kicker Justin Tucker said. “He racks up stats and not just those pretty stats. He’s in there making tackles and getting his nose involved on the plays.” Beyond that, Emmanuel has been
coming over from the lowly Charlotte Bobcats, and Stephen Jackson hasn’t skipped a beat in his return to the team he won an NBA Championship in 2003. Jackson started the year with Milwaukee before being acquired March 15. He’s a proven champion with a repuatation for being a tough guy. “He’s got an edge to him,” Popovich said. “I like his edge; I like his toughness, his grit, his willingness to play in big situations. All those sorts a leader for the Longhorns. “I will say that Emmanuel has gotten a lot out of Texas,” head coach Mack Brown said. “But he has given more, and it has really been beneficial to the program.” Emmanuel was named a finalist for the 2011 Lott IMPACT Trophy, Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award and the Wuerffel Trophy. Both Emmanuel and Sam worked with charities off the field. “Every time I look up he is doing something different,” Brown said. “With as hard as he works here, he goes to Nigeria for two weeks every
of things are what I like.” The Spurs lacked Jackson’s toughness a year ago as the Grizzlies muscled San Antonio out of the playoffs. That won’t happen again with Jackson in the fold. He’s a fearless competitor notorious for his role in the infamous 2004 brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indianapolis Pacers. “I’m all about my team,” Jackson said. “Whatever it takes to protect my teammates, to be with my teammates, I’m going to ride it to the end.
That’s all I know.” The Spurs don’t have the flash of the run-and-gun Thunder or the glamour of “Lob City” and the Los Angeles Clippers. What they do have is a veteran corps led by four NBA champions, a seasoned coach and a deep bench full of rising stars and castaways with something left to prove. San Antonio has never won an NBA title in an even-numbered year, but all that could change come June.
One thing that stands out for me is that he’s been a consistent performer over the last four years. — Justin Tucker, kicker summer with doctors and nurses. On a local basis, he is always at the hospital or reading to kids in East Austin.” Although Sam has led the way and helped Emmanuel throughout this long process, they will continue
to support each other and learn from each other next year — when they are both linebackers in the NFL. “You know it’s not a reality yet, but come April 26, 27 and 28, that’s when it will hit,” Emmanuel said.
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Left Above When Phonthephasone is not working inside Gearing, Phonthephasone selects pieces of leather he is sewing in his room and experimenting with leather. for his senior collection at Tandy Leather.
Editor’s note: The UT Textiles and Apparel Senior Fashion Show will be hosted tonight at the Frank Erwin Center from 7 to 10 p.m. Admission is free.
By the time textiles and apparel students enter their senior year, they have already begun brainstorming for their final collection. “You sketch your ideas over and over until you find five looks that you like and pick the three strongest looks to make,” textiles and apparel senior Stefant Phonthephasone said. Phonthephasone and his classmates took draping classes in the fall. They then translate their ideas into garments. The year-long process includes two critique panels in the fall, three critique panels in the spring and a judging panel one week before the fashion show. Phonthephasone is known for his leather designs, requiring him to drape with leather instead of muslin, a lightweight cotton cloth that other students use for their mock-up designs. Phonthephasone’s collection is inspired by the title character’s personality in the TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” “The designs are me channeling her characteristics, like the leather male cage corset in my collection. Buffy had secrets, giving a sense of intrigue and mystery — leaving the audience wanting more,” Phonthephasone said. — Batli Joselevitz | Daily Texan Staff Senior textiles and apparel major, Stefant Phonthephasone stands outside the models’ dressing room at Fashion Freak Out 5 with fellow senior designers Kaidon Ho (left) and Harrison Koiwai (right).
Above Phonthephasone works with one of his leather pieces for his senior collection at Mary E. Gearing Hall. He starts off by molding the leather onto a mannequin with water and then dying it.
Right Phonthephasone puts his designs into the elevator after his second critique panel at Mary E. Gearing Hall. Phonthephasone then began creating his third look for the last critique.
Above Phonthephasone showcases his senior collection to a panel of judges with Tyler Neal and Sarah Kislingury modeling his designs.
Left University Fashion Group officers’ Tyler Neal and Angeli Aguilera help Phonthephasone to hang a backdrop for the Contour Fashion Show promotion video at Mary E. Gearing Hall.
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Giving Back After Rejection The Journal of Consumer Research reports a study in which participants are made to either feel ignored or rejected had somewhat surprising results. Though both scenarios seem to elicit similar emotions with similar effects, participants who felt ignored were more likely to want to buy brand name clothing than the rejected group, whose participants were more likely to want to donate money or volunteer. The conclusion? If there’s somebody you don’t like, you’re better off rejecting them outright — they’ll be more likely to benefit society that way. Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff
Aerospace Engineering senior Brandon Steele sings tenor in the choir for the production of Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” in the Butler Opera Center Tuesday evening.
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Monkeys may not be able to read yet, but a new experiment shows that they’re able to distinguish words from non-words. An experiment trained several baboons over the course of several weeks to distinguish between real words, like “DONE” or “LAND” from nonsense words like “DRAN” or “LONS.” Though it’s very unlikely the monkeys knew what the words meant, they figured out that certain letter combinations don’t occur particularly often in English (“TH” occurs much more often than “HT” for instance) and, by the end of the trials, the monkeys could distinguish real words from nonsense ones with about 75 percent accuracy. This strongly suggests that the monkeys could break words into their components (letters) rather than memorizing them all individually.
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Voice professors are not allowed to teach students who aren’t voice majors, because priority goes to people pursuing the art as a career. But Small made an exception for Steele because of his genuine passion for singing. “I love singing, and I just can’t explain how it makes me feel,” Steele said. “I think [Small] saw that, so he didn’t worry about the ‘rules.’” Small said that Steele holds an obvious respect for classical singing and his inquisitiveness and willingness to go the extra mile is something he wishes he could instill in many more of his students. “I think Brandon is a shining example of someone who must have music and singing in his life,” Small said. “It doesn’t matter to him where
it leads or whether or not he achieves any sort of career success. It’s an activity, an art, a love that he must have, and so he insists that it stay a part of his life.” Small thinks Steele has already found success from his sheer enjoyment of music-making. “I hope we all can find that same kind of success in our lives, whether or not it has anything to do with how we make our living,” Small said. “Art matters, being creative matters, and if we ignore the need to create, I don’t think we truly live.”
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UT student finds his voice singing opera By Elizabeth Hinojos Daily Texan Staff
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Screenwriter and UT alumnus Rob Thomas explains the origins of his show “Party Down” at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Wednesday. The screening was part of the Austin Film Festival.
Screenwriter pitches success story By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff
Screenwriter Rob Thomas knew early in life he wanted to be a writer and toyed with the idea of novel writing before finally settling on writing for television. Thomas, who graduated from UT with a history degree in 1987, went on to earn his big break as a young writer on “Dawson’s Creek” before writing 64 episodes of “Veronica Mars” and co-creating “Party Down,” a Starz network comdy series. Thomas spoke of the challenges and joys of his writing career in “A Conversation with Rob Thomas,” a program presented by the Austin Film Festival and held at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Wednesday evening. Taylor Cumbie, director of marketing for the Austin Film Festival, said Thomas is an inspiration to film
students still trying to find their way in a tough business. “I think he’s a great role model,” she said. “He writes true to himself and has a very authentic writing style, and that’s something really admirable.” After graduating from UT, Thomas said he realized how difficult it would be to break into television writing. “The typical network will hear 500 pitches [for shows] in a year, and to get in the door you have to have some sort of reputation,” he said. Landing his first job with “Dawson’s Creek” felt like a dream to a struggling writer like himself, Thomas said. “I felt like I had won the lottery,” he said. “And in some ways I had. It paid $3,000 a week, and I’d been working as a high school teacher. I couldn’t believe there was that much money in the world.”
Thomas went on to create and write for “Veronica Mars,” which he said was a gamble from the beginning, but continued as a successful show for several seasons. “It was a passion project,” he said. “I wrote it without any network saying they wanted it.” His opinions of his own writing changed when he saw an early episode of “The Office,” Thomas said. “My whole career up to that point had been writing drama,” he said. “When I watched ‘The Office,’ I thought, ‘That’s my thing. That I could do.’” Thomas and a few friends were inspired by the show’s comedic rhythm and decided to create a new show of their own. “It just changed how we thought about television comedy, and so we thought, let’s take a stab at it,” he said. “‘The Office’ is a show about people who have given themselves over to
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Free arcade games give bar retro vibe Parties, video games, alcohol and kicking back with his friends — these are a few of Recess Arcade Bar owner Paul Chokota’s favorite things. Recess op ened in Febr uary, just in time for the SXSW Sixth Street rush. After buying the space that was once a Hard Rock Cafe, the Aces Lounge and Venue 222 on the corner of East Sixth Street and San Jacinto Boulevard, Chokota wasn’t sure what to do with it. All he knew was that he wanted it to be a bar with a retro vibe that Sixth Streeters would flock to. To Chokota, it seemed like the perfect time for Recess. “In Austin you can go to like 20 bars a night, but I wanted to make a bar with such a cool concept that you actually want to stay there all night,” he said. “Almost like when Coyote Ugly first started and the movie came out, that fun party at-
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Owner Paul Chokota stands behind the bar in the center of Recess Arcade Bar located on the corner of East Sixth Street and San Jacinto Boulevard. Vintage arcade games and multi-colored lights that line the walls and pulse to music are some of the unique features of this new venue.
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the rat race, so we thought we’d write a show about people who are chasing the dream, perhaps for too long.” This inspiration resulted in “Party Down,” a series that eventually gained a home on Starz, but first took some initial planning and a few unsuccessful pitches to television networks, Thomas said. “We started meeting every week, trying to hone in on this idea, and eventually we were ready to pitch the show,” he said. “The first place we pitched it was to HBO, and we had a devastatingly bad pitch meeting.” The pilot for the show was shot at Thomas’ home in Los Angeles because budget constraints and featured Jane Lynch as one of its key stars. “We were all in awe of Jane Lynch,” he said. “She’s an actress with a very low ego. We said, ‘Hey Jane, want to
When flight and linear system dynamics meet with an unexpectedly vibrant tenor voice, the world gets Brandon Steele: a fifth-year aerospace engineer major with a zealous passion for singing. Steele will perform in Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus Friday and again with the University’s Undergraduate Opera Ensemble in May. Last Saturday, Steele performed a self-administered recital. The high pitch and rich inflection of his voice shimmered in the forefront of a Methodist sanctuary. It was his first performance ever where he solely showcased his voice to family and friends, their open mouths, raised brows and widened eyes strewn throughout the room. While Steele’s opera voice, which sounds as if he’s had years’ worth of formal training, may have you fooled, he has merely scratched the surface of what he plans to be a long-lasting relationship with music and his singing voice in particular. Steele realized he had a natural ability for singing when he played the Hot Chestnut Man in his high school’s rendition of “A Christmas Carol.” “Ever since high school I wanted to take voice lessons,” Steele said. “But I felt it was more important to pursue cello and continue improving on my piano skills. Voice would be something I’d do later.” Steele started playing piano at age seven and shortly after displayed a knack for playing cello. “I chose to pursue instruments because I’d already spent time and money on them,” Steele said. “I love [playing my instruments], but I felt I was just okay at singing and it wasn’t something I could go far with.” Herminia Thompson, Steele’s mother, said she did not know her son had singing abilities until he was 14.
“He said he didn’t want to tell me because [he thought] I’d make him sing at church,” Thompson said. She explained that Steele does not come from a musical background. None of his family members pursued a career in music. Nevertheless, both his grandmothers and a few aunts sing for pleasure. “When he was a kid, Brandon was sitting in the backseat of his dad’s car and Michael Jackson was playing,” Thompson said. “When he hit the high ‘hee-hee,’ Brandon sang along, and his dad looked back at him, shocked.” And while there were traces of Steele’s hidden talent growing up, it wasn’t until after Steele met a few music majors his freshman year of college that he started to learn about opera singers and different voice types. “Before college, I didn’t like opera,” Steele said. “It just sounded so weird.” But thanks to his music major friends, Steele became interested in the art and started imitating what he heard. “Once I got to my fourth year, I joined men’s chorus,” Steele said. “I started learning about actual vocal technique, so that inspired me to take voice lessons.” Steele feels that a classmate who knows a subject well can sometimes explain music dynamics better than a professor because of a mutual understanding between peers. Steele would ask his friends, who he held in high esteem, how to manipulate his voice and try to work with the bits of advice he got until he found a voice instructor. “One of my classmates set me up with David Small [my current voice instructor],” Steele said. “When I went to sing for David, I was expecting to afterward set up an audition, but instead he just wanted to schedule actual classes, accepting me as his student right after I sang for him.”
mosphere is what I want.” Chokota’s plans to renovate the venue started with sketches on a cocktail napkin. The result: walls were torn down to create an open space where a heavy hand-carved, wooden, circular bar takes center stage with a mountain of shiny glass liquor bottles in the center. Almost 20 arcade games, including throwback games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and San Francisco Rush, line the walls. Hot-pink ‘80s inspired ski ball machines light up a corner nook. There are also multicolored spotlights that pulse to the beat of the music, ranging from dubstep to hip-hop, producing an almost trance-like effect if you look at them for too long. “I didn’t want to leave any detail to chance. Like with the DJ booth on stage, I walked out of the booth like 20 times to make sure there was enough room to get by and turn the corner without slipping,” Chokota said. Recess’ free arcade games pro-
vide the bar-goer with an alternate option to dancing or standing and drinking, a rare commodity on the Sixth Street bar scene where drinking and dancing tend to be the only activities on a typical night’s agenda. “The games are just something else to do and they’re a great way for someone to break the ice with a date,” Chokota said. “Like, yo, let’s go racing.” Senior finance major and Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) social chair Graham Brown has been to the bar with his friends and is planning a FIJI bar tab at Recess in the coming weeks. “The bar has a lively atmosphere and the games are good for when you want to do something other than small talk. Instead, you can get competitive with your friends,” Brown said. One of Chokota’s hobbies is traveling the countr y and hunting down the coolest par-
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A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that a pill given to the right population could reduce the spread of HIV in a cost-effective manner. The inspiration for this study was the drug tenofoviremtricitabine, which has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection by 44 percent when taken daily. Unfortunately, the drug itself is quite costly and even giving it to just 20 percent of the members of the group with the highest risk (men who have homosexual encounters) would cost $98 billion over the next 20 years, though it would prevent an estimated 63,000 infections. However, if the drug is selectively given out to the 20 percent of those in that group who are at the highest risk of contracting HIV — those with at least five partners a year — 41,000 infections would be preIllustration by Colin Mullin | Daily Texan Staff vented over the next 20 years at a cost of only around $16.6 billion, which represents a good the researchers ensured that the according to a study published in value and may even be a cost photographs all showed hands of Child Development. Preschool the same size. Despite this, sub- students whose teachers pointeffective strategy. jects’ predictions of the height of ed at words while reading to the men holding the handguns av- them four times a week had imeraged out at 69.5 inches, nearly a proved abilities in reading, spellThrow Out the Insoles and whole inch taller than the second ing and even comprehension two Buy a Gun place winner, the saw, at 68.75 years later than those in a group According to recent research, inches. Researchers found that whose teachers read the same holding a gun can give you a per- the subjects perceived the men books, but didn’t point at the ceived height boost. The UCLA with guns as stronger as well. words. This technique, which is study asked subjects to estimate easy enough to implement, seems how tall they thought a given perto ensure that the students pay son was based on a photograph of Reading One Word at a Time attention to the individual letA simple technique seems to ters as well as the words that they their hand when holding a handgun, small saw, drill or caulking make a big difference in the buildgun. In order to rule out biases, ing of childhood reading abilities, SCIENCE continues on PAGE 13