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State budget cuts to mostly affect academic core

By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff

State budget cuts will cost the University $92 million for the 2012-13 biennium, President William Powers Jr. said in an email last week.

In Powers’ email, he said the cut amounts

to about a 16.5-percent reduction in the number of state dollars compared to the 2010-11 biennium. Kevin Hegarty, UT vice president and chief financial officer, said the necessary cuts will mostly come from the academic core, which comprises about $1.2 billion of the University’s $2.2 billion operating budget. These cuts will impact students, faculty, staff and re-

search institutions, administrators said.

In the 2010-11 academic year, UT received $318 million from the state; about 14 percent of the total budget. Powers said in his email the anticipated cut matches what he expected at the start of the session.

Hegarty said the budget shortfall would compel campuswide cuts in which no depart-

ment or school would be singled out. Colleges have been preparing for the cuts for more than a year, he said, and each college will determine how to make the necessary cuts.

“We leave the decisions up to the deans working with their department chairs,” Hegarty said.

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Weezer plays the blue album at Stubb’s. Show starts at 7 p.m.

City Council candidates vie for election of Place 3 seat

TUESDAY Future shock A Microsoft Vice President talks about disruptive technology trends at 5:45 at the AT&T Conference Center.

By Katrina Tollin Daily Texan Staff

Early voting opens today for the City Council runoff election for the Place 3 seat between incumbent Randi Shade and opponent Kathie Tovo.

Registered voters may go to any early voting location today through June 14 to cast their balRandi Shade lot for the June 18 election. The Flawn Academic Center will be the on-campus location will be the, and voteby-mail b a llots must be reKathie Tovo ceived by June 10.

Shade received 32.90 percent of the votes to Tovo’s 46.38 percent in the May election. At least 50 percent of the vote is required to secure the

WEDNESDAY Mythbusting Associate history professor Alberto Martinez talks about some of science’s most interesting myths at 7 p.m. at Book People.

THURSDAY Fun, Fun, Fun Noah and the Whale take the stage at the Parish at 8 p.m.

Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff

Texas players celebrate after Kevin Lusson’s three-run home run Sunday night against Kent State. The Longhorns won both their games Sunday, which sets them up for a rematch against the Golden Flashes today. The winner will advance to a Super Regional.

Today in history In 1984

Russian programmer Alexey Pajitnov released Tetris in the USSR.

Campus watch Not oregano?

1701 Red River Street Thursday morning, UTPD officers found a “green, leafy substance” in a baggy in one of the bathrooms at the Frank Erwin Center.

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Quote to note “Being in this mustwin situation, it’s a lot of pressure, but we live for that.

We’re comfortable and we’re ready.”

— Erich Weiss Texas third baseman SPORTS PAGE 7

TEXAS TRIUMPHS IN TWO

INSIDE: The Longhorns avoided getting knocked out of the tournament with a two wins on Sunday on page 7

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SPECIAL SESSION

Republicans push statewide cutbacks

By William James Daily Texan Staff

The Texas Senate passed four bills Friday that will help balance the budget and prepare Texas for the next biennium.

The special session, which Gov. Rick Perry called Tuesday, started slowly after both the House and Senate adjourned without addressing legislation Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. But

things got moving Friday with the bills, which will go to the House of Representatives early this week as the Legislature tries to finish their work in time for the 2012-13 biennium, which starts Sept. 1.

A round of applause erupted after the Senate unanimously passed the Medicaid Efficiency Bill, which overhauls how the state delivers health care and saves the state $700 million.

Authored by Sen. Jane Nel-

son, R-Flower Mound, the legislation expands Medicaid managed care and streamlines programs to achieve the budget Perry originally laid out.

Nelson’s legislation combines three measures that failed during the 82nd regular session. With the new bill, private health care providers are encouraged to improve patient outcomes and allow hospi-

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Sen. Robert Deuell, RGreenville, speaks to a reporter before Friday’s special session.

The regular session had to be extended after Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, filibustered the school finance bill, allowing for new issues to be addressed.

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Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who fought and won Roe v. Wade in 1973, learned last month that she will be able to return to teach at UT

Professor of Roe v. Wade fame reinstated after campus outcry

By Victoria Pagan Daily Texan Staff

When students and faculty learned last semester that famed lawyer Sarah Weddington had been laid off from the University’s faculty, they rushed to support her, incredulous at the possibility of losing the woman who fought and won the 1973 case Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion in the U.S. On May 16, Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl met with her to of-

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Weddington said she jumped at the chance to continue working with students. She said she credits her previous students for making her return possible by writing letters to The Daily Texan and the dean to raise awareness about her situation and to set plans in motion for her return.

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tals and doctors to work together to control costs. The bill also focuses on the privatization of health care and discourages the use of emergency rooms for non-emergencies.

“Our Medicaid costs are unsustainable and this legislation is critically needed to make our health and human services operate more efficiently on behalf of those who depend on state services and those whose tax dollars support the services,” Nelson said.

A Texas House committee approved similar legislation during the regular session, but the bill now goes to the House for final consideration.

During the same special session meeting in the Senate on Friday, legislators struggled to pass the bills relating to state fiscal matters, including the School Finance Bill, which Democrats have fought against.

Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, led a rally at the Capitol with school officials and educators demonstrating their disapproval of the School Finance Bill, which will distribute $4 billion less to public schools than the current budget allots.

Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, author of the bill, tabled numerous

seat. Since neither opponent has ceded their campaign, it has gone to a runoff.

Shade has held the Place 3 seat since June 2008. Before serving on the City Council, she launched Americorps in Texas under Gov. Ann Richards, started an internet business and served as executive director of the Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation, according to information from her campaign office. Shade garnered 64.15 percent of the vote in 2009.

Tovo served in appointed positions for the City Council, including vice president of the Neighborhood Planning subcommittee, as a planning commissioner and on Austin Independent School District’s Community Committee, according to her website.

Both candidates have roots at the University. Shade served as student body president from 1987-88 and graduated with Plan II Honors in 1988 before getting her MBA from Harvard.

As a council member, Shade said she wants to continue to create a healthy environment for students to obtain employment and pursue entrepreneurship after graduation.

Copyright 2011 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission.

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attempts to amend the $4 billion cut by using the Rainy Day Fund.

“I do think this is an important issue that needs to be revisited, but now is not the time to do so,” Duncan said repeatedly.

Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, proposed several amendments to help soften the cuts, and although every Democrat in the Senate signed them, the Republican-dominated Senate tabled each one.

“By saying no [to this amendment], we are saying that our priorities are to continue to allow corporate exemptions over the interests of funding public education in Texas,” West said.

Although Duncan’s bill passed in the Senate without the amendments, the House will revisit the bill this week and can make amendments on it.

The Senate also passed a bill from Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, which re-establishes the public school institutional materials allotment that allows schools to purchase technology such as iPads, pushing the classroom into the “new age.”

Shapiro said the bill focuses not just the delivery of the content, but the quality of the content itself.

website, and the college must find $2.5 million more in cuts.

As far as faculty members are concerned, the college might not be able to fill positions of everyone who leaves, said assistant dean James Sutherland.

“Tenured faculty will not be laid off,” Sutherland said.

Special items, including research institutions like the Institute of Geophysics, could take the hardest hit. The institute would lose 25 percent of funding — almost $5 million, said Mary Knight, associate vice president and budget director.

Texas Memorial Museum, which also falls under special items, would lose 25 percent of

much mone y t he University gets back from the state, the University may have to reduce the budget further and lay off more employees.

“None of these decisions have been made yet,” Knight said.

Hegarty said it is hard to retain the best and the brightest professors and other faculty members if there is no increase in salaries.

“It’s hard on us because we see what it does directly to people,” he said.

With education becoming more expensive, he said he is afraid some students might not consider going to college because they can’t even afford to apply.

“We want anybody with the desire and intellectual capacity to attend a place like this, regardless of their circumstances,”

Hall insiders.”

Because students often plan to stay in Austin, Tovo said it is in their interest to participate in city government. Only 7.4 percent of eligible voters, or 32,880 people, participated in last month’s general election.

“Anything we can do as a community to increase voter turnout is important. We really do need to get those numbers up, and that is going to require some long-term thinking about how do we get Austinites to get out there and vote, because it’s important,” said Tovo.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell endorsed Shade, as did Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and Place 1 member Chris Riley.

Former Place 3 contenders Kris Bailey and Michael Nofzinger have both issued formal endorsements for Tovo, urging their former supporters to vote for her in the runoff.

In the May 14 City Council elections, both Chris Riley and Laura Morrison kept their seats, Places 1 and 3.

The city holds staggered at-large elections for half the seats every year. Next year the city will vote for the Mayor and Places 2, 5 and 6.

Hegarty said.

Michael Morton, spokesman for Senate of College Councils and a journalism junior, said it is unfortunate these cuts are happening but he thinks the administration has done a good job preparing the University.

“It will be interesting to see how these cuts play out and where they fall into place,” Morton said.

He said the School of Journalism cut back on adjunct professors last semester, which is a loss because they are such a good resource for students.

“They have been in the field and they know how it works,” Morton said.

Whenever you lose a professor, he said, it’s going to hurt the University and the students.

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funding. The museum will have to cut back on tours for elementary school students, she said.

The Museum also has a research component, and cuts would impact its ability to keep up with new discoveries and update its collection, Knight said.

In the email Powers sent out, he mentioned retirement contributions for employees would also be affected. The contributions are mandated by the state and might decrease if the budget is passed, Knight said.

“If the percentage goes down, [the state] has to give us less money [for employee retirement],” Knight said.

She said depending on how

“I have always had an eye on making sure we have job opportunities,” Shade said, “That’s all about making sure that Austin continues to be vibrant and has an economy that can support all the talents and entrepreneurial dreams of students at UT.” Tovo earned her doctorate in American studies at the University in 2000 and continued as a lecturer, teaching writing and women’s studies. Tovo’s campaign has focused on keeping schools open during AISD’s financial trouble and keeping housing costs and utility rates low.

“The decisions the council makes definitely affect students’ quality of life, because if everybody else is paying higher utility rates, well — they will too,” said Tovo. “We would all benefit from doing what we can as a city to promote housing for people of all income levels.”

Shade said her experience and willingness to hear many different perspectives of many different sides makes her a stronger candidate for the office.

“I came to City Hall with a very broad background in my community involvement,” Shade said. “I think it’s very important to have people there who are not City

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Tens of thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the military crackdown on the prodemocracy movement in Beijing.

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NEWS BRIEFLY Senators take aim at drug trade being conducted over Internet ALBANY, N.Y. — Two U.S. senators said Sunday they will ask federal authorities to crack down on a secretive narcotics market operated on the Internet with anonymous sales and untraceable currency.

Heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines are among the drugs being sold on the well-protected website which has apparently been operating for just a few months.

Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, both Democrats, said they asked the Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration to shut down and investigate the website, often referred to as the Silk Road after an ancient Asian trade route.

“Never before has a website so brazenly peddled illegal drugs online,” Schumer said. “By cracking down on the website immediately, we can help stop these drugs from flooding our streets.”

Schumer said the website began operating in February and uses “layers” of secrecy to thwart authorities. Sellers are told to make shipments in vacuum-sealed bags to avoid drug-detecting dogs.

BEIJING — Chinese security forces rounded up more government critics ahead of Saturday’s anniversary of the crushing of the 1989 pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, adding to an already harsh crackdown on dissent, activists said.

The Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, lashed out at the U.S. government over calls for a full accounting of the military assault on civilians 22 years ago, saying the issue was closed.

“A clear conclusion has already been made concerning the political turmoil that happened in the late 1980s,” spokesman Hong Lei was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.

Stricter measures against dissidents are routine on the June 4 anniversary, but this year coincided with the most sweeping suppression campaign in many years. Hundreds of activists, lawyers and bloggers have been questioned, detained or simply have disappeared in the four-month campaign that aims to quash even the possibility of a pro-democracy movement forming along the lines of those sweeping the Arab world.

Bao Tong, a former aide to the late liberal Communist Party Secretary Zhao Ziyang, was taken to an unknown location by security officers this week along with his wife, according to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a group that publicizes information on dissidents collected from sources within China.

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Bao served a prison sentence following the military crackdown, while Zhao, his former boss, was deposed for sympathizing with the protesters and lived out his life under house arrest in Beijing.

Calls to Bao’s home rang unanswered Saturday.

Chen Ziming, whose liberal think tank sought to mediate between the students and Communist Party leaders, was told he would not be permitted to leave home before June 10, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said.

A number of other activists have been warned not to leave home, issue statements, or speak to media, according to the two groups.

Twenty-two years later, few

young Chinese remember the events that marked the last popular challenge to Communist rule in the country. The decades since have seen the economy boom and the Communist Party relinquish much of its day-today control over many areas of society while still making no significant moves toward changing the one-party authoritarian political system.

The Chinese government has never fully disclosed what happened when the military crushed the weekslong Tiananmen protests, which it branded a “counterrevolutionary riot.” Hundreds, possibly more, were killed when troops backed with tanks fought their way to the square into central Beijing on the night of June 3-4.

In Hong Kong, tens of thousands of people held aloft candles to mark the anniversary in a large park, turning six soccer fields into a sea of light.

Democracy activists laid a wreath at a makeshift memorial and bowed three times in customary Chinese mourning tradition. Crowds watched video messages from Ding Zilin and Wang Dan, one of the 1989 movement’s leading voices.

“We want to give a very strong message to the Communist regime that they cannot suppress the memory of June 4,” said Lee Cheuk-yan, a lawmaker and prodemocracy activist. “For China, it is the darkest age for human rights. We can see all the human rights defenders being arrested and suppressed.”

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It drew nearly all the GOP presidential hopefuls to one stage. The Faith and Freedom Coalition’s twoday conference proved that the religious right still plays a major role in the party’s nominating process, even if it’s somewhat less organized than it was in the Christian Coalition’s heyday, and even if economic issues are dominating the run-up to the 2012 elections.

Most of the candidates spent more time on fiscal issues than on spiritual matters on the opening day of the conference Friday. But they generally portrayed the federal debt and health care policies as moral concerns.

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Proceed with caution Imagine there is an obstacle you must clear. Your life’s work up to this point and your hopes for the future demand that you rise above it. Would you dedicate yourself to the task, embarking on a years-long journey of character-building and personal growth? Or would you just lower the bar?

During the current session, state legislators have passed a bill that will modify the current formula in place for dividing state funding for Texas institutions of higher learning. While not directly “lowering the bar,” the new system creates a dangerous regulatory environment with the potential to degrade the quality of education offered by those institutions.

Currently, the formula for state funding for Texas colleges and universities is based on the number of credit hours undertaken at each institution. Essentially, funding is driven primarily by enrollment.

House Bill 9, also called the Higher Education Outcomes-Based Funding Act, passed the State House of Representatives by a vote of 118 to 22 and was unanimously passed by the Senate. The bill will modify the current formula for funding Texas higher education to allow for 10 percent of state funding to be determined by “outcome-based” metrics — namely, graduation rates. Lawmakers such as State Sen. Judith Zaffarini, D-Laredo, have argued that doing so would incentivize college and university officials to prioritize graduation rates. Somehow, administrators would take this shift in funding and change their policies to encourage more students to graduate. As if that were not already the goal.

On the surface, this change would seem to be a reasonable reform intended to create a better formula that would reward the schools for performing well. Texas ranks critically low when it comes to the percentage of residents with college degrees, with only 33 percent of Texans holding a bachelor’s degree. Motivating Texas colleges and universities to help their students complete their degree plan serves both students and institutions.

Meanwhile, such a “outcomes-based” formula would seem to put added pressures on university administrators during a time when legislators from both sides of the aisle are calling for greater accountability.

However, those very pressures have the potential to be far more corrosive to the quality of Texas higher education than any funding reduction or partisan reform.

Laying off professors and increasing class sizes is one problem. But modifying whole degree plans out of budgetary concerns is antithetical to this University’s mission and would reduce our school to a university of the second-class, at best. Furthermore, while higher education “reformers” have been harping about the need to increase graduation rates for years, this latest measure comes troubling close to echoing the rhetoric trumpeting “efficiency” and “productivity” that has consumed the discussion on Texas higher education for most of this past spring. The danger here being that a “productive” university, one which regularly churns out diplomas, is not always equivalent to a good university, one which actually educates its students.

In the short term, the new system could actually be beneficial to the University. UT has the highest four-year graduation rate in the state and the second highest sixyear graduation rate. Still, the University’s six-year rate is 83.5 percent, making it one of the lowest among schools in the “U.S. News’” annual Top 50 ranking. If that trend were to continue, then one in five of next fall’s incoming class of 2015 will leave the Forty Acres without a diploma.

While lagging graduation rates certainly merit attention, tying those rates to state funding has the potential to create a conflict of interests for University officials.

On one hand, Texas universities are in desperate need of any additional funding, so administrators have strong incentives to boost their graduation rates. On the other, those same administrators have an obligation to educate students and provide a quality education.

So, strapped for cash, the quickest and simplest way for a Texas university president to increase his or her school’s graduation rates would be to modify and lessen the requirements for graduation. That could mean reducing degree requirements or lowering the threshold for what constitutes a “passing” grade. And, that’s exactly the type of short-selling that many Texas professors fear will occur once funding is tied to grad rates.

The Texas Faculty Association has come out against the bill, voicing concerns that faculty will be forced to compromise their schools’ academic integrity in order to boost graduation rates. Critics of the bill have also warned that it would disincentivise schools from accepting students who are less likely to graduate in six years, such as non-traditional students and students from low-income families.

The danger in subscribing to these “outcome-based” measures is that all too often, the actual outcomes do not change at all. Lowering standards to create the illusion of progress would be a disservice to future Texans.

Coupled with the current batch of crippling budget cuts to K-12 public education, it seems that state lawmakers are more concerned with making sure the next generation of Texans are “educated” in name only, even if that “education” is delivered via public policy and slipping standards, rather than hard work and merit.

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Davis should be applauded By susannah Jacob Daily Texan Guest Columnist

During a telephone interview this week, state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, attempted to squeeze into a single sentence why she cares so much about Texas education. She came up with this: “An education is the only way a poor kid stops being a poor kid.”

Davis has staked her political reputation on the issue of education. Two Sundays ago, she attracted the spotlight when she filibustered a school finance bill by standing on the Senate floor for more than an hour until the clock struck midnight and the bill died with the end of the session (if only to resurrect itself during a special legislative session now underway, which Gov. Rick Perry called for after Davis’ filibuster). For her filibuster, Davis passed the time by reading letters from constituents — school principals, teachers and parents. Their missives pleaded with Davis, asking her to stick up for their schools and advocate for use of the so-called “Rainy Day Fund,” a pot of money from oil and gas taxes, to spare education budgets from the axe. Davis has also proposed taking money earmarked for the governor’s pet projects for corporations as another way of saving school districts from the cutbacks that a historic state budget shortfall appear to make imminent.

In the final analysis, Davis’ filibuster may not prevent what she views as permanent damage to the way the state finances Texas public schools. But by reading those letters late into the night, Davis wrenched not only state and national attention in her direction

but also drew the wrath of Perry, who wound up sounding peevish days after he had tentatively put a baby toe in the water as a presidential contender.

In response to Davis’ soliloquy on the Senate floor, Perry remarked, “[Davis] raised a hurdle. That’s her call, and I’m sure members of the Legislature that will be back here in special session will have appropriate things to say to her for that.”

Davis’s commitment to Texas education relates to the story of her own life, an impressive and inspiring tale.

One of four siblings, she was raised by a single mom in Fort Worth who worked for an hourly wage at a Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy Store.

Davis attended a large high school but seemed destined for a bleak future. As she tells the story in a video posted online for Generation Texas, a campaign by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to mobilize communities to send more students to college, the one guidance counselor at her high school had little time or resources to give her guidance. She was “one of those kids who just fell through the cracks,” Davis said. By the time she was 19, she was divorced and herself a single mom.

“I was living in a mobile home in southeast Fort Worth, and I was destined to live the life I watched my mother live,” she said.

Instead, Davis enrolled in a paralegal training program at Tarrant County College, where, as she put it, “I learned I wanted to be the lawyer, not the lawyer’s assistant.”

While waiting tables, Davis continued at Tarrant County College and applied and received a full scholarship to Texas Christian University. After

graduating, she was accepted to Harvard Law School.

From this background, she drew the fire to fight for education. She has a track record of advocating for useful legislation and authored a bill that requires incoming students to get vaccinated against bacterial meningitis.

She said she filibustered the school finance bill because “it was advancing a school funding formula which will permanently remove $4 billion from schools commitment to education — a formula that will forever be in place.”

Increased property taxes will be called to fill the gap, she argues, an unrealistic and unworkable outcome for many districts of the state, including her own. Her proposed alternative: Take money from the The Emerging Technology Fund, which Perry has control over and has doled out to companies linked to his campaign contributors.

In a special legislative session, the Republicans have even more opportunities than they do in a regular session to use their majority power to dominate the Democratic minority. Hence, Davis’ delay that led to the special session may lead to an education bill with harsher cutbacks for school districts. But Davis managed with her high-profile stand-down — and highlighting of Perry’s plans to strip from schools instead of from his pet projects — ensures that during the hot rhetoric of future political battles, perhaps even national ones, Perry will get a healthy share of blame when student performance at Texas schools drops as the dollars spent on educating them are drained away.

Jacob is a history junior.

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South Austin construction to reduce road congestion Riverside Drive undergoes work to improve downtown sewer Riverside Drive west of South First Street is undergoing a lane reduction and construction project as part of the work being done for the Downtown Wastewater Tunnel, which will run beneath the road to provide sewer services for downtown, according to an Austin press release.

“The wastewater lines are at capacity right now. So for any further development downtown, including new residences, they are going to have to increase the wastewater lines downtown,” said Michelle Frith, spokeswoman for the project.

The project began Sunday and will reduce traffic in the eastbound direction of Riverside Drive to a single lane, with two lanes open in the westbound direction during the construction.

The city is urging drivers to use Barton Springs Road or Cesar Chavez Street as alternate routes if

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The project is expected to last 90

days until the beginning of September.

— Katrina Tollin

City to install back-in parking along stretch of South Congress South Congress Avenue lane closures began Saturday as part of a street improvement project that will make the area more pedestrianfriendly, said project manager Mark Schruben.

Changes to the street will include back-in angle parking, improved bike lanes, 90 additional parking spaces and handicapped parking spaces. The project will cause traffic delays until at least mid-July.

Schruben said the new back-in angle parking, which is similar to the parking setup on parts of Dean Keeton Street, will make parking on the street much safer.

“It’s actually easier and faster, and then when you get out you can see everything and it’s safer,” Schruben said.

In the first phase of the project, lane closures will affect the area south of Annie Street to Oltorf, then gradually move farther north in stages until the project is completed.

At least one lane will be open in each direction at all times, taking into consideration traffic patterns, Schruben said.

On-street parking will be

of UT allowing me to work with some of the smartest students in the University,” Weddington said.

“I have been so fortunate, because I’ve had the opportunity to have smaller classes. The positive side of that is you really get to know your students. It is such a delight to stay in touch with them.“ Weddington has taught at the University since 1986 and told the Texan in April she would never leave voluntarily. A 25.9-percent cut to the budget for the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies meant the center lost funding to pay many adjunct professors, including Weddington.

Michelle Bryant, an assistant director of public affairs, said there was much support at the University from students, colleagues and friends of Weddington for her return, and the dean was glad to reinstate her to the position.

“The dean made funding this position a priority, and he personally called to invite Ms. Weddington to return,” Bryant said. “The position will be funded through

the College of Liberal Arts’ central administration, and the class will be administered by the government department.”

Bryant said Weddington has been offered a year-long contract, the same as that of all UT professors, and that she will be paid the standard part-time rate of $40,450.

Weddington said she will teach her Gender-Based Discrimination course in the fall, but her plans for the 2012 spring semester are still up in the air.

“Randy Diehl said he would like for me to teach a much larger class in the spring with a teaching assistant,” Weddington said.

Robert Hutchings, dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, approached Weddington about teaching classes in the spring, Weddington said. She will meet with Hutchings next week.

Weddington said she never focused on retirement or found it particularly interesting, and teaching at the LBJ school would be a reason to stay at the University for

an even longer period of time.

Susan Heinzelman, director of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies was the first to notify Weddington that there would no longer be funding for her to continue teaching. Heinzelman said she is a tremendous supporter of Weddington’s work and she is glad Weddington was asked back to the University.

“Weddington is a great professor and a supporter of women’s rights,” Heinzelman said. “She is very active in anything to do with reproductive and health care rights for women.”

Physical culture and sports junior Pedro Villalobos is one of two assistants working with Weddington this summer. He said working with Weddington taught him more than any of his classes in his three years at UT. “I am dealing with everything I have been taught about in class,” Villalobos said. “The magnitude of Dr. Weddington’s work makes it so that this is a real learning experience.”

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prohibited, Schruben said.

Drivers are cautioned to consider taking an alternate route if possible, or to expect delays.

In the fall, the city will add concrete sidewalk curb extensions and widen the sidewalk at the crosswalk to make it aesthetically pleasing and pedestrian friendly.

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“There are a lot of goals that the overall project is trying to achieve,” Schruben said.

The project’s completion date was initially set for July 15, but the project’s original start date of June 1 was delayed by four days.

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Mark Rangel, general manager of the Texas Solar Power Company, views the new solar panels that were officially activated at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus on Thursday. The solar panel system is now the largest in Austin.

Award-winning professor plans to continue support of programs for students

He has received several teaching awards, including the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence and William David Blunk Memorial Professorship, according to a press release.

By Huma Munir Working with students is Laude’s Daily Texan Staff passion, he said. It is tremendousDavid Laude will take over as the ly satisfying to educate students and interim dean for the College of Natu- watch them become successful and ral Sciences in August. achieve their goals, Laude said.

Laude, a distinguished professor “That is really what our job is,” he and senior associate said. “I enjoy teaching so dean for academic afmuch.” fairs, received the apLaude has been inpointment last week. strumental in transformHe will replace Mary ing the academic enviAnn Rankin, who ronment at the college was dean for 17 years, by creating mentoring in August. Rankin and support programs worked with Laude to for students, said Sacha develop several proKopp, associate dean grams such as UTeach of the college and an David Laude and the Freshman Interim dean for the associate professor.

Research Initiative, “There are a lot of reCollege of Natural Laude said. sources at a major uniSciences As an administraversity [like UT] and tor, he plans on using the full ex- [Laude] thinks very creatively to tent of his power to keep these pro- bring the resources to undergradugrams going, he said. ate education,” Kopp said.

Laude received his doctorate in Kopp said in his interactions analytical chemistry at the Univer- with the future interim dean, Kopp sity of California at Riverside in has found Laude to be deeply con1984 and became an assistant pro- cerned with students’ academic and fessor of chemistry at UT in 1987. personal success.

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Vice president for university operations Pat Clubb flipped an enormous green switch Thursday, celebrating the University’s newly

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A $1.6 million grant from the State Energy Conservation Office funded most of the $2 million, three-month project, which consists of two arrays of panels locat-

ed on opposite sides of the campus. It is capable of producing just over 400,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy yearly. Combined, the arrays make up Austin’s largest solar panel system.

Clubb said she was glad when

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Steve Kraal Sr., associate vice president for campus planning and facilities management, finally set the project in motion.

“A couple of years ago if you would have said something about sustainability to Steve he would have said ‘Yes I support it,’ but there was nothing that could really be done until recently,” Clubb said. “This project will now save 300 tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted.”

He said projects such as this one allow the University to serve as a learning laboratory for students, teachers and the community as a whole. She said the project is just one of the University’s first steps toward helping both the environment and generations to come.

The solar panels were contracted by Jamail & Smith Construction and sub-contracted by the Texas Solar Power Company of Austin.

Texas Solar Power Company of Austin general manager and UT alumnus Mark Rangel said he was glad to work on the project because it helped the community environmentally, economically and socially.

“This project will generate 42 homes worth of power each year,” Rangel said. “It was emotional to see that we are actually putting people to work, and I actually feel like I’m getting some of my tuition back from the University of Texas.”

Associate director of facilities services Juan Nunez said the project hit a few hurdles but overall was a great success. He said the greatest extent of project issues came from days of bad weather and parts not being delivered on time.

Nunez said he was satisfied with the work of the contractors and their ability to meet the deadline they originally set.

“We said we would be generating power by May 31 so that everything could be inspected and tested and it was ready,” Nunez said. “What was impressive is that we didn’t need a shutdown of the building to start generating power like we had originally thought.”

Nunez said electricity use and generated power at the campus will be monitored daily and inspectors will be able to know immediately if any problems arise.

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The Longhorns live to see another day.

Texas won twice on Sunday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field to force an elimination game tonight with Kent State in the Austin Regional. Texas beat Texas State 4-3 in the afternoon and followed with a 9-3 win over Kent State.

“I think the purpose of the first loss was to challenge the players to find their inner baseball player inside of them to come up to another level,” said Texas head coach Augie Garrido. “And now they have experienced it.”

The Longhorns got off to a hot start against Kent State, tallying three runs in the first inning. They only scored five runs in their loss to the Golden Flashes on Saturday.

“From top to bottom, it was a great effort by our lineup,” said Texas first baseman Tant Shepherd. “[The early runs] make pitching a lot easier, it gets momentum on our side, and it’s huge for us.”

Shepherd led off the game with a walk, and scored two batters later on a single from Brandon Loy. Erich Weiss followed with a single and he Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff and Loy stole bases to reach scoring Senior Cole Green throws a pitch Sunday against Texas State. In his eight innings of work, Green struck out eight Bobcats and allowed just position. Paul Montalbano and Jonatwo earned runs. than Walsh later drove them in.

It wasn’t just the bats that were working for Texas. Counting hitby-pitches, steals and walks, Kent State surrendered 14 baserunners to the Longhorns.

“You can’t give them bases,” said Kent State head coach Scott StrickBy Trey Scott fans free Frostys. In the earlier game lin. “When you do that against Texas, Daily Texan Staff against Texas State, Lusson drove in they are going to beat you. You have the game-winning run in the botto play solid baseball to beat them, The Longhorns woke up Sun- tom of the ninth. and we didn’t do that.” day morning needing two wins to All more-than-welcome contriShepherd stole second base in the keep their season alive. Thanks to butions from the guy who came into fourth inning and moved to third on the unlikeliest hero of them all, they this Austin Regional hitting .190. a sacrifice bunt from Mark Payton, went to bed Sunday night needing “I’m really happy for Kevin, I’m his second of the game. Erich Weiss just one more to advance. thrilled by his success,” said head slapped a single to right field two batAgainst Kent State, Kevin Lusson coach Augie Garrido. “It’s been a ters later to send Shepherd home and smoked his second home run in 24 tough season for him, and for him to Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff put Texas up 5-2. It was Augie-ball at hours over the right-field wall — an Kevin Lusson (middle) is congratulated by teammates after his LUSSON continues on PAGE 8 inch or so away from getting Texas HORNS continues on PAGE 8 walk-off hit to beat Texas State 4-3.

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NBA FINALS

Heat survive late run to win Game 3

By Jaime Aron The Associated Press

DALLAS — The Miami Heat didn’t blow this one. Now they’re just two wins from being crowned NBA champions.

Chris Bosh made a 16-foot, goahead jumper from the baseline with 39.6 seconds left and the Heat held on for an 88-86 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night for a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals.

Recent history says this is a huge win for the Heat. The Game 3 winner in a tied finals has won the championship all 11 times since the 2-3-2 format began in 1985.

Miami got into this tight of a series by blowing a 15-point lead in the last quarter of Game 2. The Heat already had wasted a 14-point lead in this game when they went back ahead 81-75 with 6:31 left.

They knew Dirk Nowitzki would drive Dallas’ rally, but he burned them anyway for 12 straight points — six free throws, a layup, a dunk and a tough jumper.

But after Bosh’s clutch shot, Nowitzki’s streak ran out. He tried passing out of a double team and threw the ball away, then hit the back iron on a jumper at the buzzer.

“This is a total win,” said Dwyane Wade, who led Miami with 29 points and 11 rebounds. “You want to win the game on the defensive end of the floor and we got a stop.”

The Heat go into Game 4 on Tuesday night with a chance to do what they did in 2006: win it all on Dallas’ floor. They’ll need to win that game and the next, on Thursday night.

Bosh, a Dallas native who had

been 0-8 in his hometown, overcame a swollen left eyelid caused by a poke during the first quarter to score 18 points. He had seven in the fourth quarter.

LeBron James added 17 points and nine assists. But he also had four turnovers, including a pair during the fourth quarter that helped bring Dallas back. Mario Chalmers added 12.

Udonis Haslem had only six points, but his tough defense on the final two possessions saved the Heat. When Nowitzki’s final shot from the top of the key missed, Haslem swung his arms and screamed in delight.

Nowitzki finished with 34 points, but didn’t get much help. Jason Terry scored 15 and Shawn Marion had 10, but both were shut out in

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Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade goes up for a shot during the second half of Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday in Dallas. The Heat won 88-86 to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

Dirk finally realizing potential with Mavs after years of failure

By Trey Scott Daily Texan Columnist

Dirk Nowitzki is a stone-cold killer.

Yeah, never thought I’d type that.

For the majority of his career, it has been difficult to take Dirk seriously. There are the silly aesthetics: the long mane of goldilocks hair, the mouth guard he chews on like it’s a pacifier, the funny German accent.

Then there are the on-the-court issues. Dirk has been considered a soft, finesse player with a puzzling inability to deliver the goods in the postseason. In crunch-time situations, Nowitzki has the reputation of crumbling like dry German strudel.

There was the 2006 NBA Finals choke job. There was the MVP year in 2007 when his Mavs were humiliated by Golden State in the first round of the playoffs. Until this year, Dirk hadn’t made it out of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs three of the past four seasons.

That was then, and this is now.

Dirk, at the ripe age of 32, has Dallas back in the Finals in a clash against the most talented team in the world. And you know what? He hasn’t backed down.

In Game 2, he led his team on a 15-point comeback, scoring the game-winner on a left-handed scoop shot — hurt finger and all — with four seconds left. It was so uncharacteristically Dirk, the player who had been at the center of a team with a historic propensity

for soiling the bed sheets when the stakes are highest.

The Mavericks reaching the Finals this year has been nothing short of odds-defying. It is a roster made up of Dirk — the sweetshooting, seven-foot giant — and a motley crew of specialists: shooters, stoppers, slashers and distributors. It is arguable that, in every postseason series this year, the Mavericks have been the least talented team each time they have taken the court.

OK, maybe not more talented than a depleted Portland team, but Dallas lacked the star power of the Lakers and the Thunder — two teams it beat in nine games total.

Without Nowitzki, who is averaging 28 points this postseason, the Mavericks are burnt toast.

He is shooting 50 percent from behind the arch, pulling down about eight rebounds a game and playing surprisingly good defense.

He’s also shaken off questions about his toughness, playing with an injured finger and often getting to the line — in the first game of the OKC series, Dirk went 24-24 from the stripe. In a losing effort in game three against the Heat, Dirk came one shot short in the Mavs’ 88-86 loss. You can’t blame him too much.

He had pulled Dallas out of a hole, scoring 12 straight points to tie the game before Chris Bosh bailed Miami out.

Long thought of as a poor man’s Larry Bird because of the skilled shooting and the obvious Caucasian similarities, Nowitzki is prov-

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SPORTS BRIEFLY With season in the balance, thoughts of Draft still loom Several Longhorns expect to hear their names called today in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

Junior starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann, who has a 13-1 record this year, is projected to be chosen within the top-15 picks.

Junior shortstop Brandon Loy, junior pitcher Sam Stafford and senior pitcher Cole Green, who turned down a $300,000 signing bonus last year from the Detroit Tigers, should follow Jungmann as high-round picks.

Senior first baseman Tant Shepherd should be selected before the 10th round, and Cohl Walla, a drafteligible sophomore, has the potential to go early as well.

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It’s more than just a game for some fans

By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff

For much of the world, modern professional sports are often points of social and cultural contention.

For the athletes, there is a greater sense of camaraderie, the feeling that practice pays off. But a fan’s blind devotion to a team, when examined from the outside looking in, can sometimes be seen as barbaric and uninspiring. After all, it is just a game.

My assignment was to cover the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 2 watch party Thursday night at Cuatro’s restaurant in West Campus. I figured I could sit like a fly on the wall and talk to a few people when I needed a quote or two, file the story and forget about it. Simple enough.

Cuatro’s defied the dead of the University’s summer campus. Basketball fans, namely Dallas Mavericks supporters, packed the restaurant’s outdoor patio like sardines.

One waiter brought in extra tables out to accommodate a group of girls in Dallas apparel while the rest of the wait staff took orders from multiple tables. This was still a “slower game night,” said restaurant General Manager Anna McNeal.

Eventually, a group of men who I could tell were going to be leading the Maverick fans’ cheers showed up. Clad in blue and silver jerseys with the names of Maverick greats on the back, the seven-person group snagged a table front and center and turned their chairs to face Cuatros’ mammoth television.

I knew these were the fans I wanted to talk to.

Unlike many of the rest of the Mavericks supporters who sat down strained with anxiety and helplessness over their team’s understood — but never stated — underdog status, this group of guys in the front never showed a drop of sweat despite the

sweltering heat of the summer.

Ed Brown was the most confident and most curious man of the group. The 49-year-old, ex-military man had a lot to say to me as I sat down next to him in the first quarter. He chatted about his 22-yearold obsession with the Mavericks and how much he thought the team deserved a ring, while his college-aged son and friends simultaneously watched the game and laughed along with his drunkenly prophetic statements.

“I am 100-percent sure the Mavericks will win this game,” Brown said. “If the refs decide to stop handing the game to the Heat, then we will win this game. Tell them Ed Brown told you so, damn it.”

Brown talked at me through the first half of the game. He told me stories of his long history as a Mavericks fan, and I sat quietly and jotted down every gem he lobbed at me.

“If the Mavs win this game, I will scream like a 13-year-old girl who just saw Justin Bieber,” he said to his son and I, but not before turning his attention to the game to direct a profanity-laced rant at the referees.

He turned back and looked at his son who, when the chips were stacking against his precious Mavericks, was standing up praying at the TV screen for a miracle.

“Jason Terry is my boy’s favorite player,” he said to me, before turning his attention back to his son and then to the screen.

I left the table of rowdy men and continued to pursue what I thought was still going to be a run-of-themill account of the watch party.

After talking to a few other fans, I went back to Brown’s table.

By then, it was the fourth quarter and Dwyane Wade had just sunk a 3-pointer from the corner of the floor that flattened the air out of Cuatro’s. Despite his team being down

by 15, Brown was unimpressed.

“Eh,” he said. “I’m still 98-percent sure we are winning this game.”

“Why only a 2-percent drop?”

I asked.

“You’re right, I’m back to 100 percent. What do you think son?” he asked the younger Brown, Eddie.

“I’m with you, Dad,” he said.

And 10 minutes later, Brown’s prediction was coming true. The Mavericks, riding the tailcoats of Dirk Nowitzki’s dominance, stormed back to take a three-point lead with under a minute to play.

“Come here, Dad,” Eddie Brown yelled to his father, who was nervously cheering from his chair.

He chanted “Dallas! Dallas!” and everyone followed his lead.

With the game tied, Dirk Nowitzki capped off the miraculous comeback with a simple left-handed layup and the Browns, even more than the reenergized restaurant, went wild.

I sat as calm as I could and watched the two hug and celebrate for a few minutes as long as my ear drums could handle it, before the younger Brown continued celebrating with his friends.

“What did I tell you?” the father yelled at me. “I was 100-percent sure we were winning this game. I said it, my son said it, this guy said it, that guy said it — we all told you. Ed Brown told you so. Come here, son!”

For those who play professionally, sports are partly about what separates one athlete from another. For fans, it is generally the opposite. Sports unite fans not to cheer for a random team, but so they feel like they are part of a group as well.

It brings people together for all the right reasons. For Ed Brown and his son Eddie, the Mavericks were that source of bonding that so many fathers and sons share.

Ed Brown told me so.

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NOWITZKI continues from PAGE 7 ing right now that he’s maybe good enough to be in a class by himself. He’s a bounce pass and a crossover away from Bird, and he’s not as proven of a winner.

But, man, the things Dirk can do on the court — fall-away jumpers, one-legged floaters, spinning

flip-shots — have never been seen before. Add to that his dedication to rebuilding his legacy and him dragging his team to an improbable storybook season, and I think we’re talking about Dirk Nowitzki as an all-time great.

Never thought I’d type that either.

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“One of the things about our bunting game and running game is we give our players a lot of freedom to act on their own decisions,” Garrido said. “When you see some of those bunts, I’m not putting all those on. I want them to be aware of what they think they need to do and then have the freedom to act on it.”

Payton doubled in the sixth inning, and scored on one play as a wild pitch moved him to third and Kent State catcher David Lyon’s throw missed third base for an error. Kevin Lusson tacked on three more in the ninth with a home run to right field, his second against the Golden Flashes in as many games.

Nathan Thornhill (3-0) pitched 3.2 innings in relief of Hoby Milner and picked up the win for Texas.

The freshman struggled early, surrendering consecutive singles, but found his changeup and was able to fool the Golden Flashes with that and his fastball. He struck out a career-high seven batters.

“His changeup started working and got us off balance,” Stricklin said. “He won the game for them.”

Cole Green pitched eight innings in the Longhorns’ 4-3 win over Texas State in Sunday’s early game, moving him into third place all-time at UT with 378 innings. Lusson won the game in the ninth with a walk-off single that bounced onto Comal Street.

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In the past three ballgames, Lusson has had seven RBIs. “I’m feeling really comfortable,” said the junior catcher. “The last few weeks, I’ve changed my approach; I call it the Moldenhauer Approach.”

According to Lusson, the Moldenhauer Approach — a reference to last year’s designated hitter Russell Moldenhauer — is a simple one.

“Hit bombs,” he said.

His ninth-inning homer Saturday night against Kent State brought the Longhorns within two. The team ended up losing, but Lusson called his hit a “personal victory.”

He sure has needed some of those. As a sophomore last year, Lusson hit 14 home runs as the everyday starter at third base. But this year’s new, power-sapping bats and the emergence of Erich Weiss at third have put Lusson’s playing time on the Endangered Watch.

“You can’t play a lot of people in baseball, so he’s been caught in a difficult situation all year long,” Garrido said.

Lusson is just one of many underappreciated players who have played major roles for the Longhorns this weekend. Freshman catcher Jacob Felts, who has struggled with the bat all season, is 4-for12 in the regional. Jonathan Walsh, the boom-or-bust slugger, turned in a 4-for-8 day on Sunday. Even Tim Maitland — a .182 hitter — is finding ways to contribute, laying down a gorgeous drag bunt against Texas State in the ninth-inning rally.

“It’s definitely huge to have everybody hitting,” said freshman right-fielder Mark Payton. “It’s not even just the 1-9 guys in the lineup.

We’ve had pinch-hitters come out and get home runs and base hits.”

With the Longhorns winning both games of Sunday’s twin bill, they’re one win away from advancing to the Super Regional. A loss would be considered a major disappointment for a team that has spent all year in the top 10 and earned one of eight national seeds.

“Being in this must-win situation, it’s a lot of pressure,” Weiss said. “But we live for that. We’re comfortable and we’re ready.”

Both Hoby Milner and Nathan Thornhill threw a high number of pitches Sunday against the Flashes, leaving Garrido no other choice than to tab junior Sam Stafford as Monday’s starter.

Stafford, who threw 108 pitches in Texas’ 5-3 win over Princeton on Friday, will look to finish the regional the way he started.

“I gave [pitching coach] Skip Johnson a heads up that I’d be ready to go if they needed me,” Stafford said. “We’re in a tight situation, and my arm feels good.”

Stafford threw long toss before Sunday’s game, and says durability shouldn’t be a problem.

“My arm is stretched out, so I’ll go as long as they need me,” he said.

Ace Taylor Jungmann, who picked up his first loss of the season Saturday against Kent State, may even be of some assistance.

“We’ve talked some about using him,” Stafford said. “We’ll see how he feels.”

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Nadal defeats Federer once again to capture record-tying sixth title

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Rafael Nadal returns a shot from Roger Federer in the finals of the French open on Sunday.

Nadal won at Rolan Garros for the sixth time.

HEAT continues from PAGE 7 the fourth quarter.

Wade was at his dynamic best from the start, looking like the guy who soared and scored the Heat past Dallas and to the title in ’06.

Most of his baskets came in the paint — where the Heat outscored the Mavs, 4022 — and many of them were spectacular.

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Federer wasn’t finished, breaking Nadal at love to get within 4-3 in the third set. When Federer struck a forehand winner down the line to break again and go ahead 6-5, he earned a standing ovation and chants of “Ro-ger! Roger!” from thousands of fans at Court Philippe Chatrier.

“When Roger plays like this, the opponent has nothing to do, sometimes,” Nadal said.

With the crowd roaring each time he won a point, Federer served out the set, capping it with another forehand winner.

The outcome seemed in doubt. Federer had won 117 points, Nadal 116.

“All of a sudden, at 0-0 in the fourth set, you think, ‘OK, we have a match again,’” Federer said.

Nadal served to begin the fourth set, and Federer quickly gained three break points at love-40. This, then, would be the final twist. Nadal erased two break points with groundstroke winners, and the third with an ace at 120 mph. A service winner at 114 mph followed. Then Federer shanked a backhand off his frame and into the stands.

“Very important for me, no?” Nadal would say later. “That was a big turning point of the match, in my opinion.”

That made it 1-0, and Federer held to 1-1. But that was it. Nadal didn’t lose another game as the sun finally broke through the gray clouds, bathing the court in light. An appropriate conclusion for Nadal, the kid from the island of Mallorca who loves to spend free time fishing or at the beach.

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The Heat just couldn’t put the Mavs away. Dallas would surge close or ahead, then Miami would turn it up again. The final 18 minutes played out with both teams realizing any possession could change the game and the series.

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PARIS — Regardless of the setting or the surface, Rafael Nadal confounds Roger Federer the way no other man can.

Put the two greats of the game on opposite ends of a court in a Grand Slam final — particularly at Roland Garros, on the red clay that Nadal rules — and the one-sided nature of the rivalry grows even more pronounced.

Grinding along the baseline, using every inch of his wingspan to extend points, whipping fearsome forehands this way and that, Nadal flummoxed Federer yet again Sunday in a riveting, highlight-filled match, beating him 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 for a record-tying sixth French Open championship and 10th major title overall.

This was their first meeting in a Grand Slam final in more than two years. It also was the first major championship match contested by any two men who already completed career Grand Slams.

And Nadal and Federer put on a worthy show, more than three-and-a-half hours chock-full of lengthy exchanges, brilliant defense, 1 sublime shotmaking and some dizzying shifts of momentum.

“A big occasion,” the third-seeded Federer said. “I was aware of it.”

CLASSIFIEDS “It’s always pretty straightforward when we play each other ... because we know what to expect,” Federer said.

“I’m not in any way frustrated with his play.”

Perhaps that’s true, but consider this: Federer is 14-1 in the Grand Slam finals he has played against any other opponent. The only time Feder-

er won the French Open, in 2009, he avoided Nadal, who was eliminated in the fourth round that year by Robin Soderling.

On Sunday, Federer raced to a 5-2 at the outset, but blew a set point by missing a drop shot that landed barely wide.

“I definitely thought that I got maybe a touch unlucky there, and he got a touch lucky,” Federer said. “That was one of my bigger chances.”

Nadal then won seven games in a row. Later, when Nadal went up a break in the third and led 4-2, the match appeared over, until Federer charged back to force a fourth set.

But Nadal once more assumed control, winning the last five games, then dropping to his knees and leaning forward with his hands covering his eyes.

“I was able to play my best when I needed my best,” Nadal said. “For that reason, today I am here with the trophy.”

He had a set point at 5-4, 40-30, but wasted it with a forehand that clipped the net and flew long. That made it deuce, and that’s when drops began falling. As spectators pulled on hats and popped open umbrellas, Nadal and Federer waited a few seconds before walking off the court.

Federer slipped into a private trainer’s room and hopped up on a table. Nadal switched shirts and fidgeted with his racket strings in a hallway, then had a brief chat with his mentor.

After a 10-minute break, the match resumed, and Nadal immediately earned a second set point. But Federer saved that one, too, opening an eight-point run for him. And then it was Nadal’s turn to take

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‘The Book of Grace’ explores family boundaries, norms

By Rachel Perlmutter Daily Texan Staff

Grace looks around cautiously to ensure that she is alone. Crouching to the floor, she gently peels back the corner of a rug to reveal a hidden compartment in the floor and pulls her book out. She begins to read excerpts to an imaginary audience.

Saturday marked the opening night of “The Book of Grace” at ZACH Theatre.

Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, the play centers around familial boundary and control issues, told through the main character’s self-written books.

The play made its debut in Austin and will be performed by other companies around the countr y.

The play is set in present day South Texas, where border patrol agent Vet (Eugene Lee) lives with his wife Grace (Nadine Mozon).

The story picks up when Grace convinces Vet’s son, Buddy (Shaun Patrick Tubbs), to return home and reunite with his father.

The central conflict revolves around borders and rules: Vet, who is obsessed with them both at work and at home; Buddy, who is trying desperately to break free from his father’s control and create his own life; and Grace, who somehow manages to have no boundaries. Just as Vet is determined to control the border at work, he is consumed with fencing his family in,

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creating tension between father and son as well as Vet and Grace’s marriage.

Grace lives outside borders and rules entirely, always saying that you can find the good in everything. She secretly writes a book of her thoughts and findings to prove it. This mentality is only partially put into action since she lives with her oppressive and controlling husband.

Buddy represents what happens when someone is pushed down too many times by “the man.” From the moment he arrives home, Buddy struggles with his hatred for Vet and his need for Vet’s approval. He writes a manifesto in an attempt to break free from his father’s rule, despite still seeking his approval therefore giving his father a chance to accept him.

The play is broken up into nine scenes.

The acts, which are announced to the audience by Grace, organize the ideas of the play and break up the story so it does not feel too long.

The intimate style of the play creates a personal experience for the viewer.

Each character reads his or her own book aloud to an imaginary audience. The entire play takes place in Vet and Grace’s home, with the three characters coming and going from other places in town. Occasionally, the actors freeze while Grace, either from offstage or stepping out of the scene, reads the name of the next chapter or a footnote regarding some conversation she had with Vet before Buddy arrived.

The actors gave equally powerful performances, showing the weaknesses and

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Suzan-Lori Parks’ play, “The Book of Grace,” premieres at the ZACH Theatre on Saturday, setting the stage for other theater companies around the country.

complexities of three distinctly juxtaposed characters. Lee and Tubbs’ characters share the same explosive personality, yet Tubbs separates himself with his passion and desperation, bordering on anguish.

When Buddy begins to film his video log, “The Book of Snake” — the name his father went by during his bad years — he violently shakes his fist in the air as he lists

his father’s three strikes, which he calls the evidence of bad.

Although the play delves into emotional themes, when Grace reminds Buddy and the audience that “you can make up your own ending,” she injects just enough optimism and a bit of humor so that the play doesn’t depress the audience.

The play itself is compelling and mod-

ern. “The Book of Grace” is a fresh take on the desperation of a family struggling to move forward together, but it’s the intimate layout of the theater that truly elevate the experience to another level. Because each of the characters read aloud to an imaginary audience, the viewer feels as though they have taken on that role and therefore get to become a part of the play.

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MUSIC REVIEW

By Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff

Coldplay, “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”

Beyoncé, “Best Thing I Never Had”

When the pop diva dropped her debut single, “Run the World (Girls),” from her forthcoming album, 4, it raised a curious eyebrow. For an artist who made a name for herself as a musical trendsetter for the past decade, why was she slumming behind a trend-following, Rihanna-esque dance beat? Whether it was pandering or careful plotting to make this new single sound brilliant by comparison, “Best Thing I Never Had” is closer to classic Beyoncé. A soaring kiss-off to a former love (“When I think of the time that I almost loved you/You showed your ass and I saw the real you”), it better showcases her incredible voice and exudes equal parts strength and vulnerability.

Spoek Mathambo, “Control”

This South African rapper and disk jockey has accomplished a seemingly impossible task. He made Joy Division’s “She’s Lost Control” sound even grimmer than the leaders of somber ambience did. A transformative cover, this remixed and remodeled version of the song is the kind of catchy, affecting dance that M.I.A. used to make before being consumed by misinformed agitprop. Over a pulsating, almost tribal beat, Mathambo’s deep vocals reverberate like a foreboding presence. If the Rapture had occurred, this dark number would have played across the landscape for those left behind.

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The English pop-rock group has been as divisive over the years as lead singer Chris Martin’s wife, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Are they secretly brilliant or just plain insufferable? It depends on what they’re aiming for; usually somewhere between plaintive (their early 2000s work) and sky-high transcendence (which they’ve leaned toward since X&Y). Martin told the Guardian last November their new album is inspired by New York graffiti, and this first taste is in the same vein as their last album, Viva La Vida. It’s slightly rougher around the edges, but still pretty; like a pair of pre-tarnished jeans.

How this synth-tinged track is anything like grungy, grimy street art is unclear, but it could easily sell iPods.

Beirut, “East Harlem”

First p enned by the B alkan-infused indie set’s frontman Zach Condon when he was 17, this proper studio recording is a plinking, wistful stroll that has an odd commercial appeal. The shift from their usual, somewhat alienating Bulgarian countryside vibe to a cleaner sound isn’t surprising considering the group’s recent collaborations with Blondie. Horns blare between upbeat ukulele strumming and yearning lyrics for a faraway love (“She’s waiting for the night to fall/Let it fall, I’ll never make it in time”). When the song swells to its climax, it’s like Condon is smiling through his own tears. It’s one of the cheeriest songs about missing your love.

new knife when a piece of beet got stuck to the blade. When Yonan ran his pinky across the edge to slide the vegetable off, he sliced the end of his pinky off.

“I guess you get it all out of the way on the first day,” Yonan said.

“Everything else would be smooth sailing after that.”

TACOS WITH MUSHROOMS AND CHILECARAMELIZED ONIONS Directions

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil• 1/2 teaspoon ground ancho, chipotle or other chile 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 small red onion, thinly sliced (about 1 1/2 cups) 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt 1/2 teaspoon sugar 3 or 4 tortillas, preferably home-• made 6 ounces oyster, cremini, hen of the woods, or other meaty mushrooms, cut into large pieces 1 ounce soft goat cheese, cut into small pieces 2 large leaves romaine lettuce, • shredded 1 to 2 tablespoons Salsa Verde or salsa of your choice Recipe from “Cooking for One”

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When it shimmers, sprinkle in the ground ancho, cumin and cinnamon and cook until the spices sizzle and are very fragrant, about 30 seconds. Toss in the onion slices, stirring to break them apart. Cook until the onion starts to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the garlic, salt and sugar. Decrease the heat to low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are very soft, about 10 minutes.

While the onions are cooking, warm the tortillas and wrap them in aluminum foil to keep warm. Increase the heat under the skillet to medium-high, add the mushrooms, toss to combine and cook, occasionally until the mushrooms exude their juices are just tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.

Lay the tortillas out on a plate. Divide the mushrooms-onion mixture among the tortillas. Top each with a few pieces of goat cheese, a tablespoon or two of shredded lettuce and a drizzle of salsa and eat.

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UT alumnus heats up kitchen with singles cookbook ping and cooking is therapeutic. The walk home from work, where Yonan brainstorms a dinner recipe around ingredients he already has in the pantry and fridge, Culinary chefs, newspaper editors and foodies helps him relax. The 20 to 40 minutes he spends cookflocked to food and travel writer Joe Yonan’s table at the ing and listening to the radio is what he looks forward Culinary Book Fair on Friday to shake his hand, give to at the end of the day. him their business card or praise his sample sandwich“[Cooking] is fun and freeing, because you don’t have es of smoked salmon, Granny Smith apples and Gou- to answer to anybody else,” he said. da cheese. In a deep West Texas accent, the James Beard Inspired from his travels and his favorite ingrediFoundation Award-winning food writer for the Wash- ents, Yonan described his food as precarious and liveington Post explained how the tangy apples cut through ly. Informed by what he likes, “Serve Yourself ” includes the fat of the fish. His southern charm helped sell his chapters on eggs, pickled condiments, sweet potatoes latest book. and tacos.

An anthology of the “Cooking For One” column he Texas is also represented throughout the book. The started three years ago for the food cookbook includes a reinterpresection at the Post, Yonan’s book, tation of a Texas salad his moth“Serve Yourself,” encourages singles er used to make with Frito chips, to cook for themselves. The column canned black beans and French was originally created by the UT dressing when he was a child. He alumnus because he felt that there updated the dish using fried corn were not enough cooking resources tortilla strips, beans and a cilantro for those who live alone. vinaigrette and renamed it Ex Tex“One is the fastest growing as Salad. household size in the country,” YoA Texas Ex, Yonan graduated nan said. from UT in 1989 with a degree in That’s partly attributed to peojournalism. Yonan said he learned Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff ple living longer and getting marthe most not in the classroom, but Washington Post food and travel writer Joe Yonan promoted his latest cookbook, “Serve Yourself: Nightly ried later. As the elderly outlive their while working at The Daily Texan. Adventures in Cooking for One” at the Culinary Book Fair Friday. spouses, they are having to readYonan’s detour from news to food just to cooking for themselves, Yo- — Joe Yonan, Washington Post food writer came later when he did not get a nan said. promotion from his nighttime posi“And it used to be that you would tion on the copy desk at the Boston Directions Ingredients go right from your parents’ house Globe. Instead of disappointment, • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil maybe to college, then straight to Yonan said he felt relieved because soba noodles and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, or according to package direc2 ounces dried soba noodles your spouse’s house. But now there’s he wasn’t happy in news. tions, until they are barely tender. Use tongs to transfer the cooked noodles 1/2 cup shelled edamame (fresh or frozen) this 10- to 15-year [gap] on average where people are He thought about what really made him happy, and to an individual-serving bowl, reserving the cooking water in the pot. Re1 tablespoon sliced raw almonds turn the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the edamame and single,” he said. that was his food writing.

1 tablespoon almond butter (or substitute peanut cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and add to the noodles.

The column was also his way of fending off the no“I knew I didn’t want to become a chef,” he said. “I or other nut butter) 2 teaspoons unseasoned rice • Meanwhile, toast the almonds in a small, dry skillet over medium-high tion that cooking for one isn’t as worthwhile as cook- knew I just wanted to combine my biggest passions and vinegar, or more to taste heat, shaking the pan frequently, until lightly browned and smelling toasty, ing for many. that was writing, journalism and food.”

1 clove garlic, crushed and finely chopped 2 to 3 minutes. Be careful not to let them burn. Immediately transfer to a 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, plus more to taste plate to cool. When they have cooled, coarsely chop them.

“I was tired of hearing people say ‘Why would I go Since becoming a food writer takes more than a fine • To make the dressing, combine the almond butter, vinegar, garlic and red 2 tablespoons hot water, plus more as needed through all that trouble if it’s just me,’” he said. “My palette and appetite, Yonan enrolled in the Cambridge pepper flakes in a small bowl. Add the hot water, stirring to mix well. If the Kosher or sea salt whole thing is there’s no such thing School of Culinary Arts in 1999 to get a better underdressing seems too thick, add more hot water, a teaspoon at a time, until it 1 scallion, white and green parts, thinly sliced as just you — you are important standing of food. Culinary school, he said, was also his has reached the consistency you want.

1/2 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and thinway of getting off the copy desk, a job he said he felt was • Add salt to taste; add more vinegar if you want the sauce tangier and more ON THE WEB: enough to cook for yourself.” ly sliced red pepper flakes if you’d like it spicier. Add the dressing to the noodles and While Yonan said media re- hard to move away from.

Visit http://bit.ly/ edamame, along with the scallion, bell pepper and chopped almonds. Toss views on the book have been In culinary school, Yonan excelled in classRecipe from “Cooking for One” to combine, adding more water if necessary and eat. m0hga5 for a cook100-percent positive, there are room work and in creating dishes with ingredients ing demonstration people who have misinterpreted from a mystery box, but he said speed was not his from Joe Yonan “Serve Yourself ” as a joke.

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