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DOLPH BRISCOE

Former governor, UT alum embraced higher education

By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe was known as a passionate advocate for expanding access to higher education while he was governor and for his long-standing relationship with the University after he left office.

Briscoe, a UT alumnus, died Sunday at his family home in Uvalde

at the age of 87. The cause of death was pneumonia and kidney failure, former Gov. Mark White said.

“He loved history and was a generous supporter of the Center [for American History],” said Don Carleton, the executive director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University, who wrote Briscoe’s autobiography. “He was a very warm and generous man.”

He said it took a bit of convincing to get Briscoe to agree to do an autobiography.

“He didn’t like to talk about himself, which he considered bragging,” Carleton said. “He was very old-school like that.”

Briscoe donated his private papers from his time as governor to the

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Former Texas Governor and UT alumnus Dolph Briscoe signs a bill in April 1977. He died at his family home in Uvalde on Sunday.

Crossing the Golden Gate

Today in history In 1972 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the death penalty could constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.”

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In Sports: Goodbye to Rosenblatt Stadium page 7

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Quote to note “To have three players selected in one draft is very impressive. ... All of them had dreams of playing in the NBA long before they came to the University of Texas, and now they can begin to realize those dreams.”

— Rick Barnes UT basketball head coach SPORTS PAGE 7

The Golden Gate Bridge, completed in May 1937, connects the city of San Francisco and Marin County. The suspension bridge remains a popular tourist attraction in the Bay Area, and its “international orange” color is central to the San Francisco skyline.

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Austinites take steps to ‘Save Muny’ from zoning

By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Leaders of the Lions Municipal Golf Course said Monday that the City Council may have reason to consider acquiring the course from UT after the Austin Planning Commission recommended including the Brackenridge Tract in a West Austin neighborhood plan.

The council’s first reading of the recommendation to include the UT System’s 350-acre tract into the Central West Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan is scheduled for July 29, and a second reading must be scheduled before the council can approve the language. If adopted, the city would be assigned to consider the ideas of the neighborhood and other stakeholders when planning a zoning change or development.

“We wanted to have a say about the future of the Brackenridge Tract,” said “Save Muny” member Mary Arnold, who has been working to preserve the course for decades. “We felt that through our neighborhood plan, we would be telling the city and the University,

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Students still split over hall debate University, Capital Metro Second forum gathers feedback on renaming Simkins dormitory

be used by the committee that was commissioned to make a recommendation to President William Powers Jr. He will then give his recommendation to the Board of ReBy Destinee Hodge gents, who will make the final decision.

Daily Texan Staff Some students were concerned that if SimThere was a sense of urgency in the San Jacinto Hall Multipurpose Room kins Hall, which was named after a former on Tuesday as students and Austinites Ku Klux Klan member and UT law professcrambled at their last chance to give sor, is renamed, it will start a frenzy on camtheir opinion on the possible renaming pus to rename all the buildings and statues that commemorate people who do not hold of Simkins Hall Dormitory.

The opinions expressed in both forums as ideals that conform to modern standards. well as through e-mails to the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement will HALL continues on page 2 Former UT employee Carl Webb spoke at the second public forum on the potential renaming of Simkins Hall Dormitory, which was named after a former Ku Klux Klan member and UT law professor.

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By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff Capital Metro and UT are hammering out the details for the renewal of their long-term shuttle services contract, which provides shuttle access to students, faculty and staff at the University.

A Cap Metro committee convened Monday to go over the specifics of the three-year deal, which will remain largely the same aside from a few tweaks.

These changes include increased financial obligation for UT; changes in the branding of the UT buses to expedite the rotation of new vehicles into the fleet; and an option for greater use of general advertising on buses, a move that could create a new revenue stream for shuttle funding. The vote to implement these changes will happen at the July 26 board meeting.

“What we’ve come up with is Chelsea Kindley | Daily Texan Staff entering into a three-year contract where the University would pay Doug Allen, interim president and CEO of Capital Metro, discusses adjustments in UT and METRO continues on page 6 Cap Metro’s long-term service contract.

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LIONS: Plan aims to preserve golf course HALL: Decision not likely to be postponed to fall

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‘Look, these are our ideas about the Brackenridge Tract, and we hope that you will propose something that respects those ideas and incorporates them into your plan.’ We were able to reach a deal in 1989.�

According to the 1989 agreement between the city and the University, the UT System will lease the golf course to the city until 2019. The city maintains that the use or development of the golf course for non-university purposes is subject to zoning and other land use and development regulations, and that to “establish mutually acceptable development regulations,� the city will be responsive to the “community needs and [desired],� economic and environmental quality of the land.

In 1910, Col. George Brackenridge gave the UT System 503 acres in southwest Austin. The city established the 18-hole, 144-acre Lions Municipal Golf Course in 1934. The UT System has been looking into developing on the track since July 2006, when it established the Brackenridge Tract Task Force, to review the best use of the land. In an October 2006 task force presentation, the group stated that it had a long-term plan to develop a residence hall and apartments on the land.

Cooper, Robertson & Partners developed two conceptual plans for the tract, both of which would involve demolishing the golf course.

The Austin Planning Commission sent the proposed language, which would include the tract in the neighborhood plan, to a subcommittee on May 25.

On June 9, Florence Mayne, the executive director of the Real Estate Of-

From page 1 “If we do change the name of the dorm, we need to draw a very clear line and say that this is why what Simkins did was too far, and he shouldn’t be honored with a building named after him,� former Student Government representative Alex Ferraro said. “This campus is full of buildings and statues that are tributes to people who were not consistent with the values that we have now.�

Another issue raised at the forum was postponing the decision to rename the dorm until the fall, when the majority of students will be in Austin. “I would like to ask you, and ask President Powers as well, if you’ll please delay any recommendation until the fall semester,� said Andrew Nash, former Student Events Center president. “Many voices aren’t able to be heard because we’re here in the summer.�

However, both Gregory Vincent, UT’s vice president of diversity and community engagement, and SG Vice President Muneezeh Kabir confirmed it is highly unlikely that the recommendation will be postponed because SG has already done as much as possible to ensure the involvement of students in the decision. Kabir

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James Bradford, a UT alumnus and retired Air Force colonel, plays right of Owen Price, 6, at the Lions Municipal Golf Course on Monday. fice at the UT System, said in a letter to Austin Planning Commission Chairman Dave Sullivan that she appreciated “the staff’s thoughtful, realistic recommendation that the Brackenridge Tract be excluded [from the neighborhood plan].� According to the letter, Paul DiGiuseppe, principal planner at the Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department, had based his exclusion comment on “the city’s limited authority over state agencies� and the fact that the UT System is still reviewing options for the tract.

On June 22, the Austin Planning Commission recommended the proposed language change to the City Council. “Since I’ve been involved in this project for Central West Austin, [the city] has always indicated interest in obtaining the golf course,� DiGiuseppe said Monday. “But I don’t know that changes just because of

the language [that would include the Brackenridge Tract into the Neighborhood Plan] — I’m not sure what the overall effects [would be].�

Lloyd Morrison, head professional golfer at the course, said though the 1989 agreement is in effect until 2019, the UT System has been speaking — though less and less this year — about breaking the agreement and developing on the course. “The ultimate goal is to acquire the golf course permanently,� Morrison said. “I think [including the Brackenridge Tract in the Neighborhood Plan] is a step forward in [the city] obtaining the golf course.�

The UT System continues to evaluate market conditions and viable options for the tract, UT System spokesman Matt Flores said. “The Muny lease goes through 2019, so there’s no big rush to do anything,� Flores said.

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said that having the forums and sending a Universitywide e-mail were steps that no other student representatives had taken to involve the student body before.

Another element that factored into the decision to have only two forums is that this issue is uncharted territory for the University. “I don’t know that there has ever been any issue on campus that’s been this well-publicized with so much public input,� Kabir said.

Tempers flared at times as people with differing opinions took the microphone. “Don’t give me this nonsense that he was a product of his time,� said Kevin Murphy, a Kansas native who now practices law in Austin. “He’s a product of scum and hate.�

Murphy and Vincent had an exchange that resulted in Vincent confirming that although the “majority� of the committee members were in the room, none of the regents — who must make the ultimate decision — were present.

Charles Simmons was adamant that the hall retain its name because Simkins’ behavior was justifiable in the context of the aftermath of the Civil War. “For y’all to say that this man was evil, I believe, is wrong,� he said. “I believe this man served his university, he served his people [and] he served family with distinction and honor.�

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DOLPH: University ‘lost a dear friend’ From page 1 Center for American History, in addition to a significant amount of money over the years. His wife, Janey Slaughter Briscoe, also served on the UT System Board of Regents. “He was very supportive of the University with money and his influence after he left office,� Carleton said.

University officials praised Briscoe’s time in office and his contributions to UT. “Texas has lost a beloved senior statesman, and the University has lost a dear friend,� President William Powers Jr. said in a statement. “When [Briscoe] served as governor, he was a persuasive voice for greater support of public education throughout the state.�

Briscoe, a rancher from South Texas who graduated from UT in 1943, won the governorship in 1972 running on a platform of restoring trust and integrity to a governor’s office that had been badly shaken by the Sharpstown stock scandal. He ran for governor in 1968 and lost in a 10-way race for the Democratic Party nomination.

Before he was governor, Briscoe served as a member of the Texas Legislature from 1949 until 1957, where he co-authored legislation creating the farm-to-market road system, which linked rural farmland to major Texas cities.

Carleton said one of the major accomplishments during Briscoe’s time as governor was the passage of the Texas Open Records Act, the first real legislation to ensure government transparency.

“He was one of the finest people I’ve ever known,� said White, who was secretary of state while Briscoe was governor. “Texas has lost a great leader, and I’ve lost a good friend.�

White said that Briscoe’s reputation and actions in office were key to restoring trust in Austin after the Capitol had been rocked by scandal. “It was an exciting time because we had great leadership,� he said.

Former Lt. Gov. William Hobby called Briscoe one of the finest human beings and public officials he’d ever known. “It was [a] privilege to serve with him and to be his friend,�

Hobby said.

Briscoe wasn’t all that popular while he was governor — he lost to then Attorney General John Hill Jr. in the 1978 Democratic primary. “Back in the day, there was the impression that he ran a do-nothing administration,� said Dave McNeely, a longtime reporter and political columnist for the Houston Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman who covered the Capitol while Briscoe was governor. “Hill ran against Briscoe on that and managed to win in the primary.�

The Sharpstown scandal that propelled Briscoe to the governor’s office also helped elect a more liberal-than-usual Legislature, which passed bills increasing transparency in Texas government, he said. However, Briscoe was better known for his philanthropic activities and political activism after he left the Governor’s Mansion. “He was one of the best ex-governors in state history,� McNeely said.

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A businessman walks past the Goorin Brothers Hat Shop down Geary Street toward Union Square.

Known as the heart of the city, Union Square is the central shopping, hotel and theater district in San Francisco.

Northern Cali offers taste of city, rural life

The historic Point Reyes Lighthouse, located on the tip of Point Reyes National Seashore, warned mariners of danger in foggy weather until it was retired in 1975.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories and photos bringing the U.S. and the world to UT.

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trip to the northern California coast may be just the right escape from the Texas heat this summer. Urban life surrounds San Francisco and the Bay Area. Spanning across just 46.7 square miles, the “City by the Bay” is home to more than 800,000 people. The Golden Gate Bridge, Frisco’s rolling hills, Chinatown and its Victorian architecture make the city a year-round international tourist destination. With its winding roads and spanning coastline, Point Reyes National Seashore, 30 miles Left, cows from one of the dairy farms near Point Reyes National Seashore gather in the pasture along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Right, The City north of San Francisco, is a breath of fresh air in Lights Bookstore, founded in 1953, is an independent bookstore located on Columbus Avenue in Little Italy. It is known as an underground literary contrast with the hustle of city life. meeting place and published American poet Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl and Other Poems.”

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White misses the mark Yesterday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White strayed away from party lines when he articulated his stance on the law prohibiting concealed handguns on college campuses in Texas.

Rather than supporting a statewide ban on guns on college campuses, White said he supports allowing universities to decide whether students should be allowed to carry firearms on campus. It’s clear from White’s answer that he’s attempting to pander to both Republicans and Democrats so he can maintain his moderate image. But White’s folly is that by offering up such an absurd solution, he merely alienates voters on both sides of the issue.

The 2010 Democratic Party platform advocates the current firearm ban on college campuses. The Republican stance is much more lenient, with many supporting the idea of allowing concealed handguns on college campuses. Suggesting that universities should decide the issue individually is counter to both party’s positions.

Why would one university need guns on campus more than another? What would be the criteria for deciding such is the case? White essentially waffled on the question, and in the process, left his most ardent supporters raising their eyebrows.

Even University Democrats president Michael Hurta, who has said he agrees with White on every other issue, said he couldn’t back White’s stance in this particular case.

White’s comments came the day before an important Supreme Court decision that stated that the Second Amendment’s guarantee of an individual’s right to bear arms applies to state and local gun-control laws.

At present, it’s unclear how this decision will affect the issue of concealed carry on campus directly, but it’s possibly a large step toward its legalization.

The editorial board’s stance on this issue is in line with that of UT Student Government and the UT faculty in that we oppose concealed carry on this campus.

Jackie Acker, a theater and dance senior and the vice president for publicity and media of the UT chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, backed White’s stance, stating that “people who disagree with guns on campus can go to a school that doesn’t allow it on campus, and people who agree with guns on campus can go to a school where they can carry once they’ve passed the [requisite licensing] tests.”

Whether or not a university allows firearms on campus should not be one of the criteria a prospective student is forced to consider before choosing a school. Continuously holding up the Virginia Tech tragedy as evidence that campus visitors should be allowed to carry rifles on campus is flawed. The extremely limited occurrence of school shootings does not warrant overturning long-held laws that would allow guns in classrooms. As students, we put our trust in police officers to carry firearms on campus, not our peers.

White should not have wasted political capital yesterday by ignoring his party’s stance. By refusing to take a defined position on a fairly black and white issue, White likely will not gain any votes from the opposing party and may have lost a few from his own.

— Dan Treadway for the editorial board

GALLERY

By Joshua Avelar Daily Texan Columnist

Keep an eye on surveillance

By Lindsey Purvin Daily Texan Columnist Although many cities are investing in public surveillance systems, few are looking closely at their cost and benefits, acc o rd i n g t o t h e A m e r i c a n C i v i l L i b e r t i e s Union. Austin may be next on the list to expand security cameras in high-crime locations. This summer, the City Council is voting on an Austin Police Department initiative to increase surveillance in highcrime areas, which includes Sixth Street.

The proposal to enhance security measures is the result of collaborative efforts between the police department and the Downtown Austin Alliance in response to growing public concerns.

However, increased surveillance doesn’t n e c e s s a r i l y d e t e r o r p re v e n t c r i m e , a n d this is important for the public, as well as the council, to consider.

While cities such as San Francisco and D a l l a s h a v e b o t h s h o w n re d u c e d c r i m e rates in areas where surveillance cameras were installed, they aren’t necessarily the only crime-deterring technique that led to the reduction. Factors such as increased police patrols and community safety programs also affected crime rates. Furthermore, across the board, surveillance cameras have not been directly linked to decreased crime rates, according to a study conducted in 2003 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

It’s also important to note that the effectiveness of surveillance programs has been exaggerated in some cases. After authorities apprehended Faisal Shahzad f o r a t t e m p t i n g t o b o m b Ti m e s S q u a r e l a s t m o n t h , N e w Yo r k M a y o r M i c h a e l Bloomberg used the occasion to justify the $24 million federal grant allocated to increase New York’s Lower Manhattan Security Initiative in 2005, when surveillance actually played no part in preventing the crime at all. In fact, despite hundreds of cameras in the area, extensive data-gath-

ering surveillance systems failed to alert the New York anti-terrorist division; they became aware of the emergency only after two street vendors called local authorities to report “smoke and sparks” emitting from an abandoned car with its engine still running, according to The New York Times.

Using cameras to snag violent criminals can also lead to civil rights abuses. Historical and current evidence has shown that technology created for one purpose is inevitably used for other questionable purposes.

The clandestine nature of monitoring, combined with the dragnet-style approach to collecting data, pushes laws and legal systems to the limit — and perhaps beyond. Community and police surveillance p ro g r a m s h a v e re p e a t e d l y a b u s e d t h e i r authority by spying on private homes, recording intimate activities and uploading surveillance footage online for public consumption.

We s h o u l d n o t o v e r l o o k l e s s i n v a s i v e solutions that could be just as effective, such as community neighborhood watches. There are alternative crime-prevention methods that don’t curtail our civil liberties, and these solutions may also be less expensive. For example, we could enhance ne ighb o rho o d watch initiatives an d use the $600,000 price tag of the Austin initiative to fund a bigger police force. Actual manpower remains the primary deterrent to crime, while surveillance is most effective after a crime is committed and during the process of building a case.

We don’t need to jeopardize freedoms in order to be safe. Surveillance technology is not going to go away, but the public should remain vigilant in demanding legal restrictions on its applications and retribution for abuses. Without persistent efforts, we risk the continued diminishment of our civil liberties and rights to privacy.

Purvin is a rhetoric and writing senior.

Many political pundits would tell you Texas is a red state with no signs of changing anytime soon. They would tell you the real competition for the governorship was the Republican primary between Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and incumbent Gov. Rick Perry, and that no Democratic challenger could give Perry any real competition.

However, some Republicans with connections to Perry are so scared of losing in the upcoming gubernatorial election that they’re dabbling in some classic political trickery — funding the environmentally oriented Green Party’s initiative to get candidates on the November ballot. Democrats rightfully saw this Republican-supported effort to get the Green Party on the ballot as a scheme to siphon away potential votes for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Houston mayor Bill White.

O n T h u r s d a y, D i s t r i c t J u d g e J o h n D i e t z blocked the Green Party candidates from Texas’ general election ballot after ruling that the Green Party received illegal corporate contributions — money the Green Party must have t h o u g h t j u s t f e l l o u t o f t h e s k y, s i n c e t h e y couldn’t trace its origins.

Court testimony in a lawsuit the Texas Democratic Party filed against the Green Party of Texas led many to believe the illegal contributions came from a Republican-led petition drive. The Green Party was able to gather 92,000 petition signatures, an endeavor that would have cost around $532,500, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Missouri-based Take Initiative America footed the bill for the Green Party as an in-kind donation, but have not said where exactly the money came from.

On Thursday, UT alumnus Garrett Mize testified he was involved with the beginning stages of the ballot initiative. Mize said Mike Toomey, Perry’s former chief of staff, approached him in late 2009 to help the Green Party get on the ballot for the upcoming election, according to The Dallas Morning News. Mize said he was told the money for the petition drive would come from wind-energy advocates, but he soon learned that wasn’t the case and that most of the money was coming from Republicans.

A June 18 Rasmussen poll showed Perry leading White by eight percentage points, a pretty comfortable lead. So what, exactly, made these GOP operatives so scared that they’d spend so much time and energy aiding the efforts of a third party?

The Perry loyalists have the last 10 years of history upon which to build the case for Perry’s re-election. As the longest-serving governor in Texas history, there are plenty of Perry-era practices for Texans to either praise or ridicule. Perry may finally be at the end of his overextended road as governor, as voters may express disgruntled feelings at the constant cronyism and lackluster supervision over Texas education.

Christine Morshedi, co-chairwoman for the Green Party of Texas, doesn’t seem to mind being used as a political tool in a Republican strategy. Morshedi showed no concern over where the money for her party’s ballot initiative was coming from, and the Green Party is appealing Dietz’s decision to the state Supreme Court.

Perry supporters and the Green Party should ask themselves if they’re really all they make themselves out to be. Does the GOP have a strong hold on Texas if it is unable to re-elect a long-term governor without funding a third party to siphon votes from the Democrats? Does the Green Party really have enough support here in Texas to get itself on the ballot without having to succumb to unethical funding?

A p p a re n t l y n o t , o r e l s e P e r r y ’ s s u p p o r t ers wouldn’t have started this scheme and the Green Party leaders wouldn’t have let it happen.

Avelar is a journalism and government senior.

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Professor’s book pushes for power of labor unions

Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff

A student braves the late-afternoon heat on Monday as he strolls down San Antonio Street.

Jackson School receives grant for carbon storage

By David Colby Daily Texan Staff The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Bureau of Economic Geology will receive $19 million to monitor a carbon capture and storage project near Houston.

The school will work with NRG Energy to take a portion of the carbon captured at its W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station and inject it underground at an oil field near the power plant. This project will be the first of its kind in Texas, as well as the first commercialscale test of carbon capture and storage in the world. “The idea of this project is to take [captured] carbon and transfer it to someplace deep underground where you can put the carbon, and it will actually stay in place and not

rise back up to the surface,� school spokesman Marc Airhart said. “The big picture is that the project is trying to fight climate change by trying to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.�

The initiative has an estimated budget of $334 million, with both the U.S. Department of Energy and NRG Energy contributing $167 million.

NRG Energy is set to begin constructing the carbon-capture equipment on a portion of the plant later this year with the initial injection of carbon dioxide steam into the deep subsurface in 2014. The company will use a process known as post-combustion capture, which involves using a liquid solvent to absorb the carbon dioxide, heating the liquid and capturing the re-

sulting pure carbon dioxide steam to secure the carbon emissions.

Once captured, the carbon dioxide will be sent through a pipeline to a nearby oil field, where it will be pumped underground.

The Bureau of Economic Geology will take the lead in monitoring the carbon dioxide after it is injected underground. “We’ll be designing and implementing a monitoring system to try to identify where the carbon dioxide goes in the subsurface — both the deep subsurface, which is 5,000 to 6,000 feet below the surface, and the shallow subsurface — to ensure that the carbon dioxide is not leaking into the groundwater,� principal investigator Rebecca Smyth said.

Oil and gas companies have

been injecting carbon dioxide into the ground for more than 40 years in a process known as enhanced oil recovery. “[Enhanced oil recovery] is a process in which you pump carbon dioxide into an existing reservoir, which allows you to pump more oil out,� Smyth said.

The safety of carbon capture and storage is not a major concern. According to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, enhanced oil-recovery techniques used by the oil and gas companies provide additional indications that carbon dioxide can be safely injected and stored at well-characterized and properly managed sites.

By Hannah Jones Daily Texan Staff A UT labor law professor has released a book on organized labor that could influence the way unions are currently run in the United States.

Professor Julius Getman said he has spent the past three years working on his book titled “Restoring the Power of Unions: It Takes a Movement,� which is the culmination of more than 20 years of research on organized labor.

The book, which was released Sunday, has already received attention from various unions.

Union Privilege, a company created by the AFL-CIO in Julius Getman 1986 that provides benefits to UT labor law professor union members and their families, has purchased 200 copies of 12.3 percent, almost unchanged Getman’s book and plans to dis- from 12.4 percent a year earlier. tribute them across the country The number of wage and salary to union leaders. The book will workers belonging to unions dealso be discussed at the Section clined by 771,000 to 15.3 million, on Labor Relareflecting the tions and Emoverall drop in ployment Law employment beof the Associacause of the retion of Americession.

I hope [the book] can Law Schools Getman said will help [unions] conference in unions do not January 2011. need to follow to formulate new “I’m reala new moveapproaches to ly happy with ment but instead organizing.� the reaction the should go back book’s gotten,� to the original — Julius Getman tactics used in Getman said. “I hope it will help Author of “Restoring the the ’30s and ’40s, them to formu- Power of Unions: It Takes w h e n u n i o n s late new apwere part of a a Movement� s o c i a l m o v e proaches to organizing.� ment designed In the book, to strengthen the Getman explains effect of striking, why unions are important and which the American Civil Rights how strong union movements Movement later adopted. have brought economic prosper“Now, the labor movement ity in the past. has to look back at civil rights to According to the 2009 U.S. learn what it once knew but no Census Bureau, the percentage longer seems to know,� he said. of wage and salary workers who “When we have unions, prosperwere members of a union was ity has been shared.�

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By Hannah Jones one in five Texas children lives in Daily Texan Staff The Capital Area Food Bank a household facing hunger. Texhas created its first Summer Fam- as ranks first in child hunger naily Nutrition Program, which tar- tionally, according to the food gets families with children strug- bank network.

Cantu said there are approxgling in the aftermath of the recession and children who are out of imately 114,000 families in the school for the summer and can no Austin area that are eligible for longer receive meals from school. the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are trying to reach as many Families will receive a â&#x20AC;&#x153;family food boxâ&#x20AC;? each month that families as possible,â&#x20AC;? Cantu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through access contains up to 50 to stimulus funds, pounds of healthy we can help profood and nutrivide for families tion-education in the summer materials, food We are trying to reach because summer bank director Karas many families months can be exla Cantu said. tra tough.â&#x20AC;?

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To be eligible for the program, ticipant with one child, said she the family must be in need of thinks the program helps a lot beassistance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as determined by cause children out of school eat the food bank â&#x20AC;&#x201D; must have at more in the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be a big help, especialleast one child under the age of 18 and must make less than 185 ly for families that have four and percent below the federal pov- five children. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder for parerty line. The Capital Area Food ents to be able to feed them,â&#x20AC;? ConBank has 22 food pick-up sites ner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think it is a very good program, and I want to keep in Travis County.

According to the Texas Food telling my friends about it so they Bank Network, one in five Texas can start going.â&#x20AC;?

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METRO: Amended transportation contract pending approval From page 1 about half the costs of a range of different expenses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fuel, operator salaries, things like that.â&#x20AC;? said Doug Allen, interim president and CEO of Cap Metro.

The other part of the agreement allows Cap Metroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular, non-UT shuttle service to remain free with a UT ID, but the University would be required to pay 40 cents each time the service is used. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trends have been that more and more students are using the

with Capital Metro,â&#x20AC;? Stone said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past, we have been able to find common ground to create a shuttle bus contract that is both fair to the University and Capital Metro.

I think that with finding common ground like this, there are always questions and opinions expressed that are necessary to help us get there.â&#x20AC;?

The University will address some of these concerns before the next meeting, when Cap Metro will raise the issue that half the operating costs might

not be enough compensation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good arrangement, but the board asked us to go back and talk to [UT] to see if we could get more of the costs recovered,â&#x20AC;? Allen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not necessarily student costs, but just a higher percentage of the total costs.â&#x20AC;?

The contract must be approved by Cap Metro and the University before it can go into effect, which Stone expects to happen by mid-August. Until then, changes to the contract may be negotiated.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Basketball looks to the future

Injured Longhorn players will return to the court after missing last season

By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff Texas medical staff cleared Shawn Williams last week to begin working out with the team again. Williams suffered a high ankle sprain against Texas State last December. He underwent surgery Jan. 20 and missed most of the season.

Guards Dogus Balbay and Varez Ward will probably not work out with the team this summer but are expected to fully recover by the start of practice in the fall. Balbay was one of the team’s best perimeter defenders but tore his ACL in the first half of the game against Texas Tech on Feb. 20, yet the Turkish point guard was still named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team.

Ward ruptured his right quadriceps in the fourth game of last season and, after surgery Dec. 1, sat out the rest of the season.

Both are expected to contribute heavily next year, following the loss of on-court leaders Damion James and Dexter Pittman.

Despite not being able to work out this summer, Balbay and Ward are taking the time off to work on their shooting.

“They’re all doing well,” Texas head coach Rick Barnes said. “They worked hard at their rehabilitation. I think it’s a really hard thing to do, but they’ve stayed with it. I think that if you talked to our medical staff here, they would tell you that these guys are certainly where they need to be, and in some cases probably ahead of schedule.”

“But we’re not going to push any of them along too quickly because we’re counting on all three to help us this year,” he added.

Balbay is a senior and in his

CWS Championship Series South Carolina 7 UCLA 1

MLB National League Houston 9 Milwaukee 5 Colorado 10 San Diego 6 LA Dodgers 4 San Francisco 2 Washington 0 Atlanta 5 NY Mets 3 Florida 10 Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 2 Chi Cubs 1 Peter Frankin | Daily Texan file photo

Dogus Balbay, who tore his ACL in Texas’ 71-67 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock on Feb. 22, will most likely miss summer workouts with the team along with Varez Ward, who also suffered a season-ending injury. Ward and Shawn Williams both received medical redshirts. final year of eligibility, while the NCAA granted both Williams and Ward medical hardship waivers for the past season because of their injuries.

Big 12 impresses The Lakers won the NBA championship just two weeks ago, but the league already took the first step toward next season with Thursday’s draft.

The Big 12 had the best night of any conference as a record seven conference players were picked in the first round, including a pair of Longhorns.

Avery Bradley went to Boston with the No. 19 pick while Atlanta took Damion James at

No. 24, although James’ rights were later traded to New Jersey. Miami selected Dexter Pittman with the second pick of the second round.

“To have three players selected in one draft is very impressive,” Barnes said. “We’re happy for all three guys and their families. All of them had dreams of playing in the NBA long before they came to the University of Texas, and now they can begin to realize those dreams.”

The Big 12 showed off its individual talent by having 10 players selected in the draft, the most from any single conference.

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Chi White Sox 1 Kansas City 3

Wimbledon Men R. Federer def.

J. Melzer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Sara Young | Daily Texan file photo

Damion James and Dexter Pittman were two of the 10 Big 12 alumni selected in Thursday’s NBA draft.

Netherlands eliminate Slovakia to advance

lifetime down to possibly two more games, it’s hard to imagine the CWS and Omaha, Neb., without it. Instead, college baseball’s national championship will be played three miles north at the new, $128 million TD Ameritrade Park that seats 24,000.

The name could use some work.

A year from now, the only thing that will still be standing at Rosenblatt’s original location are the foul poles and home plate, after 61 years of hosting the “Greatest Show on Dirt.” The field, lights, dugouts and stands will become a pile of rubble, and the area will be used to provide additional parking for the Omaha Zoo. Since the CWS’s inception in 1950, the event has drawn more than 7 million fans and has grown

STADIUM continues on page 8

Paul Chouy | Daily Texan file photo

This year’s College World Series will be the last time the tournament will be held in Rosenblatt Stadium.

The stadium has been the home of the CWS for 61 years.

American League

Toronto 1 Cleveland 2

Rosenblatt Stadium hosts CWS finals for one last time television and in bars, and I can’t help but feel a little sad.

For so long, Rosenblatt seemed untouchable. A dream. The mecca of college baseball that delivered more magic than Disney and had a reputation for turning young men into heroes and legends.

My first memory of Rosenblatt, and the CWS, came when I was 7 and saw Louisiana State’s Warren Morris blast a two-out, two-run home run just over the right-field wall in the bottom of the ninth to beat Miami 9-8 and win the 1996 national championship.

After that, I was hooked. I didn’t need any reminder when the CWS was starting. I knew Rosenblatt was a place built for dreams and history. Part of me even wanted to play for LSU for a while after that — only for a little bit, though.

With the stadium’s remaining

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WORLD CUP

It’s hard writing about a place as special, magnificent and historic as Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, having never personally been there.

There was a moment this past season, when Texas was hotter than any team in the nation, I thought I’d be there to see its farewell tour while covering the Longhorns, who were arguably the kings of Rosenblatt from 20002009 with six trips to the College World Series, two national championships and two second-place finishes. Instead, I’ve watched the final eight teams compete in Rosenblatt for the last time on

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BASEBALL

By Austin Ries Daily Texan Columnist

World Cup

By Naishadh Bhonsle Daily Texan Staff

Netherlands 2, Slovakia 1 The Netherlands, having eased into the Round of 16, had star winger Arjen Robben back in the starting lineup and were favorites against minnows Slovakia. The Slovakian team, though, was just happy to be there and felt comfortable being regarded as underdogs after their brilliant escape from the group stage at the expense of Italy.

For years, the Dutch have been noted for free flowing.

With two of the most creative players in Robben and Wesley Sneijder, the Dutch had no shortage of ammunition on

attack. The Slovaks, though, came out strong with multiple shots on goal. Their approach was much more direct compared to the Dutch, who were looking for the perfect pass. To the Slovaks’ disappointment, that perfect pass came from Sneijder in the 18th minute when he played a long ball to Robben outside the box, who cut inside onto his favored left foot and shot a low drive into the bottom corner.

The Dutch continued to attack in the second half as Robben had a curling effort saved by the fingertips of the Slovakian keeper, Jan Mucha. Mark van Bommel almost doubled

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PRO TENNIS

Roddick loses in five sets, fails to reach quarterfinals

By Stephen Wilson The Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Three-time finalist Andy Roddick was stunned in the fourth round at the Wimbledon Championship on Monday by an 82nd-ranked Taiwanese player who hadn’t won a match here the past four years.

The fifth-seeded American was ousted 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 9-7 by Yen-Hsun Lu in a match that lasted more than four and a half hours.

Lu sealed the victory in the 16th game of the fifth set with his only service break of the match.

The 26-year-old Lu had lost in the first round at Wimbledon four straight times and failed to win a match at the past five Grand Slams.

He’s the first Asian man to reach the quarterfinals of any Grand Slam since Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan did it at Wimbledon in 1995.

Roddick had 38 aces, but converted only one of eight breakpoint chances. Lu finished with 22 aces.

“I thought he served better than he has against me before,” Roddick said. “That being said, I had shots. I didn’t take advantage of them.”

Lu’s win overshadowed victories by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray on the men’s side, and the Williams sisters and Kim Clijsters among the women.

WIMBLEDON continues on page 8

R. Nadal def.

P. Mathieu 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 N. Djokovic def.

L. Hewitt 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 A. Murray def.

S. Querrey 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Y. Lu def.

A. Roddick 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 9-7 R. Soderling def.

D. Ferrer 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 J. Tsonga def.

J. Bennetau 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6 T. Berdych def.

D. Brandis 4-6, 7-6, 7-5, 6-3 Women S. Williams def.

M. Sharapova 7-6, 6-4 V. Williams def.

J. Groth 6-4, 7-6 P. Kvitova def.

C. Wozniacki 6-2, 6-0 V. Zvonareva def.

J. Jankovic 6-1, 3-0 N. Li def.

A. Radwanska 6-3, 6-2 K. Clijsters def.

J. Henin 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 T. Pironkova def.

M. Baroli 6-4, 6-4 K. Kanepi def.

K. Zakopalova 6-2, 6-4

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BASKETBALL: New freshmen

enroll early, practice with team From page 7 “After draft day, it showed just why the Big 12 has been so successful and why we were so successful last year with all the talented players that we have,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said.

“I’m not opposed to cutting some days in the summer if we add them in the fall,” he said. “I do think we need to evaluate.”

Fresh faces

Recruits Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph are on campus working out with their new Summer daze teammates and getting a crucial In late May, Nebraska athlet- head start on the transition from ic director Tom Osborne sug- high school to college basketball. gested that the Big 12 support The two enrolled early at pending NCAA legislation that Texas and are training with the would end summer recruiting Longhorns still in town. for basketball.

“They were able to get here “The summer recruiting really first semester, so they were plays into the hands of the AAU able to go with our guys from guys,” Osborne told the Oma- the beginning,” Barnes said. “I ha World-Herald at the time. was really happy with the way “And so many the older guys of them are in embraced these league with the younger guys.” shoe companies.

Last year only That’s where a o n e re c ru i t i n I was really happy lot of the unTexas’ vaulted with the way the seemly stuff gets 2009 class engoing.” older guys embraced rolled early, forThe topic did ward Williams. not see much light these younger guys.”

Both Thompat the last Big 12 son and Joseph — Rick Barnes meeting on June came to Aushead coach tin from Find4, as the discussion was dominatlay College Prep ed by expansion in Henderson, talk, but it could Nev., a school be revisited at the next meeting in known for producing blueFebruary. It was on the minds of chip recruits, including Bradley. all the conference coaches during Thompson signed a letter of ina teleconference Monday. tent to play at Texas in Novem“It doesn’t matter what my ber of last year while Joseph was preference is because we have a late but welcome addition to to deal with both of them,” the small class.

Barnes said in reference to the Thompson is a tall post playAAU and high school coach- er who averaged 19.1 points es. “My only concern with the and 9.6 rebounds per game as a summertime is I’ve always felt senior at Findlay, and Joseph is it was too hard on the high a speedy guard known for his school players.” vision and 3-point shooting, as Barnes was noncommittal he converted 46.9 percent of his about the subject but did sug- long-range shots last year. Both gest that the entire recruiting are expected to see immediate process should be reviewed. playing time at Texas.

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Andy Roddick returns to Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan, during their match Monday. Roddick hasn’t been able to win a Major since his 2003 U.S. Open championship, while Lu becomes the first Asian man to advance to the quarterfinals of a Major since 1995.

WIMBLEDON: Williams sisters stay alive From page 7 Before Monday, Lu was 9-18 in Grand Slam matches, 1117 on grass and 2-10 overall against top-10 ranked players. It was his first win over a top-10 player since he beat Murray in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Roddick, the 2003 U.S. Open champion, has lost three times to Federer in Wimbledon finals, including last year’s epic match that went to 16-14 in the fifth set. He had beaten Lu in straight sets in three previous meetings.

Roddick evened Monday’s match by serving a 126 mph ace on the final point of the fourthset tiebreaker, and had a chance for a decisive break in the fifth.

But, on break point at 4-4, Lu came up with a perfect backhand volley and went on to hold serve.

Serving with Lu ahead 8-7, Roddick hit a forehand long at 30all to set up match point. Lu converted by hitting a running forehand passing shot down the line.

“Through three sets I was playing horrendously, I mean really, really badly,” Roddick said. “I was trying to think of how to put balls in the court. I think the fifth set was probably the best set that I played ... but when you dig yourself a hole, it’s tough to get out.”

Lu said he didn’t believe he could win but told himself to keep fighting.

“I just told myself, ‘If I can stay longer, longer, longer, then probably something happens,’” he said. “And finally, then I waited for the last chance to close the match.”

Lu, who held up a finger to the sky, dedicated the win to his father, a chicken farmer who died in 2000.

Earlier, defending women’s champion Serena Williams overcame Maria Sharapova 7-6 (9), 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals

and avenge her loss to the Russian in the 2004 final.

Clijsters rallied to beat Justine Henin 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in an all-Belgian duel between former No. 1-ranked players making Wimbledon comebacks after returning from retirement.

Defending champion Federer, 2008 champion Nadal, thirdseeded Djokovic, No. 4 Murray and five-time women’s winner Venus Williams also advanced on an action-packed day featuring all remaining 32 men’s and women’s players in fourthround matches.

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“I had a few looks at her serve, but even when you had a good look and the ball’s coming at you [at] 120 [mph], it’s pretty tough to do much with it,” Sharapova said.

Kim Clijsters came from a set down against Justine Henin and is 13-12 in career meetings against her compatriot.

Henin received treatment on her right elbow on three changeovers after slipping and falling to the turf as she charged to the net at 2-1 in the first set. She said the elbow was “quite painful” and

“I thought I played great,” said Federer, who next plays Tomas Berdych. “Aggressive right from the start.”

Nadal, forced into five sets the previous two rounds, needed only three on Monday to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, and showed no sign of the right knee trouble that bothered him.

Nadal faces sixth-seeded Robin Soderling, the Swede who beat him in the fourth round at the French Open last year. Nadal beat Robert Soderling in last month’s French Open final.

Soderling, who hadn’t dropped a set until Monday, needed five sets to beat No. 9 David Ferrer 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to make the quarters for the first time.

Novak Djokovic beat 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals for the second year in a row. The Serb received medical treatment in the third set for stomach cramps, but regained the advantage in the fourth with two service breaks.

Murray beat American Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final eight for the third consecutive year. He’s the only player in the men’s draw who hasn’t lost a set.

Murray, seeking to become the first British player to win the men’s singles title since Fred Perry in 1936, will next meet 10th-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Venus Williams pulled out a tough 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Jarmila Groth of Australia, the lowest-ranked player left in the draw at No. 92.

Third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost 6-2, 6-0 to unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova.

Also making the quarters were No. 9 Li Na of China, Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria and qualifier Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.

I can’t believe we’re back to this after so many years of battling against each other.”

Serena Williams served 19 aces for the second straight match — taking her total to 63 for the tournament — and held off the resurgent Sharapova in a tight battle on Centre Court.

“I don’t serve like this too often,” Williams said. “I don’t know what it is about this court that makes me serve well.”

In 2004, Sharapova — 17 years old at the time — stunned Williams 6-1, 6-4 for her first Grand Slam title.

“That was so long ago that I don’t think it gives me any more added or any less satisfaction,” Williams said after Monday’s match. “We’re both different players. She’s obviously improved. Hopefully I’ve improved since six years ago.”

Williams finished with 31 winners and 17 errors, while Sharapova had 14 winners and 18 errors.

— Kim Clijsters Belgian Tennis Player

bothered her on her serves and backhands, but didn’t know the extent of the problem.

“I don’t really know how it affected [the match],” said Henin, who has seven Grand Slam titles but has yet to win Wimbledon.

“We’ll see in the next few days.”

Henin seemed to be in complete command after easily winning the first set, but Clijsters — a two-time U.S. Open champion — lifted her game in the second. Clijsters made the decisive break in the eighth game of the final set, and the two exchanged kisses on the cheek at the net.

“I can’t believe we’re back to this after so many years of battling against each other,” Clijsters said.

Federer, chasing a recordtying seventh Wimbledon singles title, swept past 16thseeded Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to reach his 25th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal.

WORLD CUP: Brazil dominates

Chile, moves on to quarterfinals From page 7 his team’s lead when his shot off a cross was also saved by the Slovakian keeper.

But Slovakia almost pulled off an amazing comeback when Robert Vittek was put cleanthrough on goal after bad defending from the Dutch. His shot was right at the keeper and was easily saved. Minutes later, the Dutch caught the Slovakian defense napping on a free kick that put Dirk Kuyt past the Slovakian keeper for him to pass for to Sneijder to finish into an open net.

Brazil 3, Chile 0 The Round of 16 brought an exciting matchup between Chile and Brazil, two teams that play with an aggressive and wideopen style. Despite Brazil being the favorite, its South American neighbor started just as strongly with both teams taking multiple shots on goal.

Brazil took the lead in the 34th minute on a corner kick from Maicon Douglas Sisenando. Juan Silveira dos Santos

rose above the Chilean defense and headed Maicon’s corner into the back of the net.

Four minutes later, Brazil scored again. The goal came after Chile sent men forward, but caught on a Brazilian fast break down the right, Róbson “Robinho” de Souza made a pass to Ricardo “Kaká” Leite in the middle, who played a firsttime ball to an onside Luís Fabiano, who rounded the keeper to finish. Brazil went into the break having never lost a World Cup game when up by two goals.

The second half brought more attacking, and it took only 15 minutes for Brazil to break down the Chilean defense again. Jose Ramirez Barreto collected the ball in the Chilean midfield and burst into space — his run sliced open the defense as he made a perfect pass for Robinho to curl past the diving keeper.

The score ensured a place for Brazil in the next round despite resistance from an exciting and brave Chile. Brazil and the Netherlands will play one another in the quarterfinals for a place in the semifinals.

STADIUM: Only a few more magic moments left for Rosenblatt June 28, 2010

Augie Garrido and Texas win their last national championship at Rosenblatt Stadium.

The Longhorns win their fifth national championship, and their first under head coach Augie Garrido.

June 24, 2009

June 27, 2005

June 11, 1983

Augie Garrido wins his first CWS title as head coach at Cal State Fullerton in Rosenblatt’s 30th year as the home of the tournament.

Head coach Cliff Gustafson wins his second, and Texas’ fourth, baseball national championship.

June 22, 2002

Texas wins its second College World Series in a row, and its first at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Texas ends a 26 year drought and wins its first CWS since Rosenblatt began hosting the Greatest Show on Dirt.

June 8, 1979

Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium opens its doors to the College World Series for the first time.

June 14, 1975

Texas’ CWS History

June 23, 1950

from its original capacity of 10,000 to 23,000. A mere 17,805 people came the first year and a record 336,076 came in 2009.

But will it be the same? It’s hard to imagine the CWS without Rosenblatt and the atmosphere it has created for Omaha. Sure, people complained about the concourses being too narrow, the clubhouses too small and parking the limited parking, but the history overshadows it all.

“If you’re a sports fan, you need to attend the College World Series because of the festival that it is,” Texas head coach Augie Garrido said.

“It’s right up there with the Kentucky Derby or anything else you can name. It’s pretty damn special.”

Yes, the new stadium will be nice, with a 360-degree concourse, more restrooms, big clubhouses, 26 luxury suites and indoor batting cages. There will be more than enough room for the iconic tailgating that goes on, but the new stadium will face a lot of the same challenges the new Yankee Stadium has — making

new memories and looking forward.

“I cry every day,” Greg Pivovar, the 19-year owner of the Stadium View souvenir shop, told The New York Times. “It’s a rough goodbye.”

With the last college championship finals at Rosenblatt wrapping up as soon as tonight with UCLA and South Carolina, there are only a few more moments of magic left on its hallowed field. Pivovar asked customers to write farewell messages on the north side of his shop, across the street from the stadium.

Rosenblatt will still host the Class AAA Omaha Royals and the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League to complete their seasons, but it will never again be used for what it’s most known for.

All we can do is look at the “Road to Omaha” statue out front one last time and hope for a threegame series, so we can have one more chance to see the best in college baseball battle in Rosenblatt.

Or, go on a spontaneous all-night road trip to catch the final CWS game. I hear it’s worth it.

June 15, 1950

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South Carolina and UCLA begin the last championship series of the CWS at Rosenblatt Stadium.

After 32 CWS appearances, Texas plays its final game at Rosenblatt Stadium in a 12-4 loss to LSU for the national title.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

BOOK REVIEW

MEDIUM RAW

Bourdainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; passion comes through Famed criticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest book captures his personality with entertaining stories

essays with no real linking element. Most chapters describe experiences from Bourdainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, but some are merely the haphazard musings of a jaded chef and world traveler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medium Rawâ&#x20AC;? begins on a high note as Bourdain provides a vivid description of a group of famous chefs clandestinely indulging in an illegal French delicacy: the Ortolan, a small, finch-like bird. This vignette is followed by an essay that can best be described as a page-six column on the food industry, appealing to anyone who watches Food Network on a regular basis.

Also littered throughout the book are sections of â&#x20AC;&#x153;food porn,â&#x20AC;? as Bourdain lovingly calls them. These chapters simply contain paragraph after paragraph of vibrant descriptions of meals that Bourdain has had the privilege to enjoy during his lifetime.

By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff Audiences canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to get enough of Anthony Bourdain, who has built his career as a food critic around being angry, jaded and brutally honest.

His Travel Channel series â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Reservationsâ&#x20AC;? is set to air its 100th episode this season, and his career-launching best-seller, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,â&#x20AC;? is now an iconic exploration of the culinary industry.

Bourdainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest and much-anticipated literary venture, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and People Who Cook,â&#x20AC;? is his sixth nonfiction book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medium Rawâ&#x20AC;? is a series of

The strongest moments in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medium Rawâ&#x20AC;? occur when Bourdain shares stories from his personal life and traveling experiences. The most amusing chapter describes Bourdainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempts to stop their young daughter from falling into the clutches of Ronald McDonald and the fast-food industry by any means necessary, including spreading fictional rumors about all the terrible things that can happen to little girls when they eat Chicken McNuggets.

One of the best aspects of Bourdainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writing style, and personality for that matter, is his no-holds-barred honesty and liberal use of insults and profanity. Unfortunately, Bourdain takes this to an extreme by spending an entire chapter describing his personal views of various chefs and food writers and whether each, in his opinion, is a hero or a villain. At

first, this is amusing, but Bourdain takes it a step too far, as the constant praise or vilification of food-industry icons gets old pretty fast.

But, this is all forgivable. Because hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing about Anthony Bourdain: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a terrific writer. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good chef, a label which Bourdain himself admits is a stretch, at best; the man can write. Bourdain will never again be able to write any-

thing as monumental as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kitchen Confidential.â&#x20AC;? How could he? Books like that only come once in a career, and Bourdain cannot and will not ever be in the same place he was in when he wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kitchen Confidential.â&#x20AC;? As a result, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfair to compare any of his later and future books to his first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medium Rawâ&#x20AC;? may not technically be a great book, but for foodies and Bourdain fans, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still an entertaining read.

Anthony Bourdain Medium Raw Grade: B+

TOP: Chappell hopes to continue legacy got a job in a kitchen at 16, I was exposed to it on the professional side, but I grew up around parhere,â&#x20AC;? Chappell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was ents and grandparents always her baby, and after 39 years, cooking. ... It was a very big deal she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to go into the in our family.â&#x20AC;? wrong hands.â&#x20AC;?

For loyal customers who have called Top Notch a favorite over the years, concerns have risen over speculations that the new ownership will Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just so surreal, force changes to the things they still, when I walk in love about the restaurant. here some days and But Chappell said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he aims to prevent from happenIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is my ing with Top Notch. restaurant now! This â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been working for 39 years; is crazy!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason to change any of that,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kelly Chappell The purchase of Top Notch now New Top Notch owner makes Chappell the owner of five restaurants. Six years ago, Chappell, along with his business partners, opened Galaxy Cafe in South Austin. The success of the cafe saw Working his way up the ladder both the birth of a local franchise, in the restaurant business, Chapwith two additional locations, and pell said he never experienced an the start of Zocalo Cafe, a modern â&#x20AC;&#x153;aha!â&#x20AC;? moment when he knew this was what he wanted to do for taqueria in Tarrytown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always loved coowking the rest of his life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of a transition and at home,â&#x20AC;? Chappell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I day, month day, 2008

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Growing up in Austin, Chappell and his foodie family frequented Top Notch, and he can still remember some of his childhood favorites from the restaurant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family was famous for their fried chicken, but that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really my thing. I liked Top Notch fried chicken better than my family recipe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is blasphemy in the family, but I love it,â&#x20AC;? Chappell said.

Chappell hopes he can continue the legacy the Stanish family left behind. Plans to open additional locations have been discussed, but for now he wants to focus on keeping Top Notch what it has been since 1971.

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More glam than gran can handle A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Fortressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of solid summer jams

By Jordan Bodkin Daily Texan Staff Grammy-nominated, New York City-based Scissor Sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; third full-length album, titled Night Work, is a modern poprock album doused in glam and glitter.

After 18 months of work on the original third album, the band scrapped the project and teamed up with executive producer-songwriter Stuart Price for work on Night Work, which lead singer Jake Shears described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;super-sexual and sleazy.â&#x20AC;?

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, and hearing just two songs will have a listener screaming, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoo, girl!â&#x20AC;? The group has pushed its glam-rock sound and image much further with this collection and contrast of 2010 pop music with dance synths from the 1980s. Disco strings and danceable guitar syncopations shine as the band puts forth its best effort for another Grammy nomination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fire With Fire,â&#x20AC;? the lead single and the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best song, is an instant hit. Shearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; catchy vocals float over epic chord progressions, while heels begin to stomp at this romper of a track.

An excellent middle-eight section with an ample amount of build highlights warm acoustic feelings and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s violin trills, before syncopated neon shimmers create a sound previously unexplored by the band.

Interestingly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Invisible Light,â&#x20AC;? the promotional single and last album track, is part electro bal-

Scissor Sisters Night Work Grade: A

lad, part trendy dance song and part interstellar space message from Sir Ian McKellen. This fantastically diverse approach to style breaks loose though Shearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; screechy falsetto, McKellenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warm yet unsettling spoken build and Priceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertly crafted synth production.

Shearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;sleazeâ&#x20AC;? is found in tracks such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any Which Wayâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skin Tight,â&#x20AC;? with sexy lyrics, slurred words and heavy, upbeat guitar riffs that are enough to make your grandmother raise her eyebrows and leave the room.

These tracks drive forward with

their new attention to off-beats and stellar electronic sounds.

Priceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production on top of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s characteristic sound creates an entirely new level of intensity and danceability. This album will have you feeling like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re walking through a brightlight night in neon â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s Vegas, with a whole lot of chances for hot promiscuity.

By Kiersten Marian Daily Texan Staff Miniature Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; airy pop music paired with its lighthearted tales of past lovers made its debut album, Tell It to the Volcano, perfect for ushering in the hotter seasons.

Fortress, the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second fulllength album, is a bit of a departure from its first release but still captures the heat and carefree nature of summer.

At first listen, I was disappointed to find that Miniature Tigers had abandoned the simple melodies found in Tell It to the Volcano to experiment with an array of different instruments in Fortress. For â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goldskull,â&#x20AC;? the first single off Fortress, the boys teamed up with Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own Alan Palomo of Neon Indian to produce a song that is truer to Palomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular electronic style than the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own signature sound. Still, the song is catchy and, unlike their old songs, worth dancing to â&#x20AC;&#x201D; revealing the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widened range.

Fortunately, the rest of the album is only moderately influenced by the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newfound style and does a better job of weaving in new elements with its original steel guitar and drum sounds.

Songs such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bullfighter Jacketâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Japanese Woman Living in My Closetâ&#x20AC;? draw the listener in from the get-go by planting hooks in the beginning of the song. Yet, they continue to captivate the audience with their peculiar, but unfortunately shallow, lyrics.

The true gem of Fortress proves to be the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Egyptian Robe,â&#x20AC;?

which, unsurprisingly, recalls the sound of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous album the most. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Egyptian Robeâ&#x20AC;? is a soft tune that relies on the captivating voice of front man Charlie Brand rather than the complexities of Miniature Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new sound. The lyrics dreamily compare a former summer fling to an ancient Egyptian love affair, describing a lover as â&#x20AC;&#x153;she descends from the stairs of an ancient lair with two cats on her feet.â&#x20AC;? The song continues by repeating the line, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How could you not realize it was me, all of the turquoise jewelry youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received?â&#x20AC;? The repetition creates a trance-like and infec-

Miniature Tigers Fortress Grade: B tious melody that is impossible not to sing along with.

Fortress is a solid 40 minutes of upbeat pop and catchy lyrics.

But still, the album is missing the charm of Miniature Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original album, and although it contains a more mature sound, it lacks the depth to be more than just a good summer album.

Evocative Wolf Parade release delights, confuses

By Mark Lopez Daily Texan Staff Anyone who has listened to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Believe in Anythingâ&#x20AC;? by Wolf Parade understands the sweet melancholy that comes with the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliant aesthetics. That single alone proved to fans that Wolf Parade was a band worth keeping tabs on, with some slight modicum of staying power.

With its newest release, Expo

Wolf Parade Expo 86 Grade: B

86, Wolf Parade does not disappoint. The album still maintains the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s despondent vibrancy while also picking up inspiration from various intervals of rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll to convey its sound.

Some songs, such as the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opener â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cloud Shadow on the Mountain,â&#x20AC;? go into thrashy fits of embellished angst while other tracks gain inspiration from â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s-style synth arrangements.

The band even adds a slight amount of pop, which keeps the album from sounding monotonous. The release is also reminiscent of the noise-rock power of groups like My Bloody Valentine, but adding a more polished sound masks such references.

The guitars and drums are spoton at all times, giving the listener a more polished and cohesive glimpse into this bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical forte.

What makes this an interesting release is that although it deals with heavy-sounding arrangements without the slightest hint of a happy ending, the album never appears to be sad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Palm Road,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Golden Age,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Pressureâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh You, Old Thingâ&#x20AC;? are the poppiest songs on the album, but they never reach a point where they are fully blissful or joyous. Then the realization comes that sentiment is not what Wolf Parade is trying to convey.

Refusing to bow to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Love Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff At the age of 30, R&B singer-songwriter and record prod u c e r T h e - D r e a m ( Te r i u s Youngdell Nash) is thinking of calling it quits. The artist told MTV News in March that his latest album, Love King, may be his last solo release.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to take the news seriously, as artists these days tend to do and say anything for media attention, and fans should hope for another exit album if they want The-Dream to go out the right way â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a bang.

Love King is the last part of a trilogy of albums from the artist, following 2007â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Love/Hate and 2009â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Love vs. Money. But unlike its predecessors, it fails to deliver anything extraordinary.

Though Love King features some of the elements that led The-Dream to stardom, such as his glossy falsettos and sex-

oozing beat, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a repetitive production.

The albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only stand-out track is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yamahaâ&#x20AC;?; the poppy vibe of the hit intertwined with shrill synthesizing and fast beats is oddly akin to Princeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Purple Rain. However, it stands out for its own charm.

Overall, Love King is subpar, with cliche, juvenile verses about sex and money, laid over percussive rhythms reminiscent of his old hits, that become tiresome after listening to only a few tracks. The album will most likely get some love for its hyped beats as well as for a few Billboard-worthy singles such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yamahaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make Up Bag,â&#x20AC;? which features rapper T.I. Maybe the blame for the letdown can be attributed to the fact that The-Dream spent only four months on the LP, or maybe that he spent so much more time producing material

The only epic moment on the album came in the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yulia.â&#x20AC;?

With an upbeat sound reminiscent of The Jesus and Mary Chain, the lyrics still play on their somber aesthetic. Lyrics such as, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m standing here, drifting alone. And my heart beats slow. And I hope they bring my body back, Yulia,â&#x20AC;? make the listener immediately sympathetic of the situation happening in the song, but it is impossible not to become engrossed in the music surrounding these sad words.

While Expo 86 was well worth the wait, some may not be able to help but scratch their heads and wonder how they should feel after listening to it.

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DROWSY: Play a clever, fresh take on theater From page 12 is too preoccupied with the open bar to care about wedding-day traditions. And, like all comedies of this nature, the show wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be complete without a smattering of ridiculous supporting characters, including a pair of gangsters disguised as pastry chefs, a wealthy older woman and her butler and Janetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producer, who is hell-bent on breaking up the wedding so Janet can remain in show business.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to say what the Man thinks is so special about â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperone.â&#x20AC;? The story is intentionally overacted and overcomplicated, and the music is mostly forgettable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unimportant. The success of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chaperoneâ&#x20AC;? lies in the Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exuberant and witty commen-

tary on the show, its original actors and 1920s theater. Seeing the show through his eyes adds a clever and entertaining framework that engages the audience throughout the play, even during the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slowest and most tedious moments. Instead of glossing over the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flaws, he elaborates on them; he introduces one scene by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This scene couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more ridiculous,â&#x20AC;? and he describes another as â&#x20AC;&#x153;lameâ&#x20AC;? before skipping the second half of the scene entirely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chaperoneâ&#x20AC;? features a talented and energetic cast, and Burke is particularly well-cast as The Man in the Chair. He serves as a charismatic and likeable mediator between the actors in his living room and the audience surrounding him. Whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interrupting the play with his anec-

dotes or watching it alongside the audience, Burke is entertaining to watch and plays his character expertly, making the Man realistic and charming. The show is wellchoreographed, which complements the high-energy and ridiculous tone of the show perfectly.

ZACH Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperoneâ&#x20AC;? is a play that even the Man would approve of. At 140 minutes, the show is short by theater standards, and even someone who hates modern theater as much as the Man claims he does would have to recognize the ingenuity and freshness of the play. Maybe it would finally give him a reason to get over his obsession with the original â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperone,â&#x20AC;? a work he admits is mediocre and cliche, and enjoy the gems of contemporary theater.

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Top Notch owners sell burger drive-in to restaurant lover

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperoneâ&#x20AC;? delves into the main characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantasy world of 1920s musical theater.

By Skyler Sanchez Daily Texan Staff On the western edge of the Crestview neighborhood in north Central Austin, amidst all the shops, restaurants and gas stations, lays a quaint hamburger shop with a home-cooked feel that has attracted Austinites for nearly 40 years.

Top Notch hamburgers are the only patties cooked over Kingsford charcoal in the city, said the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new owner, Kelly Chappell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing it the same way for 39 years,â&#x20AC;? Chappell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It tastes like you cooked it in your own backyard, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get at any other restaurant in town.â&#x20AC;?

In an area of the city that has experienced a number of modern upgrades over the years, the classic drive-in dive creates a sense of nostalgia for guests. Driving down Burnet Road, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to miss the warm hues of a large, lit sign an-

nouncing the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name in bold, colorful letters beneath a giant hamburger. At 37 years old, Chappell is excited to be taking over this iconic Austin restaurant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m [a] fourth-generation [Austinite],â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been coming here almost as long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been open.â&#x20AC;?

Frances and Ray Stanish opened Top Notch in 1971, but decided it was time to move on earlier this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was more of a personal process than it was a business one,â&#x20AC;?

Chappell said about buying the restaurant from the original owners. Frances Stanish, the matriarch of the family, has been battling cancer for the past 10 years and worried that when the time came for her to sell the place, she wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the right person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She turned down other buyers because she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they appreciated what was going on

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By Katherine Kloc Daily Texan Staff â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? opening lines, which are delivered in complete darkness, are a bit surprising. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hate theater,â&#x20AC;? play narrator and musical aficionado The Man in the Chair says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know what I do when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sitting in a darkened theater, waiting for the curtain to rise? I pray. Dear God, please let it be a good show. And let it be short.â&#x20AC;?

The lights come up, and The

Man in the Chair (Martin Burke) welcomes the audience into his cozy fantasy world of 1920s theater, which offers him a departure from the frustrations of the less exciting life he leads outside the bubble of his well-decorated apartment and treasured record collection. The Man reminisces about the glory days of theater, when musicals did â&#x20AC;&#x153;what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to do,â&#x20AC;? and pulls out the 1928 recording of his favorite musical, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperone.â&#x20AC;? No sooner does he put the

record on than the original stars WHAT: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy of the musical are brought to life Chaperoneâ&#x20AC;? in the Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living room.

WHERE: ZACH Theatre The play-within-the-play folWHEN: Through August 1; lows vain and glamorous showWednesdays through Saturdays girl Janet Van de Graff (Jill Blackat 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. wood), who has decided to give up show business for love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; TICKETS: Start at $20; $15 for which may seem surprising, as students one hour before the show sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more in love with herself than she could ever be with any- erone (Meredith McCall) is hired one else, and she has only just to keep the bride and groom met her handsome but boring apart until the ceremony, but she fiance (Matthew Redden). The DROWSY continues on page 11 â&#x20AC;&#x153;drowsyâ&#x20AC;? (read: alcoholic) chap-

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Vampires fall prey to TV formula TV TUESDAY

By Gerald Rich

Two Sundays ago, ABC finally jumped into the vampire coffin with the other networks and nailed its new show â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatesâ&#x20AC;? into banality.

In a nutshell, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatesâ&#x20AC;? is like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Desperate Housewives,â&#x20AC;? but with vampires. So, in addition to people sleeping with one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s significant other, they might also eat them.

Sure, that could be interesting, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatesâ&#x20AC;? falls prey to the stereotype of prime-time TV by creating characters that are merely caricatures. You have the new, suspicious sheriff in town with his sweet and loving family. His wife thinks he works too hard, and his smart son has already attracted the attention of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty girl. Oh, yeah, and the pretty girl is dating a werewolf, because where there are vampires, there must be be werewolves, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatesâ&#x20AC;? feels even hollower than the mass-produced, suburban model homes the characters occupy.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that vampire shows are inherently bad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buffy the Vampire Slayerâ&#x20AC;? went on for seven seasons that wrapped viewers up in the plot because one thing

its writers werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to do was kill off a fan-favorite character. OK, maybe having Buffy die and come back twice was a little much, but there was always a build-up in the narrative, not just an arbitrary plot twist to get more viewers.

Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Blood,â&#x20AC;? which recently started its third season. Though the show can be a little melodramatic, it definitely sets itself apart, as the story is an allegory of racism and homophobia in Louisiana. The supernatural story line isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only narrative, but part of a much larger drama of real life.

So, ABC, or any network wanting a hot, new vampire show, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that throwing in some vampires and werewolves is going to equal success. Sure, â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Bloodâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buffyâ&#x20AC;? have aspects of what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll call the Twi-formula â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they offer vague caricatures of lonely girls who meet the perfect, caring guy when, whoops, it turns out heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a predatory vampire. However, a good show should go beyond that.

Think about what happens in the long run when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dating a dead guy. This is just a guess, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably not going to get a happy ending. Good shows donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just have the Twi-formula or any set of stereotypical characters. Take it from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mad Menâ&#x20AC;?

character Don Draper when a fellow advertiser tries to tell him â&#x20AC;&#x153;sex sells.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Says who?â&#x20AC;? Draper asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just so you know, the people who talk that way think that monkeys can do this. They take all this monkey crap and stick it in a briefcase, completely unaware that their success depends on something more than shoeshine. You are the product. You feeling something. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what sells. Not them. Not sex.â&#x20AC;?

While he was referring to the world of advertising and having people buy the product, the same line of thinking applies to making a show that people will want to watch. Good television isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the same stories year after year, with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slogan being â&#x20AC;&#x153;vampires sell.â&#x20AC;? Good television is cathartic. You become invested because you and only you feel like you can relate to that character on a personal level.

So, when shows like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatesâ&#x20AC;? give you cookie-cutter personalities that have problems thrown at them, ask yourself if the drama truly changes them.

Not whether they do something trivial, like switch allegiances from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team Edwardâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team Jacobâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; think about if they seriously take on new responsibilities or crumble under the weight of their own choices.

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