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Supporters gather for vigil in honor of gas leak victims By Ashley Meleen Daily Texan Staff More than two dozen volunteers and supporters gathered in front of the Capitol on Tuesday evening to raise awareness for the victims of the lethal gas leak that took place in Bhopal, India, 26 years ago. A candlelight vigil began at 8:30 p.m. with chants led by volunteers from the Austin chapter of AID, the Association for India’s Develop-
ment. The protesters shouted “Justice for Bhopal! Justice for all!” in English and also chanted in Hindi, the language spoken in Bhopal. AID-Austin’s vigil is part of a series of events being held around the world “to protest the injustice caused to the survivors of the Bhopal tragedy and to show solidarity and support,” according to the organization’s website. “We’re here in solidarity with the
people of Bhopal who have been wronged again and again,” AID volunteer Sandhya Govindaraju said. “We want to raise awareness and let people know that this cause is not dead.” A court ruling in India on June 7 convicted seven former employees of Union Carbide India Limited of death by negligence and sentenced
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Vinay Pandey, the leader of the campaign for AID India, listens at the memorial of the 1984 Union Carbide Limited disaster in Bhopal, India.
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2000 San Jacinto Blvd. A non-UT subject was stopped for speeding while driving a black Nissan Sentra 4-door. The subject was found to be driving while his driver’s license was invalid. The vehicle’s registration was found to belong to a motorcycle and not a Nissan Sentra. A non-UT passenger inside the vehicle was found to have a plastic baggie containing less than 2 ounces of marijuana tucked into the waistband of his pants. Occurred on 07/13/10 at 2:10 a.m.
Today in history In 1881 Pat Garrett shoots and kills Billy the Kid outside Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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Creekside Dormitory The name President William Powers Jr. recommended to the Board of Regents McAllister Hall A memorial to J. Gilbert McAllister, a former faculty member who taught an anthropology class in the 1940s on topics such as the unscientific basis of racial discrimination Sweatt Hall In honor of Heman Marion Sweatt, the African-American student who was denied admission to the UT School of Law, which led to the Sweatt v. Painter Supreme Court case in 1950 Fontaine-Simkins Hall In honor of Simkins’ contemporary Jacob Fontaine who urged black voters to vote for the University to be built in Austin
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Austin locals, Gabriel Kreuels, 11, and Zach Vasquez, 10, walk carefully through the natural pools within Krause Springs. The privately owned swimming and camping site is located 30 miles outside of Austin in the Hill Country town, Spicewood. By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff Forty miles northwest of campus, far into the Hill Country and deep into a forest of Cypress trees is Krause Springs, a haven of natural springs and lush greenery that has all the necessities to beat the Texas heat — ice-cold water and shade. Fenced in by a towering, black iron gate, Krause Springs is a privately owned swimming and camping ground located in Spice-
wood. Owned by the Krause later, Krause opened the space family for more than 50 years, to the public. Turning the farm the 115-acre property into a serene getaway has 32 springs along was something Krause its banks. had in mind when For an interactive map of Krause Krause Springs he first purchased Springs go to: is owned by Elthe property. ton Krause, who Since then, Krause http://www.krausesprings.net/about. currently lives in a and his family have html house on the propcontinuously worked erty. Krause bought to maintain the properthe property in the earty’s natural tranquility. A ly 1950s, when the land was used SPRINGS continues on page 2 for a pig farm. About 10 years
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By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff A poll released Tuesday by the Texas Freedom Network shows that three quarters of Texans want teachers and university professors to develop curriculum standards for Texas public schools instead of the State Board of Education, and 57 percent oppose the changes the SBOE has made to school standards. The survey — conducted by Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg — also showed that while Texans think separation of church and state is an important principle, some voters think religion should play a larger role in schools. “An overwhelming number of people said it should be teachers and scholars [making curriculum decisions]” Greenberg said. “With a number that high, it crosses partisan lines, ideological lines and religious lines — even the most conservative group believes these decisions should be made by teachers and scholars.” Conservative members of the
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LOCATION: 404 Krause Springs Rd. Spicewood, TX 78669 ADMISSION: Day Guests: $5 per Adult (12 years and older) $4 per Chilwd (4-11 years) FREE for Children under 4 Camping Per Day: $10 per Adult $5 per Child $10 per RV camp site
Law requires information be available to students By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff Students will have access to more information than ever before concerning their education when HB 2504 goes into effect Aug. 15. The law, authored by state Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) and passed in May 2009, requires, among other obligations, that all public Texas colleges and universities increase the information available for each undergraduate course offered and publish that data online within three mouse-clicks of the institution’s home page and make it accessible without a user name or password. “It’s just to give students and parents more information before they enroll in the course,” said Chris Steinbach, chief of staff for Rep. Kolkhorst. “A university education is a huge purchase in a student’s life and the idea is that they should be able to see a syllabus of a course before they enroll. To empower consumers. It’s a transparency issue.” The enhanced course information must include a detailed syllabus of the course, a curriculum vitae for the professor — a record of a professor ’s degrees, published works and background — and, if available, a departmental operating budget from the most recent semester or academic term when the institution offered the course. All UT budgets are available on UT’s chief financial officer’s website.
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Former UT System regent reflects on time well spent By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff A former member of the UT System Board of Regents spoke Tuesday about his time and service on the board. James Huffines, Central and South Texas Chairman of PlainsCapital Bank, was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Board of Regents in February 2003, and until his resignation took effect July 1, served a total of seven and a half years. Huffines was elected chairman of the Board of Regents on June 2, 2004 and served until Nov. 9, 2007, when he was elected vice chairman of the board. He was elected as chairman again on April 13, 2009, and served until March 3, 2010. The Daily Texan: After serving on the Board for more than seven and a half years, can you reflect on your time there, in terms of what was accomplished for the UT System? James Huffines: Serving on Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff the Board of Regents for seven and a half years and as chair- After his appointment by Gov. Rick Perry, James man of the board for four and a Huffines served on the UT System Board of Regents until his resignation in June. Huffines REFLECTING continues on page 2 says he will continue to assist UT in the future.
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them each to two years in prison and fines of approximately $2,000. “Their fines were very lenient for this kind of crime,” UT alumnus and AID volunteer Bala Krishnan said. “The death tally is over 20,000 and no one’s been held responsible for that.” Although the initial leak at the Union Carbide pesticide factory took place in 1984, statistics from the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal suggest that at least 150,000 people still suffer from the effects of exposure to methyl isocyanate and other poisonous gases. AID-Austin has launched a campaign to encourage UT President William Powers, Jr. to write a letter to the Dow Chemical Company, who bought Union Carbide in 2001, in order to fulfill requests stated in Student Government and Graduate Student Assembly resolutions passed in 2006. “We’re asking the UT president to publicly call out the Dow Chemical Company about its response to Bhopal,” said Vinay Pandey, AID-Austin Bhopal campaign and fundraising coordinator. “One of our main goals with the vigil is to urge him to address the concern raised by the resolutions.” According to the SG resolution, Dow Chemical Company has donated more than $4.4 million to the
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University. The resolution calls for President Powers to write the company “to address its responsibility towards the Bhopal disaster and ask Dow Chemical Company to spend matching funds for the environmental clean-up in Bhopal.” Govindaraju worked with SG representatives in 2006 to bring attention to what she calls “a blatant violation of human rights.” “We wanted UT to recognize something that was not in congruence with the educational goals that the University has,” she said. SG Vice President Muneezeh Kabir says that human rights issues are still on the organization’s agenda and their assemblies are open to student voices. “If you have an issue you really feel passionately about and would like Student Government to get behind, definitely come to our assembly,” Kabir said. As well as raising awareness on campus, AID-Austin is also trying to pass a City Council resolution that will call on the Dow Chemical Company to take responsibility for the events in Bhopal and may discourage investment in the company, according to Pandey. “I’d encourage people to learn about what’s happened in the past and remind them that Bhopal’s struggle isn’t over,” Krisnan said. “People who are suffering will be suffering for a long time.”
man-made pool was added in the 1970s. About eight years ago, Krause’s eldest son built the butterfly garden, a quiet area that guests encounter immediately after leaving the parking lot. The garden also features the biggest tuned wind chimes made in Texas, according to Krause. Walking into the open backyard, guests are greeted by a scenic view of lofty trees, farmhouses and budding flowers. Near the entrance, the combination of jingling wind chimes and fluttering monarch butterflies makes Krause Springs an unique escape from the heat and noise of the city. Past the house and the butterfly garden lays the true gem of the property — the waterfall, grotto and natural springs. Although there are two ways to get there, the trek is not an easy one. Both the stairs and the rock-strewn path should be taken with caution. Tennis shoes or even hiking boots are highly
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recommended. But what lays beyond the daunting and dangerous slope is well worth the hike. On one side of the running creek are mounds of rocks, perfect for a picnic or lying out and taking in the breathtaking views. The other side boasts springs that are protected by a rock cliff covered in flourishing greens with a small waterfall rushing into the creek. The scene paints a pristine picture. The water is extremely cold, even in the summer, and it takes more than a few minutes for the body to readjust to the temperature. Near the edge, the water is fairly shallow but in some spots, it plunges downward to 10 feet. But there’s more to Krause Springs than just the springs. Visitors should consider swimming or floating along the creek to discover for themselves some of the springs’ other offerings, including a cavern and a rope swing that is perfect for daring jumps. Krause Springs is located at 404 Krause Springs Rd. in Spicewood.
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Lamar deaths result from dispute By Michelle Truong Daily Texan Staff The Austin Police Department released details Tuesday about a fatal double homicide that occurred this past weekend in North Austin. Tomas Hernandez Alfaro, 33, and Daniel Mercado Garcia, 25, were both found shot Sunday morning in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard in a local parking lot. Alfaro was found dead at the scene by the time APD officers arrived at 3:08
a.m., said APD Commander Julie O’Brien. Austin-Travis County EMS transported Mercado to University Medical Center at Brackenridge, where he was later pronounced dead. “We believe Mercado was the primary aggressor,” O’Brien said. She said Mercado approached and shot Alfaro, who then returned fire using a handgun found in his vehicle. Authorities believe the altercation was initiated for personal reasons concerning a woman,
but the case remains under investigation by homicide detectives. Officials are seeking to speak with occupants of a black Ford Mustang that was present at the scene, and are also asking for information about the location of the weapons. The APD Homicidal Unit can be reached at 512-974-5210. The deaths of the two men raise the city’s murder toll to 17 for 2010. The toll at this time last year was less than half of that number.
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over system’s usefulness “I believe that students should have access to information about the courses that they’re planning on taking,” said Neal Armstrong, UT’s vice provost for faculty affairs and one of the people who organized the implementation of the bill at UT. “The current catalog information is helpful but pretty brief. This system gives students a much better idea about what is in the course and who the faculty is. It helps students make a more informed decision about classes they want to take.” Rep. Kolkhorst, who chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education until 2009, oversaw budgets in education funding, and according to Steinbach, became concerned with empowering students and the people involved in their education by supplying them with information that wasn’t readily available before. Despite the law’s noble origins, some Texas institutions complain that the changes will cost the schools too much, especially in the light of the state’s recent budget cuts. “I really think this is not going to be at all beneficial to the student,” said Martyn Gunn, vice provost for academic affairs at Texas A&M University in an interview with the Houston Chronicle. “We’re faced with laying off faculty in the next biennium to meet the budget cuts, and here we are spending a couple of hundred thousand dollars to implement this.” Gunn didn’t respond to requests for a statement by press time. Justin Keener, vice president of policy and communications for the Texas Public
Policy Foundation, said it was to believe Gunn’s remarks. “I was surprised to see that the bill cost Texas A&M hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Keener said. “I’ve asked to see data to support that. If they gold plate it, it could probably cost that much. But I’m sure you could find a much more cost-effective way to [implement the law]. If they want to inflate the cost, though, they could do it. When a state agency doesn’t want to do something, they inflate the cost.” Regardless of costs, which UT hasn’t estimated, according to Armstrong, the University will comply with the law. “We teach several thousand courses a year here,” Armstrong said. “The revised content is a little more elaborate then what we’ve been requiring, but even given that, a good portion of the faculty’s customized syllabi are that detailed or even more. Nevertheless, the syllabi will be prepared and we’ll post them on a database retrieval system that’s being developed to adhere to the bill’s ‘three-click’ policy. I think there’s value to the system.” Armstrong said that most of the revamped information will be online by the beginning of the fall semester. The new bill mandates that all the syllabi and curricula vitae are posted within seven days after the start of classes. UT began implementing the changes to the system late last fall. “We’ve been meeting periodically to work out the various elements of the system,” Armstrong said. “The programming, the contents, the format for the syllabi and the curriculum vitae — we’ll have it by August 15 or before.”
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SBOE rejected the results, saying TFN had built a poll to give them results they wanted. “They got what they paid for,” SBOE member David Bradley said. “They ask the questions they want to the people they want answers from.” Greenberg made an effort to refute those claims, pointing out that 55 percent of respondents identified as Republican and 36 percent identified as Democrats. “Almost half of the [survey] sample calls itself conservative,” Greenberg said. “This is a very accurate representation of the more conservative world-view of the Texas [electorate].” She said the views from the population surveyed on religion in schools helped confirm that the findings were accurate and described most of the opposition to curriculum changes made by the SBOE as being driven by process. “The majority of the [negative] responses are wrapped around politicization of the process,” Greenberg said. “The majority of the responses said these changes shouldn’t be based on someone’s personal opinion, that experts should be involved in the process.” The polling did contain a surprises. Results showed that 88 percent of Texans support legislation that would protect children of GLBT parents as well as gay teenagers from bullying; 82 percent of respondents support teaching about contraception, such as condoms and birth control, along with abstinence in high school sex education classes. “On a range of culture war issues in the classroom, majorities actually support a more progressive position,” Greenberg said. The report had a 4 percent margin of error.
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will have to make in order to trim their budgets? JH: I think our higher education will be under a severe funding pressure for at least the next four to six years. I think the budgets will be challenged well into the future, but I know the board has confidence in all of our presidents to make those cuts. DT: Two years ago, UTIMCO relaxed an ethics rule and began allowing UTIMCO directors to co-invest in the same investments that the company invested in. Last week, the UTIMCO Audit and Ethics Committee moved to reinstate the ethics rule prohibiting co-investment. What do you think about that choice? JH: I support it and agree with it. I think UTIMCO has a responsibility, and quite frankly, we lead the country on disclosure and transparency regarding all of the endowment funds. We hold ourselves out to a very high standard. DT: Your resignation was effective July 1, but your term would have ended in February of 2015. What were some of the reasons you decided to leave before your term had ended? JH: It’s been a privilege and honor to serve the board and the state of Texas. It’s a very timeconsuming, demanding volunteer job, and I felt it was time for others to have this privilege. DT: What are your plans for the future? JH: My personal plan going forward is that I will continue to help and assist UT in any manner deemed needed. The UT System is one of the best treasures in the state of Texas and has a bigger impact on the quality of life in this state than any other organization.
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The right to know Residents of Alpine, Big Lake, Pflugerville and Rockport take notice — your city officials are suing for the right to conceal information from you. In a lawsuit that is at best unnecessary and at worst incendiary, these cities have claimed that the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA), which requires local government boards to post public notices before holding open meetings when discussing public business, is unconstitutional because it infringes on the city officials’ right of free speech. According to the act, it is a criminal offense to discuss official public business outside the setting of an open meeting. In a truly Olympian leap of logic, these officials claim that by not being allowed to conceal information that the public has the right to know — which is exactly what occurs when public officials discuss public matters in a private setting — they are having their First Amendment rights limited. In a brief defending the constitutionality of the act, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote, “The First Amendment protects citizens against government oppression — not government against citizen oversight. Open government laws are based on the same premise: that public officials work for the people. For these reasons, openness in government is a First Amendment virtue, not a First Amendment violation.” In 2005, two Alpine city council members, Dr. Avinash Rangra and Katie Elms-Lawrence, were indicted for allegedly discussing public business through email with two other elected officials. The indictments were later dropped when a witness in the case changed his recollection of events. Rangra and Elms-Lawrence later filed an initial lawsuit alleging that the act was a violation of their First Amendment rights. The TOMA was ultimately upheld by a federal judge in Pecos, who concluded that the act did not restrict free speech, but only required public matters to be discussed in a public forum rather than behind closed doors. The duo appealed the decision and were overruled once again. Undeterred, several cities have now filed yet another lawsuit challenging the law. Speaking on the case, former Alpine City Councilwoman Anna Monclova, told the Big Bend Sentinel, “I hope they (future public servants) won’t have the constraints I felt in office, always paranoid about talking with constituents and other officials. It’s hard to get people involved and for this to have happened makes it harder for those seeking office.” Running for public office is a completely voluntary endeavor, and if one feels that honoring the public’s right to information violates the right to free speech, he or she is unfit for office, and likely shouldn’t seek it in the first place. As the Attorney General’s brief points out, “This judicial consensus in support of openness and transparency is easy to understand. At bottom, [the] Plaintiffs’ constitutional attack is about protecting not free speech, but secret speech.” The lawsuit itself is a depressing waste of taxpayer dollars, as every court that has addressed the validity of an open meetings law under the First Amendment has ultimately upheld the law. Ironically enough, eliminating the TOMA could possibly be seen as violating the First Amendment rights of citizens, as it would restrict the public’s ability to gather relevant information on public matters. The right to freedom of speech grants citizens the opportunity to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government. Not having the rightful information to express oneself could certainly be viewed as a constraint. As Abbott’s brief asserts, “Courts have frequently invoked the First Amendment itself to require public access to certain government proceedings. The Constitution does not forbid what in many contexts it actually requires.” When this lawsuit is eventually defeated once again, we’re hopeful that the officials who filed it take some time to recognize the disturbing precedent their case would set if they were victorious. And we hope voters in their districts ask said officials what exactly they’re so desperate to hide. —Dan Treadway for the editorial board
Capitalism: 1 Soccer: 0 cans, or at least the deep-pocketed American sponsors, are not obsessed with soccer. Coverage of the World Cup, for example, The recently concluded FIFA World Cup focused on the actual games instead of subdemonstrated, once again, that soccer is the jecting viewers to ten minutes of commercials world’s favorite sport, which makes me wonder why the Americans have not caught on to the global love for the game. Sports are extremely popular in the U.S. — just count the number of cable channels devoted to professional athletics. But the most popular sports Perhaps the lack in this country are football, baseball and basof a consumer ketball. So if Americans like sports, and soccer is the most popular sport in the world, undertone is why then why does it never resonate with the Americans, or American people? One possible explanation is capitalism. Socat least the deepcer is not a strong, consumer-driven sport, unpocketed American like football or baseball. sponsors, are not Soccer games are very continual and have fewer mid-game pauses than baseball or footobsessed with ball. The mostly uninterrupted play means soccer. there are few opportunities for commercial breaks, which means less blatant messages informing viewers to spend, spend, spend. Take two of America’s favorite sports: baseball and football. They both have multiple breaks within the game for commercials. In for every fifteen minutes of play. In contrast, baseball, the innings switch from top to bot- the Super Bowl commercials are a spectacle tom, and football seems to stop about every on their own, sometimes igniting as much distwo minutes for some call or injury. Even bas- cussion and anticipation as the football game. ketball, which has a fluidity similar to soccer, The countless polls asking viewers to vote is divided into quarters — and don’t even get for the best and worst commercials expose me started on time-outs. the real reason Super Bowl Sunday is such Soccer, on the other hand, has only one com- an event. mercial-worthy break at halftime. Perhaps the Most of the advertisements do not even relack of a consumer undertone is why Ameri- late to football. According to the official Super By Egu Ramanathan Daily Texan Columnist
I spent this past weekend at home cleaning and taking care of my two kids, all the while thinking of a roller derby bout that I wanted to attend. As I scrubbed toilets, I imagined my favorite team, the Cherry Bombs, rolling out onto the track during introductions, their menacing faces psyching out the crowd. While walking my two large dogs down three flights of stairs — hips knocking against the metal rails — I saw myself amidst a rowdy crowd of Austinites cheering on the rollergirls. I knew I had to make the bout. I just needed to get through a weekend filled with house cleaning, laundry washing and grocery shopping — all in the midst of entertaining two young children and their dogs. My weekend was packed, but the sweet prospect of going out alone and doing something I love dangled before me like a big, delicious carrot of motivation. The days seemed like it would never end. As the Disney channel switched over from cartoons to programming for the preteen set, I dashed back and forth like an athlete pulling out pots, dicing carrots, and refereeing spontaneous sibling battles. Like a tired wrestler growing weary of a fight, my eyes scanned the clock, counting down the minutes until my husband would get home and tap me out. Multitasking in this way may be unfamiliar to some but it is not much different from reading an assignment for one class while simultaneously writing a paper for another or texting friends on your iPhone while chowing down on last night’s leftover pepperoni pizza. We live in an age where we are all expected to be Supermen
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Bowl Commercial website, Google’s “Parisian Love” won the best commercial for 2010. In the ad, the Google home page translates certain phrases and searches for jobs and cafes in Paris, sending the message that Google can supply the information that you need for your future. Perhaps this association with corporate American football explains France’s poor performance at the World Cup. I call it the “curse of the commercial.” Conversely, Adidas is one of the official sponsors of the World Cup. The American sportswear company is commissioned during each World Cup to produce a new soccer ball used during the tournament and subsequently sold worldwide. Clearly, the Adidas advertisements are much more germane to the game of soccer and to the event as a whole. Another explanation for America’s aversion to soccer is Marc Thiessan’s tounge-in-cheek suggestion that soccer is a socialist sport. Thiessan, a former speech writer for President Bush, wrote in a blog post that soccer is socialist because players can’t use their hands, and “‘No hands’ is a rule only a European statist could love.” Although capitalism does not appear to be giving rise to socialism (unless you ask a Tea Partier), the tables are slowly turning in the sports world. When the United States faced Ghana last month, there were 19.4 million American viewers, a higher rating than the NBA finals. Socialist or not, Americans might be on their way to catching up to the rest of the world and finally embracing soccer.
and Superwomen. For short periods of time, we can be just that; soaring from one crisis while simultaneously averting another. But on those days, it becomes doubly important for us to rest before we burn out. Case in point: that weekend my husband returned home from work earlier than planned. I hurried to the roller derby bout dressed to the nines and ready to scream my head off, beer in hand. I hopped into my car, sped along Interstate Highway 35 and made it to the Palmer Events Center in record time. Then everything began falling into place, a little too perfectly. I was able to find parking right away. I walked, carefree, from the parking lot to the events center, heels echoing against the concrete. I did not notice any other fans or any derby girls running last-minute errands. When I reached the doors to the events center, which is normally overrun by an eclectic assortment of people on bout nights, they were locked. I realized, slower than I’d like to admit, that it was Sunday night. The bout I so yearned to see was Saturday night. I had arrived a day late. I begrudgingly share this tale of my awkwardness to remind you all that, although we sometimes feel like we are SuperPeople who can take on multiple tasks or events in one weekend, we are still human and fallible — sometimes hilariously so. The moral of the story? Take the extra time every so often to take care of yourself. Schedule a nap now and again in the midst of a hectic week and really enjoy it. Pop in a DVD and let it become your world for its entirety. Because no one wants to be that lonely columnist outside the events center on a Sunday night, all dressed up and nowhere to go. Charvet is a social work graduate student.
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Band of brothers sticks together through good, bad By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff Faces flushed and out of breath, lead singer Marshall Newman and keyboardist Brett Moses of the indie pop band The Frontier Brothers gave quick waves from the door before dashing off to order iced coffees. The other half of the band, drummer Travis Newman and bassist Matt Hudson, were on their way. It has been a busy summer for the foursome, as they are playing weekly at local venues and working diligently on their upcoming EP, while making time for summer fun with their college friends. Known for their whimsical, freespirited take on indie pop and their metallic spandex space suits worn for their galactic-themed full-length album, Space Punk Starlet, The Frontier Brothers have been making a name for themselves. What makes this rising band stand out from the rest is the palpable brotherly love the four have for each other. One bandmate could not start a sentence without another finishing it for him. This chemistry creates a lasting impact on The Frontier Brother’s sound and performance. The Daily Texan: How did you become the Frontier Bros? I call you guys The Frontier Bros. I hope you guys don’t mind. [Laughs] Marshall Newman: The brothers are trying to fight off the fro’ bros’. But I don’t mind. Brett Moses: I don’t mind. We’re not really “bros” though. Well, Marshall [Newman] and Travis [Newman] are bros in the literal sense, where they share the same parents, but ... BM: But yeah, Marshall and I went to school together, and Marshall’s always like the guitar guy, you know, playing weepy songs for the ladies. MN: I was playing cool songs, I was playing the Pixies and stuff, man, not weepy. BM: And I was always the nerdy keyboard guy. We had never played together until this arts festival. We sat down and wrote “The Robot Song,” which was on our first full length record. And so, we played this show, just the two of us, and it was sort of a big hit. MN: There was a standing ovation. It was just thunderous.
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Local band The Frontier Brothers plays a show at the Parish on Saturday night. They will play in Austin again at Beerland tonight at 10 p.m. BM: It’s like narrative art rock. Travis Newman: Yeah, I definitely think the songs have a narrative vibe to it. The latest three songs, I realized I was trying to write obscure thoughts down and string them together and while that works for people, it doesn’t for me. I need to have a story to work off of or else things get lost.
DT: Where do you get inspiration? TN: My imagination. I write poetry, so I steal things from poetry. Oh yeah, I rip-off a lot of books too. Check my lyrics. But I think it is going to be getting more fantastical. BM: Yeah, what’s that thing you DT: How would you describe are working on right now with the your sound? geologist?
MN: It’s this day dream I had about me becoming a mountain man and I was alone for a long time and then this beautiful geologist, wearing the kind of outfit that the girls has in Jurassic Park, yeah, that’s what she has on going through the woods. And then I would bring her into my world, the natural world.
part where nothing is going on. It’s either changing or going into something new. BM: We are aggressively not a jam band. MN: We are the exact opposite of a jam band. That’s probably something that happens as a result of introducing a song in practice where parts that don’t stand up, don’t make it. DT: What is your song writing TN: But the fact is whatever we process? are doing, we want to have fun and BM: We often say our songwrit- entertain people. ing process is a lot like going to war. It can be painful and intense DT: So what has been the best and very slow. and worst parts of being in a band MN: One of the challenging so far? point about our music, that is also TN: Worst part is us getting the strongest, is that it’s very tight stranded one time in Virginia for and lean. There’s not an extended two days.
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Pad Thai offers nuance in usually fiery cuisine By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff When it comes to their Thai restaurant of choice, UT students typically pick from Madam Mam’s, Thai Noodle House or Thai Kitchen. Now there’s a new player in the neighborhood. Pad Thai’s newest campus location, located farther away from campus next to Five Guys Burgers and Fries on Guadalupe Street, serves up classic spicy plates with a slightly understated flavor and fire subtle attention to detail. The interior design is chic with black tables and chairs that contrast with green- and orange-colored blocks. There’s no strong kitschy faux-Asian touches, just a cool modern design that doesn’t The newlyopened Pad Thai restaurant on Guadalupe Street serves a variety of Thai dishes.
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distract you from the food. The service was slow. Long lag times between ordering and the arrival of food definitely gives you time to look at the mod decor, but at least the dinner doesn’t disappoint when it actually comes out. The delicately flakey egg rolls and a tall slender glasses of swirling orange Thai tea aren’t novel, but they’re classic foods done right. Pad Thai delivers egg rolls hot and fresh after a slight dunk in the frier. The Thai tea leaves that sweet, cool flavor on you palate for the trial-by-fire yet to come. For the main course, Pad Thai has great pad thai. A Thai restaurant without good pad thai, especially one named Pad Thai, just doesn’t work.
TN: Well, we’ve been stranded joy in that. many times on the road, but this one time, we just thought we were DT: I know you guys are workgoing to have to get jobs there. ing on your next EP, what kind of sound is it going to be? DT: How did you guys get MN: I think it is going to be simstranded? ilar to our last EP in the sense that TN: Well, our RV broke down there is going to be a pretty tight horribly to where it cost thousands song, then another song that is a litof dollars to repair it or at least that’s tle more disjointed and the last one what the mechanic told us. We ex- is going to be experimental. hausted all options for leaving and TN: We’re just going to buckle basically ended up taking a two down and get it done. hour taxi ride to a car rental place. Rented two cars and drove back WHAT: The Frontier Brothers home nonstop for thirty hours. BM: Sometimes the worst parts WHERE: Beerland are also the best parts. Like you know something that can be very dramatic oftentimes causes us to WHEn: Tonight at 10 band together. There can be a lot of
The noodles are thin and not clumped together in some ugly orange muck. The citrusy tamarind juice and red chili peppers give a sweet beginning with a slightly spicy finish. That’s not necessarily something unique to the restaurant, but combined with the balance of flavors, it makes a tasty meal. Thankfully the balance of flavors isn’t limited to that quintessential Thai dish. The pad kee moa was again tasty, flavorful and didn’t have sticky noodles like its Thai Noodle House counterpart. The tom yum soup wasn’t thick and heavy like Madame Mam’s, but filled with a moderate amount of tomatoes, leeks and onions to leave a nuanced sweet and sour
flavor in your mouth. However, nuanced is not the word many would associate with Thai food. The neighboring Thai restaurant, Thai Kitchen, aptly names dishes like “crying now” and “never, never again,” whichgive a picture that’s more in line with the cuisine’s peppery stereotype. Those with a more delicate palate will probably welcome this moderately priced new addition to the campus area Thai food trifecta. WHAT: Pad Thai WHERE: 3208 Guadalupe St. WHAT To gET: Pad kee moa
‘Sorcerer’ misses magic, fresh tales for movie screens By Neha Aziz Daily Texan Staff From the director who brought you “While You Were Sleeping” and “Cool Runnings,” Jon Turteltaub presents his new project, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” This new film marks the third collaboration between Turteltaub and Nicolas Cage, the first two being a part of the “National Treasure” franchise. Jerry Bruckheimer also takes a break from his “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise to make his return with Turteltaub to produce the film. While Turteltaub’s previous films have had a spark to launch them into popularity, “The Sorecerer ’s Apprentice” is sub-par and childlike. The idea for the film stemmed from the segment of the same name in the 1940s Disney feature “Fantasia,”where Mickey Mouse uses the flick of his wand for hands-free cleaning. A similar scene makes it into the film. The apprentice follows Balthazar Blake (Cage), a sorcerer, and former apprentice of Merlin. Living in present-day New York City, Blake makes it his duty to ensure that his arch nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), does not escape and wreak havoc on the city. However, this job is too big for him to handle, and he asks physics nerd Dave Stutler, played by “Tropic Thunder”star Jay Baruchel, to assist him in his quest. Blake soon makes Dave his reluctant protege. After numerous training sessions, and cliche lines — “I can’t do this,” and “you have the wrong
guy,” — Dave finally mans up to get the girl of his dreams and fulfill his destiny. Mixing a weak script with juvenile jokes, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” falls flat. The film has an interesting premise, but does not deliver in the slightest, proving to be a fun afternoon adventure only if you are under the age of 12. The cast is likeable enough, but has no chemistry, leaving the acting feeling forced and unnatural. When Dave tries to court Becky (Teresa Palmer), his advances are more creepy than sweet, but the scenes in which Molina and Baruchel share screen time are the closest thing to redeeming. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is the same tale that has been regurgitated into similar films time and time again. For a film about magic, it is not magical at all.
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McCoy wants to make difference off field
Former Longhorn quarterback focuses on raising $50 million toward Scott &White Hospital By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff TEMPLE — Donors, doctors, nurses and patients were all packed into the room. The children’s IV bags shared space with cameras on tripods as everyone craned their necks to get a chance to see college football’s all-time winningest quarterback at Scott & White Hospital on Monday. Colt McCoy wasn’t in the hospital for an injury, though. He was there as a spokesman to help the hospital raise $50 million for a new children’s hospital. “Colt’s two passions in life are football and children,” said Ross McKnight, Chair of the Development/Endowment Committee. “[He’s] a wonderful, wonderful representative ... for the campaign for Scott & White’s Children’s Hospital.” The partnership seems like a natural fit given McCoy’s constant presence at Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin. Before every football home game, players would volunteer to visit with patients. McCoy never missed a visit. “One of my passions in life, besides playing football, is children. I had the opportunity when I was in college to visit ... the kids in the hospital, and it was something I really put a lot of effort into, a lot of time into because I think it truly is very important.” But McCoy’s familiarity with children’s hospital dates goes back further than his freshman year at UT. When his youngest brother, and a cur-
rent Longhorn quarterback, Case was four-years-old, he was diagnosed with scleroderma, a connective tissue disease that affects the skin and other organs. “In my family, we have had a lot of experience with the children’s hospital,” McCoy said. “When my brother was ill, we spent a lot of time in the children’s hospital. I personally know how important it is to kids and to families to have such a quality place to go to.” Case’s illness forced the family to travel from Tuscola to Dallas twice a month to so that Case could receive treatment. It was a trip the entire family went on, including Case’s two older borthers, Colt and Chance. “My parents ... made it mandatory that we were all gonna go,” Chance said. “If he was gonna go through it, we were gonna go through it with him. But that’s one thing we made a deal as a family is if one of us is gonna through it, all of us were.” The McCoys had to travel so much because there wasn’t a children’s hospital near their town. The lack of children’s hospitals in Central Texas is part of what motivated McCoy to be the spokesperson for this fundraising initiative. “Our family had to travel a lot to get to hospitals,” Colt said. “That’s why I have a personal connection with the children’s hospitals ‘cause when I was growing up we spent a lot of time in the hospital, taking trips. I understand the importance of ... a quality children’s hospital.” Case has since overcome the disease and is following in Colt’s footsteps as a quarterback at the University. At the end of spring football he was compet-
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Former Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy addresses media at Scott & White Children’s Hospital in Temple on Monday. ing with Connor Wood for the third spot on the depth chart. “For Case to be able to go to UT is some big shoes to fill, but I think he’s up for the challenge and we’re gonna keep watching him playing football for
a long time,” Chance said. Colt, on the other hand, is preparing for his first ever training camp in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns. He’s settling in to his position as the third string quarterback behind Jake Del-
homme and Seneca Wallace. “To be able to play quarterback in the NFL, it’s a tough job. It’s a daily job,” McCoy said. “It’s an everyday thing. It was like that at UT, but now it’s kind of stepped up a little bit more.”
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Longhorn All-Star Team for 2009-2010 season By Austin Ries Daily Texan Columnist Whatever your opinion is on All-Star games and their significance, they all have a common mantra — recognizing the elite players for his or her respected sports. With the MLB All-Star festivities finished after three days of activity in Anaheim, everyone got exactly what they expected in a less than thrilling Home Run Derby that seemed to lack the brilliance of past years, and a game that probably shouldn’t have any repercussions toward a home field advantage for the World Series.
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Texas kicker Hunter Lawrence celebrates with his teammates after kicking the winning field goal in the Big 12 Championship Game.
ball, volleyball and football, there is one coach who managed to light the tower burnt orange with the No. 1, men’s swimming and diving coach Eddie Reese. I believe former sports editor Blake Hurtik put it best when he said “[Reese] is the best coach on campus.” Reese captured his 10th national championship in 32 years at UT this past spring and he hasn’t placed lower than seventh at Coach — Eddie Reese All good teams build from a good coach: Someone who can in- nationals since his first season in 1979. Reese earns only $170,000 spire, push and squeeze every bit of potential and talent from na- a year, a fraction of Mack Brown’s $5.1 million a year, but Reese tional title contenders. And while Longhorn fans have watched three has coached for the U.S. Olympic team three times, coaching 26 potential national championships slip away since last June in base- Olympians who have racked up 29 gold medals. Still, voting and putting together teams can be entertaining and nostalgic, so during this two-month lull between baseball and football season, it’s time to compile the players and coach that were a cut above the rest during the past year as Longhorn All-Stars on the 40 Acres.
Football Hunter Lawrence
Volleyball Destinee Hooker
It’s easy to give this award to the 2008 Heisman runner-up and the heart of the Longhorns for the past four years Colt McCoy, but Texas would have never found themselves in Pasadena if it wasn’t for the foot of Hunter Lawrence. Lawrence made 22of-25 field goal attempts and 60-of61 PATs for 126 points in 2009. But he will forever be remembered for hitting a 46-yard field goal with one second left to win the Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska, sending a sea of confetti in the air at the Cowboys Stadium. And we can’t forget Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini’s great quote about how the Horns should be ashamed to accept the trophy. Sorry Carl, they weren’t.
Up two games on Penn State in the finals, the Horns went on to lose the next three matches and watch their national championship hopes fade away. But from that talented squad, it was without a doubt Destinee Hooker’s team. The two sport All-American in volleyball and track and field finished the season with 526 kills, 196 more than the second highest on the team, averaging 5.06 kills a set. She was a first team All-American in 20092010, a finalist for the Honda Award for national player of the year and the most outstanding player at the NCAA Championships.
basketball Kathleen Nash
basketball Damion James
For the women, Kathleen Nash lead the way for the Horns this season before they came up short in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to San Diego State. Nash was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, ranked first in rebounding on the team with 6.8 per game and second in scoring with 12.1 points per game. Nash is one of only two players in Texas history to score 1,000 points, grab 500 rebounds and hit 150 three-pointers in only 97 games.
In a season that had so much potential, there weren’t too many good things to take from 20092010 on the basketball court. After grabbing the No. 1 ranking January 11 for the first time in the University’s history, the men fell to become unranked in a matter of eight weeks. But there was still a bright spot in Damion James who scored 683 points this season with 350 rebounds. The second-team All American averaged 18 points and 10.3 boards a game with 17 doubledoubles and is the all-time career rebounding leader in both school and Big 12 conference history. James was the 24th overall pick in the NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
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Junior Texas guard Kathleen Nash, left, dribbles past a Baylor defender January 31. The Horns went on to win 61-50.
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Texas sophomore pitcher Taylor Jungmann delivers a pitch during Texas’ 14-1 win over Oklahoma State on April 23 in Austin.
baseball Texas’ pitching staff
soFtball Blaire Luna
It was supposed to be the year for Texas baseball, which had one of the most impressive pitching staffs in Division I history. The only thing that stood in Texas’ way was having to face a mirror image TCU pitching rotation in the Super Regionals. Throughout the season, the weekend combination of Taylor Jungmann, Cole Green and Brandon Workman shut down Big 12 opponents as the team lost only three conference games, winning 21 games in a row at one point. Throw in closer Chance Ruffin and his nation leading 1.11 ERA, and a team that should have lost a few more games because of its inconsistent offense, was one game away from the CWS.
With a team that began the season unranked, the Horns flew under the radar most of the season, but the performance from freshman pitcher Blaire Luna was so dominating that everyone took notice. She was a Louisville Slugger/ NFCA Division I Second Team AllAmerican, the Big 12 Freshman and Pitcher of the Year. The Austin native led the conference with 404 strikeouts, 11.67 strikeouts per seven innings and held opponents to a .136 batting average. She won 30 games, had a 1.39 ERA, pitched 11 shutouts and 28 complete games. She’s not going away anytime soon.
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Texas outside hitter Destinee Hooker goes for a kill against Oklahoma last fall. The Horns fell one game short of a national championship.
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Texas senior forward Damion James shoots a free throw during a road loss to Baylor last spring. James was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks.
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Texas freshman pitcher Blaire Luna gets ready to fire a pitch during Texas’ 4-1 win over Texas A&M on April 7.