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A $3 million budget cut is forcing the College of Liberal Arts to offer more intensive foreign language courses, leaving some students and department chairs concerned about the measure’s effectiveness and students in other colleges worried about potential foreign language requirement reforms. Foreign language requirements vary between majors and within departments, but the typical program prior to the 2010-11 academic year required two five-hour courses and two three-hour courses. Departments began to transition to a more intensive program last year in order to reduce costs. Beginning in the fall, the Department of French and Italian will only allow six-hour classes, condensing four semesters of work into two. The Department of Middle Eastern Studies has been offering intensive Arabic courses for years, said department chair Kristen Brustad. Arabic is serving as a model for other languages moving toward intensive learning, she said. “It’s more effective for any language, not just Arabic,” Brustad said. “Intensive language teaching is really focused on having students spend more time in class during the week.” Daniela Bini, French and Italian department chair, said the Department of Middle Eastern Studies has smaller classrooms and students who are much more motivated to learn

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MONDAY Austin Employment Group Meeting

The Shepherd of The Hills Lutheran Church is hosting a free career-building workshop to help polish resumes and give job seeker’s tips on interviewing and how to start your career.

TUESDAY Cupcake Tasting Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop is hosting “Dessert for Dinner” an eight-course cupcake tasting at the Volstead Lounge at 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Owl City at ACL Live Owl City will be joined by Unwed Sailor and Mat Kearney at 7 p.m. for “Austin City Limits Live” at the Moody Theater.

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THE DARK HORSES Lesser-known GOP candidates flaunt moderate platforms for 2012 race By William James Gerlich Daily Texan Staff

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Minn., and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney have monopolized the media’s attention with controversial ideologies, but some of the 12 GOP contenders have more moderate tendencies that would appeal to the mainstream if they could get the public to pay attention.

Due to the political and economic climate, President Barack Obama,” Levinson said. “Unpoliticians that are not already famous are less der the current economic crisis, newspapers likely to make the news because of cutand television stations have had to cut the ON THE WEB: backs many media outlets are facing, rookie, so unless they are a very rich Pick your favorite resulting in a focus on Bachmann media outlet, they cannot afford to folof the lesser-known and Romney, said UT law professor low all of these candidates.” GOP presidential Sanford Levinson. The Daily Texan takes a look candidates in a poll facebook.com/ “In earlier days, a young rookie reat three Republican presidential dailytexan porter would cover a less-known presiRACE continues on PAGE 2 dential candidate, like the initial coverage of

Student Affairs VP tenders resignation to return to teaching By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff

Gonzalez said many campus facilities are primarily focused on fostering academic success, but it Vice President for Student Affairs is important to provide services Juan Gonzalez has announced he that benefit other aspects of stuwill step down as an administrator dent life. He said he is proud the and return to teaching at the Uni- Student Activity Center now exists versity in January so he can work to better accommodate students. closely with more students. “The Texas Union was much too Gonzalez said he aimed to supsmall to serve all the needs of our port students and organizations and students,” he said. “Students needprovide them with resources to host ed another living room for themevents on campus. He has worked selves, a place to rest, hang out in student affairs for 21 years at and have their own events. The five universities, including six years resources at the Student Activity at UT. Center were planned “A big part of stuby students to meet dent affairs is to make their needs, and it also students’ aspirations, provides them with an dreams and goals come opportunity to learn to life,” Gonzalez said. to run these facilities.” “Administrators beGonzalez said he come much better staff will remain active in members if we listen to the UT communiour students intensely ty when he returns to because we always can lecturing in the ColJuan Gonsalez improve our programs lege of Education. and services.” Vice President for “I want to improve As an administraStudent Affairs t h e profe s s i on by tor, Gonzalez said he training young profesworked with students to brainstorm ideas for programs that would im- sionals,” he said. “I’m invested in prove campus life such as bringing perfection, and I want to expand distinguished speakers to the Uni- my reach of influence.” P r e s i d e n t Wi l l i a m Po w versity and creating new resources ers Jr. said in a press release that like the Student Activity Center. “When I was going to graduate Gonzalez’s initiatives have imschool, I desperately needed hous- proved the college experience for ing assistance, financial aid assis- UT students. “His service as vice president has tance and academic tutorials,” Gonzalez said. “A large portion of my been marked by a steadfast comsuccess is directly attributable to mitment to putting our students the programs I discovered through first, and I am delighted he will restudent affairs. I’m passionate about main in the Longhorn family, sharproviding those same resources to ing his wisdom and expertise with our students,” Powers said. students at the University.”

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Solar panels to aid UT energy research By Allison Harris & Liz Fry Daily Texan Staff

Construction on the first large solar panel installation on the main UT campus began Friday. Crews began putting up a support system for the installation on top of Manor Garage on Robert Dedman Drive. Webber Energy Group, a UT mechanical engineering research team, will study the output of three different types of solar panels from three different manufacturers under the

same conditions. The metal supports on the roof of Manor Garage should be completed by the end of this week, said Lawrence Littleton, a contractor for Webber Energy Group. UT sustainability director Jim Walker said the solar panels should be fully installed before the first football game this season. Walker said the project will have a small impact on the University’s power production but could lead UT researchers to future innovation.

“The fuel for solar is free, so over generations, this shift from fossil fuels to solar and wind is inevitable,” Walker said. “We need continued research and development so that it becomes more efficient and more cost-effective to do it.” Research on the new solar panels will show how they respond to different temperatures, partial dirtiness and aging, said Fred Beach, a post-doctoral fel-

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Campus to offer gender-neutral toilets By Victoria Pagan Daily Texan Staff

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Gender-neutral bathrooms may be included in new campus buildings to meet certain special needs.

The choice between using a men’s or women’s restroom isn’t conscious for most, but an effort to provide genderneutral, one-stall bathrooms in all campus buildings will help meet the needs of people with disabilities, parents and people with non-normative gender identities, a UT official said. Linda Millstone, the associate vice president for the Office of Institutional Equity and Workforce Diversity, is leading the effort to ensure each campus building has at least one gender-neutral restroom for every five floors. Millstone said she went to the Building Advisory Committee with the idea to include gender-neutral restrooms in the blueprints of all new campus buildings, and they agreed. She said Pat Clubb, vice president for University Operations, agreed to fund the installation of gender-neutral restrooms in all existing campus buildings as well. “Most buildings already have one or two single-stall restrooms, so it has been as easy as taking down the male or female sign and installing a lock on the door,” Millstone said. Millstone said gender-neutral restrooms benefit a number of differ-

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Although Johnson is not ranked in any presidential polls released thus far, he has won the hearts of some conservatives around the nation because of his small-government mentality and his outspoken criticism of the war on drugs. As the former governor of New Mexico, Johnson follows the traditional conservative ideology of keeping taxes low and government small. During his time as governor from 1993-2003, he vetoed over 750 spending bills and left New Mexico with a $1 billion surplus. Running on the platform “Tolerance is American,” Johnson appeals to some Democrats with his liberal attitudes on social issues such as gay marriage, abortion rights and immigration reform. “It’s not American to give rights to certain groups of people and not others,” Johnson said on his website. “It’s not American to stir up irratio-

FOREIGN continues from PAGE 1 Arabic and Urdu than students in her department. “They are extremely motivated because those are difficult languages,” Bini said. “If we had smaller classrooms, I would certainly be more confident.” Peter Hess, Germanic studies department chair, said it is unlikely an intensive sequence will bring better results. German-

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Using the slogan “Fred Who?” nal fears about other Americans’ religious beliefs and it’s not American Karger has recognized his lack of media coverage but has grown in to discriminate against others.” Former governor of Utah and popularity within the past month as he has campaigned at various former U.S. Ambassador to rallies throughout the nation. Karger is the first-ever openly China Jon Huntsman Jr. gay major-party presidential priHuntsman, a moderate, has been mary candidate. Republicans like considered one of the most dangerKarger’s conservative fiscal polious dark horses in the GOP race, and some political analysts say he cy, while his more progressive socould be the only candidate capa- cial views appeal to liberals. He has ble of unseating Obama because of worked on nine different presidenthe new brand of Republicanism tial campaigns and served as a senior campaign consultant to former Huntsman stands for. “The party needs to be more in- presidents Ronald Reagan, George tellectually rigorous and to compete H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford. “I am a fiscal conservative. I for the votes of the young, the elites and minorities,” he said to POLIT- come from a finance background,” ICO. “To do so, the GOP needs to Karger said in a speech at the New tack toward the middle on environ- Hampshire Institute of Politics. “I ment, gay rights and immigration.” want to work to strengthen our Huntsman has served under four economy, and I want to work with U.S. presidents, most recently as the corporations to incentivize them ambassador to China under Obama to keep jobs in America.” As a political consultant and from 2009-2011. As governor of Utah, Huntsman’s top priorities in- gay-rights activist, Karger has decluded conservative economic de- clared himself the “Anti-Romvelopment, health care reform and ney” candidate and said he wants education. According to an NBC/ to “throw a wrench” in Romney’s Wall Street Journal poll released last campaign. Last month, Karger week, Huntsman is ranked eighth filed a formal complaint against among GOP primary candidates. Romney for having registered and voted in Massachusetts when his Bachman ranked first. primary residence was in anothFred Karger er state. ic studies will continue to offer a program requiring two five-hour courses and one six-hour course, he said. “There appears to be a general consensus among researchers that time spent on-task is the best predictor for a positive outcome in the language classroom. The more time language-learners spend with the target language, the better they master the language,” Hess said. Language is an artifact, and this is why it is imperative to include foreign language as an integral part of academics, he said. Hess believes different languages give students fresh perspective on their own language and culture. “Students need time to process this information, and I fear that reducing instructional time will diminish its impact,” he said. Multimedia journalism junior Brionne Griffin said she finished her foreign language requirement

with one of the six-hour French courses and said she had to attend a lecture every day of the week for two hours. “The workload was very intense and I had to plan my other courses around this class,” she said. Griffin said after taking the course she was able to retain vocabulary but not grammar, which takes time and repetition. “When you’re trying to process at a more rapid speed, it’s hard to keep up with everything that’s thrown at you,” Griffin said. “It was a lot of balls to juggle.” French sophomore Chase Crook said intensive courses are a disservice to students and they often turn students off from even taking a language. “Liberal Arts’ main goal is to educate students in different subjects and you are not going to be fully educated if you have to rush through a subject,” Crook said.

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Construction workers set up one of three solar panels on top of the Manor Garage on Friday morning.

SOLAR continues from PAGE 1 low at UT’s Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy and member of the Webber Group. “They differ in their efficiencies,” Beach said. “The less efficient ones are less costly, but to generate the same amount of electricity, you need to buy more of them.” Beach said the panels will produce some of the energy necessary to power the Manor Garage and will benefit parking customers. “Several customers, when they buy parking spaces, expect a shaded parking space,” he said. “This will shade 10 to 12 parking spaces on the roof.” Manor Garage is located between Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium and the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium. Beach said visibility was a condition of the grant that helped fund the project. “They wanted us to be visible, and that is one of the most

TOILETS continues from PAGE 1 ent people, including GLBT-identified persons, people with disabilities and people with medical conditions such as diabetes who need a private place to administer medication. “If I am a woman in a wheelchair and my attendant is a male, where am I supposed to go?” Millstone said. “I identified this problem and immediately several committee individuals were willing to help with the project.” Gender and Sexuality Center Director Ixchel Rosal said Millstone asked members of the center to locate all existing genderneutral campus bathrooms. She said the list of restrooms is posted on their home page. “It’s actually out-of-date,” Rosal said. “We went to every single building on campus and looked at every single public-access restroom. The plan is to update the list by the end of this summer.” Rosal said the restrooms offer privacy to students who identify their gender in ways that may make using a men’s or women’s restroom uncomfortable or dangerous. “If someone goes into a restroom and is not perceived as belonging to that restroom, they may be negatively impacted,” Rosal said. “These are issues of safety.” Computer science senior Aria

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visible spots on campus, especially on game days,” Beach said. “It can also be seen from the interstate.” The project is being funded by a $195,000 grant from federal funds distributed by the State Energy Conservation Office and about $125,000 from UT’s Parking and Transportation Services, said Texas Comptroller’s Office spokesman R.J. DeSilva. The State Energy Conservation Office chose seven projects from 25 applicants to receive a total of about $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy last October. DeSilva said the agency chose projects that could be built immediately and could help educate the public. In addition to the academic benefits, UT will provide information about the solar panels with a kiosk. DeSilva said the grants will help local public entities save money. “By helping them become more energy-efficient, it helps them reduce their electric bill,” DeSilva said. “They will then be able to use that money for other perks.” Bellows, who identifies as a trans woman, said she believes the enforcement of building genderneutral restrooms is a breakthrough for the GLBT-identified community. “I don’t typically use them myself,” Bellows said. “But for the life of transgender students on campus, they are very important. Some days you can be worried about how people will see you in either [restroom].” Bellows said she normally uses women’s bathrooms, but the gender-neutral ones are helpful in situations that all students might face. “They’re great if you need to change,” Bellows said. “It’s so much more convenient for people, and there are so many different reasons why you would like to have them around.” Steven A. Kraal, senior associate vice president for the Office of Campus Planning and Facilities Management, said some buildings are not appropriate for the incorporation of gender-neutral restrooms. However, Kraal said he is committed to meeting the facility needs of as many people as possible. Natural Sciences senior Chelsea Shipp said she really appreciates when women choose to take their young sons into the gender-neutral restrooms instead of the public women’s restrooms. “I’ve seen women take 8-yearold boys into the women’s restroom, and it starts to feel very uncomfortable,” Shipp said.

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NEWS BRIEFLY Norwegian shooterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manifesto takes passages from Unabomber DENVER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parts of the manifesto written by the suspect in Norwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrorist attack were taken almost word for word from the writings of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unabomberâ&#x20AC;? Ted Kaczynski. The passages copied by Anders Behring Breivik appear in the first few pages of Kaczynskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manifesto. Breivik changed a Kaczynski screed on leftism and what he considered to be leftistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;feelings of inferiorityâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mainly by substituting the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;multiculturalismâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;cultural Marxismâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;leftism.â&#x20AC;? For instance, Kaczynski wrote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most widespread manifestations of the craziness of our world is leftism, so a discussion of the psychology of leftism can serve as an introduction to the discussion

of the problems of modern society in general.â&#x20AC;? Breivikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manifesto reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most widespread manifestations of the craziness of our world is multiculturalism, so a discussion of the psychology of multiculturalists can serve as an introduction to the discussion of the problems of Western Europe in general.â&#x20AC;? Breivik did not cite Kaczynski, though he did for many other people whose writings he used in his 1,500-word manifesto. He used at least one portion verbatim: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feminists are desperately anxious to prove that women are as strong and capable as men. Clearly they are nagged by a fear that women may NOT be as strong and as capable as men.â&#x20AC;? Breivik is accused of killing at least 93 people Friday by setting off an explosion in downtown Oslo and then gunning down young campers on a nearby island. Kaczynski is serving a

life sentence in federal prison in Colorado for mail bombs that killed three people and injured 23 others across the U.S. F o r mer FBI Agent Terry Turchie, who supervised the federal task force to capture the Unabomber, said Sunday Anders Behring Breivik that he saw Norway terrorism suspect similarities between the two men. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They seem to have this anger, the loner aspect, this desire to look back at the way things were and think of themselves as self-reliant,â&#x20AC;? Turchie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The real problem is these loners are much more difficult to find and prevent from killing people than other kinds of terrorists.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Associated Press

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From left, couples Nevin Cohen and Daniel Hernandez, and Carol Anastasio and Miriam Brown celebrate after getting married at the Manhattan City Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office Sunday in New York.

Same-sex couples in New York get married as law takes effect Partners take opportunity to formalize relationships with nuptial ceremonies By Chris Hawley The Associated Press

Dina Mazzaferro and Robin Leopold of Great Neck, on Long Island, got married in the North Hempstead town clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office with their 8-year-old daughter, Sasha, and Robinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Barbara, watching. Barbara wiped away tears during the brief ceremony while Sasha mouthed some of the words along with her parents, who have been together 15 years. Mazzaferro said it was an important day for their daughter as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for us to be able to tell her we did just not have a wedding ceremony years ago, but at least in this state now we are legally married. I think that takes on significance when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a child to be able to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My parents are married.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fairly traditional. I know that may sound a little peculiar, but we are. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re conservative and traditional in a lot of respects so this is just another step in that direction, solemnizing that partnership.â&#x20AC;? ___ Linda Beinhauer, 62, and Terry Lehn, 49, came to the Brookhaven Town Hall in Long Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farmingville with friends and family in tow in a long stretch white limousine. They planned a backyard family celebration at their Central Islip home later on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wish it was federal,â&#x20AC;? Beinhauer said of the state legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still not done fighting. When it becomes federal, it will really be equal.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We waited a long time for this. Of course Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting older now. I wish this could have been when I was 20 years old. This is wonderful. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about time.â&#x20AC;? ___ Phyllis Siegel and Connie Kopelov have been together 23 years. Kopelov, 85, arrived in a wheelchair to the East Chapel at the New York City clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office shortly before 9 a.m. She stood for the ceremony with the assistance of a walker. Both women wore beige pants and blue shirts. As the couple approached the altar, the 76-year-old Siegel placed her right hand on Kopelovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walker. She wrapped her hand in her partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as the service began. City Clerk Michael McSweeney presided over the wedding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, Phyllis and Connie come together to pledge to live the rest of their lives as one,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are two independent people who are joining together because they can see and they feel how much better their lives will be. They wish to establish a union which is greater than the sums of its parts.â&#x20AC;? Siegel took Kopelovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head in her hands and kissed her on the left cheek, then on the lips. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am breathless,â&#x20AC;? Siegel said afterward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I almost couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t breathe. I am happy.â&#x20AC;?

Newlyweds partake in festivities in city clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices despite statewide protests calling for referendum vote By Chris Hawley The Associated Press

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hundreds of gay couples dressed in formal suits and striped trousers, gowns and T-shirts recited vows in emotion-choked voices and triumphantly hoisted their long-awaited marriage certificates on Sunday as New York became the sixth state to recognize same-sex weddings. Couples began saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;I doâ&#x20AC;? at midnight from Niagara Falls to Long Island, though New York City became the sometimes raucous center of action by daybreak Sunday as couples waited for the chance to exchange vows at the city clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. Thousands of protesters rallied in several cities around the state, a signal that the long fight for recognition may not be over just yet. But a party atmosphere reigned in the lobby of the Manhattan clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, with cheers and applause breaking out whenever a couple was handed their white-andblue wedding certificate. Poignant signs of pent-up emotion were common from couples who had in some cases waited

for years to wed. New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adoption of legal same-sex marriage is viewed as a pivotal moment in the national gay rights movement and was expected to galvanize supporters and opponents alike. The state joined Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, along with Washington, D.C., when it voted last month to legalize gay marriage. Protest rallies were planned in Manhattan, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany on Sunday afternoon. Gay marriage opponents unhappy that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers legalized samesex marriage last month are calling for a statewide referendum on the issue. Initially, New York City officials had projected that about 2,500 couples might show up at the city clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices hoping to get married on Sunday, but by the time a 48-hour lottery had drawn to a close on Thursday, 823 couples had signed up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 59 more than the city had planned to accommodate. The city said it would perform ceremonies for all 823.

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Report ruffles feathers Former UT System adviser Rick O’Donnell published a report Wednesday that categorized UT professors based on teaching workloads and the amount of research revenue generated. The report segmented professors into five categories: “dodgers,” “coasters,” “sherpas,” “pioneers” and “stars.”

“The research university’s employment practices look remarkably like a Himalayan trek, where indigenous Sherpas carry the heavy loads so Western tourists can simply enjoy the view.” — O’Donnell in his report. “There can be many different approaches to closing the faculty productivity gap, but first, state policymakers, university boards and senior university leadership must acknowledge a significant gap even exists and not flinch from taking a hard look at the data.” — O’Donnell in his report’s conclusion. “The data that the Boards of Regents of the University of Texas and Texas A&M systems have made public is now being misused to diminish the national stature of our state’s premiere public institutions.” — The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education in a

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response published after the release of O’Donnell’s report.

“[The report] is a dance remix of a bad song. It doesn’t appear that there is any new framework that’s helping to advance the discussion.” — JJ Baskin, a member of the coalition’s executive committee, according to The Daily Texan on Wednesday.

“Frankly, it is insulting to the professors at UT to be categorized that way.” — Baskin in response to the report, according to The Daily Texan on Wednesday.

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By Harold Fisch Daily Texan Columnist

Last week marked the end of a chapter of American space exploration with the final mission of the shuttle Atlantis. The closing of the shuttle program is bittersweet for the nation and may be painful for many in Texas. Nearly 9,500 workers involved in the shuttle program may lose their jobs in the coming months. Many of those jobs are in Houston, and some fear that the layoffs will create a brain drain from the city. The layoffs, reported by the Associated Press on Thursday, will affect a large swath of employees from high-ranking managers to janitorial staff. The future of American space exploration is uncertain. President George W. Bush ordered the cancellation of the shuttle program soon after the tragic explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and replaced it with an ambitious plan to send astronauts back to the moon, in preparation for a later trip to Mars. President Barack Obama scrapped those plans for perhaps a more ambitious yet far less inspirational goal

of sending astronauts to an asteroid. The space program is Houston’s fourth largest industry and is central to the city’s image. Since 1967, Houston has been known as space city and is home to the Astros and the Rockets. Along with the loss of jobs, the hit from decreased tourism will also be felt. The Johnson Space Center, with its annual space camps and museums, has been a draw for thousands of visitors to the city of Houston for years. Although the space center is not canceling any other programs, it may experience waning interest. There is also a large network of restaurants, hotels and souvenir and retail shops that use the imagery of the shuttle program and depend on the tourism it creates. Commentators have suggested America’s endeavors into space are over. The end of the shuttle program may be a frightening time for NASA, but it in no way means American space exploration is over. Americans will still endeavor to reach the far corners of space, and there will still be astronauts. They will just not likely be on the government payroll. As with many things, the end of

one chapter means the start of another, and Houston and the entire state of Texas stand to benefit from what may be a new boom in endeavors into space by private companies. The shuttle program has been active for nearly 30 years, and except for some technical updates, the program has changed very little since its inception years ago. For many years now, the shuttle program has not been the source of inspiration supporters of the program paint it to be. Its closing allows for new attempts into space by organizations not so bogged down by bureaucracy. Last month, the Valley Morning Star reported an aerospace company is looking to lease 50 acres in the Rio Grande Valley’s Willacy County for a launch site. More such projects are envisioned to follow. Students of engineering who may have been dreaming of landing jobs working in NASA’s shuttle program may have trouble reaching that goal in the next few years. But they may instead find themselves involved in start-up companies attempting to fill the void left by the defunct shuttle program. Fisch is a rhetoric and writing senior.

New parking fees threaten Austin growth By samian Quazi Daily Texan Columnist

After voting in early March to impose metered parking rules after 5:30 p.m., the Austin City Council has recently decided to reconsider extending the parking hours. Deeply unpopular among Austin motorists, the increased parking meter hours are a serious threat to the city’s diverse small-business community. A de facto tax that threatens to price Austinites out of their beloved downtown, the new fees only benefit the pockets of city government and crony private garages. The city’s current metered parking policy charges motorists from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays, with weekend parking free. Under the council’s changes, effective Sept. 6, parking hours will vary from downtown to the UT campus to the rest of the city. Downtown meter hours will be extended to midnight. The UT campus hours, along with the rest of the city, will be extended a half-hour to 6 p.m. In each case, Saturday parking would no longer be free, but would follow the respective weekday pay schedule. The council’s decision effectively ignored the sentiments of the vast majority of Austinites. According to a city survey conducted in January, 87 percent of residents who value free parking would be willing to walk three or more blocks to get it, and 81 percent of this group said the new rules would make them less likely to visit downtown. Although Councilwomen Kathie Tovo and Laura Morrison have courageously stood against increased paid parking hours, the other council members have supported it. The new parking rules threaten any reelection

campaigns of the supportive council members in their blatant disregard for the overwhelming majority of city residents. Any ballot referendum on the proposal would have been resoundingly rejected by Austin voters. Residents understand the frustrations of trying to park in a city with an overly bureaucratic and labyrinth set of parking regulations. Unlike the council, they know that patrons worrying about a meter will spend less time (and money) downtown. As the Greek orator Pericles said, “Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.” The diversity of businesses downtown and around the UT campus, a source of great pride for many residents, is seriously threatened by the new rules. High-end boutiques, restaurants and bars may be relatively unaffected since their well-heeled clientele can brush off the added metered costs. But smaller businesses, the bulk of whom rely on working- and middle-class residents to stay afloat financially, will bear the brunt of the pain. Their customers would be less willing to spend with the same frequency. A downtown with establishments catering strictly to wealthy visitors, with the rest shuttered and boarded, is not inconceivable. UT students could significantly scale back scheduled Saturday activities on campus if they have to worry about the meter as an added stressor. Students who are increasingly frustrated at the myriad and voluminous rules indicated at each parking spot could rely on a reprieve at the meters on weekends. Now they and visitors alike may reconsider attending a scheduled oncampus event if they have to keep coming back to feed the meter. Nobody enjoys walking several blocks back to their car in Texas heat.

anastasia garcia | Daily Texan Staff

The Austin City Council is currently reconsidering its previous decision to extend the hours for downtown parking meters.

The new regulations not only bilk motorists to expand city government but they also enrich private parking garage companies. The city would encourage aggravated motorists to park in one of the costly parking garages, and it has even proposed a (very small) price discount for those who park in a garage in the evenings. The city would also have to increase meter-related costs such as hiring new officers to serve as meter maids, electricity to run the meters, and replacement costs for meters. Don’t ask me if projected revenues cover the new hires’ pensions.

As one of America’s fastest-growing cities, Austin can ill afford to impose this new regulatory burden. The nightlife, buildings and UT campus all contribute substantially to the city’s allure. Visitors to our city don’t deserve memories of Austin as trigger-happy in distilling parking tickets. And our city businesses and residents don’t deserve a job-killing excuse to make our lives all the more stressful. The City Council should realign itself with its constituents and scrap the new parking rules. Quazi is a nursing graduate student.

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Students can access their ﬁnal exam schedules for current classes online. Go to http://registrar.utexas.edu/services/ and select "Finals for a Student." A public display of ﬁnal exam information by unique number is also available via the Web site listed above. Final exam information on the Web supersedes the printed exam schedule below.

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The final examination date and time for a class is determined by the class meeting time as listed in the above index. Final examinations for classes that meet at times not listed in the above index are normally scheduled with classes meeting at the indexed time that most closely corresponds to the beginning day and time of the class. For example, the exam for a class that meets TWTH 1:00 -4:00 PM will be at the same time as exams for classes that meet MTWTHF 1:00-2:30 PM. If the beginning time of the class is halfway between two standard class beginning times, the class will be grouped with those meeting at the later time. For example, the exam for a class that meets MWF 9:15-11:30 AM will be at the same time as exams for classes that meet MTWTHF 10:00-11:30 AM. Questions about the final examination schedule should be directed to the Office of the Registrar at 475-7600.

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Note: Nine-week and whole-session classes do not meet on final exam days for first-term classes. However, second-term and whole-session classes do meet on nine-week final exam days. When a conflict between a scheduled final exam and a class occurs, the student should consult the course instructor(s), department chair(s), and/or college dean(s).

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In accordance with Policy Memorandum 3.201, class-related activities, with the exception of office hours, are prohibited on designated no-class days and during the final examination period. These dates are set aside for students to prepare for and take scheduled final examinations. During this period, papers and projects are not to be due, review sessions are not to be scheduled, quizzes are not to be given, and there are not to be any other class-related activities, with the exception of office hours. The final examination days for nine-week classes are Wednesday, July 27, and Thursday, July 28. There are no designated no-class days in the summer session. There is no University policy that provides relief to students who have three examinations scheduled the same day; in that situation, students may seek the assistance of the course instructor(s), department chair, and/or dean of the college. The following final examination policies are taken from General Information, chapter 4: Examinations should begin promptly at the scheduled hour and should not continue beyond the three hours allocated in the official schedule. No final examinations may be given before the examination period begins, and no change in time from that printed in the official schedule is permitted. An instructor with a compelling reason to change the time of an examination must obtain the approval of the department chair and dean of the college or school in which the course is taught before announcing an alternative examination procedure to the students. No substantial examinations may be given during the last week of class or during the no-class days preceding the final examination period. An examination counting for more than thirty percent of the final course grade is considered to be substantial. A change in the room assignment for a final examination may be made only with the approval of the registrar. With the approval of the department chair, an instructor may choose not to give a final examination. However, if an examination is given, all students must take it and no exceptions may be allowed except pursuant to a uniform exemption policy announced to the class. For good cause, an instructor may give a student permission to take an examination with a different class section than the one in which the student is registered. For good cause, a student may petition his or her academic dean for permission to change the time or place of an examination from that specified in the official schedule. If permission is given by the dean and the instructor, no penalty (such as a reduction in grade) may be assessed.

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Much has changed in the Big 12. Winning the Red River Rivalry used to be an almost surefire way of getting to the Big 12 Championship. Texas and OU will still play in Dallas each October, but the team that triumphs won’t be guaranteed a shot at the conference title. There won’t even be a Big 12 title game anymore now that the conference has only 10 teams and no divisions. With Colorado and Nebraska enjoying greener grass in different conferences, the Big 12 will look different. Like the Pac-10 (now called the Pac-12 thanks to Colorado and Utah) previously did, Big 12 teams will play a round-robin schedule against one another, giving them nine conference games instead of eight. The Bedlam Rivalry between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will now take place during the week that the Big 12 title game was previously played. Texas and Texas A&M will still square off on Thanksgiving, but it won’t be the Longhorns’ last regular season contest, which will be their Dec. 3 date with Baylor. There is one thing that hasn’t changed: OU is good. Really good. They will be the favorite to win the Big 12 as well as the national championship, and for good reason. Landry Jones is a bona fide Heisman candidate, Ryan Broyles may be the nation’s best receiver, and the Sooners defense is vicious as ever. With Texas A&M’s recent resurgence, the Longhorns’ two fiercest rivals, the Sooners and Aggies, could finish first and second in the Big 12 standings. Texas has a decent shot at the

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In his 13 years as head coach at Texas, Mack Brown, above, has had only one losing season, which came last year. After a much publicized offseason, the Longhorns are gearing up for the 2011 season. Brown will take four seniors with him to Dallas for the 2011 Big 12 Media Days.

conference title too, but they won’t be considered one of the favorites to win it, as they will take on the unfamiliar role of a dark horse. Oklahoma State could also sneak in and snatch the conference title, especially considering they get to play Oklahoma in Stillwater. The Cowboys will also have one of the best QB-WR tandems at their disposal with Brandon Weeden and Justin Blackmon (also a Heisman candidate)

Brown picks wisely, other schools send big names to Dallas By Nick Cremona Daily Texan Staff

The first of two Big 12 Media D ays wil l have its fair share of star power, but the shine from Texas’ stars will be much dimmer than t hos e of t he ot her te ams in attendance. The Longhorns have elected to bring running back Fozzy Whittaker, safety Blake Gideon and linebackers Emmanuel Acho and Keenan Robinson to the annual media showcase in Dallas; not exactly the players everyone associates with Texas football. Then again, who is the face of the Texas program?

sure to keep scoreboard operators busy this season. After those four contenders — Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Texas — there is a big drop-off. Missouri, without first-round NFL pick Blaine Gabbert, was picked No. 4 in the conference’s preseason poll but will not win 10 games again. Baylor’s signal-caller, Robert Griffin, comes back but doesn’t have the supporting staff to make a confer-

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A starter since the day he stepped on campus, Gideon has become the leader of the Texas defense the past few seasons. In his 39 starts, he has made 194 tackles and intercepted eight passes. He has been tabbed as honorable mention All-Big 12 two years in a row.

With Sam gone to the Arizona Cardinals, Emmanuel is the last Acho left on campus. The 6-foot-2, 240 lb. Acho is a versatile option at linebacker for Texas. Last season, he started seven games in the middle and four on the outside.

Fozzy Whittaker, Sr., RB

Keenan Robinson, Sr., LB

With the anticipation building around freshman Malcolm Brown, some have forgotten about Whittaker. The fifth-year running back has battled injuries his entire career but has been efficient when healthy, posting a career average of 4.3 yards-per-carry.

The star of the foursome, Robinson has been named to many preseason award watch-lists this offseason, in addition to joining Gideon as a member of the All-Big 12 preseason team. A fifth-year senior, Robinson has started 26 games at outside linebacker and has made 211 career tackles.

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A&M, OU not ready for move to SEC It is summertime, so you know what that means: sun, fun and talks of the Big 12 being split apart. While reports that Texas A&M and Oklahoma were interested in moving to the Southeastern Conference out of fear that the Longhorn Network would give Texas unfair advantages were overblown, both schools say they are going nowhere. This raises an interesting question. What were they thinking? Nobody really knows why the Aggies are suddenly confident that they could match up well with SEC teams. LSU just beat them 41-24 in the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas has beaten them two years in a row with a combined margin of victo-

their team’s starters this year. And pencil in Seth Dodge for 4,000 passing yards as he will most likely take over Texas Tech’s offense. When it comes to the Big 12’s transformation, Tennessee transfers and freshman tailbacks pale in comparison to the other sweeping changes. After all, we’ll be flipping back and forth between Bedlam and Texas-Baylor on Dec. 3 instead of preparing for a Big 12 title game.

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T h e s e s e l e c t i o n s l e av e much to be desired, but once again Mack Brown has decided to keep it vanilla in the offseason. Never one to reveal tactics or depth charts before week one, Brown has chosen this group wisely, so as not to draw attention to the million-dollar question: Who’s the quarterback? Although Garrett Gilbert attended last year’s media day, there will be no sight of him this year. Instead, a group of veterans that will most likely speak from a preprepared list of responses

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ence championship run. Missouri and Baylor have excellent chances of becoming bowl-eligible. Unlike conference realignment, newcomers change college football every year. Two running backs — Malcolm Brown and Kansas State’s Bryce Brown, who transferred back home to Kansas after attending Tennessee his freshman season — were both top-rated running backs coming out of high school and should be

ry of 35. Georgia took out A&M in the 2009 Independence Bowl, 4420. Former A&M head coach Dennis Franchione is still smarting over that 7-38 loss to Tennessee in the 2005 Cotton Bowl. The last time the Aggies actually won a game over an SEC team, Bill Clinton was still in office. The year was 1995, the Big 12 hadn’t been created yet and the Aggies took out

LSU 33-17 in College Station. That alone should speak for itself, but I’m not quite done. Texas A&M hasn’t had a 10-win season since 1998 and hasn’t won a bowl game since a 2001 win over TCU in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl. In the years after that ’01 win over the Horned Frogs, the Aggies have a

SEC continues on PAGE 7 Ryan Tannehill, No. 17, led the Aggies to a 9-4 final record last season. Tannehill went 5-1 as the starting quarterback. Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan file photo

Longhorn Network seen as unfair advantage by rivals By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff

Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe will, yet again, have a lot of explaining to do. With Texas A&M and Oklahoma threatening to leave the Big 12 for the SEC because of potential recruiting conflicts that may arise with the launch of the Longhorn Network, Beebe will have to answer these colleges’ concerns or possibly watch his conference disintegrate for good. The heads of both Texas A&M and Oklahoma have expressed concerns that Longhorn Network programming, namely the airing of high school football games, affords the Longhorns an unfair recruiting ad-

vantage. Dave Brown, vice president of programming at ESPN, said in a recent Austin radio interview that programmers would target contests — including one in Scottsdale, Ariz. — in which Texas recruits and commits were playing. “High school games are very problematic,” said Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin after a meeting with the Aggie regents Thursday. “NCAA rules are extremely directed at recruiting functions. ... If we have an unequal playing field for various schools, that we think is a problem. That creates uncertainty.” Since the flags were raised, Beebe announced the high

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SPORTS BRIEFLY ESPN’s ‘Big Monday’ schedule features three UT appearances Texas is set to make three appearances on ESPN’s ‘Big Monday’ platform in the upcoming 2011-12 men’s basketball season. The Longhorns will host Missouri (Jan. 30) and Baylor (Feb. 20), and will travel to College Station to take on the Aggies on Feb. 6 in the annual State Farm Lonestar Showdown. All games will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. — Nick Cremona

Texas alumnus travels to China for FINA World Championships Texas alumnus Troy Dumais is representing the United States in Shanghai, China, at the 2011 FINA World Championships. Throughout the week, Dumais has been participating in two separate events; the individual and synchronized three-meter springboard events. Tuesday, the duo of Dumais and teammate Kristian Ipsen competed in the men’s three-meter synchronized dive event. They placed fourth with 429.06 points, less than 10 points behind the bronze medal winners. Dumais also placed fifth in the semifinal round of the three-meter individual diving event. His performance secured him a spot in today’s final rounds. At the last FINA World Championships, hosted in Rome in 2009, Dumais took home the silver medal in t his event. — Sarah Beth Purdy

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SEC continues from PAGE 6 10-28 record against top-25 teams. And they want us to believe they can succeed in a conference that boasts the winner of the past five national championships? No disrespect intended toward a school that is definitely on the upswing and should contend for a BCS Bowl this season, but Texas A&M would surely be blasted back down to Earth if it switched to the most powerful conference in the country. Oklahoma has a much better shot at succeeding in the SEC than the Aggies, if only because the Sooners are proven winners. But there would be one problem if the Sooners jumped to a more competitive conference: recruiting. Now, you can make the case that playing in the SEC would actually attract more blue-chippers to OU because of the league’s pedigree and national exposure. That’s true to an extent, but don’t

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Players like Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon, No. 81 above, Brandon Weeden, Baylor’s Robert Griffin and Texas A&M’s Ryan Tannehill, Cyrus Gray and Jeff Fuller will headline day one of the 2011 Big 12 Media Days. Blackmon led OSU with 111 receptions and 20 TDs last year.

STARS continues from PAGE 6 and buzz words will be in attendance. That’s nothing new from Brown. He doesn’t want anyone getting attention that doesn’t need it or won’t be able to handle it, even if he is the starting quarterback. O t h e r s c h o o l s a re s e n d ing their best players to greet the media. Oklahoma day, month day,State 2008announced their duo of quarterbacks Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Justin Blackmon will join safety Markelle Martin as the school’s representatives. Weeden and Blackmon got together for 20 touchdowns a year ago and are

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forget this is a school that calls Norman, Okla., home. Players have no problem spending three or four years in that barren city so long as the Sooners are competing for national championships. Norman isn’t such a bad alternative to other Big 12 towns such as Waco, Texas, Manhattan, Kan., and Ames, Iowa. But if schools like Alabama, LSU, Florida and South Carolina are on the schedule each year, it’s pretty unlikely Oklahoma keeps winning the way it has been. High schoolers aren’t going to go to Norman to win eight or nine games a year, and they’re certainly not going to choose it over better southern cities like Oxford, Miss., Athens, Ga., Baton Rouge and Knoxville. Simply put, in order for Oklahoma to recruit well, it needs to win. And as both the Sooners and Aggies would find out the hard way, winning doesn’t come easy in the SEC.

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Test experts lead others to top percentile FLYNT continues from PAGE 10 to point out that he did make a mistake in “One Nation Under Sex”, he said he would be happy to make a correction. Whether or not sex has become less taboo since Hustler hit shelves 35 years ago, Flynt said people are becoming more educated about their sexuality. “I think that Americans are becoming more at ease with their sexuality, but unfortunately because of the church and the Puritanical way in which we’re raised, it’s always going to be a taboo,” he

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The testing processes for admission to graduate school are known for the grueling preparation they demand. There are people who have conquered the standardized test. They are the ones teaching graduate school hopefuls how to do the same — or at least get close to it. “Studying is the No. 1 thing that students need to do in order to master this type of test,” said Nikki Hopkins, an LSAT instructor with ScorePerfect. “There’s no ‘trick.’ Students want to know tricks, but the trick is to understand the test and to be able to respond to everything that they throw at you.” Hopkins, who graduated from the UT School of Law in 2006, is an attorney for the state of Texas and has been teaching the LSAT for nine years. Despite scoring a 173 out of 180, Hopkins said she relates to her students because she wasn’t naturally proficient at the LSAT. She enrolled in the ScorePerfect 10-week test preparation course and on her first practice test she scored a 153, a score that would result in flat-out rejection from most of the top-100 law schools. “There are those people that walk in off the street and are good at standardized testing,” Hopkins said. “But my own story has everything to do with motivation. If you’re looking at the LSAT, MCAT or GRE as a milestone, something that you have to do to get on your chosen career path, then you’re a little more motivated.” Hopkins decided she wanted to go to law school when she was 29 and working as a full-time literary publicist. On days when she didn’t have class, she studied from 6 until 11:30 p.m. and up to 12 hours a day on the weekends to get the score she wanted. But preparation for an exam involves more than sitting down and studying, as discovered by Arif Noorbaksh, an MCAT instructor for the Princeton Review.

he plans to carry on. “The government figures if they can control our pleasures, they can control us,” he said. “We’re still putting out censorship. The fire is all over the country.” The most powerful weapon Flynt has is the First Amendment, which he said is needed to protect magazines such as Hustler because of their content. “If you’re not going to offend anyone, you don’t need protection from the First Amendment,” he said.

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Oliver Pope of the Princeton Review teaches students methods for taking the MCAT at Dobie Center.

He said he struggled with maintaining a social life while studying for the MCAT, and ultimately had to move home to Pennsylvania to better concentrate to get his target score. “I had to quit everything and move out of Austin and go back home,” Noorbaksh said. He spent three months at his parents’ house studying for up to 12 hours a day. Getting out of the Austin was the most important factor in helping him stay focused, Noorbaksh said. “ I w a s c o m m i t t e d ,” h e s a i d . “ I h av e n’t b e e n t h at committed before.” The median score for the MCAT is a 25 out of 45, but less than 0.5 percent of test takers make a 40 or above. The exam consists of four sections: physical sciences, verbal reasoning, biological sciences and a writing sample. It tests a medical school applicant’s ability to apply science content to a novel situation. Despite Noorbaksh’s selfimposed isolation to focus on the exam, he scored a 33 in his first attempt. Last May, he retook the exam and scored a 38. “Most people shoot for a 10 in each of the sections, so a 30 is pretty good,” Noorbaksh said. “I had a 3.3 GPA in undergrad because I messed around a lot, so I had to compensate with a 38. Had I not

gotten a 3.3, I wouldn’t have had to do that.” Noorbaksh applied to 12 medical schools after his first MCAT and received 12 rejection letters. He knew his GPA held him back, but the only thing he could change was his MCAT score. The rejections were a blow to his ego, he said, but he also knew he wanted to go to medical school. “It’s difficult to maintain the mental self-discipline to stay positive and not get frustrated or give up too early because the whole process is hard,” Noorbaksh said. “But it’s only the beginning of a very long road, so if you can’t hack that you’re not going to make it through medical school.” Noorbaksh committed himself for three months to studying to get the necessary score. “I think people who are really good at standardized tests are just people who don’t allow their anxieties to influence their thought process,” he said. “These tests are designed to test how well you keep it together under stress, being under tight time constraints. Because when you’re a doctor you don’t have time. Sometimes, you have to figure it out real quick. Starting this fall, Noorbaksh will attend UT Medical School at Houston to become an emergency room doctor.

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said. “Sex is not just a buzzword. It’s a very, very big word and it carries a lot of weight.” Even pornography has a commonplace in today’s society, he said. “Many people pursue it, both males and females, and I think it’s a person’s rights if they want to,” he said. “There’s never been any scientific study that says exposure to the material is harmful.” The fight against censorship is a battle Flynt has fought since publishing Hustler and a fight he said

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“Footloose” cast members dance to a rendition of “Holding Out for a Hero” sung by Mandy Hunt at the Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater on Thursday evening.

THEATER continues from PAGE 10 notes. The choreography is somewhat scattered like the rest of the musical, and the spacing of the trio is noticeably inconsistent and fluctuates often, making their more purposeful and unified moves seem disorganized. Hunt’s lead vocals in the group ensemble “Holding Out for a

Hero” are by far the strongest of the show. The burger joint suddenly plunges into a dramatic and fanciful dance number with purple and pink lighting as Ariel and the other girls break away from their Diet Cokes and complaints about small-town boys for the fast-paced number. Hunt’s voice is soulful and strong — the power of her voice is a standout in the musical. Ren and Ariel’s duet, “Almost Paradise” is a welcomed ballad in the musical full of dance num-

bers. The cast’s two strongest voices finally unite in a romantic song about their newfound love. Endearing and honest, the couple have you rooting for them and their plans to change the town. While there are a few rough spots, overall the musical is enjoyable. The characters seem honest and believable as they draw you in with their personal histories and they keep you interested with their light dance numbers. For a free performance, it is well worth it.

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‘Footloose’ thespians offer youthful energy, lack group harmony by Rachel Perlmutter Daily Texan Staff

A splutter of dancing feet breaks the silence on Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater’s stage at Zilker Park as a group of rowdy teenagers kick their feet up and down in the theater’s rendition of “Footloose.” The quiet church scene to the right of the stage is almost unnoticeable until the hopping, dancing beats come to a screeching halt and the stage transforms into a Sunday sermon scene. Playing through Aug. 13 and free to the public, Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater’s arrangement of “Footloose” stays close to the iconic 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon and the 1998 musical adaptation, embracing the conflict between the free spirit of dance and the strictness of the church. The story is set in 1980s Bomont, W.Va, where Ren McCormack (Andrew Cannata) and his mother Ethel (Sheree Bristoll) recently moved in with Ren’s aunt and uncle after his dad abandoned them. Ren tries to adjust to small-town life, but he isn’t prepared for the town’s ban on dancing, which was instituted by the local preacher. When the reverend’s rebellious daughter Ariel Moore (Mandy Hunt) sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren’s reputation, and many of the locals are more than eager to believe the

worst about the new kid. The central conflict of the play revolves around the stubborn, irrational rules set in place by the Rev. Shaw Moore (Scott Shipman) and the town’s confrontation of Ren’s contemporary thinking. With the exception of a few heartfelt ballads such as “Almost Paradise,” the musical is full of youthful energy. It might not be the most powerful performance in the world, but it is enthusiastic and fun to watch. Renditions of classic songs like “Holding Out for a Hero” and “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” draw you in. Ren’s best friend, Willard Hewitt (Leslie Hethcox), makes for some great comic relief throughout the play while struggling with learning how to express himself. This is particularly concerning when he deals with his romantic feelings toward hyperactive sweetheart Rusty (Taylor Moessinger). He is a simple man with two great loves: fighting and his mother. He is always seeking out her advice, however strange it may sound. The song “Somebody’s Eyes,” sung by high school girls Urleen (Audrey Johnson), Wendy Jo (Terry Robertson-Baker) and Betty Jean (Sarah Reynolds), has a few issues. While sassy and soulful, the voices are not always in harmony — particularly when they try to belt out powerful

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Zilker Theatre Production Presents: “Footloose” Where: Sheffield Hillside Theater When: Through August 13, ThursdaySunday at approx. 8:30 p.m. How much: Free Admission For those who like: “Hairspray”, “Dirty Dancing”, “Flashdance”

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Photo Illustration by Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff

Larry Flynt’s latest book, “One Nation Under Sex,” takes a close look at political sex scandals and their effects on the nation.

‘One Nation Under Sex’ by Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff

From New York Rep. Eric Massa’s resign in March 2010 after admitting to tickle fights with his male staffers to the recent media uproar over New York Rep. Anthony Weiner and his explicit photos, American politicians have found their names and pictures on front of tabloid covers as result of sex scandals. But as highlighted in Larry Flynt’s latest book, “One Nation Under Sex,” political sex scandal is neither surprising nor new. Along with historian and Columbia professor David Eisenbach, Flynt boldly writes about how our leaders’ sex lives have shaped our nation for better and worse. Flynt, who is infamously known first for his keen stand on pornography (he’s the publisher of pornographic magazine Hustler) and then second for his tenacity in upholding the First Amendment (which was depicted in the 1996 film “The People vs. Larry Flynt”), is promoting “One Nation Under

Sex” at BookPeople on Tuesday. The book, which parallels Eisenbach’s two-hour History Channel special “The Beltway Unbuckled,” on how presidential sex has shaped American history, concludes with how Americans must come to terms with the simple fact that “since the dawn of the republic, politicians have been screwing around, and they always will be.” “We might not be able to prevent our leaders from being sexually reckless, but we can prevent the sex scandals from diverting our attention from the real problems at hand,” the epilogue reads. “We, the people, need to grow up and understand that our politicians are adults with intense sex drives.” Unfortunately for politicians, they carry the baggage of living a public life. Flynt said in an interview with The Daily Texan that he wanted to show how American political sex scandals exist and affect society as much today as they did in the past. For instance, the book mentions how the same month Pres-

ident Bill Clinton was impeached he received a classified report dated Dec. 4, 1998, titled “Bin Laden preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks.” As the Lewinsky affair consumed America the winter of 1998, Osama Bin Laden was approving the attacks that would kill 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2011, Flynt and Eisenbach suggest. The book mentions historians have asked whether the Monica Lewinsky scandal made 9/11 possible. Because the scandal was certainly a major distraction to the president, top military and national security advisers competed with Clinton’s lawyers for meeting time with the president. In researching for the book, Flynt visited presidential libraries and read a number of historical documents. “There were a lot of nuggets out there to be found,” he said. Among some of those most surprising to him were that President Thomas Jefferson did in fact father a child with his slave and that President James Buchanan

WHAT: Larry Flynt “One Nation Under Sex” book signing WHERE: BookPeople WHEN: July 26 at 7 p.m. (wristbands for autographs given out at 6 p.m.) HoW mucH: Free to attend; only copies of book purchased at BookPeople will be signed (requires proof of purchase) WEb: bookpeople.com/event/ larry-flynt-one-nation-under-sex

was gay. “I’m not in the middle of trying to rat them out about history,” Flynt said. “This is history as it was, as it is, and people are just going to have to live with it whether they like it or not.” Having dealt with politicians for more than 30 years and having written dozens of political op-eds and articles, Flynt said nobody has ever alleged that what he’s written wasn’t true and cannot be well documented. But if someone were

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Grammy Award-winner Amy Winehouse dies at 27 by Aleksander chan Daily Texan Staff

Amy Winehouse, the influential vocalist whose career was marked by her jazz, soul and R&B musical style and storied addiction and mental health problems, was found dead in her London apartment on Saturday. At press time, the police reported the 27-year-old musician’s death as “unexplained” and said “no arrests in connection with the incident” had been made. Winehouse rose to fame in the U.K. with her 2003 debut album Frank, which The New York Times described as a “glossy admixture of breezy funk, dub and jazz-inflected soul.” It was her Motown-inspired 2006 follow-up, Back to Black, that

earned her serious international acclaim, including five Grammy awards, and was listed on a score of critics’ year-end top 10 lists. Her smooth, emotive and piercing contralto vocals were in stark contrast to her private life, riddled with tabloid covers and tales of her struggles with drugs and alcohol, which she famously sent up on her most iconic song, “Rehab:” “They tried to make me go to rehab / I said, ‘No, no, no.’” Despite her troubles, her music proved highly influential in reinvigorating the soul music scene and kicking off a wave of commercially and critically successful female musicians with strong voices. Adele told People in 2009 that Winehouse helped make it possible for musical acts like herself and Duffy to be so

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widely received. In 2010, Rapper Jay-Z likened Winehouse’s ascent as the revitalization of British music, telling the BBC, “It’s been coming ever since I guess Amy [Winehouse]. I mean always, but I think Amy, this resurgence was ushered in by Amy, that’s how I see it.” Lady Gaga credits Winehouse, whose distinct ’60s girl group look with heavy mascara and swirled, beehive hair, for making her own offbeat style more accessible. Her influence can still be seen in other recent popular female vocalists, including Florence and the Machine, La Roux and Little Boots. Winehouse last performed in Austin in 2007 during South By Southwest. During her set at the Island Records party, she performed “Love Is a Losing Game,” a melan-

cholic ode to the tragedy of love with soaring, controlled vocals and a steely gaze. The crowd was mostly silent but staring directly at her — you weren’t sure if they’re savoring the performance or just politely listening along. But when the song ended, Winehouse cracked a brief smile and the crowd roared with cheers and applause. One of her final recordings was a cover of Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” with Quincy Jones. The song is perhaps the most befitting for Winehouse to have recorded, its thematic thrust perfectly in line with her attitude. She may have been an addict and unhealthy, but she didn’t care because she knew she had the goods — it was always Winehouse’s party and she did what she wanted.

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Influential singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London apartment Saturday.

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