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TODAY Calendar ‘I don’t feel it anymore’ William Fitzsimmons returns to the Cactus Cafe for a show with special guest Rosi Golan at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 at the door.

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Energy service aimed at fans, alumni University licenses name to renewable energy utility available throughout Texas By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff On Monday, the University unveiled its plan for Texas Longhorns Energy, an innovative energy service concept that will power support for UT while electrifying consumers with a 100-percent

renewable energy plan. Branded Retail Energy Co. and Champion Energy Services, based in Dallas and Houston respectively, have teamed up with UT’s athletic department in the initiative, which is planned to go online in mid-August. Branded Energy is charged with sales, marketing and advertising in the form of stadium signs, UT alumni and sport publications and electronic media. Champion Ener-

gy, which is licensed by the state to provide energy to consumers, will cover everything from writing contracts to providing power and sending out bills. The idea is that the energy service will be paired with the University’s brand, an affiliation facilitated by IMG College, the company that holds the licensing rights to UT. The energy service aims to benefit from the energized support of the fans and alumni who stand

behind UT, and to cut costs usually spent on traditional advertising. The avoided costs will go back to fund the University’s athletic program and to support the recycling, sustainability and energy conservation efforts on campus. “We saw an opportunity to generate additional funds for UT and to give people a meaningful choice in their electricity provider,” said Larry Weil, chief marketing officer at Branded Energy. “Es-

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were younger, so you don’t want to listen to me read.” The crowd laughed and Cannon stepped aside to make room for White at the front of the group. “Thank you all. Thanks for showing up for a Saturday morning job interview,” White said before he was interrupted by some of the crowd members, who were urging him to climb part of the way up the staircase so his voice

By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff FORT WORTH — Gov. Rick Perry faced a barrage of questions Monday about a Burnet County land deal that netted him $800,000 before taxes, as well as the Texas Forensic Science Commission’s preliminary findings in the Cameron Todd Willingham case. Perry spoke at a press conference before addressing the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas convention, a group both Bill White and Perry are courting in an attempt to gain its endorsement. “I believe that the system of justice in Texas was carried out properly,” Perry said. “Even the defense lawyer was guilty of the crime, and he was punished appropriately by the people of Texas.” The commission found that “flawed evidence” was used to justify the finding of arson in bringing murder charges against Willingham. Three separate investigations of the prosecution’s case by the Chicago Tribune, Innocence Project and the commission found significant problems with key evidence used by the prosecution to gain murder convictions. Most of the questions at the press conference centered around the land deal that was reported in The Dallas Morning News on Sunday. Perry had purchased a piece of land on Horseshoe Bay from state Sen. Troy Fraser, a childhood friend, for $300,000 — $100,000

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“One moment you are in the darkest, most depressive moment ... and then, the war ends. Then all of the sudden there is hope. ... You start from zero. For the first time in history you are free. That drive, that optimism, of somebody who is free for the first time is the driving force of Kosovo’s development.” — Petrit Selimi columnist at Kosovo’s Express Daily WORLD&NATION PAGE 3

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sentially, with each customer that signs up, the University will receive a share. We expect the program to generate well into seven figures a year ... and we’re giving that money to UT because it supports the University and 100-percent renewable energy.” Texas Longhorns Energy, which will only be available to customers in areas of Texas where

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White signs an autograph for a supporter at the Belle-Jim Hotel in Jasper on Saturday afternoon. Jasper was just one of the stops on White’s tour of East Texas.

White tears through rural Texas on campaign trail to Governor’s Mansion By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff HOUSTON — Campaign lawn signs neatly lined the yard, cars were backed up because of a lack of parking spots and inside the Victorian home that now serves as the Woodbine Hotel, there was standing room only. A woman standing near the staircase, which was going to be used as the podium, attempted to get the crowd’s attention. This event in Madisonville was the first of eight for Bill White

in East Texas on Saturday. time to introduce White. “Good morning,” yelled Laura “In 12 weeks, we’re going to be Cannon, the Madison County in early voting, so it’s time for Democratic Party chairus to get serious about woman, a couple of this,” she said. ON THE WEB: times to no avail. An She proceeded to Check out more older man in a cowrecite some of White’s photos from White’s boy hat spoke up to resume and concludcampaign trail help her. ed by referencing “Can she have y’all’s her past as one of the @dailytexan online.com attention please?” he town’s teachers. shouted. And with that, “I think that’s enough the roar of the chatter in the said. There’s a lot more you room died down. can find out by reading, but I Cannon spoke up again, this read to some of y’all when y’all

Alumnus formulates ‘miracle cream’ Civilian turns to own medical research to help lower his blood-glucose levels By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Five years ago, Ken Russell, a 1972 UT alumnus, needed to find a quick, low-tech solution to a problem: his own diabetes. Russell, then 55 years old, refused to take doctorprescribed doses of insulin, but he had a high-speed computer, a glucose meter and a “very compliant, 180-pound lab rat” — himself. With no background in biology or chemistry, he reviewed about 30,000 abstracts in scientific studies. In the first year of his research, he learned only enough medical lingo to manipulate Google searches for relevant studies. Eventually, he created a pill that lowered his blood-glucose level and enabled him to increase his walking distance from two to nine miles, even with a 60-pound backpack. Last year, he turned that same, unpatented concept into a pink body lotion laden with chromium, vitamins and oils. “Desperation was a key ingredient in my motivation set,” Russell said. “There were no alternatives for me. It was life or death, literally, and death wasn’t even the real motivator. It’s the dying part, the disease part and the extended, unsavory life part. It was either invest in a short-barrel gun or find a solution set.” In 2007, 23.6 million Americans — about 7.8 perDanielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff cent of the U.S. population — had diabetes. Each year, an average of 1.6 million new cases emerges, UT alumnus Ken Russell holds a bottle of homemade pink body lotion that he uses to help lower his blood-glucose levels. LOTION continues on page 2

Bedbugs infest homes, sweep through nation By David Colby Daily Texan Staff Bedbug infestations are on the rise across the country and at UT after decades of being under the radar. Bedbugs, small parasites that feed on human blood, were once thought by many to have been virtually eliminated in the United States. In recent years, however, bedbugs have started to infest homes and hotels around the country. The University has also seen an increase in the number of bedbugs in recent years. However, through proper training and prompt treatment, UT has kept bedbug infestations in dormitories under control. “We have had five or six cases in the past two years,” said Randy Porter, associate director of facilities in the Division of Food and Housing. “Our main goal is to prevent them, and if we do have them, our goal is to treat them immediately. For bad cases we will treat the adjacent rooms to make sure we get them all.”

Porter said all the cases the University has dealt with have been in the Jester Center, where built- Bedbug specimen in furniture makes prevention and treatment more difficult than in other dorms on campus. “We do about four to five jobs a week for bedbug infestation,” said Janis Reed, an entomologist at ABC Pest Control in Austin. While the reason for the resurgence in bedbug infestations is unknown, most experts agree that humans are responsible. “International travel is a major cause of the spread of bedbugs,” Porter said. “Bedbugs in some countries are just a way of life, and they can be transported back here on a person’s belongings without anyone knowing.” Other possible explanations for the increase in bedbugs deal with

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CAMPAIGN: East Texas hosts White’s whirlwind tour From page 1 would carry better. “I don’t want to get up too high,� White said, “I was in Lubbock last weekend, and I was trying to figure out where [to speak from] and one of them said, ‘Get up there. It’s a balcony, you know, like Mussolini.’� The crowd roared with laughter. “I’m here because I want to work for you,� White said, launching into the stump speech he’s given around Texas. White told the crowd he would make three commitments to them should he be elected: He would run state business like a customer-oriented business, protect education from budget cutbacks and govern in a bipartisan manner. After he was done speaking, White shook a few hands and then left in a campaign car that sped through downtown. Madisonville’s Main Street could have been the inspiration for Norman Rockwell’s paintings. It has an old, solid courthouse on one side of

the street and a row of storefronts on the other side, with a couple of small clothing retailers, the local radio station and a diner. This is country the Democrats haven’t been competitive in since Ann Richards ran in 1990. Dubbed White’s “everywhereelse� problem by UT and Texas Tribune pollster Adam Myers, the rural areas of Texas, such as East Texas, are where Perry generates much of his political support. For White to win the governorship in the fall, he’s going to have to make inroads with voters outside Texas’ major cities. By lunchtime, White had completed another event at a Democratic campaign office in Huntsville and was on the road again, this time heading to Trinity, where he was going to address a gathering at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. Trinity County is something of a throwback to a bygone era in Texas politics. It’s a rural county where Democrats dominate local politics. “We still [haven’t] got enough money to make a down payment

on a bass boat and a riding lawn mower, so our rednecks haven’t turned Republican yet,� said Joe Ned Dean, the district attorney of Trinity County. “They’re not wealthy enough.� Dean was master of ceremonies of the event, introducing White’s resume to a gathering of older veterans and their families who were standing in line to get one of the burgers or hot dogs that had been cooked for the event. White shook hands with everyone in line. Local Democratic politicians seemed excited to finally have a Democratic candidate paying attention to their corner of the state. “It’s been a while,� said Texas Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Trinity, who’s represented the 12th District for 14 years. “We went through the Garry Mauro years, the Tony Sanchez years and other years, but this one has a little fire in it, and that pleases certain parts of our population.� McReynolds said the potential of a real race for the Governor’s Mansion and continuing anger over the

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Trans-Texas Corridor brought a bingo night-sized crowd out to hear White speak. “Our current seated governor really provoked ... a number of the people because of the planned [Trans-Texas] Corridor, which would have come through this county for the benefit of NAFTA traffic without thinking about the people, many of whom have owned land for 150 years,� he said. “There are cemeteries out there, and farmers’ lands out there, and timberland out there and a little oil and gas, and how would you ever get your pipelines across them?� He recalled how palpable the anger was when TXDoT held hearings about the corridor at a local high school gymnasium. More than 100 farmers brought their tractors out and parked them in front of the high school. “People are interested in this race, and it looks like there may be a race,� he said. “I’ve represented this county through seven terms. These are my people. This is Trinity County, and it’s a small rural county.�

and the disease can lead to complications such as heart or kidney disease, strokes, high blood pressure, amputation of lower limbs and damage to the nervous system. The last time Russell checked his HbA1C, a measurement of bloodglucose levels, it was lower than six, the normal nondiabetic range, but he said that when he was first diagnosed with the disease, his bloodglucose level was more than 12. Russell doesn’t claim to have found a cure or a treatment for diabetes. In fact, he doesn’t claim that his pink lotion can do anything for anyone. But he is currently a oneman pharmaceutical company, spending much of his time in line at the post office to send bottles of his homemade lotion to people who have reported serendipitous re-

sults, from increased athletic ability to greater concentration, less acne and lower blood-glucose levels. Dennis Haire, a retired colonel, said he met Russell at a dinner party of a mutual friend last year. Since 2002, Haire had suffered severe side effects such as acid reflux and significant gastronomical distress from Glucophage, the medication he was taking for his diabetes. His bloodglucose level dropped because of the medication, but he said he suffered greatly for it. “[Russell’s] suggestion was to do blood donations and to include chromium via a lotion,� Haire said. He said he told his doctor that he would give Russell’s suggestion a shot. His blood-glucose level at the time was 7.4. Ninety days later it was down to a 6.5. Janet Zand, a doctor at Oriental Medicine who lives in Austin, said

she felt stronger in her workouts after using the lotion. She said her 16-year-old son Will Marcus is using the lotion religiously. “The first time I used this cream [before a run], I was one minute and 10 seconds faster on my three-mile loop, and that got bigger and bigger as time went on,� Marcus said. Russell said he didn’t do any of the “heavy lifting� in terms of the science of his creation, and benefited greatly from research that others had done. However, he had no choice but to employ limited resources for solving the puzzle. Scientists, he said, look at the problem of diabetes from a multifactorial point of view, and as a result couldn’t see a simple solution he found in a 1977 study from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study said, “Chromium sup-

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less than the appraised value. Perry then sold the land for $1.15 million, about $500,000 more than county tax documents indicate the land was worth, to Andrew Moffat. Moffat is a close associate and business partner of Doug Jaffe, whose company initially sold the land to Fraser for an undisclosed amount. “Absolutely, I believe [I complied with ethics law],� Perry said. “We had an independent appraisal done before we bought it, and then we sold it. I tell people on a regular basis, the story is still the same.� Fraser, who sold the land to Perry, told the Morning News an appraisal of the land had not been conducted prior to Perry’s purchase of it. “The bank before [the pur-

plementation has been reported to improve glucose tolerance in malnourished children and in elderly, diabetic subjects.â€? Russell argues that people are “iron-loaded,â€? meaning that a balance of iron and other metals such as chromium will allow glucose to be properly utilized and stored in human cells, which has multiple benefits to human health. Nathan Bryan, an assistant professor at the UT Health Science Center at Houston’s Institute of Molecular Medicine Center for Cell Signaling, said he and other researchers did some initial studies with chromium on diabetic mice and saw “an acute lowing of fasting glucose [in the blood].â€? Despite “profoundâ€? anecdotal evidence, Bryan said, “In order for this to gain any traction whatsoever in the science and medical community, it must be fundamentally understood from a basic science standpoint. [It has to be] tested with animal models. Two years ago, Russell tried to gift his intellectual property to the UT Health Science Center at Houston, but was denied because he was told there was not enough money budgeted to support the research. Now, Russell said he finds himself in a situation similar as Mark Twain’s beggar in “The ÂŁ1,000,000 Bank Note,â€? a story about two aristocrats who made a bet that if they gave a random homeless man on the street a ÂŁ1,000,000 note, that man — a pariah in his own right — would starve to death before any bank would take it from him.

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Teaching with social media Last week the Sloan Consortium hosted a conference on Web technology in higher education with a special emphasis on social media. Academics and teachers from across the country attended the conference to try to understand how to best use the new forum that is of clear — yet ambiguous — pedagogical value. Learning how to reconcile social media with education is challenging, even at a conference full of experts. The utilization of the most extensive and meticulous study doesn’t negate the fact that social media has only existed for about a decade, and the concept of using it for educational purposes is very new, even by today’s standards. Fortunately, educators can look to a field similar to their own that spent the past decade trying to adapt to new media — journalism. Journalists are the public’s teachers, and professional educators can look to the experiences and plethora of literature analyzing the newspaper industry’s successes and failures in adapting to social media. The biggest mistake journalists made when trying to use new media, and the entire Web for that matter, was in treating it as another platform for readers to consume the same information already available in print and on television. In the Web’s infancy, newspapers simply uploaded their print content online; today, this is known as “shovelware.” Some publications, such as the Houston Chronicle, realized early on thatthis practice ignored the entire utility of the Web — direct interaction between the producer and consumer of news, blurring a distinction. These papers established and explored user-based content early on and continue to reap the benefits. Others papers, such as the BBC and most major American papers, still do not seem to realize a website isn’t just a virtual newspaper, and consequently they are failing. Educators must be careful and treat social media as a new way to communicate with students, and not simply a new way to pontificate at them. Many educators consider social media a means of electronically distributing homework assignments and test reviews, essentially using Facebook and Twitter as a hip way to send a version of the mass e-mails students routinely ignore. This practice is the educational equivalent to “shovelware” — distributing the same content through different means. Educators might be tempted to send out YouTube videos of lectures and Tweet pages for assigned reading, but that isn’t really any different from lecturing and giving homework assignments in class; it is still the one speaking to the many. Successful social media journalists use the platform to distribute information that’s impossible to publish in a newspaper, such as The Texas Tribune’s databases, and to interact with readers, such as how the Austin American-Statesman’s Twitter regularly responds to questions and concerns readers voice on the microblogging site. Teachers can use social media in a similar manner. A professor can assign students to collect information and post it on a class Facebook page, similar to the Tribune’s databases, and the teacher can Tweet questions and expect students to answer them the same way. The distinction between posting assignments online and giving and receiving questions may seem minute, but it is the difference between having a conversation and watching a performance. Across the country, administrators are tasking everyone from kindergarten teachers to tenured professors with integrating social media in their fall lesson plans. Hopefully, these educators will treat the experience of journalists as a teachable moment, and get it right the first time. — Douglas Luippold for the editorial board

American Dream not yet obsolete By Lindsey Purvin Daily Texan Columnist It’s true, we’re always searching for something meaningful. But with a record unemployment rate for even those who are college-educated, do we still have the luxury of pursuing jobs that fulfill idealistic criteria? The impact of the 2008 recession requires students preparing for the job market to contemplate the difference between acquiring meaningful employment and becoming meaningfully employed. The desire to attach fulfillment to an activity that occupies nine-plus hours of each day is not unusual, nor is the anxiety faced by college students when choosing a major that is often expressed in the terms of being “for the rest of my life.” Continual analysis is often paralyzing to the young student trying to discover a path forward, or hoping that path ultimately finds them. The recent New York Times article “American Dream Is Elusive for the New Generation” highlights Scott Nicholson, who has remained unemployed and has lived off his parents since graduating two years ago. The most controver-

sial commentary surrounds Nicholson’s decision to decline a recent offer from an insurance company with a $40,000 starting salary. Nicholson intends to continue working “odd jobs” and hold out for the higher-paying corporate finance positions that best reflect his collegiate accomplishments and career goals, should one ever come his way. While not atypical, it is difficult to accept the idea that the “American Dream” eludes graduates like Scott. A $40,000 annual salary, like it or not, is a realistic entry-level salary for a college graduate, especially during a recession. The disappointing realization that the $75,000 starting position is unrealistic may be a part of more new graduates’ paths, but is certainly not the end of the American Dream. In many ways your first job does have considerable impact on the course your life takes, although it is not necessarily definitive. Part of maturity is recognizing that as some doors open, others close, and while these kinds of decisions are often agonizing, the cost of not making a decision at all can be just as brutal. Without relevant job experience, a degree becomes obsolete.

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One day during my first year at UT, I asked a friend of mine from out of state what his opinion of Texas was so far. He responded, “Well, it’s by far the most egotistical state in the Union.” I laughed because I knew it was true. I grew up less than five miles from the Alamo and now participate in running the world’s largest Texas flag at UT football games. I knew exactly what he was talking about. But it would be to our benefit to see that pride channeled to a strive for excellence in math education. A study released Thursday by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute compared academic standards from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to the Common Core standards. The Common Core standards have been adopted by 27 states, according to The New York Times, and that number is expected to reach 40 in the coming week. The Fordham Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank,

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ly a standard readily available for adoption already? Texas is not set to be one of the 40 states to adopt the Common Core standards. With all the controversy surrounding the board’s social studies revisions for textbook standards this past spring, there is a pretty good indication that the education powers in Texas don’t really care that their students learn the same things that other kids in America do. With the cultural conflict in social studies, it’s easy to see why our culturally conservative state powers butchered the textbook criteria. But math? Math isn’t controversial. It’s probably the only universal academic subject, given that the board and other state education agencies have managed to make science a cultural war as well. We shouldn’t wait three years to adopt new standards. By fall of 2013, this year ’s incoming thirdgraders will already be in sixth grade. That’s way too much time to wait for something that can reme-

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died much more quickly. What can possibly be wrong with adopting math standards that we know are already superior to the state’s and can be implemented immediately? Our state’s culture is derived greatly from a “rugged individualism” mind-set, but there’s a time when we must simply join the others. Many see national education standards as infringing upon states’ rights, which is ludicrous. Adopting the Core Curriculum is completely voluntary, and doing so will show responsibility over egotism. Just because we can argue and banter over math standards in a boardroom for hours at a time, with the strong possibility of still being inferior to the national standard, doesn’t mean we should. Not everything the state does for us has to be completely by us. We could use some help in this area, and we should take what we can get — now.

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No pride for Texas education standards found the Common Core standards to be stronger than the standards of 37 states in English and 39 states in math. The study gave Texas’ English standards a grade of A-, a slight edge over the Common Core’s B+. However, Texas ended up with a C in math, compared to the Core Curriculum’s A-. Texas was found to be severely lacking clarity in its math standards, as well as lacking a strong focus on arithmetic. The study labeled Texas math standards as “mediocre.” Texas, mediocre? Blasphemy! We can fly our flag alone and have tortilla chips in the shape of our state. Texas shouldn’t be mediocre compared to any state in anything. State Board of Education spokeswoman DeEtta Culbertson told The Conroe Courier that the board will work on revising the entire math standard this fall — which is expected to kick in by 2013. But why go through all the problems of tweaking the state’s math standard when there is clear-

Purvin is a rhetoric and writing senior.

If you are a student at UT, chances are you have registered for classes online, filled out a Course-Instructor Survey and seen the University’s Honor Code around campus. Perhaps you have even studied abroad, participated in undergraduate research or taken an academic service-learning course. And as you approach graduation, you are probably beginning to care more and more about the weight that a degree from the University of Texas at Austin carries in today’s working world. These issues are just some of the academic affairs that the Senate of College Councils focuses on. Thirty-seven years ago today, the Senate was charged by the Board of Regents with the task of representing all students on UT’s campus in academic affairs. Much has changed over the past 37 years. Registration no longer takes place in Gregory Gymnasium, and liberal arts and natural sciences are now separate colleges. But, the Senate of College Councils’ drive to put students above politics and stay focused on making UT a leader among public research institutions remains unchanged. The Senate also still provides an equal voice for each college and school. From social work to business, liberal arts to natural sciences, it brings together student voices on important academic issues. Whether the Senate of College Councils is hosting fundraisers and events or passing legislation that conveys student opinion with administrators, it works tirelessly for represented students. It also still provides much-needed accountability in the realm of student representation. Since the student population’s transient nature means that most students are not here for more than four years and rarely run for re-election, the college council system combats this by meeting weekly and voting on issues and legislation that it is considering. A college council president who votes in the Senate of College Councils assembly is held accountable by the other members of her council and by the students in the school she represents. For example, the Undergraduate Business Council has more than 100 members whose votes are recorded online. If a college council president votes a certain way in the Senate of College Councils assembly, she must then face numerous students who will hold her accountable for the way she voted. So, it is the responsibility of the college council’s members to reach out to their constituents. Students are encouraged to voice their opinions to their college councils because their college councils are charged with the task of representing them to the highest degree. The college councils of larger colleges feature departmental representatives and organizational representatives, and some even feature representatives based on classification. These all help to provide a voice to each group of constituents in all colleges and schools. The college council system is the answer to student representational accountability, and the Senate of College Councils still continues to strive to strengthen their efforts. In its 37th year, the Senate still works tirelessly for UT students on all academic issues. Student involvement in budget cuts, the changing role of technology in the classroom, diversity on campus and study-abroad feasibility are just a few of the issues that the Senate of College Councils is prepared to tackle and vote on. As the Senate faces these and other issues currently confronting the University, student input is essential. Please join the Senate of College Councils at general assembly meetings every other Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Glenn Maloney Room of the Student Services Building beginning Sept. 2, or e-mail utsenate@gmail.com to find out how to get involved in your college council.

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The same lofty dreams of other young American adults have contributed to the 23 percent who are not seeking employment at all, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the midst of recession, our hunger for self-realization may also be criticized as indulging in unrealistic expectations that border on laziness. Personally, I view those critiques as overly harsh. Graduating students are still young adults. They will continue to learn to make decisions the way most preceding generations have — haltingly and with a few mistakes. For many, it comes down to achieving a balance. Maturity requires resiliency, constant preparation and an honest assessment of ourselves and available opportunities. Whether this year represents the completion of your senior year or your entrance as a freshman, taking the initiative to prepare for your career path is the ultimate result of your college experience. Find a way to make a contribution without sacrificing the knowledge that one opportunity inevitably leads to another.

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Gluten-free diets combat celiac disease, fatigue Many restaurants offer tasty alternative menu items created for gluten-intolerant, sensitive consumers By Addie Anderson Daily Texan Staff Touted by celebrities such as Zooey Deschanel, gluten-free lifestyles seem like just another trend. But, a gluten-free diet may be more beneficial than you think. Many people are living with gluten allergies and more serious gluten intolerance conditions, such as celiac disease, and don’t even know it. With symptoms as vague as fatigue, gluten intolerance is often a troublesome condition to diagnose. But, once most people start following a gluten-free diet, they find that they feel better before they even identify the illnesses that might have been plaguing them. Austinite and Texas A&M University student Paige Urban found out she had celiac disease — an autoimmune disease in which the lining of the small intestine, composed of the villi, is damaged from gluten, which is found in wheat, barley, rye and possibly oats — about four years ago. Urban had contracted mononucleosis and was sick for eight months, and after seeing many doctors, her mother started doing her own research online. She stumbled onto some information on celiac disease and took Urban to a doctor for testing. After a blood test, they found that Urban did have celiac disease and that she would have to make serious changes to her diet. “Eating gluten-free is the only treatment option for celiac,� Urban said. “There are no pills, nothing.� While celiac disease often manifests itself in intense fatigue and long-term gastrointestinal problems, less severe gluten sensitivities affect approximately 15 percent of the population is affected by wheat intolerance, but many do not know it. UT swimmer Adrienne Woods realized she had gluten sensitivity during her junior year of high school, when her mom was diagnosed with a glu-

ten allergy and decided to have her kids try the gluten-free diet. Adrienne started a gluten-free diet, and within two weeks she recognized in hindsight how poorly she had felt before her diet change. “I didn’t actually know that I didn’t feel good, that I felt sick, because it had been my whole life,� Woods said. “It’s like if you live every day with an upset stomach and you’re just tired.� Gluten is found in many food additives in the form of flavoring, stabilizing or thickening agents, making it difficult to avoid without being an avid label reader. But, increased awareness of celiac disease and gluten allergies has led stores and restaurants to become more accommodating to those with wheat-intolerance issues. The sale of gluten-free products increased by 74 percent between 2004 and 2009, according to the Nielsen Company, and the numbers are expected to keep going up. And since 2005, gluten-free products have started showing up on grocery store shelves, and many restaurants have added gluten-free items to their menus. Some people have been using the gluten-free diet as a weightloss or diet plan, following celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Rachel Weisz.

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Kerbey Lane Cafe offers dishes that can be modified to accommodate a gluten-free diet. Menu items that do not contain gluten include portabella mushroom fajitas and the Berkeley Salad with mozzarella cheese and garbanzo beans. was recently diagnosed with celiac disease. “It probably does encourage weight loss in some people if they weren’t eating that way before, but eating a

free and you’re feeling better, the villi heal in your GI tract, which would show up negative for an allergy in testing. Therefore, many people go on the diet and feel better, and may have a gluten allergy but won’t ever know because they don’t want to go back to eating gluten to find out. “A lot more people follow a Eating gluten-free is the only treatment option for gluten-free diet than are diagceliac. There are no pills, nothing.� nosed because it makes them better,� Southard said. — Paige Urban, feel “I do think in general it is a Texas A&M University student healthier diet, but I think you can eat healthy without eating gluten-free.� There are many places in “ I f o u n d t h a t s i n c e I ’ v e gluten-free diet isn’t going to Austin that have gluten-free seswitched over, I’ve been eat- help, medically, anyone who lections on their menus. Woods ing more fruits and vegetables, doesn’t have a medical problem says Zen is one of her favormore fresh proteins, more fresh with it.� ites, and Urban likes the Snack foods than I did before. In genMany people try the diet be- Bar on South Congress Avenue. eral, I think it becomes a health- fore being tested to see if it With so many options available ier diet,� said Lynn Southard, a will change the way they feel. in Austin, eating gluten-free is local registered dietitian who Once you start eating gluten- not such a struggle.

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Second only to the current vampire drama-rama, “cooking� competitions have become one of TV’s biggest trends. I put this in quotation marks because anyone who’s worked in the food-preparation business knows that reality food shows are purely character-driven and not really about the art of cooking. I’ll make it a point, however, to stand up for Bravo’s “Top Chef� — albeit with some reservations. Bravo’s cooking competition show forces chefs to think quickly and master sometimes unusual ingredients to produce something not only edible, but delicious, as per the standards of some of America’s pre-eminent chefs and food critics. Ignoring all the character drama, that same situation is basically how humans learned how to cook in the first place. Arguably the same could be said for something like “Iron Chef� or “The Next Food Network Star,� but “Iron Chef� gives its chefs the secret ingredient in advance and “Food Network Star� is a testament to the network’s own self-aggrandizement. If Bravo really wanted to find another host for a food show, do you think it would leave the decision up to a competition? “Top Chef,� on the other hand, taps into something more primitive about cooking: the mastery of elements to produce food. Of course, the vending-machine quickfire challenge that forces competitors to work with Snickers bars and Cheetos doesn’t exactly deal with basic elements, but it’s the idea that you as a person are forced to make do with whatever ingredients you have to whip up some edible sustenance. It’s a common misconception that good cooking comes from the heart. If anything, it comes from a half-crazed, obsessively overworked brain that’s firing syn-

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“Top Chef� highlights the challenges chefs face in high-pressure situations and allows their creativity to flourish. apses and intuitively knows how a sweet piece of unagi can be balanced out with some bitter chocolate, to name one of my favorite flavor combinations. Cooking is an entirely selfish process by the very nature of its struggle. To say good cooking comes from the heart would be like saying that completing the nearly impossible Saturday New York Times crossword “comes from the heart.� The bigger problem with other reality cooking shows is that they end up twisting and contorting chefs to mimic the sometimes natural and/ or accidental drama of shoving a handful of normal people together. Think about any government class you’ve taken. You’ve got a bunch of strangers in the same place and there’s always that one person who just will not stop his or her esoteric tirade. Now, if that were some reality show about a government class, Glenn Beck Jr. would be your villain because of those incessant rants. The same rationale applies to cooking shows, except it usually involves one contestant taking all the parsley. In many kitchens, this would be a minor offense compared to some of the more epic pranks pulled in restaurants. In his book “Kitchen Confidential,� chef, author and TV show host Anthony

Bourdain describes one particularly gruesome instance where he got revenge on a fellow chef who incessantly smacked his ass as hard as he could. I won’t go into too much detail, but I’ll just say that as the guy swung his arm forward, his hand met a pretty nasty pronged meat fork instead of Bourdain’s cheek. No network seems willing to have a reality TV show about a kitchen as it actually is. Apart from the occasional pranks, chefs generally treat cooking just like any other job. They go in, prep their station and try to produce as many perfectly replicated dishes as possible. If they manage to stick around in the restaurant business, then years of Friday- and Saturday-night dinner rushes will eventually leave them calloused, scarred and aching by retirement. But, it’s because of that grueling labor that I enjoy seeing a chef flourish on “Top Chef.� Contestants are allowed to open up and really show television audiences the creativity that often has to be tucked away when a large party of eight walks in and they all order something time-intensive, such as a risotto. On this show, chefs are able to take their years of experience at various restaurants — churning out different dishes over and over — to show off what they know.

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Jerrod Johnson stirs up Heisman hype By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff IRVING — The “Summer of LeBron” might be wrapping up, but the “Autumn of Jerrod Johnson” is only just beginning. Texas A&M’s senior quarterback was named the Big 12’s preseason offensive player of the year last week and is generating massive hype, even getting some attention as a potential dark horse contender for the Heisman. “I’m honored to be mentioned as that and it’s a pretty cool thing, I think. But, I don’t look too far into it because of the fact that it’s a preseason award,” Johnson said. “If I could get that same award at the end of the year, then it’ll mean we won a lot of games and it’ll mean a lot more to me.” Nebraska stirred up controversy with its recent promotional campaign focused on its showdown with Texas in October, but A&M stuck with a succinct message for the 2010 season: “New Season, New Excitement, New Options.” The slogan sums up the mood in College Station heading into the season, as Johnson finished 2009 on the All-Big 12 second team, only the second Aggie quarterback to do so in the past decade. His 51 career touchdowns are a school record, and Johnson is already threatening A&M’s alltime passing yards milestone after just two seasons as a starter. But Johnson’s most dangerous trait, and the one that makes him the best professional prospect in the conference this year, is his size. At 6 feet 5 inches, Johnson is taller than all but two of the conference’s other starting quarterbacks. He is listed at 243 pounds but showcased his speed with 455 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground last year. He generated 306 yards of total offense, the sixth-highest in the country. His size also helped him absorb the damage inflicted upon him by

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opposing defenses last season as the offensive line allowed 29 sacks. “I’ll ask him, ‘Are you all right?’ and he’ll say, ‘Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?’ And I’ll say, ‘Well, you just got the crap knocked out of you,’” A&M head coach Mike Sherman said. “His durability is beneficial.” Johnson’s rise hints at A&M’s own ascendance, which has been a slow and painful but markedly steady process since Sherman took over in 2008. Despite a 4-8 start in his first year, the Aggies finished 2009’s regular season at .500 before losing to Georgia in

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the Independence Bowl. A new 3-4 defensive scheme and many returning starters should boost the Aggies even higher. Now, after a breakout junior season, Johnson has improved his familiarity with Sherman’s proset system and could see even better numbers in 2010, with a veteran receiving corps and better protection up front. “His game was much faster [last year] on the field as we went to a no-huddle offense,” Sherman said. “He made tremendous progress.”

Johnson’s father was a football coach, so he was raised with a deep knowledge of the game. But, Johnson notes that one of his biggest problems is overanalyzing his own play. Sherman warned Johnson of offensive clutter and the need to keep it simple so the quarterback could focus on running the offense efficiently. “I think there’s a fine line between getting yourself in the right play and trying too hard to make something happen,” Johnson said. “I need to focus

on the fundamentals.” For Johnson and A&M, anything short of a Big 12 South title would be failure. That’s why for his birthday, which is today, Johnson said he was going to wish for the same thing he did last year: a conference championship ring. “Until I get it, that’ll be on my birthday list,” Johnson said. “We definitely understand we have the talent to do so.” What about the Fiesta Bowl and the national title? “That would be the icing on the cake.”

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Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini speaks to the media Monday at the first of three Big 12 media days. Texas faces off against the Cornhuskers on Oct. 16.

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Nebraska regretting targeting Texas By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff IRVING — Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said he had no idea about the Nebraska video entitled “Red Out Around the World” that generated more than 130,000 views in the first four days. The original video that aired July 9 had the slogan “Wear Red, Be Loud, Beat Texas” and flashed the date of the Texas–Nebraska game, Oct. 16. The slogan “Beat Texas” has since been removed from the advertisement. “It was a mistake,” Pelini said. “Each year our marketing department designated one game for an alumni game, and they picked Texas. It was never intended to be that way in the first place.” The Huskers have five games before facing the Horns at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., and Pelini feels the biggest problem with the video was the emphasis on the Texas game too soon before the season even started. “I wasn’t real happy about it ... and I didn’t like the message it sent to our team, especially because it’s way down the road,” Pelini said. “We have a lot of work to do in the meantime.” There does seem to be a little extra hype this season on the matchup after last year’s Big 12 championship game, where the

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Huskers were one second away from taking down the undefeated Horns and getting a BCS bowl berth. “Texas is seventh on our priority list,” defensive lineman Jared Crick said. “Right now we are focused on Western Kentucky, and we are going to take it game by game.”

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Since tearing his ACL in the third week last season against Northwestern State, Robert Griffin and the Baylor Bears have been waiting for the 2008 Big 12 freshman of the year to return under center. “When you get something taken away from you, you respond two different ways,” Baylor head coach Art Briles said. “You pout, complain, sulk, cry and fall into a shell, or you fight, you grind, you have vision, you have hope and you work harder than you’ve ever worked in your life.” After failing to reach a bowl game again last season with a 4-8 record and only winning one conference game, the Bears are looking for Griffin to be the offensive spark they need. “What we’ve got to do when we get him on the field Sept. 4 is see how he responds instinctively,” Briles said. “That’s how you determine where you’re at physically — is when you make movement with your brain working

first. But from a physical standpoint, he’s in really good shape.” You didn’t hear that from Griffin, though. Griffin is not in attendance at the media days because Briles wants the media and college football fans to know about other Baylor players besides Griffin. “Everybody knows Robert Griffin,” Briles said.

Long Rhoads ahead When Paul Rhoads took over at Iowa State last season, the Cyclones were 8-27 over the previous three years. But in one year, Rhoads took a team that was ranked 112th out of 120 teams by The New York Times and picked to finish dead last in the conference by the Big 12 media to a 7-6 season with a bowl win. “Nobody expected it to happen last year, and the players might say there was too much hard work — like it was something out of Disney — but that makes repeating it that much harder,” Rhoads said. The Cyclones are again picked to finish last in the Big 12 North, but Rhoads will approach the upcoming season like he did the last. “All that matters is what the kids believe and what they’ve worked to accomplish,” Rhoads said. “We have one objective: continuous improvement.”

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff IRVING — Nebraska thought it had won the Big 12 Championship after Colt McCoy rolled to his right and threw the ball out of bounds. When the ball finally landed, the clock at Cowboys Stadium showed all zeros. The Cornhuskers had won. But, of course, the replay later showed there was one second left, and one 46-yard Hunter Lawrence field goal later, the Longhorns were the ones celebrating on the field. Seven months after the game, the Cornhuskers haven’t forgotten and are making sure they will never forget. Each player on Nebraska’s team was given a bracelet to wear, reminding all of them of their inability to close games. The front of the bracelet reads “FINISH” while the back has the number “0.01” — representing the time remaining on the clock that allowed Texas to advance to the national championship. “We felt like we didn’t finish as a group, and that’s been an emphasis since that night,” senior defensive end Pierre Allen said. The Cornhuskers, who were selected unanimously as the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 North, are aware they must put together 60 straight minutes of strong and consistent football. “It’s about the little things,” Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said. “The margin of error to win a championship is small.” Pelini, who is trying to stress consistency, knows how different the

Big 12 Championship could have been, but has made no excuses. “People can say we were a second away, and we were. It was selfimposed,” Pelini said. “We didn’t get there. We didn’t earn it. We didn’t get it done. You can find that second in a lot of different ways, and you got to keep searching.” Nebraska and its “Blackshirt” defense held up their end throughout the entire regular season and into the Big 12 Championship, allowing the Longhorns to get only 13 points on the board and holding Texas’ explosive offense to just 202 total yards. Big Red’s offense, on the other hand, struggled and feels responsible for the loss. “It’s more of an offensive thing [to me],” Nebraska wide receiver Niles Paul said. “If our offense did our part in that game, things might have been different. [The bracelet] reminds us to get better and be a better offense.” The bracelet is not just a reminder of the last-second loss in the Big 12 Championship. It is also about the heartbreaking losses that the Cornhuskers suffered last year against Virginia Tech and Iowa State. The two games were decided by a combined three points and easily could have gone the other way. “It hurt, but that’s the way it is,” Nebraska defensive tackle Jared Crick said. Crick and his teammates are ready to get over the tough losses from last season and plan to do whatever it takes to not allow close games to end the same way this season. “We definitely turn that into a motivation,” Allen said.

Stephen Keller | Daily Texan file photo

Cornhuskers rush the field after seeing the clock wind down to zero, thinking they won the Big 12 championship.

M. Lammer def. D. Brown 7-5, 7-5 A. Sadecky def. Y. Marti 7-5, 1-6, 6-0 A. Haider-Maurer def. D. Istomin 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 Women S. Vogele def. Y. Shvedova 6-4, 7-6 A. Petkovic def. P. Ozgen 6-2, 6-1 V. Dushevina def. P. Martic 2-6, 7-5, 6-3

WNBA Atlanta 1:30 p.m. Tulsa Chicago 7 p.m. Indiana San Antonio 7:30 p.m. New York Washington 7:30 p.m. Connecticut Los Angeles 8 p.m. Minnesota Phoenix 9:30 p.m. Seattle

SPORTS BRIEFLY Cowboys joke about Bryant situation, downplay incident Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams can’t even get his 4-yearold son to carry his shoulder pads. “Man, I can’t get anybody to carry them,” Williams joked Monday. “I’m mad at him, too.” A day after the drama created when first-round pick Dez Bryant refused to carry the veteran’s pads off the field after practice, a long-standing rookie ritual, Williams said it was “not a big deal” and that the teammates were fine with each other. Bryant didn’t comment while jogging off the field with cameramen and reporters following him. There are some who believe Bryant could challenge Williams for the starting job opposite Pro Bowl receiver Miles Austin. The rookie has been impressive in all four sessions so far, and during some post-practice drills Monday dunked the ball over the goalpost after catching a pass in the end zone. Though he called the shoulder pads situation “a nonissue,” coach Wade Phillips said he addressed the team about it because of how quickly the story spread. Phillips said he talked to someone from Toronto who said it was a top story there. Then again, Dallas is the NFL’s only full squad already in training camp. And it is the Cowboys. Asked if the story was being overblown and silly, veteran tight end Jason Witten responded, “Absolutely.” Bryant said Sunday that he was drafted to play football and not carry another player’s pads. — The Associated Press

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