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To commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Perry-Castaneda Library will host an interactive exhibit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Map Room. The exhibit will feature newspaper articles, maps, books and video as well as experts on the disaster. Free New Orleans-style cafe au lait will also be served.

tion service units.

Responding to the state leadership’s request to plan for a 10-percent budget cut, each UT System institution submitted 2012-13 LARs late last week to the Texas Legislative Budget Board, a legislative

committee that focuses on state agencies’ budgets. In May, Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus requested that every state agency submit their LARs in August.

The full 10-percent cut from UT’s

budget, plans for which will evolve over the next legislative session, may amount to as much as $30 million — which translates to roughly 600 filled or vacant positions.

Mary Knight, UT’s budget director, said the document out-

lines the University’s plans to cut $2 million from special items, but the plans are contingent on what the state legislature decides when it convenes in the spring.

Film reveals accidental celebrity

Cap Metro cuts routes, leaves one remaining

By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff UT-Austin’s legislative appropriations request (LAR) cut more than $2 million from projected University spending, specifically targeting research and informa-

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Animal issues forum

Find out what it takes to volunteer for Emancipet, an animal advocacy organization.

The organization is hosting a lunch and a short film at Austin City Hall beginning at 11:45 a.m.

By David Colby Daily Texan Staff Two Capital Metro Express routes from Leander to Austin may be canceled at the end of this year, according to a proposal introduced at the agency’s board meeting on Monday.

Three express routes to and from Austin currently serve Leander, but the proposed changes would eliminate the 984 and 986 routes in January, leaving the 987 as the only express route between the two cities.

The 984 and 986, which run essentially identical routes, travel down Interstate Highway 35 before making stops at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Red River Street. The 987, which travels from Leander to downtown, instead takes a route down MoPac Boulevard and U.S. Highway 183, which makes two stops before reaching campus.

Travel time from Leander to campus on the 987 can be 27 minutes longer than the same trip to campus on the 984 and 986, but officials at the agency say it is also the most popular of the three.

Dance workshop Grupo Flor y Canto sevillanas folk dance workshop from 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. in AHG 136.

Closed-toed shoes are required.

Today in history In 1997 Britain’s Princess Diana died in car crash in Paris at the age of 36.

Campus watch South Mall

A UT student reported seeing two subjects examining bike locks near the Main Building.

During the investigation, the officer located one of the subjects near Jester. The subject saw the officer approaching and pulled out his wallet and handed the officer his driver’s license without having to be asked. He told two different stories as to why he was on campus and where he was headed to. The subject was issued a written Criminal Trespass Warning and was escorted from the area.

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Former RTF professor Ben Steinbauer turned his obsession with a viral video about an angry salesman into an international film festival favorite.

His documentary, “Winnebago Man,� chronicles a quest to find the man behind the anger and reveal the personality of the accidental celebrity.

INSIDE: Irate salesman wins hearts around the world on page 14

Organization welcomes Valley students to UT

By Anna Fata Daily Texan Staff The Valley Longhorn Students welcomed new and returning students from the Rio Grande Valley to a new school year on Monday.

The organization helps students from the Rio Grande Valley area find their way on campus by hosting social and charity events and providing information about other clubs at UT. Public relations senior Tanya Fernandez co-founded the orga-

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Quote to note “It’s funny because it started in such a small town, and now when people leave and go back home they tell everyone how delicious and addictive the peppers are.� — Marcia Nordyke chairwoman of the Hatch Chile Festival in Hatch, N.M. LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14

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nization two years ago while volunteering at the UT Valley Admissions Center in Harlingen. She offered her personal contact information to help Valley students become comfortable with college life in a new city. “When I started, there were not so many people from my high school,� Fernandez said. “I got really involved right away, but I know it is really hard for other

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Juniors Almendra Zarazua and Clarissa Salazar load up on longhorn gear for their dog, Claude, at the University Co-op Monday afternoon.

Texas tops collegiate merchandising

By Nick Mehendale Daily Texan Staff UT sits atop the rankings yet again — this time, for the amount of school merchandise sold.

For the fifth year in a row, the University took the top spot last week in the annual Collegiate Licensing Company rankings,

which track the top merchandiseselling colleges. UT has made more than $10.1 million in gross royalties from branded merchandise in the last fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010. That figure saw a substantial increase from the previous year’s figure of $8.9 million.

The Collegiate Licensing Company is the largest college licensing and branding organization in the United States, representing more than 200 colleges and universities — including many schools with large fan

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Tanya Fernandez, Jacquelin Fernandez, and Tony Flor lead the first Valley Longhorn Students meeting of the semester Monday evening.

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“This is an opportunity for us to operate more efficiently and effectively,� said Cap Metro spokesman Adam Shaivitz. “The two routes up for cancellation perform less well in terms of ridership.�

Shaivitz said that cutting these two routes would save 5,000 service hours, which will be reallocated to add seven more trips for the 987 as well as increasing service to other routes around Austin.

Mike Dahmus, a former Urban Transportation Commission member and frequent critic of the agency’s MetroRail Red Line, said that the group is cutting these routes to force riders to use the rail service, which is less convenient and slower for many commuters than the express routes that are up for cancellation. “These routes are not redundant. The reason people are riding the 984 and 986 is because those are the fastest options available,� Dahmus said. “It strains the bounds of reason to state that the trains have

nothing to do with this.�

The Red Line service, which began operation earlier this year, continues to operate far below agency projections. According to data released by Capital Metro, MetroRail’s operating cost per passenger was $39.56 in May, more than double the budgeted cost per rider.

Capital Metro maintains that the proposed changes are simply part of an effort to use resources in the most efficient way possible, not part of an effort to increase ridership on the MetroRail. “Ultimately, if the goal was to move all of these riders over to MetroRail, we wouldn’t have any express routes running on this corridor,� Shaivitz said.

Still, Dahmus believes that the proposed route cuts are primarily an effort to give a boost to the Red Line. “Capital Metro has a ton of political capital tied up in this train now and they cannot admit that [the Red Line] was a mistake,� Dahmus said. “They need this to be viewed as at least a marginal success.�

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From page 1 bases such as UT. Large schools not affiliated with the group include University of Southern California, the University of Iowa and Ohio State University, the latter of which sold the most merchandise of all non-CLC schools.

Among schools represented by the CLC, the University Co-op is consistently one of the top sellers of branded merchandise, with more than 50 percent of the store’s revenue coming from longhornbranded items. Most of the rest comes from textbook sales.

Royalty contracts can vary from school to school, but Texas usually receives 10 percent of the wholesale price of any longhorn-branded item. It is possi-

ble for the retail price to be double that of the wholesale, meaning that $10 million in royalties would roughly equate to about $200 million in retail sales.

Craig Westemeier, assistant athletic director in the Office of Trademark Licensing, said the success of the University’s sports programs was a major factor in the spike in sales. UT’s appearance in the BCS National Championship game played a major role, as well as the promising start of the University’s men’s basketball and baseball seasons, he said.

Licensing partners such as Nike have also contributed to the program’s success, he said, adding that the growing UT student population, loyal alumni and fan base have done a lot to boost sales.

Co-op President and CEO George Mitchell said sales last year were up 30 percent from the previous fiscal year, adding that the Co-op sells more UT T-shirts than any other item.

Even with the sales at an alltime high, Westemeier said he believes there will be positive figures for the future.

For UT students, wearing their school’s merchandise is second nature, said Tanner Brown, an undeclared Liberal Arts freshman.

He owns longhorn-branded towels, shirts, pillows, dinnerware, duffel bags and a banner, he said. “Pretty [much] everyone on campus has some sort of UT gear on them,� he said. “You almost can’t walk into a restaurant without seeing some UT banner or poster up on the wall.�

VALLEY: Group helps freshmen adjust to life in Austin From page 1 people to adjust.�

Fernandez and two other students from the Valley decided to establish a group similar to one that existed 10 years ago that helped students from the Valley adjust to life at UT. Although the organization unites students from the same part of Texas, officers also promote diversity and urge

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members to become active in other campus organizations as well. “We provide academic services, social events, fundraising events and community service projects within the organization, but we would like the new freshmen to not just stick to their comfort zone, so we encourage them to look at other organizations,� Fernandez said. “We like to branch out so our voices are heard everywhere.�

According to the Valley Admission Center, 397 freshmen from the Valley are enrolled at UT this semester. “The largest challenge is students coming from a small

town adjusting to a big city like Austin,� said Alex Salinas, director of the center.

Jarrod Salaiz, social chairman for Valley Longhorn Students, said that Valley freshmen often face homesickness in Austin, which is about six hours away from the Valley.

In 2008, the four counties that make up the Valley — Hidalgo, Willacy, Cameron and Starr — all had Hispanic populations of more than 85 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Only about 16 percent of UT students are Hispanic, based on reports from the 2009 UT Statistical Handbook.

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CORRECTION Because of an editing error, Monday’s page one news story about celebrating the breaking of the day’s Ramadan fast incorrectly identified the number of Muslims in Austin. There are more than 10,000 Muslims in the city.

The Texan regrets the error.

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Hurricane grows as it nears US Earl threatens East Coast after battering Caribbean, tropical storm in its wake

By Mike Melia The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States.

Already dangerous with sustained winds of 135 mph, Earl is expected to gain more strength before potentially brushing the East Coast this week and bringing deadly rip currents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any small shift in the track could dramatically alter whether it makes landfall or whether it remains over the open ocean,â&#x20AC;? said Wallace Hogsett, a meteorologist at the center.

In the Caribbean, Earl caused flooding in low-lying areas and damaged homes on islands including Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Maarten. Several countries and territories reported power outages. Cruise ships were diverted and flights canceled across the region.

The stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s center passed just north of the British Virgin Islands on Monday afternoon.

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A boy takes cover from a wave caused by Hurricane Earl approaching Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Earl is intensifying into a major storm on a path projected to menace the East Coast of the United States. out to sea, potentially swiping New England.

The Hurricane Center said it was too early to say what effect Earl would have in the U.S., but warned it could at least kick up dangerous rip currents. A surfer died in Florida and a Maryland swimmer has been missing since Saturday in waves spawned by former Hurricane Danielle, which weakened to a tropical storm Monday far out in the north Atlantic.

Craig Fugate, administrator of FEMA, said Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach ought to serve as a reminder for Atlantic coastal states to update their evacuation plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take much to have the storm come ashore somewhere on the coast,â&#x20AC;? Fugate said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The message is for everyone to pay attention.â&#x20AC;?

Alisha Daya, a 24-year-old tourist from Milwaukee, wore earplugs but still had trouble sleeping overnight because of the wind and crashing waves at

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HORNS UP, HORNS DOWN Horns up: Involving students in budget cut discussions The Senate of College Councils recently announced it will form student committees to help address college-specific budget cuts for the upcoming year. The committees, which will be known as the College Tuition and Budget Advisory Councils, will consist of a Student Government representative from each college, two graduate students appointed by Graduate Student Assembly President Manuel Gonzalez and three students appointed by the respective college council.

The college councils are groups consisting of students from a particular college that then lobby for student interests. Students must apply and be accepted to join college councils. The newly formed councils will also include some faculty. Of its potential members, only one will have been directly elected by students.

While representation via varying degrees of separation is not ideal, it’s better than no student input at all. Part of the motivation behind forming the councils was the decision last spring to lay off the school’s only Vietnamese language professor, effectively cutting the Vietnamese program.

Students’ most powerful tool in fighting upcoming budget cuts will be transparency. We hope these new councils will be a powerful tool in disseminating information about potential cuts and empowering the student body to take decisive action early in the process.

Horns up: UT is the king of royalties On Thursday the Collegiate Licensing Company announced that the University of Texas was the highest-grossing university in terms of revenue from royalties. The University made $10.15 million this past year, up from $8.9 million the previous year. The increase has been attributed in part to the football team’s trip to the national championship.

The number is remarkable not just because it makes the Longhorns the most profitable collegiate brand in the country, but because it is believed to be the first time a university has eclipsed the $10 million mark, meaning Texas has had the most profitable year in collegiate history royalties-wise.

What’s especially laudable is that money from royalties goes to the University, rather than being funneled directly to an athletic department that is already flush with cash. At many universities around the country, unprofitable athletic programs are a burden on cash-strapped schools.

As the University’s budget continues to shrink, our school’s traditional obsession with football can be part of the solution. Here’s hoping the team makes another run for a national title, not just for our pride, but for our budgets as well.

Horns down: No hope for reform Three years ago, in light of sexual abuse allegations at Texas Youth Commission facilities, state lawmakers took action to reform a troubled agency that had become the subject of a federal investigation.

Four advocacy groups wrote to the U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 24 describing, for the second time, allegations of violence and neglect pervasive at the commission’s facilities and encouraged the federal authorities to investigate the state agency again. Then, on Thursday, John Moore became the third independent ombudsman to resign this year from a position created in light of the 2007 scandal. Moore cited health reasons and another job offer as his reason for resigning.

Reactions to the advocacy groups’ letter and Moore’s subsequent resignation ranged from appalled to disillusioned. Saying that last week’s events inspire little confidence in TYC as an agency is an understatement. Given the previous shocking allegations and federal investigation, the notion that any reform efforts are genuine invites skepticism, as does the idea that any reforms could even be lasting without a complete overhaul of the agency’s internal structure.

Choose your food wisely Susan Leibrock inspects bean pods in the community garden behind Hyde Park Christian Church on 45th Street. Since 2008, Leibrock has been the marketing director for the Sustainable Food Center, an organization dedicated to providing local produce.

By Egu Ramanathan Daily Texan Guest Columnist Those new to Austin this semester have probably noticed the prominence our city gives organic food, even to the point that eating organically is a common conversation topic among Austinites. In such discussions, terms such as sustainability, fair trade and high fructose corn syrup often run rampant.

While I initially embraced organic food’s growing popularity, I grew skeptical when I learned that Wal-Mart, a store known more for its low prices rather than high-end produce, started stocking organic goods, or more accurately, began stocking foods labeled as organic. The organic concept has garnered a following one would not have expected, and as the popularity of organic food grows, large corporations must adjust to the demand.

When grocery chain Whole Foods was founded in 1980, one of its aims was to make healthier food more accessible to average consumers. Today, Whole Foods and other organic grocery stores represent a chic and trendy shopping experience, and more often than not, USDA Organic Certified or Free Trade Certified groceries can be much pricier than their counterparts.

However, with the poor state of Americans’ dietary health, consuming organic foods has never been more imperative.

We have been told that the absence of genetically modified organisms and additives will not only be beneficial to our health, but also aid laborers involved in growing and distributing the food.

So how can you stay on budget while still eating healthy? As I am sure you’ve heard numerous times, go local.

In a city that aggressively markets its local appeal, we should all make an effort to buy food grown right here in Austin and surrounding areas. Staying healthy on a budget doesn’t require broadening your horizon, but limiting it. Instead of searching at HEB or Central Market for those bold green stickers declaring organic certification, just check out a farmer’s market every once in a while.

Although organic certification does guarantee certain health benefits, it is important to remember the great deal of shipping and handling involved in transporting a particular product all the

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way to your reusable grocery bag. Why not instead choose the freshly harvested product grown only a few miles away?

In Austin, we are spoiled with numerous community-supported agriculture programs. Edible Austin is a quarterly magazine that details the culture of food across Central Texas. On its website you can find a list of community gardens all over Austin. Such a widespread availability of good food could even be a better fresh produce resource than a grocery store.

As trite as it may sound, eating locally further reduces our carbon foot-

print. Think of all of the transporting that could be avoided by shopping locally. Why not just cut out the middleman and go straight for the freshest possible option?

For food purists, eating locally seems to provide a better alternative to organic. If faced with making a decision between an apple shipped from Washington, however red, bright and delicious, or a non-organic but visibly fresh apple grown right here in Austin, choose wisely.

Ramanathan is an urban studies senior.

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ment is also provided upon signBy Kimberly Konwinski ing up for the course,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Daily Texan Staff Although many students To fill the void left by the cancellation of the informal class- welcome the opportunity for es program, the Butler School of non-music majors to pursue Music will offer classes open to music through informal classnon-music majors and the public es, music performance sophomore Alex Forsythe said the albeginning this fall.

After University officials ready limited space and equipdiscontinued the Unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in- ment in the private practice formal classes in the spring, in- rooms are a rising concern structors and administrators at among music students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The practice rooms, though the school saw an opportunity to pick up where the Union there are many of them, are ofleft off and to give their grad- ten difficult to come by on the uate students more experience, busier days of the week. With said program coordinator Na- even more people utilizing them, I am conthan Russell. cerned that there Some of the will be more courses offered crowding in the this fall will inelevators and clude group In my opinion, people practice rooms, and private inwho have an interest and music stands struction in piand chairs will ano, guitar and in music should be become sparser voice, as well able to pursue it in the building,â&#x20AC;? as an Intro to somehow even if it is Forsythe said.

Music TheoMusic perry class specifpurely recreational.â&#x20AC;? formance sophically designed to teach beginâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alyssa Barnes o m o re A l y s s a said she ners the basics Music performance Barnes was excited about of music theory sophomore the Butler School and literacy. opening its doors Informal to the public, even music classes though she had give non-muconcerns about sic majors and the community a chance to take space limitations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have several friends classes in either small groups or private lessons. All classes are with no musical background taught by graduate students at who wish that classes had the Butler School of Music, and more availability for peo the classes are open to all ages ple who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the first thing about music,â&#x20AC;? Barnes and levels of musical ability.

Russell said some of the said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my opinion, people major benefits of registering who have an interest in mufor the courses include any- sic should be able to pursue it time access to the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pri- somehow, even if it is purely vate practice rooms, which are recreational.â&#x20AC;?

Registration will run through normally strictly reserved for Sept. 10, and the first day of mumusic majors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another benefit that follows sic classes will be Sept. 13. Infor[the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] belief that to be mal music classes will be offered a great musician is to listen to every semester, meeting once a great music, free access to music week in the evening at the muevents as part of course enrich- sic school.

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Emily Watson, program coordinator at the Institute for Public School Initiatives, has placed 15 UT graduates into Texas public high schools as college advisers. UT is the first college in Texas to work with the National College Advising Corps, a national program that educates high schoolers about their options regarding colleges and scholarship opportunities.

University program trains alumni as college advisers for schools in need The Texas College Advising Corps, which received private and public grants for the project, is a part of the UT Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute for Public School Initiatives created in 2004.

Program coordinator Emily Watson said hiring young graduates will most likely help high school students relate to the advisers, who are allowed to serve for up to two years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re close in age with the students, they may be able to reach the students more than Matt [Orem, director of the Texas branch] and I,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Watson said the program plans to expand to different parts of the

By Jennifer Ifebi Daily Texan Staff Students in some of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high schools will benefit this year from a new University program that trains recent UT graduates to become college advisers in under-served schools.

Already operating in 13 states and 15 schools across the nation, the National College Advising Corps has set up a Texas branch, which will place 16 advisers in high-need schools in Houston, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. The corps originated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008.

state next year, going from 16 to 120 advisers.

UT alumnus Jacob Pietsch started his first year as an adviser with the program at Westbury High School in Houston with a student body of 2,000. As a first-generation college graduate, he wanted to spend more one-on-one time with students, he said, adding that the average time a counselor gets to speak with a graduating senior about college options is about 20 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My counselors were always busy and it was always hard to grab a hold of them,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to do a lot of self-searching.â&#x20AC;?

Those involved in the corps are also tasked with planning parent and family events that promote a college-going culture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a major task considering that some students come from â&#x20AC;&#x153;an unstable home,â&#x20AC;? said UT alumna Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;andrea Young, an adviser who works at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston.

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Kennesaw State University spokeswoman Tammy DeMel says a bomb squad removed the relics Monday from the third floor of the social sciences building after authorities became concerned they posed a danger. The building was evacuated as a precaution and students were let back in later.

Cobb County Sgt. Dana Pierce says the bombs had been detonated and that it would be hard to know if they could have gone off on their own.

According to a school press release, the cannon balls have been in a display case in a room of the social sciences building for three years at the college just north of Atlanta.

French â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Spidermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arrested for latest climbing triumph SYDNEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A French skyscraper climber nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spidermanâ&#x20AC;? was arrested Monday after scaling a 57-story building in Sydney with his bare hands.

Alain Robert, known for climbing some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tallest and best-known buildings without ropes or other equipment, was arrested at the top of the Lumiere building downtown.

He climbed the building in about 20 minutes, as dozens of people watched from below. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sad heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been arrested, but hopefully heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get out soon and we can have some champagne,â&#x20AC;? said his agent, Max Markson.

He was charged with risking the safety of another by climbing a building and entering enclosed land, police said. He was released from custody and ordered to appear in court on Friday.

Many of his past climbs have resulted in arrests and fines. Last year, Robert was fined 750 Australian dollars ($676) for climbing the 41-story Royal Bank of Scotland building in Sydney.

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scheduled its deadlines based on the undergraduate student payment deadline on the first day of class without problems, he said.

“Once we learned of the issue, we reassigned those tickets to all students who were affected by that,” Harrison said. “We have not released their tickets, so as long as they [paid] by their required deadline they will still receive their tickets. Everyone is on the same page now.”

Educational administration graduate student Amardeep Kahlon, who on Friday told The Daily Texan that she was “irate,” said Monday that she was glad the box office had addressed its error. She added that she will not feel secure until she has her tickets in hand, though a conversation with the box office today helped ease her frustration.

“Obviously all the noise got to the right person’s ear, and I think even the threat of it being in the media got their attention,” Kahlon said. “They tried to give us the runaround but they saw that the word was spreading and it was getting messier. Graduate students are what make this University what it is, and we are future donors, and I think they realized they couldn’t do this to us.”

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By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff An estimated 400 graduate and law students spent the weekend in fear of losing their season football tickets because of a calendar mixup, but athletics officials confirmed Monday that students who paid their tuition by the official deadline would receive their tickets.

Students received an e-mail Friday stating that they had missed the athletics deadline for being listed as active students because they had not yet paid tuition. About 50 graduate students went to the box office to protest the announcement, since it came before Monday’s 5 p.m. payment deadline.

“They sent this e-mail at 2 p.m. on Friday, and then clarified that we would have had to pay our tuition by noon of that day, so it was a catch-22 where they told us two hours after we would have had to take steps to fix this,” said Daniel Noll, a global policy studies/energy and Earth resources graduate student, on Friday. “It was out of the blue.”

The Texas Box Office and UT Athletics Department were unaware of the disparity in scheduling, said Mark Harrison, the assistant athletics director for ticket operations. The office has always

“They might cut 10 percent, they might cut 15 percent, they might cut nothing,” Knight said.

“We’re just kind of in limbo until the legislature meets.”

According to the request, the cuts target areas that are not essential to the mission of the University and information services to private businesses, state and local agencies. If the cuts are implemented, the plan will slash more than $700,000 from the Bureau of Business Research, which provides businesses with re-

search on economic data; more than $590,000 from the Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute in the College of Liberal Arts, a research arm that studies state public policy; and more than $1 million from the UT School of Law’s Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, a not-for-profit group that focuses on conflict resolution.

The highest on the list is a request for more than $17.4 million in tuition revenue bond debt service for a new building called the Engineering Education and Research Center, a 421,500 squarefoot “critically needed education

and research space” to replace one of the “functionally obsolete” old engineering buildings, according to the report.

The federal government provided the University, in the 2010-11 biennium, with about $9.9 million, which came from the economic stimulus package. UT was granted state funding to replace the nearly $10 million in initial federal funding in the next biennium, and has now requested the money be replenished on a recurring basis.

Mary Rose, an associate professor of sociology, said state leadership is unwise if it believes there is plenty

of fat in UT’s budget that students won’t miss. Rose said thevast majority of the budget is tied up in labor costs, so when the University cuts, it cuts the jobs of people who do valuable work for the University.

“I think there are folks who believe you can make this very severe round of additional cuts and that students won’t see it,” she said.

Faculty Council chairman Dean Neikirk, a computer engineering professor, said that during the implementation of the 5-percent cut, the University managed to avoid diminishing the academic areas of campus by targeting

administrative offices.

Neikirk said faculty would have had a better idea of what the 10-percent cut may look like had the Faculty Council met during the summer. He said he wants to see the administration utilize faculty advisory committees in discussions of the budgets of individual colleges.

“At some level, this was just a planning exercise, but for that reason, I think there was not a lot of discussion with the faculty,” he said. “Now that we’re back, we hope to engage in that conversation.”

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Malcolm Williams #9 Position: Receiver Height: 6’3” Class: Junior Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Malcolm Williams still pushing to be Longhorns’ go-to receiver

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Matt Jarrell and Chris Mendez talk with attendees about Austin Lonestar Rugby during the Gay Austin Sports Fair at Oilcan Harry’s Sunday afternoon. didn’t have what it took,” Butler said. “That loss cemented into our minds that we had to stick together.”

The team rallied against other local teams to eventually make it to the championship in Columbus, Ohio, where they played 11 games that week, losing only one to Dallas.

“In the final championship game, we were up 14-8, but they had the last at-bat,” Butler said. “Scoring six runs in an inning is tough but it could have happened.”

FOOTBALL COLUMN

Johnson hopes to keep starting tailback position

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Columnist Vondrell McGee started the 2009 season as the starting running back in the Longhorns’ opening 59-20 win against Louisiana-Monroe.

In that game, McGee carried the ball 15 times for a total of 70 yards and a touchdown — not a bad day at the office. He ran for 61 yards on 11 carries in game two, a win over Wyoming. McGee started in week three but only rushed four times for nine yards.

The junior was quickly replaced in the second series of

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the game by freshman Tre’ Newton, who continued to improve and impress the coaches. Newton took over in the second offensive drive for the Longhorns in their week three game against Texas Tech — their first true test of the season — and finished with 20 carries for 88 yards and a touchdown.

Just like that, a new starting running back was born.

On Monday, the long-awaited announcement of who would start at running back for the new pro-style running offense picked Cody Johnson to open the game in the backfield against Rice on Saturday.

But how long can he stay in that position? How long will it be until head coach Mack

JOHNSON continues on page 10

The opposing team hit a fly ball to the outfield for an easy out. The next batter hit a line drive to the shortstop.

“I was on first and had a feeling this last out was coming to me,” Butler said. “The ball flew along the ground towards the shortstop again. He pocketed it, turned and threw it in the dirt.

As soon as I scooped that thing up, though, we were partying.”

Amy Torres, the public relations coordinator for Softball Austin, hoped the organization

would grow from the news of Shady Ladies’ success.

“Most of us athletes know each other from different events, but it’s cool to all finally be in one place and promote our sports,” Torres said.

Rich Segal, Softball Austin coach and league secretary, said he was happy to receive the invitational e-mail. What started out as a four-team league has grown into a group of more than 25 teams.

“I was just telling Brian that the

first person who walked in here and signed up for a new sport made this entire fair a success,” Segal said. “Cross-overs like this will strengthen us, and besides, you just meet really good people at these things.”

Martin is confident that the Gay Austin Sports Fair could — and should — become an annual tradition, as it supports the gay community of the city.

“By just looking at the turnout, yes, we’re happy, and we want to continue,” Martin said.

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

Brown ups team’s running game

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff In the spring of 2009, head coach Mack Brown and offensive coordinator Greg Davis approached then-sophomore tailback Cody Johnson and told him that if he wanted to be an important part of the team’s run package, he’d have to lean up and lose weight. But when the coaches came back in August, it was apparent Johnson did not do as he was told.

“We told him the things he needed to do for his game to grow, and when we came back in August, the only thing that grew was Cody,” Davis said.

Last year, Johnson played mainly in short-yardage and goal-line situations where he gained 335 yards on 87 carries.

Knowing that they were going to improve their running game and approach the 2010 season with a more balanced attack on offense, Brown and Davis approached Johnson again at the end of the spring and told him the same thing as before: lose weight and become an integral part of the run-game, or don’t and see minimal time on the field.

This spring and summer there was speculation that junior receiver Malcolm Williams would be the Longhorns’ next go-to guy. Besides his 6-foot-3, 225-pound frame, his ability to get stuck in tight coverage and make impossible catches is reminiscent of Limas Sweed (6-foot-4, 212 lbs.).

Last season Williams only caught 39 balls for 550 yards. There was no denying Jordan Shipley the ball with Colt McCoy at the helm, but Williams didn’t get the ball because of inconsistency.

There was hope and speculation that Williams would make the sophomore-to-junior jump like Sweed did a few years ago (Sweed had 36 receptions for 540 yards his sophomore year in 2005 and 46 receptions for 801 yards as a junior in 2006). But as it turns out, offensive coordinator Greg Davis said Monday that Williams will not be that go-to player. In fact, the receiving corps as a whole won’t have a go-to guy. They’ll spread the ball around more, which they feel will confuse defenses.

Though Williams might be known for his inconsistency and dropped passes in the past, Davis speaks highly of the junior. Davis recalled one time during fall camp where sophomore Garrett Gilbert threw a skinny pass into tight coverage and Williams made the catch with his fingertips.

“Malcolm will make a ton of big plays this year. He never takes a lazy step,” Davis said. “It’s just he’s so involved in special teams and gets worn down. When he gets around 50 snaps from scrimmage, because of what he’s doing on special teams, we’re close to his pitch count.”

The emergence of freshman Mike Davis and the improvement of senior John Chiles and junior James Kirkendoll aren’t helping Williams’ case for more playing time though.

--Laken Litman

TRIVIA TUESDAY When was the last time the Texas football team lost their season opener?

Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff

Junior Cody Johnson jukes while carrying the ball in one of the Longhorns’ open football practices.

The second time was the charm.

“After spring practice, I said he looks like he just wants to be a short-yardage guy and if that’s what he wants, that’s fine,” Brown said. “But all of a sudden I came back [in August] and all I hear is Cody, Cody, Cody. Cody is in shape, Cody is working, Cody is ready. I said, ‘I’ve heard that for the past two years.’ But he’s real-

ly worked hard and I’m pulling for him.”

At 251 lbs., Johnson is powerful and the defense say they hate tackling him. He’s a force to be reckoned with and his efforts this offseason have earned him the starting tailback position, with junior Fozzy Whittaker and junior Tre’ Newton rotating in at

August 28, 1999 against North Carolina State

By Bri Thomas Daily Texan Staff Hand-holding couples made their way into Oilcan Harry’s on Sunday night for the first-ever Gay Austin Sports Fair.

Sports groups around Austin have different social events throughout the year, but with the hustle and bustle of life, therepubliq.com’s Chase Martin decided to put on a fair that would bring all of Austin’s GLBT athletes together.

“I feel our community is fractured,” Martin said. “We all come together for sports, though, despite our backgrounds, races, and stories.”

Martin’s partner, Brian Johnson, was more of a background supporter during the planning process.

“We went through a great deal of brainstorming and just listened to different groups,” Johnson said. “Everyone seemed very interested, wanting to help and wanting to be joined.”

Booths hosting various gay sports organizations, such as rugby and tennis, were set up around the club. The Austin Gay Basketball League was particularly excited to partake in the fair, as the group is just getting started.

“The team came together in the spring, went on to the summer league, and kicked everyone’s butts,” Martin said. “It’s neat to see all different people come together with a common interest, and we hope more groups will result from success like this.”

Perhaps the most popular association in attendance was Softball Austin. Jeff Butler led their C-league team, Shady Ladies, to the Gay Softball World Series the past two years and won the series Aug. 21.

“We came in third last year and could have won but just

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2010 Longhorn Football Depth Chart: Check it out on pg. 9!

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Kirkendoll steps in to leadership role after Texas loses receivers to NFL team

FOOTBALL

Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan file photo

Split end James Kirkendoll scores against Central Florida last season. The senior could spend more time in the endzone if he becomes quarterback Garrett Gilbert’s favorite target, as he fills in for seniors lost to the NFL.

By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff For the first time in recent memory, the Longhorns lack a go-to receiver, but senior split end James Kirkendoll would like to change that.

“He definitely got faster and stronger over the summer,” said head coach Mack Brown. “He can make some really big plays for us.”

For the first time since the 2005 national championship year, Brown enters a season without an established receiver who had at least 500 yards in the previous season. Jordan Shipley got the lion’s share of last season with 1,485 receiving yards, and Quan Cosby carried a load the previous two seasons. But now that they’re both playing in the NFL for Cincinnati, Kirkendoll is a favorite to lead the team in yards this season.

Offensive coordinator Greg Davis initially said he would like to spread the pass distribution around to keep the defenses honest, but with the improvements Kirkendoll made in the offseason, he may become a main target. Davis likes Kirkendoll’s durability and endurance; primary reasons he won the starting split end spot over junior Malcolm Williams, who has an active role on special teams.

“James has a lot more explosiveness now,” Davis said.

Kirkendoll (5-foot-11, 185 lbs) led returning receivers with 48 catches for 461 yards and six touchdowns in 2009. Playing in the shadows of Shipley and Cosby for the past two seasons, Kirkendoll realized that the key to being a successful receiver is developing strong chemistry with the quarterback. Kirkendoll spent countless hours with sophomore quarterback Garrett Gilbert throughout the spring and summer, preparing for the season.

“I think we’ve developed a good chemistry,” Kirkendoll said. “It’s just the little stuff like route running, ball placement, depth and timing. You can definitely see it coming along.”

If Kirkendoll becomes Gilbert’s favorite target this season, he’s poised to be a major part of the Longhorns’ passing game. Despite cutbacks to the shotgun formation and heavier emphasis on the run, Texas plans to maintain a menacing aerial attack. Brown anticipates that having the quarterback under center will allow for more explosive plays and deep passes, areas where Kirkendoll excelled last season.

“He’s been doing a great job, and you can really see his progression,” receiver John Chiles said. “I think his route running has been his biggest improvement.”

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2010 Texas Longhorns Depth Chart

Jeffcoat, Wilson join thirteen freshmen, and five redshirt freshmen for 2010 football season Offense Position

No.

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No.

Player

No.

Player

Flanker (Z)

5

John Chiles

OR

1

Mike Davis

Sub B

84

Marquise Goodwin

OR

11

James Kirkendoll

Tight End (Y)

89

Barrett Matthews

|

85

Ahmard Howard

Right Tackle

72

Britt Mitchell

|

54

Mark Buchanan

Right Guard

67

Mason Walters

|

76

Trey Hopkins

Center

78

David Snow

|

73

Garrett Porter

Left Guard

63

Michael Huey

|

79

Thomas Ashcraft

OR

55

Dominic Espinosa

Left Tackle

64

Kyle Hix

|

77

Luke Poehlmann

Split End (X)

11

James Kirkendoll

OR

9

Malcolm Williams

Quarterback

7

Garrett Gilbert

|

6

Case McCoy

|

18

Connor Wood

Tailback

31

Cody Johnson

|

28

Fozzy Whittaker

OR

23

Treâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Newton

H-Back

83

Greg Smith

|

21

Chris Whaley

Fullback

41

Jamison Berryhill

OR

30

Ryan Roberson

Place-Kicker

19

Justin Tucker

|

14

William Russ

Position

No.

Player

No.

Player

Buck

32

Eddie Jones

|

44

Jackson Jeffcoat

Tackle (Nose)

91

Kheeston Randall

|

85

Ashton Dorsey

Tackle

93

Tyrell Higgins

|

80

Alex Okafor

End

81

Sam Acho

|

92

Reggie Wilson

Strongside LB

9

Dravannti Johnson

|

18

Emmanuel Acho

Middle LB

18

Emmanuel Acho

|

42

Dustin Earnest

Weakside LB

1

Keenan Robinson

|

33

Jordan Hicks

Right CB

8

Chykie Brown

|

23

Carrington Byndom

Right Safety

21

Blake Gideon

|

17

Adrian Phillips

Left Safety

6

Christian Scott

|

16

Kenny Vaccaro

Left CB

3

Curtis Brown

OR

4

Aaron Williams

Nickel

4

Aaron Williams

|

16

Kenny Vaccaro

Punter

47

John Gold

|

19

Justin Tucker

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Chiles and Kirkendoll trained together over the summer; lifting weights, doing quickness drills and catching balls fired from a Jugs pitching machine to soften their hands. The hard work paid off during fall camp when Kirkendoll made impressive catches against the Longhornsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; secondary. But going toe to toe with experienced cornerbacks Curtis Brown and Chykie Brown meant nothing came easy for Kirkendoll in practice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got some good opportunities against some great defensive backs on our team,â&#x20AC;? Kirkendoll said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those guys are tough, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great as a receiver to practice against them.â&#x20AC;?

Even after all of his improvement and preparation, Kirkendoll spoke with a veteran mentality that winning comes before concern for personal statistics. After all, the last time the Longhorns didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a receiver catch for more than 750 yards in a season, they won the national championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to step up this season and become a senior leader for the offense,â&#x20AC;? Kirkendoll said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m willing to do whatever I have to do for us to win.â&#x20AC;? day, month day, 2008

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From page 8 Brown and offensive coordinator Greg Davis choose to pull Johnson after a bad game?

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FILM: Winnebago Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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popularity spans decades From page 14 you just shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be watching.

And then it proceeded to just get funnier and funnier and by the end you are like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;this is scripted, there is no way that this is real,â&#x20AC;? because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that good. And then you watch it again, and then you start quoting it, and then I ask for my own copy and showed it to everybody I knew, and then usually people that I showed it to did the exact same thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how this thing spread from 1988 to the present day pretty much.

DT: What has the past year been like for you?

BS: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those things where this movie kind of has a life of its own to the point that it startled everyone on my team. I wanted to make a good film and do something that I was going to be proud of and that people would like, but things like being on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonight Showâ&#x20AC;? or our movie reviewed by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Access Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;? were never even on the radar for me. With an independent documentary you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get a theatrical distribution, let alone the publicity that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really small movie that I made with my friends with a bunch of credit cards. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have the infrastructure built necessarily at the beginning when I premiered it. This past year and half has taken me by surprise. I mean, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been all over the world. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played western Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been incredible. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to learn so many things I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about distributing a movie.

DT: Since the release of the film, Jack Rebneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life has changed significantly. How do you feel about playing this kind of role in his life?

BS: If he was on the phone [right now] he would say â&#x20AC;&#x153;aw bullshit, nothing has changed.â&#x20AC;?

The thing that was really interesting for me to understand about him and took a long time is that he is the embodiment of that screen writing maxim â&#x20AC;&#x153;show and

donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell.â&#x20AC;? And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely how you know where you stand with him or what he is thinking, you just see it on his face. So at the end of the film when he is standing in the theater and everybody is laughing at the clip, that look on his face, to me, almost sums up the movie; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazed, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bewildered, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited. I mean, Michael Moore introduced our theatrical screening in New York and people stood for hours to talk to Jack. He loves addressing these audiences and his message has turned from doom and gloom to more of this proactive, hopeful message. And in that simple example you can see it.

At least to me, I think he has reentered society to an extent and that has given him hope, or at least the understanding that the people who are fans of the clip or the documentary are not â&#x20AC;&#x153;roomtemperatured idiots,â&#x20AC;? as he said in the movie.

DT: Did you have a backup plan in case you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find Rebney or he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respond the way you expected?

BS: We were definitely like â&#x20AC;&#x153;if he quits or if he throws me out, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to do.â&#x20AC;? Maybe I can find other people who had the same kind of story happen to them and it could be three or four of these portraits woven together, but the more Jack started to open up to me and we developed this relationship, the more that so clearly became the story. I was flying by the seam of my pants and pushing in a direction that I never quite knew how it was going to end up, and I just had to sort of go all in with it and not really have a safety net.

DT: You really know you might have something when you are taking giant leaps of faith like that.

BS: Yeah, either that or you know that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really stupid and should maybe consider another line of work. The outcome of he and I being friends and he and I doing these interviews has been wonderful but it was not like that during production.

From page 14

Phillip Tran | Daily Texan Staff

Janice Harris examines the varieties of Hatch Chile cheese at the North Lamar Central Marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Hatch Chile Festival Sunday.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sell over 275,000 pounds to the Central Market stores in Texas,â&#x20AC;?

Nordyke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that number continues to grow every year.â&#x20AC;?

According to a Central Market employee who preferred to remain anonymous, the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profits from the pepper have gone up this year. The employee believes the profits of the pepper will more than double this year and that the contests and assortment of Hatch products are what keep enthusiasm rising. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny because I used to think it was the addictive flavor and the numerous uses of the pepper that made people love them,â&#x20AC;?

Nordyke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, I realize itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the culture and how it ties this small town to so many different places.â&#x20AC;?

If driving to New Mexico isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the agenda this Labor Day weekend, catch the Hatch Chile Festival at Central Market before it ends today.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY Sports figures, reality-TV stars to waltz into primetime lineup LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The mother of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Brady Bunch,â&#x20AC;? a former NFL quarterback, one of the selfproclaimed â&#x20AC;&#x153;guidosâ&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jersey Shoreâ&#x20AC;? and the daughter of Sarah Palin are among the celebrities who will cha-cha-cha on the 11th season of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dancing with the Stars.â&#x20AC;?

Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke, hosts of the ABC dancing competition, announced the cast Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Brady Bunchâ&#x20AC;? matriarch Florence Henderson, retired Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jersey Shoreâ&#x20AC;? co-star Mike â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Situationâ&#x20AC;? Sorrentino and Bristol Palin are among the 12 celebrities who will be paired with professional dance partners and train before their prime-time premiere Sept.

20. How does Palinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother feel about her dancing gig? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited for me,â&#x20AC;? Bristol Palin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She knows that this is going to be hard work, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited.â&#x20AC;?

Also competing for the mirrorball trophy will be: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When a Man Loves a Womanâ&#x20AC;? singer Michael Bolton, comedian-actress Margaret Cho, former Los Angeles Lakers forward Rick Fox, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirty Dancingâ&#x20AC;? actress Jennifer Grey, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baywatchâ&#x20AC;? actor David Hasselhoff, Disney Channel star Kyle Massey, singer-actress Brandy Norwood and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hillsâ&#x20AC;? co-star Audrina Patridge.

CDS: Risky transition pays off in Klaxonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sophomore effort From page 14 ative space.

Like an iron fist in a velvet glove, Hawk is commanding and delicate in its composition. Whereas Campbell and Laneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous albums were hindered by an overwhelming sense of restraint, Hawk is the fully realized dichotomy between two extremely different â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and compatible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; vocalists.

For fans of: She & Him, Conor Oberst, Wilco

Klaxons, Surfing the Void In 2007, Klaxons released their Mercury Prize-winning debut album, Myths of the Near Future, to critical acclaim. Music journalists everywhere began to talk about â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and attack â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Raveâ&#x20AC;? label bestowed upon the trio at

a time when a new British invasion was taking place (Foals, Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines). At Klaxons shows, glow sticks and neon shirts abounded, and there was a brief resurgence in electroinspired bangers as artists like Justice, Simian Mobile Disco and Uffie gained popularity.

Now, nearly four years after their debut, Klaxons have released their sophomore effort, Surfing the Void. Gone are the air-raid sirens and bass-heavy 4/4 beats. In their place is more emphasis on proggy guitar work and a super-dense wall of sound that may very well destroy your headphones.

What caused such a 180-degree turnaround in the London-based band? That may be the work of producer Ross Robinson, an unlikely figure to be working with Klaxons. The American producer

is responsible for bringing us albums by Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; get this â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vanilla Ice. Robinson was the guy who created the hordes of angsty neu-metal punks that hung around the Harlingen mall.

Even after considering that tidbit, Surfing the Void marks quite a progression for a band once considered the buffoons of the Dayglo scene. Album opener â&#x20AC;&#x153;Echoesâ&#x20AC;? is rife with pounding, swelling guitars and vocals that exhibit some serious dynamic range. But on songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flashover,â&#x20AC;? warbly guitar and heavy reverb make for straight-ahead rock music that eerily recalls The Horrorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first few singles.

The transition from rave-inspired jams to rock music in its most traditional form was a risky, and probably very challenging,

Klaxons Surfing the Void Grade: B move to make. For that to happen in four short years, Klaxons deserve some applause.

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Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 www.dailytexanonline.com

T HE DAILY T EXAN

VHS viral video star makes cinema debut

CD REVIEWS

Mix of light, harsh makes third album ‘enchanting’

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Hawk Grade: A

By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Hawk

Ben Steinbauer: It was about 2001 ... and this friend of mine pulls up this beaten-up VHS tape with masking tape on the spine — and this is before YouTube, so to get videos like that was rare but then to see something like that was like an artifact from a bygone era, something that just spelled classified, something

Who would have thought that a former vocalist for Belle & Sebastian and a crusty grunge punk from The Screaming Trees could make such enchanting music?

Isobel Campbell, her voice ambrosial and effervescent, and Mark Lanegan, his voice soaked with whiskey and cigarette smoke, have released their third full-length album, Hawk. A compelling amalgam of post-modern Americana and dark folk melodies, Hawk may be their best effort yet.

On “No Place to Fall,” Willy Mason lends his murmuring voice to a rustic, shuffling desert ballad and, along with Campbell’s lilting vocals, the combination is hauntingly beautiful. But on songs like “Get Behind Me,” Mark Lanegan takes the spotlight, raspily singing into the mic as gospel organs and rollicking guitar fill the neg-

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Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff

Steinbauer began production on “Winnebego Man” while still a graduate student at UT and continued during his two years as a RTF professor.

Ex-professor’s documentary of ‘angriest man in the world’ wins over audiences, critics

By Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan Staff In the spring of 2009, during his final semester as professor of RTF 318, Ben Steinbauer began every class in the CMA auditorium with the lights off and a YouTube video playing. Dark brown ankle boots, jeans, a collared shirt and a curious Winnebago Van belt buckle became just as familiar to the class as Steinbauer’s af-

finity for viral videos.

One of those videos was “Winnebego Man,” a low quality copy of a copy of a copy of a VHS tape digitized and uploaded to YouTube.

The clip was a series of outtakes from an infomercial promoting the 1989 Itasca Sunflyer featuring Jack Rebney, a disgruntled industrial video salesmen. Rebney’s short temper and creative use of profanity propelled him to stardom.

Steinbauer ’s obsession with the video inspired a documentary about his search for “the angriest man in the world.” Midway through his last semester, Steinbauer premiered “Winnebego Man” at the 2009 South By Southwest Film Festival to audience and critical acclaim. One year later, the documentary has won more than five awards at international film festivals, including the Traverse City

and Sarasota film festivals, is currently being screened in more than 40 theaters across the country and is showing for an extended weekend at The Ritz and Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin.

Steinbauer spoke with The Daily Texan on Monday about the film.

The Daily Texan: When did you first watch the infamous Jack Rebney video?

Fall brings bootleggers, zombies Combine all those great morsels of historical realism set in the time period of Al Capone, nuacting and intricate plot,

By Gerald Rich anced and “Boardwalk Empire” looks like it’s going to be another strong In addition to the anticipat- character-driven drama from the ed return of shows like “Modern network that produced “True Family” and “Dexter,” this fall Blood” and “The Sopranos.” television season has two highly noteworthy series premieres.

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Don’t write this off as just another installment in the zombie-mania genre. “The Walking Dead” is based on RobWhether you actually pay that ert Kirkman’s series, which premium every month for HBO won the Eisner Award — the or you just torrent this, “Board- comic book world’s equivawalk Empire” is shaping up to be lent of an Oscar. Additionalthe network’s next big hit.

Based on the history of Atlantic City during Prohibition, the show’s pilot was directed by award-winning director Martin You have a very human story of how people Scorsese, co-created by “The Sorespond to a hell-on-earth situation, not just pranos” executive producer Terence Winter and stars cult-movanother zombie action shoot-em-up. ie favorite Steve Buscemi.

Buscemi plays Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, the “county treasurer who lives like a pharaoh and is corrupt as the day is long.” He, ly, the show’s creator is Frank mature like in the comic book. like many at the time, sees the Darabont, the director of “The Pair that with creator Dara18th Amendment as an opportu- Green Mile” and “The Shaw- bont and you have a very hunity for profit rather than a set- shank Redemption.” man story of how people reback. Like any illegal activity on Both iterations of the story spond to a hell-on-earth situHBO though, things get messier follow small-town police officer ation, not just another zombie than just bootlegging liquor.

Rick Grimes from Cynthiana, action shoot-em-up.

“Boardwalk Empire,” HBO — Sept. 19

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Grocery shopper Linda Serrano probes through Hatch Chiles at Central Market’s annual Hatch Chile Festival located at 4001 North Lamar Boulevard.

Austin residents have hots for rare Hatch chile peppers Fiery foods, recipe contest bring taste of New Mexico to Central Market festival

By Layne Lynch Daily Texan Staff In the oppressive heat of mid August, large, emerald-green peppers ripen to perfection, are plucked with delicate tugs and loaded into worn, wooden crates to be shipped across the country. These are no ordinary peppers, though; they are the rare Hatch variety.

To celebrate this uncommon and uniquely flavored food, Austin restaurants and stores such as Chuy’s and Central Market are selling Hatch chiles and Hatch chile products.

The Hatch chile pepper is not something one can find on just any farm in any state. It is grown in only one place in the United States — the small town of Hatch, N.M. With a population of just fewer

than 1,700, Hatch farmers labor to cultivate the Hatch chile pepper to meet the demands of countless stores and hungry mouths.

As if growing in a small town doesn’t make this pepper unique enough, the short growing season makes it an even hotter commodity. According to the Whole Foods website, the peak season of the pepper lasts just a few weeks in August and ends at the beginning of September.

The town of Hatch hosts an annual chile pepper festival during Labor Day Weekend. According to Marcia Nordyke, the chairwoman of the Hatch Chile Festival, an estimated 20,000 people flock to the usually isolated town for the festival every year.

“It’s funny because it started in such a small town, and now when people leave and go back home they tell everyone how delicious and addictive the peppers are,” Nordyke said. “People will roast

the peppers and stick them in the freezer, just so they can have them year-round in everything.”

UT students and other Austin residents don’t even have to leave the confines of the city to celebrate this spicy pepper. Central Market has taken to holding its own festival for the popular pepper. This marks the 15th year Central Market has hosted Hatch chile pepper events during the month of August.

Throughout the store, the pepper can be found stuffed into chicken breasts, blended in crab cakes and even baked into desserts such as Hatch and apple cobbler or pie. Since the festival’s beginning in 1995, more events have been added to the calendar such as the Hatch Chile Recipe contest in 2007. The store even published the “Central Market Hatch Chile Recipe” book in 2008.

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Ky. In a scene reminiscent of “28 Days Later,” Grimes wakes up in a hospital after the zombie hordes have been unleashed and stumbles into some fellow survivors.

Now, some more jaded readers may groan at another zombie story, but the beauty of this is that it’s not about the zombies. Zombie flicks focus on the fact that you have roughly two hours to tell the story of some survivors discovering the zombie apocalypse, getting wrapped up in it and barely escaping.

“The Walking Dead,” however, has the luxury of being a full-length series with enough time for Grimes to develop and

HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” is based on the prohibition era in Atlantic City and follows the corrupt county treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Thompson’s messy attempt to profit off the restrictions.

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