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Calendar Music for Bastrop
Several local artists, including Mother Falcon and the Sour Notes, will team up to raise money for victims of the recent wildfires. Admission is $5, and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. at the 29th Street Ballroom.
UT’s Birthday
The tower will burn orange to celebrate the 128th anniversary of the day the University opened.
Third Thursday
The Blanton Museum will host a free evening of art, literature and yoga from 5 to 9 p.m.
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Powers eyes UT grad rates, budget By John Farey Daily Texan Staff
President William Powers Jr. challenged the University to boost its four-year graduation rate from 51 to 70 percent in the next five years. At the same time, he defended current faculty members from outside critics and suggested con-
crete plans about a UT medical school in Austin will be announced next week. During his annual State of the University speech Wednesday, Powers addressed students, faculty, alumni and state leaders at the B. Iden Payne Theatre on the eve of the University’s 128th birthday. He stressed the need to keep tu-
ition costs affordable while operating under an overall 16.5 percent smaller budget and state funding down $46 million from a year ago. Despite tighter economic conditions, the University received the second-highest annual donations of $374 million, only $9 million less than the 2008 record, Powers said. He said increasing UT’s four-
year graduation rates by 20 percent would be a huge savings for students, for families and for the University. “It will take a combination of designing better pathways through the University, incentivizing students to make the right choices and holding students to degree plans that lead to timely graduation,” Powers said.
By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff
Today in history In 1954
Campus watch Grand Theft TV
DKR TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM, 2200 Robert Dedman A UT staff member discovered eight 32-inch flat screen televisions were stolen from the stadium. During the investigation, the officer learned all of the televisions had been removed from several unsecured concession stands and one secured concession stand. Loss value: $4,000.
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Bands take a break from ACL preparation to chat page 6
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Quote to note This is my favorite lineup of any festival we’ve done in the U.S. It’s nice to be in a lineup of people you listen to — Fleet Foxes, Empire of the Sun, Kanye [West]. It’s like hanging out to your iPod. — Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin Chiddy Bang ACL PAGE 6
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SG looks to cooperate with organizations, protest meters
The Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2006 featured Massive Attack, Willie Nelson, TV on the Radio, the Shins, Brazilian Girls, Sterling Lands and the Warrior Gospel Band.
University Future First Responders, Longhorn EMS and the UT Counseling and Mental Health will host a program designed to give students a greater awareness of suicide prevention. The event starts at 8 p.m. in SAC 2.120.
A photographer takes the famous image of Marilyn Monroe laughing as her skirt gets caught in a breeze from a subway vent.
As more students graduate in a timely manner, other students will be granted entry into the University, Powers said. Redesigning courses would be a major part of the initiative to improve graduation rates, with $50 million being delivered over five
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INSIDE: Turn to the Life&Arts section for The Daily Texan’s coverage of the Austin City Limits Festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and will kick off on Friday. This issue includes a history of the festival, artist interviews (including a special ACL Basement Tapes session with Cowboy and Indian), tips on dressing fashionably for a three-day outdoor music celebration and some alternatives to the festival for budget-conscious music lovers. If that isn’t enough, make sure to check out this week’s Longhorn Life for a map of Zilker Park and recommendations on everything from who to see to what to eat.
After a welcome week with record attendance to promotional events, Student Government has been checking things off of its to-do list, said SG president Natalie Butler. All of the research on its current projects is complete, and now the focus is on getting feedback from student groups on what improvements, such as room renovations, need to be made in order for student activities to run more smoothly, she said. “The semester‘s already pretty much underway,” Butler said. “Now that e ver yone is back on campus, we really want to sit down with a lot of different groups to work with them.” This year is the first year that SG will have first-year representatives, she said. Wednesday was the first night freshman candidates were allowed to campaign.
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UT celebrates 128 years of progressive development
“University Avenue, whose cool parkades tempt Ed and Co-ed from Library and porch swing on moonlit evenings.” —An excerpt from the Cactus Yearbook, 1920.
By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff
The University of Texas is celebrating its birthday today, 128 years after the original opening in Old Main, where the Tower and Main Building now stand. When t he University f irst opened to eight professors and a class of 221 students, campus construction was incomplete and classes were held in the temporar y Capitol building, which has since burned down, said Texas Exes historian Jim Nicar. Officials separated the House and Senate cham-
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bers into classrooms with plywood dividers, he said. The opening ceremony of the University was held in the unfinished west wing of the Old Main, where the Tower stands today, he said. “The University’s first chair of
faulty spoke last. His name was Mallett,” Nicar said. “He made a really neat quote at the end of the ceremony about it really being the students who are the University, that the faculty were looking to the students and how important it is that you hear
phrases like, ‘I’m going to the University, enrolled in the University or coming to the University,’ not realizing that you are the University.” UT consisted of the College of Academia and the School of Law, Nicar said. Programs in
the College of Academia included English, ancient languages, physics, psychology, chemistry and other typical academic programs, he said. A student could enroll in the School
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‘Wendy’s Guy’ inspires students with record By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff
Junior, “The Wendy’s Guy,” celebrated both his 13th anniversary working at the Wendy’s in the Texas Union and his six-year anniversary of breaking a fast food world record at the place he loves most — behind the register. Six years ago, a man known as only as Junior to friends, coworkers and supervisors made 246 sales, earning $1,035.43 for Wendy’s in the 30-minute time span between 12 p.m.
and 12:30 p.m. — a world record for the fast food chain. The event can be seen on thewendysguy.com in a 12-minute documentary by UT alumnus Stephen Stephanian. “I went after a record, and I broke it,” Junior said. “The dream came true.” The film was shown at The Union Theater in 2006, and at South By Southwest before traveling to Denver, Colo., Palm Beach, Fla., and even reaching Hollywood, Junior said. “My movie helped open the door for the film students who
made it,” Junior said. “They’re working for TV stations now, and their bosses told them they were hired because they saw my movie. I’m so glad to have helped them.” Along with helping the students who made the documentary, Junior said he inspires others to reach for their goals and never give up. “The Wendy’s Guy” said he can tell many stories of UT students he has become close to while working in the Texas Union.
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Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff
Junior, “The Wendy’s Guy,” celebrated his six-year anniversary of breaking a world record for the fast food chain located inside the Texas Union.
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The Daily Texan Volume 112, Number 38
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years for research into new degree pathways and curricula that reflect the latest knowledge about the student learning process, Powers said. Powers said Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, will deliver a collaborative plan for a medical school next week while the University continues talks with Austin health care providers. “We need to continue to push forward to bring all this together in a medical school,” Powers said. Powers also used the speech, his sixth as president, to defend faculty members who he said were unfairly criticized as being under-productive in a series of external reports last year. “The faculty are our biggest asset, and we need to recognize that,” Powers said. “They carry an average of 33 percent more teaching load credits than the UT System requires.” School of Information professor Loriene Roy said she expected Powers’ speech to have a unifying effect on the faculty and was a welcome vote of confidence in the faculty’s ability to improve graduation rates. “He spoke for the faculty but also for the way we do our work, our writing, our research and our teaching,” Roy said. “The responsibility to get students graduating on time in four years extends not only to the current faculty but to high school advisers, counselors, parents and the students themselves.” Rhetoric and writing senior Matt Portillo said he worried that the pressure to graduate in four years might detract from the university experience. “As a fifth-year senior, I don’t think it’s a one-size fits all,” Portillo said. “[A fifth year] allowed me to develop a breadth of experience and insight into myself that I needed to decide what direction I wanted to go in academically.”
“This group is kind of our guinea pig,” Butler said. “ They’ll be full members. They’ll have full voting rights and be able to bring things up that represent their constituents. The idea is that we’ ll coach them so they’ ll know how t hi ngs work , and t he y won’t feel lost.” Tr ansp or t at i on i s a l arge part of the platform that Butler and her vice president Ashley Baker are supporting. Butler said they are currently trying to work with Parking and Transportation Services to allow students to purchase parking permits which would let them park on campus at night. Under current policy students are not permitted to purchase ni g htt i me p ark i ng p er mit s , she said. Student Government is working with the city to prevent the installation of parking meters in West Campus, and with a stakeholders’ group t o m a k e t h e m a s s t u d e nt friendly as possible, said John Lawler, College of Liberal Arts representative. The city is attempting to put 900 new parking meters in West Campus by January, he said. The ordinance was put into place about a year ago but was postponed because the original proposal was proven to be inadequate, he said. “We’re t r y i ng to c re ate a public process so that student renters can find out about it, protest it and possibly defeat it,” Lawler said. “The next step is how we’re going to fight the parking meters. That will be a big, arduous pro cess, letting students know where to go to protest, to get their voices heard.”
BIRTHDAY continues from PAGE 1 of Law without having to first get a bachelor’s degree and was able to graduate and pass the bar exam in two years, he said. “People made fun of them when they came to Austin,” Nicar said. “ They’d never really experienced a university before, and these strange professors showed up and all sorts of things. It was a town of 11,000 people, and the roads were not yet paved.” Upon opening, the University simply required students to pay $15 in dues each semester until it was raised to $25 in the 1920s and doubled to $50 in the 1950s. In comparison, tuition
ranged from $4,493 to $5,163 for undergraduates with Texas residency in the fall of 2010, according to a report released each year by the Office of Infor mat ion Management and Analysis. Wh e t h e r or n ot t o a l l ow women entry into the University was a controversial issue at the time, Nicar said. The decision on whether or not to allow women to stay in dorms was also an issue that remained undecided until the speaker of the House of Representatives had to cast the deciding vote. In the end, women were allowed into UT to end a debate on whether or not to have
a University president, Nicar said. The governor at the time would have been out of office by the time UT opened, and the founders did not want him to become the president because they feared he would abuse the politics of the position. He said UT founders decided to grant women entry into the University instead of installing a presi d e nt to pl e a s e c om mu n it y members who were fighting for both issues. “That’s a big deal,” he said. “That’s pretty progressive for UT. At places like Princeton, it was all male until 1968. It was actually a compromise when creating the University in 1881.
There were people who were against having women, who thought it should just be guys. It was a big compromise.” UT currently has more women undergraduates than men, with 53 percent of undergraduates being female. “ The University makes efforts to encourage women to enter programs that are typically viewed as male-oriented, such as engineering,” said Robert Meckel, director of public affairs for the Office of the President. “The University has changed in more ways than you can count, including its food, its programs offered, its student life and its atmosphere.”
I threw my hands in the air and said ‘Yes, I earned it,’” Junior said. “And when students graduate from UT, they should go down those steps and look back at the University and throw their hands in the air and say ‘Yes, we earned it.’” UT students appreciate his enthusiasm and support. “He is so energetic,” electrical
engineering junior Jessica Nguyen said. “He made my day a little brighter because he was so happy.” Junior will attempt to break his record and make $1,200 in half an hour on Dec. 1, according to his Facebook page. “He’s really efficient and loves his job,” biomedical engineering senior Kurt Fraivillig said. “He does a great job.”
JUNIOR continues from PAGE 1 “A journalism professor assigned his students to write a story on someone famous, and a girl said she wanted to write about me,” Junior said. “Well, the professor didn’t know who I was so asked the class to raise their hands if they knew me, and this was a class with about 200 students, and every single one of them raised their hands.”
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Junior became a legend within three months of working at the University, but he did not feel he had earned the title until the world record was broken. He said he came to UT to make a name for himself just as students come to UT to make names for themselves, and if he can do it, they can do it. “The day I broke my record,
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Memphis doctors separate twins Adrienne Spates holds her son Joshua, as he gets to see his twin brother Jacob for the first time Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn. Doctors said practice was the key to the successful surgery.
Libyan council to host world dignitaries By Elaine Ganley The Associated Press
PARIS — The leaders of France and Britain will make a quick visit to Libya on Thursday, an official with Libya’s governing body said, becoming the first foreign heads of government to travel to the country in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era. There was no official confirmation of the visit by the offices of President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron. “Our policy is never to comment on the prime minister’s schedule,” a spokesman for Cameron said on condition of anonymity.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Anesthesiologists who assisted in a rare, risky surgery to separate conjoined twins came up with a novel way to practice flipping the patients without tangling the various lines attached to them: They rehearsed it on a pair of Cabbage Patch dolls sewn together. Doctors said the maneuver was key to the successful operation at Memphis’ Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. “Everyone laughed about the dolls ... but by the time the day of the surgery came, you would have thought we’d been doing it a long time,” said Joel Saltzman, director of pediatric anesthesiology at the hospital. Joshua and Jacob Spates were joined back-to-back at the pelvis and lower spine, each with separate hearts, heads and limbs. The 7-month-old boys were separated Aug. 29 in a procedure announced Tuesday. Doctors spoke to reporters Wednesday challenges such as avoiding spinal injury. Bill Warner, an orthopedic sur-
geon in the hospital’s spine clinic, said the boys have ongoing health problems, but he expects Joshua will be able to walk with braces and hopes that Jacob will do the same. “The outlook is bright as far as them being functional in the community,” Warner said. The way Joshua and Jacob were joined makes them pygopagus twins; only once in the past 11 years have pygopagus twins been successfully separated with both children surviving, said Giancarlo Mari, director of the hospital’s fetal center and a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. One of the most critical decisions was when to deliver the babies, as they were endangered by a tangled umbilical cord, Mari said. The team decided to deliver the babies by Caesarean section at 34 weeks. Then came another tough decision: when to separate them. Jacob was born with a serious congenital heart problem and
high blood pressure in the lungs. Dr. Max Langham, who led the surgical team, said delaying increased the risks for Jacob, but lowered the risks for Joshua, who needed time to grow. Waiting also gave the surgery teams, consisting of more than 100 people, of time to practice. Jacques Samson, a maternal fetal medicine fellow at the health science center and the fetal center, delivered the babies Jan. 24. “You prepare for the worst and you’re ready,” he said. “You have a plan B and a plan C. You have to prepare and you have to simulate. We had our dolls sewn together, too.” Samson said he became close with mother Adrienne Spates during pre-birth counseling. “It was a long journey,” he said. “I’m happy for her and happy for the twins. She was always poised, always had it together. I’m amazed at her and her strength. “She has great support. We’re all ecstatic for her and her family.” —The Associated Press
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Suleiman Fortia, a representative of the Libyan city of Misrata to the National Transitional Council, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the two leaders were expected to visit. France and Britain pressed for NATO action to protect civilians against Gadhafi’s troops, and a French aircraft was the first to fly in the air campaign over Libya. France was the first country to recognize the council, known as the NTC, the closest thing to a government that Libya currently has. “Those who helped us, we are so happy to receive them as the first leaders to come,” Fortia said. Sarkozy and Cameron will visit Benghazi and Tripoli, according to
Fortia. “We also invite them to visit Misrata because this is the place which showed Gadhafi how Libya is strong,” he said. He added that he did not know whether the invitation would be accepted during Thursday’s trip. The western port city of Misrata was a stronghold of the revolt against Gadhafi’s 42-year-long rule, playing a central role in the war. The former rebels swept into the capital Aug. 21. Gadhafi is being hunted down but numerous close family members have fled to neighboring Algeria and to Niger. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also expected to visit Libya this week.
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Embracing change and continuity Editor’s note: The following quotes are from President William Powers Jr.’s State of the University Address Wednesday evening.
“If universities stand for anything, it should be the pursuit of critical thinking. They should be a countervailing force against the sort of willful ignorance and anti-intellectualism — indeed Philistinism — we see manifested in ways large and small across our culture.” “Put bluntly, tilting at the windmills of supposed faculty who don’t work hard or who don’t care about our undergraduates — for all the rhetoric about dodgers and coasters — will simply divert us from the real tasks at hand. And it will severely damage our ability to attract and retain our talent.” — Powers referring to Rick O’Donnell’s report published in July that categorized UT professors based on teaching workloads and the amount of research revenue generated. The report segmented professors into five categories: “dodgers,” “coasters,” “sherpas,” “pioneers” and “stars.”
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UT President William Powers Jr. gave his sixth annual State of the University Address on Wednesday in the B. Iden Payne Theatre of the Winship Drama Building. Powers’ speech addressed the controversy and criticism surrounding UT and higher education in the state.
The stage had been set long before the Longhorn Network’s Lowell Galindo delivered a lead-in tinged with an intensity best suited for a live broadcast of a battlefield rather than a university president’s speech in a partly filled auditorium. No, this was the moment that he had waited for, and Wednesday afternoon, President William Powers Jr. delivered. Powers left no leaf unturned as he took on the horcruxes of Texas higher education through the last year in a single speech. After he was finished, he stepped in front of the podium and returned an applause of his own to the crowd’s standing ovation. He made a gesture of two fists forward. It wasn’t a pre-scandal Tiger Woods fist pump, but it might as well have been. Powers addressed all the major issues that have been hurled at UT and higher education, from faculty productivity to undergraduate teaching to academic research. He took on reports, op-eds, interviews and sentiments that have been tossed around in front of the public’s eye. More than anything else, this was a public defense of faculty. Of all the highly publicized debates in the realm of higher education, the stigma of the lazy professor has been the least defended up to this point. A university’s unique business model combined with relatively high faculty salaries, public uncertainty about their roles and a perceived lack of community engagement makes professors vulnerable to criticism. The speech culminated a display of savvy politics from Powers over the last few months. While he dabbled in a few op-ed pieces and took part in interviews, Powers avoided taking too controversial of stands publicly. After coming out against the guns on campus legislation during the 82nd Legislature last spring, Powers was already politically vulner-
able. Additionally, pursuing a knife-fight through the press would have made higher education institutions seem even more intractable to change. Instead, riding a tide of patience and behind-the-scenes diligence, Powers waited for the opportune moment. The controversy spurned into blocks of UT support, such as the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education. The Texas Exes publicly supported Powers, while the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency sent a message to Boards of Regents that their actions were facing legislative scrutiny. The speech also comes shortly after UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa’s Framework for Academic Excellence, which drew a unanimous vote of approval from the Board of Regents. And with the higher education controversy’s enablerin-chief, Rick Perry, chasing the bright lights of Washington D.C., distractions are plenty for some of his cash-flushed friends who were embroiled in this debate in the first place. The biggest reminder from Powers’ speech is that a university’s role goes well beyond job training. The greatest skill a university can teach its students is critical thinking. The United States’ economic past, present and future rests not on any specific job sector but rather on a creation and ownership of ideas. A university that can empower students to channel intellectual curiosity to create these ideas is the university of the future. The Longhorn Network may not have been able to deliver Powers’ speech to as many households as it would have liked, but it’s clear that his message was catered to a much larger audience. — The Daily Texan Editorial Board
“Our faculty are not the problem. ... Not only are they not the problem, they are a big part of the solutions to the very real challenges we do face. We can’t design and implement sustainable change without their help. They care deeply about their teaching and about the success of our students.” — Powers alluding to accusations that UT faculty’s focus lies on research over teaching.
“You get better results if you hire quality people and then trust the process by letting researchers follow their natural curiosity. And you get better professors that way.” — Powers defending purely academic research that may not have a tangible outcome.
“Critically, improving graduation rates would not diminish the quality of a UT education and degree. But it is a huge project. We can’t get it done unless we are given room to focus on it.” — Powers addressing his goal to improve four-year graduation rates. Powers chal-
lenged UT to achieve a 70-percent four-year graduation rate — which currently stands at 51 percent — in five years.
“For Texans, who comprise 92 percent of our undergraduates, tuition is less than $10,000 a year. For a quarter of our freshmen, after scholarships and grants, it’s less than $2,500 per year. That’s less than $10,000 for four years.” — Powers alluding to Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal for the creation of a $10,000 bachelor’s degree.
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At Monday’s CNN/Tea Party Republican debate there may have been eight candidates on the stage but all eyes, including those of his opponents, were on the man in the middle: Gov. Rick Perry. The majority of the evening was occupied by alsorans, such as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, desperately striving to stay relevant by hurling criticism at the apparent frontrunner. And while the majority of their attacks were focused on Perry’s 2007 executive order concerning HPV vaccines, one of the criticisms lobbed at Perry has particular gravity for many UT students. When asked how the GOP planned to attract Latino voters, Santorum immediately turned the question into an opportunity to attack Perry and the state of Texas for a 2001 law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates. Other candidates joined the piling-on, including Bachmann, who chimed in that “I think that the American Way is not to give taxpayer-subsided benefits to people who’ve broken our laws.” Of course, children who are illegally brought over to this country by their parents are not criminally liable in the sense that Bachmann asserted, but the congresswoman has always been more disposed to sound-bites than to actual policy analysis. Even former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate who’s always sounded more “country club” than “county fair,” took the opportunity to attack the policy saying that it “only attracts people to continue to come here and continue to take advantage.” Why of course Romney, it’s not potential employment or freedom from violence that’s driving illegal immigrants across the border. It’s the promise of $5,000 instead of $12,000 for a liberal arts degree. How blind we’ve been. At the root of the issue is a certain moral cavity that rears its head every election cycle: that politicians abandon sensible policy positions for party-line talking points to pander to a base that makes up a tiny fraction of the electorate. In this case, both Texas’ policy and the proposed national DREAM Act are smart, efficient policies that get thrown to the wayside because Bachmann is louder when she screams for English to
be the national language. There are already eight states other than Texas that offer in-state tuition rates for undocumented students including California, Illinois, New York and candidate Jon Huntsman’s Utah. Furthermore, only two of the other seven GOP candidates have executive leadership experience (Huntsman and Romney) and neither has had to govern a state with a scope of issues as broad as Texas’. Texas’ in-state tuition policy is more than a civil rights, immigration or law enforcement issue – it’s good economic sense. Currently the state invests significant funds in educating undocumented students from K-12. By denying those students access to higher education or to the job market, Texas would be wasting that investment while squandering valuable human capital. The students targeted by this type of legislation are not your run-of-themill teenagers. They are exceptionally bright, having performed well enough to matriculate and graduate from a top university, and could immediately contribute to the work force. The only alternative would seem to be to deny undocumented children even basic access to education, a course of action that is as irresponsible as it is repulsive. If the issue is truly a matter of taxes, as Bachmann implies, then providing a path to permanent residency should only help alleviate that problem. These students already pay sales tax. Why not allow them to pay income tax, property tax, etc. as well? Besides, there are already many Texans who pay less in taxes or receive more in-state benefits than undocumented families do. Yet we do not try to make a moral or economic argument to bar them from state higher education. To deny qualified undocumented students access to the work force because of some asinine political grandstanding is a preposterous waste of human capital and state resources. Given vicious rhetoric thrown around in recent months and the promise of an especially contentious election, it was refreshing to see Perry defending this state’s policy amid an ever-growing rabble of fear-mongering and name-calling. Other moderate-conservative candidates such as Romney should take note that rallying the party’s base doesn’t have to mean abandoning sound and thoughtful policies. Player is a first-year student in the School of Law.
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Veterans utilize military skills for disaster relief
Joe Klein, a renowned TIME Magazine columnist, visited the LBJ Library on campus yesterday evening to discuss issues pertaining to the war, which are mentioned in his article entitled “The Next Greatest Generation”. The article and the discussion shed light on how war veterans are able to use skills learned in the military to better their communities once they have returned home.
operations so we’re good at bringing our skills together to solve problems. Lots of what we know how to do is applicable in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans apply- these situations.” ing their military strategies to disaster reTeam Rubicon has helped disaster efforts lief efforts around the world are challeng- in Chile, Burma, Pakistan, Alabama and ing World War II veterans for the title of the Missouri following natural disasters. greatest generation. The organization also allows veterans Time magazine columnist Joe Klein’s 2011 to find a sense of community again when article “The New Greatest Generation” told coming back from a tour, according to the the story of American soldiers using their organization’s website. leadership skills in remark“You get the validation able ways to help others. of being with other vetTeam Rubicon, a disaserans in Team Rubicon,” ter relief organization and Pelak said. support squad operated by Christopher Araujo, a veterans, was formed to member of Iraq and Afhelp relief efforts in Haighanistan Veterans of ti after the devastating America, said a sense of earthquake in 2010, said community he feels in Matt Pelak, Army veterhis organization is iman and current East Coast portant for those just reRegional Coordinator for turning to the U.S. Team Rubicon. “The best thing for vet“We noticed how unorerans coming back is to — Christopher Araujo, Veteran ganized the relief efforts spend time with other vetwere, so we organized a erans,” Araujo said. “There group via Facebook, beare message boards where lieve it or not,” Pelak said. you can contact other vetPelak said the group erans, and there is always asked for donations and received enough someone to talk to.” money to fly veterans and medical profesPelak also said communication is essential sionals to the Dominican Republic in order for growing re-accustomed to civilian life. to transport them to Haiti. “What’s important is figuring out how to Pelak and two other war veterans spoke bridge the gap between Washington and the at the LBJ library Wednesday night with military,” Pelak said. “I believe people have Klein, describing how overseas experiences the desire to serve, to help, to give back, but have enabled them to help others at home they don’t know how.” in the U.S. Both Team Rubicon and Iraq and Afghani“War veterans have a great deal of ex- stan Veterans of America are advocating a foperience in dealing with disaster in times cused and simple approach to solving major of crisis,” Pelak said. “We do a lot of joint problems, which emulates military strategy. By Jennifer Berke Daily Texan Staff
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Engineering tuition may rise to improve school’s rankings By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff
Tuition may increase by 5 percent for engineering students in the 201213 school year if a proposal by the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee passes in March, said the dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering. The increase is a last resort to the school’s budget after it was cut by 17 percent in all areas except faculty salary, said Gregory Fenves, dean of the engineering college. “Any further cuts will be more like an amputation so that’s not an option without hurting the value of the engineer’s degree,” said Fenves Wednesday night at the school’s College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committee student forum. He said the increases to the budget would still be swmall compared to those of other state universities. “I know tuition increases are hard for families, but look at what’s going on around the country,” Fenves said. “Some states have 10 percent increases. We have been planning for this for three years, and we will keep the increase modest.” He said a downgrade in the ranking of many fields within the college for 2012 is a motivation for the change in budget. “Many rankings dropped drastically, and this is unusual,” Fenves said. “I believe word is being spread that the budget has been bad for our programs, so we need a plan so this does not become a reality.”
Only 30 percent of engineering freshmen graduate in four years and 50 percent graduate in six years, Fenves said. This is lower than other schools and a high student-to-faculty ratio is the main source of the problem, he said. “Our student-to-faculty ratio is off the charts,” he said. “Our goal is to hire four new professors every year. This will ensure smaller, more comfortable classes as well as more accessible instructors and keep UT competitive.” Fenves said if ranks continue to fall, professors will be tempted to leave UT for higher ranking universities and further heighten the issue. “Our faculty is very intelligent, and we don’t want to lose them to other colleges,” he said. “We need to keep our faculty here by having a competitive environment.” Mechanical engineering junior Zachary Wilhoit said he was open to the idea of paying a bit more for tuition if it meant he would receive a high quality education. “While I know raising tuition isn’t very popular, I think you have made a very compelling argument,” Wilhoit said. “I came to a great engineering school, and I want to graduate from a great engineering school, and if this is what it takes, I’m all for it.” Fenves’ argument that more faculty is needed was also met with support by electrical engineering junior Vik Parthiban. “I really agree we should hire more professors,” Parthiban said. “That would help a lot.”
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Students gather on plaza for hot poems, cold treats By Shreya Banerjee Daily Texan Staff
A presentation of summer and heat themed poems attracted students and faculty to the “Emperors of Ice Cream” event Wednesday at the Harry Ransom Center’s Poetry on the Plaza. The Ransom Center began hosting Poetry on the Plaza many years ago on the first Wednesday of the month and the tradition stuck, said Ransom Center humanities coordinator Gregory Curtis. Curtis said the poetry selected for the readings is regularly coordinated with current exhibits at the center. The poets featured during the hour included former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner James Tate, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Alexander, who composed the poem “Praise Song for the Day” for President Obama’s inauguration. In addition to literature, the event also featured free ice cream sponsored by Amy’s Ice Cream. “The poets and scholars we are bringing in model many ways of having a life in poetry,” said Lisa Moore, associate professor for English and Women’s and Gender Studies. “We hope this will inspire students to become readers and lovers of poetry and for some, it may spark the desire to write poetry as well.” Wednesday’s Poetry on the Plaza was hosted in conjunction with the Texas Institute for Liter-
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Evie Shockley, associate professor of English at Rutgers University, reads a poem to a crowd of onlookers. The event, wh Evie Shockley, associate professor of English at Rutgers University, reads a poem to a crowd of onlookers.
ary and Textual Studies (TILTS), a UT English department program. “The English department often helps with [Poetry on the Plaza],” English department chair Elizabeth Cullingford said. “The location allows people to wander by because they are eating lunch and [the poetry] hooks people.” Some classes recommend or require students to attend these events. “I’m here for my poetry and fic-
tion writing class, but it is wonderful how [the readers] enunciate the words and recite the poems,” English sophomore Monica Chakraborty said. “I can feel what they are saying because it is hot [outside] and we are eating ice cream, which is what many of the poems are about.” Others came in support of the Ransom Center, such as Austin resident Bill Stout. “The Ransom Center is my favorite library and these events are
very thoughtful and provoking,” Stout said. “The selections are of such high quality and there is a great range of poems and readers.” The next Poetry on the Plaza is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 28 at noon. The event will feature ‘Actors from the London Stage’, an educational theatre group from the University of Notre Dame which travels around the country to teach and perform Shakespeare’s works to college students.
Seminar examines impact of Islamic culture on American art By Shreya Banerjee Daily Texan Staff
Students gathered Tuesday night at the Texas Union for a presentation of research intended to shed more light upon the Islamic culture’s effect on American art. The Center for Middle Eastern studies at UT hosted Dr. Hussein Rashid, professor of religious studies at Hofstra University, for a seminar on the effect of Islam on American art. The event was sponsored in cooperation with His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for the Southwestern United States. “There is a popular perception that the Middle East is foreign and different, so this allows students to work backwards and delve into familiar territory while still studying the Middle East,” said Chris Rose,
director of Public Engagement at the Center for Middle Eastern studies. Rashid has done research into how Islamic culture has influenced American culture and art. He discussed music as well as four other aspects -- architecture, literary art, graphic art and television. “I got into art and popular culture because that was the one space people were ignoring,” Rashid said. Rashid said because music is important to the Islamic culture, Muslim slaves played music on string instruments, which may have influenced rock and blues in the U.S. Rashid also played clips of several different hip-hip songs during the presentation and discussed how the Muslim call to prayer could be heard in those songs. Rashid discussed in the seminar how rappers such as Mos Def, Ali
Shaheed Muhammad and Lupe Fiasco have used their experiences as growing up as a Muslim in America in their songs. Rashid played a song by Muhammed entitled “I Declare,” a title he said serves a dual purpose as Muhammad raps the U.S Declaration of Independence for the duration of the song, and because the first thing Muslims say in their prayers is “I declare.” “People listen to these artists without knowing they are Muslim and that knowledge will help change the way people view Muslims,” Rashid said. The architecture section of the seminar focused on the Moorish influences in buildings across the U.S., while the literary section showed how Muslim writers express their experiences of being Muslim in America through novels and plays. The graphic art segment showed how
more graphic artists use their medium as a way to represent Muslims as a part of America’s population. Rashid said the group Muslims on Screen and Television did a study of how hate crimes against Muslims increased after episodes of “24” which featured Muslims in a negative light. “After 9/11, people wanted to see Muslims as the baddies,” Rashid said. Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations and Global Media sophomore Ariam Macias felt that it brought out new aspects of studying the Middle East. “I feel that after learning about the importance of Islam in pop culture, I will be more inclined to studying Islam in cartoon epLawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff isodes, TV shows and music beHussein Rashid, professor of religious studies at Hofstra University, cause many things in American lectures on Islamic influence in various realms of American art in a visit media reflect the evolution of Isto the UT campus Wednesday night. lam in the U.S.,” Macias said.
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Hip-hop duo looks forward to releasing first full-length album By Christopher nguyen Daily Texan Staff
Band: Chiddy Bang
day&Time: Sunday, 3:30 p.mStriking it big with its MGMT4:30 p.m. sampling song “The Opposite of Adults,” genre-bending alternative sTage: Google+ hip-hip duo Chiddy Bang is about to release its first full-length album WHaT: ACl After Party with after a year filled with mixtapes and Skrillex single teases. After a chaotic show at SXSW earlier this year, Chiddy WHeRe: la Zona Rosa Bang said it hopes to bring the same energy to ACL and its aftershow WHen: Friday, 10:00 p.m. with Skrillex at La Zona Rosa. The Daily Texan spoke to the TiCKeTs: Sold Out producer half of the duo, Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin, about coming back to Austin and releasing fucking backflips. We’re just going their first album, Breakfast. have fun with it.
The Daily Texan: I know you’ve been here pretty frequently. What do you guys love about Austin? Xaphoon Jones: I love cuisine. I love the crepes place. I love the food trucks. The bars are great. Austin is a lot of fun, a lot of fun. At SXSW, we may have taken it a little too far. DT: Anything about ACL you’re pumped for? Jones: This is my favorite line-up of any festival we’ve done in the U.S. It’s nice to be in a line-up of people you listen to — Fleet Foxes, Empire of the Sun, Kanye [West]. It’s like hanging out to your iPod.
DT: So, you guys are set to release your first full-length album, Breakfast, later this year. What can fans look forward to? Jones: You can expect the usual oddball samples, but you can expect them to be deeper and a little bit unknown. The sampling choice is going to be a lot less obvious, and the sound is going to be a little bit more polished. Like a lot of songs from artists, we’re adding background to the songs. Things that make the songs sick and rich, so compared to our earlier stuff, which is ‘laptop in the bedroom’ kind of sound.
DT: Was recording this any different from making your previous mixtapes? Jones: It’s all about the physical space you’re in. For this album, half of it is recorded in West London and half of it is recorded in New York; a little bit is recorded in my house in Philadelphia. We’re growing as artists, and we’re getting better tools and engineering and I’m getting DT: What can people expect better as a writer. from that show? Jones: The usual pandemonium DT: How did you end up in Lonof our show and the usual pande- don? monium of a Skrillex show. I mean, Jones: We’re signed to Parlojust mayhem. Dancing on the stage; phone, which is a London-based laDT: How long are you here for? Do you have time to see some of these guys? Jones: We’re going to be here for three or four days because we’re doing an after party with Skrillex that sold out a couple of months of ago, so we’re going to do that and have a day in between.
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bel. And one of my favorite studios ery day; you’re eating Thanksgiving is called Wendy House in West Lon- roast every day. don. We were there for two to three weeks. DT: Is there any burden to meet expectations with this album? DT: Is there anything really Jones: The only burden is beunique about recording in Lon- tween us and our label just bedon? cause we’re releasing it in America Jones: Absolutely. London is just first even though we are on a Lonso diverse, which is very much like don label. There’s confusion with New York in that respect, but the the people in charge of the project. kind of music, centered around But I know Chiddy and I were redrum breaks and Jamaican culture ally proud of the project. It’s been and everything, from two-step to a gap from our last mixtape. I look grime, is amazing, and I’m just a back and listen to those mixtapes, huge fan of it. And it comes out in and I can’t believe I did this. I used the studio. You’re drinking beer ev- this compressor. It’s just been great
as a producer to have sounds big- catchy, so I know when both of us ger and wider and crazier with this are nodding our heads, we’ve found new one. something is really unique and cool sounding. DT: You mentioned having bigger and crazier sounds. On the flip DT: Do you guys do anything in side, how do you make sure it still particular to relax? sounds cohesive? Jones: We smoke a lot of weed, Jones: That’s a good point. There’s and we play video games in the bus. less limitation, so it’s almost hard- I work on our music almost coner to lock down what you want but stantly because I’m doing remixluckily, Chiddy is a really good ra- es and mixtapes, so I’m almost aldar of what’s going to reach across ways constantly on my laptop. I’m a lot of people. I start nodding my starting getting into DJ more. When head when something is weird and you’re on tour, you have to do anyfreaking, and Chiddy starts nodding thing to survive. his head when something is really
Artist mixes eclectic music with fashion Theophilus London has been making a name for himself — his brand has almost taken precedence over his music. He managed to collaborate with Gucci, Cole Haan and Tommy Hilfiger, and meet Kanye West, a fan of his music, all before he even put out his first album. Every artist claims to be creating forward-thinking, genre-bending music, but London is one of the few
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vintage hats and Jordans. His interest and involvement in style exceeds even West, hip-hop’s fashion purveyor. The Daily Texan spoke with London about the singer-songwriter’s latest shoe line and fashion sense. The Daily Texan: Your publicist said that you were busy with Fashion Week in New York this past weekend. Could you explain a little bit more about your involvement with that?
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I would say it’s grandmother jewelry because only grandmas wear jewelry the right way.
that actually does that, meshing indie-rock, pop, electro, hip-hop and soul. Although he’s only been putting music out since 2008, he’s managed to create one of contemporary music’s most diverse catalogs. His eclectic range of tastes is also clearly exemplified in his personal fashion choices. He meshes Clubmaster glasses with classic jackets,
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Theophilus London: I guess you could say I’m involved in it. Today, my shoe is releasing. I did a collabo with Cole Haan. I just went to the Tommy Hilfiger fashion show. I’m not really that much involved with it. DT: You said your shoes dropped. You have a line of shoes
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coming out? London: Yeah. I designed the shoe with Cole Haan. They’re owned by Nike. I did a blue suede buck. They’re coming out today, actually. They’re being released in stores from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. DT: How widely are they going to be released? London: It’s limited only. They’ll be exclusively available in New York. DT: I will not be getting those then. London: (laughs) There’s always eBay man. I’m going to be doing more shoes and stuff. It’s all good. DT: On the topic of shoes, you have really interesting style. You pair a lot of classic things with Jordans. You seem to have an affinity for Jordans in general. Could you explain about where that stems from, and what are some of your favorite shoes? London: Um, I’ve got a lot of favorite shoes man. I like the classic Jordans, I like the loafers, some
English musician prepares for Texas heat By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff
Inebriating listeners with melodic capsules of breathy falsettos, skittering beats and erotic yet keen innuendos, Wild Beasts have drawn a strong fan base in their English homeland. But hit singles, including “Albatross” and “Bed of Nails,” from their third and latest album Smother have generated interest across the pond. Chock full of poetic lyrics and romance, the album epitomizes compulsive love. The quartet is starting its North American tour for its latest album, Smother, at the Austin City Limits Festival this Saturday. The Daily Texan interviewed Tom Fleming of Wild Beasts about their upcoming performance at ACL, their latest album and their fascination with sex.
Daily Texan: You’re kicking off your North American tour with Austin City Limits. Have you been to Austin before? Tom Fleming: Our first trip to the U.S. was SXSW 2009. It still stands out to me as the best time I’ve had in a band. We have friends there who have produced wonderful dance videos for us. DT: What are some things you want to do this time? Fleming: I want to watch the bats come out at sunset. And have Willie Nelson’s breakfast [chicken fried steak and a Bloody Mary]. DT: It’s really hot here. Do you think you are prepared for the heat? Fleming: Oh, never. As an English northerner of Irish and Nor-
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Theophilus London, Brooklyn soul rapper, is playing Friday at 12:30p.m. on the Bud Light Stage.
boots. I like all types of footwear.
London: It’s got a patriotic mesDT: You were quoted in oth- sage in it. It’s just my country, my er interviews about how “I Stand flag and how I stand alone. Alone” is your favorite song of the new album Timez Are Weird These Days. Why is it your favorLook onLine ite among everything else on the for Q&A with record? Broken SociAL London: Just the message, it’s a Scenne And An patriotic song. The message is what horSe I stand for.
DT: How would you describe your style? In interviews, you’ve talked about how you dig grandmother jewelry. You like skinny jeans, but you mix it up on all sorts of levels. London: Basically, I’m just into classic, vintage jewelry. I would say it’s grandmother jewelry because only grandmas wear jewelry the right way. I like gold. My style is DT: What is the message of what pretty much just raw. you stand for?
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dic stock, there is no way on Earth I could be prepared. I was in New sTage: Honda York during their heat wave and scuttled around like a startled cockroach, and I imagine it has nothing pling rationale of being playful and re-contextualizing things. Nothing on Texas. is really used to the end it was inDT: What can ACL go-ers ex- tended for. pect from your set? Any crazy anDT: Was there a central idea for tics planned? Fleming: We don’t so much do Smother? Inspirations? Fleming: They’re really 10 love antics, but we’re definitely a live band, even with our new machines. songs and mainly about intimacy Also, our drummer is very good; and being close, too close, to someone — hence “smother.” It’s an atwatch him. tempt to reclaim what is important DT: I know you like to stream fa- in the madness of being on the road vorite quotes from literature and all the time, an attempt to rememfilms into your music. What are ber where you’ve been and what’s happened. some used in Smother? Fleming: We tend to use then as DT: Wild Beasts is well associatjumping off points. There’s “Frankenstein” in “Bed of Nails” and T.S. El- ed with sex. To you, what is good iot in “Burning,” but we use the sam- sex? What does it take?
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English band Wild Beasts will open its North American tour by performing at Austin City Limits Festival on Friday.
Fleming: Sex brings people together, but it’s not the thing, you know? It’s kind of an extension of what you feel for someone you like. Also, if you’ve had bad sex, I think it helps. Be good to each other!
DT: And between the other guys, who would you say has the best game in winning women’s hearts? Fleming: We’re all shy English boys with pretty dark imaginations. Listen to our songs; we’re car crashes.
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Alison Mosshart, lead singer for The Dead Weather, performs on the Livestrong stage at ACL on October 4, 2009.
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his year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park. The festival started as a spin-off of the eponymous seminal PBS series, where artists record intimate, acoustic sets in a studio in UT’s College of Communication. The first festival was a two-day event and included Wilco and Ryan Adams in its lineup. Through the years, the festival has seen stage fires, a practical dust bowl and the Flaming Lips lead singer surfing the crowd in a giant, inflatable sphere. Last year the festival took place in the crisp October air, with The Strokes, M.I.A. and The Eagles closing out their respective nights. This year, some of the biggest names in music, Coldplay and Kanye West, along with a music legend, Stevie Wonder, are headlining this year’s festival. Since the inaugural festival in 2002, it has expanded to the destination attraction it is today: a sprawling, three-day celebration of music, food, art and sun that draws 70,000 people from around the world to Austin. — Aleksander Chan Mary Kang | Daily Texan file photo
Hayden Davis and Steven McGinty enjoy the live performance of Phoenix at ACL Friday, October 10, 2009.
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James Felice of the Felice Brothers plays the accordion, October 3, 2009.
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The Mars Volta headlines Austin City Limits Friday night, September 26, 2008.
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Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips surfs on the crowd inside his giant bubble at ACL on Sunday, October 10, 2010.
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Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes greets fans just before playing at ACL Sunday, October 10, 2010.
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Kyle Shutt of the heavy metal band The Sword plays at ACL on Friday October, 2010.
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Sophomore linebacker Jordan Hicks makes a tackle in the Longhorns’ season opener against Rice. Hicks has moved into a starting role in his second year at Texas after playing mainly on special teams as a freshman. He leads the team with nine solo tackles in 2011. By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff
Sophomore linebacker Jordan Hicks was a wide-eyed freshman when Texas lost to UCLA last year and played only on special teams against the Bruins. This time around, he’ll have a much bigger role. “We all have that in the back of our mind,” Hicks said. “It was tough, but it’s a new year, and we’ve worked since January to become a better team and a better defense. I think we are.” The Longhorns were ravaged for 264 rushing yards in the 34-12 defeat at the hands of the Bruins a season ago. This weekend, Texas travels to Pasadena hoping to return
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Texas needs more out of its receivers By Trey Scott Daily Texan Columnist
Though they failed to move the ball last year, the Longhorns entered this season with a group of young, up-and-coming wide receivers that looked like it had the potential to grow into one of the best units in the conference. And now, after two straight weeks of so-so play, they head to Los Angeles with a whole lot of question marks. Obviously, that’s bad news for a team breaking in two new quarterbacks. Consider the top targets for Case McCoy and David Ash: Jaxon Shipley and Mike Davis. That’s about it. We’ll have to wait and see how the benching of Garrett Gilbert affects Davis, who caught three balls for 115 yards against Rice but didn’t register a reception against BYU. Sophomore Darius White boasts a ton of talent but only has three career catches. He even fumbled — without cause — after making a reception last week. Something’s missing there. Still waiting on DeSean Hales to become the impact player he was in high school, but that hasn’t happened yet either. Now a junior, Hales is buried at No. 3 on the depth chart. John Harris proved he could
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the favor. Hicks’ name was not in the box score for that 22-point demolition, but the six-foot-two, 228-pounder from West Chester, Ohio is the Longhorns’ second-leading tackler. Hicks did not start at all in 2010 but has been relied on much more this season, starting at outside linebacker from day one. Despite the drubbing Texas took last year, Hicks is confident in his team’s chances Saturday. “If we focus on what we’re doing and execute, no team, we think, can beat us,” Hicks said. The Longhorns can certainly feel good about themselves with Hicks on defense. Hicks racked up 11 tackles against
BYU, eight of them before halftime. It’s only been two games, but Hicks has already notched 16 stops and has a chance to put a triple-digit number in the tackle column this season. Not bad for someone who had just 23 as a freshman last year. But if Hicks’ performance against BYU was any indication as to how the linebacker will play this season, 100 tackles is a legitimate possibility. “[Jordan’s] really played well the first two weeks,” said defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. “He’s a very physical tackler. We think very highly of Jordan. He takes his craft very seriously. You’re happy for all your guys, but Jordan’s a guy that when you see him playing well, it gives
you a lot of pride.” Emmanuel Acho is the only player who made more tackles than Hicks for Texas in its contest against BYU, and his 23 tackles lead the team. Acho and fellow senior linebacker Keenan Robinson have done well leading a group of linebackers that, with the exception of Acho and Robinson, is made up of entirely underclassmen, including Hicks. “I thought the linebackers played well,” Diaz said. “They understood the challenge, first of all, in terms of attacking the line of scrimmage in order to contain the run game. It turned into a passing game and we were able to do some things from there to shut them down.” Diaz has been demanding of his
defense, and it’s paid off so far. Texas has allowed only one touchdown and has buckled down when needed to, as it gave up only three points and held the Cougars to less than three yards per play in the second half this past weekend. “We have to do everything exactly right,” Diaz said. “Not almost right. Not a little bit right. When we fly to LA, we want the pilot to land the plane exactly the way it’s supposed to land. There’s a lot of airports in LA. It can land in Burbank. It can land in Orange County. No, we want it to go to LAX. We want it to be exact.” Wherever the plane lands, the Longhorns will be glad that Hicks is on it.
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Yogi focused on return to Final Four By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff
Sydney Yogi stands out. As the Longhorns take the court for introductions, their height is obvious when you go down the line and you see players between 6 feet 1 inch and 6 feet 5 inches. Then in a bit of comical irony, the 5-foot-2inch Yogi is introduced. The senior, though, stands tall in a line-up of giants. Yogi plays the libero position for the team and also sticks out on the court because of the black jersey she wears, instead of the home colors of orange and white. The libero position is a specialized defensive player who stays in the back row, cannot hit and doesn’t count for a sub. They are usually the shortest players on the court and the team leaders in digs and keeping plays alive; they also are a great help to coaches, as they can be switched out without penalty. “It is useful to the game because now that you can have a lot of hitters that do not play defense in and not waste a sub on that,” Yogi said. Texas was without its starting libero for the end of last season, as Yogi was sidelined by a hip injury. Now, she’s back and completely healthy after a summer of rehab work. “It’s good, I’m back, and I’m 100 percent. It was definitely a very frustrating last year though,” Yogi said. Her return is an excellent addition to the talented offense group that Texas has up front. Yogi serves as a defensive specialist on the back line, adding a dimension to the team that was missing at the end of
last year, when she was injured. “Sydney has come back strong after last year. It’s a big piece for us especially after losing Sha’Dare [McNeal] right now and for holding down our passing,” said head coach Jerritt Elliott. “She’s also the one that is directing the back court; we need someone to teach our younger players how to be organized back there and [understand] the things that they’re supposed to be seeing. When you have someone back there that’s a senior with the experience she has, it’s a big bonus for us.” Yogi is a part of a senior class that has been to the Final Four three times in three years, and would love to make it a four for four. This time however, she would like to seal the deal with a national title. “It would be the cherry on top of a perfect four years here. We’ve been through our ups and downs, and I think our loss to Penn State two years ago was the most disappointing in all of our eyes,” she said. “But if we could finish it, especially because it’s in San Antonio with a lot of our fans there, it would be awesome to say the least.” Yogi knows her family will be there with her for the ride, despite the fact that they live in Hawaii. She says her mom tries to be at as many games as possible every year and has already attended the tournament in California this year. “My mom is racking up some crazy airlines this season, especially since it’s my last year,” she said with a laugh. Looking forward past volleyball, she is looking to go to pharmacy school. For now though, she
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Sydney Yogi makes a play on the ball in a recent game for the Longhorns.
wouldn’t mind playing overseas after her time as a Longhorn, to earn a little money. “I would be open to playing overseas for a while if the opportunity presents itself, and I could make a little money to pay for school so
that would be nice.” That’s in the future though. As of now, she is only focused on one thing — helping the Longhorns reach the Final Four and obtaining the national title that has eluded her so far.
Houston running back Arian Foster returned to practice Wednesday after missing the season opener because of a left hamstring injury. Coach Gary Kubiak said Foster took the normal repetitions for a starter in the workout. “I guess the key probably is how he comes out of practice [Thursday],” Kubiak said. “Does he feel good? But everything was positive today at practice, so we’ll see.” Kubiak was encouraged by how Foster looked in his return Wednesday. “I think it’s about him getting his confidence back and just cutting it loose,” he said. “I just told him to be smart today, but he’s on top of his stuff.” Foster was happy to get back on the field after dealing with the injury for so long. “It felt good,” he said. “It was pretty fluid.” — Associated Press
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Starting quarterback, run defense hot topics as UCLA rematch nears Missed our live chat? We’ve got you covered. Make sure you join us next week at 4 p.m. Double Coverage Editor Sameer Bhuchar: Hey there, Double Coverage fans! We are excited about getting our fourth Chat underway! Once again, we are joined by Austin Laymance and Christian Corona ... the UT football beat writers. Question From LateGameHero: What is it about Texas and its slow starts? Associate Sports Editor Austin Laymance: The new system — it takes some time for the players to adjust and get used to it at game speed. There are a lot of new plays, formations and schemes being used this year, so it was expected for Texas to start slowly. Football beat writer Christian Corona: Texas has had problems coming out of the gate. They led Rice by just four at halftime and trailed BYU by 10. But it’s been a point of emphasis in practice this week, so the Longhorns could strike first this weekend against UCLA. Sameer: Texas finishes strong though ... the Longhorns haven’t given up a fourth quarter point all season. Austin: Yes, they have a 21-0 advantage in the fourth quarter Sameer: But shifting to the most important news coming out of Mack Brown’s office ... the QBs. Question From William: What can we expect from David Ash vs. UCLA now that Case McCoy is the starter? Will he see more playing time? Christian: The coaches have said that the package for Ash has only five plays, but that’s sure to expand. Ash has done well when he’s seen the field and has earned the right to more playing time, especially with McCoy making his first start. Austin: David will see a good amount of time this week at the Rose Bowl. OC Bryan Harsin likes to use two QB’s, he did it very successfully at Boise State and will do as well this week. David Ash should be on the field for at least 10-15 plays, and that’s if Case is moving the ball. Question From Berrington: Do you think Gilbert will ever get his spot back? Or is this change permanent? Christian: After the way McCoy and Gil-
bert played this past weekend, it’s suddenly McCoy’s job to lose. If he plays the way he played against BYU, McCoy will remain the starter and Gilbert will stay at third string. Austin: I think Gilbert will play QB at Texas again. When? I’m not sure. But if McCoy and Ash struggle, don’t be surprised if Gilbert is back in there. Austin: I see Gilbert playing on the road, not at home. You heard the boos last week. Why not build his confidence away from home? Sameer: From the sounds of it, the coaches do have a lot of confidence in their younger QBs though. Harsin really runs plays catered to their styles. Christian: Players on both offense and defense have mentioned how vocal McCoy was in the BYU game. Not only has McCoy played better than Gilbert thus far, but he has seemed to win the respect of the locker room. Not sure if Gilbert ever did that.
Coy and Malcolm Brown just step on the field, the Longhorn faithful go nuts. Sameer: We shift now to a concern a fan has about the running game. Question From William: How do you think Malcolm Brown will do now that he’s the No. 1 running back?
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Christian: It’s a run defense that won’t give up the 264 rushing yards it allowed to UCLA last year. Defensive coordinator has pounded the importance of stopping the run into his players’ heads, and they’ve bought in.
Question From Bane Baneson: When they aren’t running, UCLA likes to complete short, quick passAustin: es. BYU QB Jake Heaps was able to If you ask Mack Brown, he’ll say complete many of his quick strikes Brown is not the No. 1 running during Saturday’s game, so how will back. He’s listed as co-starter with the defense be ready for this quick Fozzy. attack? Christian: Malcolm Brown has led TexAustin: as in carries both games but hasn’t Texas will go with man coverage seen much playing time in the ear- if the Bruins start throwing it short. ly parts of games yet. Now that he’s Quandre Diggs and Adrian Philthe starter, the Longhorn offense lips can stick to the UCLA receivwill get a boost right away. ers, and the outside linebackers are Austin: mobile enough to limit the slant. But I think he will do well against Christian: UCLA this week. He’s a powerful Despite being the defense’s runner with good vision. He’s aver- youngest unit, the secondary may aging more than four yards per car- very well be the most impressive. ry. Sophomore Carrington Byndom was Texas’ defensive MVP Week Question From Fazzad Wang: 1 while freshman Quandre Diggs Question From Stephen FarneDo you expect Fozzy to be rele- and sophomore Adrian Phillips sworth: gated to a Wildcat/passing-game- each had an interception Week 2. So is it true that McCoy and only role? With Malcolm now list- The Bruins will have their hands Shipley are roommates? ed as co-starter, the promise that full when they put the ball in the Bergeron would get more carries at air. Austin: UCLA, and Cody Johnson, do you Sameer: Yes, just like the older duo. think there is any place for Fozzy to Minny has a question about Alex Christian: be getting carries? Okafor! Yes, McCoy did confirm after Saturday’s game that he and ShipAustin: Question From Minny Jackson: ley, like their older brothers, are Fozzy will see more time in WildHelp! I’ve been looking all over roommates. cat than in running sets, yes. And the place for Alex Okafor, and I Austin: Cody Johnson will be the goal line- can’t seem to find him. Do you Jaxon plays guitar, same as Jor- back. guys know why he hasn’t been as dan Shipley did. Jordan sang; now Christian: productive as they said he would it’s Case doing the vocals. Not at all. Malcolm Brown may be? Sameer: eventually prove himself to be the A couple more QB questions team’s best running back, but he’s Austin: coming in here ... learned a lot from Fozzy over the Want to find Alex? Just look for offseason and in these first couple him stuck to a lineman. He’s not Question From Poopycat Mc- of games. Also, Whittaker’s a senior getting off blocks, period. Gee: so he’ll always get a fair amount of Sameer: If McCoy and Ash struggle, how carries, some in the Wildcat, some Slow. Slow. Slow [off the blocks]. do you think the fans will react to not in the Wildcat. Austin: Gilbert? With all the clamor to get Austin: Gilbert out of the QB spot, do you Malcolm Brown will be the workthink they’ll be willing to see him horse. Bergeron did not play last play, or will he be welcomed with a week, so his carries may be limited. chorus of boos? Sameer: The people want to know about Austin: defense! He will be booed the moment he throws a pick. But if he moves the Question from William: ball and limits the turnovers, he’s UCLA’s run game really hurt Texgoing to be cheered. as last year. Will the Longhorns’ run Christian: defense step up this time around? When Gilbert didn’t complete passes, he was booed. When he Austin: threw interceptions, they could hear To a certain extent. Rememthe boos all the way at Lake Travis. ber, UCLA went for more than 250 So, yes, the fans will not react kind- yards last year. So Texas should imly if he returns. prove from that mark. But I don’t Christian: see them completely shutting down The fans are so eager for change the Bruins’ attack. after a season like the one TexChristian: as had last year. When Case McTexas has a good one.
MVP honors when Texas faced BYU. Austin: Dorsey will have a big impact, he was the team’s defensive MVP in the BYU game. He will benefit from playing next to Kheeston Randall and should have some lanes to the QB. Dorsey is only going to get better, so he will help shore up the run D. Sameer: Okafor is not a beast, yet. SomeOur most famous fan has a questimes he does not finish plays, the tion regarding ... the law? coaches are on him to reach his potential. But he’s not there yet. Question From Lil Wayne: Christian: I’d like to sue the Texas defenJeffcoat hasn’t been productive sive backs for copyright infringeeither. Jeffcoat and Okafor have ment ... Quandre The Giant??? Secombined for just nine tackles this riously? year. Texas has gotten away with not getting much production from Christian: their defensive ends so far, but that’s Quandre plays a big game that’s going to have to change soon. [how] he has that nickname, sorry. Comment From wow: Quandre went up against a BYU Alex Okafor is not slow guys; he’s receiver that had about six inchbeen double-teamed. No way is he es on him and picked it off. He’s “slow.” Get out of here. earned the right to be called a “GiAustin: ant.” He’s fast and quick. Just getting Sameer: blocked. Let’s keep the talk about the DBs Sameer: going ... IrateFan has something to He’s been getting double teamed, say. but a player of his potential can’t consistently get held up like that. Questionfrom IrateFan: Sameer: I can’t get over how sloppy Blake Speaking of [Ashton] Dorsey Gideon has been recently. What though ... gives? Christian: If Okafor is getting doubleAustin: teamed, that’s fine. Then Jeffcoat Not tackling. And the coaches should be wreaking havoc in the admit it. opponent’s backfield. No team is He got juked at least once against going to line up with seven offen- BYU. If he does not play better sive linemen. against UCLA, watch out. Christian: Question From Rusty DickenMissed a couple open-field tackson: les against BYU. As a safety, he’s What impact will Dorsey start- the last line of defense and is suping have on the defense? posed to be one of the team’s surest tacklers. Gideon needs to improve Christian: in that area. Despite being suspended against Austin: Rice, Dorsey was good enough He may be thinking too much out against BYU to earn defensive there. Just needs to make plays.
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Mike Davis looks up for the ball during the Longhorns’ 34-9 win over Rice. Davis caught three passes for 115 yards against the Owls but did not make a reception against BYU.
toss a nice ball. Miles Onyegbule, who cross-trained at several positions in high school, has unique versatility. Add Marquise Goodwin to that mix, and you’ve got seven receivers jockeying for playing time. Seven receivers who, against BYU, recorded a combined seven receptions for 57 yards. What does it say about the rest of the receivers that Goodwin can bypass spring, summer and fall
workouts, jump back in with the team out of the blue and be starting after one week of practice? Maybe it means nothing — Shipley says they’ll take all the “fast players” they can get — but it’s not exactly a stamp of approval for the other guys on the roster. The Longhorns’ wide receivers don’t need to be world-beaters. They just need to be better than last year’s group, which lacked a true go-to guy.
Texas has devoted so much of its time and recruiting focus the past few seasons to fielding a roster of talented catchers and throwers — in turn, making the Longhorns a team that struggles to run the ball — that it can’t afford for the receivers to turn in sub-par performances for consecutive years. The wide receivers should have enough talent to make sure that doesn’t happen. Emphasis on “should.”
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Weekend concerts, festivals provide cheaper alternative to ACL By Eli Watson Daily Texan Staff
ACL is not the only option. For those that cannot afford a three- or one-day pass to this year’s ACL, this weekend has a few alternatives that will keep you entertained at affordable prices:
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dance, including Noise Revival Orchestra, Mother Falcon and The White White Lights. The growth of the event caught the attention Lauren Bruno, Les Rav member and collaborator. “It’s more than the music, it’s all about the community,” said Bruno, who is also the director of nonprofit organization $2 Shows. Collaborating with Cherie and Salazar, Bruno’s $2 Shows have helped Ditch the Fest Fest become even larger and keep things affordable and entertaining. “The focus of the organization is to give back to the community,” Bruno said. Most of the proceeds from $2 Shows benefit local charities and organizations such as Austin Children’s Shelter, Town Lake Animal Shelter and the Children’s Miracle
Created by local indie rock band Les Rav’s Naomi Cherie and Joseph Salazar, Ditch the Fest Fest originally began last year at Cheer Up Charlie’s with Ikey Owen’s (formerly of Mars Volta) Free Moral Agents headlining the festival. The event featured local acts such as Megafauna, Ringo Deathstarr and The Sour Notes. Now, a year later, the festival is still an allday event but features many more venues and bands than before. More than 70 local acts will be in atten- Network.
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listeners to have a good time and not and there are talks of a surprise spehave to worry about noise complaints cial guest. Described as the “Silent Disco,” Si- or deafening speakers. DJs will be spinThese alternatives are not only lent City Limits provides attendees ning, and there’s no set end time. easy on the wallet, but they all offer with wireless headphones that cona different taste of what Austin has nect to two different channels. These gAyCL to offer. Whether you’re looking for two channels will feature sets from DJs Featuring artists such as Boy a night of dancing or want to catch such as Orion, the All Good Funk AlFriend, Agent Ribbons and Follow some of Austin’s rising indie rock liance and Kangaroo Sexy. Made faacts, these events will keep you entermous at events such as Bonnaroo, That Bird, gAyCL will be happen- tained and give you plenty of bang for Camp Bisco and Treasure Island, these ing at Cheer Up Charlie’s, benefit- your buck. “Silent Events” headphones will allow ting the Equality Texas organization,
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First ACL performance, absurdity in store for band By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff
From the bluesy drone of the harmonica in the band’s hit single Trouble Tracks to frontman Jesse Plemons’ lonesome voice and melancholy lyrics, the sound and energy of indie folk band Cowboy & Indian is as warm as a swallow of old whiskey and fulfilling as a night’s sleep. Composed of Plemons, who is also known for his role in Friday Night Lights, Jazz Mills, Daniel James (of Leopold and his Fiction), Peder Gilham, Dorian Colber and Stephanie Hunt, the Austin based band is playing for the first time at Austin City Limits Festival on Saturday. They are also kicking off the festival with a performance Friday night at midnight at Momo’s Club. The Daily Texan interviewed Cowboy & Indian during Basement Tapes about their preparation for the festival, living in different cities, and their excitement about seeing fellow local bands play. The Daily Texan: What has preparation for ACL been like for the band? Daniel James: This is our first band practice. [Laughter] Jesse Plemons: Binge eating. [Laughter] Jazz Mills: We’re not all in Austin all the time, and so we’ve kind of have to work our schedules around where everyone’s been. We’ve had like day, month day, 2008
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In Texas, where the scorching heat often dictates what you wear, looking trendy and comfortable for special events, such as this weekend’s music festival, can be tricky. But with the help of experts, here are four favorite ACL looks put together by local boutiques Dog & Pony, Cream Vintage and Charm School Vintage — perfect for beating the heat, turning heads and feeling comfortable.
Dog & Pony “Putting together an ACL look requires a quick weather check — important when you’re planning on being outside all day. Still infernally hot with a chance of thunderstorms, we dressed the model accordingly in saddle shoes (plastic, rinses out, great for potential muddiness) to start. The crinkle cut cape top will catch the breeze and keep the sun off. Star Lee It’s laidback with enough drama to keep things interesting. Boutique Owner The distressed cutoffs are done in house at Dog & Pony and [are] great for lying in the grass — even cuter dirtied up. Finishing touches — Cheap Monday hawk earrings and Jacqueline Rose lion cuff. We left the neck bare to keep the look from being overdone.”
Cream Vintage “[The first look] is whatever’s on the summer rack. It’s one last run of your summer look before you put a jacket over it. The [second look] kind of reminds me of a young Teddy Kennedy. He is wearing bowler shoes, white shorts, an orange shirt, with a beat up, ADDITIONAL old fedora. The hat was all crumpled COVERAGE: up. The fact that [the look] was all Gary Massey For more ACL Sales Associate creased as well is pretty cool. It is alfashion tips, check most like the morning after, like he out Longhorn Life pulls the clothes out of a big pile. The hat got squashed, the shirt is wrinkled.”
Charm School Vintage “The key to staying cool in the midst of ACL madness is to rock something breezy in a light fabric. This two-piece cotton, crop top and maxi skirt is fun with its tribal pattern and little peek of midriff, but will still keep you covered from the sun. A wide brim hat like this black one will shade Shari Gerstenberger your face from rays and give your outfit a little Boutique Owner edge. Then throw your water bottle, sunscreen, camera and wallet into this cute leather backpack and slip on some not-too-flat, woven wedges, and you’ll be cool and comfortable all festival long.”
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BALANCE RENT continues from PAGE 14 continues from PAGE 14 case out from the confines of Zilker Park and into a city-wide spectacle. Unlike the general benefits a city derives from a large-scale event (e.g. increased revenue at restaurants, hotels and other tourist-related markets), ACL’s influence extends to more niche levels of the local economy. Local venues benefit from it all, especially from after shows that sell out in higher frequency than in any other time of the year. Tickets for the Cults and the Smith Westerns sold out in a matter of minutes and hours this year. Local artists often get the chance to open at these events, exposing themselves to the slew of tourists visiting the city for the festival. Events created in response to the festival, including Ditch The Fest Fest, can never truly escape the shadow of ACL because it thrives solely on ACL’s existence. The disgruntled hipsters gets their own event, and C3 Presents looks good without losing any market share, creating a win-win scenario for everyone. But as much as ACL has advanced, which is evident in its focus on audience experience — such as charging your cell phones at the Google+ Lounge and refilling your water bottles at the CamelBak Filling Stations — and on generating money into the city, the festival has failed to improve where it has needed to most: its relatively lackluster lineup. ACL has traditionally put out a praiseworthy lineup. In 2008, the headliners included the Foo Fighters, Beck and The Mars Volta. However, in recent years, the festival has not stepped up its game to match its increased notoriety as its counterparts, Coachella and Bonnaroo, have done. Coachella’s 2011 lineup, featuring the likes of Daft Punk, The Beastie Boys and Odd Future, sent the Internet music world into a frenzied state of frothy salivation, and Bonnaroo achieved a lesser but similar effect with Girl Talk, Eminem and The Decemberists. Even Lollapalloza, ACL’s C3 Presents-owned counterpart in Chicago, arguably superseded the live music capital of the world. Lolla 2011 included talent ranging from breakout acts such as Skylar Grey and Ellie Goulding to mainstream darlings Eminem, The Cars and the Foo Fighters. While analysis of festival lineups is subjective to each individual, ACL’s lineup can be criticized on an objective level in regard to the press each band receives. Each festival operates, more or less, on a system that involves booking huge bands and then supplementing the lineup with scores of lesser known indie rock groups. The problem with ACL, this year especially, is that most of those groups have received extremely little press within alternative and indie media. You’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone who has heard of Ha Ha Tonka, The Cavesingers or Reptar. I get paid to write about music, and I don’t even know who those people are. Bonnaroo, on the other hand, had “lesser� acts such as J. Cole, the Cold War Kids and the Smith Westerns. Neither ACL nor C3 Presents have an excuse to lose out to these festivals. Coachella is in a desert in the middle of nowhere. And Bonnaroo happens in the southern summer heat of rural Tennessee. Austin boasts tremendous amenities to rival both of these places with a vast array of hotels and accommodations for travelers and a city full of music-hungry fans. Perhaps C3 Presents is getting lazy because it can count on the city to attract music lovers with these features and sell out ACL. If the festival is actually about the music and the art, then this shouldn’t be the case. Money is always a factor in deciding things, and this is okay. A problem arises, though, when the supposed music capital of the world gets upstaged by a desert town of 70,000. Even so, other Austin music festivals, including Fun Fun Fun Fest and South by Southwest, have managed to acquire an arguably better lineup — maybe not megastars such as Kanye West or Arcade Fire but an overall breadth of performers. If this trend continues, it’s only a matter of time before the rapidly growing Fun Fun Fun Fest gains more mainstream acts and becomes Austin’s premier music festival. ACL as a whole is extremely beneficial for many sectors in the city of Austin. In spite of this, the festival has a long way to go before
Breakfast and a ride might be what it takes to catch the attention of travelers in need of a place to stay. A quick Craigslist housing search for “ACL� results in at least 1,000 houses, apartments and rooms, each one available to book for the festival weekend and the days leading up to it. Prices are all over the board, ranging from cheaper $175 “ACL Crash Pads� to luxurious, downtown condos complete with granite countertops and access to the on-site saltwater pool. It’s a quick way to make cash for local residents, but it’s especially lucrative for the hospitality business. Most hotel rooms, besides vacancies from cancellations, vanished in the summer or before. The Austin Motel’s 41 rooms filled up three months ago, just one hour after they began to take reservations for the festival weekend. “It seems like everybody is pretty booked,� said Luke Cullins, assistant manager of the Austin Motel. “Especially when it gets this close, if people aren’t on the ball, they’re out of luck with hotels. I tell them you have to be on the ball if you want a room. You have to call places pretty early.� Apparently, the same concept applies to potential hosts — be on the ball and post a listing early or get
lost in the flood. Garibay, despite the perks she offers in her ad, hasn’t found anyone to stay at her house yet. She said that when it gets this close to the festival, Craigslist becomes completely inundated with offers. Sarah Tabor, who posted an advertisement on Craigslist for her bedroom on Sept. 10, is in the same situation. “I haven’t really gotten too many responses for ACL,� said Tabor. “It’s kind of a bummer.� She said that it was different with South By Southwest, which was the first time she opened up her house to strangers. She and her roommates posted their listing the week of the festival and ended up with nine to 12 people (“depending on who came home that night�) spread out across their living room floor. She attributes this to the fact that ACL, which reported about 75,000 people in attendance in 2010, is smaller than South By Southwest, which brings hundreds of thousands to downtown Austin. Nevertheless, Tabor is hopeful that some last minute stragglers will take her up on her offer. Renting out her bedroom, which she has listed for $175, will not only give her some extra cash this month, but she said it’s a good way to make connections. She said she used couchsurfing.com
to find a place to stay while roadtripping to New York last summer and had a great time with her host, who took her out and showed her around Tennessee. “You can definitely meet some cool people,� Tabor said. “As long as I don’t need something too private, I would always try to stay with someone [from Craigslist]. You never know who you’re going to meet, and it could open some kind of door for you.� Of course, there’s a dark side to staying with a stranger. TechCrunch reported in July that people who listed their homes on AirBnB, a service that connects travelers with housing, have returned home to find their places trashed or worse. AirBnB has begun to deal with situations like this, introducing a policy in August that covers up to $50,000 in losses or damage. Craigslist — Garibay and Tabor’s chosen service — offers no such insurance plan. Tabor asked for a $75 deposit in her ad, just in case something gets damaged or stolen, and Garibay, who didn’t request a deposit, said that first impressions are an important factor in deciding what feels right. “You can get a lot from a person just based on that first interaction,�
with the City of Austin authorized C3 Presents to sell up to 75,000 tickets, and attendance last year was around 70,000 each day. Bailey said the reputation of the ACL television show helped contribute to the success of that first festival. Now that the festival is an established destination, it brings major bands to the television show that might not otherwise have made the trip. In past years, Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket, Wilco and The National have all doubled dipped, performing for both the festival and the show, and this year Austin City Limits Live will be taping Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Randy Newman, The Head and the Heart, and Gomez over the festival weekend. Looking forward, ACL must continue to adapt by making
Sarah Tabor, who stands in the spare bedroom of her North Austin home, rented the room to SXSW Conference attendees earlier this year and hopes to do the same for Austin City Limits.
Garibay said. “And if you don’t get a good one, just sort of politely decline. You don’t want to piss anybody off either. People can be crazy.� For the most part, however, Garibay said that gracious, respectful guests aren’t hard to come by, especially if hosts go the extra mile to make them feel comfortable.
“Make them feel really welcome,� Garibay said. “For me, it’s just cook dinner and chitchat, just try to be as helpful as I can. At the end of the day, people are traveling, and they want to experience a new town. Sharing that excitement with them is pretty awesome. If you can do that, it’s a good thing.�
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HISTORY continues from PAGE 14 first festival, which featured an array of artists from Gillian Welch to String Cheese Incident, set a precedent of eclectic line-ups that the festival has kept as its popularity has grown during the last 10 years. Some highlights of the decade include Pixies in 2004, Coldplay in 2005 — the dustiest year in the festival’s history, Dave Matthews Band in 2009 and the Flaming Lips’ infamous bubble entrance last year. This year’s festival features less wellknown groups Reptar and AWOLNATION, as well as international superstars such as Stevie Wonder. After a record 75,000 people attended on the Saturday in 2004, promoters lowered the festival’s maximum capacity at the request of surrounding neighborhood associations. A new contract last year
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content of the festival and television show directly accessible from computers and phones, Bailey said. Last year, a number of performances at the festival were made available for live streaming for the first time. This weekend, C3 Presents is making 35 performances available for live streaming through the online magazine “Spacelab.� “The business models of the record industry and the business models of television have changed so radically that if Austin City Limits is going to be in the conversation 10 years from now, we’re going to have to do a massive amount of change,� Bailey said.
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Spawned from the decades-old PBS concert series, in only ten years Austin City Limitis Festival has grown from a showcase of local musicians to one of the premier music festivals in the United States.
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he sweaty, three-day, five stage, 130-band extravaganza that is the Austin City Limits Music Festival celebrates its 10-year anniversary this weekend. The festival has taken the ACL name places Ed Bailey, ACL’s vice president of brand development, never envisioned. Twelve years ago, he sat down with the KLRU staff and its board of directors to expand the brand beyond the long-running public television series. Never did he imagine that during the next 10 years, the festival would have hosted performers such as Spoon, Pixies, The Strokes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Bjork and Kanye West. “Ten short years ago, all you had was the television taping six floors up in the communications building in the University of Texas,” Bailey said. “Amazingly, all this came just from that.” The non-profit KLRU wanted to create a festival that would add another dimension to the ACL live music experience while staying true to the show’s vision. The vi-
sion is, in Bailey’s words, “to create a space where bands just let loose with their fans.” To create this, KLRU outsourced production of the festival to a group of business partners that would eventually become C3 Presents, the music industry powerhouse that’s also responsible for Lollapalooza. “There was no long-term deal; it was all, ‘Let’s go do it,’” Bailey said. “‘Let’s try to make it stand for what the TV show has always represented. Let’s take what we could do in a year’s worth of television shows and do it in a weekend.’” Within a span of three or four months Charlie Jones and Charles Attal, the future co-founders of C3 Presents, developed a two-day festival with five stages and 67 bands. One-day passes were $25. Organizers had expected between 20,000 and 30,000 to attend, but 42,000 people showed up on that first Saturday in 2002. The
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ACL nails balancing act between local, national By Ali Breeland Daily Texan Columnist
The moment the “Star Wars” theme plays this Friday at Zilker Park will mark the 10th anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The festival has come a long way since its inception in 2002. Initially marketed as more of a local festival, capitalizing off
of the branding of the pre-existing television show “Austin City Limits,” ACL stands among the big four — along with Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza — in the sphere of music festivals today. Whenever a staple of indie music hits mainstream, it’s often contested and rejected by early adopters, something Austin, on the forefront of music, has a lot of. Even so, ACL has managed to effectively dodge the designation of a has-been or sellout, earning and retaining its status as one of the
most coveted music festival tickets. It is in this aspect that ACL has been able to retain and thrive from the balance of local versus national acts, with which local bands such as Sound Team can share a lineup with behemoths such as The Killers. The festival has also given the Austin scene more than just notoriety. After parties, concerts and other promotional events have extended the sanctioned music show-
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Websites help Austinites advertise couches for rent By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff
The Austin City Limits Festival always gives the city a chance to show off a little to out-of-town visitors, but with the rise of sites such as CouchSurfing, AirBnB and Craigslist that connect travelers with places to stay, it’s not just downtown and South Con-
gress that get attention anymore. Austinites are taking festival-goers into their homes and beneath the surface of the city’s eclectic exterior, and whether they’re simply offering guests a place to crash or cooking them breakfast and chauffeuring them to the festival, visitors now have access to a more personal side of Austin. “I just wanted to make it a little bit more
appealing,” said Kandice Garibay, 26, who is trying to rent out a room in her house this weekend. “So I threw [rides and breakfast] in there. I wanted to kind of stand apart a little bit with the whole giving people rides thing. It can be a pain in the butt to try and find a way to the park.”
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