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Fried Fest We take a look at the “Super Sized Fun” of this year’s State Fair of Texas. Page 4B
A Baker’s Dozen
Await No Longer
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A family business spreads the dough at Marquez Bakery and Tortilla Factory
A UTA student and his bandmates in This City Awaits will release their first EP this weekend.
Documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim shows how the education system is failing students with Waiting for “Superman”.
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Putting the Pan in Panaderia Two sisters continue the sweet tradition that is Marquez Bakery and Tortilla Factory from their father since 1990 BY ALANNA QUILLEN The Shorthorn senior staff
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Freshly made tortillas are another staple of the Marquez Bakery and Tortilla Factory that are made from scratch.
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and in return, it’s now providing for our children. It’s a part of my life.” When the sisters took over, their father semi-retired from the tortilla business, but still stuck around to watch over the tradition. “He kind of let the reins go and let Norma and I take hold,” VenWest Park Row Drive
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are made from scratch and never frozen. Burritos and gorditas sell for under $2, and soups and appetizers go for under $6. The entrees, including enchiladas, flautas, tacos, quesadillas, and tamales cost under $7. Breakfast is served for under $6 all day on weekends and 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on weekdays. On the bakery side, an entire wall is stocked full of traditional Mexican pastries, sweet breads, cupcakes, and cookies like empanadas and conchas. All of these go for around or under $1 a piece. The bakery is constantly baking every day, pumping out 2,000 to 2,500 baked goods a day. There are about 100 different varieties of sweet breads and pastries, so not all of them can fit on the showcases. The baked goods are even distributed to groceries and restaurants in the Metroplex. Arlington resident Ana de la Rosa has lived in Arlington for more than 30 years and said she has eaten at Marquez Bakery since she was little. “My dad introduced me to Marquez and we eat their tamales and menudo every Christmas and New Year season,” she said. De la Rosa added that she and her family eat there throughout Ssouth West Street
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To the Marquez family, tradition is made out of sugar, flour and water. And so are tortillas, sweet bread and pastries, which is the staple behind what the Marquez Bakery and Tortilla Factory is all about. Located off Division Street, the panaderia, or bakery in Spanish, sells traditional Mexican sweet breads, pastries, tortillas and Mexican food made from scratch. The business was passed down to sisters Sally Venegas and Norma Marquez Nunez by their father in 1990, and the two have owned and operated it ever since. “It’s my whole life,” Venegas said. “I grew up in the bakery and it’s all we’ve ever known.” Their father, Jose Marquez, opened the first bakery in San Angelo, Texas, in 1971, and from there it expanded to Odessa, Texas, and eventually the Metroplex. The first area location was built in 1990 off Abram Street in Arlington and six years later, it moved to where it stands today on Division Street. Venegas said their father’s untimely death in 2000 didn’t inhibit their business, but instead helped them to keep going. The sisters eventually opened a second location in Grand Prairie. “Norma and I both work together really well,” Venegas said. “We like to think of each other as ying and yang.” Growing up, the sisters learned all about tortillas, the ingredients used in baking and how it’s made from their father. Venegas said when the factory started, everything was made by hand, but now the bakery uses machines to produce the goods. “It’s a part of my family and it’s a piece of me,” Venegas said of the bakery. “It’s very important that it has been able to provide for me
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the year and she always orders the menudo, tamales and empanadas from the bakery. “I like the fact that it’s a local business to support,” she said. “It carries all the standard sweet breads and empanadas that I really love and but as far as Arlington “panaderias” go, it definitely has a different ethnic product selection.” Nunez said they have always been a part of the bakery, whether it’s behind the counter, coming up with menu ideas or running the production. “We grew up at the bakery and with the bakery,” Nunez said. “It’s just in our blood. It all kind of comes natural to us.” Nunez said 20 years ago, the business had a niche in baking tortillas and sweet breads and now ethnic bakeries are more common. Despite the lost niche and the weakened economy, she said the bakery is still doing well. “It’s vital to our everyday needs, our lives, our children, and the 40 plus families we employ,” she said. “We’re in the same boat as everyone else but we’re still kickin’.”
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When and where Where: The Lighthouse Church 301 Dobson St. Burleson, Texas 76028 When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday Cost: $10
The up-and-coming band is making its mark in Arlington and the rest of the Metroplex with its first EP By William Johnson The Shorthorn senior staff
Five months ago, alternative rock band This City Awaits formed with Spanish sophomore Micah Ulibarri as its bassist. After five months of local shows and studio time, the band’s first EP is on iTunes and Amazon. com, will have a listening party this weekend in Burleson. The listening party for the new EP is set at The Lighthouse Church, followed by a Nov. 2 performance at Six Flags Over Texas. For the three-piece band, whose noted influences come from life experiences, popularity was largely unexpected. Ulibarri began playing bass and guitar six years ago, under the tutelage of his father. The tradition of stringed instruments runs deep in his family, he said. His father and father’s father played guitar and bass, each specializing in one or the other. Ulibarri said he grew up with the sound of bass floating throughout the house from his father’s garage band. Now those sounds are produced by him. “I use this old Hamer bass, my dad’s, back from the ’60s,�
he said. “This thing is at least 50 years old now.� Vocalist and guitarist Phillip Ivey is the band’s songwriting core. A recent high school graduate, Ivey is no stranger to performing. He said he’s performed for the past five years in the Metroplex and the growth of this band is the fastest he’s seen among his projects. “It’s like a train that just keeps going really, really fast,� he said. Completing the group is drummer Darah Hubbard, who played drums for Ivey’s solo project a few years back. Ivey said her role adds a different dimension to the group. “That’s something pretty unique about us,� Ivey said. “We’ve got a chick drummer.� Aside from working together, Ulibarri said he, Ivey and Hubbard are all friends outside the band. In their spare time, the group goes to movies and plays Guitar Hero together. The EP’s lead single, “Damage is a Dangerous Word,� is a song contrived from an interaction with a depressed fan. The person in question considered
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“I just started talking to her and became inspired to write about it,� he said. As part of his writing process, Ivey writes down his immediate thoughts that have song po-
tential and revisits his notes later when he’s making arrangements. The musical style, he said of This City Awaits, has been compared to The Goo Goo Dolls and 30 Seconds to Mars by some, while others have completely denied those claims. Undeclared sophomore Rocio Lopez said the band’s progress is great and its level of ability has only gone up as they’ve played together. Her favorite song by them is “Captured,� from the new EP. “Compared to what he [Ulibarri] used to play, he’s made huge progress,� she said. On Saturday, a listening party and show is set for the band at The Lighthouse Church in Burleson. Tickets are $10 at the door. The other bands featured are Adversary and 37. Its EP, A Beautiful Start, is also available on iTunes and Amazon for $6. Ulibarri said he’s surprised with how fast the band reached the point it’s at now, citing Ivey’s solo efforts as one of the reasons for its takeoff. “When I first heard Phillip’s music, I thought he had real potential and I wanted to be a part of whatever is was he was doing,� he said.
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When, where and parking Sept. 24 to Oct. 17 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday to Monday Where: 3921 Martin Luther King Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75210 Cost: $15 for General Admission The currency used at the State Fair is coupons. Each coupon costs 50 cents and are sold in amounts of one, ten, and twenty.
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A State Fair of Texas employee tries to attract customers to a game Saturday on the Midway in Dallas. Other activities on the Midway included the Texas Star Ferris Wheel, Midway Puppet Show and the Texas Skyway.
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hether it’s the football games, the best of the fried food, pigs racing for an Oreo or the games at the Midway, the heart of the State Fair of Texas is held together by one thing — competition. This weekend marks its second week as Fair Park in Dallas gears up for the UT-Austin Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners to go head-to-head in the classic Red River Shootout. Patrons will take part in the more than 100-year-old traditions of the State Fair, but even this historic rivalry is but a single entry of the multitude of events vying for visitors at the fair. Surrounding the Cotton Bowl are more than 100 vendors selling treats and fried foods — a staple of the State Fair — with the common, eclectic and somewhat unorthodox creations of the fried treats.
One of which is Mark Zable’s Fried Beer which went up against other entries to win Most Creative in this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards. The idea came to Zable one night at dinner with his wife. After seeing how boring the menu items were, he came up with the idea of Fried Beer. While Zable doesn’t tell anyone his secret recipe, he did mention the time it took to perfect the formula. “It took three years of messing with it, but we finally figured out how to fry beer,” he said. For the over-21-only-treat, Zable took beer and encased it in a pretzel pocket of dough to stand alongside Best Taste winner Texas Fried Fritos Pie and beat out creations like Fried Lemonade, Fried Chocolate and Fried Texas Caviar. Fried Beer is available for purchase in the Coca-Cola Food Court and other fried entries and more are located throughout the fairgrounds. Going on a spontaneous trip to the fair, chemistry
sophomore Thao Trinh gathered a few friends and used the park map to tour the grounds for some the fried foods Tuesday. Out of the all of the finalists in the Big Tex Choice Awards, Trinh said she and her friends sampled five of the finalists and a few of the other oddities. “Another one that me and my friends got was the Fried Peanut Butter and Jelly and Bananas,” she said about the 2005 winner of Big Taste. “I totally recommend washing it down with a glass of milk.” Trinh went last Tuesday and she said was going again the next day to visit the museums, maybe catch a pig race and, of course, get another Texas Fried Fritos Pie. “I’m actually going back [Wednesday] because I’ve been craving that,” she said. The pig races are one of the many animal associated acts that happen during the fair. Located in the
Pan American Arena, patrons have the opportunity to watch pigs named Lindsey Loham, Hamma Montana and Snoop Hoggy-Hog scramble for the top prize of an Oreo cookie. Alongside the multitude of indoor events are the celebrity chef cooking classes, marketplaces and various museum and historical exhibits. Fair-goers can also view the latest vehicles by all of the major makers and test drive the new Chevrolet line-up at the State Fair Auto Show, including the 2011 Camaro. For the past year, finance senior Jorge Marroquin worked for WBAP radio station as a promoter. He said his job is more relaxed than the vendors who surround his company’s booth. “The vendors around us are more aggressive to get people over so they can sell and pay their rent,” he said. “Whenever you put your guard down, they just go after you.”
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Every three months, nursing sophomore Michelle Guy’s gets a visit from her grandfather from Florida. This weekend he came to Texas on the opening day at the fair and she said her family got an opportunity to walk the fairgrounds and go to the Midway, an area full of games and rides like the Texas Star Ferris wheel. Here Guy and her grandfather went against each other by filling a balloon till it bursts, each trying to win a stuffed rooster. “We competed for sure,” she said. “But he won it for me because he knew I wanted one.”
William Johnson contributed to this story.
ANDREW PLOCK features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Where can I park around here? General parking around the grounds: $15 DART/Admission combo pass: $16 at Kroger locations Combo passes are available Kroger locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Dart rail system is a cheap way to get to the fair and not have to worry about parking. Don’t get lost! Program with maps are available at booths and kiosks throughout the fair grounds. Be sure to pick one up to avoid getting lost at the fair. Also, these booklets inform you of everything going on at the fair.
What to do and see Collegiate Football UT-Austin vs. Oklahoma University 2:30 p.m. Saturday Baylor vs. Texas Tech – TBD Oct. 9 Musical Entertainment: Shrek the Musical” – 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Chevrolet Main Stage: Eli Young Band 8:30 p.m. Saturday Pointer Sisters 5:30 p.m. Sunday Various recording artists provide musical entertainment at the Chevrolet Main Stage daily. Everything from country to R&B comes across the Main Stage. New this year, is “Shrek the Musical” to the Musical Hall for the duration of the fair.
What to eat Big Tex Finalists: Texas Fried Frito pie (2010 Best taste) Fried Beer (2010 Most Creative) Deep Fried Frozen Margarita Deep Fried S’mores Pop Tarts Fernie’s Fried Club Salad Fried Chocolate Fried Lemonade Fried Texas Caviar Past Finalists: Fried Peanut Butter and Jelly and Bananas Sandwich (2005) Vegas Fried Ice Cream (2005) Chicken Fried Bacon ( Best Taste 2008) Fried Coke (Most Creative 2007) Texas Fried Cookie Dough (Best Taste 2007)
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Davis Guggenheim’s moving Waiting For “Superman” packs a punch for education reform By AlAnnA Quillen The Shorthorn senior staff
There is a war brewing within the public education system of America. And the enemy is a lot closer than you think. That’s the main principle behind Waiting For “Superman”, a gripping film on education reform by documentary-giant Davis Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth. The film follows the lives of five struggling children from various neighborhoods in the country. Francisco, a first-grader in the Bronx; Daisy, a bright fifth-grader from Los Angeles; Emily, a middle class eighth-grader in Silicon Valley; Bianca, a Harlem kindergartner with a single mother struggles to pay for Catholic school; and Anthony (whose story is probably the most riveting), a fifth-grader from Washington D.C. whose father died of drug abuse, all face the potential doom of being neglected and left be-
hind in the American public school system. The movie makes a strong note about the 2,000 “failure factories” that run amuck throughout the nation. These are school’s high dropout rates that essentially doom any student that enters its doors – unless the right action is taken to help them. “When you read the paper about our schools, it feels too complicated, it feels impossible,” Guggenheim told The Shorthorn. “It feels that our schools have been broken for too long and it’s just too hard to fix. So a lot of us just sort of stick our head in the sand.” According to the film, experts initially believed that failing schools came as a result of failing neighborhoods, but that instead may be the other way around. One of the culprits behind these failing schools, the film said, is teacher unions, which bind the teachers and school districts with tedious contracts and
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but are self-funded. There are limited spots available in the school per year and hopeful families apply for a lottery and are issued numbers to be placed in the drawing. One by one, the numbered balls roll out, and the futures of these children lie solely on Lady Luck. “Charters are a real key because the higher performing ones have found ways to reach every kid,” Guggenheim said. “The solutions will have to be in every school, but we can find the ingredients that charters have to implement in our mainstream schools.” Guggenheim creatively explains the statistical information and gets his point across through animated graphics and classic Superman clips from the 1950s TV show. His gift in capturing emotion shines through the emotional shots of tears, smiles and desperation at the perfect moments. The little feet shuffling throughout the halls, the solemn faces of desperate parents and the fingertips grazing a Polaroid of Anthony’s dead father – Guggenheim effortlessly snags the best shots without being too intrusive on his subjects. “There’s no better feeling than to write a story or make a movie and feel like you are exposing some injustice or inspiring people to make a change,” he said. Guggenheim said college students should watch the film because they have already won the “lottery.” “The lottery in this movie is a metaphor for the kids that have a
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Review Waiting for “Superman” Director: Davis Guggenheim Release Date: Oct. 8 Runtime: 102 minutes Rating: 9.5 out of 10 stars
great education,” he said. “The ones that are in college will identify with the fact that it’s really unfair what happens to the kids in our schools that don’t have a great education. It’s a civil rights issue.” Waiting for “Superman” is a moving documentation of the silent suffering taking place in the school system across the country and Guggenheim reiterates that the unchanging masses are the problem. The bittersweet ending leaves the audience informed that thousands of children’s futures ride on gambled numbers and crossed fingers. “I believe education is the most important issue of our time,” Guggenheim said. “I think the bigger problem is that not enough people are willing to drive out of their comfort zone, visit the schools, roll up their sleeves and say ‘I’m going to be part of the solution.’”
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Pulse’s guide to arts and entertainment in the Metroplex this weekend. If you know of a cool Arlington event, let us know at features-editor. shorthorn@uta.edu.
On Campus Friday Prince of Persia When: 5:30 p.m. Where: Planetarium Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley Rating: PG-13 Cost: $2
In the Metroplex Friday Fright Fest When: Every weekend from Oct. 1-31 Where: Six Flags Over Texas This Friday Six Flags will begin its Halloween bash with four separate haunted houses and themed attractions along with the general park.
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Saturday Cowtown Brush Up When: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: Meet at Mav Express office in University Center, travel to Fort Worth Contact: UTA Volunteers 817-2722963 or utavolunteers@uta.edu Cost: Free This Saturday, UTA Volunteers will paint homes and plant trees for deserving families. Volunteers can call 817-272-2963 or go to the office located in the basement of University Center. Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels When: 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:05 p.m. Sunday Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Cost: Various discounted tickets, texasrangers.com/uta and use the password “rangers”
In Theaters The Social Network Director: David Fincher Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake Rating: PG-13 Release Date: Friday A story about the rise and conflict surrounding Mark Zuckerberg and the social-networking website,
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Tonight Tosh Tour Twenty Den: Daniel Tosh When: 7:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Where: Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St., Dallas, Texas 75201 Cost: $37.50, ticketmaster.com Stand-up comedian and host of Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0.”
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Justin Timberlake, left, and Jesse Eisenberg in Columbia Pictures’ “The Social Network.” Facebook. Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. —imdb.com Let Me In Director: Matt Reeves Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins Rating: R Release Date: Friday A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. —imdb.com
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Concerts Saturday Asleep at the Wheel When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Levitt Pavillion Cost: Free The last night of music at the Levitt will end with nine-time Grammy-winning kings of Texas swing Asleep at the Wheel with two Dallas Cowboys legends and exhibitors, including UTA, attending.
Bobby Lee When: 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Friday, 9 p.m., 11 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday Where: Improv Comedy Club, 309 Curtis Mathes Way, #147 Arlington, Texas 76018 Cost: $20 Bobby Lee, best known as the “MADtv” cast member for his Asianthemed characters and impersonations including Connie Chung and North Korean President Kim Jong Il, will perform. Scott White When: 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub, 2525 E Arkansas Lane # 253, Arlington, Texas 76010 Cost: $10, two-item minimum purchase per person Scott White’s bawdy sense of comedy has taken him across the country and abroad to perform for the troops.
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9PM-2AM $6 Pitchers
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4PM-9PM $1.25 pints $2 wells HALF OFF FOOD 9PM-2AM $1 pints $1.50 Cuervo Margaritas $7 Cuervo Marg Pitchers
7PM-11PM $2 Bud Light Drafts $3 Wells
4PM-12AM $2 BL Drafts $3 House Wines $3 Wells $5 Margaritas ½ Appetizers
4PM-12AM $2 BL Drafts $3 House Wines $3 Wells $5 Margaritas ½ Appetizers
Mavericks Bar and Grill 601 E. Main St. Arlington, TX 76011
406 W. Abram St. Arlington, TX 76010 (817) 261-7351
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$5 Domestic Pitchers
$2.50 Rum & Coke
$2 Drafts $7 Pitchers $2.50 Wells $4 Bombs Karaoke @ 9:00PM
Live acoustic music 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
4PM-9PM $1.25 pints $2 wells HALF OFF FOOD 9PM-2AM $2 bottles $3 U-Call-It shots
4PM-9PM $1.25 pints $2 wells HALF OFF FOOD
4PM-11PM $2 Bud Light Drafts $3 House Wine $3 Wells $5 Margaritas
4PM-7PM $2 BL Drafts $3 House Wines $3 Wells $5 Margaritas ½ Appetizers
Karaoke starts at 9:00PM
$2.75 “You Call It Almost Anything”
Buzz time Trivia everyday Karaoke @ 9:00PM
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Come enjoy our tacos! Voted “best tacos” by UTA students
6PM-9PM $1.25 pints $2 wells HALF OFF FOOD HAVE YOU TRIED OUR “TABBED OUT” APP YET? 11AM-6PM $2 BL Drafts $3 House Wines & Wells $5 Margaritas ½ Appetizers Wear your football jersey and receive 10% off food purchases
$12 Domestic buckets $3.50 Shooters
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4PM-11PM $2 Bud Light Drafts $3 House Wine $3 Wells
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510 E. Abram St. Arlington, TX 76010 • 817-265-TACO(8226) • Open 7 days/week at 7 a.m. • www.fuzzystacoshop.com