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it wasn’t always michael heyne’s and Dominik Stein’s plan to open a Doner kebab restaurant in Austin. In fact, the idea was a joke to the duo when they first moved to Dallas in 2008 as part of a study abroad program with their German entrepreneurial college.

“We figured there’s got to be a reason that it’s not here but it’s so big in Germany,” said Heyne.

The idea stuck with them and in December, Heyne and Stein decided to make Verts, their kebab restaurant, a reality. They signed a lease for the space that once housed Slices and Ices, an Austin landmark that was as venerated for its New York-style pizza as it was notorious for its cramped space.

Heyne said the limited area forced them to create an unusual business model.

Verts has one kitchen, located in Dobie Mall, that prepares food daily for locations in the Dobie Food Court and on the Drag and for the restaurant’s kebab-toting Smartcar. Using a detailed inventory system, the restaurant’s

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home base at Dobie is able to coordinate deliveries to each location. Freshness is a key factor in Heyne and Stein’s creation of the food, which is a staple in Germany and Turkey.

Stein, who has been eating the kebabs twice a day since the restaurant opened, said the three most important factors to their kebabs are the homemade sauces, freshly baked bread and freshly cut meat.

The Smartcar, which holds the unofficial title of “World’s Smallest Foodcart,” is the

very large restaurant into a small car,” said Stein. “It’s a big challenge, more than just fixing the spare parts of a car.”

Stein said he and his partner have used the connections and degree they received from UT in their upstart. The duo just completed their Master’s degrees, which they received as part of a study-abroad program in conjunction with WHU in Germany and UT in Austin.

A few of the professors have even stopped

“We don’t want to buy cheap things here and cheap things there and call it Doner kebab. We want to do it right.” product of eight months of brainstorming and design by Heyne and his father, who are avid car enthusiasts. The car is equipped with heating trays, a refrigerator, a hand sink and, perhaps least importantly, a driver’s seat.

Stein said the compact nature of the car allows them access and mobility that is not enjoyed by most food trucks.

This access includes driving the car into the Blind Pig Pub, where the pair will serve up food to hungry bar-goers.

“We were very tempted by the challenge of fitting what should be a

by their former pupils’ new business.

“They had a lot of industry experience so they gave us good advice,” said Stein. “One of the professors already came three or four times because he likes the food so much.”

On the wall of Heyne and Stein’s office in the Dobie Mall is a print of Edward Hooper’s famous painting “Nighthawks,” which depicts a group of regulars sitting around the bar at a diner on an empty street. One gets the sense that the tableau has provided some inspiration to the business partners to turn their kebab joint into a local hangout.

The print is pinned up to the wall and looks out across the office upon boxes both empty and full, stacks of papers, sticky notes with phone numbers and ideas jotted down on them and a few desks.

Listening to Heyne rattle off statistics about the number of kebab restaurants in his native Germany (there are about 17,000, or one for

every 5000 citizens) and the relative obscurity of American chains like McDonald’s (of which there are about 1300), or the nutrition facts of his product (about 650 calories) as opposed to its American counterparts (a QuarterPounder with large fries is about 900 calories) is testament to the work he and Stein have put into the project.

“We don’t want to buy cheap things here and cheap things there and call it Doner kebab,” said Heyne. “We want to do it right.”

Vindication came a few weeks after Verts opened for business. A group of 30 Turkish men strolled into the restaurant and ordered kebabs. Then, like Simon Cowell taking a seat in the back of the auditorium during a high school choir practice, the group sat down with their meals. By the end, the verdict was in.

“Their response was very good,” said Stein.

“We don’t want to sell another gyro or a cheaply manufactured pita sandwich with grinded meat. We want to make an authentic Doner kebab.”

The duo has many plans for the future, including increasing the restaurant’s sustainability and, said Heyne half-jokingly, getting a celebrity endorsement.

“We want to get Dirk Nowitzki to try a Doner kebab,” said Heyne. He laughs when he thinks of the potential of one of his homeland’s foremost celebrities eating his food. Then, as if remembering there is still work to be done, he composes himself.

“Right now we want to focus on mak ing the right produc t and get ting it out to the people.”

(Editor’s Note: “Gyro” is pronounced like “hero,” not “jī•rō”.)

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Visual Arts Center Fall 2011 opening reception A peek of what’s to come this fall at the Visual Arts Center fall marks the beginning of many things. For the Visual Arts Center, it marks the beginning of their Fall 2011 season. If you’ve ever been to the Visual Arts Center, you know that it’s an exciting venue that showcases the work of some of the most compelling and astounding young artists from UT. Formally the Creative Research Lab, the Visual Arts Center is where you can find some of the art world’s most inspiring and thought-provoking work.

You know, if you’re into that sort of thing.

The opening reception will be held this Friday, Sep 9, from 6-9 pm and will be a day of celebration, inspiration and public performance. With a full supply of beverages and refreshments, you’ll be fully hydrated as you walk through any one of the center’s galleries.

current eXhiBitions: “Our exhibitions are chosen by a team of artistic directors, from guest curators to faculty.

There’s no one single voice,” said VAC Marketing and Communications Manager You You Xia. “Our mission is to serve the Austin art community, and promote experimentation and innovation in contemporary art.”

Mika Tajima: The Architect’s Garden September 9- December 17 New York artist and VAC artist-in-residence Tajima offers an instillation exploring the intersection of architecture, art, post-modernism and industrialization with reconfigurations of constructed spaces. Expect performances, film and lecture to accompany this exhibit.

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September 9- October 22 In order to merge the boundaries between sculpture, performance and film, artist Isenstein

will use her body as one of the sculpture pieces.

This piece will be on display as part of her exhibit for one week only.

Ezra Masch: Music of the Spheres September 9- October 22 Using an instrument known as the color organ, Masch will offer a musical performance that blends the basics of sci-fi and psychedelica.

Also acting as a sculptural piece, the musical performance will invite the audience to become performers as well.

Queer State(s) September 9-November 5 Aside from fauxhawks, cabbie hats and carabiners, how else do people wear and display queerness on their bodies? How do modern stereotypes help to limit and confine people in their definition of queer gender identity? Video, photography and paint will deconstruct the boundaries and relationships between sexuality and gender roles in this presentation.

But the exploration and celebration of queer identity doesn’t stop there. It continues at Cheer Up Charlie’s.

cheer up charLie’s What does Cheer Up Charlie’s have to do with the VAC? Plenty. After the opening reception, the VAC will head downtown to check out a live performance by CHRISTEEN, an Austin-area performer who remains ambiguous about race, gender and age. As a part of the “Queer State(s)” exhibition, this will serve as the public program portion of the presentation. Expect sexual exploration via visual representation.

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coMing up this FaLL: Looking for a Fight November 4- December 17 Undergrads Lucy Parker, Isabella Rodriguez, and Layne Bell present an ultra-feminine aggression usually found in males.

Mobile Archive November 4- December 17 This will be a video library that allows the audience to screen the 25 latest film selections to be added to the nomadic gallery.

Make November 18- December 17 A group exhibition of artists who discovered

the power of their talent through various life lessons and explore humanity and the inner world through various concepts of art, the role of the artist and the function of art.

Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition: Part One November 18- December 17 “Every year, the last exhibition of the fall is of faculty,” said Xia. This exhibition gives faculty the chance to present various works throughout the span of their careers. This is part one of three which is set to span over the next three years.

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Students stand up for democrats With standing room only, University of Texas students filled an auditorium in the Mezes building on Aug. 31 to attend the first University Democrats (UDems) meeting this semester.

UDems, a student political organization made up of UT students who identify themselves as democrats, focuses on keeping students involved in the political process.

Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) spoke during the meeting about his passion for education.

“I believe in doing more to remove obstacles in education,” Doggett said.

Doggett also spent the evening talking about his battle against Rick Perry over funding education that included when Congress passed legislation to give $10 billion in aid to allow states to hire and retain teachers. Applicable to Texas only,

Doggett proposed to tack onto the law a measure that requires the governor to offer his assurance that the money will be used to “supplement and not supplant” state education financing through 2013.

The amendment has led to a very publicized feud between the congressman and the presidential candidate, which Doggett said has led to retaliation by Perry. “[Perry] called me viscous and declared that if i supplement that amendment that I would pay for it in redistricting,” Doggett said. “I am, but it is the right thing to do. I think standing by improvements in public education is vital and simple to the current debate we are having in Washington.”

Students interested in joining UDems attend weekly meetings at UT and have

“I believe in doing more to remove obstacles in education.”

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Congressman Lloyd Doggett speaks at University Democrats meeting

the opportunity to campaign, advocate for student issues in the Legislature, and complete public service volunteering, according to UDems PR Director Holly Heinrich.

UDems Vice President Cameron Miculka explained that UDems is a politically active organization where students share common beliefs and goals.

“We work for democrats, we work for student issues that affect students and everyone on a regular basis,” Miculka said.

Miculka explained that students should

join UDems because politics is something that should be a high priority in their lives.

“Politics is something that af fects really everyone,” Miculka said. “People are really apathetic about politics, students especially. They don’t really care because they feel like the system doesn’t care about them, and so our job is to make sure that students feel they have a role to play in the political process.”

the size of an institution, the colleges have to be pretty significant in order to even make a dent on the list.

“We are definitely up there,” said secondyear social work major Brandon Garcia. “It shows that UT accomplishes a lot and that it is just as prestigious as other schools around the nation, and the world.”

UT is an institution that is humble, yet

confident, and those a part of its evergrowing legacy know what it feels like to be a part of such a well-known collective of some of today’s greatest minds. 35th place is a step up, and as long as we keep on climbing to the top, as UT alumni Matthew McConaughey says, everything will be “alright, alright, alright.”

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People envy us, schools want to be called our “rivals,” and when students want a real experience of what college life has to offer, they come to us for a good time. We are the University of Texas at Austin, and to add to our already long and noteworthy list of swag, we have been ranked 35th best university in the world.

But really, is it a surprise? The late and great Walter Cronkite instilled in all of us that what starts here at the University of Texas at Austin “changes the world,” and it seems that everybody, although they may not want to admit it, agrees with that statement.

The Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University released its ninth annual Academic Ranking of World Universities report earlier this month.

UT tied with Duke University in the 35th spot this year, moving up three slots from

38th in 2010, and the good news does not end there. Other notable rankings include UT’s computer science program taking eighth place globally, and its engineering department taking sixth.

“This is why my parents let me come to this school,” said first-year theater major Sam Zuckerman. “It is such a commendable institution.”

Featuring the top 500 universities throughout the globe, the list mainly features American schools, with Harvard, Stanford and MIT rounding out the top three. The United States deserves some acknowledgement too. Home to 53 of the top 100 universities and 151 of the entire list, the United States has more spots than any other country.

Ranked by six criteria including the number of alumni, number of highly cited researchers and per capita performance with respect to

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UT Austin is movin’ on up as 35th-Best University in the World

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Events on or around campus vOLUNTeer FAIr If you feel like you have just too much time on your hands, aren’t bogged down with school, work or roommates, then come to this fair to find ways to give back to your community, champion noble causes or simply work off your probation.

September 7, 9:45 AM- 3 PM, Speedway Plaza

PLAy cOmmemOrATes 9/11 Honor all of those who lost their lives on that tragic day by partaking in this memorial of theatre and dance. A playful bill that will include dance, film and puppetry, come examine your place within the country’s progress towards democracy for all.

September 11, 8-9:30 PM, Anna Hiss Gym (AHG) 134

sTUDy ABrOAD FAIr Yearn to learn another language while getting your undergrad under your belt? This information session will give you the information you need to make your international dreams a reality.

September 8, 10 AM- 2 PM, McCombs School of Business (CBA) Plaza

grAmmy U Is IN FULL sWINg Want a career in music, but can’t play an instrument to save your life? No matter. Come hobnob with music industry big wigs as you enjoy free food and drinks. Music by Spinderella, rapper Paul Wall and DJ Ill Bill.

September 14, Main Mall, 6-8 PM

PerFOrmANce By chrIsTeeN As a part of its opening reception, the VAC will offer a gender bending musical performance and visual exploration of sexuality as a part of its Queer States exhibition. The reception is free, libations are on you.

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OPINION E

That’s what she said.

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“What has changed most for you from last year?”

“I just transferred to UT so it’s obviously a lot bigger and busier since it’s in downtown Austin.”

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“Well I’m a senior now so I have to buckle down and, like, not party on a Sunday.”

Lauren Decker

Air it out Dear Austin summer, we need to talk. I want to start things off right by saying that it’s not me, it’s you. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had some good times over the years: Barton Springs, floating the river, grilling outside, drunken sing-a-longs on the porch. When it was good, it was great.

When we got back together after our “break” (that fling with Los Angeles was ill-advised, and I’ve already apologized), I thought we might be able to start fresh.

I’ll admit that things were great at first: we started out slow, just like I’d asked. Things started heating up, and for a few weeks I was right there with you. But after a while, we had worn out all our old stomping grounds, and things got stagnant.

Did you ever stop to think about my needs?

Maybe I’d like a drink of water once in a while.

It doesn’t have to be hot and heavy all the time, you know. I mean, 109, really? Day, night, it doesn’t matter to you. It’s always the same, and frankly, I think we need to take a break.

Actually, I take it back. You need to go away, and maybe not come back, ever.

Ok, I’m not going to lie. The truth is, I’ve been hanging out with some other summers.

An Air It Out FAQ “I’m taking a lot cooler classes now than last year... so that should be fun.”

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“Last year I went to school, this year I’m not”

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How to get us to actually print what you write.

1. everything anonymous – Not only are we giving you an opportunity to publicly air your grievances, we’re allowing you to hide behind the cowardly mask of anonymity to do it. So we don’t want your name. But we’re also extending that same courtesy to whomever you’re complaining about. If a wasted girl spilled food on you at Kerbey Lane, then call her “a girl.” We don’t need her name, date of birth, or UTEID. 2. Be Brief – Sorry would–be Unabombers, we’re not going to publish your entire manifesto. Short and not–so–sweet is key. If you can’t say what you need in less than 250 words, than you’re rambling, not ranting.

3. stay specific – There’s a lot to be annoyed about on campus. We know. But please pick one issue, not seven, and avoid digressing. An open letter to whoever keeps shaving their pubes in the communal sink is good; a list of things you don’t like about living in the dorms is less so.

Namely, New York and Chicago. I know, I know how much you hate them, but the last day I was there, Chicago was 74 degrees! In August! Try not to take this personally.

You’re a great season, in your own special way, and I’ll always cherish the memories we made together. Hell, I’m not even saying this is the end. Who knows where we’ll both be in a few decades?

I could even see having kids together at some point, but for now, I’m only 25, and there are a lot of summers out there.

Best wishes,

Just not that into you 4. powerful Language – At UWeekly, we write our own rules. We’re down to say a naughty word now and again. But there is a huge difference between the rare, well–placed profanity and a barely literate Youtube comment. Your critiques should be at least a little bit more cutting than “blah blah blah is a *@#&!!!”

5. to Whom it May concern – Air It Out is publishing your open letters, so don’t forget to address them as such. Did some douche lose his lunch the last time you rode the E–Bus? Then open with “Dear Dude Who Barfed on the Bus.” And just because we’re not giving out your name doesn’t mean you can’t let him know who it’s from. Just sign it, “Sincerely, Everyone Else on the Bus.” Please send all Air It Out submissions to airitout@ uweekly.com UWeekly reserves the right to edit submissions for content, anonymity, and space.

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Here we go again Breaking down the Longhorns after their 2011 debut

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in a Place like austin, we pride ourselves on being able to forge our own identities. It’s what makes this city special, and on the gridiron this is no exception. Texas football has always found a way to establish an identity for itself one way or another, and has usually managed to do it in impressive fashion, which is why it’s safe to say that Bevo suffered something of an identity crisis somewhere along the way in last year’s miserable 5-7 campaign.

Luckily for fans on the 40 Acres, Mack Brown has always been steadfast in his efforts in taking Texas to the top and keeping it there, which is why he decided to create an entirely new identity for the team when he hired a new coaching staff. Even if this year’s Longhorns started out the season similarly against the same opponent, Rice (34-17 in 2010, 34-9 in 2011), one thing about this team was clearly different: an identity was being forged.

One of the most frustrating things to witness about last year’s abysmal season, besides the tallies in the L-column being racked in week after week, was the generally negative play of the team as a whole. There just never seemed to be a sense of urgency at all last year; in fact, there was hardly anyone in a Longhorn uniform that seemed to have a pulse at all in 2010. Words like “entitlement” and “apathy” reared their

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ugly heads and, heading into the off-season, the Horns quite literally found themselves at square one. While Saturday’s game against Rice marked the official dawning of a new era at Texas, it’s still clear that these Horns still have a ways to go.

But that’s okay. We didn’t come out to DKR last Saturday to see the finished product of a team that’s ready to jump into the national championship game like we were in 2009. We went because we wanted to watch the process,

here and it’s not going to get easier, which is fine, since no one said Texas was going to make it easier for opponents as the schedule wears on, either. If you have an eye for talent, though, it was hard to deny the young players that left their mark in Texas’s 34-9 tally against the Owls.

Malcolm Brown, as a true freshman mind you, ran for 86 yards in his burnt orange debut, which, besides his own talent, was also due to encouraging offensive line play, another sore spot in last year’s 5-7 debacle.

“While fans get the sense that the margin for error has to be at an all-time low for quarterback play, gilbert is still the man until he does something that warrants him being pulled out of the game.” the maturation, the young talent both on the field and in the coaching staff. We went because we wanted to see the development of team chemistry and the ability of our players to make big plays when they needed to and, for that reason alone, you could probably say the Horns were successful in their 2011 debut.

It does remain, however, an uphill climb from

Also, you just gotta love what Jaxon Shipley did (sound familiar?). Besides having a famous last name on the 40 Acres, the kid accumulated 79 total yards in his first college game, averaging 8.3 yards on the ground and 27 yards per reception. If there was ever a feeling that Shipley found his way to Austin based on his last name alone, those feelings should promptly

have been erased after Saturday’s game.

Now that just leaves the ongoing question at quarterback. Few could argue that Gilbert was steady if unspectacular in the debut of his junior season, but you just knew that people were waiting for him to light it up. While that didn’t exactly happen the way many had hoped, Gilbert did connect on a few nice balls to Mike Davis, even if he did make a couple critical errors Texas fans don’t typically expect their QB to make. While fans get the sense that the margin for error has to be at an all-time low for quarterback play, Gilbert is still the man until he does something that warrants him being pulled out of the game. That moment came in several points last season, but somehow, Gilbert escaped being benched. With Case McCoy and David Ash now looking for a starting job themselves, Gilbert will have to be looking over his shoulder every step of the way.

But for now, continuing to forge an identity is the name of the game and so far, it’s a game the 2011 Longhorns seem happy to play. Here’s to another spectacular season on the gridiron, ladies and gentlemen, where moments will happen right in front of our eyes that we’ll want to play over and over again in our heads. Hook ‘em.

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The Highlight Reel List of people who have impressed me so far in the first week of college football: Robert Griffin III, Malcolm Brown, LSU for whipping Oregon without their starting quarterback, Ohio State for essentially the same reason, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck, and, as much as I hate to say it, Landry Jones.

List of people who have disappointed so far in the first week of college football: Notre Dame as they continue their slippery free-fall from glory that started roughly 10 years ago, Mark Richt who may have lost his head coaching job with Georgia’s 35-21 loss to Boise State, the Oklahoma State defense for giving up 34 points to Louisiana Lafayette, and Mizzou for beating Miami (Ohio) 17-6.

Rangers fans have got to be happy about the way Texas responded to the Angel’s breathing down their necks earlier in the AL West race. Since cutting the lead down to just a couple games, Texas has gone off in widening the gap against marquee opponents like the

Red Sox while the Angels dropped some games themselves. Here’s to you, Rangers.

Don’t be frightened now, but what you may have witnessed last Saturday in UT’s game against Rice was (gasp) a potential running game. It’s still early to tell but people who were just seeing Malcolm Brown for the first time had to have liked what they saw, as this savvy freshman is certain to make a lot of noise very quickly in his time here. What can Brown do for you? Get you 86 yards in a collegiate debut, that’s what.

The blood is in the water, folks.

With A&M bolting the Big 12 minus two (well, three now), and burgeoning interest on behalf of the Pac-12 to invite Oklahoma and Texas to create a “Pac-16 Superconference” (working title), we could be hearing a lot of news about potential conference realignment in the coming weeks. The biggest point of contention for Texas now is figuring out what to do with the Longhorn Network’s revenue, which at the moment is paid exclusively

to Texas. That was easy to do when we were one of the only big boys in that conference, but in a conference full of big boys, some collegiate powers are inevitably going to want a piece of the pie. Just remember, though, this thing is called “The Longhorn Network,” and no matter how the money gets divided up, that’s something other schools in this potential superconference will have to live with.

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Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing Why our self-destructive culture of hero worship is our own damn fault.

Something is broken here. I don’t know what exactly, and I couldn’t point it out specifically if you asked me, but there is definitely something wrong. How else could you explain the culture of hero worship we experience here in America with our professional athletes? We view them as superhuman, but reality would indicate that they are just as human as we are, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it remains a valid and important truth nevertheless.

After all, why is it that whenever an athlete is caught crossing a legal boundary, we the public go through the same tired process

leaving some people to teeter uncomfortably on the line of “do I or don’t I root for Tiger?”

It certainly wasn’t that hard for Ben Roethlisberger, who was accused of sexual assault and served a five game suspension last year, but then went to the Superbowl amid thunderous cheers from Pittsburgh fans.

In this case Big Ben wasn’t just an adulterer, he was a sexual predator, and if he had come back to the NFL worse for wear because of it, he’d be a bigger outcast than Tiger could even dream of being. But he kept winning. Nowadays, Big Ben’s (multiple) accusations of rape and sexual assault are an afterthought because of what

The plain truth is, we’re just not mad enough.

We just don’t seem to care as long as the guy can make a good catch or hit that game-winning three pointer. America loves winners and we love to think we’re winners, that’s just part of our culture. of tearing them down just to root for their eventual comeback years, months, or even weeks down the road? It’s because we haven’t learned. We refuse to acknowledge that this pattern of behavior happens for a reason and it’s our own fault. Instead of choosing to hold professional athletes to a different standard, we instead treat these as isolated incidents because it’s way juicier when it’s our personal heroes taking these falls instead of just “Professional Athlete X.” When the Tiger Woods scandal first saw daylight, we ate that shit up like we were Joey Chestnut on the fourth of July, and why? Because we believed Tiger was the best of us, and to some extent, we still do. The poor guy didn’t even break any laws, but he was still treated like a social pariah and still is in some ways to this day. The only problem in Tiger’s case, however, is that the comeback phase has yet to be completed,

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he’s done since hitting his lowest point, and for some reason, that makes us all the easier to forget it ever happened. Like I said, I don’t what it is, but there’s definitely something broken here, and the onus definitely falls on the fan in this instance.

The plain truth is, we’re just not mad enough. We just don’t seem to care as long as the guy can make a good catch or hit that game-winning three pointer. America loves winners and we love to think we’re winners, that’s just part of our culture. But at what personal expense is this culture of hero worship costing the American public?

Once again, I don’t know the exact answer to it, but I can tell you it’s probably not an expense worth taking.

I don’t expect things to change overnight.

After all, we already feel the way we do about these athletes, we can’t just tell ourselves to stop idolizing these everyday people who can

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catch balls and run fast because it’s already ingrained in us to do so. All I can offer is the humble plea for people to be more mindful of exactly who that person is on the gridiron and to not make assumptions about who he is as a person because of what he can do athletically.

They may be the best of us or they may not be, but whether or not they’re able to dunk or throw a long-ball is no indication of who that person is. Why can’t we not just validate what an athlete does on the field and not let it transcend into our everyday lives? Why can’t we idolize Michael Vick for his athletic feats

and idolize Bob Barker for his stance on animal rights? Once again, I don’t have the answer, because the answer in this case starts with the consumer, which in this case is you, dear reader.

So next time Michael Vick has a big day and gets you a wealth of fantasy points, think twice before you say “Michael Vick, you’re my hero.” That could be the starting trigger in separating sports from reality, which is something we could all use a healthy dose of here in the states.

Brian Bogart

Armageddon in college realignment looming?

Complete Armageddon in college realignment could be days if not hours away.

Multiple sources said if Oklahoma makes a move to the Pac-12, most likely with Oklahoma State in tow, there will be no more back alley conversations or worries about tortious interference lawsuits among conferences. It will be a free for all.

Looting in the streets style taking and worrying about consequences later.

Several sources said the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big East and Pac-12 are reaching out to schools in the Big 12 in anticipation that the league is about to come apart like an Alka Seltzer tablet in boiling water.

And if Oklahoma darts for the Pac-12, the Big 12 would essentially be done, according to multiple sources across the Big 12.

According to a source close to the situation, OU president David Boren was supposed to meet with Texas president Bill Powers on Monday in what could become a turning point for the Big 12 - for better or worse.

The Big 12 officially went on life support on Friday when Boren said no one is being more active than the Sooners in looking at their future and weighing their conference options.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe then summoned a conference call with presidents from the league excluding OU, Texas and Texas A&M with the charge to “work on Texas” in hopes UT would stay in the Big 12 and possibly influence Oklahoma to stay as well, sources said.

But the Big 12 took another body blow on Saturday when Oklahoma State billionaire booster Boone Pickens told reporters he thought OSU would be in the Pac-12 and didn’t think the Big 12 would be around in five years.

It appeared at that point like momentum was gathering for Texas to also head west in a reunion with Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, one year after Scott attempted to entice half the Big 12 to join his league.

A source close to Texas put the chances of UT going to the Pac-12 at “50 to 60 percent” on Friday night and had those odds increasing as of Saturday. But on Sunday, those percentages dropped to “20 percent,” according to the source, because Texas wanted to explore ways to hold onto the Longhorn Network.

Texas would have to give up LHN if it went to the Pac-12, which has equal revenue sharing and pools its third-tier TV rights in a series of regional networks.

The $300 million, 20-year contract Texas signed with ESPN has become important to UT’s board of regents, sources said, because in an age of higher education cutbacks, UT athletics is contributing $5 million per year to academics in the first five years of the deal.

If Texas went to the Pac-12, LHN would have to be re-worked so that Texas would share revenue with a partner in a regional network (possibly Texas Tech) as well as the Pac-12, forcing the Longhorns to give up much of their unique branding and riches.

Holding the Big 12 together, no matter how dysfunctional, is still UT’s top priority, sources said. Even football coach Mack Brown weighed in on Monday, saying he wants players’ parents and Texas high school coaches to be able to see their players in Big 12 games played all over the state of Texas.

But if the Big 12 comes apart, another way for Texas to hold onto LHN may be joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, two sources close to the situation said Monday. ESPN holds the TV rights in the ACC and also owns and operates LHN. But the ACC would only come into play if Oklahoma left for the Pac-12 and the Big 12 busted up, sources said.

One source close to the situation said the ACC, which is trying to fend off a potential raid by the Southeastern Conference (Virginia Tech continues to be mentioned by sources as an SEC target), would possibly look to add Texas, Syracuse, Connecticut and Rutgers to grow to 16.

Sources say Missouri has received feelers from the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12 and Big East.

Kansas has also received feelers from the Pac-12 and Big East, sources said. Kansas State has also received feelers from the Big East, sources said.

“It’s getting messy,” said a Big 12 athletic director.

The other option for Texas in holding onto LHN would be to go independent. But while independence is good for football and may present UT with the greatest financial gain, it would be a scheduling headache for Texas’ other sports.

Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds has said Texas would not go independent on his watch because he wants a conference home for UT’s other sports. But he probably didn’t anticipate the Big 12 possibly dissolving one year after the league came back together and landed a $1.17 billion, 13-year TV deal with Fox in April.

“For the Big 12 to survive at this point, there would need to be a new commissioner and probably a $100 million penalty for leaving the conference written by the best lawyers in the country into an iron-clad contract,” said a high-ranking source at a Big 12 school.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe stood by a statement released Friday when contacted by Orangebloods.com on Monday.

“We continue to work hard for the longterm stability of the Big 12 Conference,” Beebe said.

Beebe has been left in a precarious position because two of the five schools on the Big 12 expansion committee charged with finding a replacement(s) for Texas A&M are the ones now publicly questioning the future of their own conference (OU and Oklahoma State).

While it appeared there might be momentum for the Big 12 to attract schools such as Pittsburgh, Louisville and/or BYU as of a week ago, schools in the Big 12 are now busy trying

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to find a safe landing spot for themselves with Oklahoma possibly on the verge of bolting.

Industry sources said Beebe had not contacted ESPN or Fox, the Big 12’s television partners, for guidance or suggestions as Beebe did last summer in helping to secure financial reassurances from those partners to save the league.

But those who defend Beebe would argue that this round of realignment - one year later - is not about money. It’s about personalities, ego and, ultimately, seeking stability.

Meanwhile, Texas A&M sources continue to tell Orangebloods.com that the Aggies expect movement in their bid to join the Southeastern Conference on Tuesday or Wednesday.

In college realignment, the rules of the game are to expect the unexpected.

“There are so many moving pieces right now, everything can change in an hour,” said one Big 12 administrator Monday afternoon.

“But it’s total chaos right now.”

Stay tuned.

Chip Brown Orangebloods.com Columnist

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Face Punchin’ Pacquiao-Marquez and the epic trilogy nobody wants Why the casual fan deems any fight not named “Pacquiao-Mayweather” a failure manny PacQuiao’s celebrity is a doubleedged sword. Because of the acclaim he’s garnered in these last few years as boxing’s pound-for-pound best, he’s become a transcendental figure worldwide, but with that acclaim also comes high expectations.

Those expectations came in the form of a showdown with former pound-for-pound king, but still undefeated, Floyd Mayweather, whose departure from the top has more to do with his own unwillingness to fight regularly than anything else.

Those expectations came crashing down, however, when a series of negotiations failed after Mayweather and his camp accused Pacquiao of taking performance enhancing drugs. Since those unsubstantiated claims, Pacquiao has sued Mayweather for defamation and the two sides have disagreed on drug testing protocol leading up to the fight, leaving these on-again-offagain negotiations of about 2 years now in perpetual limbo.

Hope still looms, however, with Mayweather facing awkward southpaw Victor Ortiz in an upcoming bout to maybe prepare for one more monster payday against Pacquiao, who’s an awkward southpaw himself. The much more intriguing fight on the horizon, however, is Pacquiao’s upcoming date with his long-time rival, and full-on Mexican bad-ass, Juan Manuel Marquez, to complete a trilogy seven years in the making.

When the two first met in 2004, Pacquiao’s star was on the rise and, while Marquez figured to give the Pac-Man a test,

most were expecting Pacquiao to come out on top. What happened was the stuff of boxing legend: Pacquiao knocked down Marquez three times in the first round, breaking his nose in the process, just to have Marquez fight back and earn a draw.

A re-match in 2008 saw Pacquiao narrowly escaping with a split decision, with a third round knockdown proving to be the deciding factor.

Since then, many considered Pacquiao to be too much on the rise and Marquez too much on the down for the two to ever f ight again, but both f ighters just kept on winning. In the last three years now, Marquez has gone 5-1 with four knockouts, with his one blemish coming in the form of a lopsided decision loss to May weather two years ago.

Pacquiao, in that same span, has gone 7-0 with his own four knockouts, and has torn through some of the sport’s biggest names along the way.

Now with ol’ “Dinamita” Marquez in his

casual fan, it should be a big one.

Pacquiao and Marquez, for the halfdecade-plus they’ve been doing this, have proven to be polar opposites in terms of style in the ring, but exact mirrors of each other in terms of heart. It’s the primary quality of this epic rivalry that has left boxing fans wanting more, even years after watching these fighters grow into future hall of famers before our very eyes.

As they square off against each other for what may very well be the last time, boxing fans all over are sure to feel some hint of nostalgia when they step in the ring. The beautiful thing about this rivalry is that in the 24 rounds it’s been fought, no one fighter has ever been able to fully assert their dominance over one another in a way that was ever convincing enough to clearly win the fight.

Maybe fans want closure, maybe they want it to be another split decision, or maybe they just want to see another blood

For boxing purists, this remains an important fight, and even for the casual fan, it should be a big one.

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late 30s and Pacquiao still looking to stick around at the top for as long as he can, the two found their way back to each other to make one of the best fights in boxing not named Pacquiao-Mayweather.

For boxing purists, this remains an important fight, and even for the

bath, but one thing for damn sure is that this is a fight for the fans. And whether or not you follow boxing, it’s never too late to become a fan, but one pretty good barometer should be whether or not you enjoy Pacquiao-Marquez.

So get some friends together for a good old-fashioned pay-per-view party. You have ‘til Nov. 2 to set it all up. And if you so choose to spend your pay-per-view bucks on Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming Sept. 17 date with Victor Ortiz, just be prepared for something closer to a boxing lesson than a barnburner.

Actually, you might as well just get both, you never know for how much longer you’ll get to see all-time greats like Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao do what they do best at the peak of their powers.

Brian Bogart

Silva KOs Okami: Best Ever?

The UFC’s first trip to Brazil in more than a decade was a banner night for Brazilian fighters, but no fighter shone more so on the night than UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

Silva thoroughly dominated top contender Yushin Okami in the main event, earning a TKO in the second round after a right hand dropped the challenger and a few finishing blows ended his night. The win for Silva extends his record streak to 14 straight wins in the UFC, and the victory over Okami avenges his last loss, which took place in 2006.

The victory for Silva also heats up the debate as to whether he is the best fighter in the UFC’s history, and his reign of dominance is difficult to ignore, as it has spanned more than five years now. Other fighters have dominated the sport at times, but none has lasted as long as Silva’s at such a high level.

Three other Brazilian fighters were also victorious on the night’s main card, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua avenged a loss to Forrest Griffin, Edson Barboza stayed unbeaten in the UFC with a win over former “Ultimate Fighter” champion Ross Pearson, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira kept his career alive with a knockout over top prospect Brendan Schaub. Rua thoroughly dominated a clearly aloof Forrest Griffin, ending the former champion’s night via knockout less than two minutes into the fight. It was revealed afterwards that Griffin’s mind was obviously elsewhere as his wife was back in the U.S. going into early labor with his daughter. UFC president Dana White gave Griffin a ride home after the fight on his private jet just so he could be there for the birth of his daughter. Barboza won his third UFC bout in as many tries, as he earned a split decision over a tough foe in Pearson.

The two traded shots for the better part of 15 minutes, but a cut over Pearson’s right eye at the end of the fight could have swayed the decision in favor of the home country fighter.

Perhaps the best story of the night was Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s upset win over Brendan Schaub, as one of the most popular Brazilian fighters in the history of the sport competed as a professional for the first time ever. Many speculated that the best days were behind the 35-year-old fighter and former PRIDE and UFC champion, but he has now won five of his last seven fights and is 4-2 in a very deep UFC heavyweight division.

End-of-night bonuses of $100,000 went to

Nogueira (knockout of the night), and Edson Barboza and Ross Pearson (fight of the night).

Since there were no submissions on the night, no “submission of the night” bonus was given out. Early reports have claimed that the event could have been seen in as many as 30 million Brazilian homes.

ProElite – the former parent company of the now-defunct EliteXC organization – returned to promoting fights on Saturday night, Aug. 27, as ProElite 1 took place in Hawaii and featured many notables in action. In the headliner, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski won for the first time in five outings as he earned a TKO over Ray Lopez in the third round of their bout.

Former “Ultimate Fighter” winner Kendal Grove was also in action on the night, and he avenged an earlier loss to Joe Riggs by submitting him

just 59 seconds into the first round.

A couple of young fighters who could eventually be household names in the sport also made their debuts at the event, as Reagan Penn and Mark Ellis were both victorious. Penn, the younger brother of former UFC multidivision champion B.J. Penn, made his debut by submitting Paul Gardiner just 70 seconds into their bout. Ellis, a former NCAA wrestling champion, submitted former college football player Jake Heun in the second round of their bout. Another top prospect, female fighter and former Olympian Sara McMann, submitted her way to another victory as she stopped Raquel Pa’aluhi with a keylock in the third round of their bout. UFC veteran and knockout artist Drew McFedries was also victorious with a TKO win.

David McKinney

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Wild Wild Frontier Fest wild frontier fest is back for another year. Instead of a one-day festival, Vagabond Collective is bringing two days of music, on two stages, on Sept. 10 and 11 at Emo’s.

“My mind has been blowing up throughout (the planning of) this one,” said Cory Green, CEO of Vagabond Collective.

The festival, booked by Cory Green and Ricky Valenzuela, also the CEO of Vagabond Collective, presents a line-up of Austin bands as well as regional and national acts.

This year’s headliners include The Octopus Project and Wavves.

“Last year, we had a whole bunch of party bands and a whole bunch of more melodic bands. So we kind of extended that theme this year, just breaking it down to days,” said Valenzuela. “We got Octopus Project, Balmorhea, Eastern Sea, all those bands.

The next day is the party day, Wavves, Peelander-Z, Sip Sip, all those bands.”

The twenty-year-old roommates have worked together as Vagabond Collective

for two years, booking shows around Austin. The partnership began in their high school newsroom when Green was an entertainment reporter for Valenzuela, who was the entertainment editor.

form Vagabond Collective as a way to stay involved in music.

“We both have a really strong love for music and neither one of us have a musical talent,” said Green.

“We work with a lot of genres of music so seeing a band like Thieves and marmalakes put on the same bill, we’re equally about that stuff and seeing it all on the same place.”

“The boy was the best entertainment writer ever. Me,” said Green.

“Yeah, I was a fan of Cory’s work,” said Valenzuela. “High school people are pretty flaky. Cory always put a lot of work into his stories and it was very interesting to read.”

After participating in a high school program called BlastBeat, they decided to

Since the inception, Vagabond Collective has booked shows around Austin for local and national bands and helped Thieves release their album, Just Give It Up, through their record label.

Valenzuela said Wild Frontier Fest came together after they book some of their big shows.

“It was definitely us taking our label,

our production company to the next step,” said Green.

“I think because we had been working with a lot of the bands in the scene, Wild Frontier Fest pulled all that stuff together,” said Valenzuela. “We work with a lot of genres of music, so seeing a band like Thieves and Marmalakes put on the same bill, we’re equally about that stuff and seeing it all on the same place.”

Marmalakes have performed in several Vagabond Collective shows. One in particular was opening up for Fastball and Quiet Company on the outside stage at Mohawk.

“It was really, really cold when we opened for them,” said Josh Halpern, drummer/ vocalist for Marmalakes. “It was the fall evening that we had a huge coldfront blow in so it was around 50 degrees, not really ideal for musical instruments to be outside or for an audience to show up.”

But shivering f ingers aside, Halpern

and his band were more than ready to return to Wild Frontier Fest af ter per forming last year.

“We were definitely hoping to be invited back,” said Halpern. “The fest was such a hit last year. I believe it sold out.

We played the inside stage at Mohawk and had a great show, saw tons of bands, and got to see our friends of Vagabond be incredibly successful on a massive scale.”

Little Lo was also invited to perform again, earning a later spot on Saturday’s schedule. Last year, they were one of the opening bands, but they were also a fairly new band. After releasing their EP, A Poison Tree, Little Lo has garnered attention within the Austin music community and just recently came home from a tour.

“I’m looking forward to the bigger audience because we’re playing later, but also I’m looking forward to going early and catching the other earlier bands, bands of friends that I’ve heard about but haven’t had a chance to see. It’s kind of like getting to see who’s playing in the scene right now,” said Ryan McGill, guitarist/vocalist for Little Lo. Taft Mashburn recently celebrated his one-year anniversary with his band Final

Exam who is performing at Wild Frontier Fest this year. He offered to perform.

“We said we would love to play. This really works well with us because we just finished recording our album and we think it’ll be good for your festival,” said Mashburn.

Although, Mashburn said it’s terrifying that his band will be performing on the same stage other bands have traveled through town to play on.

“I’ve seen some of my favorite shows at Emo’s outside,” said Mashburn. “It feels like an especially special opportunity because it ’s not often that a local collective like Vagabond would actually hold a festival and have it legitimized by bands with national profiles. So that is something is that quite unique. It ’s really cool in that sense.”

To Green and Valenzuela though, Vagabond Collective gives them the opportunity to help bands in the Austin music scene earn the attention they feel they deserve.

“Definitely believe in the scene and all that,” said Valenzuela. “We’re just trying to do our part to get everyone to get as much hype for it as we can.”

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WILD FrONTIer FesT: TOP: Marmalakes, BOTTOM: Major Major Marjo, Photos by Sarah Vasquez

An A.V. post-mortem Analyzing the end of one of Austin’s most well-written, but chronically displaced, publications On September 1st, 2011 navigating to the A.V. Club Austin brought up a Page Not Found. About a week before, the former Editor-in-Chief (and current T.V. Club Assistant Editor) Erik Adams sent an email to his dwindling number of freelancers, informing them of the situation and asking for any last-minute pitches. To the eagle-eyed, the site’s content flow became increasingly spare as time went on, as did the number of contributors; by the end it was rare to see even a daily posting.

“It’s silly to say one of my favorite memories was posthumous to the site,” said Adams, “but I was touched by all the retweets and responses to the local twitter feed when we announced we were closing. It was the most responses we ever had.”

An entity as big as The Onion seems too big to fail, but as giants like Paste and Blender have stumbled, it seems nobody, especially the niche alt-weekly establishments, is immune. It’s something the Chronicle, the Texan and, yes, UWeekly has struggled with.

“Everyone is vulnerable when you don’t ask for money and are relying on advertisers,” said Adams. “Especially in this economy.”

There’s also the problem of the increasing number of tie-loosened, pro-irreverent publications for a relatively small city.

Anyone who’s walked campus has seen the lines of news-bins dotting sidewalk corners.

Eventually the market is split to a point of microscopic divisions. You can’t read everything, after all. People tend to think that Austin is a great place for an upstart, independent newspaper, but the number of organizations with that exact same idea tends to make the place pretty diffuse.

“It was always a publication that was going to have a limited appeal,” said Adams, citing the cemented institution of the Chronicle and the warmly local Austinist. “It wasn’t going to have a lot of readers or a lot of page views. It was a very devoted fanbase, but a very small fanbase, and unfortunately that doesn’t look that great to advertisers.”

So what are we losing with the departure of the A.V. Club? According to longtime freelancer Dan Solomon, the biggest casualty is a tone.

“One thing common across all Austin media is that they’re all really impressed they live in Austin,” said Solomon. “I always found that boring, and The A.V. Club didn’t play into that

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sort of thing, we were allowed to be more critical.

It’d be nice to see someone step back into that role. A friend of mine referred to the site as ‘The Daily Show of Austin media.’ I think there’s going

positioned the publication someplace between the Chronicle’s venerable discourse and the Texan’s campus-minded, journalistic narratives.

“There are people who have graduated UT,

“There are people who have graduated UT, have stayed in Austin, like the town for its music and like the Drafthouse and exploring the east side. I think those people are going to miss our voice. We had a defined tone, and I think that’s hard to find in publishing these days.” to be a missing voice for the post-college, prelong time Austinite demographic now.”

Adams believed that his editorial vision

have stayed in Austin, like the town for its music and like the Drafthouse and exploring the east side,” said Adams. “I think those

people are going to miss our voice. We had a defined tone, and I think that’s hard to find in publishing these days.”

The talks and discussions that went into this article were filled with a lot of off-the-records and impossible-to-articulate frustrations, but there’s a sense of deep love for the site.

Seeing the site end is disappointing on a lucrative level.

“Having that extra 200 bucks a month was nice,” said Solomon, but it seems most of its contributors are sad to see it go, simply because it was a fun place to write for.

“Nothing is permanent,” said Adams. “As things clear up we’ll have options to weigh, and who knows what will happen... It’s hard to gauge if there’s a hunger for its return, but in terms of editorial strength, it certainly had a right to exist”.

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The write way WriteByNight offers students some tips for success WriteByNight Whether we identify as one or not, we are all writers; our information-driven society requires us to be. At the same time, society doesn’t require us to necessarily be skilled or published writers.

Nevertheless, if you intend to become one

Are Twitter and Facebook ruining our grammar?

“Obviously with text messages, Twitter and Facebook, there is a universal shorthand and grammar has kind of gone out the window,” said David Duhr. “However, I think that that shorthand is limiting itself to said realms of communication. I don’t think it’s an overall problem. I really don’t see the above affecting other realms of writing just yet, but I definitely think that is possible in the future.”

On the other hand, Justine Tal Goldberg thinks the implications of texting shorthand are already present in one of our most-used forms of communication, e-mail.

“I already see the Twtter and texting grammar spilling over into the realm of e-mail communication.

While I don’t think it is a problem for communications amongst friends, I think it is already posing a problem for the way people communicate in business and professional e-mails.”

of the above, WriteByNight has the tools to help mold you into either a published author or masterful wordsmith.

Founded by Justine Tal Goldberg and David Duhr, WriteByNight is a writing center and writers’ service that is committed to meet any literary goals that you might have.

Whether you are looking for a writing coach to help you put your fingers on the keyboard or need someone to look at your manuscript, WriteByNight’s array of services offer something for writers of every level.

“All of our services are customizable. We feel that every writer is unique and no two writers are the same,” said Goldberg. “We take time to get to know our clients and find out what their needs and goals are. We then make a tailored plan to meet those needs and goals.”

your work has to be very boring,” said Goldberg.

“I really try to communicate to students that it is preferable to have a voice, even in non-fiction.”

In fact, letting your voice come through in academic writing is an excellent way to get your T.A.’s, or whomever is grading your paper’s, attention “If you sound interested in your topic, the reader is going to be more interested and is going to want to engage with your content more, instead of regarding it as just another

face is writer’s block. However, according to WriteByNight, writer’s block isn’t merely a lack of ideas, but a psychological disorder; a disorder that can only finally be resolved by getting to the root of the problem with talk therapy modalities.

“Writer’s block is not, ‘I am not feeling creative today,’ ‘I am in a funk,’ or ‘I have less ideas,’ etc,” said Goldberg. “Those are natural steps in the process regardless if you are a beginner or a professional writer.”

Nevertheless, there are some immediate exercises with which one can engage writer’s block.

“Sit down and write in a stream of conscious sort of mode,” said Duhr. “Don’t try to write about your project. Just sit down and write about the writers block. The kind of writing where you never take your pen off the page. That’s the kind of thing that will trick your mind into thinking you don’t have writer’s block.”

“Writer’s block is not ‘I am not feeling creative today, I am in a funk, or I have less ideas, etc’.

Those are natural steps in the process regardless if you are a beginner or a professional writer.”

Write by advice One of the things that the WriteByNight team emphasizes in approaching academic papers is something you don’t often hear about developing: your own voice. Not coming off like an automaton in your writing is something that most students fail to do.

“From the very moment you learn that five paragraph structure, you are trained to think that

one of the thousands of papers they are looking at,” said Duhr.

In terms of logistics, one of the most important and persistently overlooked keys to successful writing is starting early. The WriteByNight team constantly emphasizes time as a key element to get all of your ideas onto the page and refined.

“I’m always emphasizing the importance of starting early,” said Goldberg. “Initially, do a brain drain. Don’t think about the craft or the process, just get everything you want to say out on the paper. This will help you to get all of your ideas out on paper while having enough time to go through a couple of drafts.”

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Songs every college student should know Austin is the live music capital of the world, and with the ACL Festival right around the corner, the indie music aficionados are pouring into town. What do these hipsters love more than irony and mustaches? Making people, regular people, acutely aware of their lack of obscure music knowledge.

Most hipsters—those living, breathing bastions of all that is relevant and meaningful in art, culture and life—hold this knowledge right under the layers of necklaces, under the left breast of their v-neck, tucked away in a little borough of their heart.

A good hipster will never miss the opportunity to name-drop some band you’ve never heard.

This conspicuous flexing of the ego is all Fine (Young Cannibals) and Dandy (Warhols), but for the love of M. Ward if you don’t know if “Piano Man” is Billy Joel or Bob Dylan, you should just turn in your Music Snob card now.

What follows is a guide to the classics. These are songs we all know. It doesn’t matter if you buy your jeans from Macy’s or you adorn your string bean gams with those painted-on neon strips of cloth from American Apparel. Whether you worship at the altar of Bowie or Bruno Mars, you’ve heard these songs. Hopefully after reading this you’ll have some respect for the elder statesmen of your favorite genre.

1960s “Like a Rolling Stone” Bob Dylan Everyone loves to make fun of Dylan’s voice these days, but musicians all seem honer bound to name drop him as an influence once they do get a little bit of recognition. Love him or hate him, he’s a big reason that harmonica is strapped under you handlebar mustache.

“You Can’t always Get What You Want” The Rolling Stones While it would behoove you to commit a least a handful of Stones songs to memory, this is the one that you’ll (arguably) run into most often. If (when) you inevitably come across someone drunkenly this song at karaoke, do not look at the person next to you and ask if it’s “that song from the old diet coke commercials.”

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1970s “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin It pains me to think there might be people out there who don’t know who wrote this song.

The Zep helped bring Beelzebub back into the spotlight and back onto the Billboard Charts with Page’s rumored involvement with Satanism and the subliminal messages that pop up like booze references in a Ke$ha song. If anyone is more metal than Lucifer, it might be Zeppelin.

And there is almost no one as influential in metal and progressive music. So the next time you throw up the devil horns at a Mastodon show or channel the Dark Lord while singing along to the Mars Volta, remember that you have Plant, Page, Bonham and Jones to thank.

“Piano Man” Billy Joel If you plan on spending much time hunched over a glass of whiskey in a dark bar (may I suggest the Elephant Room or the Ginger Man), you need to get familiar with this one. Possibly one of the saddest songs to ever inspire mass sing-a-longs, “Piano Man” tells the stories of about a half-dozen pathetic losers who keep coming back to the same bar. When Billy plays that refrain of “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man!” you can almost hear the pint glasses

clinking in the background. So next time it comes on at the bar, you can try to lighten the mood among your sad-sack friends by asking why a guy who dated Christie Brinkley AND Elle Macpherson is so sad.

1980s “Blue Monday” New Order In 1980, Joy Division was poised to be the Next Big Thing. They were about to embark on their first North American tour when one of the four members committed suicide. The three remaining members went on to form New Order, which released “Blue Monday” in 1983.

The single went on to chart three separate times in the UK and is now recognized as one of the beginnings of the new wave movement. *Orgy’s late ’90s version of the song featured more JNCOs and hair product than New Order’s, and is not classified as a “must know song”.

“Take on Me” A-Ha You might know this as “that song where the guy’s voice gets really high,” but in 1985, this song was known as pure pop gold. Like Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” this song features some serious vocal acrobatics. Unlike Zeppelin, there is no documented evidence

that A-Ha ever dabbled in the dark arts. The song spent the latter half of 1985 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and achieved the number one spot in October. So next time you’re in your friend’s car and you’re all singing “Take me on/ Take on me/ I’ll be gone/ In a day or twoooooooo,” remember that you have the Norwegian one-hit wonders A-Ha to thank. The band has actually had some pretty decent global success (if you call 38 million albums sold “decent”), but you better believe that if they ever don’t close a set with “Take on Me,” there will be a riot and it will be front-page news.

“Don’t Believe the Hype” Public Enemy Any hipster who is worth his or her weight in vinyl can give you the word on the latest Odd Future jam or the next Girl Talk release, but Tyler the Creator isn’t the first dude to bust a flow and Gregg Gillis didn’t invent sampling. Before Odd Future ever graced the musical landscape with its presence, and before Gillis figured out how to make a musical career of not knowing how to play a musical instrument, Chuck D and Flava Flav were spitting venom and vitriol over beats and samples provided by Terminator X. “Don’t Believe the Hype” was the second single off of Public Enemy’s second album, It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back, and is one of the touchstones of hip-hop.

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Hook up Horns: Ex Sells Supply, demand, and going home to use your hand it’s 3:15am and your tyPical west Campus rager is winding down. Empty kegs float sadly in their icy bathtubs while those seeking late-night nourishment have already left on a quest for Kerbey Queso. An intoxicated couple who only met a few hours prior are making out on the couch, trying to decide their next step. To the outside observer, sex might seem like the obvious endpoint, but appearances can be deceiving.

In his latest book, Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying, Mark Regnerus, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas, uses the economic model of supply and demand to explore shifts in modern heterosexual relationships.

“There’s plenty of women who like sex as much as men do, and plenty of women who

campus, sex is cheaper than ever.

Though on college campuses, it’s not always as cheap as people might think.

“One could walk around [the University of Texas] and see a panoply of flesh and think the market is inexpensive, but I think it’s not,” said Regnerus. “Here there is a segment of the population that hooks up. There’s plenty of college students who don’t, plenty of college students who just have regular relationships.”

What Regenerus says might be skewing the perception of market price is the high profile of the student sub-culture most committed to casual, hook ups.

“When you think of the quintessential college student, I think people still think of the Greek system... Sex is cheaper in the Greek system, especially in the

Those micro-economies are probably how UT earns its Playboy-certified party school reputation, but they hardly represent the entire student body. like it more than men do, but on average the claim still holds,” said Regnerus. “On average, men want it more than women do.”

In the past, this disparity between the number of men wanting sex, and the women who are willing to supply it, has given sex a “price,” a set of conditions that limits access. Think third date, nice dinner, and holding the door open for her.

But according to Regnerus, in recent years the price of sex has dropped. Due to a number of factors such as Internet pornography, relaxed social mores, and more women on

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fraternity system, because fraternities create micro-economies of cheap sex by throwing parties with some regularity and restricting the number of men, opening up to all women. That means a microeconomy for a night.”

Those micro-economies are probably how UT earns its Playboy-certified party school reputation, but they hardly represent the entire student body.

However, sometimes even the larger, less sexual segment of UT students fall victim to their peers’ sexual myths.

Mary Lingwall, author of The Daily

Texan’s “Hump Day” sex column, wrote her honor’s thesis on sexual relationships at UT, eventually titling it “Surprisingly Tame: Sex on The College Campus.”

Though the average sexually active UT student has only had one partner in the last year, the majority of students Lingwall interviewed assumed 30-70% of their peers had been with three or more partners since entering UT. In fact, student sex lives are more based around relationships than anything else.

“I assumed that sex was seen as something that belongs to the sex and pleasure world and that sometimes it is co-opted into the relationship-world, but that the two spheres were fundamentally

separate,” wrote Lingwall. “What I found was that sex was intimately tied to relationship-making intentions and desires, even among college students who seem so horny and carefree.”

Despite common assumptions, and E-Bus anecdotes to the contrary, perhaps UT is not the hook-up haven we’ve been led to believe. As much time as students spend socializing, maybe finding a date is more of a priority than landing a temporary mate. But, if that is the case, then how can we assume our hypothetical couple, last seen making out on a couch, ended their evening? Two words: oral sex.

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$2 Shows brings the fun with their Festival of New Horizons In between the sea of burnt orange, beer cans and vans, Saturday boasted a haven that showcased some of Austin’s most talented local acts, and all under one roof. What was this event, you may ask?

Well, none other than the Festival of New Horizons at The Parish.

A combination of Andy Warhol’s Factory, and good old Austin weirdness, is basically what the Festival of New Horizons is. Talented artists and musicians come together for a night of good jams, paint (I got an Odd Future cross from Les Rav’s very own Naomi Cherie) and positive vibes.

Presented by $2 Shows, an organization founded and directed under Les Rav’s Lauren Bruno (who also works with Los Angeles $2 Shows founder Spencer Ludwig), the Festival of New Horizons encompasses what the organization is all about: “collaboration, cross promotion and community,” as stated on its Facebook page.

Featuring over 18 bands, this locallydriven festival is not only eclectic and appealing to people of all ages, but it is affordable too. For $10, you would have been able to see piano-driven band Waldo and the Naturals, baroque folk group The Baker Family and the intricate and captivating

FESTIVAL OF NEW HORIZONS: Les Rav | Photo by Elijah Watson Noise Revival Orchestra, among others.

But, the festivities do not stop there; from photo booths, to items being put on display from companies such as Austin’s very own, Taylor Made Designs, this event had a splash of just about everything.

Bruno, who was only available for a few words, was absolutely thrilled with the turnout of the festival.

positive movement and what it is all about, it will only continue to get better and better.

Keep an eye out for these guys; they have frequent events at the Spider House Café, and are also involved with this year’s Ditch the Fest Fest 2.

Happening on Saturday, Sept. 17, locals such as How I Quit Crack, The White White Lights and many others, will perform at four different venues (Cheer Up Charlie’s, Red 7, Beauty Bar and Club De Ville), coinciding

Featuring over 18 bands, this locally-driven festival is not only eclectic and appealing to people of all ages, but it is affordable too.

“It’s just a collaborative effort, and we all enjoy working with each other,” said Bruno. $2 Shows is gradually FESTIVAL OF NEW HORIZONS: Waldo Wittenmyer | Photo by Elijah Watson growing, and considering its

with this year’s ACL festival. So, if you weren’t able to get a ticket because of scalpers (yes, hide your face in shame Craigslist villains), just swing on by and check out what some of Austin’s local music scene has to offer.

FESTIVAL OF NEW HORIZONS: Lauren Bruno Photo by Elijah Watson We all like having a good time and supporting a good cause right? Well, that is what $2 Shows is all about. So look out for their events, and be ready to have a super fun time.

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Anthems from a bedroom in Boise Youth Lagoon is the solo project of Boise, Idaho native Trevor Powers. When we say solo project, we mean just that: his essence is intimate, up-close songwriting centered on his miniature voice. He’s stormed blogs earlier this year with “July,” a stricken and ultimately triumphant ballad that blares through its modest, bedroom-composed origins with pure, heartened passion. His debut, The Year of Hibernation, is swollen with anxious ambition, and ends up being pretty irresistible. It sounds honest, unafraid, and distinctly organic. Youth Lagoon will be dropping by Emo’s on September 9th and we recently caught up with Powers during his tour to ask him a few questions.

How long have you been singing?

I started singing when I was like 17 or 18. I started singing pretty late, I didn’t start as a kid or anything. I took some choir stuff in high school, but it was never anything serious.

Were you tied into the Boise scene before you started singing?

Not really. I jammed with some friends in high school but it was never anything serious until all this stuff started. I was just dinking around in my bedroom before I decided to really try to make something of it.

I read somewhere that you just want to write ‘honest songs.’ Do you think that’s why people have connected with your music?

I think so. Since it was something that started personal, I never wanted to make money from it. I came at it from an intimate vantage point. It still is a project that I want to do for myself.

And I think that’s why other people can relate. Hopefully the honesty comes off.

It feels honest, but not weepy or overwrought. It sounds more like its coming from you, not your emotions.

it one step at a time, and when it comes closer to the time for a new album I’ll approach that then.

“I came to Youth Lagoon from an intimate vantage point. It’s still is a project that I want to do for myself.

And I think that’s why other people can relate.

Hopefully the honesty comes off.”

How’s the tour been?

It’s been really good. We were in San Diego last night and L.A. before that.

The turnout has been great, people already know the songs. It’s really unreal and exciting.

Did you envision Youth Lagoon as something serious from the start?

Yeah, it started off as something I was passionate about, but just for myself. I knew I wanted to record an album and my original plan was just to release it online as a free download for friends. I was serious about it, but I didn’t expect any of this stuff to happen. When I posted “July” and it made circulation, that’s when I really thought I could do something with it.

Then labels started showing interest and that’s when I got buckled down.

Everyone seems enthusiastic about the project?

Yeah, there was this guy in San Diego last night who drove down from L.A. to see it, like a solid two-hour trip just to see the set. And that was cool, just seeing people attach to it.

That’s good. I don’t consider myself a sappy person in any way, I guess it just is me opening up myself and writing songs.

You envisioned the project as a personal thing for one album, but now that you have a record deal, you’re obviously going to be putting out more music. Have you put any thought into future Youth Lagoon records?

I thought a little bit about it. I always have different song ideas in my head, but for now that ’s all on the back-burner. I really wanna take

Are you performing onstage solo?

I’ve got a buddy who plays all the guitar parts, but it’s just us two on stage.

Have you thought about expanding beyond that?

Yeah, as time goes, on if there’s a need for more instruments, I’d like to hire some more friends (laughs), but for right now it’s fine.

You do seem to envision Youth Lagoon as a solo project.

Yeah, I do want to keep it like that. But I’m definitely down to try and enhance the live show.

The debut is coming out at the end of the month, and journalists all seem to dig it. Since it’s so close to your heart, how happy are you with how it turned out?

I’m thrilled about it. I recorded it back in January, and so I’ve spent a long time waiting on it with promotions and label signing. It’s nice to still be proud of it eight months later.

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Block Party: A Comedy Mixtape

The Octopus Project

@ Fast Folks Cyclery, 2513 E. 6th

@ New Movement Theater, 1819 Rosewood Ave.

@ Texas Music Theater, 120 E. San Antonio

Ladies, grab your fixed gear, jorts, and PBR. This is your time to terrorize the town on two wheels. Wednesday is now your official Ladies’ Night Out, on bikes.

Converting the testosterone fest of social bike rides into an estrogen fest, the Ladies Ride is a great way to bond with your fellow ladyfriends or meet some new ones while burning them calories away. The ride meets at 8:30 at Fast Folks Cyclery. There will be sweat!

Open mics, most of the time, are pretty damn insipid. Teenagers reading their terrible poetry, sad bros with guitars and slam poetry usually make for a terrible night out and leads to much scolding from the ladyfriend. However, the New Movement shakes up this old, stale formula with this anything-goes format. Come out and witness the worst comics in Austin, snake handlers, failed magicians, and chainsaw jugglers at this wonderfully weird open mic.

What better way to visit your neighbors in San Marcos than a show with The Octopus Project. These electro-popper’s broad-stroke sound appeals to everyone from every musical taste. While you might be a little bit indie and she is a little bit electronic, there is no doubt you’ll agree on The Octopus Project. Local hell raisers Zlam Dunk get the mosh pit warmed up while Summer People cool everyone down before it gets all heated up.

Tickets: texasmusictheater.frontgatetickets.com

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Continuance: Another Night of Sustained Tones @ Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd.

A little northeast of the racket of 6th and Red River, an organization called Church of the Friendly Ghost is effortlessly “keeping Austin weird” with some of the most intriguing, inviting, and mind-bending sounds in central Texas. Church of the Friendly ghost is sponsoring this night of continuous—their won’t be breaks in between the sets—sound art.

Turn on, tune in, and zone out (the show is B.Y.O.B).

Team America: Quote Along @ Alamo Ritz, 320 E. 6th

Tired of getting elbowed by your bros as you spout all of the greatest lines from your favorite movies?

Now there is a place where you can quote till your mouth bleeds, or you need a refill on your soda.

Come join the rest of your movie-ruining brethren as they congregate at the Alamo Ritz to prove who has the most free time on their hands.

Tickets: www.originalalamo.com

@ City Theatre, 3823 Airport Blvd So your roommate wont let you adopt 27 cats. You can still fulfill all your weird feline fantasies, vicariously, with the Acro-Cats. These felines will push carts, ride skateboards, jump through flaming hoops, and even play in a band. However, they won’t be able to find you a girlfriend, you weirdo.

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