Editor’s Note: To suggest a topic for next week’s list, leave a comment on our Facebook page. Daily Texan staffers compiled sev- eral locations offering fun-for-a-day getaways within driving distance of UT. Our top 10 choices offer cul- ture, history, recreation and relax- ation for those needing a change- of-scene. 1. Glen Rose: Home of Fossil Rim Wildlife Ranch, Dinosaur Valley State Park, Big Rocks Park and the Paluxy River, Glen Rose is a small Texas town about three hours north of Austin and full of large natural wonders. Whether feeding a giraffe at Fossil Rim, walking among fossilized dinosaur footprints or giant boulders along the river, “daycationers” can find a unique experience awaiting them in Glen Rose. At slightly smaller attraction, the Somervell County Historical Museum, visitors can learn more about local history after enjoying lunch at one of several cafes sur- rounding the county courthouse on the town square. 2. South Padre: College students don’t have to wait until Spring Break to hit the beach, as South Padre Island sports a slightly less turbulent scene during the months outside of March. The cool fall air blowing in the sea breeze every day also brings a Mexican craft fair, the World Championship Shrimp Cook-Off, concerts and a fishing tournament during the month of November. 3. Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park: Austin wasn’t always the capital of Texas, as those who travel about two hours east to Washington will find. The state park is home to a replica of Independence Hall, where 59 Texan delegates signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, as well as the Star of the Republic Museum, the Fanthorp Inn historic site and the Barrington Living History Farm. The park also hosts living his- tory reenactments and special events throughout the year. 4. Enchanted Rock: To the naked eye, Enchanted Rock looks like just another one of the hills surrounding Fredricksburg. But venture closer to find 640 acres covered by the giant granite rock, where many escape to stargaze, hike, rock climb and camp yearround. 5. Goliad: Some may have visited the Alamo so many times they’ll never forget it, but they should remember Goliad as well. The town To work as a teaching assis- tant, most international gradu- ate students have to pass an Eng- lish assessment, but language still creates a disconnect in UT class- rooms. Graduate students who earn a low but passing score can serve as TAs if they take a teaching and culture class over the course of their first teaching semester, said Michael Smith, director of Eng- lish as a Second Language Ser- vices in the International Office. Smith said out of UT’s 600 inter- national graduate students, about 420 passed the English language assessment and about 120 passed conditionally. “We work with departments and find out the typical in- teractions they have in class,” Smith said. “Those who fail have to retake the test before they would be allowed to go back in the classroom.” Smith said if most student-to- TA interaction will be in another language, the international grad- uate student does not have to take the assessment, but he or she does have to complete an online work- shop about the University’s aca- demic atmosphere. “We don’t really care if they speak English, but we do care about their intercultural commu- nication,” Smith said. Corporate communications ju- nior Mary Clark said her first se- mester in Spanish 601 was unnec- essarily difficult because her TA’s native language was Korean. She said her TA could communicate in Spanish, but when trying to talk in English, the students and TA had trouble communicating with each other. “We couldn’t explain to her what we didn’t understand,” Clark said. First-year students concerned about the infamous “freshman 15” can rest a little easier, according to a study by Ohio State University. The 7,418 young people in the study showed an average weight increase of 3.1 pounds in wom- en and 3.5 pounds in men during their freshman year of college or age associated with the freshman year, said human resource re- searcher Jay Zagorsky. The study began in 1997 when participants were ages 14-17, Zagorsky said. Their weight was recorded every year, and about the same amount was gained by those who did not attend college as those who did. Zagorsky said this proves it is not college which causes the weight gain, but growing older. “There are a lot of things to worry about when you go to college,” Zagorsky said. “How- ever, gaining 15 pounds your freshman year is not one of them.” The study also shows fresh- man year is not the only time stu- Austin City Council will most likely approve the next phase of con- struction on the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, connecting East and West Austin for cyclists with dedicated riding paths for the first time. The half-million dollar project will connect the East Fifth Street and Shady Lane intersection to the existing Airport Boulevard Bridge, according to a recommendation for council action to be presented at the meeting. Seven-time Tour de France winner and Austin business owner Lance Armstrong agreed to let the city use his name for the six-mile bike route, according to the Neigh- borhood Connectivity Division of Austin City Council. Mayor Lee Leffingwell said the bikeway will create a safe “bikeable” route through Austin. “The bikeway and our bike- friendly community brings people from all around the world to Aus- tin,” Leffingwell said. “We are proud of Lance Armstrong and [Arm- strong’s Livestrong] Foundation. We are proud of our biking communi- ty, and this bikeway will help guide people through our community.” Funding for the bikeway was se- cured from a $400,000 federal grant as part of the federal transportation pol- icy, with a further $100,000 coming from bond money approved in 2000. “The bikeway will serve UT students both as a community amenity and as a travel corridor,” Leffingwell said. Neighborhood Connectivity Pro- gram consultant Annick Beaudet said the city is attempting to in- crease the appeal of cycling as a mode of transportation and reduce traffic congestion in Austin. “Bikeways are the best way to attract new riders,” Beaudet said. “We know that 60 percent of any population is interested in cycling but are concerned about their safe- ty. If you can bring them safe facil- ities, then you can create a trans- portation mode shift out of cars and onto bicycles.” Graduate civil engineer and cy- clist Heather Hill said the construc- tion was needed to improve the safety of riders downtown. “At the moment, it’s illegal to ride on sidewalks, and you have to get on the road where the paths end,” Hill said. “Bikeways can make cy- cling faster than driving to cam- pus, and they’re very accessible if you are coming from the right area of Austin.” Craig Staley, general manager of Mellow Johnny’s, a downtown bike shop owned by Armstrong, said connecting East and West Austin would continue to validate the pres- ence of cyclists on the road. “It’s a very meaningful and valid strip because it allows anyone from the West and Northwest quadrants of the city to get here safely,” Staley said. “It’s going to give connectivity on the east side where a lot of young people are moving in and commuting into the city. You’re going to see more ac- tivity once that gets completed.” Austin City Council likely to approve bikeway T HE D AILY T EXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Check out can’t miss performances at upcoming music festival LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Thursday, November 3, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan ‘ ‘ Calendar Today in history Inside Get Appy Learn how to use Google apps for work or school today at the UTC room 4.102. Free and open to the public, the Management Information Systems Association will host the training from 4:30-5p.m. Blues on the Patio The Student Event Center’s Music and Entertainment Committee brings back Blues on the Patio. Chill outside on the Texas Union patio and listen to some live blues for free from 7-9 p.m. Be sure to bring a jacket, too. In 1948 The Chicago Tribune wrongfully announces New York Gov. Thomas Dewey as the next president, leading to the famous photograph of the actual president-elect Harry S. Truman triumphantly holding the Tribune with the mistaken headline: “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Whoops. In Life&Arts: Gourmand’s serves sinful meals page 12 — Stephen Ash David Ash’s father In Opinion: Improving Longhorn pride page 4 In Sports: Women’s golf wins home tournament page 7 “Bahrain: Shout- ing in the Dark” Al Jazeera’s documentary following the pro-democracy revolution in Bahrain against the ruling family will be screened tonight in MEZ 1.306. A discussion on current situation in Bahrain will immediately following the screening beginning at 5 p.m. TODAY SPORTS PAGE 7 We were in coach [Mack] Brown’s of- fice, and our whole family was there. When they offered him, he said ‘I ac- cept.’ It was a very special time. Quote to note “I open at the close.” The final segment of the Harry Potter film series will be playing in front of Littlefield Fountain on the South Mall at 8 p.m. Admission is free for students and one guest with a valid UT ID. Ten driver friendly getaways get students off campus LEFT Patrons enjoy a beer at Gruene Hall. Band Of Heathens played to a diverse crowd, drawing indi- viduals from as far as Missouri and San Diego. BELOW Eryn and Chris Moss enjoy live music at the historic dance hall. The band sent the Mosses autographed memorabilia after Eryn informed them they played one of their songs at their wedding. Photos by Lawrence Peart Daily Texan Staff By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff Students, TAs struggle with language barriers Freshmen pack on pounds because of age, not college By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff By John Farey Daily Texan Staff GETAWAYS continues on PAGE 2 TEACH continues on PAGE 2 WEIGHT continues on PAGE 2 Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff Cyclists ride down a portion of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway over W. Cesar Chavez Street on Wednesday afternoon. City Council will vote Thursday on a proposal to approve construction of the bikeway. TEXAN TOP 10 By Jillian Bliss bit.ly/dt_video LIGHT PATROL Police continue cracking down on jay walkers near campus
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Daily Texan staffers compiled sev-eral locations offering fun-for-a-day getaways within driving distance of UT. Our top 10 choices offer cul-ture, history, recreation and relax-ation for those needing a change-of-scene.
1. Glen Rose: Home of Fossil Rim Wildlife Ranch, Dinosaur Valley State Park, Big Rocks Park and the Paluxy River, Glen Rose is a small Texas town about three hours north of Austin and full of large natural wonders. Whether feeding a giraffe at Fossil Rim, walking among fossilized dinosaur footprints or giant boulders along the river, “daycationers” can find a unique experience awaiting them in Glen Rose. At slightly smaller attraction, the Somervell County Historical Museum, visitors can learn more about local history after enjoying lunch at one of several cafes sur-rounding the county courthouse on the town square.
2. South Padre: College students don’t have to wait until Spring Break to hit the beach, as South Padre Island sports a slightly less turbulent scene during the months outside of March. The cool fall air blowing in the sea breeze every day also brings a Mexican craft fair, the World Championship Shrimp Cook-Off,
concerts and a fishing tournament during the month of November.
3. Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park: Austin wasn’t always the capital of Texas, as those who travel about two hours east to Washington will find. The state park is home to a replica of Independence Hall, where 59 Texan delegates signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, as well as the Star of the Republic Museum, the Fanthorp Inn historic site and the Barrington Living History Farm. The park also hosts living his-tory reenactments and special events
throughout the year.
4. Enchanted Rock: To the naked eye, Enchanted Rock looks like just another one of the hills surrounding Fredricksburg. But venture closer to find 640 acres covered by the giant granite rock, where many escape to stargaze, hike, rock climb and camp yearround.
5. Goliad: Some may have visited the Alamo so many times they’ll never forget it, but they should remember Goliad as well. The town
To work as a teaching assis-tant, most international gradu-ate students have to pass an Eng-lish assessment, but language still creates a disconnect in UT class-rooms.
Graduate students who earn a low but passing score can serve as TAs if they take a teaching and culture class over the course of their first teaching semester, said Michael Smith, director of Eng-lish as a Second Language Ser-vices in the International Office. Smith said out of UT’s 600 inter-national graduate students, about 420 passed the English language assessment and about 120 passed conditionally.
“We work with departments and find out the typical in-teractions they have in class,” Smith said. “Those who fail have to retake the test before they would be allowed to go
back in the classroom.” Smith said if most student-to-
TA interaction will be in another language, the international grad-uate student does not have to take the assessment, but he or she does have to complete an online work-shop about the University’s aca-demic atmosphere.
“We don’t really care if they speak English, but we do care about their intercultural commu-nication,” Smith said.
Corporate communications ju-nior Mary Clark said her first se-mester in Spanish 601 was unnec-essarily difficult because her TA’s native language was Korean. She said her TA could communicate in Spanish, but when trying to talk in English, the students and TA had trouble communicating with each other.
“We couldn’t explain to her what we didn’t understand,” Clark said.
First-year students concerned about the infamous “freshman 15” can rest a little easier, according to a study by Ohio State University.
The 7,418 young people in the study showed an average weight increase of 3.1 pounds in wom-en and 3.5 pounds in men during their freshman year of college or age associated with the freshman year, said human resource re-searcher Jay Zagorsky. The study began in 1997 when participants were ages 14-17, Zagorsky said.
Their weight was recorded every year, and about the same amount was gained by those who did not attend college as those who did. Zagorsky said this proves it is not college which causes the weight gain, but growing older.
“There are a lot of things to worry about when you go to college,” Zagorsky said. “How-ever, gaining 15 pounds your freshman year is not one of them.”
The study also shows fresh-man year is not the only time stu-
Austin City Council will most likely approve the next phase of con-struction on the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, connecting East and West Austin for cyclists with dedicated riding paths for the first time.
The half-million dollar project will connect the East Fifth Street and Shady Lane intersection to the existing Airport Boulevard Bridge, according to a recommendation for council action to be presented at the meeting. Seven-time Tour de France winner and Austin business owner Lance Armstrong agreed to let the city use his name for the six-mile bike route, according to the Neigh-borhood Connectivity Division of Austin City Council.
Mayor Lee Leffingwell said the bikeway will create a safe “bikeable” route through Austin.
“The bikeway and our bike-friendly community brings people from all around the world to Aus-tin,” Leffingwell said. “We are proud of Lance Armstrong and [Arm-strong’s Livestrong] Foundation. We are proud of our biking communi-ty, and this bikeway will help guide people through our community.”
Funding for the bikeway was se-cured from a $400,000 federal grant as part of the federal transportation pol-icy, with a further $100,000 coming from bond money approved in 2000.
“The bikeway will serve UT students both as a community amenity and as a travel corridor,” Leffingwell said.
Neighborhood Connectivity Pro-gram consultant Annick Beaudet said the city is attempting to in-crease the appeal of cycling as a mode of transportation and reduce traffic congestion in Austin.
“Bikeways are the best way to attract new riders,” Beaudet said. “We know that 60 percent of any population is interested in cycling but are concerned about their safe-ty. If you can bring them safe facil-ities, then you can create a trans-portation mode shift out of cars
and onto bicycles.”Graduate civil engineer and cy-
clist Heather Hill said the construc-tion was needed to improve the safety of riders downtown.
“At the moment, it’s illegal to ride on sidewalks, and you have to get on the road where the paths end,” Hill said. “Bikeways can make cy-cling faster than driving to cam-pus, and they’re very accessible if you are coming from the right area of Austin.”
Craig Staley, general manager of
Mellow Johnny’s, a downtown bike shop owned by Armstrong, said connecting East and West Austin would continue to validate the pres-ence of cyclists on the road.
“It’s a very meaningful and valid strip because it allows anyone from the West and Northwest quadrants of the city to get here safely,” Staley said. “It’s going to give connectivity on the east side where a lot of young people are moving in and commuting into the city. You’re going to see more ac-tivity once that gets completed.”
Austin City Council likely to approve bikeway
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Get AppyLearn how to use Google apps for work or school today at the UTC room 4.102. Free and open to the public, the Management Information Systems Association will host the training from 4:30-5p.m.
Blues on the PatioThe Student Event Center’s Music and Entertainment Committee brings back Blues on the Patio. Chill outside on the Texas Union patio and listen to some live blues for free from 7-9 p.m. Be sure to bring a jacket, too.
In 1948The Chicago Tribune wrongfully announces New York Gov. Thomas Dewey as the next president, leading to the famous photograph of the actual president-elect Harry S. Truman triumphantly holding the Tribune with the mistaken headline: “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Whoops.
In Life&Arts:Gourmand’s serves sinful meals page 12
— Stephen AshDavid Ash’s father
In Opinion:Improving Longhorn pride page 4
In Sports:Women’s golf wins home tournament page 7
“Bahrain: Shout-ing in the Dark”Al Jazeera’s documentary following the pro-democracy revolution in Bahrain against the ruling family will be screened tonight in MEZ 1.306. A discussion on current situation in Bahrain will immediately following the screening beginning at 5 p.m.
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SPORTS PAGE 7
We were in coach [Mack] Brown’s of-fice, and our whole
family was there. When they offered him, he said ‘I ac-cept.’ It was a very
special time.
Quote to note
“I open at the close.”The final segment of the Harry Potter film series will be playing in front of Littlefield Fountain on the South Mall at 8 p.m. Admission is free for students and one guest with a valid UT ID.
Ten driver friendly getaways get students off campusLEFT Patrons enjoy a beer at Gruene Hall. Band Of Heathens played to a diverse crowd, drawing indi-viduals from as far as Missouri and San Diego.
BELOW Eryn and Chris Moss enjoy live music at the historic dance hall. The band sent the Mosses autographed memorabilia after Eryn informed them they played one of their songs at their wedding.
Photos by Lawrence PeartDaily Texan Staff
By Liz FarmerDaily Texan Staff
Students, TAs struggle with language barriers
Freshmen pack on poundsbecause of age, not college
By Kayla JonssonDaily Texan Staff
By John FareyDaily Texan Staff
GETAWAYS continues on PAGE 2
TEACH continues on PAGE 2
WEIGHT continues on PAGE 2
Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff
Cyclists ride down a portion of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway over W. Cesar Chavez Street on Wednesday afternoon. City Council will vote Thursday on a proposal to approve construction of the bikeway.
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By Jillian Bliss
bit.ly/dt_video
LIGHT PATROLPolice continue cracking down
on jay walkers near campus
A Texas senator said talk of UT collaborating with the Seton Fami-ly of Hospitals corporation to build a new medical campus is possibly one of the biggest ideas to come to Austin since UT was built.
Texas Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Aus-tin, spoke on campus Wednesday at a lecture series sponsored by the Liberal Arts Texas Politics Project. He spoke about the importance of starting a UT medical school and health science center in Austin. Watson said the medical research center is an investment needed for
the economy of the future because there is a lack of excess resources for the next generation.
“I look at the young people today and I’m worried,” he said. “We’re short on doctors. We’re short on teachers. We’re short on water. My generation is okay because my grandparents made the necessary investments. I’m scared these kids will suffer if we don’t make the nec-essary investments.”
Watson said he is passionate about the new institution because he was led into politics following a fight for survival after he was diag-nosed with testicular cancer and an abdominal tumor.
“I thought I had everything planned out until I got diagnosed,” Watson said. “One little pain can turn into anything.”
Philanthropy will play a major role in funding the medical school, and Watson said he believes the project will receive many donations because education and health care are the two areas donors reach out to most. He said he has received phone calls from possible donors and he is working with philanthro-py experts to find the funding.
“We can’t just say, ‘We need a medical school, so state, give us
a medical school,’” Watson said. “We need private and public partnership.”
Watson said since first moving to Austin in 1989, he has felt the need for a medical school.
“Since [my wife] and I first moved here, we always wondered why there was no medical school in Austin,” Watson said. “We are
ready to say now is the time.”This was Watson’s third time to
speak at UT’s Texas Politics Project lecture series, which is more than any other politician, said govern-ment lecturer James Henson.
“It’s a great way to build connec-tions between the campus com-munity and capitol community,” Henson said.
Latin American studies senior Lisa Dreyfus said she did not know about the possibility of a medical school at UT and she hopes word will spread quickly to help increase needed donations.
“If more students knew about this, I’m sure they would do more about it and be more excited,” she said.
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State Sen. Kirk Watson addresses his proposal for a medical school on the UT campus Wednesday eve-ning at a lecture held in the Gebauer Building. Members of the community were able to discuss politics, education and support for the University with Senator Watson through the Texas Politics Speaker Series.
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dents can gain weight, said Uni-versity of Michigan-Dearborn eco-nomics professor Patricia Smith, who worked with Zagorsky on the study. Rather than weight sud-denly increasing during the first year of college, as many believe, a steady amount is gained every year, eventual-ly adding up to about 10 pounds by the time of graduation, she said. Smith said the type of insti-tution also makes a difference in amount of weight gained.
“Students in two-year schools gained about one pound more than those in four-year schools,” Smith said.
The No. 1 factor leading to more weight gain than the average three pounds is heavy drinking, which Zagorsky defines as six drinks or
more drinks, four times a month.“If you are really worried about
not gaining weight, don’t drink heavily,” he said.
Zagorsky said the second fac-tor in weight gain is working a
job. This is be-cause workers have more in-come and can af-ford to buy more food and drink, he said.
UT civil engi-neering freshman Joshua Wilson said he has not experienced any
weight gain during his first semester because of the active atmosphere of the campus.
“I haven’t gained any weight probably because I have to walk to all my classes and I live right by Gregory Gym,” he said. “The Aus-tin culture is geared toward bik-ing and walking everywhere, so it’s easy to stay active.”
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Clark said the Spanish class was fast-paced which made it harder for the class to keep up with the TA.
“We’re from Texas, and we have our own jargon,” Clark said. “She’d never heard that before, so it was a culture shock.”
Clark said the class did not prepare her for the next Spanish course, and she had to spend a lot of time in office hours the next semester to catch up with the other students.
She said UT could help graduate students ease into the language and culture by having them shadow other TAs before they teach.
“They can see how the class is paced and get a feel for the students in the class and where they are in their own comprehension,” Clark said. “Get used to being around Texas students before putting them in a class with 30 kids.”
Art history graduate student Roja Najafi is a teach-ing assistant from Iran whose first language is Farsi, but she grew up speaking English. She was exempt from the English language assessment because she had earned a degree in the United States. She helped fellow international graduate students study for the required English test, which is conducted orally and graded by a panel.
“If it was a recording, it might be better,” Najafi said. “But I think it’s a good way to monitor the com-munication between TAs and students.”
Najafi said she encourages her students to correct her so she can better explain the concepts to her students.
“I think it is important to be able to communi-cate in a good way,” Najafi said. “I’m not communi-cating with a blackboard. I’m communicating with a student.”
is home to Presidio La Bahía, where Texan Army Col. James Fannin and his soldiers were slaughtered on Palm Sunday in 1836. The Presidio highlights a monument erected for the fallen soldiers, as well as a gift shop and daily tours. It was also featured on a haunting epi-sode of the Travel Channel’s “Most Terrifying Places.”
6. New Braunfels: Although Schlitterbahn Water Park closes its doors during the fall, the town of
New Braunfels kicks off its annual 10-day “salute to sausage” known as Wurstfest beginning Friday. With fried foods galore, more beer than a frat party, carnival rides and polka music, Wurstfest opens on weekdays at 5 p.m. and weekends at 11 a.m. at $8 a ticket.
7. Boerne (pronounced “Ber-nie”): Boerne is about two hours awya. Boerne will take more time to get to but is worth the drive be-cause of its shops, boutiques and
eateries. The vegetation in several parks is quickly turning to the col-ors of fall, creating a perfect setting for picnics and recreation.
8. Lake Georgetown: Those who would rather venture upstream can find Lake Georgetown approxi-mately 45 minutes from Austin. Featuring fishing, hiking, boating, camping and swimming, the lake serves as a sweet escape for those bored with sipping margaritas at Carlos and Charlie’s on Lake Travis.
9. San Antonio: San Antonio will be forever famous for the town’s historical significance in the Texas revolution. While the Alamo is an ever-popular tourist destination, try checking out the surrounding 18th century Spanish missions. Texans have preserved Mission San José, San Juan, Espada and Mission Concepción, which feature weekly masses to this day.
10. Gruene (pronounced “green,” like the color): Located
45.9 miles from Austin, Gruene was founded by German settlers in the 1840s. After a brief period of time as a ghost town, a devel-oper revived the area in the 1970s as a historical district in New Braunfels. The town features Gruene Hall, the oldest working dance hall in Texas where local country legends play nightly, as well as shops and dining. Gruene is a perfect place to visit for those looking to “go out with their boots on.”
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Andrea Macias-Jimenez | Daily Texan Staff
Liz Gomez stands among the many Halloween-themed lights set up behind the costume shop “Lucy in Disguise” on Wednesday afternoon. Liz and other Lucy employees transformed a back alley into an elaborately decorated “Costume Return Station” to take back the hundreds of masks, capes, wigs and other apparel while keeping the last moments of Halloween alive.
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error, Tuesday’s page 1 rail item should have said the Miles Davis Experience performed at the Bass Concert Hall.
Correction: Because of a reporting error, Monday’s page 1 news story about Occupy Austin should have said the city released its memo on Friday.
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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday de-fended his decision to expand construc-tion in east Jerusalem, saying it was Isra-el’s “right” and “duty” to build in all parts of its capital.
Late Tuesday, Netanyahu’s office said 2,000 new apartments would be built in Jewish areas of east Jerusalem. Of-ficials said the move was an Israeli re-sponse to recent unilateral steps by the Palestinians, particularly its acceptance in the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO. The Palestinians, Britain and the Euro-pean Union condemned the decision to accelerate construction.
Israel captured east Jerusalem along with the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel subsequently annexed east Jerusalem, home to sensi-tive Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites, in a move that has not been interna-tional recognized. Palestinians claim that section of the city as their future capital.
Speaking at a special parliamentary ses-sion, Netanyahu pledged to keep building in Jerusalem and said the city has never been a capital to any other people.
“We are building in Jerusalem because it is our right and our duty to this gener-ation and future generations, not as pun-ishment but as the basic right of our peo-ple to build in its eternal city,” he said. “Jerusalem will never return to the state it was in on the eve of the [1967] Six-Day War, that I promise you.”
The projects announced by Netanya-hu were not new, but he ordered they be accelerated. Such projects normally take years to complete because of planning and permit procedures and it was not clear how soon they would begin.
Netanyahu stressed that all building would take place in areas that are slat-ed to stay part of Israel under any future peace accord.
The Palestinians demand an end to all construction in Israeli settlements before peace talks can resume. Israel rejects that as a precondition, insisting that the issue of settlements will be resolved when bor-ders are defined through negotiations.
The announcement — and its link-ing to the UNESCO vote — sparked angry reactions.
“Israel has a choice between settle-ments and peace, between negotiations and dictation, between the past and the future,” Palestinian negotiator Saeb Er-ekat told an academic conference at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. “This government has chosen the past, settlements and dictation.”
At the same conference, Israeli opposi-tion leader Tzipi Livni also slammed the announcement, saying that Israel should keep certain settlement blocs — but in the framework of a negotiated peace accord.
“The idea that now we have to build more in order to punish the Palestinians is some-thing that I cannot understand,” she said.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague also condemned the announce-ment, calling it a serious blow to efforts to restart peace talks.
“This settlement building program is illegal under international law and is the latest in a series of provocative and un-
helpful settlement announcements,” he said in a statement.
In Washington, White House spokes-man Jay Carney said the Obama admin-istration was “deeply disappointed.”
Carney said “any action that either side takes that makes it harder rather than easier for the two parties to come together in direct negotiations is some-thing that we oppose, and that would be the case here.”
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to halt settlement activity and transfer funds to the Palestinians “in line with Israel’s obligations,” U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said.
In another development, pro-Pales-tinian activists said two boats set sail Wednesday for Gaza in another attempt to breach Israel’s naval blockade.
Amjad Shawwa, a spokesman for the activists in Gaza, said 27 people from nine countries are aboard the ships car-
rying medicine for Gaza.Activists said the vessels left Turkey
and could reach Gaza in 48 hours.Israel imposed a sea blockade on Gaza
in 2007 after Hamas militants seized control there.
Military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said the military knew about the boats and the navy is prepared to in-tercept them. “This is a provocation in a long line of provocations,” she said, not-ing a recent U.N. study that found the blockade legal.
Leibovich said the activists were “more than welcome” to send aid to Gaza by land.
She said the blockade is meant to keep weapons from reaching the Islamic mili-tants who control Gaza.
Last year, nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists were killed in a botched Israeli raid on a similar flotilla. The incident se-verely damaged relations between Israel and Turkey.
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Japanese-Americans who fought in the fiercest battles of World War II and became some of the most decorated soldiers in the na-tion’s history were given an over-due thank-you from their country Wednesday when Congress award-ed them its highest civilian honor.
Nearly seven decades after the war’s beginning, Congress award-ed three units the Congressional Gold Medal. In all, about 19,000 Japanese-Americans served in the units honored at a ceremo-ny Wednesday: the 100th Infan-try Battalion, the 442nd Regimen-tal Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service.
“This has been a long jour-ney, but a glorious one,” said Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii., who lost his right arm fighting with the 442nd and was one of the honorees Wednesday.
About 1,250 people attended the award ceremony at the Capitol. About a quarter of those present were former soldiers, now in their 80s and 90s. Hiroshi Kaku, orig-inally from Hawaii, served in the 442nd and his older brother, Har-uo, served in the 100th. He said he volunteered for the Army because he had something to prove.
“We wanted to show American citizens that we loved our coun-try,” Kaku said. “We were born and raised here.”
After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were viewed with suspicion. Nearly 110,000 were sent to internment camps. Lawson Sakai learned how much the world had changed when he drove with some of his buddies to the local Navy recruiting sta-tion and tried to enlist. While his white friends were quickly accept-ed, Sakai was considered an “ene-my alien” and could not join.
Sakai then watched as the FBI rounded up Japanese-Ameri-can leaders in Los Angeles. When
the federal government autho-rized the relocation of people with Japanese ancestry, a sister and some of his friends were sent to internment camps.
“We were blackballed,” Sakai said. “Basically, they took away our citizenship.”
Sakai’s story is similar to thou-sands of other “Nisei,” or second-generation Japanese-Americans. Even as they fought in Europe, many Japanese-American troops had family members who would spend much of the war in U.S. in-ternment camps.
Sakai served in the 442nd, which consisted of volunteers, about two-thirds from Hawaii and the rest
from the mainland. The 442nd ex-perienced some of the most horrif-ic fighting in Europe and became the most decorated unit in U.S. mil-itary history for its size and length of service. In just 10 months of combat, more than 700 were killed or listed as missing in action.
Sakai, 88, was wounded four times and received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He said the years following the war were difficult and that he often drank to deal with his memories. Now, he said, he’s able to take pride in his peers’ accomplish-ments and the subsequent congres-sional recognition.
“We certainly deserved the re-cord that we produced. It was done
by shedding a lot of blood. As far as I know, we didn’t give up an inch of ground. We were always attacking and the Germans were always on the higher ground,” he said.
The 442nd fought in eight major campaigns in Italy, France and Ger-many. One of the units attached to the 442nd was the 100th Infantry Battalion, which was comprised exclusively of Japanese-Americans from Hawaii who had been draft-ed prior to Pearl Harbor. They re-ceived the nickname the Purple Heart Battalion because of the tre-mendous number of casualties they endured.
While undergoing training, Susumu Ito would visit his parents
and two sisters 200 miles away at the Rohwer Internment Camp in Arkansas. Despite the injustice of being forced to relocate from Stock-ton, Calif., Ito said, his parents took great pride in their son fighting for the U.S. military. However, he ig-nored his mother’s request in her weekly letters to avoid hazardous duty. He said he wanted to be on the front lines, as did his peers.
Inouye was the final speaker. He already received the nation’s highest medal for valor, the Medal of Hon-or. He described the latest honor as heartwarming.
“More importantly, I’m certain those who are resting in cemeteries are pleased with this day,” he said.
MEXICO CITY — One of the world’s most secretive movements is taking aim at a just as clandestine mafia, right out in the open.
Bloggers and tweeters claiming to belong to the hacker movement “Anonymous” say they plan to expose collaborators of Mexico’s bloody Zetas drug cartel, even if some of them seem to have backed away from the plan out of fear.
Their debate is playing out on chatboards, websites and Twitter messages, many of them open to public view.
But just what they might do, as a claimed Fri-day deadline approaches, remains unclear, per-haps even to the loosely coordinated Internet community. Its participants generally hide their real-world identities even from one another, partly as protection from officials and prosecu-tors who often consider them outlaws.
Self-proclaimed members of a movement best known for hacking public corporate and government websites are now talking about at-tacking a drug cartel that largely shuns the In-ternet and has killed, even beheaded, ordinary bloggers for posting information about it.
“The problem is, hack what? There are no drug cartel websites, that I know of, that would be hackable,” said Raul Trejo, an expert on me-dia and violence at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
In an Internet video posted last month, a per-son wearing a Guy Fawkes mask claimed the Ze-tas had kidnapped a member of Anonymous in the state of Veracruz while he was handing out political pamphlets. The video doesn’t give the victim’s name, and prosecutors say they know nothing about the supposed abduction.
The speaker in the video said that if the kid-nap victim is not released, Anonymous will post the names, photos and addresses of taxi drivers, police, journalists and others allegedly working with the Zetas. He did not say how the move-ment would get such information, but suggested it can locate and blow up cartel associates’ “cars, houses, bars and whorehouses” starting Friday.
“It won’t be difficult, we all know who you are and where you can be found,” said the masked speaker.
A statement posted late Tuesday on the Anon-ymous IberoAmerica website said, “We know we are risking our lives but we prefer to die stand-ing than to live a whole life on our knees.”
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NEWS BRIEFLY Congress honors Japanese-American WWII veteransBy Kevin FrekingThe Associated Press
Carolyn Kaster | The Associated Press
Bronze Star recipient Benjamin B. Tada looks to the stage during a ceremony in honor of Japanese-American World War II veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Tuesday. Nearly seven decades after Pearl Harbor, Congress is honoring Japanese-American military units that helped the United States win World War II despite hardships.
‘Anonymous’ group threatens to reveal drug cartel details
Israeli PM defends east Jerusalem construction
Bangladesh, Russia sign deal to build nuclear power plant
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A government official says Bangla-desh and Russia have signed a co-operation deal to build a nuclear power plant in the energy-starved South Asian nation.
Bangladesh’s junior Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman says he and Russia’s Ro-satom State Corporation Director-General Sergei Kiriyenko signed the agreement on Wednesday for the nation’s first such plant at Rooppur in Pabna district, 75 miles north of the capital, Dhaka.
Bangladesh now relies on decades-old gas-f ired pow-er plants and suffers a daily shortfall of about 2,000 mega-watts that is blamed for hamper-ing industrial production and economic growth.
Tara Todras-Whitehill | The Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks during a session of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Israeli leaders have recently held a series of discussions on possible pre-emptive military action against Iran, though no decisions are believed to have been made.
By Aron HellerThe Associated Press
By Mark StevensonThe Associated Press
Gingrich faults media coverage on Cain harassment claims
ATLANTA — Republican can-didate Newt Gingrich is decrying media coverage of the sexual ha-rassment claims against rival Her-man Cain and says that Cain’s tax plans deserve more attention.
Gingrich has told WSB radio in Atlanta on Wednesday that he thinks it’s “disgusting” that the news media has started what Gin-grich described as a “witch hunt” against Cain. It was revealed this week that Cain’s former employ-er, the National Restaurant Asso-ciation, settled in the 1990s with two women who claimed that Cain had sexually harassed them.
A third woman has told The Associated Press that she consid-ered filing a sexual harassment complaint but never did.
Gingrich says Cain is trying to help a country that’s in trouble and has gotten more coverage for what Gingrich termed gossip than for Cain’s tax policies.
-Compiled from Associated Press reports
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THE FIRING LINE
Bending the future
OVERVIEW
By Katherine TaylorDaily Texan Columnist
Perry: the thwartist and the hair
By Rui ShiDaily Texan Columnist
Oversight, not out of mind
Show your Longhorn pride
It is totally ridiculous and unacceptable that many students aren’t showing up to the football games this year, and the ones who do show up are late and leave early. What could be more fun than going to a Longhorn football game? We’re only talking about five hours here for six Saturdays during the fall — surely y’all can spare that amount of time from your “busy” schedules to support your team and your fellow students. The football players work their butts off year-round, and they deserve your support. Longhorn students please show your Longhorn pride! Make us proud and help the Horns beat Tech!
Susan Craven DixonUT alumna
Study abroad column drew inaccurate conclusions
Last week’s column titled “Study abroad not a panacea” suggested a variety of reasons why study abroad participation is not wholly responsible for the higher graduation rates of participants, which is true. However, the column draws some inaccurate conclusions that merit a response.
Contrary to the column’s suggestion, UT’s study abroad par-ticipants are not primarily from high socioeconomic backgrounds. Forty-one percent receive financial aid, only 4 percent less than the on-campus average, and UT awards close to $1 million in study abroad scholarships each year, much of it to students with need. While many participants do have high GPAs, the greatest differences in degree completion between participants and non-participants occur among students with lower GPAs, suggesting that study abroad could benefit academically at-risk students the most.
Although studying abroad does not increase the likelihood that a student will graduate in four years, it doesn’t cause delayed gradu-ation either. In addition, participants are far more likely to graduate from UT compared to students who don’t participate. Academic and socioeconomic indicators were included in the study to account for the types of concerns raised in the column.
Research shows that a number of disparate college experiences positively predict graduation, including working on campus, involve-ment in student organizations, living on campus and, yes, study abroad. About 56 percent of our entering students plan to study abroad, but only 21 percent actually do so. With a university goal to achieve a four-year graduation rate of 70 percent, it is important to leverage every opportunity to attain this end.
Those who want to learn more are encouraged to attend an open presentation today at noon. The session will discuss patterns of study abroad participation at UT and clarify the findings of this research. More information, including a summary of findings, is available at: http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/faculty.
Heather Barclay HamirDirector, UT Study Abroad
Rick Perry recently made the decision to skip some of the upcoming Republican presidential nominee debates and claims his past participa-tion in debates was “a mistake.”
Perhaps he’s right: Before he did any debat-ing, he was the frontrunner, and as soon as he jumped into the debating arena, he was battered, as he described, like “the pinata at the party,” ac-cording to PBS.
Plus, he’s bad at them. He motions around and sometimes pantomimes crazily. His rigid hair part is distracting. He stutters and says incoher-ent things such as, “Is it the Mitt Romney that was on the side of ... against ... the Second Amend-ment before he was for the Second Amendment ... was it was ... before he was before these social programs, uh ...” Say what?
And this is a strategy that has been successful for him several times in the past as well. He did it against his long time frenemy John Sharp in the 1998 race for Lieutenant Governor and against Bill White in the 2010 gubernatorial race. So why would he not repeat this winning strategy during his most important race yet?
He’s inspired Romney to do the same. Now that his biggest competitor for the Most Dazzling Smile award is stepping back, Romney is thinking
he might not do so many debates either. And why would he? It’s not like he’s likeable or anything.
Since he’s not a great debater, Perry has a lot to lose and little to gain from these debates, so he’s spending his time with personal visits in battleground states, a strategy that his campaign calculated is most worthwhile, according to the Austin American-Statesman . � ere, in situations where not only his hair but his every word is well-groomed and stroked into place, he shines (and for the record, so does his hair).
But this strategy is harmful to voters — not simply because of some naive theory about the importance of debating in successful democracies, though that’s a good point. It’s harmful because we let Perry o� the hook. He doesn’t have to think quickly on his feet, describe complicated policy so-lutions or defend his views anymore at fundraisers he’ll attend. He won’t have to talk about anything di� cult but will instead get to focus on rallying supporters, shaking hands and kissing babies.
So maybe he’ll seem better, do better and even win the nomination. But at what cost? When it comes down to it, I can’t help but think of Matt Damon’s reaction to Sarah Palin’s campaign — if elected president, Perry will have access to the nuclear codes! And if he has that access, I would like to know that he can think quickly, defend himself and persuade people.
I want to be con� dent that he will know how
to conduct himself in foreign countries and won’t repeatedly run into locked doors like George W. Bush did in China. I want a president who I know is well-spoken, clear-headed and able to think on his feet — even if I disagree with the words com-ing out of his mouth. Debating is valuable be-cause it forces candidates to learn all these skills and put them on display in front of the Ameri-can people. When we elect a president who is a strong debater, we know we’re electing someone who is capable of representing us on the interna-tional stage without embarrassing us.
If we elect people who don’t debate, what are we basing our votes on? Certainly not policy, since he won’t be forced to defend any of them. Without debates, our votes are based on person-ality and likability. While some may argue that debates are based on those same two factors as well, at least we get to see candidates tested in some tangible way and watch them go at it on a mostly level playing ground. If nothing else, we get a great drinking game out of it, too (drink on 9-9-9, jobs and Obamacare for a good time).
So what is Perry’s campaign now? � ink of it as the political version of a Ms. America pageant: I’m sure Perry spends just as much time on his appearance as any beauty queen, plus his answers are about as relevant.
Taylor is a Plan II and rhetoric and writing senior.
Last week, Nokia unveiled its much-anticipated line of Windows-based smart-phones at Nokia World 2011. In the past couple of years, the once-leading telecom giant has steadily fallen behind its competitors because of the popularity of the iPhone and Android-based phones. Nokia is hoping to reclaim some of its old magic by making a splash with the new line of Lumia phones. However, another device in the works could prove to be a much bigger game-changer.
Flexible display technology has been in the works for the better part of the past two decades. As the name implies, this technology allows screens to be twisted, folded, rolled up and anything else that people can think to do with a paper-like material. While not able to go to such extremes, Nokia showcased a “bendable” phone at its event . Instead of using traditional touch gestures, this device uses bending and twisting motions to scroll through web pages, zoom in and out of pictures and navigate through the other functions of the device. While they may not seem practical, these features scream potential.
One of the more obvious possibilities is the ability to operate a device without even looking at it. Rather than pulling out an mp3 player, a person could simply twist or squeeze the device to change songs or increase the volume. � ese devices would essentially be able to physically remember di� erent motions and act ac-cordingly. Want to make a call? Just squeeze the phone. Want to take a picture? Just stretch out the phone.
� ese new control mechanisms will change the way people interact with mobile devices, and many companies are taking stock in this idea. Major players such as Samsung are hoping to introduce these “bendable” devices into the consumer market within the next couple of years.
� e concept of a “bendable” device is just a microcosm in the larger scheme of things. � e main crux of this technology lies within the concept of the paper-thin display. � is � exible display technology has the potential to replace many modern gadgets.
� is development will completely change the way students interact with elec-tronic devices. A student could pull out a piece of paper from his or her pocket, unfold it and catch up on his or her favorite TV show during lunch. With a � ick of the � ngers, the same student could change from watching the TV show to reading an editorial in � e Daily Texan.
Essentially, any device with an LCD screen could be replaced with just a single piece of � exible display. Students would no longer have to carry back-breaking laptops to class, and these laptops, along with phones, mp3 players and other tech-nology, could � t into a virtual piece of paper. Heck, the � exible display could even replace paper itself. In a culture that favors form and portability, this technology is king.
Flexible screen technology could also provide environmental bene� ts. Because of its makeup, the � exible screen is power-ef� cient and would exhibit a low car-bon footprint. � e future replacement of newspapers and notebooks by the � ex-ible screen would mean a reduction in the number of trees that are cut down.
� e implementation of an all-purpose piece of paper is still a long way off. However, companies are taking a step in the right direction by investing in this technology.
Shi is an electrical and computer engineering junior.
State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, appeared on campus Wednesday as the � rst speaker for the Texas Politics Speaker Series. While dabbling in issues from the start of his political career to his plans for ushering in a medical school to Austin, a part of his talk was dedicated to speaking about his involve-ment in the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency.
� e committee formed amid the peak of the state’s higher education controversy earlier this year, and its � rst two hear-ings focused on improving oversight of boards of regents for all of the public university systems.
Watson said he feels the committee brought greater ex-posure to the higher education debate, which resulted in more public attention on the matter and consequently will help prevent regent-driven higher education � ascos inthe future.
In addtition, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Anto-nio, spoke favorably of the committee in an interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday.
Watson and Straus both have reason to be optimistic about the greater awareness of higher education, ranging from in-creased media coverage to blocs of support such as the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education.
At the same time, much of the explosion of the controversy can be attributed to the regents’ inability to anticipate the con-sequences of their actions. For example, Gene Powell, chair-man of the UT System Board of Regents, made the unfortunate procedural error of discussing the creation of Rick O’Donnell’s special adviser position and plans of increasing UT’s student body by 10 percent every year through email, which made them susceptible to open records. If those issues were discussed by phone, there would be no records and far less backlash.
With several of the more divisive regents busy running with Rick around the country, the prospect of another Texas-born controversy is unlikely at the present time. But state legislators and higher education proponents alike need to be aware that a regent-driven attack is not out of the question — and next time, it could be a lot worse.
While school segregation may be a thing of the past in the United States, students in other countries are still subject to education-al systems based on separation of ethnicity.
There is no legal segregation in the ed-ucation system in Israel, there are sepa-rate school systems for Jewish and Arab children, said Lee Gordon, co-found-er of Hand in Hand, a nonprofit organi-zation created in 1997 to create schools which house both Jewish and Arab stu-dents. Two of these high school students shared Wednesday night their experi-ence of attending a mixed school in Isra-el at a lecture hosted by Texans for Israel, a student organization created to exchange ideas about the Middle East. Lee Gordon and members Hand in Hand stopped in at the University while on a U.S. tour to raise awareness about the organization.
“We are open to a variety of opinions and we wanted to show a broader message of peace with this event,” said government senior Zachary Garber.
About 20 percent of Israelis are Arab, according to the Hand in Hand website.
Gordon said he recognized the effects of this gap while living in Israel, and part-nered with his friend Amin Khalaf to cre-ate schools which would be open to both Jewish Israelites and Arab Israelites.
“If you go to Israel, you realize that the young Jewish Israelis barely know any Ar-abs, and if they do, it’s very superficially,” Gordon said.
The tour focused on two girls, Haneen Kinani, a Muslim student and Yael Kein-an, a Jewish student, who attend one of the Hand in Hand high schools in Israel and what they have learned from their expe-rience. Both girls have been attending the school since first grade.
“I was able to read and write in Hebrew by kindergarten and [the Hand in Hand school] was the only opportunity to meet other people and learn about other cul-tures,” Keinan said.
Both girls expressed the fact that they want their experience at the school to carry into other parts of their lives.
“[Going to this school] has affected our parents and family,” Keinan said. “It makes them go to Arab villages and to meet Jew-ish people.”
However, the transition has not been en-
tirely easy, Keinan and Kinani said. Keinan said several of her friends who do not go to the school have criticized her for attend-ing and for being close to her Arab friends. Kinani told the audience about how her grandfather disapproved of her parents’ de-cision to send her and her siblings to the school and for her mother to work as a teacher there. They also told the story of an orthodox rabbi who came into their school one day and said he would pray for it to burn down.
“We don’t want school to stay in just the 12 years,” Keinan said. “We want to take it to other parts of life.”
The girls talked about how they had one hour of class time each day to discuss the current political and social events in Israel and how those events impacted them. Ki-nani said the disagreements that occurred were not always between Jews and Arabs.
“As we got older, we got more aware of the situation, but we’re all friends so it doesn’t matter,” Kinani said.
As a Jewish Israeli, Keinan said she will have to serve in the army for at least a year after high school. She plans to use her ex-perience at the Hand in Hand school to work in education for the army or anoth-
er related sector, she said. Kinani said she is planning to go to college.
“In Israel, Jews are with Jews and Arabs
are with Arabs,” Kinani said. “We feel spe-cial for having this opportunity to mix, but it shouldn’t have to be special.”
Trail of Lights cancelled after lack of funding This December, Zilker Park’s Trail of Lights will
remain dark for the second year in a row because of a lack of funding.
This year’s Trail of Lights was cancelled after orga-nizers did not meet a fundraising benchmark Wednes-day of $250,000 to reopen it, said Amy Vercruysse, ex-ecutive producer of the Trail of Lights program. Many companies could not plan donations into their bud-gets, and organizers only raised $78,000, she said.
“We reached out to literally thousands of potential sponsors,” she said. “People were excited but didn’t have room in their budgets. It’s a matter of economics.”
This year’s Zilker Park holiday events will in-clude a Santa, a tree lighting and community groups performing at the Zilker Hillside Theater, Vercruys-se said. Organizers are giving sponsors of the Trail of Lights the option to either put their donation to-ward the other free holiday events or the 2012 Trail of Lights display, or to accept a refund, she said.
“We’re moving forward with plans for a 2012 Trail of Lights,” she said. “We have a lot more time for companies to plan the Trail of Lights into their bud-get. I think we’ll be in much better shape.”
— Allie Kolechta
Every year, the College of Com-munication recognizes people who have helped its programs in some way by giving them the college-cre-ated Jeffrey Award.
Recipients of the award are not always directly related to the Col-lege of Communication, as the award is given to individuals who have dedicated time and effort to helping the college. The five recipi-ents will be honored on Friday dur-ing a Friends of the College dinner at the Texas Union.
The award was established in 2006 to honor Bob Jeffrey, the dean of the college from 1979 to 2003, who helped build the college’s en-dowment and brought in many of its celebrated faculty members.
“He had a very compassionate and warm personality, so the award was created to honor people who embody that and the spirit of the college,” said Erin Geisler, College
of Communication spokeswoman. “[The award] honors the college’s greatest ambassadors.”
Up to five individuals receive the award every year, and John Barnhill Jr,, Ray Farabee, Thomas Schatz, Stephen Leslie and Terry Hemey-er were chosen to receive the award this year.
Barnhill graduated from UT in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He was on the UT Sys-tem Board of Regents from 2003 to 2009 and is being recognized for his encouragement of commu-nication between alumni and the College of Communication. Fara-bee, another UT graduate, serves as the chairman of the advisory board for KUT, the student-run radio sta-tion on campus. He is receiving the award because he contributed to the creation of the KUT Public Broadcast Center and helped it be-come a unit of the campus.
The other three recipients are current faculty members at the Uni-versity. Schatz, a professor in the
Department of Radio, Television and Film, is receiving the award be-cause of his contributions to the ra-dio-television-film department’s top-five ranking, said Geisler. An-other faculty member recipient is Leslie, executive vice president and provost of the University. He is be-ing honored for his contributions to the creation of the Belo Center for New Media and supporting oth-er enterprises within the University, according a press release.
Hemeyer, a senior lecturer in ad-vertising and public relations, is another faculty member. He has taught at UT for 16 years and drives from Houston to teach his class. He has also served on the adviso-ry council for the College of Com-munication.
“When Hart called me, I was surprised,” Hemeyer said. “I’ve been driving from Houston for 16 years because I enjoy what I do and it’s my passion. I want to advise stu-dents on what to expect when they get their first job.”
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When David Ash was offered a scholarship to play football at the University of Texas, he didn’t hesitate to make a decision.
“We were in coach [Mack] Brown’s office, and our whole family was there,” said Stephen Ash, David’s father. “When they offered him, he said ‘I accept.’ It was a very special time.”
If someone said Ash would become Texas’ starting quarterback two months ago, much less last February when he committed to play for the Longhorns, he or she would have been considered crazy. With junior Garrett Gilbert and sophomore Case McCoy tower-ing over him on the depth chart, along with highly touted Connor Brewer set to join Texas in 2012, Ash’s chances to play seemed slim.
“He’s really got a single-minded focus,” Stephen Ash said. “He’s uncompromising with what he be-
lieves he should do and what should be done. I think he’s willing to give everything he’s got.”
Ash’s job was made much easier Saturday when Texas amassed 441 rushing yards and ran the ball on 72 of its 93 offensive plays. The Longhorns are rely-ing on a run-first approach for the first time since the Vince Young era, and it’s finally paying off after futile attempts to install an effective ground game last season.
“If something’s going good, why not stay with it?” said senior guard David Snow. “That’s what we need-ed to do to beat Kansas. If we need to rear back and throw it, we can. David Ash has a great arm, and the receivers are good.”
At the beginning of the season, Ash’s playing time was restricted to a particular package that consisted mostly of zone-read plays. But as the year progressed, Ash’s passing workload increased with every game
By Christian CoronaDaily Texan Staff
Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan file photo
David Ash prepares to snap the ball in a recent game for the Longhorns. The freshman has started the last two games, leading Texas to a 1-1 mark. Ash began the season buried on the Texas depth chart but assumed the starting role against Oklahoma State in his sixth game.
Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan file photo
David Ash scans the field against Oklahoma State during the Longhorns’ 38-26 loss on Oct. 15.
You don’t know how much I’ve wanted to write the following in a postgame column:
“Have the Longhorns found their quarterback of the future? ...
You bet your Ash they have.”Ba-dum-ch.Wanted to do it against Oklaho-
ma because there were whispers Da-vid Ash could get more playing time.
Wanted to do it against Oklahoma State when it looked for a while he could lead Texas to an upset.
But right now, it’s much too ear-ly to call Ash anything other than a quarterback-in-progress, one that’s still looking for a signature win (Kansas doesn’t count). His stat line isn’t very good — 61-for-98, 615 yards, two touchdowns and five interceptions. He has been sacked 11 times and has only hit 62 percent of his passes. And yet, there seems to be something promising about the true fresh-
man. He’s big — 6 foot 3 and 215 pounds — and he has a good arm. He’s mobile, too.
For all we know, he could be the next Colt McCoy. Similarly, he could very well be the next Gar-rett Gilbert — strong-armed but with an interception problem. We might know the answer by the end of the season.
He does seem to be gaining confi-dence though. Ash looked pretty good against Kansas, albeit he did throw a
By Trey ScottDaily Texan Columnist
Wednesday marked the last day of the fall season for the Longhorns, and it ended exactly how they want-ed it to — with a win at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
Battling high winds, Texas fin-ished with a final overall score of 880, +16. The team cruised through the final round to finish 12 strokes ahead of the runner-ups Florida, Tulsa and Pepperdine, who all tied for second.
This is the second tournament win of the season for the Long-horns and the first time they have won their home invitational
since 1999. Furthering their suc-cess in the Longhorn Invitation-al, senior Nicole Vandermade won the tournament individual-ly. It was her first collegiate ca-reer win, and it couldn’t have been better for her.
“It feels amazing,” Vandermade said. “It has been a long time com-ing. I’ve been working really hard. I knew my game was there.”
It was even better for her doing it on her home course.
“It is awesome,” Vandermade said. “My parents are both here and all my peers are here in addition to the whole team. It feels amazing.”
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Haley Stephens hits a shot in the Longhorns’ final tournament on Wednesday. Texas ended its fall season on a high note, capturing the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
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ASH IS RISING
Freshman quarterback assumes starting role as Longhorns continue to rebuild program
wanted to write the following in a postgame column:
their quarterback of the future? ...
ma because there were whispers Da-vid Ash could get more playing time.
TEXAS FRESHMAN QUARTERBACKS
Comp Att Comp% Yards TD INT
David Ash (2011) 60 97 61.9 604 3 5
Colt McCoy* (2006) 217 318 68.2 2570 29 7
Vince Young (2003) 84 143 58.7 1155 6 7
Major Applewhite (1998) 174 299 58.2 2678 21 11
*Redshirt freshman
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Ash remains a work in progress, but young signal-caller shows knacks for making plays
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The Longhorns are sending two of their own to New York this weekend in hopes that they will return to Texas with an indoor doubles title.
Junior Chris Camillone and soph-omore David Holiner will be compet-ing in the doubles draw of the ITA Na-tional Intercollegiate Indoor Cham-pionships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Camil-lone and Holiner will face Tennessee’s Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese in the opening round, beginning Thurs-day at 9 a.m.
Camillone and Holiner earned their spot in the draw after they defeat-ed fellow teammates Daniel White-head and Ben Chen in the final of the ITA Texas Regional Champion-ships, which were held in College Sta-tion two weeks ago.
This event, which is hosted by Co-lumbia University, features a 32-play-er singles draw and a 20-team dou-bles draw, and will be played on the grounds of the U.S. Open Champion-ships.
Camillone and Holiner look to continue the Texas doubles legacy in New York. Last season, former Long-horns Ed Corrie and Jean Andersen reached the doubles semifinals, while former Longhorns Kellen Damico and Luis Diaz Barriga also reached the doubles semifinals in 2007.
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Texas sends four to Houston, Ellis to New York for tourneys
Starting today, the Longhorns begin the Cougar Fall Draw in Houston.
Four Texas players, including fresh-men Lina Padegimaite and Alex Mar-tin, as well as sophomores Juliana Ga-jic and Elizabeth Begley will compete in Houston this week. Gajic, Begley and Martin will try to build off their doubles success in Fort Worth, while Padegimaite enters the Cougar Fall Draw hoping to post her first wins of the season.
Junior Aeriel Ellis travelled to New York for the ITA National Intercolle-giate Indoor Championships after qual-ifying in the ITA regional tournament.
The ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships marks Ellis’ eighth consecutive national champi-onship event in which she has quali-fied and competed. Ellis made it to the semifinals in last year’s event.
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Junior Madison Pressel came in second place individually, only a stroke behind Vandermade. Ju-nior Katelyn Sepmoree finished the tournament at 13 over par, tied for No. 35, while juniors De-siree Dubreuil and Haley Ste-
phens finished tied for 39th and 47th places, respectively.
Fifth-year head coach Martha Richards couldn’t be prouder of her teams’ second season victory.
“I thought they did a great job battling the wind,” Richards said.
“It was tough out there the last two days. The greens are fast and the golf course played pretty fair. It was a great test. I was really pleased with their patience and persever-ance. I think that made all the dif-ference for us.”
silly interception in the end zone. “Each week, he’s continuing to
get better,” said co-offensive coor-dinator Bryan Harsin. “I think it’s just about playing him more, get-ting more confident, understand-ing what we’re doing.”
As for that elusive signature win, he could get it Saturday against Texas Tech. Ash will have to out-duel Seth Doege, who’s helping the Red Raiders put up 39 points
a game. He’ll have to take care of the football, which he hasn’t done a very good job of the last few games, with two picks against Oklahoma, two picks plus a fumble against Oklahoma State and an intercep-tion against Kansas.
It won’t be easy, and that’s why it could be a signature win. In 2006, Colt McCoy got his against Oklaho-ma. Then, he beat Nebraska in the snow and Texas Tech on the road,
throwing for four touchdowns. By the end of that night in Lubbock, McCoy was — I kid you not — the front-runner for the Heisman Tro-phy as a freshman.
Ash isn’t getting any hardware this season, just trying to get the Longhorns their sixth win so that they can get back to a bowl game.
If he can do that, then maybe, just maybe, we can start talking about the future.
until he made his first career start against Oklahoma State. Ash threw 40 times against the Cowboys while only firing 18 passes against Kansas as Texas built an early lead.
“I thought he was more com-fortable,” said co-offensive coor-dinator Bryan Harsin. “But we want to eliminate the turnover in the red zone. We want to eliminate the sack we lost all those yards on. There’s still some mistakes that we need to clean up, but I like his presence out there.”
Ash hit some road blocks when Oklahoma State visited Austin. The freshman quarterback com-mitted two turnovers and aver-aged just 3.5 yards per pass. But he bounced back nicely against the Jayhawks, going 14-for-18 and running for his first touchdown
from two yards out on third and goal. Ash did, however, throw an-other interception and took a sack for a 20-yard loss. Such mistakes may be frustrating but are to be expected from a true freshman be-hind center.
“There’s probably two or three plays in there that I’ve got to elim-inate,” Ash said. “Other than that, I made pretty good decisions. I was completing passes. I’m just trying to do what I’m coached to do.”
Even after Ash’s impressive show-ing and the fact that McCoy has spent most of the last two games wearing a headset, there is still that pesky “or” between the two quar-terbacks on the depth chart. Mc-Coy completed both of his pass-es against Kansas, his first throws since the Red River Rivalry last
month. Both Brown and Harsin said Monday that if the Longhorns played today, Ash would start be-cause of his performance against Kansas. They also said the quarter-back competition is still open.
“We’re not in a position where we’re ready to anoint anybody as the guy,” Brown said. “We’ve got five very difficult games coming up here. We can’t afford to have a bad game at that position.”
Ash has made significant prog-ress between his first two career starts, especially considering he went from a loss to a win, which he cited as the most significant indi-cator of his improvement. But for Texas to have at winning its next five games, Ash, if he remains to be the full-time starter, will have to continue to improve.
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You can add another clean sheet to Alexa Gaul’s already impressive resume.
The junior goalkeeper had four saves as fifth-seeded Texas held off fourth-seeded Texas Tech, 1-0, in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament in San Antonio on Wednesday.
The shutout, which came days after Gaul was selected for the All-Big 12 second team, is the 19th of her career and seventh of the season.
“Gaul needs some credit for
stonewalling us,” said Texas Tech head coach Tom Stone. “This game was really determined in the first 20 minutes. Texas pushed us around a little bit.”
On offense, the Longhorns only needed Kristin Cummins’ goal in the 11th minute to advance to the semifinals to take on Oklahoma State tomorrow. The No. 2 Cow-girls finished undefeated in the Big 12 this season and are defend-ing Big 12 champions.
The goal, Cummins’ fifth of the season, was set up by a brilliant pass from senior forward Kylie Doniak. Cummins was able to head the ball into the right corner, just out of
reach from Red Raider goalkeep-er Victoria Esson. Doniak, who missed five games during the sea-son because of a right knee injury, tallied her fifth assist of the season.
“[Doniak] clipped it in, and it was a perfect ball,” Cummins said. “It couldn’t have been any more on the money. I saw the keep-er near post, so I knew my only chance was to redirect it to the far post. I think I got enough on it to just get it to the corner.”
The Longhorns go into Fri-day’s match being one of only two teams that did not lose to Oklaho-ma State this season, after playing to a 1-1 draw on Oct. 14.
Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan file photo
Taylor Knaack dribbles the ball during the Longhorns’ 5-1 win over Cal State Northridge on August 28. Texas beat Texas Tech on Wednesday to advance in the Big 12 Tournament in San Antonio.
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IRVING, Texas — There will be plenty of chances for the Dal-las Cowboys to recover in the NFC East.
Forget about how bad that last game was and their losing record.
The Cowboys (3-4) are just now reaching the midpoint of their schedule at home against Seattle. They are in a three-way scrum for second place in the NFC East with Washington and Philadelphia, the team that just beat them 34-7.
Dallas still has a game left with each, and plays the divi-sion-leading New York Giants (5-2) twice in the final month of the regular season.
“If we do what we have to do, everything will take care of itself,” safety Abram Elam said Wednes-day. “We’re only as good as our next game. If we don’t handle our business this Sunday against Seat-tle, it puts us even further in the hole. All we can do is control what we have in front of us.”
That begins Sunday against the Seahawks (2-5), the first of five games Dallas has before facing the Giants for the first time at home Dec. 11.
In that five-game span, Dallas plays AFC East co-leader Buffalo (5-2) and four teams with a com-
bined record of 6-22.The Cowboys play the Bills at
home before going to Washington, which lost 18-16 in Dallas back in September. Their Thanksgiv-ing Day game at home is against Miami (0-7) before a trip to Arizona (1-6).
“We don’t look ahead too much. We certainly feel like we just have to control our own busi-ness,” Coach Jason Garrett said. “Again, we live in the day of prac-ticing well on Wednesday, and then hopefully coming back and practicing well on Thursday. Cer-tainly our entire focus is doing our best to get ourselves ready to play Seattle.”
Second-year linebacker Sean Lee, the Cowboys’ leading tackler with 73, didn’t practice Wednes-day because of a left wrist in-jury Sunday night. Garrett de-scribed Lee as day to day and re-fused to rule the linebacker out of Sunday’s game.
“We had some evaluations Mon-day that we feel really good about, and it got us to the point to say we do not have to do surgery Monday afternoon. We’re going to evaluate him day to day, week by week, and just see how that thing responds,” Garrett said. “Knowing Sean Lee, he’s probably a fairly quick heal-er... Trust me, he’s chomping at the bit.”
The Cowboys haven’t been able to get any kind of consistency go-ing this season.
Since blowing a lead in the fourth quarter to lose the season opener to the New York Jets, they have won consecutive games, lost consecutive games, then followed a 34-7 victory over St. Louis with the 34-7 loss at Philadelphia.
But the season is far from a lost cause because of the mess that is the NFC East.
“Right now, everybody’s mind-set is to make it to the playoffs,” defensive end Marcus Spears said. “We’re still in position to do ev-erything that we wanted to at the beginning of the season, and we just have to do something about it. We can’t talk about it, we have to do something about it.”
Every week, Garrett reinforces to his players to forget what hap-pened in the last game, win or lose. So is that harder to do after a 34-7 victory like two weeks ago, or the 34-7 loss they just had?
“We’ll see,” defensive end Ke-nyon Coleman said with a hearty laugh.
“At times, I forget what our re-cord is,” Elam said. “It’s easy for us because we’re on game plan think-ing about Seattle, so we’ve just got to focus on that... That [loss] was last week, definitely. The St. Louis game is even further behind.”
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NEW YORK — Everyone wants flawless skin, flat abs and a fab rear. But men don’t always admit it.
So, companies that sell products promising to help guys lose weight, conceal bloat and enhance skin have to walk a fine line between men’s vanity and masculinity. But how do you market moisturizer to the Marlboro Man?
Dove plays the theme song to the 1930s TV western “The Lone Ranger” and compares guys’ skin with cowhide in commercials for its men’s shower gel. Weight Watchers uses TV spots with trimmed-down singer Jennifer Hudson to market to women, but opts for average Joes talking about drinking beer and grilling meat in ads for its weight loss program for men. Dr Pepper is more overt in ads for its diet soda targeted toward men with the ta-gline: “It’s not for women.”
The ads come as guys are suc-cumbing to growing pressure to suck in their guts and hide their blemishes. In one of the big-gest signs that men are more im-age-conscious, the number of chemical peels, laser hair remov-al and other cosmetic procedures on men is up 45 percent since 2000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
“Back in the day, guys cared more about working hard and pro-viding than having a hairy chest or a beer belly,” said Brian McCarthy, 32, a Philadelphian who works out regularly and uses hair pomade. “Guys worry more about their ap-pearance than they used to.”
Fashion and pop culture have a lot to do with the change. The ultra-slim silhouette and skin-ny jeans that hit the high-fashion world several years ago have infil-trated men’s departments in main-stream stores such as Banana Re-public and Old Navy.
The U.S. economic downturn even plays a role. With unemploy-ment around 9 percent, men look-ing for a job have to make sure their look is as polished as their resume.
“The better you look, the more you’re going to earn,” said Debo-rah Mitchell, executive director for the Center for Brand and Prod-uct Management at the Universi-ty of Wisconsin School of Busi-ness. “Men are increasingly think-ing ‘Wow, I need to look good or look young.’”
That doesn’t mean men want the whole world to know.
Dove officials had that in mind when they launched a line of show-er gels for men. The brand, a unit of Unilever, had been synony-mous with women since the 1950s. But when Dove rolled out the Men+Care line of lighter-scented shower gels, it used a more “man-ly” approach to marketing.
The “Manthem,” which was launched during the Super Bowl
in 2010, showed a man’s journey through life from conception to age 30. In another ad, the theme music for “The Lone Ranger” plays as a deep male voice urges men to use Dove shower gel to moistur-ize their “man hide,” which it says dries out like cowhide. Then, the voiceover implores men to not be bashful: “Be comfortable in your own skin.”
Rob Candelino, Unilever’s mar-keting director for personal wash in the U.S., said the campaign has
exceeded expectations.Before seeing ads for the
Men+Care line, James Harris, 32, wouldn’t dare use his girlfriend’s Dove soap. But since seeing one of the ads during a Yankees base-ball game in April, he has become a loyal user of the brand.
“If it’s for men, I’ll use it,” said the student who lives in Birmingham, Ala. “If it’s for women, I won’t.”
Weight Watchers found that men respond better to real men — rather than women or celebs — in ads for its weight loss program. In April, it launched its first national
campaign targeting men, using or-dinary fellas talking about its on-line “cheat sheets” that give tips on the healthiest ways to enjoy beer and grilled meats.
“Losing weight clicked for me when I realized that Weight Watchers online was for guys too. It’s not all rainbows and lollipops,” one man says in the ads. Anoth-er recalls his friends teasing him about being on the program: “I go, ‘Really? I look a lot better than you right now.’”
During the first five weeks of the campaign, the percentage of men using Weight Watchers online rose from about 8 percent to 15 percent of all users.
Cheryl Callan, chief marketing officer at Weight Watchers, said you have to market to men and women differently. For example, she says “men will not use the word ‘diet.’”
Many men also won’t use the word ‘girdle.’ So, Spanx, which sells girdle-like products to slim physiques, made some chang-es when it launched its men’s line last year. To market its “compres-sion” shirt, which is designed to make a man’s chest look firmer, the company tweaked its pack-aging and website. Both feature a macho, superhero-like character named Blake to convey the idea that men can “do anything.”
“Men’s psyches are different than women’s,” says Laurie Ann Gold-man, Spanx CEO. “Men want to feel powerful and strong. Women want to feel smart and choice-ful.”
As for whether the name is a deterrent for men? Sales of Spanx for Men are about 40 percent bet-ter than the company expected, Goldman said. “We found if you could take a couple of inches off a man’s waist and tighten his torso, he would be fine calling it Spanx,” she says.
This adver-tisement provided by Spanx by Sara Blakely, shows a pair of Cotton Comfort Boxer Briefs. Everyone wants flaw-less skin, flat abs and a fab rear. But men don’t always admit it.
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PHILADELPHIA — In the latest court battle over the steamy 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, a fed-eral appeals court ruled Wednes-day that CBS should not be fined $550,000 for Janet Jackson’s infa-mous “wardrobe malfunction.”
The 3rd Circuit Court of Ap-peals held its ground even after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a review in light of the high court’s ruling in a related Fox television case. In that case, it said the Fed-eral Communications Commis-sion could threaten fines over the use of even a single curse word ut-tered on live TV.
But Circuit Judge Marjorie Ren-dell said the Fox case only “forti-
fies our opinion” that the FCC was wrong to fine CBS over the half-time show.
The three-judge panel reviewed three decades of FCC rulings and concluded the agency was chang-ing its policy without warning by fining CBS for fleeting nudity.
“An agency may not apply a pol-icy to penalize conduct that oc-curred before the policy was an-nounced,” Rendell wrote.
CBS argues that the FCC had previously applied the same de-cency standards to words and im-ages — and excused fleeting in-stances of both.
Rendell said that long-standing policy appeared to change without notice in March 2004 — a month after the act at the Super Bowl, held in Houston.
The ruling involved rock star Bono’s use of profanity on the Golden Globe Awards show the prior year. An FCC enforcement bureau had called it a fleeting, non-sexual utterance and declined to issue a fine. The full commis-sion reversed the ruling in March 2004 but declined to issue a fine.
“The same logic implies that the FCC erred in imposing a fine on CBS in this case, as the chro-nology of events that are the sub-ject of these cases demonstrates,” she wrote.
CBS said it was grateful for the decision.
“We are hopeful that this will help lead the FCC to return to the policy of restrained indecency en-forcement it followed for decades,” the network said in a statement.
NEW YORK — OFFER . WANTED. TAKEN.
With those three words, Deron Beal of Tucson, Ariz., helped move the yard sale online, only with no money changing hands.
Beal is the founder of The Freecycle Network, or Freecycle.org. It’s a grassroots gifting net-work that — thanks to the sour economy and a growing commit-ment to the environment — has transformed into a global move-ment of millions offering, wanting and taking all manner of stuff.
Staffed by volunteer modera-tors and loosely overseen by Beal, Freecycle aims to let you share your old TVs, clothes, broken blenders, tire chains and moving boxes with people nearby, using e-mail groups at Yahoo! and on the network’s website.
There are nearly 5,000 Freecy-cle groups with about 9 million members in more than 70 coun-tries. Not bad for a guy who was simply trying to keep perfectly
good stuff out of landfills, or find homes for stuff charities don’t take, in his own community.
Freecycle can be effortless for people who can leave their old magazines, kitchenware or larger items on a porch for pick up, but it can generate a lot of e-mail and suck up more time in larger locales as giver and taker try to untangle their schedules and decide where and when to make an exchange.
There’s no real navigation at Freecycle. You sign up, wait in some cases to be approved by a moderator, and decide whether to take individual e-mails, daily di-gests of offerings or read the list online only.
Beal got the idea for Freecycle while working as a recycling co-ordinator for a nonprofit in Tuc-son. The organization offered jobs to men in shelters to do concierge recycling by picking up things like old computers and office tables at shops, restaurants and other com-panies, then trying to find homes
for them at other nonprofits.“We had this old beat-up pickup
truck, and would load up the pick-up and drive from one nonprofit to the next to see who could use this stuff. It was crazy, and taking way too much work to find new homes for perfectly good stuff,” he said. “So I set up an e-mail group, where anybody interested could join and they could pick it up themselves.”
Beal clearly struck a nerve. On the New York list, in e-mail after e-mail, posters are following the net-work’s instructions and careful-ly writing subject fields providing their locations and the words “of-fer,” ‘’wanted” and — hopefully — “taken” for things like “2 very bro-ken laptops: Bronx Morris Park and Hering” or “Kraft Grated Ro-mano Cheese [East Harlem].”
Beal encourages people to wait a day before choosing a recipient to be fair to those who don’t hover over e-mail moment to moment. He also thinks it’s nice when peo-ple “pick their stories,” seeing how the giftee approaches the money-less transaction.
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Appeals court rules that CBS not be finedfor controversal Super Bowl halftime show
Singers Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson are seen during the half time performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that CBS should not be fined for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe mal-function.”
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Tricks may not carry over to this weekend, but treats certainly will — at least for those who have Fun Fun Fun Fest wristbands. This is the first year the festival provides a selection of aftershows available to festival goers for free.
“FFF Nites is a new concept that we are excited about. We wanted to not only host festival acts, but to add new acts, make it affordable and change the way Austin looks at how festival aftershows can be done,” said FFF founder Graham Williams, according to the festival’s website.
Below are our top acts for the FFF Nites.
Thursday at The MohawkDoors open at 7:30
TY SEGALL The San Francisco-based alter-native garage-rock musician and songwriter is the main attrac-tion of the evening. For fans of Sic Alps and Thee Oh Sees, Se-gall’s psychedelic reverb will surely get heads banging. Joining Segall, The Coathangers and The Young will also play on the outside stage.
Both bands are among the artists who are scheduled to play after-shows but are not part of the festi-val lineup.
Friday at The MohawkDoors open at 9:30
GLASS CANDY Electronic disco beat lovers will
be regaled by Ida No’s vocals and Johnny Jewel’s guitar and synth.
COLD CAVE The lead singer of the exper-
imental dark-wave group, Wes-ley Eisold, has a voice compara-ble to Ian Curtis, and the Joy Divi-sion influence is certainly audible.
Both bands will perform at the indoor stage.
BIG FREEDIABig Freedia will take the outdoor
stage for those who want to get their “bounce rap” on and witness a hoard of booty-shakers. Freed-ia’s backup dancers never fail to en-tertain with their unique form of movement.
Saturday at Empire AutomotiveDoors open at 9:30
NEON INDIAN Alan Palomo will go back to
his musical roots, band mem-bers not included, through a catchy electro-pop DJ set.
PURITY RING Corin Roddick’s project is for au-
diences who cherish a mellowed-out, dreamy aesthetic like that of Painted Palms and Galapagos.
MEMORYHOUSE Keeping the chillwave vibe, the
downstep melody and surreal lyrics of the two-member band is similar to Beach House.
Sunday at Red 7Doors open at 9:30
DOMThe sounds of psychedelic dis-
tortion, created last year, are the highlight of the last night of after-show. The upbeat energy is the per-fect pick-me-up for the Sunday af-tershows.
The aftershows will allow for a more intimate environment, as op-posed to the open space at Audi-torium Shores, the festival venue. “FFF Nites” is an addition to en-hance the Fun Fun Fun experience and allow for the musical festivities to ensue until its last call in Austin’s downtown bars.
“FFF Nites” will take place at venues on and off Red River Street, aside from those already men-tioned, including Beerland, ND, Beauty Bar and Club De Ville. Fes-tival goers can only get into after-shows for the day that corresponds to the wristbands they hold.
WHAT: Fun Fun Fun Nites
WHERE: Downtown venues
WHEN: Nov. 3 - 6
WEb: funfunfunfest.com
TICKETS: Festival wristband necessary
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Experimental synthpop band
Cold Cave, including lead
singer and songwriter
Wesley Eisold, will be per-
forming at Fun Fun Fun Fest
on Saturday at 5:20 p.m.
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to UT to discuss college prep-aration and life goals.”
Last year, the tournament raised about $2,000 for The Settlement Home with about 52 teams entering. With the bar set high this year, the Orange Jackets hope they will continue to have just as much success.
“We try to make it a round-ed event,” Kauffman said. “It’s something you don’t know if you want to do, but once you play, you realize how much fun you’re having.”
The tournament has three different playing times, each in one-hour shifts, with each team of six only playing for one hour. These teams of six are usually combined with another team of six, creat-ing a 12-on-12 game of cap-ture the flag. By combining groups from different organi-zations around campus, stu-dents have the opportunity to meet other students from dif-ferent organizations.
The game has seven bas-es spread out around cam-pus with each base starting out with seven flags, but the teams won’t know where the other bases are prior to the start of the game. The Orange Jackets say that this usually results in a fairly calm first 30 minutes before the competi-tion heats up and alliances begin to form.
“Surprisingly, we’ve had all-girl teams win because of the stealth factor,” Kauffman said. “The best way to get flags is to go on these stealth missions when no one is expecting it.”
The Tournament also has jail time just like most ver-sions of capture the f lag. However, jail time only lasts for 15 minutes, and most that have played in years past in-sist that jail time is just part of the game and ensures the game remains fair.
At the end of the hour, whichever team has collected
the most flags wins. There is also an overall winner for the day for the team that has col-lected the most out of all of the three shifts.
Although this is only the sixth year of Capture the 40 Acres, the Orange Jackets have received continuous praise and support and expect this year will only garner more support.
“Before people come to Cap-ture the 40 Acres, they don’t know what The Settlement Home is, but those girls can re-ally use our help,” Brody said. “We’re committed to give back to the community, and we’re so honored to be able to serve in that role.”
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Fun Fun Fun Fest will return this weekend with a wide range of acts that encompass hardcore punk, al-ternative hip-hop, electronica and dance music. The festival, which prides itself in always having an eclectic roster of performers, will feature old and new school acts. Below, our top picks of the week-end’s day performances.
OFWGKTA Sunday at 8:45 p.m.
If Bad Brains, Sex Pistols and Wu-Tang Clan had a chance en-counter with each other, OFWG-KTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) would be the end re-sult. The collective’s fearless lead-er is Tyler, the Creator, but OF-WGKTA is not a one-man show: Partners in crime Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Domo Genesis, Mike G and Syd Tha Kid all contribute to the group’s live performances in different ways. Be forewarned though, this is not your aver-age hip-hop performance: expect stage dives, roundhouse kicks and uncontrollable chaos.
SLAYER Sunday at 8:15 p.m. One of the few bands that contrib-
uted to the emergence of thrash metal in the early ’80s, Slayer’s performance will be a test for the courageous. Blisteringly fast punk drums, heaving, chugging guitars and the guttural, demented vo-cals of Tom Araya will treat both old and new metalheads alike. Per-forming on Sunday (whether inci-dental or on purpose, we may nev-er know) the group is renowned for their otherworldly moshpits, baptizing its participants in a lake of discordance and cacophony.
LYKKE LISaturday at 7:25 p.m.
Dream-pop princess Lykke Li cap-tivates with music that is soaked in luscious synths, gushy-pop vo-cals and electronic dance drums. Behind Li’s fragile demeanor lies a soul tainted with heart break, se-clusion and anger, feelings that are accompanied by moody, multilay-ered arrangements. A strange con-coction of poppy weirdness, Lykke Li’s music will be a great sound-track for these recurring cold Aus-tin nights.
MAJOR LAZER Saturday at 8:45 p.m. It is about time DJs/producers Diplo and Switch realized that a collaborative effort would re-sult in success. The dynamic duo — who are known for working
with mainstream pop queens (Be-yoncé, Christina Aguilera, Sha-kira) and their eccentric counter-parts (M.I.A., Santigold, Amanda Blank) — will provide their trade-mark Jamaican dancehall music throughout the night. Be ready for thumping, ear-piercing snare drums and synths: It’s going to be a party.
PASSION PIT Friday at 8:30 p.m. Electro-pop group Passion Pit have created a following for themselves since their debut back in 2009. Frontman Michael An-gelakos leads the group with his Prince-like vocal delivery, accom-panied by wavy, melodic synths and dance-friendly drum beats.
WHAT: Fun Fun Fun Fest
WHERE: Auditorium Shores
WHEN: Nov. 4-6
WEb: funfunfunfest.com
TICKETS: Single Day Passes ($55), PIP+3 Day Pass ($135)
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WEEKEND WHAT: Joan RiversWHERE: Paramount TheatreWHEN: Today at 8 p.m. HOW MUCH: $25-$85WEb: austintheatre.org
The comedy veteran will bring her caustic wit to Austin. With her long history of sharp jabs at fellow celebrities, you can count on her not pulling any punches.
WHAT: Second Chance Homecoming WHERE: Bob Bullock Texas State History MuseumWHEN: Friday at 6:30 p.m.HOW MUCH: $8 for members; $10 for non-membersWEb: thestoryoftexas.com
Relive your high school homecoming with the comforts of your advanced age. Dress as sports players, cheerleaders and band members and enjoy a cash bar and DJ Jay Fox.
WHAT: Karaoke ApocalypseWHERE: The HighballWHEN: Saturday at 10:30 p.m.HOW MUCH: FreeWEb: thehighball.com
Led by the intimidatingly titled Dead Motley Sex Maidens, this No. 1-ranked karaoke band promises to up the audience’s experience to an entirely new level.
WHAT: Guitar Lessons by Luis BanuelosWHERE: Ruta MayaWHEN: Sunday from 5:30 - 7 p.m.HOW MUCH: FreeWEb: do512.com/venue/ruta-maya
Luis Banuelos will offer free guitar lessons to Austinites ages 12 and up. Donations for new and old guitars for underprivileged students are encouraged.
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Local pub provides open atmosphere, filling mealsRESTAURANT REvIEWGourmands PuB
“Gourmand” is French for a per-son who likes to eat. Taking up space in what was an old Tejano club, Gourmands is a family-owned neighborhood pub that offers satis-fying sandwiches, soups and a stan-dard selection of beer either on tap or by the bottle.
Admittedly, because of its his-tory, Gourmands’ layout is un-usual. Upon entering the red ce-ment establishment, to the left is a black wooden bar and on the right is the kitchen. Though a tad jarring, it allows for pleasant-ries between customers and bar and kitchen staff who are eager to communicate.
The Second Deadly Sin sand-wich is gluttony between two slic-es of toasted rye bread. With a half-pound of smoked turkey, crunchy bacon, melted Swiss, fried avoca-do, fresh sprouts and pesto sauce, the sandwich has a light flavor but is texturally appealing. Between the crunchiness of the toast and bacon and the softness Swiss and avoca-do, this sandwich is bound to have a following.
If the previous sandwich was gluttonous, the Last Supper sand-wich has a more lusty character: a warm hoagie bun stuffed with sliced roast beef, bacon, tomato, shredded lettuce and onion adorned with a slightly spicy queso-esque sauce. It’s kind of like nachos on a bun but in the most appealing way possible.
Each sandwich is served with house-made potato chips and pick-led cucumbers, carrots and onions, which are worth sampling but only if there’s room after the filling sand-wiches or one of the six soups.
The mushroom soup made with portobello mushrooms is herb-al and earthy but pales in compar-ison to the Broccoli Beer Cheese
soup. Served in a bread bowl, the cheese soup is one of the best things on the menu. Made with Shiner beer, the crunchy broccoli stalks drenched in golden cheese pro-duce a heart-warming flavor sen-sation perfect for the impending winter season.
Gourmands isn’t the easiest place on the eyes, with random patches of cracked black marble-tiled walls, sloppy paint lines and the remains of a black-and-white tiled dance floor, but the friendly atmosphere and
filling entrees are worth a visit to the East side.
by Sara bennerDaily Texan Staff
Kiersten Holms | Daily Texan Staff
Marcos Lujan enjoys his lunch at Gourmands, an Austin restaurant whose menu includes quality sandwiches, soups, and a wide selec-tion of beers.
WHAT: Gourmands Pub
WHERE: 2316 Webberville Rd.
HOURS: Mon. - Sun., 11 - 2 a.m
WEb: lovethysandwich.com
COST: Less than $15 per person
Swedish indie pop
singer Lykke Li
will be taking the
stage at Fun Fun
Fun Fest on Saturday at
7:35 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Lykke Li
Service group hosts capture the flag
Every year the Orange Jackets, the oldest all-girl honorary ser-vice organization at UT, recruit a new class of sophomores and juniors that spend a year doing large-scale service projects. This year’s class began doing projects in October and will continue the until April initiation, when they receive their orange jackets.
“We’ve had more of a qui-et presence, but we’re definitely building up our face value,” said Courtney Kauffman, Plan II and biology senior. “Even though we’re a small group, I bet most people on campus have interact-ed with at least one Orange Jack-et. People just don’t realize how many they interact with.”
Although the Orange Jack-ets are hosting Sunday’s activi-ties, many students are still un-
aware of the strength and pres-ence they have long possessed on campus. Their name comes from the burnt orange vests they wear around campus and as they lead the school in “The Eyes of Texas” before kickoff at football games. Other long-standing tra-ditions include the first orga-nized mom-and-dad’s day, now called parents’ weekend.
“A lot of people don’t know what Orange Jackets are,” said Erica Brody, business honors and marketing senior. “By wear-ing our orange vests, we embody the entire UT community. We are very honored.”
The Orange Jackets have been on campus since 1923. This Sun-day, they will host the Capture the 40 Acres flag football bene-fit tournament all around cam-pus, a 2006 class project that, be-cause of its resounding success, has continued to be a project for each new class since.
“I like it because we’re not just standing around and asking for money. It’s just a fun event,” Kauffman said. “It’s a way for the
entire community to come to-gether for a good cause.”
The $60 tournament fee goes directly to The Settlement Home, an organization for helping abused and neglected girls from ages 9 to 14 that the Orange Jack-ets visit every other Friday. The Settlement Home became their main project in the late ’90s after feeling a close connection to the home and all of the young wom-en that live there.
“We serve as positive role mod-els and do fun activities with the girls,” Brody said. “We also look more long term and invite them
by Lindsey ChernerDaily Texan Staff
Amanda Martin | Daily Texan Staff
Orange Jacket president Erica Brody discusses upcoming events in the club’s weekly meeting on Wednesday night. The Orange Jackets will host The Capture the 40 Acres flag football benefit tournament, an event that will raise money for abused and neglected girls, on campus this Sunday.
WHAT: Capture the 40 Acres
WHERE: On campus
WHEN: Sunday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
WEb: utorangejackets.tumblr.com
TICKETS: $60 for six-person team
Orange Jackets commence initiation process, begin large-scale service events
by Eli WatsonDaily Texan Staff
Music festival returns with eclectic bands
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The philly cheese steak, along with all of Gourmand’s sandwiches, include potato chips, carrots, pickled cucumbers, and onions.
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