Despite limited funds, the Capital Metro transit system is attempting to ease concerns of overcrowding on UT shuttles and city buses.

Capital Metro, the system that runs UT’s shuttles and city buses, gave rides to one mil-lion more people in 2011 than in 2010, Capital Metro spokes-

woman Erica McKewen said. McKewen said there are 400 bus-es and shuttles driving 83 routes around Austin and the num-ber of buses has not changed in spite of the increase in rid-ership. There city does not have funds to add more buses cur-rently, she said.

“More people are choosing to ride the bus for a variety of their own reasons,” McKewen said. “Most are turning to the buses

because of increasing gas prices, but some are trying to go green, save money or are just tired of the stress of dealing with traffic every day.”

McKewen said Capital Met-ro is always trying to find spon-sors and government programs to improve the system. She said a recent study called Ser-vice Plan 2020 helped Capital

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About 4,600 students voted in the referendum questions, 9 percent of the entire student body

In support of atuition increase

65 percent of participating students voted against a tuition increase

In support of budget cuts to University services

and program72 percent of participating students voted against budget cuts

TUITIONREFERENDUMRESULTS

Capital Metro struggles to solve overcrowdingBy Kayla JonssonDaily Texan Staff

BUSES continues on PAGE 2

Student election results announced

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By Alexa UraDaily Texan Staff

ELECTIONS continues on PAGE 2

Legendary football coach Darrell K Royal left behind a legacy on the foot-ball field that will also continue into the field of Alzheimer’s research.

The Darrell K Royal Fund for Al-zheimer’s Research was launched Tuesday during the testimony of his wife Edith Royal at a Texas Senate Interim Joint Committee hearing on Alzheimer’s disease.

“Everyday since Darrell’s diagno-sis of dementia, I deal with the stress of managing everything without my best friend helping me to make de-cisions,” she said. “It is an impor-tant legacy, as important as football, that we lend the strength of Dar-rell’s name to this incredible group of prominent Texans who want to join us in this endeavor.”

Darrell Royal has been living with dementia for several years and sat next to his wife during the hearing. He spoke briefly in front of the committee.

“I feel that I am home when I vis-it Austin, Texas,” said Darrell Roy-al, who proudly held up his “Hook

‘Em” sign as he left the Senate floor.Royal is the winningest football

coach in UT history. In 20 seasons at Texas from 1957-1976, he coached the Longhorns to 167 wins, includ-ing three national championships.

According the their website, the DKR Fund will conduct clinical re-search on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias with the hope of funding collaborative research in Tex-as that can be promoted nationwide.

Texas ranks third in the nation re-garding the number of citizens diag-nosed with the disease, according to

The Office of Student Finan-cial Services must use current tu-ition rates to determine financial aid because the Board of Regents has yet to set a date for its 2012-2014 tuition setting meeting.

That means parents and Uni-versity students may need to take out more in private loans next year if the UT System Board of Regents approves tu-ition increases at a Regents meeting with an undetermined date, said Student Financial Ser-vices director Tom Melecki. He said the office is working to get financial aid packages to recent-ly accepted high school seniors by March 20 and to current stu-dents by April 9.

“If we award students finan-cial aid on the basis of a higher tuition rate that does not materi-alize, then the students would be over-awarded and we would have to go back and reduce their aid,” Melecki said.

Melecki said if tuition is in-creased, it is possible that more parents will need to borrow fed-

eral direct parent loans to cover the cost.

“One of the reasons we believe that is because typically, even with the current cost, it is not un-usual for a student to use all of their eligibility for a federal direct student loan,” he said. “We might have to ask mom or dad to take on a little bit more debt.”

On Dec. 15, President William Powers Jr. sent his recommenda-tion to the Regents for the larg-est tuition increase the UT Sys-tem will allow for the next two academic years. For in-state un-dergraduates, the recommend-ed 2.6 percent increase translates into $127 more each semester in the next academic year. Every other student category would face a 3.6 percent increase. For out-of-state undergraduates, the increase will be between $560 and $642 more each semester next academic year.

Under state law, a percentage of tuition revenue must go towards need-based financial aid. Melecki said if the Regents increase tu-ition, then the Office of Student Financial Services will make ad-justments to increase the number

of University Tuition Grants giv-en to needy students. He said the funding for these grants would increase by $2 million if the Re-gents approve Powers’ tuition recommendation. He said some

DKR fund aims to conduct research on Alzheimer’s

Possible tuition raise would increase loan needBy Liz FarmerDaily Texan Staff

Newly elected University and Student Government student rep-resentatives celebrated the end of their campaigns at the announce-ment of campus-wide student elec-tion results Thursday.

Election Supervisory Board chair Eric Nimmer announced the re-sults of the campus-wide general election Thursday night in front of the Tower. Winners included Dai-ly Texan editor-in-chief Susannah Jacob, Graduate Student Assembly President Michael Redding, board members for the University Co-op and University Unions, the student members of Texas Student Media’s board of trustees and Student Gov-ernment’s University-wide and col-lege representatives.

The elections for president and vice president did not go for-ward this week after former candi-dates Madison Gardner and Anto-nio Guevara filed a lawsuit against the University on Tuesday to chal-lenge their disqualification. A Trav-is County judge issued a temporary restraining order postponing the elections for at least two weeks.

Melinda Sutton, deputy to the Dean of Students and SG advi-sor, said SG did not know how

— Tom MeleckiStudent Financial Services Director

...typically, even with the current cost, it is not unusual for a student to use all of their eligibility

for a federal direct student loan. We might have to

ask mom or dad to take on a little bit more debt.

TUITION continues on PAGE 2DARRELL continues on PAGE 2

Darrell K RoyalFormer UT Football coach

ELECTION RESULTS

Graduate Student Assembly

PresidentMichael Redding

Vice PresidentJoel Simmons

University Co-opBoard of Directors

Holli WertheimerJacob Irvin

University UnionsBoard of Directors

John Walker and Tess McKenna

Student Events CenterPresident

Carissa Kelley

Texas Student MediaThe Daily Texan Editor

Susannah Jacob

College of Communication, Place 3

Paepin Goff

At-Large, Place 4Dave Player

At-Large, Place 6Jason Lu

Student Government Representatives

University-wideHoracio Villarreal, Josh Gold, JD

Weinstein, Avery Walker, J.McNamara, Kenton Wilson,

Crystal Zhao and Alisha Patel

ArchitectureAndrew G. Houston

BusinessJohn David Roberts, Sam Leonard

and Nicole Logan

CommunicationRachel Robillard

and Robert L. Milligan

EducationJohn Walker

EngineeringBen Beverly, Cory Miller

and Kevin Yuan

Fine ArtsAustin Ferguson

GeosciencesIsaac Jimenez

LawBecca Bennie

Liberal ArtsJosh Fuller, Kornel Rady, Stephen Michael Vincent and Reva Davis

Natural SciencesKenzie Spaniol, Perry Pickei,

Lauren Kraut andAlexander Limas

NursingCody Aarons

Students stand on a full 40 Acres bus Thursday morn-ing. Capital Metro is trying to ease con-cerns about overcrowd-ing on the UT shuttles and city buses.

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Rebeca Rodriguez | Daily Texan Staff

(Top) Student government nominees wait for the announcement of campus-wide election results Thursday evening. (Above) Newly elected business representative Sam Leonard and natural science representative Kenzie Spaniol celebrate their new positions.

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Cyclist in hospital after collision A cyclist was hospitalized after

colliding with a pedestrian on cam-pus at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, said UT Police Depart-ment Sergeant Gary Peoples.

The collision occurred on 21st Street between Gregory Gym and Jester Dormitory east of the inter-section of 21st and Speedway. Peo-ples said the fire department, emer-gency medical services and the po-lice responded to the scene. He said both the pedestrian and the cyclist were injured, although the pedes-trian refused medical attention. The cyclist was transported to the hospital, where she remained as of yesterday afternoon.

“There were no life threatening injuries,” Peoples said. “I was con-cerned about the condition of the cyclist, so I had an officer go check up on her this afternoon and he re-ported that she was doing well.”

Peoples could not identify the hospital where the cyclist is being treated and said UTPD does not know when the hospital plans to release her.

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Officials investigate cause of fire on fourth floor of Welch Hall

A chemical storage refriger-ator may have caused a fire on the fourth floor of Welch Hall’s west wing Thursday morning, officials said.

The fire started at about 4 a.m. and caused minimal damage. The UT Police Department and Austin Fire Department arrived at the scene where the investi-gators ruled the cause of the fire to be undetermined at the time, said Garland Waldrop, UT fire marshal. Fire officials are still investigating the exact source of the fire.

“There was a minimal amount of fire damage because the fire sprinklers in the lab contained the flames in the one room, but we had to remove the water from the sprinklers that ran down from the fourth floor to the basement,” Waldrop said.

The fourth floor of the west wing was closed off to students Thursday in order to repair the water damage, but will be acces-sible again on Friday. False alarm sirens alerted those in and around the building throughout the day, but did not signal danger.

Dennis Nolan, assistant direc-tor of biological and lab safety, said investigators do not know if it was the refrigerator that caused the fire or the chemicals inside it.

“From what I can tell, it doesn’t look like the refrigerator [alone] caused the fire, but it is still not con-clusive,” Nolan said. “All labs in the building were notified of what the best practices are in order to pre-vent this from happening again.”

— Sylvia Butanda

the National Alzheimer’s Associa-tion. In 2010, there were 340,000 individuals diagnosed with Al-zheimer’s and the NAA predicts this will increase to 400,000 indi-viduals by 2020. The fund will fo-cus both on research and care for Texans dealing with Alzheimer’s disease through developing new treatment strategies and methods of prevention.

Actor Matthew McConaughey and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, long-time supporters of the Royal fam-ily and members of the board of advisors for the fund, were at the hearing. Other board members include UT football head coach Mack Brown, Attorney General Greg Abbott and singer-songwrit-er Willie Nelson.

Debbie Hanna, president of the Alzheimer’s Association Capital of Texas Chapter, said the fund will be

a significant benefit to researchers and caregivers in Texas because of the strength and influence of Roy-al’s name. Hanna also testified be-fore the committee on Tuesday on behalf of the association.

“The Royals’ bravery is an indi-cation of the kind people they are and the quality of which they have lived their life,” she said. “A diag-nosis is difficult for the person with disease, and their family and Mrs. Royal cares about this.”

Robert Barber, scientific man-ager of the Texas Alzheimer’s Re-search and Care Consortium, said funding for Alzheimer’s research usually goes to research on the East and West coast even though Texas is greatly affected by the disease.

“The fund will be a game-chang-er because it may increase commu-nication and collaboration between Texas’ scientists,” he said. “It will also focus on caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients, which is an area of research that badly needs improvements.”

Barber said the fund will be ben-eficial in bridging the gaps between Texas and the rest of the nation.

federal loans are available that are not need-based.

Public relations junior Mathew Torres said he receives subsi-dized and unsubsidized loans that he puts towards food and rent. Torres said his father is overseas, so his mother provides the only source of income for the family. Torres said if tuition in-creases, he will most likely have to take out more loans from a private bank.

“It doesn’t make me happy, but if it’s what I have to do to get an education I’ll do that,” Torres said.

UT System spokesman Matt Flores said the UT System Board of Regents Office will not set a date for the tuition meeting until it thoroughly assesses Powers’ tu-

ition recommendation. “There’s a process, individuals

look over the recommendations,” Flores said. “These aren’t deci-sions that are taken lightly.”

The Regents held a regular meeting Feb. 8 and 9 and a special called meeting on Feb. 24 when tu-ition rates were not discussed. The next regular meeting is planned for May 2 and 3. Flores said pre-viously that the Regents have set tuition at both regularly set meet-ings and special called meetings depending on the year.

“We’re certain that it has to come soon,” Flores said. “Clear-ly it has to be done with enough time to get course schedules pub-lished so they’ll know how much they can expect to pay.”

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voter turnout would be affect-ed by the disqualification of two executive alliances.

According to the voter count totals provided by the Office of the Dean of Students, there was a lower turnout this year, but the count did not drastical-ly decrease from last year’s elec-tion total votes, which included votes for executive alliances.

The voting system does not calculate the total number of students who cast votes, but it does show the number of votes each candidate and position received.

“We believed it could have gone either way,” Sutton said. “Some-times bringing more attention to elections could increase vot-er participation or instead, some may not choose to participate.”

Newcomer JD Weinstein, communication studies se-nior, was elected as a Uni-versity-wide representative. Weinstein said he was initial-ly worried about voter turnout but knew it would not affect the results dramatically.

“Whether we were first or last on the list of the eight elected University-wide representatives, the voters still came out and gave us these results,” he said. “I think there are a lot of ideas that will be provided by the new team.”

Weinstein also said he was ex-cited to help with the issues that the current assembly will leave behind and use student opinion to move forward.

One of the night’s winners, communication studies junior Robert Milligan, will serve as an SG representative for the College

of Communication next year and said he will work with students and consider any suggestions they may provide.

“I want to work to close the gap between college representatives and students,” he said. “I will not use my platform as a checklist, but instead work beyond it.”

Milligan, assistant director of Hook the Vote, said he is con-tinuing his work on an initia-tive for American Sign Lan-guage certification for students, which he began before running for SG.

Kornel Rady, government freshman and incoming liber-al arts representative, said he was nervous about campaigning with his platform as a focus on a col-lege-wide level.

“This was much different than the first-year representative elec-tion, which was essentially re-stricted to campaigning online and in Jester,” he said. “I was just hoping my message would be re-ceived by the student body in a sufficient fashion.”

Rady said he will continue his work in SG by lobbying the Faculty Council for a fall break through a resolution passed by SG last month that he co-au-thored. Rady also said he will work toward improving the University smart phone appli-cation to include SG newslet-ters and resolutions in order to improve transparency.

History junior Susannah Jacob was elected as editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan and said she is looking forward to working with the newspaper staff.

“I am excited to contin-

ue the tradition of excellence at the paper and welcome any new ideas,” she said. “I am pre-pared to work with Texas Stu-dent Media on any develop-ments that may be brought up for the following year.”

There were no candidates for representative of the School of Undergraduate Studies, the School of Social Work, the College of Pharmacy and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. A representative was elected for each of the schools during last year’s election, but none of them received more than 300 votes.

The results of a tuition refer-endum attached to the SG bal-lot were also announced. Six-ty-four percent of participat-ing students voted in opposi-tion of a proposed 2.6 percent tuition increase over the next two years and 71 percent of students voted against budgets cuts to University program and services. About 4,600 students participated in each vote.

John Lawler, urban stud-ies senior and SG presidential candidate, was the main au-thor of the much-debated ref-erendum and said the results illustrated the official opinion of the student body.

“The results show that pre-vious recommendations made by the Tuition Policy Adviso-ry Committee on behalf of stu-dents were totally off-base,” he said. “I am not pointing blame at University administrators but instead at student leaders.”

Lawler said regents and ad-ministrators should use the re-

sults of the referendum to ad-vocate for more state funding instead of increasing tuition or cutting any budgets.

NEWS BRIEFLYDARRELLcontinues from PAGE 1

2011 and 2011STUDENT VOTER

TURNOUT

Percentage of UT student body

The Daily Texan Editor

2012 | 7 percent

2011 | 8 percent

University Co-op

Board of Directors

2012 | 7 percent

2011 | 11 percent

Student Events Center

President

2012 | 5 percent

2011 | 8 percent

Percentage of total students in each college that voted for their

college representativeBusiness Representative

2012 | 18 percent

2011 | 25 percent

Liberal Arts Representative

2012 | 11 percent

2011 | 17 percent

Natural Sciences

Representative

2012 | 7 percent

2011 | 11 percent

Nursing Representative

2012 | 5 percent

2011 | 7 percent

Correction: Because of a reporting error, a March 1 news story about a forum discussing the two-party election system should have referred to the Koch brothers.

FOR THE RECORD

Metro make inexpensive im-provements.

“The study let us know how we can get more bang for our buck,” McKewen said. “We had a consultant come in and look at the biggest Austin destinations so we could better utilize the re-sources we already had.”

McKewen said more buses are sent to the most popular desti-nations and at the most popu-lar times of day, such as in the morning and evening.

“It’s a challenge to grow with a community and live within our means, but we are doing the best we can,” McKewen said. “We will never be able to provide a ser-vice that works out perfectly for every single person, but we are doing what we can for the ma-jority of people.”

S omet imes , howe ver, t he company’s best efforts are not enough to solve overcrowding problems.

Anthropolog y senior Na-

zia Hussain said she lives in West Campus and has been late to class because the bus was too full.

“I always go to my bus stop an hour before my class starts be-cause there’s a chance the bus might be too full and just pass me,” Hussain said. “The bus has passed me before and I knew I didn’t have time to wait for the next one, so I panicked and didn’t know if I should start walking or risk being late.”

Hussain said when she does make the bus, it’s usually an uncomfortable ride because it is so crowded.

“I’m always in someone’s arm-pit,” she said. “Then when we get to my stop, it’s a struggle to fight the crowd to make it off before the bus starts going again.”

Chemical engineer ing se-nior Uzair Alaidroos said he is frustrated when he sees a full bus followed immediately by empty buses.

“I think it’s weird how one bus will be super full and then the next three will be empty,” Alaidroos said. “When they’re all next to each other like that it messes the schedule up and causes people to wait longer. It’s so annoying.”

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Syrian rebels retreat from Homsafter month of military siege

BEIRUT — After a punishing, monthlong military siege, Syri-an rebels made what they called a “tactical retreat” Thursday from a key district in Homs, saying they were running low on weapons and the humanitarian conditions were unbearable.

Within hours of the rebels’ withdrawal, President Bashar As-sad’s regime granted permis-sion for the International Com-mittee of the Red Cross to enter the neighborhood of Baba Amr, which had become a symbol of the resistance.

Human rights workers have been appealing for access for weeks to deliver food, water and medicine, and to help evacuate the wounded from an area that has been sealed off and attacked by the government since early February.

The Red Cross and the Syri-an Arab Red Crescent received a “green light” from the Syrian au-thorities to enter Baba Amr on Fri-day “to bring in much-needed as-sistance including food and medi-cal aid, and to carry out evacuation operations,” ICRC spokesman Hi-cham Hassan said in Geneva.

SEOUL, South Korea — Sur-prise and skepticism met the an-nouncement that North Korea would freeze most nuclear activi-ties in exchange for food aid from the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said U.S. officials will close-ly watch North Korea carry out its promises to suspend uranium en-richment at its Yongbyon nucle-ar complex, stop long-range mis-sile and nuclear tests and allow In-ternational Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to return.

Both sides call the steps confi-dence-building measures to im-prove relations between the U.S. and North Korea, and recognized the 1953 Korean War armistice as a “cornerstone” of peace on the Korean peninsula.

Some key questions and answers about the agreement announced late Wednesday:

Q: What is North Korea’s moti-vation for reaching this deal?

A: Ensuring stability. As Kim Jong Un becomes the third-generation Kim to lead the nation, North Korea’s leadership is keen to resolve poten-tially destabilizing issues, including the U.S. military presence in South Korea and chronic food shortages.

The Korean peninsula has been in a technical state of war since 1953, and a peace treaty with the U.S. is a key foreign policy goal for North Korea.

Food shortages in the country are chronic. Sanctions were imposed in 2006 and tightened in 2009 after two nuclear tests, and aid promised in exchange for disarmament was halted. The North Koreans would like to raise the issue of lifting those sanctions in future talks.

Q: What does this agreement say about Kim Jong Un’s fledgling rule?

A: This deal is the clearest sign yet that the foreign policy laid out during Kim Jong Il’s rule will be carried out under Kim Jong Un, and suggests a measure of stability and continuity in Pyongyang two months after his father’s death.

The Associated Press reported in December they were on the verge of signing the deal when Kim Jong Il’s death put those negotiations (of food aid for dearmament) on hold. That the North Koreans returned to the negotiations before the end of the semiofficial 100-day mourn-ing period indicates unity.

Q: What are North Korea’s cur-rent nuclear capabilities?

A: North Korea tested nuclear devices in 2006 and 2009 and is be-lieved to have enough weaponized plutonium for four to eight “prim-itive” atomic bombs, according to U.S. scientist Siegfried Hecker at Stanford University.

Q: How effective will the agree-ment be in curtailing North Ko-rea’s nuclear capabilities?

A: Hecker says he has advised the U.S. government to think about three points: No more bombs, no bet-ter bombs and no exports. The sus-pension of uranium enrichment will limit its ability to make more bombs, while the moratorium means it won’t be able to test its devices. U.N. in-spectors are to be allowed back into North Korea’s facilities to verify it is adhering to the agreement.

Q: How and when will the U.S. food aid arrive?

A: U.S. officials and non-govern-mental organizations say experts will have to be on the ground in North Korea before food delivery begins. Aid groups say that could take anywhere from several weeks to months.

H A R R I S B U R G , I l l . — Crews cleared splintered ply-wood and smashed applianc-es from small-town neigh-borhoods Thursday, a day af-ter tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming, and they could be even stronger.

Damaged communities tried to take advantage of the brief break in the weather, mindful of one meteorologist’s warn-ing that by Friday, both regions would again be “right in the bull’s eye.”

Skies were sunny in the southern Illinois community of Harrisburg, where Darrell Os-man was back in the rubble of his dead mother’s home, trying to salvage whatever he could. When he arrived, a neighbor handed him his mother’s wallet, which the storm had deposited in a truck near her home.

He couldn’t help but think of the pain that would be in-flicted if another twister hit Harrisburg, where six people were killed.

“On a personal level, I think I’ve been hit as hard as I can be hit, but it would be disheart-ening for this community,” Osman said.

National Weather Service meteorologist Beverly Poole said severe storms are expected to roll through the region again after midnight Thursday and linger into early Friday, possibly bringing hail and rain.

Then yet another system is ex-pected to arrive Friday afternoon.

Both rounds of violent weath-er carry the potential of more tornadoes, Poole said.

The weather service planned to bring a severe-weather spe-cialist to the region’s command

center to provide up-to-the-minute information before and during the storms.

Osman awoke before Wednes-day’s storm because he was alerted by his special weath-er radio. He said early warning equipment was essential.

“The peace of mind you get from it sitting on your dresser is well worth the cost,” he said.

Authorities warned that the next line of storms was fore-cast to take a similar path and potentially grow stronger than Wednesday’s system.

Ryan Jewell, a meteorolo-gist with the Storm Prediction Center, said, both the Midwest and South will be directly in the danger zone.

In Missouri, one person was killed in the town of Buffalo, while two more fatalities were reported in the Cassville and Puxico areas. All three died in mobile homes.

A Harveyville, Kan., man suf-fered fatal injuries after his home collapsed on him.

Another twister hopscotched down the main thoroughfare of the country music mecca of Branson, Mo., damaging some of the city’s famous theaters just days before the start of the town’s crucial tourist season.

Local leaders insisted Bran-son was open for business, but they expected the full cleanup to take weeks.

The Harrisburg tornado was an EF4, the second-highest rat-ing given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph.

Adding to the danger was the storm’s timing: It hit when many people were fast slept.

Meteorologist Harold Brooks called that unusual but “not com-pletely uncommon.”

Brooks, with the National Se-vere Storms Laboratory in Nor-man, Okla., said perhaps 10

percent of tornadoes strike be-tween midnight and 6 a.m., a time when storms are harder to spot, and it’s harder to get the word out.

“If you’re asleep, you’re less likely going to hear anything, any warning message on the danger,” Brooks said.

That didn’t appear to be the case in Harrisburg, where the mayor credited storm spotters for saving lives.

In eastern Tennessee, where three people were killed, donat-ed storage units were to be of-fered to families whose homes were damaged so they could store possessions before the next line of storms.

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NEWS BRIEFLY

By Jim SuhrThe Associated Press

Devastated Midwest towns may face more destruction

Wade Payne | Associated Press

The foundation is all that remains of the home where Carolyn Jones was killed by a deadly tornado in the Rinnie Community near Crossville, Tenn. on Thursday. A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South.

By Jean H. LeeThe Associated Press

North Korean nuclear deal raises particular questions

Maryland becomes eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage

BELTSVILLE, Md. — Maryland became the eighth state to legalize gay marriage on Thursday, as oppo-nents were already rallying voters to reverse the change this fall.

Many African American church leaders oppose gay marriage in the liberal-leaning state that’s nearly one-third black, and President Ba-rack Obama’s re-election campaign is expected to drive many of their congregants to the polls. Opponents submitted draft language for a bal-lot referendum to overturn the mea-sure last week.

Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill into law Thursday, and it takes ef-fect in January 2013. Maryland is the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to legalize same-sex marriage.— Compiled from Associated Press reports

Despite internal EU troubles, Serbia becomes a candidate

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders formally made Serbia a candidate for membership in the bloc, in a remarkable turnaround for a country considered a pariah just over a decade ago.

Serbia had been widely expected to get EU candidacy in December after it captured two top war crimes suspects, but was disappointed when Germany delayed the move, saying it wanted to see more prog-ress in talks with Kosovo.

Serbia spent much of the 1990s ostracized and isolated from the EU after its then-strongman Slo-bodan Milosevic started the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Koso-vo. In 1999, NATO bombed Ser-bia to prevent a crackdown on ethnic Albanians.

Candidate status is an initial step on the road to EU membership. Belgrade will still probably have to wait for about a year to open actual accession negotiations, which can then drag on for several years.

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Continue considering race in admissions

� is fall the Supreme Court will return to an issue it last discussed in 2003: a� rmative action in university admissions. Fisher v. � e University of Texas at Austin involves a white student who, a� er being denied admission, claimed that the University’s consideration of race in the admissions process violated her civil and constitutional rights. Although the use of a� rmative action does imply preferential admission of mi-nority students in some cases, the long-term social benefits of affirmative action policies outweigh isolated indi-vidual grievances.

Since the popularization of a� rmative action policies in the 1960s, the Supreme Court has set a number of precedents in similar cases. In the late 1970s, the court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that while race may be con-sidered in admissions, the use of a strict racial quota system violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In the 2003 case Grutter v. Bollinger, the Supreme Court upheld the use of race as one of the factors that universities may con-sider when making admissions decisions.

Fisher supporters contest the ruling in Grutter v. Bol-linger and argue that affirmative action policies lead to “reverse discrimination” in which white applicants are rejected in favor of minority students with lower grades or test scores.

� is position fails to account for the widespread struc-tural disadvantages faced by many minority students. From inadequate schools to discrimination and � nancial barriers, many minority students face a range of obstacles that are o� en overlooked simply because they are so strongly em-bedded in the social structure. Recent research has identi-� ed a number of problems with relying on entrance exam scores to determine an applicant’s suitability. For example, the correlation between entrance exam scores and college performance is shaky at best, suggesting that students who take advantage of the opportunities a� orded by universities can outperform those with high academic achievement in high school.

Advocates of “� nancial a� rmative action” push for color-blind consideration of economic disadvantages in university admissions. Promising students from struggling families would be awarded admission and � nancial aid regardless of their race. � is position seems like a reasonable way to help disadvantaged students while transcending racial categori-zation. However, as much as we would like to believe that race is no longer a determining factor in American society, the � nancial disparities between races prove that it is.

Economic disadvantage and race are not indepen-dent variables and shouldn’t be considered as such. For now, we must continue considering race in college ad-missions in order to narrow those economic gaps. If it achieves its goals, this kind of affirmative action will not be necessary forever.

The on-campus diversity fostered by affirmative action also encourages students of different races to get to know each other and develop a broader world view. Universi-ties understand the importance of racial and cultural di-versity to enhancing their students’ learning experience, and affirmative action policies allow admissions officers to ensure that each incoming class has a fair representa-tion of racial groups.

Diversity is also an attractive quality to prospective students, and university reviews often include an as-sessment of racial and cultural variety. College Prowler, a student-based directory of colleges and universities throughout the country, gives UT an A for diversity in contrast to Texas Tech’s B- and Texas A&M’s C+. Such rankings reflect favorably upon the University’s ef-forts to create an inclusive on-campus atmosphere.

Affirmative action policies such as the one in place at UT benefit society by extending opportunities for higher education and slowly bridging the socioeconomic gaps between races. In deciding Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court should take into ac-count the far-reaching implications that race still carries in America as well as the long-term benefits that affirma-tive action policies confer upon society and the way in which it is structured.

Oliver is an English and sociology freshman.

By Kayla OliverDaily Texan Columnist

Elections are not Student Government

Since we took office in April, a personal mantra of the Student Government executive board has been to “let the student voice be heard.” We’ve worked tirelessly over the past 10 months to make that a reality. However, in light of recent events, we’d like to let our voice be heard.

Student Government is often referred to as an institu-tion. We do not deny this. Since 1902, SG has worked to positively impact the lives of students. Buildings have been built, positions have been created, events have been planned and services have been provided because stu-dents voiced a need, and SG heard it.

This past year, a student seat has been added to the University Budget Council; Welcome Week and Safety Week drew the largest crowds to date; immense improve-ments to both risk management procedures and appro-priations processes have changed the way student orga-nizations are run; and a much-anticipated Longhorn Run has harnessed the restless spirit of students from all across campus. These are examples from a long list of hard-won achievements.

In spite of these accomplishments, we know that SG isn’t perfect. Many of the things we do are not tangible and

we’re composed of three branches that can have different goals. However, we have all, at one point or another, come together under the common goal of working for students.

As we look to the coming weeks, we have two, maybe three, executive alliances before us, each with something new to offer SG. What one may offer in experience, another may offer in perspective — both of which are necessary to represent students.

The events of the past few days reflect poorly on SG and detract from our mission to earnestly represent students at the University of Texas. The time surrounding elections brings out heightened emotions and does not display SG at its most productive. We ask that students remember that elections are but a few short weeks out of an entire year. Elections are not Student Government. Thoughtful representation and the positive change we can bring is Student Government.

It takes guts to file in an election and even more to survive one. It is our sincere hope that eventual winner ensures that the institution of UT Student Government survives, that its project remains steadfast and its reputation is continually built on and that the student voice continues to be heard.

Natalie Butler and Ashley BakerStudent Government president and vice-president

By Melissa MacayaDaily Texan Columnist

Equip students with the language skills they need

After the release of the final report from the task force on 4-year graduation rates, many lead-ers throughout the state are expressing doubts about the mania surrounding on-time gradua-tion. The report mirrored the larger narrative — championed by the UT System Board of Regents — that demands more efficient universities. But the push for efficiency in higher education is of-ten coupled with a mentality that ignores the hu-man aspect of students’ degrees and advocates a strict adherence to improving quantitative met-rics.

Many college students cannot graduate in 4 years because they are forced to take remedial classes when entering. In Texas, 40 percent of students must complete at least one remedial class before moving on to credit-earning courses . O� entimes this is a product of institutional, rather than per-sonal, de� ciency. Last September, UT President William Powers Jr. characterized K-12 education as the foremost issue a� ecting higher education that he does not have the power to change. As Powers noted, primary and secondary education sets the

foundation for university-level work. Poor prepa-ration leads to poor performance in college. At the root of the K-12 education problem is funding.

In last year’s session, the Legislature reduced state funding for public education by $5.4 bil-lion, leaving school districts strapped for cash. There are now 5 different lawsuits — involving more than 500 Texas school districts — against the state as a result of the cuts. Wednesday, state officials announced the formation of a joint interim committee to resolve conflicts in the incredibly troubled, incredibly complicated school finance system. Whatever the decisions the committee may make would ostensibly af-fect UT; university funding and public school funding are intrinsically linked.

With every cut to public education, school districts are less able to adequately prepare their students for college-level work, effec-tively delaying on-time graduation. As long as graduation rates are a powerful metric in university funding, efficiency-based funding for public schools directly affects UT.

� e K-12 connection

Hablas Español? � is is a question UT students entering the profes-sional world will increasingly be asked. UT’s recent budget cuts, however, have a� ected the institution’s ability to promote bilingualism in students who are o� en expected to exhibit � uent language skills in an increasingly competitive market.

College campuses are supposed to be excellent places for students to learn another language. Students can solidify language skills gained in high school and learn completely new languages during their college years. Indeed, UT o� ers around 30 languages including such exotic op-tions as Yoruba and Sanskrit. � ere are also more than 100 study abroad programs available for students to put their language skills to practical use among native speakers. Organizations such as the Partnership for the Advancement of Language and Culture (PALS) host activities around campus for students to practice languages and meet international stu-dents.

But these excellent opportunities are increasingly at risk. � e state Leg-islature slashed funding to the University last year. � e cuts hit ethnic and language study programs especially hard. � e Department of Asian Studies, for instance, lost 30 percent of its budget, resulting in Vietnam-ese courses being o� ered only in the summer at UT’s Language Center.

Aside from the problem of reduced funding, many students do not take advantage of the language opportunities on campus. Many majors require four semesters of a language. However, some students opt to take the credits at a nearby community college or through online courses

rather than take more challenging language classes on campus. � e exponential growth in the number of Spanish speakers in the

state and country highlights the importance of bilingualism among col-lege students who want to set themselves apart to employers. Whether it is Spanish, French or Chinese, it pays to be bilingual. Additionally, be-ing bilingual has been proven to improve cognitive skills. Research has shown that children who know two languages more easily solve problems that involve misleading cues . Most importantly, bilingual individuals help keep the U.S. competitive in an increasingly globalized world.

So how is the United States faring worldwide in its bilingual abilities? Not well at all. Only about 26 percent of adult Americans can speak a lan-guage other than English well enough to hold a conversation, according to a Gallup poll . In Europe, the number of bilinguals exceeds 56 percent . While the European Union’s education system instructs children in their mother tongue alongside two other European languages, dual language education programs are scarce in the United States.

As a bilingual individual, speaking English and Spanish has proven to be not only handy, but also indispensable in my academic and profes-sional life. I grew up attending a bilingual program in Venezuela and learned both English and Spanish simultaneously. Being bilingual has been an enormous asset when applying to graduate school, fellowships and jobs. � e reality is that for many employers, being bilingual has al-most become an expectation. Colleges must equip students with the lan-guage skills they need to successfully navigate our globalized society.

Macaya is a journalism and Latin American studies senior

Not guilty by association

Although I mostly agree with the sentiment of Katherine Taylor’s Thursday column “Scandals per-petuate apathy toward Student Government elections,” I was disappointed by her failure to indicate that, in the case of the Yaman Desai/Whitney Langston campaign disqualification, Langston’s hands are apparently clean.

Desai said she had no knowledge of the e-mail exchanges in question. Unfortunately, Taylor’s column suggests otherwise. Without providing any supporting argument, it hastily assumes that Langston was far more involved than she actually was. I doubt Langston appreciates this scarlet letter of guilt by association. Taylor is one of my favorite Texan columnists, and I know she’s capable of more careful fact-checking.

Matt PortilloMusic and rhetoric and writing senior

THE FIRING LINE

Student activists past and present came together Thursday night to inspire current students to continue working for change.

The event was organized by Occupy UT, but registered with the University as a program sponsored by the Internation-al Socialist Organization, said government sophomore Lucy Griswold. The presentation in-volved former UT students speaking about their experience as participants in campus po-litical controversy going as far back as the civil rights move-ment of the 1960s.

The speakers told stories in the West Mall and related their past political experiences to the struggles of the Occupy UT par-ticipants today and urged Oc-cupy UT protesters to carry on with their fight.

Thorne Webb Dreyer, former UT student and co-founder of The Rag, an underground stu-dent newspaper started at UT in 1966, said he sees definite similarities between the Occu-py Movement and the Vietnam and Civil Rights protests he was a part of in the 1960s. Dreyer

said he did not complete his de-gree at UT because he chose to pursue an early career in under-ground media.

Both movements sprang up quickly, dealt with societal in-equality and were the inevitable result of an inefficient govern-mental system, Dreyer said. The main difference between the two is that one was racial and the other economic.

“Power to the people,” he said. “That’s what we used to say, now it’s ‘we are the 99 percent.’ It’s basically the same thing.”

Austin Van Zant, 2004 UT alumnus and co-founder of UT Watch, a University politi-cal watchdog group, said Occu-py UT‘s issue with obtaining University records is similar to the issues he faced when inves-tigating the original deregula-tion of tuition at the University in 2002.

“I dealt with a lot of govern-ment agencies and UT is one of the worst in terms of stonewall-ing government documents,” Van Zant said. “They over-charge, ask questions they some-times shouldn’t be asking and just make it difficult.”

Van Zant described the strat-egies he and other members of

UT Watch used to get access to government documents almost a decade ago. There are various legal protections and ways to avoid excessive costs when ob-taining public documents, Van Zant said. “I really hope they can get some fresh ideas out of this,” he said.

Anthropology senior Eliza-beth Melville said she has a stake in the movement, specifical-ly over the issue of tuition con-trol, and hopes that Occupy UT causes change.

“I’m paying for UT myself and when tuition goes up $500, I have to work a lot harder,” she said. “I hope that it is success-ful, but UT is really invested in keeping the University how it is. I don’t know what to expect.”

The speakers served multiple purposes, said Griswold, who is also an Occupy UT participant.

“They showed how many of the political issues of the past still exist today and shared expe-riences that we can learn from,” Griswold said. “Specifically, de-mocracy and transparency are issues that have existed with UT going back to at least the 1960s. University documents are hard to obtain and the administration is growing evermore powerful.”

With an interest in helping the University and providing healthy food, two Texas Exes members cre-ated a brand of energy and protein bars that has gained momentum since its launch in November 2011.

Martha Smiley, co-founder of Longhorn Bars and UT Law alumna, began discussing the idea of the Longhorn Bar in 2010 with co-founder and UT alumna Lin-da Addison. Smiley said offering a healthy snack to Longhorn fans, while helping fund future Long-horn educations, was the idea be-hind their invention.

“We liked the idea of work-ing on the behalf of the Universi-ty and were interested in healthy food choices for people and un-derstood the power of the Long-horn brand,” Smiley said.

Smiley said the Longhorn Bars product had to attain a license in order to use the Longhorn brand and, once that license was ap-proved, an agreeable percentage of the product’s proceeds had to be returned to the University.

“We decided to give back 12 per-cent of our product’s royalties to the academic side of the University be-cause public universities have been under such public funding pressure

in the past few years,” Smiley said. Christopher Kennedy, oper-

ations manager for Longhorn Bars, said the snack is now be-ing sold in approximately 80 lo-cations in Texas, including cam-pus convenience stores and the University Co-op.

“It’s a really good tasting bar and the convenience of finding it locally, whether in Jester Center or Cypress Bend Café, is a healthy and affordable option that you don’t have to go far to get.”

Kennedy said a plan to stock Longhorn Bars on the shelves of more retail stores is in the process.

“We’re looking to have Long-horn Bars at Academy Sports and Outdoors and just looking for the next drugstores and conve-nience stores to carry the bars,” Kennedy said.

Susan Hochman, Universi-ty Health Services manager, said Longhorn Bars would be included in the “Safe Spring Break Kits” that will be handed out in the West Mall the week before spring break as a way for students to stay energized.

“To keep energy levels up dur-ing the day, we encourage stu-dents to snack,” Hochman said. “We don’t label any foods as ‘good’ foods or ‘bad’ foods, but we do stress the importance of modera-tion and variety in what students

choose as snacks.” Hochman said including these

snack bars in the kit will be a way for students to grab break-fast on the go.

“We stress the importance of eating breakfast every day, but our research shows that many students skip it because it’s hard to squeeze it into their schedules,” Hochman said. “They tell us they’d be more likely to eat breakfast if they could just grab it and go and many ‘bar foods’ fit the bill for both snacking and a portable breakfast.”

A University committee for stu-dent health is seeking student input on services and programs provided by University Health Services.

The Student Health Adviso-ry Committee is a student-ap-pointed organization that is dedicated to being the voice of students within University Health Services and strives to improve the health of college students across campus. SHAC hosted “Hands Up for Health” Thursday, their second annu-al town hall meeting, dedicated to facilitating an open dialogue between the University Health Services staff and students of the University.

Shreeya Popat, a Plan II se-nior and treasurer of SHAC, said SHAC wants students to understand that UHS is work-ing for them and that their

concerns are at the forefront of the center’s goals.

“We bridge the gap between the UHS and the student body,” Popat said. “We are utilized for a student perspective and used to inform stu-dents about the resources the UHS has to offer.”

The main concern students voiced was getting more outside student involvement in UHS and how to get information on resourc-es UHS provides. The panel also took suggestions and answered students’ questions.

International relations and global studies senior Kaushi Kog-ar said she wants students to be more aware of programs offered through UHS.

“The meeting taught me that the faculty of the University Health Services is reaching out more than I initially expected,” Kogar said.

Jessica Hughes Wagner, UHS health promotion specialist, said one of the main things that the

panel would like to hear is what stu-dents perceive as common health concerns on campus.

“We have data showing statistics of the common health problems on campus,” Wagner said. “We want to know the bigger student picture and the major things influencing students medically.”

Biology senior and SHAC president Kyle Scott said he thought the meet-ing went well and there was plenty of student feedback to work from.

“I learned that communication is very important,” Scott said. “A lot of the issues brought up were about communication and getting the in-formation out there.”

Scott said one of the main goals for SHAC in the future is to hit a broader audience to get more stu-dent involvement.

“We just want to get the message out there,” Scott said. “Whether it be by forming a new committee or networking with different student organizations.”

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If you blink, you might miss her. She can turn a single into a triple and can easily beat the throw to first.

Sophomore Brejae Washing-ton is a powerful force at the plate for the No. 6 Longhorns, but it is her speed on the field that sets her apart.

Tonight, Washington will get another chance to show off that speed as the Longhorns face the

Sam Houston State Bearkats.Last season as a freshman,

Washington set the Texas record for stolen bases in a single season with 38. She also set the record for most triples in a game, at two, in the Longhorn’s win against Wis-consin last season. Washington also excelled at the conference lev-el, sitting at first in the Big 12 with five season triples.

Washington excelled in both track and softball in high school, attracting many colleges. Even be-fore she stepped foot on the 40

Acres, her quick feet excited the Texas coaching staff.

“[She] runs at a whole different level,” said Texas head coach Con-nie Clark after Washington signed her letter of intent to play at Texas. “She has tremendous speed. She is the fastest Longhorn we have ever had, and she will put serious pres-sure on the defense.”

Her speed has already been a blessing this season. In mid-Feb-ruary, the Longhorns were down

Nicole Vandermade

Senior Golfer

In Texas’ 2-0 win over Houston Baptist Tuesday night — a game in which neither team scored before the seventh inning stretch — Tex-as head coach Augie Garrido cited a “survivor’s instinct” that helped his team snap a five-game losing streak.

Texas first saw it in its second game of the season after falling behind 2-0

in the second inning against Duke before scoring three in the bottom half of the frame and eventually tri-umphing, 5-3. But that would mark the Longhorns’ last win until this week as they dropped five straight contests, their longest drought with-out a victory since 2001. Now they set their sights on Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, hoping to continue displaying that

Texas is currently on a lunch date in col lege basketbal l’s equivalent of the friend zone.

Not to conjure images of MTV’s “Friendzone,” which is every bit as awkward as you imagine, but the Longhorns are not in a comfortable position.

The zone, or “bubble,” is a place where mediocre teams vie for a chance to eventually get knocked out of the NCAA tournament, or every once in a while make an exciting run that also ends in elimination. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but this Texas team isn’t exact-ly built for a long postseason run. However, a bid does keep head coach Rick Barnes’ streak

of 12 straight trips to the Big Dance alive, and as of Thursday “March Madness” is officially underway, so who knows what can happen.

But first, Texas needs to get there.The bubble usually consists

of a group of teams that basi-cally coasted through confer-ence play. These teams will have some questionable losses, may-be a surprise win or two and near .500 conference and over-all records. The Longhorns can go ahead and check the boxes for all the above prerequisites. Losses to Oregon State and Oklahoma State look pretty bad for the Longhorns right now, their road record isn’t great and even with a loss at No. 3 Kansas this weekend, they would own a 9-9 conference record.

According to ESPN’s resident bracketologist, Joe Lunardi, the

bubble can be broken down into three specific areas: “Last Four In,” “First Four Out” and “Next Four Out.” That puts the collective bub-

ble at around 12 teams, give or take a few depending on the year.

Lunardi has Texas among his Last Four In, along with Mi-

ami, Northwestern and Xavier, all teams vying for a proposed

The Longhorns may have done enough to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament with Wednes-day’s win over Oklahoma, but a victo-ry at No. 3 Kansas on Saturday would all but assure the Longhorns of a 14th consecutive trip to the Big Dance.

Texas (19-11, 9-8 Big 12) guaran-teed at least a .500 record in confer-ence after beating OU 72-64, but the Longhorns would be wise to add to their tournament resume. UT’s best win came against No. 23 Temple on Dec. 17, so it’s been a while since Tex-as had a signature win.

An upset of the conference cham-pion Jayhawks on Saturday at Al-len Fieldhouse would be exactly that. Texas sits firmly on the NCAA tour-nament bubble, but that hasn’t dis-couraged the Longhorns.

“There’s no pressure,” said point guard Myck Kabongo. “We just have to go out there and ball and do what we do best.”

The last time Texas made a trip to KU on Jan. 22, 2011, the Longhorns beat the Jayhawks 74-63 to end Kan-sas’ school record 69-game win streak at home. KU hasn’t lost a game at Al-len Fieldhouse since then and are 15-0 at home this season.

J’Covan Brown scored 23 points in 29 minutes of the bench in that game to lead Texas. The Longhorns are a completely different team this year, however, with Brown and senior forwards Clint Chapman and Alexis Wangmene being the only holdovers.

Still, Brown is confident the six

Texas freshmen will be able to han-dle one of college basketball’s most raucous crowds.

“We’re going to walk in there to-gether, we’re going to have swag

and we’re going to fight and show the world that we can be right there,” said Brown, who leads the Big 12 in scoring.

But the Longhorns will need more

than swag to knock off the best the Big 12 has to offer.

It’s the final regular season game for each team and KU will celebrate senior night. The Jayhawks have won

28 straight home finales and will hon-or Tyshawn Taylor, Conner Teahan and Jordan Juenemann.

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Junior J’Covan Brown fades away over three Oklahoma defenders. Brown was a catalyst in Texas’ 74-63 win in Lawrence last season, but Kansas has not lost at home since. If Texas pulls off the upset, it would add a much needed boost to its NCAA tournament resume.

Team sits on Bubble Watch as tournament approaches

Nam Y. Huh | Associated Press

Northwestern experienced the pain of their bubble possibly popping in their last second loss to Ohio State on Monday. Texas is in the same position, and needs a strong finish to secure its tournament spot.

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Survivor’s instinct needed for strong showing in Houston

Washington’s speed an asset to TexasSophomore Brejae Washington has been an integral part of Texas’ lineup hitting .388 this season. Her speed is the key to her game as she set the single sea-son record for steals last year as a freshman, and already has an inside-the-park home run this year

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Right fielder Mark Payton rounds the bases for the Longhorns on offense. Payton wants Texas to play this weekend’s games with confidence.

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What: Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

When: March 2-4

Where: Hilton Head, S.C.

What to look for: No. 19 Texas tees off against five of

the nation’s top 25 opponents in the second tournament of the spring, in-cluding No. 2 Alabama.

Star Watch: Senior Nicole Vandermade is look-

ing for her third consecutive top ten finish against some of the nation’s top golfers. Vandermade has ascended the ranks to as high as No. 7 individual-ly in the country this season and cur-rently sits at No. 17. She will be test-ed this weekend against four of the na-tion’s top ten golfers.

Last Time: After a strong opening round

at the UCF Challenge, Texas strug-gled in the second round dropping them five places in the standings. The Longhorns scrapped back in the fi-nal round with one of the field’s best rounds to finish 9th and in the top-half of the field. Vandermade finished 9th overall individually.

What’s on the Line: Although there will not be any cur-

rent Big 12 opponents competing at this tournament, the defending confer-ence champs must reassert their prow-ess as No. 20 Baylor, No. 22 Texas A&M and No. 28 Texas Tech are right on Tex-as’ heels. Baylor topped Texas by 26 strokes at the UCF Challenge just three weeks ago, finishing second overall. Fu-ture Big 12 opponent TCU will be in the field this weekend.

The Course: Long Cove Club golf course is

known for its beautiful, but also chal-lenging holes. Located on Hilton Head Island on the Atlantic coast, the par-71 6,160 yard course has ranked in the top 100 courses to play by Golf Digest each of the last thirty years.

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Texas’ seniors could not have drawn up a more dramatic departure.

The veteran trio will play their final game at the Frank Erwin Center on Sunday in what will also be the last Big 12 meeting between the Longhorns and storied rival No. 17 Texas A&M (20-8, 11-6 Big 12). Factor in the must-win nature of the contest and you get one heck of a storyline.

“Obviously there’s a lot riding on this game,” said senior Ashley Gayle. ”There are just so many emotions in a game like this. We’re all very excit-ed. It’s always fun to play A&M, and we beat them last time out so that’s huge for our confidence.”

The Longhorns (17-12, 7-10 Big 12) defeated the Aggies in College Station in early January and will need to come up with another big upset this weekend as they look to boost their NCAA tournament re-sume before heading to Kansas City for the Big 12 Championships.

Considering the struggles that head coach Gail Goestenkors and her senior class have had against the

Aggies, a season sweep would be a great a way to go out.

“The rivalry is pretty intense,” Goestenkors said. “Not just since we’ve been here, but for more than 100 years, these two schools have been battling it out. We’re fortunate to have the opportunity to play in the last ever Big 12 game between us two. It’s going to be a statement game just like it was when our football team beat theirs earlier this year.”

Prior to this year’s victory, Texas’ senior trio of Gayle, Ashleigh Fon-tenette and Yvonne Anderson were 0-6 against Texas A&M, while Goes-tenkors was also win-less at 0-8.

“To finally get a win this year was definitely the high point in the rivalry for me,” Fontenette said. “It had just been so long since we beat them. We’d come close a few times, but to finally get that win under our belts this year was huge for our confidence.”

This year’s senior crop also holds a special place in Longhorn histo-ry as they were coach Goestenkors’ first recruiting class. As Goestenkors looked to build upon the team that former head coach and Longhorn legend Jody Conradt had left be-

hind, she made a lasting impression on the trio and was a big part of why they chose Texas.

“Coach Goestenkors’ hire really got the ball rolling for us,” Ander-son said. “Obviously the academic staff, the campus, the city of Austin and the fans all had to do with why we chose Texas, but to have the op-portunity to play for a coach like Gail [Goestenkors] was just such an honor.”

While there have been several moments over the past four years that have helped these seniors de-velop the tight-knit relationship they currently enjoy, perhaps the big-gest moment came just a couple of weeks ago, before the Baylor game. Just prior to tip-off, Goestenkors sat all three seniors down and talked to them about what they need to do to finish off their careers the right way.

“[Goestenkors] just talked to us about having no regrets,” Fonten-ette said. “We just want to leave it all on the court. We don’t want to have to look back and feel like we didn’t do enough. Ever since that conversation, we’ve taken it one game at a time and we’ve poured our heart into everything we do on the court.”

Texas has won two of three games since that night, with both wins coming in a convincing fash-ion. If they can find a way to win one more, these seniors might just create a new favorite memory.

“We’ve done some pretty cool things since I’ve been here,” Gayle said. “Going to the Virgin Islands and our trip to Europe were both a lot of fun, but to sweep A&M on se-nior night, that would probably be a pretty cool experience.”

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Seniors look for victory in team’s last trip to A&M

Ashely Gayle and the rest of the Longhorns senior class will lead the team into Texas A&M for the last time, as confer-ence foes. The seniors would like nothing more than a win over their rivals to end their regular season careers, and add to their tourna-ment resumes.

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No. 12/13 seed. Being among the last four teams in would mean that Texas would have to play one of four play-in games in order to make the 64-team field. Come Selection Sunday on March 11, this could be an entirely different group due to the unpredictability of a bub-ble team’s success.

Northwestern just lost a close game to Ohio State, Miami was defeated by North Carolina State and Xavier was routed by Saint Louis. All of these results make the Longhorns’ win over rival Oklahoma on Wednesday that much bigger. If the Longhorns can continue to perform better than the other teams vying for seeds in the No. 10-13 range, they could find themselves dancing.

Other teams like South Flor-ida, Colorado State and Con-necticut are all starting to play their way into the tournament with big wins down the stretch, and high strength of schedules ranks to boot. Oregon, Day-ton, Central Florida and Saint

Joesph’s also fall into the bub-ble area and could all make a case for a bid.

Many of these teams have a final conference game to play before entering their respec-tive conference tournament in hopes of one last shot at im-proving their resumes. If Tex-as wins a game in its confer-ence tournament, there’s not much chance the NCAA tour-nament selection committee leaves them out of the expand-ed 68-team field. A 20-win Texas team along with Barnes’ record is a lot to pass up, and the Longhorns are always a big draw around the nation.

In the coming weeks, these 12 or so teams will be put to the test to see who can come out with an at-large bid. With conference tournaments gear-ing up, these teams will either benefit or suffer depending on each individual result. It’s one of the most exciting and pain-ful times of the year for fans of college basketball.

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2-1 against No. 10 Tennessee in the bottom of the ninth inning when Washington stepped up to the plate. Washington laid down a sol-id shot right inside the fence at Red & Charline McCombs Field. What should have been a base hit turned into an in-the-park home run for the sophomore — a rare feat.

“I’ve only ever hit a home run like that in rec ball,” Washington said after the win. “The outfield-ers had been playing very close

up to the infield, so I figured any gap I could hit into would be a tri-ple. I was not expecting an inside-the-park home run though. I was looking for something down that I could drive.”

The Longhorns hope that they can use Washington’s speed to their advantage as they host Sam Hous-ton State this weekend. The Bear-kats, who are 1-10 for the season, have already given up 12 stolen bas-es. Washington leads the team in stolen bases with 10, and Texas has stolen a total of 36 bases this season.

The first game is slated for 5 p.m. tonight and will be aired on the Longhorn Network.

Taylor carried KU (25-5, 15-2) down the stretch when the Jayhawks beat Texas 69-66 on Jan. 21 in Austin. He’s one of the top point guards in the country and will challenge Kabongo defensively.

March signals crunch time for

a handful of teams on the tour-nament bubble every year. If the Longhorns want to make it to their 14th straight NCAA tour-ney, a win on Saturday should get them in.

“If we’re good enough, we’ll be where we need to be,” said Texas head coach Rick Barnes. “March is a great time. This is when you’ve got to want to play. This is the best time of year if you’re a college basketball player.”

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“survivor’s instinct” Garrido referred to.“It’s like a life-or-death situation

— either the pitcher’s going to kill you or you’re going to kill the pitch-er,” said sophomore out-fielder Mark Payton. “We need to have confidence going into every game knowing that we belong on the same field as every team in the nation.”

Today, Texas will begin the Houston College Classic by squar-ing off against No. 4 Rice, followed by a game against Tennessee Sat-urday before the Longhorns face Arkansas Sunday.

The Texas pitching staff was shel-lacked to the tune of 15 runs in last weekend’s series finale against No. 3 Stanford, 13 of them coming in a forgettable fourth inning. But the Longhorns’ hurlers bounced back nicely against the Huskies Tuesday as six pitchers combined to blank Houston Baptist and allow only three hits, all singles and only two of which left the infield.

“After the Stanford series, there

might have been some doubts about our pitching staff,” said sophomore pitcher Nathan Thornhill, who will start today against Rice. “But we have good pitchers here.”

Offensively, however, Texas is still struggling. The Longhorns’ lineup pushed just enough runs across in their last game to pull out a win but still have a team batting average be-low .200. But the Texas hitters have thrived late in games as they are bat-ting .271 in the last two innings of contests this season, nearly 80 points higher than their average for all in-nings, and have scored 13 of their 23 runs in that situation.

“We’ve got great hitters,” Thorn-hill said. “They just need to get con-fident. I think that’s what’s lacking right now is just confidence, in ev-erything we do. And we have no rea-son not to be confident.”

Before the Longhorns trav-eled to Palo Alto, where they were swept by Stanford last week, Garri-do said Texas wasn’t ready for the

series with the Cardinal. But Gar-rido, who has used different line-ups in each of his team’s first eight games this year, is a bit more opti-mistic heading into this weekend.

“I have every reason to have more hope,” Garrido said. “I think that they have a right to be confi-dent because they’ve played at a much higher level.”

Garrido added that the lineup won’t vary much this week from the one Texas used at the end of the Tuesday’s contest. That lineup included Payton and senior Tim Maitland in the first two spots, ju-nior Jonathan Walsh batting clean-up, sophomore Alex Silver at des-ignated hitter, as well as freshman Brooks Marlow (batting sixth) at second base and senior Jordan Etier (batting ninth) at shortstop.

So, don’t expect the Longhorns’ lineup to change from game to game as much as it has so far this season. And don’t look for Texas to lose its “survivor’s instinct” either.

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Women’S BaSketBall

We’ve taken it one game at a time and we’ve poured our heart into everything we do on the court.

— Ashleigh Fontenette, basketball senior

The Longhorns continued their climb up the rankings this week and look to build upon a four-match win streak against TCU.

Texas (10-3) will host the Horned Frogs (4-6) this Sunday, with first serve set at 2 p.m.

This week, the Longhorns moved up to No. 8 in the Intercol-legiate Tennis Association rank-ings from their previous spot at No. 11. The team started the sea-son ranked No. 19, but have post-ed some impressive road wins against top 20 teams early this season. Texas has wins over No. 12 Auburn, No. 15 Texas A&M at neutral sites and No. 28 North Carolina on the Tar Heels’ home courts. Out of the Longhorns’ 10 wins so far this season, only four of those have come in Austin.

Representing Texas in the sin-gles rankings are freshman Soren Hess-Olesen, who moved up to

No. 50 in the rankings, and junior Daniel Whitehead at No. 79. For doubles, junior Chris Camillone and sophomore David Holiner sit at No. 35 in the rankings.

TCU is coming off a 6-1 loss against No. 12 Texas A&M last Saturday. The Horned Frogs will face Arizona in Fort Worth today before traveling to Austin.

Texas added two wins to their season total last Saturday with a 7-0 shutout of UT-Arlington, fol-lowed by a 6-1 win over UT-San Antonio. In the match against UTSA, the Longhorns swept the doubles, but found them-selves in some trouble in the sin-gles matches, with five of the six matches going to third sets.

The match against TCU kicks off a busy week for the team, as they will return to the courts next week with a Thursday match-up against San Diego and a dou-bleheader against No. 23 Florida State and No. 71 Nicholls State next Saturday.

No. 50 in the rankings, and junior Daniel Whitehead at No. 79. For doubles, junior Chris Camillone and sophomore David Holiner sit at No. 35 in the rankings.

TCU is coming off a 6-1 loss against No. 12 Texas A&M last Saturday. The Horned Frogs will face Arizona in Fort Worth today

The Longhorns prepare to shave seconds and inches off their qualifying times at the Last Chance Meets this week-end. Five members of Tex-as’ men’s track and field will compete at Arkansas, Iowa State and Notre Dame to im-prove their performances to qualify for the fast-approach-ing NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

While last weekend’s Big 12 Indoor Championships result-ed in several first place finishes and burnt orange atop the med-alist platform, a few competi-tors still need to meet the pre-cise standards required to com-pete among the nation’s best.

The distance medley relay team consisting of Kyle Thomp-son, Patrick McGregor, CJ Jes-sett and Dereck Dreyer will head to Notre Dame, Ind. for

the Alex Wilson Invitational. The team is set to run at 2 p.m. today. Kyle Thompson is also expected to run in the 800-me-ter and is just three-tenths shy of achieving the 800-meter au-tomatic qualifying time of 1:48.20. McGregor is set to run in the mile on Saturday.

Triple jumper Mark Jackson will fly to Fayetteville, Ark. today to jump for the qualify-ing mark of 16.30 meters. He is currently coming off a Big 12 Indoor Championship in the event.

Seconds and inches appear as insignificant measurements to the average person. But for these five track and field stars, they are the standards that will ultimately decide their fate as national competitors. The Longhorns look to amp up their performances this weekend in hopes to secure a spot at the NCAA Indoor Championship March 9-10 in Nampa, Idaho.

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Although the Last Chance Meets might sound melodra-matic, their slightly intimidat-ing description accurately em-bodies the essence of Week 7, the last of the regular season for Division I NCAA women’s track and field.

At the Big 12 Indoor Cham-pionships, Texas’ primary con-cern was to earn overall points in an attempt to claim a confer-ence title as a team. However, this weekend the focus will shift to individual performances.

Numerous Texas athletes currently occupy spots in the top-35 national ranks but have yet to attain NCAA qualify-ing marks. Consequently, the team will split up this weekend to compete in the Last Chance Meets — the final opportuni-ties for Longhorns to qualify in their respective events for the 2012 NCAA Indoor Champi-onships in Nampa, Idaho.

Beverly Owoyele, as well as Victoria Lucas and Shanay Bris-coe, who both have personal bests this season that are with-in a half-meter of the event’s automatic qualifying mark, 1.85-meters, will compete in

the high jump today at the Last Chance meet in Fayetteville, Ark. In other field events, long jumper A’Lexus Brannon and shot putter Amanda Van Dyke will also be looking to qualify for Nationals.

With a time of 3:32.42, the No. 4 Texas 4x400-meter relay team, composed of Stacey-Ann Smith, Allison Peter, Briana Nelson and Kendra Chambers, qualified for Nationals at the Big 12 conference champion-ships. However, UT 400-meter runners Chambers and Nelson will travel to Fayetteville and try to qualify for the NCAA Championships as individuals, challenged by the event’s 52.60 qualifying mark.

The eighth Longhorn looking to qualify at the Last Chance Meet in Arkansas will be freshman Morgan Snow who will compete in the 60-meter hurdles.

Hoping to hit the NCAA qualifying mark in the mile, sophomore Marielle Hall will make a solo appearance at the Last Chance Meet in Birming-ham, Ala. on Saturday.

The athletes who succeed at the Last Chance Meets in reaching qualifying marks will compete in the NCAA Cham-pionships on March 9-10.

By kristin OttoDaily Texan Staff

Texas squares off with future Big 12 member TCU Sunday

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consider laughing with (and at) one another, a respite from their hectic days stacked with classes and extra-curricular activities.

“So when you’ve had a hell of a day in class and studying, it’s vital that you can look forward to the end of the day when your boo can ease your ten-sions,” Baker said.

Davis agreed that humor is an im-portant part of his relationship with Baker because it gives him a chance to forget the stressors of college life.

“She is my chance to get away from the fast-paced hustle of my day, and I can be comfortable and have fun around Bailey,” Davis said. “That’s a huge deal.”

It seems as if the millennial gen-eration believes that the straight-faced serious moments of a relation-ship are few and far between, and that a sense of humor is essential for day-to-day life.

Broadcast journalism junior Maddy Hays sees her sarcastic sense of humor as a perfect compliment to the quirky humor of her boyfriend, business honors senior Jeff Wilson. She places matching senses of humor toward the top of her personal list of the attractive qualities she hopes for in a boyfriend.

“It’s important to be able to share that humor in a relationship, because if you can’t laugh together every day, it’s not going to work out,” Hays said.

“She’s always laughing which, of course, makes her fun to be around,” Wilson said of his girlfriend. “She even laughed when we got in a car wreck. She did ask if I was injured first.”

When a couple shares a similar sense of humor, they can become truly close friends with or without romance. We find significance in the experi-ence of finding someone who not only makes us laugh but also isn’t afraid to laugh at us.

“Humor is what drives our relation-ship,” Wilson said. “It is what made us best friends before dating and brought us together.”

Our generation has seen the pow-er of comic relief to bring people to-gether. From the political satire of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to the UT Memes page on Facebook, we connect through laughter. A sense of humor takes the pressure off of a formalized romance of the likes of Shakespearean literature and reminds us that love can be approachable.

A sense of humor in a relation-ship reveals love on the non-hol-idays, in between the birthdays, Christmases and Valentine’s Days, and is, for this reason, coveted among college students now more than ever.

genre). That’s about it as far as the story goes for “Project X.”

Even though the narrative is wafer-thin, “Project X” never fails to entertain. From the be-ginning, it gets plenty of laughs just from the friends ripping on each other, and once the party starts, the film picks up steam. The party is practically a char-acter in itself: it starts slow, set-ting up a few jokes and intro-ducing a few elements and then methodically hits all its punch lines and pays off every joke perfectly, until the party hits a hilarious crescendo of ab-solute chaos. Going in, I cer-tainly wasn’t ready for how in-sane “Project X” ends up be-ing. By the end of the f i lm, it’s easy to be taken aback by the level of lunacy the f i lm

reaches for.Of the three main actors,

Mann is the only one with any real experience with a support-ing role in 2010’s “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” but all three prove to be natural comedic presences throughout the film. Their friendships feel genu-ine. Even as the party of their lives rages around them, the trio still find time to bond and reflect on the madness around them — a human touch that keeps the f i lm from devolv-ing into empty high school wish fulfillment.

Though “Project X” is a harm-less film at heart, an empty ode to irresponsible decisions, its coda is morally rancid and hard to swallow. Once the sun ris-es and Thomas is forced to face the consequences of his deci-sions, the film isn’t sure what to do with itself. On one hand, its main character has essen-tially ruined his life by throw-ing this party that becomes

national news and a police mat-ter, and on the other, he’s become wildly popular and gets the girl. “Project X” almost seems to say that the consequences are worth the rewards, but it’s a viewpoint as juvenile as the film itself. It leaves things on a distinctly sour note.

Despite its wildly irrespon-

sible message, “Project X” is undeniably entertaining and should certainly be commend-ed for just how thoroughly the f i lm commits to its premise and the levels of insanity the it hits in the later moments. It’s a film with a rotten center but an exterior so funny and charm-ing that it’s hard not to like.

“As far as the stage design and par-ty decor, we’re always inspired by the sets from music variety shows from the past like ‘Soul Train,’ ‘American Bandstand’ and ‘The Midnight Spe-cial,’” San Miguel said.

And while the show will take on a funky and rebellious edge on one hand, it will soften up with sensibil-ities of the ‘30s on the other. Shari Gerstenberger, owner of Charm School Vintage, has embraced a turn of the century, jazz-themed inspira-tion for her collection.

“There’s a lot of ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s stuff that’s really easy to come by, but I really love the craftsmanship, cuts and fabrics from this stuff from the ‘30s,” Gerstenberger said. “It’s peri-od-related, but it’s no good to have museum pieces.”

For Gerstenberger’s collection, audiences can expect to see neu-trals with injections of vibrant color along with a variety of texture com-binations like sequins, silk, leather and fur.

English senior and Buffalo Ex-change employee James Morua found his inspiration through classic colors and the juxtaposition between hard and soft. Morua said he’s been able to pull pieces from the everyday clothes people sell to the store, finding inspi-ration in miscellaneous items.

The first set of looks will be more accessible as far as everyday weara-bility goes. Morua said since Buffa-lo Exchange will close the show, the second set of looks is intended to be high-fashion.

“Freakout differs from other fash-ion shows because it’s much more high-energy,” Morua said. “The mod-els and people watching the show are encouraged to have fun, be loud and get rowdy.”

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PROJECT X

Nima Nourizadeh

GENRE | Comedy

RUNTIME | 88 minutes

IF YOU LIKE | “The Hangover”,

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”

MOVIE REVIEW

Photo Courtesy of Warner Brothers and Associated Press

(From Left) Oliver Cooper, Thomas Mann and Jonathan Daniel Brown enjoy the calm before the storm in “Project X.”

Having come of age during the era of Judd Apatow films and viral web parody videos, 18 to 20-some-thing year olds place a high priority on a sense of humor for the checklist of things they hope to find in a part-ner. After all, what purpose does a vi-ral Funny or Die video serve if not to impress the one you love?

According to a recent Match.com survey, 54 percent of American sin-gles believe that a partner who lacks a sense of humor is not a good poten-tial partner. Traditional deal breakers that may have loomed over the gen-eration before ours — like differing religious beliefs and salaries — were ranked as less likely to end a relation-ship.

As filters like salary, ethnic back-ground and religious preferences be-gin to diminish, singles are putting personality first. Not to mention, it’s

pretty difficult to find someone who hates to laugh.

One look at business freshman Bailey Baker’s Facebook profile pho-to clearly conveys the importance she places on having a sense of hu-mor in her relationship. In the pho-

to, Baker and her boyfriend, man-agement information systems soph-omore Spencer Davis, sport silly fac-es with fake mustaches and oversized plastic lips. Both Baker and Davis

The word “recycling” might bring aluminum cans and cardboard box-es to mind, but the cyclical motion of reuse does not stop with these items. Vintage fashion, especially in Aus-tin, has become increasingly popu-lar over the past few years, and Fri-day’s Fashion Freakout Five is proof of the city’s vintage fanaticism.

Five years ago, local musician Ja-son McNeely approached Audrie

San Miguel, co-owner of vintage store Prototype Vintage Design, to create an event that would show-case the best of street-style fash-ion. After months of collaboration, their work was realized and became Fashion Freakout, a runway show featuring vintage clothes backed up by local music.

“The first show sold out imme-diately, so we knew there was defi-nitely interest in seeing hot babes in a party setting outfitted with crazy cool decorations,” San Miguel said.

Prototype is one of three partic-

ipants in the fashion show, which also includes styles from Buffalo Exchange and Charm School Vin-tage. Each store will showcase twen-ty looks: 10 in round one, which is followed by a DJ set and the last half in round two.

“We hope that the clothes we put together are a representation of what you might see on a stylish person going to a live music show in Aus-tin,” San Miguel said.

The three collections stem from diverse inspirations, but they will all come together through the

show’s rock ‘n’ roll theme. The mu-sic will be the guiding force behind the show. San Miguel said that cel-ebrating the marriage between music and fashion was one of the main reasons she and McNeely started Fashion Freakout.

The psychedelic sounds of the ‘60s, the rock ‘n’ roll and punk of the ‘70s and the heavy metal and new wave of the ‘80s will all be rep-resented alongside the ensembles on the catwalk.

Todd Phillips’ entire career has been a long study in male bonding, usually over alcohol, drugs and general debauchery. Phillips has come a long way since his 2003 comedy “Old School” made Vince Vaughn a comedy superstar. Just under a decade and one “Hangover” too

many later, Phillips, the produc-er of “Project X” is unexpectedly the film’s most bankable name.

“Project X” explores Phillips’ usual themes, but also remem-bers to build an often hilarious comedy around them, some-thing the director’s work has lately forgotten to do.

Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown) star as unp opular high scho ol-

ers yearning to party with the jocks, score with the cheer-leaders and ultimately be the biggest men on campus. When Thomas’ parents leave town for the weekend, Costa makes the most of the opportunity and elects to throw the party to end all parties (and films it, mak-ing “Project X” another notch in the belt of the found-footage

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The enigmatic posters for “Mad Men” season

five. What are you doing there, Don Draper?

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Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston in ‘Wanderlust.”

Santigold’s “Disparate Youth.” From her

upcoming album, it’s a moody, synth-y, jam.

There is a cupcake ATM. What if they made one for sandwiches?

HORNS DOWN

Lytro’s futuristic digital cameras. They

let you change the focus post-photograph.

Arcade Fire is coming to campus. On March 19 in

the Union for “A Lecture on Hope, Haiti & Service.”

Vocal fry, linguistic pioneer. The waaaaaaaay Ke$ha taaaaaaaaalks is shaping the English language.

“Luck” is the most boring show on TV.

Horses, horses, horses...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

“The Lorax,” an environmental parable, is being used to sell SUVs. “Truffala tree seal of approval.” Sheesh.

AT&T adds cap to its “unlimited” data plan. So really, it’s a Not Unlimited plan.

HORNS UP

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Uchiko’s Paul Qui won “Top Chef: Texas.” Deserved, but this is going to make getting a reservation impossible.

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Students build relationshipson laughter, personality traits

Fashion Freakout 5

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