The Daily Texan 6-20-2011

Here they go again.The Longhorns, who have spent

all season under the gun, face a fa-miliar opponent today in the Col-lege World Series : elimination.

“It’s do or die,” said freshman Er-ich Weiss. “Again. I’d say we’re the most experienced team in the los-ers’ bracket.”

Because Texas lost the first game of its Omaha trip, an 8-4 loss to

Florida Saturday night, it must now beat North Carolina today to keep its season alive.

And after that, the team would have to win three more games in this double-elimination bracket to make it to the CWS Finals.

“We can’t focus on the champi-onship or anything like that, we just have to focus on North Carolina,” Weiss said.

It will be a steep climb, one that could have been avoided if the Longhorns had been able to hold

on to a 3-0 lead over Florida — a game that saw Taylor Jungmann,

A year after the Cactus Cafe an-nounced its partnership with KUT Radio, the iconic cafe is financially stable while still upholding the Bohe-mian-refuge vibe guests have always loved, managers said.

The University announced the partnership last year on May 19 af-ter budget woes nearly forced the University to permanently close the Cactus’ doors. A massive reaction from students and citizens forced the University to reconsider and ex-

plore other options.Administrators eventually decid-

ed a relationship with KUT would be best to increase Cactus Cafe atten-dance, publicity and sustainability ac-cording to a May 2010 statement from Juan Gonzalez, the vice president of student affairs. The management officially transitioned in August.

The Cactus has varied its music program and added fresh talent to its weekly band listing in preparation for this summer, said the Cactus’ direc-tor Matt Munoz, who coordinates the relationship between KUT and Cac-tus Cafe. He said the partnership be-

tween the two has allowed both enti-ties to benefit from one another.

“We definitely see more people in [the Cactus Cafe] when we push shows through KUT,” Munoz said. “In April, we did an artist-in-resi-dence show with David Ramirez. KUT did a live studio session with him and [featured him by] play-ing a song of the day of his. He also performed every Wednesday at the Cactus Cafe.”

Munoz said 150,000 to 200,000 people listen to KUT every quarter

1

AUSTIN TXbooksThe Students’ Bookstore

2116 Guadalupe St.512-499-1559

BEST PRICE GUARANTEE* FOR UT STORES

Locally owned since 2005www.austintxbooks.com

Scan the QR code with your smart phone to learn more about our store!

FREE UT SHIRT WITH $150

PURCHASE!* Guarantee against local stores only.

THE DAILY TEXANServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900

Monday, June 20, 2011>> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan

The Daily Texan will only print on Mondays and Thursdays over the summer. We will

resume a regular print schedule in the fall.

Holdouts defend their choiceto abstain from Facebook

SOCIAL NETWORKING

LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12

Enter the ring with a photoslide show from the boxing match

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS

On our website at bit.ly/fridayfight

TODAYRed Dirt GirlCountry icon Emmylou Harris plays ACL Live at the Moody Theater tonight at 8.

Free parkingThe National Park Service is offering free admission at hundreds of parks to mark the first day of summer.

THE WEEK AHEAD

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAYA bearded birthdayThreadgill’s World Headquarters hosts a birthday celebration for Austin’s cross-dressing icon, Leslie Cochran, at 7 p.m.

THURSDAYNew wave sing-alongNew wave sing-alongThe Alamo Drafthouse Ritz is offering a sing-along night with The Smiths, Flock of Seagulls, Depeche Mode and more at 10 p.m.

‘‘ — Brandon LoyTexas shortstop

SPORTS PAGE 7

“It’s a tough situation we’re in, but we’ve been in

these situations the last couple of weeks, and this team is built

for it.”

Quote to note

Juneteenth provided opportunities to reflect on history, celebrate progress and share hope for the future in a series of programs that hundreds participated in Saturday.

June 19th, called Juneteenth, marks the anniversary of the day when Gener-al Gordon Granger announced the end of the Civil War and the end of slav-ery in both the state and the nation, two years after Lincoln issued the Emancipa-

tion Proclamation. The Greater East Aus-tin Youth Association organized the day’s events, including a parade, a run and a historical program.

More than 125 cars and floats from 80 different groups traveled from the inter-section of Martin Luther King Jr. Boule-vard and Comal Street to Rosewood Park. Austin Community College had two cars in the parade. The college has participat-ed in the parade the past four years.

“ACC has eight campuses throughout Austin. Two of them are in East Austin,”

said college event co-ordinator Dahl-ia Anzaldua-Tor-res. “We just want to remind peo-ple about the im-portance of high-er education and that they have a college right in their neighborhood.”

The Greater East Austin Youth

Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff

Junior Kevin Lusson waits to hit during Texas’ practice Sunday at Creighton University’s Sports Complex.

Horns back on the chopping block

TEXAS Grants made available despite worries about budget


Employee Yolanda Bumpers sits in the front of Austin Energy’s “Go Green with Juneteenth” float. Juneteenth commemorates the announce-ment of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865.

Emancipation Celebration

Cactus Cafe sees success one year later

dailytexanonline.com

ON THE WEB:Watch a video of

the festivities fromJuneteenth at

By Trey ScottDaily Texan Staff

By Allison HarrisDaily Texan Staff

Nearly 1,100 eligible freshmen at UT may be awarded TEXAS Grants, despite fears that the proposed state budget would not provide funding for any incoming students.

The Texas Higher Education Coor-dinating Board allocated roughly $21 million to the University for TEXAS Grants, which will serve 3,330 con-tinuing students and more than half of the eligible incoming freshmen, said Tom Melecki, director of student financial services.

“The budget for TEXAS Grant turned out better than we originally thought it would be,” Melecki said.

He said the Texas House of Repre-sentatives proposed $366 million for TEXAS Grants last semester, but the Senate’s special session budget bill al-lots $560 million.

“It would have been a much more dire picture had the house version [remained],” Melecki said.

If the grant is awarded, incom-ing students would be able to receive money for all four years they attend UT, he said. The Office of Student Financial Services worked last se-mester to put together a freshmen-only grant for students to prepare for the possible loss, Melecki said. Finan-cial aid packages that come out July 1 will not reflect TEXAS Grant awards but will include freshmen-only grants for eligible incoming students.

“One thing that makes me sad about this is we would have loved to have these budgetary decisions made

By Huma MunirDaily Texan Staff

By Victoria PaganDaily Texan Staff

ELIMINATION continues on PAGE 9

GRANT continues on PAGE 2FREE continues on PAGE 2

CAFE continues on PAGE 2

Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff

Bartenders Chris Lueck and Andrew Alter serve drinks to concert-goers at Cactus Cafe on Saturday night.

It’s goodbye to A&MThe Daily Texan and Texas A&M’s The Battalion are competing to get the most Facebook followers by Aug. 1. Like us on Facebook and show your Texan pride! Check back here each Monday for updates of the results.

WHAT: College World Series Texas vs. North Carolina

WHEN: Today

TIME: 1 p.m.

ON AIR: ESPN

DAILY TEXAN

BATTALION

DAILY TEXAN

BATTALIONBATTALION

Holdouts defend their choiceHoldouts defend their choiceto abstain from Facebookto abstain from Facebook

SOCIAL NETWORKING

2011 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

2

SUBSCRIBEyour e-mail address to our list and we will send you the opportunity to

up to 50% off of local businesses

SAVE

it with your friends and save even more!

SHARE

Half off a Q Card - Get Great Discounts at a

Selection of BBQ Joints!

THE BUYS OF TEXASTHE BUYS OF TEXASCOLLEGE JUST GOT CHEAPERCOLLEGE JUST GOT CHEAPER

Subscribe at deals.dailytexanonline.com TEXASSTUDENTMEDIA

MEXICAN MARTINIS &MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKSFOR THE PRICE OF A HOUSE DRINK

CAZADORES SILVER

PREMIUM

SUPER PREMIUM

with Cointreau

El Jimador, Cuervo Especial, Sauza Conmemorativo, 1800, Sauza Hornitos, Herradura Silver, Cazadores Reposado

Cazadores Añejo, Corzo Silver, Corzo Reposado, Her-radura Añejo, Don Julio Silver, El Tesoro Añejo, Don Julio Añejo, Patrõn Silver, Patrõn Añejo, Sauza Tres Plata, Sauza Tres Generaciones Plata, Sauza Tres Generaciones Añejo, El Tesoro Silver

Margarita Mexican Martini$5.00 $9.00



TEXAS STAR409 West 30th St.

512-477-2935

NORTH STAR8820 Burnet Rd.512-454-1474

LITTLE TEXAS901-C Little Texas Lane

512-326-9899

2 Monday, June 20, 2011NEWS

THE DAILY TEXANVolume 112, Number 6

Main Telephone:(512) 471-4591

Editor:Viviana Aldous(512) [email protected]

Managing Editor:Veronica Rosalez(512) [email protected]

News Offi ce:(512) [email protected]

Retail Advertising:(512) [email protected]

Classifi ed Advertising:(512) 471-5244classifi [email protected]

CONTACT US

TOMORROW’S WEATHER

High Low

98 77

Be our friend on facebook!

COPYRIGHTCopyright 2011 Texas Student

Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission.

The Texan strives to present all information fair ly, accurately and completely. I f we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or email [email protected].

earlier,” he said. “We could have in-cluded TEXAS Grant, therefore of-fering them a generous financial aid package.”

The total grant amount of $560 million would serve about 77,300 students statewide in the next bien-nium, said Dominic Chavez, direc-tor of external services for the Co-ordinating Board. He said the orig-inal bill had no TEXAS Grant mon-ey for incoming freshmen, but with the Senate’s proposal, 30 percent of incoming freshmen are projected to receive the aid.

“We are strongly encouraging in-stitutions to stretch resources to more students by lowering amounts and leveraging other resources to fill the gap,” Chavez said.

Some Texas universities have greater flexibility given their fi-nancial resources to award oth-er institutional grants while others might have to rely solely on TEXAS Grants, he said. Generally, the yearly amount suggested for each student is $6,700, but institutions can reduce the amount to $5,000 and award more students by conserving mon-ey, Chavez said.

Plan II business junior Chris Nguyen received TEXAS Grant as a freshman and said it helped with lit-tle things like buying textbooks and transportation costs.

Nguyen said he was able to partic-ipate in extracurricular activities, in-cluding working for The Daily Tex-an, without having to maintain a part-time job to pay for his college expenses because of the grant.

Association has hosted Juneteenth celebrations for about 15 years. The group’s commissioner Lee Dawson Jr. said the events act as a fundraiser for the Greater East Austin Youth Association and is an opportunity to educate youth about African-American History.

“[There were] two years we were deprived the freedom we didn’t get because the people of Texas still thought they wanted the free labor,” he said. “It’s impor-tant not to forget that.”

Before the parade, the asso-ciation hosted a 2K freedom run, with 33 people traveling along the parade route. The free-dom run marked the end of slav-ery and focused on health is-sues facing African-Americans, Dawson said.

“Once African-Americans found out they were free, they were able to walk freely wherev-er they wanted to go,” Dawson said. “It’s also to let black peo-ple know that you have to be healthy; do healthy things be-cause of the diabetes and heart disease that runs through the African-American community.”

After the parade, the associa-tion hosted a historical commu-nity program featuring gospel music, dance performances and a presentation of the Juneteenth pageant winners.

Nedra Montgomery, an Aus-tin Energy senior auditor, said she was glad to see her son perform in FLAVA Dance Company at the historical community program.

“He needs to know about his heritage, his culture,” she said. “Mostly to help him be a good cit-izen, be a good American. Learn from the past; hopefully you can build a better future.”

Black Student Alliance Pres-ident Ashley Robinson said the group encouraged members to at-

tend local festivities.“I think it’s a really good time

for everyone to remember their roots and spend time with their families,” she said. “Especial-ly as college students, we tend to forget that.”

Ryan Brown, a staff assis-tant and intern for Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said June-teenth was important for the nation’s history.

“Juneteenth symbolizes not only the beginning of civil freedom, but also the start of social, economic and constitutional rights for Afri-can-Americans,” he said.

On the Friday prior to June-teenth, the city of Austin broke ground on the new African Amer-ican Cultural and Heritage Facili-ty, which the city plans to com-plete next year. The $4.4 mil-lion building will be a cultur-al and business center, housing the Capital City African Amer-ican Chamber of Commerce and the ProArts Collective, said project coordinator Sandra Harkins.

BOB AND WEAVE


Heavyweight boxer Homero “El Oso” Fonseca of Driscoll, Texas, takes a punch from Maurice “Freight Train” Byarm of Washington, D.C., during ESPN’s Friday Night Fights.

ONLINE: Watch a photo slide show of the fight at the Frank Erwin Center at bit.ly/fridayfight

FREEcontinues from PAGE 1

GRANTcontinues from PAGE 1

hour. He said he tries to book art-ists that will cater to the younger lo-cal crowd that is tuning in to the ra-dio station.

“Texas music matters,” Munoz said. “We look for somebody who has a draw locally, regionally and even nationally.”

The partnership has allowed the Cactus to hit all of its budgetary goals, and KUT has helped to generate do-nor support, Munoz said. He said op-erations are under control and now he is focusing on what the partner-ship can do creatively.

Chris Lueck, the Cactus Cafe’s bar manager, said the Cactus has moder-ate business during summer days but attracts full houses during evening shows. He said the cafe has extend-ed its happy hour, allowing students to enjoy better-priced drinks from 4 to 7 p.m.

“We keep in mind that we serve students and they have a student budget,” Lueck said. “It’s a fairly quiet

place where you can get some study-ing done. It’s much better than going to a library.”

Lueck said new sound and light systems have given the cafe a more professional setting for incoming art-ists. He said the Cactus has a rich tra-dition of musical shows for every taste in music and the new managers are trying to uphold that tradition.

A new menu, which will include different coffee and food items, will be released this fall. Food from Ta-codeli is in the works to be added to the menu.

Environmental science senior Ken-dra Bones said she is always surprised to see endless lines for coffee at Star-bucks when just next door, the Cac-tus offers organic coffee at an afford-able price. She said many professors and teaching assistants hold their of-fice hours at the Cactus, making it a place not just for socializing, but for studying as well.

“I think this bar is underestimat-ed by students because they think of it as an older place,” Bones said. “It’s the kind of place where you can make it what you want it to be, social or study.”

CAFEcontinues from PAGE 1

Texan AdDeadlines

Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m.Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m.Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m.

Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m.Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m.Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication)

THE DAILY TEXAN

The Daily Texan Mail Subscription RatesOne Semester (Fall or Spring) $60.00Two Semesters (Fall and Spring) 120.00Summer Session 40.00One Year (Fall, Spring and Summer) 150.00To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 471-5083. Send orders and address changes to Texas Student

Media', P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713-8904, or to TSM Building C3.200, or call 471-5083.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Texan, P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713.

6/20/11

AdvertisingDirector of Advertising & Creative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jalah GoetteAssistant to Advertising Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CJ SalgadoLocal Sales Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad CorbettBroadcast Manager/Local Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter GossCampus/National Sales Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan BowermanStudent Advertising Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kathryn AbbasStudent Advertising Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryanne LeeStudent Acct. Execs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron McClure, Samantha Chavez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selen Flores, Patti Zhang, Sarah Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Serrato, Ryan Ford, Ashley Janik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susie Reinecke, Rachel HueyStudent Office Assistant/Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rene GonzalezSenior Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Felimon HernandezJunior Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Krause, Alyssa PetersSpecial Editions Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elena WattsStudent Special Editions Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheri AlzeerahSpecial Projects Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adrienne Lee

This newspaper was printed with pride by The Daily Texan and

Texas Student Media.

Permanent StaffEditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viviana AldousAssociate Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave PlayerManaging Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Veronica RosalezAssociate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan HurwitzNews Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audrey WhiteAssociate News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt StottlemyreSenior Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huma Munir, Victoria Pagan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina To, William JamesCopy Desk Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reese RacketsAssociate Copy Desk Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaine Korzekwa, Brenna CleelandDesign Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Simonetta NietoPhoto Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary KangAssociate Photo Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew TorreySenior Photographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen Otto, Ryan EdwardsLife&Arts Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Rene TranAssociate Life&Arts Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aleksander Chan Senior Life&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Williams, Aaron West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pooneh MomeniSports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trey ScottAssociate Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sameer BhucharSenior Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christian Corona, Nick CremonaComics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katheryn CarrellVideo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacqueline KuenstlerWeb Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gerald RichAssociate Web Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abby JohnstonSenior Web Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Sanchez, Michelle ChuEditorial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug WarrenMultimedia Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Rubin

Issue StaffSports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jon ParrettColumnists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold FischDesigners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexa Hart, Martina GeronimoLife&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel PerlmutterCopy Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Schraeder, Jessica DuongReporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allison Harris, Syeda HasanComics Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edgar Vega, Connor Shea, Riki Tsuji, Chirs Davis, Katie Carrell

The Daily Texan (USPS 146-440), a student newspaper at The University of Texas at Austin, is published by Texas Student Media, 2500 Whitis Ave., Austin, TX 78705. The Daily Texan is published daily except Saturday, Sunday, federal holidays

and exam periods, plus the last Saturday in July. Periodical Postage Paid at Austin, TX 78710. News contributions will be accepted by telephone (471-4591), or at the editorial office (Texas Student Media Building 2.122).

For local and national display advertising, call 471-1865. For classified display and national classified display advertising, call 471-1865. For classified word advertising, call 471-5244.

Entire contents copyright 2011 Texas Student Media.

3 W/N

ion at east endTHE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENT LIVING |

LEASING FOR FALL 2011PRICES STARTING AT $365 PER MONTH888.671.8960

SMART TECHNOLOGY. SMART DESIGN. SMART CHOICE. | ionateastend.com

Luxury Residences combined with retail

and restaurants

Voted UTmost Apartment complex

Spring 2010

Now pre-leasiNg for fall 2011!!

Call now to reserve your home:

512.450.1500

www.triangleaustin.com

4600 W. Guadalupe

Residence amenitiesWalking distance to shopping •and dining24-hourfitnessfacility•Free multi-level parking garage•3 relaxing pools and hot tub•Clubroom with pool table and •flatscreenTVsWi-Fi access in common areas.•UT shuttle stop with Capital •MetroPark‘nRidefacility

Mention this ad and receive 1/2offyouradminfee!

Interior FeaturesGranite countertops with tile •backsplashStained concrete and wood •floorsInternet included•Black appliance package•Washer/dryer included in all •residences10-12’ ceilings•Spacious walk-in closets•

life happens here.

WORLD&NATION 3Monday, June 20, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Reese Rackets, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com

Muslim Brotherhood finds voice with new political party in Egypt

CAIRO — It was to Cairo’s slum of Munib on a recent evening that the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s biggest Islamic group, brought its election campaign message: The country must turn to Islam to re-build.

“Muslims around the world ex-pect great things from you,” Essam el-Erian, deputy head of the Broth-erhood’s new political party, told supporters. “We have to build a na-tion of freedom and equality, a na-tion of the true Islam.”

With Mubarak gone, the Broth-erhood is storming into the open, appealing to religious voters and trying to win over Egypt’s poor. It is likely to be part of Egypt’s next government, with a hand not only in ruling but also in writing a new constitution. Its strength has fueled fears among many Egyptians that it will turn what began as a pro-democracy uprising in the Arab world’s most populous nation into Islamic rule.

United flights delayed, cancelled after five-hour computer outage

CHICAGO — A five-hour com-puter outage that virtually shut down United Airlines on Friday night and early Saturday is a stark reminder of how dependent air-lines have become on technology.

Passengers saw their flight infor-mation vanish from airport screens, and thousands were stranded as United canceled 31 flights and de-layed 105 worldwide.

The airline still had no explana-tion Saturday afternoon for the out-age. But things could have been much worse.

A blizzard in the Northeast wiped out more than 10,000 flights over three days in December, a mid-January storm led airlines to cancel nearly 9,000 flights.

Friday’s shutdown occurred late enough in the day that many of the canceled flights were the last planes out for the day, said Henry Harteveldt, an airline analyst with Forrester Research. On a Monday morning, the results could have been catastrophic.

NEWS BRIEFLY

Sextuplets born on Father’s Day in stable condition in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It’s a big Father’s Day for an Alabama man whose wife gave birth to sex-tuplets.

More than 50 medical profes-sionals helped deliver the six ba-bies born Saturday to Heather and Mitchell Carroll at the Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham.

The five girls and one boy were born after 28 weeks in the womb. Hospital officials say they are in stable condition in the neonatal in-tensive care unit. Dr. Bill McKenzie said their mother was also stable and resting well.

— Compiled from Associated Press reports

KABUL, Afghanistan — Presi-dent Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as suicide bombers stormed a police station near the presidential palace, killing at least two police officers.

The brazen attack in the heart of Kabul’s government district provided a sharp counterpoint to Karzai’s announcement that the U.S. and Afghan government are in talks with the Taliban, the first official confirmation of such dis-cussions. The violence also under-scored the difficulty facing possi-ble negotiated settlement to the decade-long war.

Men dressed in Afghan army uniforms stormed the police sta-tion near the presidential palace and opened fire on officers as they tried to enter the building, said Mo-hammed Honayon, an eyewitness.

Kabul Police Chief Gen. Mo-hammad Ayub Salangi said two police officers had been killed and one injured.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying three suicide bombers attacked the police train-ing center.

The assault occurred shortly after Karzai, who is a strong proponent of peace discussions, announced during a speech at the presidential palace that his government and the

U.S. have begun preliminary nego-tiations with the Taliban aimed at ending the conflict.

“In the course of this year, there have been peace talks with the Taliban and our own coun-

trymen,” Karzai said. “Peace talks have started with them already and it is going well. Foreign mili-taries, especially the United States of America, are going ahead with these negotiations.”

Karzai said some of the Taliban emissaries that have met with mem-bers of the peace council he set up were only representing themselves, while others were speaking for the broader movement.

US, Afghanistan in talks with Taliban

Gemunu Amarasinghe | Associated Press

Water mixed with blood pours in a steady stream following a suicide bomb attack at the entrance to a police station in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. The attacks coincided with US and Afghan officials confirming peace talks with the Taliban.

Fans gather to rememberE Street Band saxophonist

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Nanc-ey Ryder-Cunningham said it felt like the end of the soundtrack to her life.

Outside The Stone Pony, the Jer-sey Shore rock club that helped launch Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, she wept Sunday as she surveyed the flowers, candles and photos that had sprung up over-night in honor of saxophonist Clar-ence Clemons.

“It changed everything in my life,” said Ryder-Cunningham, 59, recall-ing the first of about 100 Spring-steen concerts she estimated she had attended. “I was just a disillusioned kid on the street, and I feel like they rescued me.”

Hundreds of the band’s fans, in-cluding some who drove from hours away, gathered at the club, where Springsteen and his bandmates got their start in the early 1970s. Clem-ons died Saturday at age 69 of com-

plications from a stroke.Clemons was known as the Big

Man — for both his 6-foot-5-inch, 270-pound frame and his imposing stage presence. His raucous sax so-los helped define the Jersey Shore sound of the 1970s and ‘80s.

Clemons’ last performance at Stone Pony was a solo show in the summer of 2006, house promoter Kyle Bren-dle said, but Springsteen and Clem-ons played routinely at the club in the 1970s, usually as unannounced acts.

The gathering Sunday afternoon juxtaposed bereavement and festiv-ity. Fans milled around, drank beer and sang along to Springsteen tunes as they talked about what Clemons’ music meant to them.

“One of our first dates was a Bruce concert,” said Cyndi Matts of Little Silver, recalling the night more than a quarter-century ago when she and the man who later became her husband heard the band perform the song “Jungleland.” ‘’When he had that solo and everyone put their hands up — it still gives me chills.”

By Josh LedermanThe Associated Press

By Ahmad Massieh Neshat and Jon GambrellThe Associated Press

gallery

4Monday, June 20, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | [email protected]

By Natalie ButlerDaily Texan Guest Columnist

OpiniOn

Our degrees matter

Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT ad-ministration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Stu-dent Media Board of Operating Trustees.

Email your Firing Lines to [email protected]. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submis-sions for brevity, clarity and liability.

SUBMIT a FIrINg lINe

Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it.

reCyCle

legaleSe

OVerVIew

The editorial board welcomes guest column submissions. Columns must be between 600 and 800 words. Send col-umns to [email protected]. The Daily Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity, brevi-ty and liability.

SUBMIT a gUeST COlUMN

To say that the conversations surrounding higher education in Texas over the past few months have been heated is an understate-ment. So-called “reforms” being pushed by outside interest groups have been proposed, opposed, discussed and scrutinized. At the center of this debate are a few key players, namely Gov. Rick Perry, members of the University of Texas System Board of Re-gents and the privately funded Texas Public Policy Foundation. After setting their sights on Texas A&M, they have now focused on the University of Texas at Austin, hoping to push their agenda on our campus. Sides have been taken, and the future of the University of Texas is, in many ways, on the line.

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the greatest public universities in the country. More than 32,500 students ap-plied for just 7,000 undergraduate slots last year, demonstrating the clear demand for the valuable and quality education offered here. Unfortunately, the University has been falsely accused by a few of being stuck in its ways and unwilling to reform. What has been characterized as a “push back” to many of these reforms is not the result of an un-willingness to change. On the contrary, our campus is constantly changing and evolv-ing, as it should. From signature courses to the Course Transformation Project, we have worked to imagine ways to improve the classroom experience with technology and

exposure to top faculty. Our administration is fully invested in the future of our Univer-sity, and we as students need to continue to take an active role in helping our institution grow and improve.

The push back, rather, comes from the fear that many of the proposed reforms are ill-conceived, untested and could under-mine the excellence of our University. Some of the reforms that have been tossed around by think tanks and members of the Board of Regents could have long-term damaging ef-fects on our University, our state’s economy and our futures. Massive enrollment expan-sion, separating the teaching and research missions of the University, packing students into huge classes or mandating that we take online courses are not the answer. Having each faculty member teach three sections of a 400-person class would admittedly reduce costs, but what would be the value of that education? It would be minimal compared to the great value of the UT education to-day, which includes an emphasis on writ-ing, research and discussion. If we want our Tier One research institution to encourage analysis, foster critical thinking and teach writing skills while creating the leaders of tomorrow, we have to look beyond a data point and see both the tangible and intangi-ble values of our education. Simply analyz-ing data, though valuable in certain regards, cannot capture all of the critical facets of a University education.

The decision-making and vision for the University of Texas should be established

by those who are fully invested in the insti-tution and have a full understanding of the University experience. Let the president, faculty, administration and, most impor-tantly, students drive reform and innova-tion on our campus. It has been said in this debate over and over again that a one-size-fits-all model will not work for all of the institutions in the UT System. I absolutely believe that is the case and that the size that fits can only be determined by the institu-tion itself.

The degrees from the University of Texas that we are earning mean something. They mean something because the University has a powerful and hard-earned brand of academic excellence. As students, it is in our interest to protect this brand because it ensures the value of our degrees and the number of doors they can open for us in the future. This is a time for students to show the state of Texas what we’re made of and what we want from our education. We are the thinkers and do-ers and leaders of to-morrow. We will not let fringe groups test their ideas on our University. I encourage my fellow students to stand up and voice their opinions to those who seek to under-mine our educations. Check out resources like texaseducationexcellence.org and The Daily Texan to stay updated and get in-volved. When we cross the stage at gradu-ation, I want us all to be able to say, “My degree matters.”

Butler is Student Body President.

A new trend is shaking up Texas and has the potential to bring wealth and employment to thousands of Texans and UT graduates.

New hydrofracking projects in South Texas have already made millionaires out of dozens of small town farmers, and new drill-ing projects have the potential to completely reinvigorate the Texas energy industry. Considering the impressive engineering department here at UT (among the best in the world), UT pe-troleum engineering graduates may be looking at a new field of opportunities. Larger numbers of UT freshmen may also consider the petroleum tract to take advantage of the new industry, and rightfully they should. But petroleum engineers may not be the professionals who receive the most attention; it may be our peers in the smaller hydrogeology program who find themselves in high demand.

In the fracking process, drillers shoot high-pressure jets of sand, chemicals and water into the ground to crack sheet-rock and release trapped deposits of crude oil and gas. The technique has spurred a new on-shore drilling boom from Poland to New Zea-land. Though the technique has been celebrated by the oil indus-try, environmentalists and wildlife activists naturally have some issues with the trend.

Apart from the fact that the process is just another way to ex-ploit fossil fuels, fracking also uses up a lot more water than more conventional drilling processes. The proposed fracking technique would use water in an area of the state that shares an aquifer with Mexico and that has only received two inches of rain since last October and is experiencing the worst drought in the state’s 116 years.

State government is not helping the issue either, as was evident this past week when the Legislature’s attempts at revamping Texas’ water policy for the state was sidelined over the word “vested.” The new policy would have given local elected officials more au-tonomy over their city’s water supplies.

For this industry to thrive, fracking scientists will have to find a good solution to this issue, or we will see the already overwhelm-ing water crisis in Texas expand exponentially. Exonn Mobil is trying out a process of recycling their frack water, and infrastruc-ture updates in the region are already on the way. But these solu-tions will only be short-term. If these energy companies want to continue sucking the life force out of the land of Texas, they are going to have to find a better way to do it. Experts in geology and all things water are going to find themselves front and center in the energy game.

The hydrogeology department at UT is a prestigious institu-tion with well-respected professors and researchers such as Jay Banner, who already has a reputation of positive dealings with policymakers.

Moreover, this problem may be a huge opportunity for new hy-drogeology graduates to work in the field of a massive industry and produce work that will have a powerful impact on people’s lives. Environmentally conscious graduates of UT still mulling over their career options post-graduation shouldn’t shy away from these new projects. The input of innovative and creative young Texans is needed now more than ever.

Young professionals can still participate and push for a more en-vironmentally friendly and sustainable Texas, and they may now have the opportunity to do it from inside the energy industry — if they can stomach a little fracking.

Fisch is a rhetoric and writing senior.

An opportunity for UT graduatesBy Harold FischDaily Texan Columnist

Where’s Perry?

Last week, as the special session of the 82nd Texas Leg-islature put the finishing touches on one of the most hotly-contested state budgets in recent history, the most powerful man in Texas government couldn’t be found within a coy-ote’s howl of the state.

As Republicans and Democrats debated how to make up for a $19 billion budget shortfall over the next two years, Gov. Rick Perry was on a whirlwind cross-country tour, the only purpose of which seemed to be to sheepishly invite questions regarding a possible presidential bid in 2012. Per-ry has previously stated he would not run, saying last year, “I don’t have any interest in going to D.C. as a president, vice president, member of Congress, car guard — none of the above.” But the buzz surrounding our state’s longest-serving governor has continued to mount, and his latest round of out-of-state speaking engagements has some questioning whether Perry is considering throwing his hat into the ring.

Perry has spent the last week traveling cross-country from Los Angeles to New York to New Orleans, a trip which in-cluded stops to meet with “potential donors” and an appear-ance on Fox News where he called himself a “prophet.” Per-haps that term was merely a reference to the national prayer rally that Perry has been busy planning for later this sum-mer. At the Republican Leadership Conference in New Or-leans, where Perry signed copies of his book “Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington,” buttons sporting “Perry 2012” were hot sellers.

Meanwhile, as Perry has been feverishly ripping the Obama administration in his stump speeches, calling it “ir-responsible,” the state he governs still does not have a budget for the upcoming year. School districts are laying off teach-ers, health services aiding thousands of Texans are getting cut and Perry’s primary concern is making sure potential voters know just how much he dislikes President Barack Obama.

The focus of Perry’s speeches has centered on Texas’ eco-nomic performance during the current recession; Perry touts a number of measures showing the state has fared better than its peers in recent years. Some numbers Perry won’t mention include the state’s dismal education ranking — placing it at the bottom of the lists for student achieve-ment — spending per student and graduation rates. Those numbers show no hope of improvement, given the proposed cuts to public education in the state.

Meanwhile, while scouting his campaign trail, Perry seems perfectly content to play the role of prettiest girl at the prom. Texans are left wondering where the party was.

Preserving higher education

Several state leaders have formed the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, unveiled last week, to ad-dress the higher education debate that could substantially reduce the quality of education offered in the state.

In the past several months, Gov. Rick Perry and the UT System Board of Regents have shown support for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, whose proposed reforms include a separation of research and teaching budgets, which would significantly reduce University-generated research, and an unfeasible reduction in tuition costs that would likely result in increased class sizes and fewer courses.

We applaud the efforts of everyone who has spoken out against the proposed reforms and appreciate the action tak-en by the group’s founding members, which total more than 200. The coalition which includes former university presi-dents, regents, and lieutenant governors will help improve discussions and increase transparency surrounding higher education in the state. The group has also garnered attention for the diverse backgrounds of its participants, which in-cludes many former Perry supporters and influential donors from both political parties. We hope it is the first of many steps to preserve the quality of education offered at UT and other universities across Texas.

The Austin City Council is nearing an agreement with the organizers of Formula 1 regarding how to fund the racing event that will debut in June 2012 if the city approves the plan.

City officials say the new deal would require Formula 1 organizers to pay the entire cost and would elim-inate the use of taxpayer dollars going to support the $4-million-a-year rac-es. Earlier proposals would have re-quired Austin taxpayers to foot part of the bill after the first year. Finaliz-ing a deal with the city will make it possible for Formula 1 organizers to annually receive a $25 million subsi-dy from the state’s Major Events Trust Fund to offset development and program costs.

“This is going to be bigger than Austin City Limits and South By Southwest combined as far as eco-nomic development,” said Matt Cur-tis, communications director for Mayor Lee Leffingwell. “We real-ly aren’t going to be financially in-tertwined with Formula 1, and we would still reap the benefits of hun-dreds of millions of dollars in direct and indirect profits.”

The new track, named the Cir-cuit of the Americas, is currently un-der construction in southeast Trav-is County and will host the Formu-la 1 United States Grand Prix race for 10 years. According to the Circuit

of the Americas website, the track is expected to attract an estimated 300,000 fans during race weekends and generate $400 million in revenue through events such as concerts and motorcycle races.

Curtis said the Major Events Trust Fund has only been tapped a few times, and putting it toward the rac-es would be a smart investment. He said several other cities are eager to take advantage of Formula 1 as an economic opportunity if Austin turns down the deal.

He said the city will be required to pick up costs such as extra security and trash pickup as it does with any large event, but these costs are minis-cule compared to the revenue gener-ated by tourism.

“These events bring in a lot of peo-ple from out of town, and the ma-jority of them don’t bring cars,” Cur-tis said. “They’re spending a lot of money here, and this is the best kind of money. It’s tourism dollars, which means all the money stays in our economy.”

Tavo Hellmund, Formula 1 Unit-ed States Grand Prix chairman and Austin native, said in an April press release the new racetrack would boost the local economy throughout the year.

The City Council will discuss the final negotiations of whether or not the city will officially endorse Formu-la 1 at Thursday’s meeting.

5 UNIV

Current Research Opportunities

Age Compensation Requirements Timeline

Better clinic.Better medicine.Better world.Everybody counts on having safe, effective medicine for anything from the common cold to heart disease. But making sure medications are safe is a complex and careful process.

At PPD, we count on healthy volunteers to help evaluate medications being developed – maybe like you. You must meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. We have research studies available in many different lengths, and you’ll find current studies listed here weekly.

PPD has been conducting research studies in Austin for more than 25 years. Call today to find out more.

www.ppdi.com • 462-0492 • Text “PPD” to 48121 to receive study information

Men and Women18 to 45

Call for Compensation

Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI between 20 and 30

Wed. 22 Jun. through Sun. 26 Jun. Wed. 13 Jul. through Sun. 17 Jul. Wed. 27 Jul. through Sun. 31 Jul.

Wed. 10 Aug. through Sun. 14 Aug. Outpatient Visit: 16 Aug.


Up to $3300

Healthy & Non-SmokingBMI between 19 and 30 and

weigh a minimum of 130 pounds

Fri. 24 Jun. through Mon. 27 Jun. Fri. 8 Jul. through Mon. 11 Jul.

Fri. 15 Jul. through Mon. 18 Jul.


Up to $3500

Healthy & Non-Smoking and Weigh between 110

and 198 pounds

Sat. 25 Jun. through Sun. 26 Jun. Multiple Outpatient Visits

Men20 to 45

Up to $3000

Healthy & Non-SmokingBMI between 18 and 30

Sat. 25 Jun. through Mon. 27 Jun. Sat. 23 Jul. through Mon. 25 Jul.

Multiple Outpatient Visits


Up to $3000


Fri. 8 Jul. through Mon. 11 Jul. Fri. 15 Jul. through Mon. 18 Jul. Fri. 22 Jul. through Mon. 25 Jul. Fri. 29 Jul. through Mon. 1 Aug.


Up to $1200


Wed. 13 Jul. through Sun. 17 Jul. Outpatient Visit: 21 Jul.


Up to $4000

Healthy & Non-SmokingBMI between 18.5 and 31.0

Weight greater than 110 lbs for Males and 99 lbs for Females

Fri. 15 Jul. through Mon. 18 Jul. Fri. 22 Jul. through Mon. 25 Jul. Fri. 29 Jul. through Mon. 1 Aug. Fri. 5 Aug. through Mon. 8 Aug.

Fri. 12 Aug. through Mon. 15 Aug. Outpatient Visit: 18 Aug.













NEWSMonday, June 20, 2011 5

Kathie Tovo was the clear win-ner of the Austin City Council Place 3 runoff election hours be-fore the final numbers came in, and a room of excited supporters reveled in celebration and relief.

Tovo defeated incumbent Ran-di Shade, who had held the Place 3 seat since June 2008. In the runoff, Tovo brought in 56.25 percent of the vote to Shade’s 43.75 percent.

“I am going to focus on issues of affordability, on really working with our school district partners to keep our neighborhood schools open and really making sure that I am being responsive to the citi-zens of Austin,” Tovo said.

Tovo said she’ll be making an effort to represent Austinites who wanted to keep Shade in office.

“I think it’s going to be real-ly critical for me to reach out to those who haven’t supported me and begin to build a relationship there,” Tovo said.

The runoff between the two Place 3 candidates generated a greater turnout than the general election. In the first race, 7.4 per-cent of registered voters turned out to the polls, while 9.58 percent voted in the runoff. Tovo received 46.38 percent of the general elec-tion vote — short of the 50 per-cent needed to call the race with-out a runoff.

The two candidates both said they care about serving students but differ in their approaches.

Shade, an entrepreneur and for-mer executive director of the Aus-tin Entrepreneurs Foundation, said she wanted to create a healthy business climate in the hopes that recent graduates find a receptive market for their talents after graduation should they choose to stay in Austin.

Tovo, who served as the vice president of the Neighborhood Planning subcommittee and on the Austin Independent School District’s Community Commit-tee, said she wants to ensure that affordable housing for stu-dents is available in all neigh-borhoods, including the desir-

able central areas.Tovo received a doctorate in

American studies from UT in 2000 and continued as a lectur-er, teaching classes in writing and women’s studies. Shade served as student body president at the Uni-versity during the 1987-88 school year and graduated from Plan II Honors in 1988 before graduating with an MBA from Harvard.

“We’ve made history by get-ting this many people to turn out in a runoff. We’ve gotten a lot of people involved that were ob-viously not interested earlier,” Shade said. “I think we’ve accom-plished a lot at City Hall in the last couple years.”

Tovo won even though she en-tered the campaign after Shade and had fewer financial resources. She received a total of $238,934 in contributions compared to Shade’s $328,416, according to the most recent campaign finance reports filed June 10.

Tovo’s contributions includ-ed $64,129 for her runoff cam-paign because she opted into Austin’s Fair Campaign Finance Pledge. Shade did not opt into the program.

The purpose of the fund is to provide an incentive to local pol-iticians to cap their contributions at a certain level in a runoff to avoid high donations from specif-

ic interests, said Danette Chimen-ti, a volunteer who worked on To-vo’s campaign finance reports and serves on the city’s planning com-mission. The fund is paid for by a collection of fees which register-ing lobbyists pay.

“We had to go out there and get money from your ordinary citi-zens, so it was very much a grass-roots campaign versus a cam-paign by development interests,” Chimenti said.

Tovo will take office in an inau-guration ceremony with re-elected council members Laura Morrison and Chris Riley at City Hall June 28. Shade’s last meeting with the council will be this Thursday.


City Council close to deal with Formula 1 organizers

Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff

A crowd of supporters cheer for Kathie Tovo seconds after her victory of the Austin City Council Place 3 runoff election is announced Saturday night at Scholz Beer Garten.

By Katrina TollinDaily Texan Staff

Tovo wins Place 3 seat by wide margin


Funding for the Formula 1 racing event will fall on the race organizers according to a new plan nearing approval in the Austin City Council.

A UT summer camp in its ninth year has a track record for bringing women into computer sciences.

The Department of Computer Sciences kicked off First Bytes Sum-mer Camp on Sunday. The free pro-gram will bring together 60 Texas high school girls this week and ex-pose them to the field of computer science through activities such as dis-secting computers, attending presen-tations by professional computer sci-entists and visiting St. David’s Hospi-tal to see the da Vinci surgical robot.

Tiffany Grady, assistant director in the Department of Computer Scienc-es, said there have historically been far fewer women than men in com-puter science programs across the country, but this year the University has 15 percent more women enter-ing the department compared to pre-vious years.

“I think exposing the girls to the field early has a very strong impact,” Grady said. “This year we have 12 girls who attended a prior camp and now are going to be enrolled in the fall.”

Camp Director Mary Esther Mid-dleton said the camp aims to en-courage female students to be open-minded about the careers they wish to pursue.

“I think sometimes they think it’s just a male-dominated field,” Mid-dleton said. “Some girls don’t get the encouragement they need, and meeting all these other girls that have the same interest gets them very excited about doing technical

things and solving problems.”Taylor Barnett, an incoming com-

puter science freshman and First Bytes program assistant, said attending the camp in high school inspired her to pursue a computer sciences degree.

“It was like a breath of fresh air be-

ing around girls who also enjoy sci-ence and math,” Barnett said. “It made me even more interested to see all the different things you could do with a computer science degree that I really wasn’t exposed to in high school.”

Computer sciences junior Cassie Schwendiman attended the camp in high school and said it is important to expose students to diverse career op-portunities at an early age so they can avoid later confusion about which field is the best choice for them.

“The girls who attend the camp are so intelligent that they have so many opportunities, and it becomes a strug-gle trying to decide what it is that they truly love,” Schwendiman said.

She said she feels many girls are deterred from entering technical fields because they feel they don’t fit the image of a stereotypical scientist, not because they lack ability.

“I really think it has a lot to do with just not having a lot of really good women role models in computer sci-ence,” Schwendiman said. “There’s a lot of opportunity here and the more girls go into it, the better support group you have.”

6 S/L

LIVE IN IT.LIVE ON IT. “The hottest new place for students to live in Austin… now leasing from $385!”

��200 registrants

will be entered into a drawing for

A FREE iPAD!

Go to ZoneAtEastEnd.com,

EdgeAtEastEnd.com or scan

the code on this ad to register.

Call us today at 866.656.6998to ask us about our community’s cool ammenities!

You can download the scanner app at mobiletag.com

VISIT US AT OUR LEASING CENTER

��

Need to have your wisdom teeth removed?Don’t go to the ring.We have a research study.Right now, PPD is looking for men and women for a post-surgical pain relief research study of an investigational medication. Surgery for qualified study participants will be performedby a board certified oral surgeon. Financialcompensation is provided upon study completionand the surgery is performed at no cost.

For information, call 462-0492Text “PPD” to 48121 to receive study information

NEWS 5 6 Monday, June 20, 2011NEWS

Fellowships to study media’s role in sports with grant funding

The Texas Program in Sports and Media granted $25,000 in fel-lowships to fund research projects on sports and media, the first of their kind for the program.

The program raised $25,000 to grant fellowships to five differ-ent research teams from Universi-ty funds, College of Communica-tion funds and donors, said Tex-as Program in Sports and Media executive director Michael Cram-er in an email. The research proj-ects will contribute to the develop-ing field of sports and media, said program manag-er Christopher Hart.

“The cultur-al footprint of sports and media is vast,” Hart said. “For unknown reasons, there hasn’t been near the level of schol-arship as there has been in other culturally signifi-cant areas.”

The research teams applied for the program in the middle of April and were officially cho-sen in May. All five teams that applied were granted fellowships and belong to various schools in the College of Communication.

Professor Tracy Dahlby was granted $5,500 to study the Cleve-land Indians, the first Major League Baseball team to offer ex-clusive seating for social media journalists. Avery Holton, a grad-uate journalism student working under Dahlby, said this policy is

different from those of other Ma-jor League Baseball teams.

“Basically, Major League Base-ball has been very slow to adapt to social media producers,” Holton said in an email. “They’re some-what ignoring social media pro-ducers who could provide valu-able exposure.”

Holton said the grant money will help pay for trips to Cleve-land. He said the project will help the researchers learn how sports teams can profitably work with social media and how the Cleve-land Indians’ policies will affect the rest of the league.

Associate journalism professor Renita Cole-man was grant-ed $5,000 to study how pho-tojournalists’ gender impacts sports coverage. Coleman will supervise Caro-lyn Yaschur, the graduate stu-dent who came up with the re-search idea af-ter speaking to a former boss a b o u t w h o would fill her position.

“ He m a d e this of f hand c o m m e n t : ‘Well, men and

women just shoot differently,” Yaschur said. “To my knowledge, there’s no research out there inves-tigating the differences between the way men and women photo-journalists shoot, and in particu-lar, the way men and women cov-er sports visually.”

Yaschur said understanding how gender impacts photojour-nalism is important in today’s vi-sual society.

“Because we’re such a visual-ly dominated society, we’re bom-barded with images all the time,” she said. “The factors that come into how photojournalists make their photos are important be-cause it impacts our perspective of the world as viewers.”

Other projects include the cre-ation of digital media archives for football programs in Dal-las and El Paso, research on how media coverage of football af-fects future players’ expectations and an exploration of how par-ents’ control of sports watching on TV affects childrens’ views of sportsmanship.

First Bytes entices tech-minded girls


Lauren Fuller checks the score while bowling in the Union Underground on Sunday night. Fuller and 59 other girls are part of the First Bytes Camp, which gets high school girls interested in computer science.

By Syeda HasanDaily Texan Staff


Wildfires invade communities;additional evacuations ordered

PHOENIX — Authorities or-dered more evacuations Sunday as crews battling a pair of wildfires in Arizona and on the New Mexico border faced extremely high winds that drove flames across contain-ment lines and toward populated areas.

The new evacuations were near the southern Arizona city of Sier-ra Vista, where the Monument fire had already forced nearly 7,000 people to flee 2,600 homes. At least 44 homes have been lost.

Winds reaching 50 mph pushed flames down a mountain and into a heavily populated area Sunday. Fire crews were forced to aban-don their lines and try to set up in new spots as the fire advanced, fire spokesman Bill Paxton said. Res-idents of several areas that had been under a pre-evacuation notic-es were ordered to flee.

An additional 1,500 homes were evacuated Sunday afternoon, and the fire jumped a highway and was blowing into a community, Coch-ise County sheriff’s spokeswom-an Carol Capas said. No addition-al damage to homes was immedi-ately reported.

“It’s moving fast, like it was on Tuesday, just like it was on Thurs-day,” she said. “The fire crews are doing an amazing job, trying to get in front of it.”

“ “

The factors that come into how

photojournalists make their photos

are important because it impacts

our perspective of the world as viewers.

—Carolyn Yaschur, graduate student

NEWS BRIEFLY

R E C Y C L E ♲your copy of

The Daily Texan

1982Pete Rose is 5th baseball player to appear in 3,000 games.

THIS DAY INSPORTS HISTORY

7 SPTS

SPORTS 7Monday, June 20, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Trey Scott, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | [email protected]

SIDELINE2011 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

And so the song remains the same.

Texas faces elimination for the 10th t ime this postsea-son today against North Caroli-na in the College World Series. The Longhorns are 8-1 (includ-ing the Big 12 tournament) with their backs against the wall, but know they have a long road out of their bracket ahead of them; the first stop of which is against the Tar Heels.

“We can’t look ahead. We’ve got to focus on North Carolina and move on from there,” said short-stop Brandon Loy. “It’s a tough

situation we’re in, but we’ve been in these situations the last couple of weeks, and this team is built for it.”

The Longhorns know they didn’t play their best against Flor-ida, and will look to limit their mistakes against the Tar Heels.

“Florida capitalized a lot on our mistakes that we made with walks, or whatever it might be with errors,” said third baseman Erich Weiss. “They deserved to win because they capitalized on it, but we’re just going to have to learn from our mistakes when we play North Carolina.”

The Tar Heels have seven left-handers in their lineup, led by switch-hitting shortstop and

first-round draft pick Levi Mi-chael. The number of lefties has prompted Texas head coach Augie Garrido to consider starting left-hander Sam Stafford rather than senior right-hander Cole Green. If it were up to Green, he would pitch in the four games it would take to get to the finals out of the loser’s bracket.

“I sacrificed something to be here,” said Green, who turned down a MLB contract to return to Texas for his senior season. “This is what I’ve worked for the whole year.”

It was a tough start to the sea-son for Green, who didn’t pick up

Things sure looked good after two-and-a-half innings for Tex-as. The lead was 3-0, and Taylor Jungmann, who had yet to give up a hit, would be returning to the mound.

Five runs, four walks, three hits, a wild pitch, a hit batter and many poorly placed pitches later, Jungmann was out of the game, Florida had a lead, and the Long-horns looked out of it.

Today is a new day and a new game; one against another tra-ditional baseball powerhouse in North Carolina. It’s hard to resist taking one last look at Texas’ 8-4 loss to Florida.

Though he had lost two straight postseason games before Saturday night, not too many people actually expected Jung-mann’s struggles to continue. Against Florida, he looked like a ghost of himself. His pitching mechanics were poor, he couldn’t consistently repeat his arm an-gle, he threw seven straight balls at one point and he had no com-mand of any of his usually nasty breaking pitches.

Bullpen’s shortcomings push Horns to the edgeBy Trey ScottDaily Texan Staff

By Jon ParrettDaily Texan Staff

Andrew Edmonson | Daily Texan Staff

Taylor Jungmann, bottom right, gave up four earned runs in the 8-4 loss Saturday to Florida. The starting pitcher was once 13-0, but has lost three consecutive games.

[BRACKET 1]

[BRACKET 2]

Vanderbilt (1-0)• Batting average .319• ERA 2.38

Virginia (1-0)• Batting average .306• ERA 2.26


North Carolina senior center fielder Ben Bunting gets a hit Saturday against Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels loss sets up an elimination game with Texas today at 1 p.m.

Texas familiar with elimination pressures

MISTAKES continues on PAGE 9

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2

Rory Mcllroy -16$1,440,000

Jason Day -8$865,000

Robert Garrigus -6$364,241

Kevin Chappell -6$364,241

Lee Westwood -6$364,241

Y.E. Yang -6$364,241

Peter Hanson -5$228,416

Sergio Garcia -5 $228,416

Charl Schwartzel -4$192,962

Louis Oosthuizen -4$192,962

1

3

MEN’S GOLF U.S. OPEN RESULTS/ EARNINGS

ON THE WEB:For College World

Series coverage, visit

dailytexanon-line.com

Date: TodayTime: 1 p.m.On air: ESPN

Texas v. North Carolina

WHAT TO WATCH

Date: TonightTime: 6 p.m.

On air: ESPN2

Vanderbilt v. Florida

Eric Francis | Associated Press

South Carolina’s Scott Wingo, left, celebrates with teammates after knocking in the winning run against Texas A&M in the ninth inning Sunday night.

Texas A&M falls to South Carolina after squandering large early lead

PRESSURE continues on PAGE 9

OMAHA, Neb. — Michael Roth pitched into the eighth inning with-out allowing an earned run for South Carolina and Scott Wingo went 4-for-4, including a walk-off single to beat Texas A&M 5-4 Sunday in the College World Series.

The Aggies began the game on fire by scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. Tyler Naquin reached first safely on a throwing error to lead off and scored three batters later on a sin-gle from Jacob House. Brandon Wood came to bat later in the inning with bases loaded and slapped a triple that scored three runs to put the Aggies up

four after half a frame.“The game couldn’t have started any

better for us — we scored four runs and were on a roll,” said Texas A&M head coach Rob Childress. “Then the nerves got to us and we made some mistakes.”

Texas A&M’s defense did not play any better than South Carolina’s in the bottom of the inning as Aggie start-er Ross Stripling allowed the first three Gamecocks to reach base. Stripling then balked to score a runner, and sec-ond baseman Andrew Collazo over-threw first base, allowing two more scoring runs. The Gamecocks added another run on an infield single from Peter Mooney to tie the game.


AGGIES continues on PAGE 9

RANGERS

BRAVES

RANGERS

BRAVES

MLB

DODGERS

ASTROS

DODGERS

ASTROSFlorida (1-0)• Batting average .311• ERA 3.01

Texas (0-1)• Batting average .272• ERA 2.27

North Carolina (0-1)• Batting average .289• ERA 3.27

South Carolina (1-0)• Batting average .296• ERA 2.60

Texas A&M (0-1)• Batting average .293• ERA 2.88

California (0-1)• Batting average .287• ERA 2.84

CWS

8 SPTS

Austin 360 & Hwy. 183 (across from the Arboretum) (512) 349-0555STORE HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9 am - 9 pm; Sunday 11 am - 6 pm

49 locations nationwide. For other store locations, visit containerstore.com or call 1-800-733-3532.

©2011 The Container Store® Inc. All rights reserved. 10-13267 5/11

We’re now mobile! Shop containerstore.com from your mobile phone

Our Blog standfor.containerstore.com

You’re invited to our exclusive college savings events and you could win a

$1,000 dorm room makeover!containerstore.com/college

Be sure to check out

on July 14 andLike Us on Facebook TXLonghornLife

and Follow Us on Twitter @TXLonghornLife

This is my Villageat RiversideThis is my Villageat Riverside

Phone: 512-386-5200Fax: 512-385-5060

Email: [email protected] STARTING AT $360.00

Village @ Riverside$410.00

8 Monday, June 20, 2011SPORTS

OMAHA, Neb. — It is the quiet-ist June old Rosenblatt Stadium has ever seen.

Fans used to pack the ballpark, cars used to pack the neighbor-hood and vendors used to pack the street. Flags flew high in front of the grand entrance, right behind the famous statue of a bronzed de-piction of celebration — a player with his index finger pointed high in the air, carried by players and coaches, maybe even a fan. On the foundation beneath the statue read: The Road to Omaha.

Since 1950, Johnny Rosenb-latt Stadium was home to the Col-lege World Series. But, like all good things, Rosenblatt got too old. Too dirty. Too out-dated.

In an effort to keep the CWS in its familiar Omaha home, the city agreed to build a new stadi-um; a ritzy downtown ballpark, fully furnished with state-of-the-art technology. The new project, to be named TD Ameritrade Park Omaha — not the same ring in the name — ended up costing too much at $131 million.

To pay off the debt of the new park, Rosenblatt was sold to the

nearby Henry Doorly Zoo, which plans to demolish the stadium and turn it into a parking lot. The Zoo does have plans however of me-morializing Rosenblatt by con-structing Infield at the Zoo, a 90-foot-by-90-foot replica featur-ing the stadium’s famous blue roof and an infield cut down to Little League size.

“It will be a sad day when Rosen-blatt meets its demise,” said Oma-ha City Council President Garry Gernandt. “But the zoo plan is a jaw dropper.”

While CWS fans are enjoying the new stadium, which offers better accessibility and more fan-friendly accommodations, some in attendance lament the loss of Rosenblatt.

“TD Ameritrade is a nicer sta-dium but it has no culture, con-trary to Rosenblatt,” said Eddie Flood, a resident of Omaha. “But it has potential.”

Flood, a teenager who has at-tended more than a few College World Series games at Rosenblatt, thought TD Ameritrade seemed “more corporate.”

“Rosenblatt was more old-school,” he said.

The ability to park in neigh-boring yards and pull up RV

trailers right up to Rosenb-latt, which is located in a subur-ban area about 10 minutes away from TD Ameritrade, made the stadium popular.

“It had a more hometown ex-perience,” said one on-duty po-lice officer who chose to re-main anonymous. “It was much less formal.”

Those trying to get one last glimpse at the historic “Diamond on the Hill,” might be disappoint-ed. The entire perimeter of the stadium is surrounded by a wire fence, restricting access. On the en-trance columns, you can see where old plaques have been torn off — nothing but old drill holes and caulk. The flagpoles are empty, the parking lot is deserted — one day soon, the whole place will be noth-ing but a parking lot — and there is hardly a soul to be seen, unless you count a few zoo visitors. The statue is gone. All that remains is a stump of the foundation covered by ply-wood. It was transplanted down-town to TD Ameritrade, where it greets visitors in front of the new main entrance.

It still reads: The Road to Omaha.

I t ’s j u s t n o t t h e s a m e destination.


Texas freshman Corey Knebel carries the Longhorn flag during Friday’s opening ceremonies at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. Fans were treated to a speech from Hall of Famer Dave Winfield and a 20-minute fireworks show.

With backs to the wall, Horns plan to lead with experience

One time ballpark landmark sits emptyBy Trey ScottDaily Texan Staff


Rosenblatt Stadium, which was home to the College World Series from1950-2010, is no longer in use. The local zoo has plans to turn it into a parking lot.

Texas isn’t new to facing elim-ination this postseason, but the College

World Series bracket format does afford the Longhorns with some-thing they haven’t had their previ-ous tournaments — a day off be-tween games.

“I like the day off between elim-ination games because we get to come out here in practice and kind of forget about things and have some fun,” said junior Brandon Loy. “Y’all probably can’t tell we got beat by the way we acted during practice.”

Loy said that the Longhorns’ will to win is what makes them so dan-gerous when facing elimination, and their experiences this post-

season provide an advantage other teams don’t have.

“This team doesn’t want to go home,” Loy said. “I’m not going to say it’s going to be easy but it’s a sit-uation we’ve put ourselves in all postseason and we’ve battled our way out of them, and that’s what we’ve got to do again. It’s going to be tough but we’re going to give it our best shot.”

Tinkerbell in the bullpenThe Longhorn bullpen has a

strange freshman tradition that some might find humiliating, but it’s a tradition closer Corey Knebel has learned to embrace.

“I have a weird windup, I throw weird and all I throw is fastballs — it’s weird,” Knebel said. “And I got

a pink and purple backpack. It’s weird too.”

Freshman pitchers have carried a pink and purple Tinkerbell back-pack out to the bullpen the entire season. Assistant strength and con-ditioning coach Lance Sewell start-ed the tradition years ago by choos-ing a freshman that doesn’t care what fans or anyone else thinks.

Knebel and fellow freshman re-liever Nathan Thornhill trade off wearing the backpack, and have de-veloped a rotation similar to their pitching duties on the team.

“She’s Tinkerbell and I don’t care what anyone thinks,” Knebel said. “Right now, Nathan’s been taking care of her for whenever I’m pitch-ing and he’s in the bullpen. We pret-ty much call it our baby.”


Recycle youR copy of The Daily Texan

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

VEHICLES FOR SALE

100 Vehicles Wanted

BMW 323i $2505

Loaded runs and looks great, priced to sell fast. red/tan 123k mi. pics by email request only [email protected] feel free to text me any time at 915-247-6567

HOUSING RENTAL

360 Furn. Apts.

NOW LeasiNg iN West CaMpus

Studios and 1 bedrooms available for Summer or Fall move-in. Starting at $675!!! Most bills paid!!!Red Oak Apts located at 2104 San Gabriel St. Envoy Apts located at 2108 San Gabriel St. Barranca Square Apts lo-cated at 910 W. 26th St. Office hours M-F 8:30-5:00. Please visit us at w w w.wsgaust in.com, call 512.499.8013 or email [email protected]

370 Unf. Apts.

DeeN KeetON/

ReD RiVeRSpacious 2BR/2BA Apts. On-site laundry. FREE Cable, internet, parking. Quiet, Non-Smoking, No-Pets, 2900 Swisher. $1200/month. 512-477-3388 [email protected]

NOW LeasiNg iN HyDe

paRKStudios, one bedrooms, and two bedrooms avail-able for Summer & Fall move-in. Starting at $650!!! Most Bills Paid!!! Monticello Apts lo-cated at 306 W. 38th St. Le Marquee Apts lo-cated at 302 W. 38th St. Melroy Apts located at 3408 Speedway. Office hours M-F 8:30-5:00. Please visit us at w w w.wsgaust in.com, call 512.499.8013 or email [email protected]

400 Condos-TownhousesOaKVieW CONDO Walk to CAMPUS $900, 1/1, Balcony, security gate, parking, pool, quiet! call or text James. 512-417-5636

2/2 CONDO NORtH CaMpus August Leas-ing $1400/Month

$200 GC Look and Lease

Gated Access, Assigned Parking, W/D, Balcony

[email protected] 512-736-5174

420 Unf. Houses

1/2 MiLe tO CaMpus

Nice 4Beds/2Baths for $1,800/mon. 5Beds/2Bath for $2,000/mon. Cel-ling fans, Central AC/Heat. Wash/Dryer. 3009 Cherrywood Rd. Owner Pays water & Yard Care. Pre-Leasing for August. John/512-809-1336

425 RoomsaVaiLaBLe iMMeDi-ateLy Two large rooms in lovely home/Central Austin. Perfect for Grad-uate Students. 10 min-utes UT shuttle. $500ea. plus utilities. Share bath.

Call now. 352-284-0979

REAL ESTATE SALES

130 Condos-Townhomes

2/2 CONDO * pOOL!

$99,900 !!Approx. 5 miles to UT* Bus, shopping, dining only steps away! 1st floor, corner unit! Wet bar*Contact Carolyn Smith, CB agent; more photos. 512-452-562

2/2 CONDO pOOL!

$99,900 !!With roommate, less than $500 per month! Approx. 5 miles to UT* Bus, din-ing, shopping only steps away! 1st Floor, corner unit* Wet bar*Contact Carolyn Smith, CB agent. 512-452-5622

EMPLOYMENT

780 Employment ServicesCustOMeR seRViCe Rep. NeeDeD Custormer Service rep needed to work for our aid. 18yrs and above needed. Must possess good typ-ing skills, speak eng-lish fluently. Will earn $3000 montly. Email me at ([email protected]) if intereste

teCHNiCaL suppORt LeVeL 1

teleNetwork is seeking qualified applicants to provide Internet techni-cal support. Come join our team in a casual, friendly, and fun environ-ment! Ideal experience for Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, and Communica-tion Majors. PAID TRAIN-ING. Performance based pay scale. Knowledge of Dial-Up, DSL, E-mail, and VOIP a plus. Visit our website to fill out an ap-plication for immediate consideration. www.te-lenetwork.com/careers.html. Start $8-$15/hr. Apply online at telenet-work.com

790 Part TimeBaRteNDiNg! $300/DAY POTENTIAL

No experience neces-sary. Training courses available. Age 18+. 800-965-6520 ext. 113

aDMiN asst tO pROf speaKeR

10 hrs wk; $18 hr; experi-ence with Microsoft Of-fice Suite ’10; perform all admin duties as needed & personal errands; needs transportation; must be reliable, profes-sional; casual office in lrg ad agency, near Whole Foods 512-320.8707

870 Medical

875 Medical Study x ID 3068213

FOR SALE

Sell HobbiesstuN guNs, taseRs, peppeR SPRAY & other REALLY COOL items!

Be Safe--not Sorry!

www.constantstealth.com

875 Medical Study

130 Condos-Townhomes

CLASSIFIEDSADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the fi rst day of publication, as the publishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. In consideration of The Daily Texan’s acceptance of advertising copy for publication, the agency and the advertiser will indemnify and save harmless, Texas Student Media and its offi cers, employees and agents against all loss, liability, damage and expense of whatsoever nature arising out of the copying, print-ing or publishing of its advertisement including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees resulting from claims of suits for libel, violation of right of privacy, plagiarism and copyright and trademark infringement. All ad copy must be approved by the newspaper which reserves the right to request changes, reject or properly classify an ad. The advertiser, and not the newspaper, is responsible for the truthful content of the ad. Advertising is also subject to credit approval.

Self-serve, 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.comCLASSIFIEDS

THE DAILY TEXAN

Self-serve, 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.com

AD RUNS

ONLINE FOR

FREE!word ads only

recycle

RECYCLERECYCLE

RemembeR!you saw it in the Texan

watch weekly for thesuper tuesday coupons

PPD Study Opportunities

PPD conducts medically supervised re-search studies to help evaluate new in-vestigational medications. PPD has been conducting research studies in Austin for more than 25 years. The qualifica-tions for each study are listed below. You must be available to remain in our facil-ity for all dates listed for a study to be eligible. Call today for more information.

462-0492 • ppdi.comtext “ppd” to 48121 to receive study information


Call for CompensationHealthy & Non-SmokingBMI between 20 and 30

Wed. 22 Jun. through Sun. 26 Jun. Wed. 13 Jul. through Sun. 17 Jul.Wed. 27 Jul. through Sun. 31 Jul.

Wed. 10 Aug. through Sun. 14 Aug. Outpatient Visit: 16 Aug.


Up to $3300Healthy & Non-SmokingBMI between 19 and 30

and weigh a minimum of 130 poundsFri. 24 Jun. through Mon. 27 Jun.

Fri. 8 Jul. through Mon. 11 Jul. Fri. 15 Jul. through Mon. 18 Jul.


Up to $3500Healthy & Non-Smoking

and weigh between 110 and 198 poundsSat. 25 Jun. through Sun. 26 Jun.


Men20 to 45


Sat. 25 Jun. through Mon. 27 Jun. Sat. 23 Jul. through Mon. 25 Jul.




Fri. 8 Jul. through Mon. 11 Jul. Fri. 15 Jul. through Mon. 18 Jul. Fri. 22 Jul. through Mon. 25 Jul.Fri. 29 Jul. through Mon. 1 Aug.



Wed. 13 Jul. through Sun. 17 Jul.Outpatient Visit: 21 Jul.


Up to $4000Healthy & Non-SmokingBMI between 18.5 and 31

Weight greater than 110 lbs for males and 99 lbs for females

Fri. 15 Jul. through Mon. 18 Jul. Fri. 22 Jul. through Mon. 25 Jul.Fri. 29 Jul. through Mon. 1 Aug.Fri. 5 Aug. through Mon. 8 Aug.

Fri. 12 Aug. through Mon. 15 Aug.Outpatient Visit: 18 Aug.

Classifiedsday, month day, 2008 3B

1

370 Apts.

EFF. & 1-2-3-4-BDRMSNow Preleasing!Starting at $225 per RM.

Point South & Bridge Hollow 444-7536

• Gated Community

• Student Oriented• On UT Shuttle

Route• Microwaves

• Sand & Water Volleyball

• Vaulted Lofts w/Ceiling Fans

• 6 Min. to Down-town & Campus

• Free DVD Library• Spacious Floor

Plans & Walk-in Closets

• 2 Pools w/Sundecks

1910 Willow Creek - Models Available

AUSTIN APART. ASSOC.

PROPERTY OF THE YEAR!

Pointsouthbridgehollow.com

Donors average $150 per specimen.Apply on-line

www.123Donate.com

Seeks College-Educated Men18–39 to Participate in aSix-Month Donor Program

9 CLASS/SPTS/ENT

SPORTSMonday, June 20, 2011 9

OMAHA, Neb. — John Hicks’ RBI single in the seventh inning broke a scoreless tie and Virgin-ia went on to defeat California 4-1 at the College World Series on Sunday.

Virginia ace Danny Hultzen and Tyler Wilson were with-in an out of combining for the first CWS shutout in five years before Chad Bunting hit a run-scoring single over shortstop with two outs in the ninth inning.

Hicks’ one-out base hit into center ended the longest score-less CWS game in 24 years, and Steve Proscia followed with a sacrifice fly.

The No. 1 seed Cavaliers (55-10) move to a Bracket 2 winners’ game on Tuesday night. They’ll play South Carolina.

Cal (37-22) meets Texas A&M Tuesday.

Hultzen, the No. 2 overall draft pick by the Seattle Mari-ners, allowed three hits over 6 1-3 innings. Wilson (9-0) got the win and Branden Kline record-ed the last out for his 18th save.

Logan Scott (1-2) took the loss in relief of Erik John-son, who struggled for a third

straight start.The Cavaliers finally broke

through after No. 9 hitter Keith Werman singled leading off the seventh and Chris Taylor walked, chasing Scott and bring-ing on closer Matt Flemer.

After John Barr moved the runners over with a sacrifice,

Hicks sent a liner into center to score Werman before Proscia’s sacrifice fly.

Virginia added to the lead in the eighth on Jared King’s RBI triple and Werman’s run-scor-ing single.

Cal finished sixth in the Pac-10 and was a surprise CWS

qualifier after the school admin-istration threatened to drop the program next year. A $9 mil-lion fundraising effort saved the program.

Virginia is trying to win the Atlantic Coast Conference’s first national title in baseball since Wake Forest 56 years ago.

By Eric OlsonThe Associated Press

One time ballpark landmark sits empty“Around the third inning I got out of rhythm

and made some bad pitches,” Jungmann said. “I walked a lot of people and that’s something I don’t usually do.”

Head coach Augie Garrido joked that Jung-mann being given a three-run lead screwed ev-erything up, because “he’s not supposed to have run support” — a tongue-in-cheek reference to Texas’ offensive struggles.

There was still a chance even after Jungmann departed the game, as the Longhorns were be-hind just one run. Andrew McKirahan and Na-than Thornhill struggled in relief, combining to give up three runs. Kendal Carrillo’s perfor-mance was a bright spot, who went 1.1 innings without giving up a hit. But danger lurks in ev-ery spot of Florida’s powerful lineup, and Texas could not have afforded any pitching struggles.

“We played a below-average game against a very good team and they had the ability to capital-ize on it and penalize us severely,” Garrido said.

The Longhorns scored four runs Saturday night, but three of them were flukes. The first two hitters of the third inning reached base on errors, and the team only had two hits in the inning. Florida’s starting pitcher Hudson Ran-dall buckled down, at one point retiring 10 straight hitters.

“Once he got the lead back, he became more competitive and found his rhythm,” Garrido said. “He took charge of the game.”

Against a shirking strike zone, Randall was able to throw three different pitches for strikes.

“He’s been good all year. He throws a lot of strikes,” Brandon Loy said. “We hit some balls hard, it just didn’t go our way.”

MISTAKEScontinues from PAGE 7

once noted for his ability to pitch well in big games, lose his third consecutive postseason match.

“We had a few mistakes and we didn’t capitalize on our chances,” Weiss said. “It’s one that got away.”

The Longhorns have been best this season with their backs against the wall. They won three straight elimination games in the Austin Regional and two more elimination games in the Super Regional. They have confidence in these situations. Everything — each pitch, each at-bat and each coaching decision — becomes dire, and the margin for er-ror shrivels.

“It’s tough to fight from behind all the time, but we’ve been done this the past

couple of weeks,” said junior Brandon Loy. “And it’s prepared us for what we’re about to go through this week.”

Earlier, Texas had to beat Texas State and Kent State (twice) and then win two in a row against Arizona State. But this challenge is a whole different monster: this team will now have to top North Carolina (50-15) and then beat both Vanderbilt (53-10) and a 51-17 Florida team (and will have to beat one of those teams twice) just to make it the champi-onship series.

Smart, sensible money has Texas tak-ing down the Tar Heels at 1 p.m. to-day, with bulldog Cole Green tak-ing the mound and the recent record of strong offensive play in win-or-go-

home games.“We didn’t expect to lose the first

game, but it’s something we’ve done be-fore,” Green said. “The season has been on the line in my past two starts, and that helps going into this game.”

What will be most challenging will be the fight against exhaustion and the wor-ry that this team does not believe it can take down such highly seeded teams. But the Longhorns were surprisingly loose and upbeat during the team’s practice Sunday at Creighton’s baseball stadium.

“We feel confident with Cole; he’s been lights-out in the playoffs,” Weiss said.

And they also feel confident that they can somehow climb out of another deep hole. Texas’ best attribute is not its hit-

ting, and, after Saturday night’s staff im-plosion, it might not be its pitching. It’s the team’s now-famous killer instinct, something the Longhorns point out each time they lose a big postseason game.

“With our backs against the wall, we’ve got a real good killer instinct,” said junior Jordan Etier. “We just need to stay together as a team.”

If you need further proof that this nev-er-say-die Texas team can pull it off, look no further than last year: South Carolina lost its first game, and then won six in a row to win the championship.

Time will tell if the Longhorns are destined to pull it off. But we do know one thing: they’ve fought off elimination before.

ELIMINATION continues from PAGE 1

AGGIES continues from PAGE 7


Rosenblatt Stadium, which was home to the College World Series from1950-2010, is no longer in use. The local zoo has plans to turn it into a parking lot.

his first win until his fourth start. But Green has caught fire the past month, and is argu-ably pitching the best for Texas when it counts the most.

“I’ve learned a lot and it’s been a humbling year,” Green said. “I had to set goals not based upon results.”

For Green to be successful against Carolina’s left-handed batters, he needs to establish his fastball and throw a lot of strikes early in the count.

Green is 2-0 in four post-season appearances this year, including a five-inning out-ing against Arizona State in an elimination game of the Super Regional.

Green started the final game of the 2009 College World Se-ries, when Texas lost to LSU. He said he will use what he learned in the loss to LSU, and that pitching doesn’t get any tougher than what he went through in 2009.

“This is what he came back for. He’s a leader on this team, and he’s done everything he can to put us in a position to win,” Loy said. “Cole is definitely the guy we want out there.”

“I dealt with my nerves in the first in-ning,” Stripling said. “It took me until the second or third to settle down. They’re a good hitting team and took four runs from us right after we took four from them.”

Stripling did settle down after the first and only surrendered four more

hits in his eight innings. The problem for the Aggies was that South Carolina starter Michael Roth was just as good.

“Hats off to him,” Stripling said of Roth. “Too bad I came out on the wrong side of the stick, but it happens when you’re going against somebody as good as him.”

Kyle Martin relieved Stripling to be-gin the ninth inning but surrendered a leadoff double to Robert Beary and was pulled for Nick Fleece. Fleece then al-lowed a single and issued a walk, which loaded the bases for Wingo to slap a single to right field and end the game.

The Aggies will play California in the

loser’s bracket on Tuesday, while South Carolina faces Virginia later that evening.

“This isn’t the first time we’ve lost a game,” Childress said. “Our guys have been very resilient and they know there’s still tomorrow. I know we’ll get Cal’s best, and I can tell you Cal’s going to get our best.”

PRESSUREcontinues from PAGE 7

Pitching propels Cavaliers to 4-1 win

Eric Francis| Associated Press

California’s Austin Booker, right, is caught stealing second base by Virginia’s second baseman Keith Werman, The Cavaliers beat the Bears 4-1 Sunday afternoon.

10 COUPONS/ENT

SUPER

• STUDENT ORIENTED • MODELS AVAILABLE • GUARANTEED PRE-LEASING-NO WAITING LIST • ON UT SHUTTLE ROUTE • APARTMENTS STARTING @ $225 PER PERSON • SPACIOUS EFF, 1, 2, 3, 4 BEDROOMS 12 Month Lease

PointSouthBridgeHollow.com 512-444-7536

A P A R T M E N T S

Point South &Bridge Hollow

Coupons Expires: 7/17/11

APARTMENTS

Point South&Bridge Hollow

$0 DEPOSIT$0 APPLICATION

$0 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES$250 OFF 1ST MONTH RENT

3120 GuadalupeAustin, Texas 78705

512-451-2696

$3 off anyCar Wash / Oil Change

with coupon or student id

www.arborcarwash.com

SUPER

$3OFF $10OFF��

Coupon valid only at participating locations. Not valid with anyother offer. No cash value. One coupon valid per customer. Please present coupon prior to payment of service.©2011 Supercuts Inc. Printed U.S.A. Expires: 5/31/11 DLYTX

Coupon valid only at participating locations. Not valid with anyother offer. No cash value. One coupon valid per customer. Please present coupon prior to payment of service.©2011 Supercuts Inc. Printed U.S.A. Expires: 5/31/11 DLYTX

www.supercuts.com www.supercuts.com

25 AUSTINAREA SALONS

FREE WI-FI

ON “THE DRAG”3025 GUADALUPE ST.(NEXT TO WHEATSVILLE CO-OP)

512-476-4255

12/31/11 12/31/11

SUPER

SUPERprint COUpOnS Online at: http://www.dailytexanonline.net/coupons/

TEXAS STUDENT MEDIAThe Daily Texan • TSTV • KVRX • The Cactus • The Texas Travesty

10 Monday, June 20, 2011LIFE&ARTS

Bury Me in My Rings

The ElectedGenre: American indie rockTracks: 12For those who like: Fleetwood Mac, Tilly and the Wall, Thao & Mirah

being considered as necessary. On the other hand, people who do not, and proudly so, do not participate, tend to do that at their own risk.”

These are the people who have found that taking that risk is not that big a deal, he said — or so they claim.

“In other words, their ignorance is their bliss. But at the same time, these are probably some of the peo-ple that complain that nobody calls them,” he said.

Those who are without a Face-book or late to join the bandwag-on are called “laggards” in academic terms, Sylvie said.

“They’re the last, shall we say, 5 to 10 percent of people to adopt. Now there are always laggards for every type of technology — would you be-lieve that not everybody has a tele-phone? And they’re doing fine. For their purposes they’ve got other ways of communication,” he said. “You have to realize that Facebook is not the only way to communicate. People have other ways. There are all kinds of reasons that people don’t keep up with technology development.”

ComScore, an Internet market-ing research company that provides data and services to Internet giants such as Google and Yahoo, report-ed that 693 million unique visitors worldwide (ages 15 years or older) visited Facebook in March this year,

up 43 percent from the same month in 2010. Recent disputed reports de-clare Facebook growth is slowing down in the U.S., but the site still saw about 157.2 million unique U.S. visitors in May.

Data gathered by Wedbush Secu-rities Inc. and reported in January by Business Insider found that for the 2,500 Facebook non-users over 18 years of age surveyed, the No. 1 reason for not participating was because they saw Facebook as a “waste of time.” Pri-vacy concerns were the second-most cited reason, followed by “no time” and “don’t know how to use it.”

This correlates with the reasons that some UT students gave for not using Facebook.

“I was using it every day — very, very often,” said Aaron Lee, who graduated from UT last year with a degree in economics. “That’s why I came to the realization that I wasted a lot of time on it. I felt like Facebook was consuming me because I was on it all the time. I mean, I have an iP-hone and I have a computer and I work on a computer at work, so I was constantly on Facebook all day long. It was too much of a distraction.”

Lee, who stopped using Facebook in January, doesn’t know anybody else who doesn’t use Facebook, but he said that sacrificing the event invites and friends’ photos, which Lee considers

benefits of the site, doesn’t really mat-ter to him or anyone else he knows.

“People would tell me ‘I’ll just con-tact you via Facebook,’ and I’d tell them that I don’t have one and and they’d be like, ‘Oh, but why?’ and would say that it’s kind of weird be-cause it’s become such a norm now,” Lee said. “What I’ve experienced so far, they don’t really seem like they care too much. They just get my phone number.”

Madelyn Deyoung, a biology ju-nior, has never had a Facebook.

“Part of me thinks that it’s a waste of time,” Deyoung said. “Everyone sits down and stares at pictures of oth-er people. You make lots of friends, but the whole thing kind of stunk. I had Myspace before and sometimes people would spend hours on there. I don’t understand why, I don’t think

of it as a necessity. I don’t want a lot of random people trying to be my friend on Facebook. I think that’s re-ally strange. It’s not always sincere whenever you’re saying hello.”

Deyoung said that she’ll probably get a Facebook in the future in order to keep in touch with friends and stay updated with clubs, but for right now, she’s fine with not having it.

“Some people think [people who don’t use Facebook] are weird, but I don’t see why,” Deyoung said. “I al-ways thought that I shouldn’t have to have Facebook to keep in touch with the people I’m friends with. I feel like if a person says ‘hey’ to you on Face-book, it takes less than a second, but if they take the time to call you then it kind of means something more. They really want to talk to you, they’re not just bored on Facebook.”

the nuances of choosing the right food and knowing what’s in them is too complex to be boiled down into a simple graphic.

The original design, created in 1992 and the most familiar to young people, has been maligned by health experts, such as Har-vard nutritionist Dr. Walter Wil-let (a longtime critic of the US-DA’s health guidelines), for being too vague and not based on the most up-to-date science. The re-vamped pyramid created in 2005, called MyPyramid, was essentially the same as the previous pyramid, just turned on its side. MyPyramid featured an even more abstract de-sign — most public displays did not even include pictures of food. MyPyramid also included a stairs element alongside the pyramid that is supposed to symbolize the need for physical activity, but the ambi-guity of the design made it difficult to convey that information.

Willet and the Harvard School of Public Health (where he is the chair of the department of nutri-tion) have been critical of the food pyramid and its incoherence, lack of current data and heavy influence from the food industry. That influ-ence that is difficult to ignore be-cause the food pyramids and My-Plate were created in conjunction with the Department of Agricul-ture, which is responsible for the advocacy of U.S. food producers.

While the influence may not be as overt in MyPlate, it still doesn’t do enough to provide the infor-mation most people need to make good decisions about the food they eat.

While it’s easy to see why the USDA and the first lady wanted to streamline the process of choos-ing your food as much as possi-ble for Americans with busy lives, MyPlate may be too simplified. Based purely on the visual of the plate, it would seem that, as long

as you fulfill the proper portions requirement, anything you choose is fair game: there’s no differentia-tion as to what’s best within in each food group.

For example, while MyPlate rec-ommends about a fourth of your plate consist of protein, not all pro-teins are created equally and some are healthier than others. Harvard outlines how red and processed meats are unhealthy compared to proteins such as fish, poultry and beans.

Despite years of scientific re-search and reporting, there contin-ues to be a disparity between what we know to be healthy and the ac-tual quality of the food we produce. A paper, published in the Ameri-can Journal of Preventative Med-icine in 2010 and conducted by doctors from the National Cancer Institute, concluded that the quali-ty of the current U.S. food supply is insufficient to meet federal recom-mendations.

This information is all readily available, but often densely packed. The Internet is filled with helpful and relevant health information, but as the first lady notes, most people don’t have the time or inter-est to track that information down and implement it. Graphics like MyPlate are created for their ease of use and understanding.

While the goals of MyPlate are well-intentioned and admirable, it glosses over crucial information about dietary health. The easiest way to communicate what foods are healthy may not be in a color-ful graph or chart, but in old-fash-ioned education. In a 2008 study published in the Journal of School Health, middle school students in-structed in a comprehensive healthy lifestyle education program showed improvement in their eating behav-iors and perhaps most promising-ly, the kids felt more confident in their ability to eat healthily.

In between the transition from lead guitarist of indie band Rilo Kiley to center stage with his own band, The Elected, singer-song-writer Blake Sennett found a light-er-hearted perspective on music.

Despite his two-year break from the music industry, Sen-nett’s latest album Bury Me in My Rings is laced with what he is best known for — not-too-sweet lyrics on conventions of love, smooth, poppy beats and a whis-pery voice.

While in town for the band’s concert at Emo’s last Friday, Sen-nett met with the Texan to dis-cuss his musical hiatus, his latest album and child acting career on “Boy Meets World.”

DT: This is your first album since you kind of, well, left the music world in 2010. So what inspired you to come back?

Blake Sennett: I think I missed it. I think I did a lot of soul searching. Also, I was excited to try things with this fresh perspec-tive that I think I’ve been able to cultivate over the last two-and-a-half years.

DT: Why did you decide to leave in the first place?

BS: I think I was disappoint-ed. I felt a little stagnant, a little stale spiritually and emotionally. If you’re around the same people for years it can make you a lit-tle, well, bitter and weird. I didn’t want to be like that. I needed to step away from everything and see what that felt like and expe-rience that perspective.

DT: So how is Bury Me In My Rings different from previous albums by The Elected?

BS: I think it’s a lot less self-conscious. It’s a lot

more stream of consciousness. I tried to fo-cus more on narrative and stor y arc in

songs versus on the last re-

cord, or really the last two re-cords, where I wrote a little more abstractly and a little more from pain probably.

DT: You’re also the lead gui-tarist of Rilo Kiley. What was the transition like to The Elected?

BS: It’s a little more stressful. You can’t just wing it, you have to have a lot more focus. When you’re playing guitar behind that person you don’t feel it as much when shows go bad or even when it goes well. You take shows a lot more personally.

DT: Okay! A few less serious questions. What’s the strangest thing to happen at one of your shows?

BS: I think the first time at a Rilo Kiley show that a kid peeled back his sleeve and showed a big Rilo Kiley tattoo on his forearm, I think that was pretty weird for me.

DT: Cool or creepy?BS: It’s a lot of pressure! Some-

one inks up for you and it’s on their body for life. You don’t want them to regret it. Like I loved Primus so much when I was younger, but if I had a Primus tattoo on my forearm now I would be like “WEIRD.”

DT: Have you ever Googled yourself?

BS: Oh, yeah. Definitely. Not for a long time, though. I don’t really like doing it.

DT: Well I have, and —BS: Googled yourself?DT: No, Googled you! And

you were on “Boy Meets World,” something children of the ’90s like myself find very exciting. So what was your character?

BS: I was a bully, Joey the rat, for about 20 episodes.

DT: What was your favorite episode?

BS: There was one where I had to do some wrestling, and a pro-wrestler came in to show us how to do some of those body slams and stuff. It was pretty awesome. I think I was wrestling Ben Savage (Corey Matthews) in the show.

DT: Did you win?BS: Oh no, he’s a hero — I’m

pretty sure he beat me.

FACEBOOK continues from PAGE 12

MYPLATE continues from PAGE 12

Courtesy of The Elected

After a brief hiatus, Blake Sennett makes a return with his band, The Elected. Their latest record is filled with his go-to trademarks.

By Rachel PerlmutterDaily Texan Staff

Courtesy of USDA

Earlier this month, the USDA, department of agriculture and first lady Michelle Obama unveiled MyPlate, which will replace the food pyramid.

THE GROWTH OF FACEBOOKAugust 26, 2008: 100 mil-lion users

April 8, 2009: 200 million users

September 15, 2009: 300 million users

February 5, 2010: 400 mil-lion users

July 21, 2010: 500 million users

January 5, 2011: 600 mil-lion users

Source: Facebook Blog, Mark Zuckerberg

ON THE WEB:Listen to The

Elected atbit.ly/

dtelected

Former Rilo Kiley guitarist discusses his album, hiatus

XXXXXXday, Month XX, 2010 XX

11 COMICS

COMICSMonday, June 20, 2011 11

Yesterday’s solution

Arrr matey. This scurrvy beast is today’s answerrrrrr.Crop it out, or it’ll be the the fishes for ya!

SUDOKUFORYOU

SUDOKUFORYOU

5 9 6 2 7 4 8 1 37 2 8 1 3 9 6 4 54 3 1 5 8 6 2 7 99 4 3 6 1 2 5 8 7 8 5 2 3 9 7 1 6 4 6 1 7 4 5 8 9 3 2 3 8 4 9 6 5 7 2 11 7 5 8 2 3 4 9 62 6 9 7 4 1 3 5 8

2 8 7 8 54 3 5 9 4 6 5 7 2 3 7 1 6 7 8 3 2 5 2 11 4 6 9 1

7 2 1 6 8 9 3 4 25 4 8 2 3 7 6 9 1 6 9 3 5 4 1 7 8 28 3 2 7 1 6 9 5 41 5 6 8 9 4 2 3 79 7 4 3 5 2 1 6 83 1 5 9 2 8 4 7 64 8 7 1 6 3 5 2 92 6 9 4 7 5 8 1 3

12 LIFE

LIFE&ARTS12Monday, June 20, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Julie Rene Tran, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | [email protected]

MyPlate guidelinesvisually attractive,lacking information

Living in a city that embrac-es technology the way Austin does can make Facebook and other social networking tools seem ubiquitous. Obama has a Facebook. Bill Pow-ers has a Facebook. The guy “taking notes” in class on his laptop probably has one, and he probably has it open right now.

Facebook currently has more than 600 million users worldwide, and for many of them — especially in the U.S., where there are about 150.5 mil-lion users — having a Facebook pro-file feels as normal as owning a cell phone. But for the rest, the social net-working behemoth isn’t necessarily a

great fit. Statistics regarding the num-ber of people who don’t have Face-book profiles weren’t available, but considering the U.S. population in 2010 was 308.7 million, according to the most recent census, it can be as-sumed more than half the country doesn’t have a Facebook. They might just be a little hard to get a hold of.

“In time, Facebook will become as passe as oh, Netscape [Navigator] or surfing on the web is now thanks to apps on phones,” said George Sylvie, an associate professor of journalism. “In a way, [people who don’t use Fa-cebook] are smart in that this too shall pass as it pertains to being a trend or

Earlier this month, Secretary

of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and first lady Michelle Obama un-veiled MyPlate, a national nu-tritional guideline that would r e p l a c e t h e food pyramid and b ear the official seal of approval from the USDA. My-Plate was cre-ated in part by Obama’s cam-paign against obesity. It does away with the prescribed por-t ion sizes for different food groups, instead using the v i-sual of a din-ner plate d i -vided into four sections. Half of the plate is designated for fruits and veg-e t ab l es , w i t h grains and proteins making up the rest. To the side is a smaller circle for dairy products.

This redesign comes at a cru-cial point in American health statistics. In January, the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services released the seventh edition of their “Di-etary Guidelines for Americans,” which classifies more than one-

third of children and two-thirds of adults in the United States as overweight or obese. MyPlate’s ascension and the food pyra-mid’s retirement reflect the cur-rent American dietary land-scape and our predilection for visually vibrant and deceptive-

ly simple de-sign. Together, they don’t nec-essari ly com-municate eat-i n g h e a l t h i -l y a s s i mp l y o r a s e f f e c -tively as many may hope.

The U.S. first started grow-ing concerned about the nutri-tion and health of Americans in the 1970s, fol lowing the 1 9 6 9 W h i t e House Confer-ence on Food, Nutrition and He a l t h . A n d yet, it seems no amount of in-

formation about dietary health presented in any fashion is get-ting through. We’re as an un-healthy as ever.

How is it in this constant-ly connected information age we’re still eating so poorly, even as the evidence is ostensibly right in front of us? Because all

Photo illustration by Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff

Even with more than 500 million active members, Facebook’s users only make up approximately 8 percent of the world’s population. Some refuse to use the social network because of privacy concerns or disinterest.

MYPLATE continues on PAGE 10FACEBOOK continues on PAGE 10

MyPlate’s ascension and the food

pyramid’s relegation reflect the current American dietary

landscape and our predilection for

visually-vibrant, deceptively simple

design.

By Aaron WestDaily Texan Staff

By Aleksander ChanDaily Texan Staff

Illustration by Simonetta Nieto

Friends without FacebookFacebook usage in the United States

~139 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. (May 2011)

~12 million users in Texas (March 2011)

~982,000 users in Austin (Oct 2010)

Sources: Quantcast, internetworldstats.com, allfacebook.com

Documents

The Daily Texan 6-20-2011