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By Allison HarrisDaily Texan Staff

A trade association for higher education retail re-cently launched an informational Web site to help students and their families take advantage of a new federal tax credit.

The National Association of College Stores, in partnership with the IRS, launched www.textbookaid.org. The Web site explains the American Opportu-nity Tax Credit, which was instituted this year. The new credit applies in 2009 and 2010 and covers up to $2,500 for tuition and related expenses for the first four years of college, which is a $700 increase from the modified Hope credit.

The new credit also expands “related expen-ditures” to include textbooks, supplies and other course materials.

Charles Schmidt, spokesman for the National As-sociation of College Stores, said the organization created the Web site to give students accurate infor-mation about what the association considers a valu-able program.

“In creating the site, NACS wanted students to get the most accurate information possible,” Schmidt said. “Just as college stores are the course-materials experts on their campus, we decided to

By Lena PriceDaily Texan Staff

Though his home was on the East Coast, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kenne-dy, who died late Tuesday night af-ter a yearlong struggle with a ma-lignant brain tumor, was no strang-er to Austin — or the UT campus.

A former UT student body pres-ident, several professors and a con-gressman recall their personal en-counters with the “The Lion of the Senate” for The Daily Texan.

A champion of equality“We had a reception for Ted

Kennedy, and we presented him with a Stetson [cowboy] hat at a Longhorn football game,” said Frank Cooksey, a former UT stu-dent body president and Austin mayor, as he recalled a Texas spir-it rally that Kennedy attended in late 1960. “He was very person-able and very pleasant.”

Cooksey followed Kennedy’s ca-

reer closely and had the chance to work with him on several occasions as the mayor of Austin. He remem-bers the senator, who played a key role in landmark civil rights and health care legislation, as a champi-on of equality.

“We believed in a lot of the same things,” Cooksey said. “From his first term as a senator, he was com-mitted to the passage of many civ-il rights acts.”

A close friendKennedy’s dedication to health

care became more personal for Ray Marshall, Kennedy’s person-al friend and a professor emeritus at the LBJ School, when both men’s sons were diagnosed with similar types of cancer at the same time.

“His son survived and mine didn’t,” Marshall said. “When we got home from the hospital after our son died, there was Ted Ken-nedy waiting for us on the front

porch. He just had a really unusu-al level of compassion.”

After Kennedy’s son became ill, the nine-term Massachusetts sen-ator became a strong advocate for health care reform.

“He thought it ought to be a fun-damental right for everyone to have quality health care,” Marshall said.

Because of his ability to con-nect with so many people, Mar-shall said the Democratic senator, whose life was marked by scandals and personal tragedy, was able to achieve an almost unheard-of lev-el of bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. Outside of the Senate, Marshall said Ken-nedy was always great company, had a good sense of humor and displayed a great deal of interest in discussing issues.

“But he also knew the limit on [bipartisan support],” Marshall said. “He thought if you went too far and compromised, you gave

up the integrity of what you were trying to do. That’s what he felt happened with the recent immi-gration reform.”

A hard workerKennedy’s persistence and

hard work still resonates with Bob Mann, a journalism lecturer and former Kennedy press secretary, who wrote speeches for the senator from 1984 to 1987.

“Once you work for Ted Kenne-dy, you always work for Ted Ken-nedy,” Mann said.

Mann remembers finishing one job for the Senator and immediate-ly being rewarded with a list of 10 new tasks.

“But there was no question to his commitment to helping minorities, gay people and women,” Mann said. “He was one of the most cou-rageous people I knew.”

By Audrey WhiteDaily Texan Staff

For many college students, tex-ting has become as natural as talk-ing or eating. Upon hearing the fa-miliar chimes of an incoming text, it is almost instinctive to respond immediately.

But a possible citywide ordinance will force texters to curb those in-stincts while on the road. If passed, the City Council resolution, spon-sored by Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and Councilman Chris Riley, means mo-torists cannot write, read and send text messages or use the Internet on a portable device while driving.

According to a recent Virgin-ia Tech study, drivers are 23 times more likely to get into an accident while texting. Out of every six sec-onds, drivers in the test only looked at the road for 1.4 seconds on aver-age. A study by Car and Driver mag-azine found that texting while driv-ing creates a greater level of impair-ment than driving with a .08 blood alcohol concentration.

“I created the Public Safety Task Force three years ago, and we dis-cussed this through the task force,” Martinez said. “At the time, there re-ally wasn’t definitive data, but over the last couple of years, more data has been gathered. Finally, we felt it was enough to show that this was a very unsafe practice. After nothing was enacted by the Legislature oth-er than a ban on school zones, we got

back on the issue of an all-out ban on texting while driving.”

Plan II freshman Kalyn Miller has seen the dangers of texting and driv-ing firsthand and said the law seems like an obvious move for the city.

“My friend and I were going shopping. She was texting while she was pulling out and didn’t see the car speeding down the road,” Mill-er said. “Her whole front end was smashed. Her car took a month to re-pair, and her parents took away her license for six months.”

Under the new law, the penalty for texting while driving will be a class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine

up to $500. The possibility of a law that will

force drivers not to text frustrates some students.

“If it’s something I have to do, I’m going do it,” said freshman Katelin McCullough. “I think it would be ridiculous to have a consequence. I don’t do it often, and I try not to in high-traffic situations, only like when I’m at a stoplight.”

Several students, even those who admit to texting while driving, are enthusiastic about the law. Some said they hope it will sway the temptation.

“I’ve noticed that I’m much more

distracted if I text and drive,” said Dana Hicks, a graduate student in counselor education. “It’s danger-ous. I think the law is a great idea be-cause then I won’t feel guilty for not texting people back.”

Because texting is not a visible of-fense like speeding or running a red light, it may be difficult for police to enforce. But City Council and police said they hope a law will make peo-ple more conscious of both the safe-ty and legal consequences of texting and driving.

“It’s going to be difficult to try to enforce the anti-texting laws. It depends on how the ordinance is written,” said APD Cpl. Scott Per-ry. “We are hoping drivers will pay more attention to driving their cars instead of looking at their cell phones while driving. With any laws that are passed, we hope that they will increase driver safety as well as safety of pedestrians on the side of the road.”

Seventeen states and Washing-ton D.C. have laws banning tex-ting while driving either in place or set to take effect within the next six months. Plano, a suburb of Dallas, has made it illegal for drivers under 18 to operate cell phones while driv-ing. Starting Sept. 1, Texas will issue a statewide ban on using cell phones in school zones.

The Senate is considering a na-tionwide effort against texting while

By Allison HarrisDaily Texan Staff

JetBlue Airways Corp. is set to become the offi-cial airline sponsor of UT Athletics.

The two groups announced the partnership Wednesday, from which JetBlue will receive an array of advertising opportunities through the department.

JetBlue spokesman Alex Headrick explained why the airline decided to work with UT Athletics.

“Well, Austin is a very important focus city for us, and it demonstrates our commitment to the Austin community,” Headrick said. “It’s also a way to get our brand in front of a lot of fans.”

The sponsorship includes all 20 of UT’s men’s and women’s sports programs, and will give Jet Blue significant exposure at their games.

JetBlue’s sponsorship includes joint marketing promotions and advertising through 2010. The pro-motions include print and online advertisements, e-mail marketing, video board features, contests, giveaways and special game-specific discounts off

Austin, UT remember Kennedy

Late senator’s Austin friends recall his dedication, compassion, service

Texas Student Media File Photo | Courtesy of Bud Mims and the Harry Ransom Center

In this 1960 file photo, Ted Kennedy was introduced at halftime at a football game while visiting the UT campus during John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Former Daily Texan editor Bud Mims recalled that selected Silver Spurs and other campus leaders escorted Kennedy around the 40 Acres.

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City Council proposes ban on road texting

Photo Illustration by Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff

The Austin City Council is reviewing a proposal today to ban texting or using the internet while driving.

Erik Reyna | Daily Texan Staff

Radio, television, and film junior Evelyn Treviño shops for history books at the University Co-op on Wednesday.

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Dustin Mack, an airport operations supervisor at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, clears props away after a press conference.

JetBlue becomes airline of choice for UT Athletics

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“It’s a good idea because it’s a problem everywhere,” Miller said. “I hope there would be few-er accidents and people would feel safer. I don’t feel safe when I see someone talking on a phone or texting in their car.”

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“Especially as we go back to school, this seemed like a time-ly opportunity to raise the is-sue to see if we can get an agree-ment,” Riley said. “We hope it will improve safety on our road-ways. Austin is the most congest-ed mid-size city in the country. This is moving in the direction of improving roadway and person-al safety.”

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Mann said finding someone to replace Kennedy as an advo-cate for health care reform will be a challenge for President Barack Obama.

“If Ted Kennedy had been sit-ting here during all this silliness that’s going on right now con-cerning health care reform, I can tell you, it would not be happen-ing,” Mann said. “His absence is already being felt there.”

An age-old enthusiasmU.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett Dog-

gett remembers attending an Obama rally with Kennedy and being inspired by the then-76-year-old senator’s enthusiasm.

“He really moved everyone there with his compelling call for change and strong support for Barack Obama,” Doggett said in a statement addressed to The Daily Texan. “Inspired by his life-time of leadership, we must re-double our efforts to provide ac-cess to affordable, quality health

care to all Americans.”

The future of the liberal senateA week before he died, Kenne-

dy wrote a letter to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, urging Pat-rick to appoint an interim senator

upon Kennedy’s death to serve until a special election takes place, according to The Boston Globe. The governor said Wednesday that he supports the idea but did not suggest any replacements as of press time.

“When you lose someone with 47 years of experience, they are really hard to replace,” Cooksey said. “Ted Kennedy, along with the rest of his family, had a leg-acy; a place in history that really was very unique.”

Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and Robert Kennedy, D-N.Y., sit together during a session of the Senate Labor Subcommittee in Washington.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malay-sia — After a series of flip-flops, authorities in Malaysia decid-ed this week that a 32-year old Muslim woman caught drinking beer in violation of Islamic law would not be caned after all.

The case of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno drew the attention of international media and rights groups and presented a harsh view of the kind of Islamic jus-tice dispensed in one of the world’s most moderate and sta-ble Muslim-majority countries.

Kartika was charged with vi-olating a law prohibiting Mus-lims from drinking alcohol. Ma-rina said it raised a key ques-tion about how Islamic laws are applied in Malaysia. “Are they working to dispense justice or to provide moral lessons for the rest of us?” she said.

Malaysia follows a dual-track justice system. Shariah laws ap-

ply to Muslims, who make up about 60 percent of the 27 mil-lion population, in all personal matters. Non-Muslims are cov-ered by civil laws, and are free to drink.

Kartika’s began inconspicu-ously in December 2007 when Islamic morality police — func-tionaries of the government’s Islamic Religious Department — caught her drinking beer at a beach resort in Pahang state. She pleaded guilty to violating the Islamic law banning Mus-lims drinking alcohol and was sentenced by a Shariah High Court in Pahang in July to six strokes of the cane and a fine of 5,000 ringgit ($1,400).

At first, officials said the sen-tencing was being suspended on compassionate grounds until the end of the holy month of Rama-dan. However, it emerged later that the chief judge of the Shari-ah court put the caning on hold indefinitely pending a review.

By Julie WatsonThe Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico now has one of the world’s most liber-al laws for drug users after elimi-nating jail time for small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD and methamphetamine.

“All right!” said a grinning Ivan Rojas, a rail-thin 20-year-old ad-dict who endured police harass-ment during the decade he has spent sleeping in Mexico City’s gritty streets and subway stations.

But stunned police on the U.S. side of the border say the law contradicts President Felipe Cal-deron’s drug war, and some fear it could make Mexico a desti-nation for drug-fueled spring breaks and tourism.

“Now they will go because they can get drugs,” said San Di-ego Police Chief William Lansd-owne. “For a country that has ex-perienced thousands of deaths from warring drug cartels for many years, it defies logic why they would pass a law that will clearly encourage drug use.”

Enacted last week, the Mexi-can law is part of a growing trend across Latin America to treat drug use as a public health problem and make room in overcrowd-ed prisons for violent traffickers rather than small-time users.

As Mexico ratcheted up its fight against cartels, drug use jumped more than 50 percent be-tween 2002 and 2008, according

to the government, and today prisons are filled with addicts, many under the age of 25.

Juan Martin Perez, who runs Caracol, the nonprofit center helping recovering addicts, said the government has poured mil-lions of dollars into the drug war but has done little to treat ad-

dicts. His group relies on grants from foundations.

The new law requires officials to encourage drug users to seek treatment in lieu of jail, but the government has not allocated more money for organizations like Caracol that are supposed to help them.

Treatment is mandatory for third-time offenders, but the law does not specify penalties for noncompliance.

“We work with Mexico every day to combat illegal drugs and cartel violence,” State Depart-ment spokesman Ian Kelly said when asked about the law.

NASA spends millions to test rocket that might never launch

WASHINGTON — NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has al-ready spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use.

When that first stage is test-ed, it will be mounted horizontal-ly. The engine will fire, shake and make lots of noise. But by design, it will not leave the ground. The same could be said for NASA’s plans to

go to the moon, Mars or beyond Earth orbit.

The $108 billion program to re-turn to the moon by 2020 was start-ed five years ago by then-President George W. Bush. But a special in-dependent panel commissioned by President Barack Obama conclud-ed that the plan cannot work on the existing budget schedule because it’s likely to cost at least an extra $30 billion through 2020.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may be running out of money

NEW YORK — The government

agency that guarantees you won’t lose your money in a bank failure may need a lifeline of its own.

The coffers of the Federal Depos-it Insurance Corp. have been so de-pleted by the epidemic of collaps-ing financial institutions that ana-lysts warn it could sink into the red by the end of this year.

On Thursday, the agency re-veals how much is left in its re-serves. FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair may also use the briefing to say how the agency will shore up its accounts.

It has two options to replen-ish its insurance fund in the

short run: It can charge banks higher fees or it can take the more radical step of borrowing from the U.S. Treasury.

None of this means bank custom-ers have anything to worry about. The FDIC is fully backed by the government, which means deposi-tors’ accounts are guaranteed up to $250,000 per account. And it still has billions in loss reserves apart from the insurance fund.

Compiled from Associated Press reports

U.S. cautious over new drug law

Guillermo Arias | Associated Press

Victor Moreno, 40, a drug addict with a 20 year habit, shoots up on a street corner near the international border in Tijuana, Mexico on Tuesday.

Beer controversy in Malaysia ends with compassion

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Muslim model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, who was to be caned for drinking beer, is welcomed back by her father Shukarno Abdul Muttalib, left, in Karai on Monday.

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have occurred in Gregory since

2005. This �gure is a cause for

concern but could be lowered by

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I recently spent some time with a few friends — not lucky enough to be Longhorns — at Gregory Gymnasi-um for a game of pick-up basketball. My friends had to go through an extensive process to access Gregory, along with the familiar swiping of my student ID card as I en-tered the gym. It is clear that Gregory thoroughly docu-ments who enters the gym throughout the day, as does its younger and better-looking cousin, the Recreational Sports Center.

The Daily Texan reported Friday that Gregory Gym topped the list of campus-crime hot spots, followed by Jester Center, the Perry-Castañeda Li-brary, Robert Lee Moore Hall and the Union Building.

As far as Gregory is concerned, this is inexplicable. How is one of the only buildings where you have to swipe a card for access also the most suscepti-ble to crime?

The PCL is up for grabs by the pub-lic. It is not far-fetched to assume that some people in the building during the day are not carrying UT identifi-cation cards. Anyone who has lived on campus also knows how easy it is to sneak non-residents into residence halls. The sight of people waiting for dorm residents to swipe their cards so that they can enter the building is ubiquitous. Jester Center may also be entered easily throughout the day — and even at night.

That these facilities are havens for petty criminals comes as no surprise, but there’s no reason why petty thefts at Gregory cannot be prevented. It would only take some initiative on the part of the University to make this happen.

An increase in surveillance is essential. When belong-ings are stolen, they have usually been left unattended in workout or recreational areas. Placing surveillance equipment on top of the workout benches and basket-

ball court bleachers where these thefts are most likely to occur would be the most practical measure to take. The size and complexity of the PCL would make a suffi-cient increase in surveillance much more difficult than it would be for Gregory.

There is ample documentation on who was in the building when a robbery occurred, and a simple “swip-ing-out” of Gregory patrons’ student IDs would record their time spent at the gym. Once a student’s time spent in Gregory is noted to be within the time frame of the

robbery, and the student is caught on tape, UTPD would know whom to fine. Once a thorough investigation of the tapes confirms the perpetrator’s identity, a lifetime ban from the gym and other athletic facilities should be issued. This would surely deter petty criminals from targeting Gregory and its patrons.

The Texan reported that 178 thefts have occurred in Gregory since 2005. This figure is a cause for concern but could be lowered by installing proper surveillance and documenting facili-ty use. Considering how Parking and Transportation Services issues park-ing citations, the University seems re-luctant to miss out an opportunity to make an extra buck at the expense of violators. At $200 per fine, UT could have made $35,600 over the last three and a half years from catching Grego-ry thieves alone.

This solution would benefit all victims of the petty-crime epidem-ic, and it would leave a lasting im-

pression on potential gym criminals. The gym is a place where most people go to escape the worries that plague them throughout the work day, and an effort to ensure the safety of such a place would be worth-while. Unlike parking citations, fines against gym thieves would be heavily supported by a concerned student body.

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A biased ‘best colleges’ listLast week, U.S. News and World Report released its annual “Best Colleges” is-

sue, which ranks national universities based on a formula that considers a litany of factors: peer assessment, retention, faculty resources, student selectivity, finan-cial resources, graduation rate and alumni giving.

The list is predictable not only because the rankings look very familiar from year to year, but because the top 20 schools are consistently private universities.

Small, expensive, private universities.The list underrates large public universities because the ranking is based on

factors such as classroom size, standardized test scores of incoming students and graduation and retention rates.

Private universities cater to a significantly smaller number of students. The U.S. News & World Report formula almost guarantees that private universities will rank higher because fewer students means more selectivity, smaller classes and better retention and graduation rates.

It is no surprise that the top three universities are Harvard and Prince-ton, which tied for first, and Yale, which came in third. The University of Cal-ifornia, Berkeley is the first public school to appear on the list — all the way down at No. 21. Padding the space in between are Columbia University, which has an annual price tag of $41,316, Dartmouth College ($38,679) and Brown University ($38,848.)

Columbia enrolled about 23,000 students in 2008, making it one of the largest private universities. Darthmouth enrolled fewer than 6,000 students, and Brown enrolled about 8,300.

Then there’s Berkeley, which charges $8,352 in-state tuition, $30,022 out-of-state tuition and has an enrollment of well over 30,000 students. At this point on the list, a slew of public universities make an appearance, including the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Virginia; and the University of Tex-as, which is listed in a three-way tie at No. 47 with the University of Florida and Pennsylvania State University-University Park.

In the university profiles, which list facts such as enrollment size and accep-tance rate, there is a “mission” section in which the school describes what makes it unique. This is the only section dedicated to the many immeasurable benefits of large public universities. UT mentions that its size affords a range of degree pro-grams; exceptional research facilities, such as the Harry Ransom Center and the McDonald Observatory; and a diverse student body. All of these are things that can’t be measured quantitatively, much less ranked.

The brain of the GOPLast weekend, The Wall Street Journal published an interview with Gov. Rick

Perry. In the interview, “Fiscal Conservatism and the Soul of the GOP,” Perry boasts about Texas’ financial successes.

He refers to Texas’ $8 billion surplus in 2005 but fails to mention that the state accepted nearly $17 billion in stimulus funds from the federal government this year and that the governor himself asked the federal government for a $170 mil-lion loan in July.

Perry’s only comment about the Obama administration’s policies that saved Texas from a deep deficit is, “To me, this is one of the great Frankenstein experi-mentations in American history. We’ve seen that movie before. It was from 1932 to 1940.”

Perry also claims in the interview that Texas education is not suffering from un-der-funding. He notes that California cut education funding this year, while a Tex-as “grant program for kids to go college and university … expanded by 44 per-cent” this last session. He fails to mention that Texas has historically spent thou-sands of dollars less per student on education than California.

But one issue on which Perry is very clear is his intolerance for moderation. He distinguishes between “mushy, middle of the road” Republicans and devoted conservatives. Besides himself, the person he chooses to praise for her devotion to hard-line conservatism is Sarah Palin.

“I love Sarah Palin, I love her positions, I think she was a good governor,” he said. “I want her to be engaged in this rebuilding of the Republican Party. … She is substantially more the face of this country than some other people who might want to be the face of the Republican Party. To me, she’s the face of Amer-ica. I mean, she’s a hard worker, she didn’t come from money, she didn’t come from privilege, she just worked hard. … I have not seen another person who in-vigorated the Republican base [like she did], with the possible exception of Ronald Reagan.”

The obvious difference here is that Reagan won his race for the presidency, while the possibility of Palin succeeding the president scared off enough “mushy, middle of the road” voters to ensure an easy win for Obama.

Perry is blithely ignoring Texas’ pressing problems in an attempt to boost his image as he enters election season. He also has chosen to insult a growing demo-graphic of Texas moderates. Perry should be proud. He is beginning to resemble the politically ignorant former governor of whom he thinks so highly.

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By Brittany WischDaily Texan Staff

A group working with UT stu-dents has received federal fund-ing to educate the public about the prevalence of human sex traf-ficking in Texas.

Concerned Women for Amer-ica received one part of a feder-al grant from the Houston Rescue & Restore Coalition to form the Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project. The project was organized by Concerned Women For Amer-ica project manager Darrell Ma-cLearn and a group of students enrolled in a class on domestic vi-olence taught by Noel Busch-Ar-mendariz, director of UT’s School of Social Work. The group’s mis-sion is to rescue victims of sex traf-ficking in Texas by ending the de-mand for commercial sex.

“Human trafficking is a supply and demand issue,” MacLearn said. “If you don’t have a demand then the supplier doesn’t need a supply. If everyone stopped buy-ing, they wouldn’t have to take 12-year-olds off the street.”

One of the projects the group will consider this semester is creat-ing public service announcements and multimedia productions to educate both college students and the general public about the issue and the demand that drives it.

“I learned about it through a project I did for a class,” said Syd-ney Sharirli, a social work gradu-

ate student. “That is when I found out that it is not very known that this happens in Texas. Usual-ly when you think of human sex trafficking, you think of it as a for-eign problem, but people need to know it is not.”

MacLearn said 25 percent of hu-man sex trafficking in the U.S. oc-curs in Texas, with the most vic-tims coming from Houston, San Antonio, Austin and many of the border cities. He said Interstate 10 is the main route used for human trafficking in the U.S.

“Believe it or not, Houston is ac-tually a training ground for broth-els,” MacLearn said. “There are over 91 brothels in Houston.”

Part of the students’ course-work included creating Facebook and MySpace pages for the group during their time in the domestic violence class to reach out to stu-dents. Updates, videos and arti-cles are available online to keep members up to date.

“I helped to organize and struc-ture both the Facebook and MyS-pace pages during my time in the class,” said Jennica Gray, a social work graduate student. “I was not involved before the class, but I’m glad the opportunity arose for me to get involved through the class. I thought it didn’t affect the U.S. — especially Texas. Really though, it is a humongous issue in Texas, and I’m glad I could be a part of getting the message heard.”

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Students get hands-on practice with radio journalism program

Next Generation Radio is a se-ries of one-week, student radio training projects co-sponsored by National Public Radio and other media organizations. The proj-ects give students who are in-terested in a career in radio and

journalism a chance to report and produce their own radio sto-ries. It allows college students of varying ages the opportunity to produce stories under real work-ing conditions.

There are teaching sessions in several areas, including recording techniques, writing, voice and on-air presentation and audio pro-duction. The deadline to apply is Feb. 14.

— Brittany Wisch

By Bobby LongoriaDaily Texan Staff

A small fire ate away a portion of wood siding at the University Quarters apartments near 29th and Guadalupe streets at about 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Minutes after the fire was re-ported, the Austin Fire Depart-ment responded with three engines.

“[The fire was] completely confined to the exterior, no dam-age on the interior of the apart-ment,” said AFD Lt. Scott Hem-bree. “[It was a] very small fire in the siding and sheeting of the exterior wall.”

An 8-by-4-foot area shows where wood siding burned away, while the rest is slight-ly burnt and ashen. Anthropol-ogy graduate student Gwen Kirk looked down at the dam-age from an open window di-rectly above the removed siding and recalled her initial reaction to the fire.

She said she was walking back from class and noticed sever-al fire trucks outside her apart-ment complex. She said fire-fighters broke down her door, immediately went into her clos-et and broke through parts of the drywall in order to extin-guish the fire on the other side of the apartment.

“We had a service techni-cian doing a standard repair on

some wiring [on the] apartment complex,” said Time Warner spokeswoman Stacy Schmitt. “There was a small fire and be-fore he used the fire extinguish-er, he was concerned it might get larger, and he went ahead and called 911.”

She said she is unsure what type of tool the technician was using and that there is a concern that the fire might have gone underneath some of the exterior panels, which led to AFD’s de-cision to break through the dry-wall lining Kirk’s closet.

Schmitt said no one in the complex is displaced and that Time Warner will work with the property management on re-pairing the damage wrought by the fire.

AFD protected a car under the fire before the flames affected the vehicle.

“This time, [the fire] wasn’t re-ally going anywhere, we can see that it wasn’t going anywhere, so we covered up the car before we opened up the siding,” Hem-bree said. “We were probably completely in control and extin-guished in five minutes.”

Marquis Living manager Mar-la Marker refused to comment.

Fire department spokeswom-an Michelle DeCrane said an of-ficial cause is not typically re-leased until 24 to 48 hours after the incident.

Fire damages local apartments Women’s group, UT students �ght human tra�ickers

JetBlue airfare for Texas fans. The airline will also receive field and courtside visibility at all sporting events. JetBlue plans to build a branded can-opy in Darrell K Royal-Tex-as Memorial Stadium, with a row of six leather JetBlue seats to give away through contests and promotions to fans at each home game.

Headrick said he believes that the visibility gained by the new partnership will help

the company.“It’s just our brand in front of

fans who maybe haven’t tried JetBlue,” Headrick said.

Chris Plonsky, director of UT Athletics, said she approves of the partnership.

“We are very fortunate to have JetBlue, given the state of the [air-line] industry,” Plonsky said.

The athletics department will receive free travel vouch-ers from JetBlue as part of the sponsorship.

“We can use those dollars against our own operations,”

Plonsky said. “We have to raise every dime that we spend.”

Longhorn Sports Network, a division of IMG College, a col-legiate marketing company, ne-gotiated the agreement. Plon-sky explained that Erin Mc-Mahan, the agent responsi-ble for the sponsorship, cre-ated a promotional package, and then JetBlue and UT Ath-letics went through a negotia-tion period until they reached a final agreement.

“This has probably been a two- to three-year cultivation,”

Plonsky said.Jim Halbrook, spokesman

for the Austin Aviation Depart-ment, said the partnership be-tween UT Athletics and JetBlue will benefit Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

“UT has a big and loyal fan base,” Halbrook said. “When JetBlue is successful in generat-ing new passengers to the Aus-tin airport, then the airport ben-efits, too, because these passen-gers park, purchase concession and contribute to the airport’s economic success.”

Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff

A departing firefighter passes the scorched siding of University Quarters Apartments on Wednesday afternoon.

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May-Ying Lam | Daily Texan Staff

Marie Gonzalez wipes her face in the heat while waiting for her co-worker at the departure terminal of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Gonzalez, who works in property management, was heading to a regional meeting in Dallas.

Grad students get acquainted, enjoy barbecue dinner

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By Audrey WhiteDaily Texan Staff

UT graduate students took a break after the first day of class-es to mingle with peers and enjoy some catered barbecue.

The Graduate Student Assem-bly sponsored the event Wednes-day night at the UT Alumni Cen-ter to welcome students back and share available opportunities, such as potential research jobs and stu-dent organizations on campus.

In addition to the food, GSA set up a resource fair that show-cased 40 student organizations and detailed some of the aca-demic opportunities graduate students will have.

Organizers said the event gave graduate students the opportunity to meet peers in other programs, creating a broader community.

“The way the graduate pro-gram is set up, each school sort of runs itself. This connects them to the whole University and lets them know the resources avail-able,” said Darren Kelly, a spokes-woman for GSA.

GSA President Daniel Spikes said the event also allows students to make future professional contacts.

“A great part of graduate school is networking,” Spikes said. “This gives them the chance to share what they’re doing and learn about other students.”

GSA Program Director Chris-tina McCoy said putting on the party is no small task. More than 2,000 students attended the event, which took three months to plan.

“Despite a few minor kinks, it [went] well,” McCoy said. “We made a few changes this year, and that led to a better barbecue.”

The main purpose of the event was to welcome graduate stu-dents to the place that will be their home during their studies. Dean of Graduate Studies Victo-ria Rodriguez said the opportu-nity to welcome new students is crucial as they enter “a very im-portant part of their lives.”

Graduate students in atten-dance said they enjoyed the food and the company.

“I heard about it from my friend, so I came,” said civil engi-neering graduate student Yao Yu. “I’ve met more people and gotten to hear about all the things hap-pening here. It’s fantastic.”

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Edmarc Hedrick | Daily Texan Staff

First-year graduate students Ian Dunham, Anna Fitzgerald and Drew Dapprich eat and get to know each other at the GSA barbecue and information fair Wednesday.

go to the tax experts, and you can’t get any better information than from the IRS.”

The full tax credit is available to taxpayers with an income be-low $80,000, or $160,000 for joint filers, and a reduced credit is available to taxpayers with an in-come up to $90,000, or $180,000 for joint filers. The Textbook Aid Web site estimates that approxi-mately 4 million more students can attend college than under the previous tax credit. The Web site also estimates that it will save students and families $14 billion for the two years it runs.

Schmidt said he hopes the credit will increase sales of text-books and course materials.

“We hope that it will make them more affordable and en-courage students who might not otherwise purchase their books to not go without,” Schmidt said.

The new tax credit is an im-provement from previous years, when the credit could only be used for tuition, said Chad Stith, the University Co-op’s depart-ment manager of textbooks and course materials.

“This is an acknowledgment that there’s more to college af-fordability than just tuition,”

Stith said. “And that’s a step in the right direction.”

But Stith said the Universi-ty Co-op, which is a member of the National Association of Col-lege Stores, believes that the tax credit is not the most effective solution. He supports tax-free textbooks.

“I think students are strug-gling to afford, to come up with the money, now,” Stith said. “So I think a tax credit lat-er will not be as effective as a discount now.”

English senior Clayton Knip-pa recalled his experiences of buying very expensive text-books.

“Oh, good grief,” Knippa said. “I used to be a chemistry major, and every textbook used to be like $100.”

He said he supports the tax credit for textbooks.

“It sounds like a good idea for people trying to get a high-er education, get books, because books are quite ridiculous in their pricing,” Knippa said.

Government junior Cynthia Nevarez said she thinks the tax credit’s upper limit of income, at $180,000 for a joint tax return, is too high.

“I don’t think it’s very use-ful,” Nevarez said. “Most peo-ple don’t need that.”

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By Will AndersonDaily Texan Staff

With one week until the kickoff of the 2009 college football season, some head coaches are more wor-ried about their jobs than about the teams they will face on opening day.

One of those coaches might be familiar to many Longhorn fans. Texas A&M’s Mike Sherman, who is entering his second year in College Station, is one of many Division I coaches in the hot seat.

While Sherman showed everyone he knows how to run a pro-style offense in Green Bay, racking up a 53-27 record, he has been less than perfect at A&M, a team already tarnished by bad moves made by bad coaches. Former head coach Dennis Franchione helped sink the program to the bottom of the Big 12 South with weak recruiting and a secretive e-mail scandal. Franchione also diminished A&M’s image as a hard-nosed, defensive-minded team, although he did score key victories over Texas.

“I feel a tremendous obligation, and if that’s pres-sure, then I guess you can equate it to that,” Sherman told FanHouse, a sports-news blog. While Sherman hasn’t directly acknowledged that he is coaching for his job this season, the popularity of Web sites like Fire-CoachSherman.com paints a different picture. A quick Google search of the phrase “Fire Mike Sherman” shows how opinionated Aggie fans view the coach.

Even though Sherman is backed by the adminis-tration, his popularity could spiral quickly if the Ag-gies finish last in the Big 12 South, which is what many pundits predict. In the Big 12 preseason me-dia poll released this week, A&M received the few-est votes in the South and was tied for last place in the entire conference with Iowa State. It is a perfect storm, and Sherman is located directly at its center.

Sherman and his staff have been in a recruiting frenzy recently, trying to bring more speed and blue-chip talent to College Station. Those results will not make themselves known for at least a year or two. He is also trying to push the Aggies toward a pro-style offense, discarding the zone-read Franchione had installed in order to keep A&M competitive in the Big 12.

Sherman can only hope that there is enough pa-tience left in the A&M alumnus to give him the two or three years he needs in order to bring some life back to the program.

Meanwhile, in ArkansasAnother coach with a lot on the line this year is

Arkansas’ Bobby Petrino. Petrino hopped between a number of college teams, negotiated with even more and served a short stint in the pros before settling in Fayetteville.

Last season served as a transition period for Petri-no, with the Razorbacks going 2-6 in conference play. Petrino isn’t likely to lose his job this year, but he is in need of some improved play from tailback Michael Smith, who is the team’s biggest offensive threat, and preseason All-SEC tight end D.J. Williams.

By Blake HurtikDaily Texan Staff

For all the comparisons being made between the 2005 and 2009 Texas football teams, there is one key difference.

The 2005 national champions had freshman Jamaal Charles, who rushed for 878 yards and 11 touchdowns as their unques-tioned featured back.

The running back situation in 2009 is a lot like it was last season: murky. With preseason camp offi-cially ending today, Vondrell Mc-Gee and Fozzy Whittaker have continued to split time with the first-team offense and figure to lead a running back by committee.

“I don’t think there will be any [separation] to a degree,” said Texas coach Mack Brown. “Von-drell and Fozzy have had really great summers and practice ses-sions. They’ve looked good.”

They have defined their roles a bit more, though offensive coordi-nator Greg Davis plans split car-ries between McGee and Whittak-er. Cody Johnson, the 250-pound sophomore who ran for 338 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2008, is list-ed as the third-team running back and has worked at fullback.

“All three of them bring some-thing to the table,” Davis said.

Whittaker has the most explo-sive potential with breakaway speed and burst. But the sopho-more has been hampered by inju-ries throughout his Texas career. Last season, he played in just sev-en games, getting 64 carries for 306 yards, and he never lived up to ex-pectations.

In any case, expect to see more consistent play from all three. Quarterback Colt McCoy led the team in rushing with 734 yards and 11 touchdowns. Davis and

Brown have both said they would like to see the running backs shoulder more of that load.

McGee, a junior, boasts the most experience in the backfield with 24 games, 673 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns on 163 car-ries in his career. He made a good impression in the spring game by scoring two touchdowns.

“Vondrell lost his confidence last year, but he has it back,” Brown said at the time.

Johnson impressed last season with his bruising running style and has shifted to fullback to take advantage of his talent, sharing reps with Antwan Cobb.

“Those two guys are really strong fullbacks who can run and catch,” Brown said.

The biggest difference in this year’s backfield is the absence of recent graduate Chris Ogbon-naya. Ogbonnaya specialized in

pass blocking and receiving out of the backfield. He combined for 913 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns.

But Davis said he believes red-shirt freshman Tre Newton could fit that mold.

“The other guy who has done some great things [during] this camp is Tre Newton, who could end up being a Chris Ogbonnaya guy, who is very dependable and can play wide receiver, [and can] pick up blitzes [with] nice hands out of the backfield,” Davis said.

Sophomore Jeremy Hills and true freshman Chris Whaley are also pushing for playing time. Whaley came into summer drills with high expectations but slowed since injuring his hamstring while playing a pick-up game of bas-ketball. Now at full strength, he

By Laken LitmanDaily Texan Staff

When a college coach recruits, he or she looks for many athletes who can each bring something innova-tive to the team.

Usually, those athletes have a unique skill that no one else has. It may be a sky-high vertical jump or an Olympic-caliber time in the 40-yard dash. In the case of the Tex-as soccer team, freshman Leah For-tune, a member of Brazil’s women’s U-20 National Team, brings interna-tional experience.

Fortune’s soccer career began right out of the womb.

“My dad has played, and it’s just in my family, in my blood,” she said. “My dad is extremely educat-ed and has taught me everything since I was little. Since I could walk, my dad has put a soccer ball in front of me.”

Her father, Hudson Fortune, grew up playing soccer in Brazil and went on to be the captain of In-diana University’s soccer team. He progressed down the soccer route, playing professionally for the Pitts-burgh Spirit and the Indianapolis Daredevils. Fortune is now the club owner of Team Chicago, a traveling soccer program in Illinois that Leah played for when she was younger.

Before becoming an internation-al stud on one of the world’s top three women’s soccer teams, Leah Fortune played for Team Chicago, captained her Eclipse Select squad, earned a spot on her region’s Olym-pic Development Program team and lettered four years on her high school’s soccer team.

Fortune says her favorite soccer moment was senior year at Wheaton Academy when her team won the

state Championship.“I went to a small private high

school, so there weren’t many girls to choose from to play,” For-tune said. “Only four of us played club, but I learned a lot and devel-oped a lot, and we won state my senior year.”

In 2008, Fortune traveled to Bra-zil with her Olympic development team only to return as an interna-tional player.

“The [Brazilian] National coach saw me and found out I was born in [Sao Paulo,] Brazil,” she said. “He asked me to try out and the next thing you know, the Lord had a lot planned for me there.”

Fortune became a member of the 2008 Brazilian U-20 National Team, helping them win the U-20 South American Football Confed-eration championship and com-pete in the U-20 Federation In-ternational Football Association World Cup.

“Playing in the U-20 World-Cup was an incredible experience,” Fortune said. “To compete at a World Cup level in amazing stadi-ums, traveling all over Chile, was just amazing.”

Fortune was the youngest mem-ber on the U-20 team in 2008, and this past summer, she was the youngest player invited to partici-pate in the over-20 Brazilian Wom-en’s National Team training camp.

“It was an experience with a lot of top-level players,” Fortune said. “I’m 18, and there are a few 20-year-olds, and it goes all the way up to 28 and 29-year-olds.”

During the U-20 FIFA World Cup in 2008, team Brazil played against Germany and North Korea. Fortune has not gotten the chance to face the United States yet.

“I know some girls on the U-20 U.S.A. team,” Fortune said. “There are a few girls I know from growing up playing soccer, and it would be awesome to play them.”

Even though Fortune has more experience than her teammates, she remains humble.

“The girls [at UT] are great and we have a common goal here, and whatever we can bring to the table and out on the field and work to-gether is something that will help us as a team, as a program and as a school,” Fortune said. “Everyone on the team has something different to

bring to the table, mine is just a lot more international.”

The Longhorns have had two games so far this season, and both have been 2-1 losses in which For-tune has scored the lone goal.

“It is so exciting to be [playing for Texas],” Fortune said. “I love the team here, and I don’t think our outcomes so far show our potential. We have great coaches, and they work us hard. I think we are going to come out as a different team in the end. Any way I can contribute to this team is exciting, especially as a freshman.”

Longhorns pick up good Fortune

Texas’ running game a work in progress

Matt Slocum | Associated Press

Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman must lead his team to finish the 2009 season on a better note than last season in order to avoid being fired.

Some coaches on chopping block as 2009 season begins

Freshman standout brings Brazilian national team experience to Texas

Peyton McGee | Daily Texan Staff

Freshman forward Leah Fortune takes on three TCU defenders in the Longhorns’ first game of the season last week. Although Texas lost 2-1, Fortune netted the Horns lone goal in the fifth minute of the game.

‘‘“Everyone on the team has something different to bring to the table, mine is just a lot more

international.”

— Leah Fortune,

freshman forward

1. Sophie Campise, Midfielder, Dallas, Texas

2. Erin Child, Defender, Valen-cia, Calif.

3. Kristin Cummins, Midfielder, Lewisville, Texas

4. Melanie Foncham, Defender, Plano, Texas

5. Leah Fortune, Forward, West Chicago, Ill.

6. Alexa Gaul, Goalkeeper, Na-perville, Ill.

7. Hannah Higgins, Forward, Flower Mound, Texas

8. Becka Rivera, Forward, Dal-las, Texas

Longhorns Stacked With Freshmen

Sophomore running back Fozzy Whittaker rushes past the Texas A&M defen-sive line last season. Whittaker is predicted to play a bigger role in 2009.

Paul Chouy Daily Texan file photo

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looks good in recent practices, Davis said.

“Whaley is more confident and more comfortable than at any point this summer,” Davis said.

No matter who ends up taking the majority of snaps, the Long-horns are confident in their depth

at the position. With a set of large-ly unproven backs, if one falters, another will likely step up.

“If you don’t produce, there are guys right there,” McCoy said. “That’s the great thing about Tex-as. If you’re not helping us win, there’s somebody else right there who’s ready to go. I think that speaks volumes of our team.”

Arkansas is picked to finish ahead of SEC West bottom-dwell-ers Auburn and Mississippi State-but won’t get anywhere near a ti-tle shot with three nationally ranked foes ahead of them in the conference.

That might be OK. Petrino can ride his goodwill through at least another season of dismal con-ference results. But, if Arkansas doesn’t snag any marquee recruits for their future classes (it only signed one ESPN Top 150 blue chipper for 2009), things will get rough for Petrino.

The heat is turned up in MiamiRandy Shannon’s third year

could be his last in Coral Ga-bles, Fla. Shannon has gone 12-13 in two seasons at the helm of a once- prominent football power. The Hurricanes are starting quar-terback Robert Marve along with offensive coordinator Patrick Nix and defensive coordinator Bill Young. Shannon has had three de-fensive coordinators in three sea-sons. The Hurricanes have had

three top 25 recruiting classes un-der Shannon but have nothing to show for it. A tough schedule fea-turing Oklahoma and South Flor-ida could be the death knell for Shannon.

Under the Vegas sunNot all of the endangered coach-

es belong to the win-at-all-costs BCS conferences. At the Univer-sity of Nevada, Las Vegas, Mike Sanford has been surviving some roller coaster results with a pro-gram that used to be a top con-tender in the Mountain West.

The Rebels have suffered four losing seasons under Sanford, and their win over No. 15 Arizo-na State in 2008 was the only thing that saved the former Utah assis-tant from the chopping block.

UNLV has a fair amount of tal-ent for a mid-major program this year, but without a winning sea-son, Sanford will most likely be looking for a new job.

In an era when college coaches are fired mid-season and program realignments happen more often than first downs, it’s obvious that no head coach is completely secure.

By Robert MaadiThe Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick will start his day in bank-ruptcy court and end it on a foot-ball field.

All day, all eyes will be on No. 7.Vick is scheduled to play his

first NFL game since his release from prison when the Philadel-phia Eagles host the Jacksonville Jaguars in a preseason matchup Thursday night.

It’ll be Vick’s first official ap-pearance in a game since Dec. 31, 2006 with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played that one at Lincoln Fi-nancial Field against the Eagles.

This time, there likely will be protesters outside the stadium. Inside, there probably will be plenty of boos.

Donovan McNabb, Brian West-brook, the rest of the Eagles and all the Jaguars are merely a sub-plot in an otherwise meaningless game. Vick’s much-anticipated re-turn is the talk of the town.

Vick has dominated headlines since the Eagles signed the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback two weeks ago, giving him a one-year, $1.6 million contract with a team option for $5.2 million in 2010.

Just last month, Vick’s future was uncertain. He was released from federal custody July 20 after serving 18 months of a 23-month sentence for his role in financing and participating in a major dog-fighting operation.

Many NFL teams said they weren’t interested in Vick, and it appeared he might have to settle for playing in the fledgling Unit-ed Football League.

But the Eagles, with McNabb’s blessing, gave Vick a chance, hop-ing he could be the final piece to help them win that elusive first Super Bowl. Exactly what Vick’s role on the team will be is the big-gest question, though.

McNabb is the clear-cut starter, but the Eagles didn’t bring in Vick to carry a clipboard. His skills are perfectly suited to run the wild-cat offense, and it’s likely he’ll fill that role.

Coach Andy Reid has kept his plans secret, but said he won’t be reluctant to use Vick in a wildcat formation against the Jaguars. Af-ter all, he’s got to see how Vick handles it, plus it would give op-posing defenses more to worry about once they see the formation on film.

McNabb and the first-team of-fense are slated to play three quar-ters against the Jags, and backup

QB Kevin Kolb is penciled in for the fourth quarter. So Vick could share reps with McNabb and the two may even be on the field to-gether in certain situations.

“I’ve just got to see how it works out,” Reid said. “I think he’s worked himself into good enough shape to where he can function in there and do OK. And then I’ve just got to see. It’s been two years since he’s been in there, so I’ve got to see. If he’s OK with the speed of it, then we can give him a couple snaps. If not, we’ll back him off and get him back to practice and work there.”

Vick took most of his practice snaps under center in a traditional offense. His familiarity with Phila-delphia’s version of the West Coast offense — Atlanta ran a similar one — has helped speed up his learn-ing process. He’s also put in ex-tra time before and after practices, working on conditioning and oth-er aspects of his game.

It’s clear the two-year layoff hasn’t affected Vick’s arm strength. He still has plenty of zip on his passes. But speed and quickness made Vick successful, so it’ll be in-teresting to see whether he’s lost even the slightest step.

“Hopefully, what he does, I won’t be able to see it because he’s moving too fast,” center Ja-

maal Jackson said.Vick has the ideal mentor in

McNabb, who’s been to five Pro Bowls, five NFC championship games and one Super Bowl.

“Right now, he’s just trying to get his feet up under him and get comfortable with what we’re do-ing,” McNabb said. “When you get older in this game, you have to adjust your game because you’re not as fast as you used to be. Or you don’t have to run as much because you’re learning more about it.

“He will learn to go through his progressions and reads and be able to deliver the ball quick-er instead of deciding to run a lit-tle bit faster than usual. But if it’s just watching me and the rest of the quarterbacks, then that’s what I’m sure he’ll do.”

Vick was once the NFL’s high-est-paid player, agreeing to a $130 million, 10-year deal with the Fal-cons in December 2004. But he lost most of his money and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008, saying he owes between $10 mil-lion and $50 million to creditors.

Vick is due to appear at a bank-ruptcy court hearing in Newport News, Va., on Thursday morning and will fly back to Philadelphia to make his Eagles debut.

Everyone will be watching.

FOOTBALL: Coaches have to claw their way out of the hot seat

Alan Diaz | Associated Press

University of Miami’s head coach Randy Shannon has gone 12-13 in his last two seasons with the Hurricanes. The upcoming year doesn’t look too promising for him as his team faces a hefty schedule, which includes Oklahoma and South Florida.

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Watch out, Austin City Lim-its Music Festival and South by Southwest Festival. It looks like Fun Fun Fun Fest is here to stay.

The burgeoning festival, which takes place Nov. 7 and 8 this year, has flourished from a gathering of local and touring artists to a full-fledged juggernaut since it debuted in 2006.

Among the highlights from the all-star lineup released this week:

DanzigThis is the great thing about a

festival like Fun Fun Fun Fest -- powerful, respected names in di-verse genres playing alongside lo-

cal talent. The heavy metal band that formed from the ashes of The Misfits and Samhain is sure to inject a dose of much-needed machismo into our fair city.

GZAHis ferocity as a former Wu-

Tang Clan member, his unbridled sense of humor in the film “Cof-fee and Cigarettes” and his status as one of the proprietors of old-school hip-hop make GZA one of the most highly anticipated acts of Fun Fun Fun Fest.

Neon IndianAlan Palomo’s druggy, hazy side

project boasts summery, laidback

beats and lo-fi nostalgia. Neon In-dian’s music has been the topic of fierce and passionate discussion lately, garnering praise from Pitch-fork, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste and indie tastemakers Gorilla Vs. Bear.

Atlas SoundBradford Cox of Deerhunt-

er fame brings his increasing-ly sample-based music to Aus-tin in the form of his solo project, Atlas Sound. Keep an ear out for “Walkabout,” an irresistibly opti-mistic jam co-created with Panda Bear of Animal Collective.

Melt-BananaNoise rockers rejoice. Tokyo

harbingers of dissonance and distortion Melt-Banana coax au-diences into a near-euphoric haze with their blistering shredding and mind-boggling syncopation.

Of MontrealIncreasingly bizarre but always

satisfying, the now-glittery elec-tronic indie pop band is sure to bring a show that rivals The Flam-ing Lips in terms of showmanship and flamboyant dramatics.

Early-bird tickets for the full weekend pass are available at $67.50 for the next 10 days. Stu-dent discounts are also available online at http://www.funfunfunfest.com/store/.

Reggae musician Matisyahu plays a short concert on the drag to promote his most recent release

About two dozen UT students and passersby on Guadalupe Street stopped in for a brief concert by Matisyahu in the parking lot adjacent to Walter Webb Hall on Wednesday.

The performance came a day after the Hasid-ic Jewish reggae musician released his third album, “Light.” He performed only a few songs in the 100-plus degree temperatures but included his new sin-gle “One Day,“ as well as his 2006 hit “King With-out a Crown.”

— Sean Beherec

Local music fest attracts big names Singing in the heatMatisyahu raps at a free concert sponsored by 101.5 KROX FM at 25th and Guadalupe streets on Wednesday afternoon.

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By Brad Barry Daily Texan Staff

In reality, Monahans is a small city in the center of Texas’ Permian Basin. But for Greg Vanderpool, it is something more abstract.

When he decided to name his band Monahans, he was more in-terested in the flat, desert land-scape and big skies of West Texas than in any particular town.

While the name conjures im-agery that perfectly matches the alternately soaring and world-weary music found on the band’s recent releases, it’s not the only name they have record-ed under.

From their 1999 formation until 2007, the now Austin-based quar-tet played as Milton Mapes. But, between that name and their ear-ly country music sound, the band

struggled not to be pigeonholed.“I like a lot of Texas music and

country music, and we incorporat-ed some country elements into the Milton Mapes records,” Vander-pool said. “But we’ve never been a party band. Unfortunately, that association seemed to put walls

around the type of project we were interested in creating. So we decided to redefine what we were about and present our songs in a different way.”

The result was Monahans. Even though there is now less empha-sis on country music as a form, the longing and desire that are hall-marks of the genre figure heavily into their music.

For this reason, Vanderpool, who has been the group’s prin-cipal songwriter since the Milton Mapes days, is wary of a simple genre-switch narrative.

“I’m uncomfortable with the notion that we changed genres,” he said. “To me, we’ve always been about ambience, rhythms and songs. I think Monahans just puts a greater emphasis on ambi-ence and rhythms, and that has changed some people’s percep-tion of what we’re doing.”

This change in emphasis cer-tainly comes through on the lat-est Monahans album, this year’s Dim the Aurora. Though mando-lins, acoustic guitar strums and brushed percussion are still abun-dantly featured, they’re now aug-mented by electronic drums, dron-ing electric guitars and a more varied production. The album brims with energy and esoteric sounds, but one still feels the open skies and raw emotion of folk and country music.

For Vanderpool, the renova-tions to the band’s sound are part of a constant musical evolution. He points out that African spiri-tuals and Irish hymns were trans-formed into the old folk and blues

songs that were, in turn, the ba-sis of rock ‘n’ roll music. He went on to say that he “like[s] to think of our stuff as a continuation of that tradition.”

Spreading its updated take on

these age-old musical traditions, Monahans plays more live shows.

The group “[strips] the songs down a bit, but [tries] to create a big sound with only three peo-ple,” Vanderpool said.

If the goal is to bring the feel-ings conjured by the large, cine-matic landscape of West Texas to Austin, the music of Monahans – earthy and wide-open, but with melancholy undertones – has as

good a shot as any. Monahans plays Stubb’s to-

night with Sad Accordions and Jude/Ross. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets and more information can be found at stubbsaustin.com.

By Gerald RichDaily Texan Staff

“Project Runway,” the hit reali-ty fashion competition show, has returned and is fierce as ever. With the season premiere last Thurs-day, however, audiences were in for some considerable changes.

The first major difference: the network. Bravo’s keystone show switched to Lifetime af-ter a triumvirate of lawsuits be-tween Bravo’s parent compa-ny NBC Universal, the leading producers The Weinstein Com-pany and Lifetime. Even after it escaped the legal deadlock, fans were leery about the much be-loved “Runway” airing on the same network with embarrass-ing TV movies like “Baby Mon-itor: Sound of Fear.”

Viewers may notice the differ-ent location of this season’s show. For five straight seasons, the hosts have been Tim Gunn, chief cre-ative officer for Liz Claiborne, and Heidi Klum, German su-permodel and all-around sex bomb, in Manhattan at Parsons the New School of Design.

But with the sixth season, the show packed up and moved out west to Los Angeles’s Fash-ion Institute of Design and Mar-keting. Even the show’s main fabric location, Mood, opened up a second store in LA just for “Runway” contestants.

For many fans, the change was just too much; the divi-sive contrasts between New York and Los Angeles, com-bined with the network switch, turned viewers off before the show even aired.

But the new season is back with a menagerie of wild cards, memorable quotes and familiar faces to discuss at the watercool-er. From contestant Qristyl Fra-zier’s reinterpretation of plus sizes as “plus sexy” to Ari Fish’s red carpet design for the VMAs and the Nobel Peace Prize cere-mony in the year 2080, the pre-miere did not disappoint.

Even two Texans, Louis Black of Dallas and Shirin Askari of Richardson, made it onto this season’s competition.

Many elements from seasons past remained: Tim still loving-ly mentors designers while Hei-di looks gorgeous and judges with her familiar cohort.

The only real disappointment is the new follow-up show, “Models of the Runway.”

For years, fans have only seen glimpses of the models’ stories. Most of their drama was only filmed when it affected the de-signers. Unfortunately, “Mod-els” proves to be typical reality television glib; dominant carica-tures annoy everyone and cause tension. The show has genu-ine emotion when a model gets eliminated, but it isn’t enough to help viewers connect with a sobbing beauty who flashes porcelain veneers.

But the sins of one show should not weigh down the opin-ion of another. Although they

may be related, “Models of the Runway” is thankfully more like a cousin several times removed. For fans who miss any of the dra-ma, mylifetime.com shows full episodes of “Project Runway” and “Models of the Runway.” “

Project Runway” airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. CST on Lifetime.

Band picks a new name, sticks with its old sound

Photo courtesy of Monahans

Monahans play tonight at Stubb’s with Sad Accordions and Jude/Ross.

‘‘To me, we’ve always been about ambience, rhythms and songs.”

— Greg Vanderpool Monahans

The Associated Press

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, hosts of “Project Runway.” The show’s sixth season premiered last Thursday .

New channel, new city, same showAuthor Dominick Dunne dies at 83 in his Manhattan home

NEW YORK — Author Domin-ick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his maga-zine articles and best-selling novels

such as “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.

Dunne had been battling blad-der cancer for a while. The cancer did not prevent him from working and socializing, his twin passions.

In September 2008, against the orders of his doctor and the wishes of his family, he flew to Las Vegas to attend the kidnapping-robbery trial of O.J. Simpson, a postscript to his coverage of Simpson’s 1995

murder trial that spiked Dunne’s considerable fame.

After discontinuing his Vanity Fair column, Dunne began work on his memoirs. Until close to the end of his life, he posted on-line messages on his own Web site commenting on events in his life and thanking his fans for their con-stant support.

He is survived by his brother and his son.

— The Associated Press

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By Mia AvramescuDaily Texan Staff

I fondly remember the days when lunch referred not only to a meal but to a 30-minute retreat from responsibility — an oasis in between math and P.E.

In grade school, lunch was a time for socializing, relaxing and

pudding cups. But under a col-lege schedule, lunch is formless. It is squeezed into the 10-min-ute grace period after class or given up in favor of last-minute studying.

There are many places to get your mid-day meal on and around campus, but an awk-

wardly timed lunch break elim-inates the dining hall option and a limited budget eliminates most others.

Is it possible to enjoy lunch-time on campus without blowing your entire weekly allowance? Try these five solutions under $5, and learn to love lunch again.

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LOW BUDGET LUNCHTIME

Einstein’s Bagels:Breakfast is ubiquitously the

cheapest meal of the day. Ein-stein’s sells breakfast for lunch. You do the math. Order any non-gourmet bagel for $0.99 and top it with cream cheese, hummus or peanut butter and jelly for $1.50. You can couple it with a “Darn Good Coffee” for $1.69 or go without the coffee and order any egg sandwich bagel for $4.59. Ein-stein’s also offers frequent deals: The new chicken wrapper bagel is not only a “lunchier” choice but comes as a combo with chips and a drink for a total of $2.99.

Wheatsville Food Co-OpThe deli’s organic black beans with organic brown rice and salsa costs only

$3.49 (large). Recently renovated, Wheatsville’s new floor plan includes in-door seating and an extended patio for your dine-in pleasure, though they can efficiently pack your order to go. The beans and rice paired with an or-ganic Blue Sky soda might just be the cheapest organic meal in town. Or skip the soda and add a vegetable or nutritional yeast to your bowl for $0.50.

Kismet CaféKismet offers free WiFi internet and a wide va-

riety of Middle Eastern cuisine. All 10 types of pita wraps on the menu cost just under $5. The tabbouleh salad (seasoned tomato, cucumber, onion and bell pepper) is only $2.99, so you can order it along with a can of Vimto fruit flavored drink ($1.08) without exceeding your $5 limit.

Pack your own lunch It may have been uncool in grade school, but

times have changed. Making your own meal will always be the cheapest choice, and carry-ing a lunch box gives you the freedom to eat wherever, whenever and whatever you want. Lunchables don’t count.

Texas EXpressoIf lunch hour finds you near the Etter-Harbin

Alumni Center, you’re in luck. Texas EXpres-so is extremely posh compared to other nearby eateries (Cypress Bend) but can still provide a cheap meal. The menu offers five different sal-ads under $5, and the tuna salad sandwich is $3.95. Add a lemon wedge to your ice water for a free drink. With the classy food and comfort-able setting, you just might forget you’re eat-ing on campus.

Photis by Edmarc Hedrick | Daily Texan Staff

Above, add cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and a variety of other ingredients to the Wheatsville Co-Op’s basic beans and rice dish and still come in under the $5 budget. Left, tabbouleh salad and Vimto soda is a light, refreshing and inexpensive meal that can be found at Kismet Cafe. Below, chopped garlic bagel with hum-mus spread is just one of a multitude of bagel/spread combinations from which one can choose at Einstein Bros. Bagels.

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