By Audrey WhiteDaily Texan Staff

An absence of the oversight committee, designed to enforce election regulations, has left Stu-dent Government candidates and other SG members in a state of limbo about what constitutes ethi-cal pre-campaign activities.

Questions arose last week when external financial director Scott Parks, who has filed as a candi-date for SG president, and vice-presidential running mate Mu-neezeh Kabir held what Parks called a Jan. 28 “supporter rally.” Parks said there were about 70-80 people in attendance. The event was advertised by sending a bulk e-mail to a list of close friends and established supporters of Parks and Kabir.Park said the gathering did not qualify as a political event be-cause, according to the election code, campaigning “has the effect of soliciting votes for an elective

office.”“We’re trying to build a sup-

port base in private as much as we can,” Parks said. “We are not

using the word ‘vote.’ Everything is about what we can be doing in preparation for official campaign-ing season as a team.”

This is the first test of a new elec-tion code that was developed last year after controversy arose dur-ing the SG elections, when both the Election Supervisory Board co-chairman César Martinez Es-pinosa and then-SG President Ke-shav Rajagopalan campaigned for executive alliance Liam O’Rourke and Shara Ma. Rajagopalan used his title in e-mails showing sup-port for O’Rourke, which was a violation of the code.

University-wide Rep. Carly Castetter, one of the authors of the new code, said the code now has more concrete definitions of cam-paigning and endorsing and also further outlines the roles and rules of the Election Supervisory Board, an elected body that oversees the election and reviews complaints.

In future years, the board will be established by October so ques-tions of pre-campaign

By Ben WermundDaily Texan Staff

The Cactus Cafe, one of Austin’s most revered music halls, will close in August after the Texas Union Board of Directors voted Friday to phase out the venue.

The intimate 150-seat venue in the Union opened 31 years ago this month and has hosted esteemed musical acts such as Townes Van Zandt, Doug Sahm, Richard Thompson and Lyle Lovett.

The board, composed of stu-dents and faculty, voted to close the cafe and also to cut the Union’s in-formal class program, which offers classes on topics ranging from tan-go to Buddhism for both UT stu-dents and the general public.

The planned cuts, expected to save the Union $122,000, were drafted after Gov. Rick Perry in-structed all state agencies to turn in budget-reduction plans by Feb. 15. UT plans to cut 5 percent of its overall budget.

Andy Smith, University Union’s executive director, said the Cactus Cafe and the classes were no longer making money and had fallen out of line with the Union’s mission of serving students.

“If the Cactus and the classes were making money, we wouldn’t have had to cut them,” Smith said. “It’s a double-edged kind of thing. They don’t serve students, and they don’t break even or return a profit,

so I have nothing to hang my hat on.”

Smith said no layoffs will come from the program cuts. He said backlash from the decision — in-cluding the creation of the Fa-cebook group “Save the Cactus Cafe,” which had more than 3,900 members Sunday evening — was not surprising.

“We expected there would be [backlash] because the group of people specifically who come to the Cactus have been loyal customers for a long time,” he said. “But we derive our money from students currently going to school here and we have an obligation to them.”

Theater and dance sophomore Jon Cook, who has attended shows at the Cactus Cafe and has per-formed at open mic nights, said he has always enjoyed the venue.

“It kind of sucks that they’re closing it because a lot of impor-tant acts — at least to me — have played there,” Cook said. “I think it’s one of the coolest places on campus.”

He said the board was probably correct in assuming most patrons of the venue are not students.

“It’s usually an older crowd that goes there,” Cook said. “Most of the acts they book there are just tradi-tional folk acts, that the age bracket is, like, 50 and up.”

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‘‘At the end of the day, the debate is between Coke and

Pepsi.”

— Geoff rey Geiger

College Republicans treasurer

By Collin EatonDaily Texan Staff

Republican gubernatori-al candidates dug in their heels and traded blows Fri-day during the second pri-mary debate in Dallas.

The race between Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and up-and-com-ing candidate Debra Medina heated up when support for Medina rose from 4 percent to 12 percent in a Rasmussen poll after the Jan. 14 debate.

UT students of all political stripes watched and reacted to the debate, offering their own analysis.

“A memorable moment was when Perry was asked if he would stay in [office] for four years, and he made a big deal about it being in God’s hands,” said College Republicans treasurer Geof-frey Geiger.

Geiger said he does not personally support any can-didate yet because he be-lieves there would be little difference in their styles of governing.

“At the end of the day, the debate is between Coke and Pepsi,” Geiger said.

Perry leads Hutchison in popular support 43 percent to 33 percent, according to Rasmussen polls. The sen-ator lags despite campaign contributions from Ross Per-ot and endorsements from former presidents George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush.

Fourteen UT faculty mem-bers, including Nobel Prize winner and physics profes-sor Steven Weinberg, have donated to Hutchison’s campaign while two facul-ty members have donated to Perry’s campaign, according to a race donations database compiled from information available on the Texas Ethics Commission.

University Democrats spokesman Michael Hur-

ta said Hutchison failed to bring “new ideas to the ta-ble.”

“[Hutchison] took ideas that Rick Perry had, and Perry hasn’t done that much for us,” Hurta said. “As far as the Republican debate, I think we might just be seeing the Three Stooges again.”

After the debate, aero-space engineering junior Ty-ler Rosen said he appreciat-ed Medina’s candid “yes” or “no” answers. Rosen said he describes himself as a tradi-tional conservative without a party affiliation.

Throughout the debate, the candidates dodged di-rect questions.

When asked how many private and government jobs were created in 2009, Perry said, “I can’t tell you how many government jobs [were created]. I can tell you what the percentage is. In Texas, we produce about 5 percent of what the total job market is.”

A m o d e r a t o r a s k e d Hutchison whether or not she believed the number of abortions would increase if Roe v. Wade was over-turned.

“You look at some of the states and their view of life

By Bobby LongoriaDaily Texan Staff

Police have not yet appre-hended an unidentified man who robbed the Wells Fargo Bank on Guadalupe Street near 21st Street on Friday morn-ing. The suspect used a weap-on that remains unidentified by authorities.

The suspect, described by police as a male in his mid-30s with a European accent, walked into the bank at 10:12 a.m. wearing gray sweatpants with duct tape covering the lo-gos, a green and black backpack and a black ski mask, said Sgt. Keith Bazzle of the Austin Po-lice Department. An APD flyer describes the man as 5’10” with a thin build.

“The economy is bad,” Baz-zle said. “We don’t know why people do it.”

The suspect was seen in sur-veillance footage walking into the bank shaded by a black umbrella.

Three customers stood in the bank lobby, and a number of employees stood behind the counter. After stealing an un-disclosed amount of cash by threatening employees with the weapon, the man fled the bank, going south on Guadalupe. Ba-zzle said APD units searched the area. No one was injured, but the bank remained closed

for the rest of the day.“I was just about to get change,

but now I’m glad I didn’t go,” said Young McLaughlin, the owner of Alante Salon, which is adjacent to the bank.

McLaughlin said as the rob-bery occurred, she had a few customers in her store, but she was able to see “a tall man with a big nose” pass in front of her

store’s large windows.Her salon has a camera that

monitors the area 24/7, point-ing directly onto the sidewalk. She said the video will be re-leased to police authorities.

Wells Fargo spokeswom-an Helen K. Bow said custom-er funds are secure at the bank, and despite the robbery, they are not in jeopardy of losing capital.

Bow said the amount of mon-ey held at the bank and its secu-rity procedures cannot be dis-closed because it may compro-mise the bank’s ability to pre-vent future robberies.

“Wells Fargo’s top priority in all aspects of its operations is the safety of our custom-ers and team members,” Bow said. “We do not tolerate crim-inals, and we use the full force of our technology and planning to thwart and catch them.”

APD officials said if any member of the public has in-formation about this incident, they are asked to call the rob-bery tip line at (512) 974-5092. This is Austin’s first bank rob-bery of the year.

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By Alex GeiserDaily Texan Staff

Because of her conservative appeal and rise in recent polls, Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina may push the al-ready-heated Republican pri-mary race into a runoff between Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

As it stands, Perry current-ly leads Hutchison 43 percent to 33 percent, and Medina has a 12-percent hold, according to Jan. 18 Rasmussen polls. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent come the March 2 pri-mary, the two leading candi-dates will be forced into a run-off on April 13.

“There is a distinct possibili-ty that given these numbers, we will have a runoff. Hutchison and Perry would love not to have a runoff,” said UT lecturer Sherri Greenberg, who served in the Texas House of Represen-tatives for 10 years.

Greenberg said extending the race until April would keep the candidates campaigning, seeking endorsements, spend-ing money and fighting for an-other five weeks. She said this

Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff

Gus and Kelly Behr celebrate at the finale of the Republican debate watch party Friday evening at Brave New Books on Guadalupe Street. It was the second and last debate before the March 2 primary for the Republican nomination gubernatorial.

Students weigh inon Republican battlefor GOP nomination

Medina shakes up GOP race, rise in polls may cause election runoff

Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff

An armed robbery occurred at the Wells Fargo located at Guadalupe Street on Friday morning.

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Samantha York, a 20-year-old Austin resident, said she just attended her first show at the Cactus.

“Honestly, I had never been there until last week when I saw Jonathan Richman, and it was re-ally amazing,” York said. “For me, as a first-timer, it’s sad that it’s not going to be around for much longer.”

Kevin Connor, the vice presi-dent of music and artist relations at ME Television, said the Cactus Cafe has earned a national repu-tation as a venue that is devoted to the music.

“It’s where people really come to listen to music,” Connor said. “Some clubs are where you go to be part of a scene. These people sit down and listen. It has a national reputation as a great place to play, and that’s why a really great artist like Richard Thompson is a regu-lar there.”

He said the Cactus Cafe has been like a home for many art-ists.

“Guys like Guy Clark — that’s where they play,” Connor said.

Smith said the decision to close the Cactus Cafe was difficult but necessary.

“This is a long-term program of over 30 years. Absolutely, it’s gut-wrenching to do,” Smith said. “It’s a neat thing to run a depart-ment that has something like the Cactus Cafe in it — that brings in recording artists and is a place where a number of pretty famous artists got their start. [But neither of the programs] in the recent past have been able to sustain their own weight.”

fairness can be dealt with as they develop. However, that was impossible this year because the code was not finalized until De-cember. The board members and procedures will be announced by Feb. 9, when the candidacy-fil-ing period ends, Castetter said. She said students running in the elections are expected to interpret the code and hold themselves to a standard of fairness.

“When they file for candida-cy, they sign a piece of paper that says they have an understanding of the election code,” Castetter said. “My advice to anyone run-ning is that they should err on the side of caution.”

Parks and Minator Azemi, a University-wide representative who has also filed for presidential

candidacy, have said that because the Election Supervisory Board has not yet been established, it is difficult to interpret the code to determine what is and is not fair.

“Just like every other govern-ing document, there is a body that is selected or elected to ex-amine it,” Azemi said. “Unfortu-nately, we don’t have that yet. If I believe someone is breaking the rules, I have no one to turn to. Once we get the Election Supervi-sory Board, it will open the doors for interpretation and we will be able to set precedents.”

Azemi and Justin Stein, vice-presidential running mate and a University-wide representative, are taking what Azemi said was a “stern, better-safe-than-sorry ap-proach” to pre-campaign activi-ties. They have met with leaders of student organizations to gain

perspective on what different types of students expect from the next president, but Azemi said the campaign has had no large meetings and is mainly working with a close group of supporters. Azemi said he was not certain whether Parks’ campaign broke any rules with their event, based on the reformed election code.

“The message Justin and I have had since day one is that this cam-paign has been about us, and we want students to support us for what we stand for and not as a default option,” he said. “For the sake of respecting the process, es-pecially since it’s new and fragile, I’ll defer to the Election Supervi-sory Board and see what they have to say.”

University-wide Rep. Jimmy Talarico, who is serving as Parks’ campaign manager, said he sees

the lack of a formal board as a major roadblock for those who want to run a campaign that is both clean and aggressive. Talar-ico said this year is a unique case because candidates are operating under the new campaign rules, but without the new form of the Election Supervisory Board.

“We went through great lengths to make sure we did not send [e-mails] to people we didn’t know or who weren’t con-firmed supporters to avoid break-ing the rules,” he said. “But there are so many shades of gray that it’s hard to determine where the line is. It’s frustrating for every-one who wants clear-cut answers. We would love nothing more than for the Election Supervisory Board to examine our interpreta-tion of the rules so we don’t have anymore questions.”

CAFE: UT venueserves as homefor music-lovers

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Local political activist Paul Davis encourages Debra Medina support-ers to volunteer during her campaign for Texas governor.

also leaves the candidates open for criticism and critique, which is why they would opt to avoid a runoff if at all possible.

Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, said if Medina main-tains her standing at 10 percent in the polls, a runoff is imminent.

Jillson said although Medina continues to take the race for gov-ernor seriously, she will not be-come a top contender because of weaknesses in her argument that are subject to debate and question.

Jillson specifically said her sup-port of interposition and nullifica-tion — two subjects touched on in Friday’s debate — would be con-troversial. Nullification is the as-sumed right a state has to reject any federal law that the state finds to be unconstitutional, and inter-position is the implied duty of a state to stand between the federal government and the people.

“I think she forgets that the U.S. Constitution has the Supremacy Clause that says U.S. law is su-

preme over state constitutions,” he said.

When Medina was asked if she supported secession at Fri-day’s debate, she said no, add-ing that she would “aggressive-ly” use nullification and interpo-sition as means by which to pro-tect individual and states’ rights from federal intervention.

Jillson said Medina’s plan to eliminate property taxes and in-crease the sales tax, coupled with her pledge to enforce state sover-eignty when it legally cannot be done, should be a red flag for vot-ers.

“Many of her policy additions would require dramatic change in Texas,” Jillson said. “Many don’t understand this yet, and when they do, they might be worried.”

Austin defense attorney Betty Blackwell said Medina’s conser-vative view of states’ rights helps draw in potential voters, but the values she promotes do not hold up under federal law. Blackwell said nullification does not exist now and has not existed since the Civil War.

“Even as governor, she wouldn’t have the power to do that,” she said.

Bill McKenzie, an editorial col-umnist for the Dallas Morning News, said Medina’s ideas have not been challenged, and she has not been answering questions regarding the true meaning of her statements concerning top-

ics such as secession and raising sales taxes.

“I think she could get some mo-mentum and make it interesting come March 2,” McKenzie said. “I don’t see how she could take her views and make them ap-peal to a broader part of the Re-publican Party. But this is a fun-ny year.”

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— Texas is a state, and I am a person who reveres life, and I think we need to go the extra mile to protect life, and the un-born baby should be the prior-ity,” Hutchison said.

When asked about her com-ments at a rally advocating Texas’ secession from the U.S., Medina took a jab at the gov-ernor. “I’ve never been a fan of secession,” Medina said. “Those comments were really in response to Gov. Perry’s ill-advised comment about seces-sion in the first Tea Party ral-ly.”

Geiger said he would not support Medina because of what he believes to be improb-able proposals she made dur-ing the debate — such as abol-ishing property taxes — that he believes the Texas Legisla-ture would reject immediately.

Some students criticized Perry for avoiding questions or shrugging off accusations with a laugh.

“[Perry] thinks his grin is like a shield,” said computer science junior Jared Camarata.

According to Jan. 25 reports from the Texas Ethics Com-mission, Perry and Hutchison have raised $7 million and $6 million, respectively, in cam-paign funds, while Medina has raised about $200,000.

Friday’s debate can be seen online at wfaa.com/news/poli-tics/debate. Early voting for the primary begins Feb. 16.

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Americans apprehended in HaitiRamon Espinosa | Associated Press

Laura Silsby of Boise, Idaho, right, speaks as Nicole Lankford, left, of Middleton, Idaho, and Carla Thompson of Meridian, Idaho, listen during an interview with The Associated Press at police headquarters at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday.

Afghan president appeals to Taliban to lay down guns

By Frank BajakThe Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten U.S. Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday af-ter trying to take 33 children out of Haiti at a time of growing fears over possible child trafficking.

The church members, most from Idaho, said they were trying to rescue abandoned and trau-matized children. But officials said they lacked the proper doc-uments when they were arrested Friday night in a bus along with earthquake survivors aged from 2 months to 12 years.

The group said its “Haitian Or-phan Rescue Mission” was an ef-fort to help abandoned children by taking them to an orphanage across the border in the Domini-can Republic.

“In this chaos the government is in right now, we were just try-ing to do the right thing,” the group’s spokeswoman, Laura Silsby, told The Associated Press at the judicial police headquarters

in the capital, where the Ameri-cans were being held pending a Monday hearing before a judge. No charges had been filed.

The children, some of them sick and dehydrated, were tak-en to an orphanage run by Aus-tria-based SOS Children’s Villag-es, which was trying to find their parents or close relatives, said spokesman Geogre Willeit.

“One child, an 8- or 9-year-old, said she thought she was going to some sort of summer or vaca-tion camp in the Dominican Re-public,” Willeit said.

The Baptist group planned to scoop up 100 kids and take them by bus to a 45-room hotel at Cab-arete, a beach resort in the Do-minican Republic, that they were converting into an orphanage, Silsby told the AP.

Whether they realized it or not, these Americans — the first known to be taken into custo-dy since the Jan. 12 quake — put themselves in the middle of a firestorm in Haiti, where gov-

ernment leaders have suspended adoptions amid fears that parent-less or lost children are more vul-nerable than ever before to child trafficking.

The quake orphaned many children and left others separated from parents, adding to the diffi-culty of helping children in need while preventing exploitation or mistreatment of them.

While many legitimate adop-tion agencies and orphanages operate in Haiti, often run by re-ligious groups, the intergovern-mental International Organiza-tion for Migration reported in 2007 that bogus adoption agen-cies in Haiti were offering chil-dren to rich Haitians and foreign-ers in return for processing fees reaching $10,000.

Silsby said her group, includ-ing members from Texas and Kansas, paid no money for the children, whom she said they obtained from a Haitian pastor named Jean Sanbil of the Sharing Jesus Ministries.

Silsby, 40, of Boise, Idaho, was asked if she didn’t consider it na-ive to cross the border without adoption papers at a time when Haitians are so concerned about child trafficking. “By no means are we any part of that. That’s ex-actly what we are trying to com-bat,” she said.

She said she hadn’t been fol-lowing news reports while trav-eling in Haiti.

Social Affairs Minister Yves Cristallin told the AP that the Americans were suspected of taking part in an illegal adoption scheme.

By Heidi Vogt& Rahim Faiez

The Associated PressKABUL — Afghanistan’s pres-

ident appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weap-ons and accept laws as the gov-ernment and its international al-lies push a program to entice mil-itants away from the insurgency.

President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more com-prehensive program to bring Tal-iban insurgents over to the gov-ernment’s side to reduce violence that has raged in recent years.

Incentives have existed for years for the Taliban to stop fighting, but these have generally been ineffective, attracting only the lowest-level fighters with no guarantees they wouldn’t return to the insurgency or that prom-ised aid would come through.

And despite incentives, the in-surgency has expanded steadi-ly in the past six years. In 2004, NATO estimated that fewer than 400 Taliban were left in Afghani-stan. The latest estimates in ear-ly 2010 putting the number of in-surgents at close to 30,000.

Karzai stressed he plans to rec-oncile with Taliban leaders as much as they are willing, but he made clear his offer did not ex-tend to anyone in al-Qaida, say-ing there was no room in Af-ghanistan for terrorists.

Karzai has said previously he is willing to talk to Taliban leader Mullah Omar and welcome back any militants who are willing to recognize the Afghan constitu-tion. However, the Taliban has always set the withdrawal of in-ternational troops as a precondi-tion for any negotiations. Karzai called that unrealistic, saying the NATO coalition should be expected to stay until they re-move al-Qaida and other terror-ist threats.

Afghanistan’s international backers agreed in London to pro-vide funding for a renewed effort to woo Taliban away from al-Qai-da and the insurgency, given the commitment of the Afghan gov-ernment to institute a more com-prehensive and thorough pro-gram, including jobs and educa-tion. The details will be worked out in a meeting of elders, clerics and other representatives to be held “very soon,” Karzai said.

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Monday, February 1, 2010 OPINION4THE DAILY TEXAN

By Emily GrubertDaily Texan Columnist

By Emily GrubertDaily Texan Columnist

Have something to say? Say it in print — and to the entire campus. The Daily Texan Editorial Board is currently accepting applications for columnists and cartoonists. We’re looking for talented writers and artists to provide as much diversity of opinion as possible. Anyone and everyone is en-couraged to apply.

Writ ing for the Texan is a great way to get your voice heard. Our colum-nists’ and reporters’ work is often syn-dicated nationwide, and every issue of the Texan is a histor-ical document archived at the Cen-ter for American History.

Barack Obama may not be a fre-quent reader, but a copy of the Tex-an runs across UT President Wil-liam Powers Jr.’s desk each day,

and the opinions on this page have great potential to affect University policy.

It’s no rare occurence for Tex-an staff members to recieve feed-back from local or state officials, or to be contacted by a reader whose

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The discourse, the skeptics and the

challenges are not dangerous. What is worrisome is that so many of

us feel compelled to take unyielding

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Be a Daily Texan columnist

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ly those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees.

Editor in Chief: Jillian SheridanPhone: (512) 232-2212E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.comAssociate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David MutoRoberto Cervantes Dan Treadway Lauren Winchester

Concern for student leadershipAs a UT undergraduate, when I see

issues coming to the table like tuition increases coupled with headlines like Thursday’s “Student leaders fail to be accountable,” I grow increasingly wor-ried about the political climate on cam-pus. Our student leaders are elected to be representative of the issues concern-ing the student body to the University administration.

When our leaders have failed to con-vey our concerns to the administration and Legislature, they have failed in their primary mandate to be the voice of the students, and change must occur. We as the majority student body must act, be it lobbying for more representa-tion and transparency or by circum-venting ineffective representation.

If the students want to participate in Tuition Policy Advisory Committee meetings, we should be allowed to. Lip service saying that information is com-plex simply will not do.

UT has some of the brightest minds on campus growing into the leaders of tomorrow. Am I to believe that the dis-cussions are so complex as to bewilder

almost all of the thousands of students on campus in various disciplines but that a few student “leaders,” faculty and staff can comprehend it?

The voices of the students — not the personal ideas of our leaders — should be holding weight when it comes to University policy-making. If not, why are they representing us?

— Vladimir CoxallMathematics senior

Christian athletes the norm?Blake Hurtik’s article in Thursday’s

Sports section titled “Unpopular reli-gious beliefs left out of sports” pro-posed an interesting idea. According to Hurtik, Christianity is “mainstream,” and this is why Christian athletes like Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow steal the spotlight and attract attention while Muslim and atheist athletes stand in the shadows.

But are McCoy and Tebow given attention because their religion is popular, or is it that in the egotistical world of college and pro sports, a few athletes choose to deflect praise and use interviews to talk about somebody greater than them? Which does the

reporter seek out: the norm or the note-worthy? Is this about society “lagging” in its outdated assumptions about how “good ol’ Christian boys” fill the football field, about assuming there aren’t any religious symbols other than crosses in the locker room, or is it about Hurtik’s lagging logic?

Christian athletes who attract the spotlight don’t get attention because we believe that there are hundreds just like them; they’re given a closer look because they are unusual.

Christian influence may be overpow-ering in American sports, as Hurtik asserts, but the result is the white noise of “God, help us win” prayers that echo in every pre-game locker room.

No one cares about this kind of situ-ational theism, precisely because it is mainstream. That’s the norm, and that’s why McCoy’s post-game consistency in praising God is worth media attention, and it’s why people pay attention when Tebow uses his life story to talk about his beliefs.

Other faiths may indeed be over-looked in sports, but it’s not because prominent Christian athletes exemplify the commonplace.

— Daniel MartinPre-nursing sophomore

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Board votes to close Cactus Cafe, cut informal classes Seeking to trim its budget, the Texas Union Board of Directors decided

Friday to phase out the Cactus Cafe and informal classes by August 2010. The cafe, nestled in a corner of the Union, is an Austin live-music staple that has been in operation since 1979. Legendary musicians such as Ali-son Krauss, Lyle Lovett and Ani DiFranco have all played shows in the intimate venue.

Informal classes have been a tradition at UT since 1971. These “com-munity education programs” have allowed students and nonstudents alike to take classes in subjects ranging from the practical (Introduction to HTML) to the enlightening (Introduction to Buddhism) to the hip (Fixed- Gear Bicycling).

Informal classes have afforded students an opportunity to pursue both hobbies and passions in a relaxed setting. But the board members said nonstudents primarily use the services and that they have been un-profitable, requiring extra funds from the University’s budget.

The cuts, effective in August, are predicted to save $120,000 a year. Fortunately, full-time staff affected by the closures will be offered new positions within the division at their current salaries.

The Union’s main mission is, understandably, to serve students. But these cuts resonate so far beyond the University that we wonder if UT is being too insular. The Cactus preserves something of Austin’s music scene and culture, while informal classes allow thousands of communi-ty members to better their lives with education.

The University may be in a financial crunch, but it is a shame that at-tempting to balance the budget has to come at the expense of student satisfaction — not just by raising tuition, but also by eliminating these unique campus entities.

Budget cuts are about prioritizing, and if saving $120,000 means shut-ting down cultural and community institutions, then the board mem-bers should rethink where to cut costs.

Legal battle looming for Capital MetroCapital Metro and the city of Austin may be headed to court after the

transit agency announced it would be halting payments on the $51.1 mil-lion it owes the city under a 2003 agreement.

The transportation company stopped paying that portion of the debt and hasn’t budgeted any payments into its 2009-2010 fiscal plans — a problem, considering that money is supposed to fund city proj-ects totaling $12 million in current construction, $13 million under con-tract and $17 million in the design phase, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Cap Metro says the contract doesn’t put any particular time require-ments on the payments, only that it would pay “as funds are available.” But Cap Metro board members Chris Riley and Mike Martinez, who also happen to be Austin City Council members, say the money is owed and the city would win if it came to a legal battle. Cap Metro, as usual, says it’s working on a solution.

Given the recent tumultuous dealings of Cap Metro’s finances, the news isn’t particularly surprising. But it’s still disappointing.

The agency’s cost-ridden and only moderately supported foray into a rail system, coupled with sloppy handling of a seemingly overflowing re-serve, have led to fare hikes, CEO retirements, canceled contracts and ulti-mately decreased public confidence in the agency. If the agency isn’t able to work out a fair plan for payments on the debt, it may be the last time the city plans to invest as much into the company.

Cap Metro says it still plans to launch the oft-delayed commuter rail in March. The city needs to hope it’s successful if it plans to make any gains off what has so far been a fumbling investment.

No grand shift for Hutchison after debatesImmigration, transportation and the state budget dominated the con-

versation Friday night as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, activist Debra Medi-na and Gov. Rick Perry faced off in their second, and likely last, debate be-fore the March 2 Republican gubernatorial primary.

The night largely mirrored the candidates’ first debate, with Hutchison and Perry trading jabs — this time over the Trans-Texas Corridor and the Texas Enterprise Fund — and Medina scoring small points against both while remaining largely on the periphery.

“Together, they’re a team of economic tricksters intent on destroying our freedoms and selling Texas to the highest bidder,” Medina, who climbed into the low single digits in polling after the first debate, said of her better-financed competitors. Forecasters are now predicting that while the once-obscure libertarian candidate won’t win the race, she’ll likely force a run-off between Hutchison and Perry.

For Hutchison, though, who failed to deliver a fatal blow to Perry at ei-ther debate, things look bleak. With the governor leading in the polls by a healthy margin, only a knockout performance by Hutchison could have changed the dynamics of the race. But the narrative has instead shifted to-ward the emergence of Medina as a spoiler.

In Democratic news, former Houston Mayor Bill White and Hous-ton businessman Farouk Shami will square off in a televised debate on Feb. 8. White is favored and the likely candidate, but Shami — whose candidacy has yet to be taken entirely seriously — could provide some entertainment.

Please, please challenge climate science.The point of science is to challenge, to question, to poke and

prod at a statement until all its angles have been explored, its depths plumbed and its idiosyncrasies cat-alogued. It is only through questioning and skeptical examination that scientists can hope to advance fields, increase knowledge and push the boundaries of the possible.

But please, also recognize that chal-lenging something that hasn’t been chal-lenged a million times before might elevate the conversation.

Let’s be honest, there’s a lot concerning cli-mate science to challenge — the accuracy of methodologies related to modeling cloud cov-er, for example. Or why, despite a decade of global warming from 2000 to 2009, tempera-tures began to show a plateauing trend (a new Nature study suggests it has to do with strato-spheric water vapor). How, exactly, do com-pounds with short atmospheric lifetimes, such as black carbon (and water vapor, for that mat-ter), affect temperatures?

But much about climate science is also fair-ly well-established. There’s an anthropogenic, or human-caused, signature on a lot of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Higher levels of greenhouse gases can contribute to warming. Solar radiation effects don’t account for observed warming trends that have been widely identified.

Don’t stop challenging climate science. But challenges should respect the field enough to bring real concerns to light. Since most of the arguments commonly presented to argue against man’s role in climate change have been thoroughly investigat-ed, it’s hard not to think that many aim merely to disrupt rath-er than contribute.

With science this relevant to potentially large shifts in the global economy, it is difficult to de-politicize conclusions. The

discourse, the skeptics and the challenges are not dangerous. What is worrisome is that so many of us feel compelled to take unyielding sides.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is responsi-ble for what are widely considered authoritative reviews of cli-mate science, vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies as well as climate-change mitigation strategies. In a pair of twin emerging controversies, the panel has come under fire in recent months for two distinct issues: the integrity of its members and the

quality of its research.In an incident involving the theft and

release of a body of e-mails from the Uni-versity of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit, climate science has been called into question as skeptics attempt to determine whether scientists intentionally skewed data. Another incident related to the use of a demonstrably false statistic on Himala-yan glacier melting has been more focused on data quality.

But neither controversy ultimately has much bearing on the conclusions on cli-mate. That’s the beauty of challenging. Different reports by different people us-ing different methods have been produced by generations of challengers — and they mostly point to very similar conclusions: Human activities release materials into the atmosphere that can cause climate change, which presents a suite of risks, whether as changes in temperature, storm intensity, biodiversity or water availability.

The science must be challenged, but challenging the science is not the same as polarizing scientists and society to the point where, no matter the evidence, one group feels the need to deny the problem while another feels it must defend any statement that points to risk in acting on climate change.

It is science’s job to estimate and qualify risk, but science can’t tell us what “should” be done. Recent climate scandals are un-fortunate, as they represent another step toward the polariza-tion that obscures our ability to perform good science.

Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student.

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By Vidushi ShrimaliDaily Texan Staff

Gary Ashworth drove 60 miles Sunday morning to the Texas Me-morial Museum’s Identification Day to find someone who would verify that his favorite fossil find was an ancient skull.

“I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m afraid this is just a rock,” archaeologist Chris Lintz from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Fund told him.

Ashworth is one of the many Texans who came to the muse-um’s semiannual Identification Day where anyone can bring in a rock, fossil or bone that they find and, with the help of ar-chaeologists and paleontolo-gists, find out its age and origin.

Ashworth found the “skull”

and arrowheads in two mounds that he discovered on his broth-er’s land three years ago.

Since then, he has discov-ered countless arrowheads, rocks and bones. To supple-ment his triannual visits to his brother ’s land where he actually conducts his archae-logical digs, Ashworth reads books and does research on his findings.

“I love it,” Ashworth said. “I’d rather be there [digging] right now than here.”

He visited the museum three weeks ago hoping to identi-fy the piece that he thinks is a skull. An employee told him she thought it was just a rock, but she encouraged him to come back for Identification

Day to speak with an expert.Even after speaking to two

experts Sunday, Ashworth said he would keep looking until someone verified his finding to be a skull.

“That’s my skull,” Ashworth said. “I’m convinced.”

Pam Luttig, a frequent visi-tor to the museum, brought a bone her father had given her years ago in Michigan. Ar-chaeologist Pamela Owens, the event’s organizer, told her it was the bone of a young mast-odon around 9,000 to 10,000 years old. Owens identified the seashell Luttig’s 19-month-old niece had brought as 100 mil-lion years old.

“I’m really pleased. I’ve been collecting fossils since I was lit-

tle,” Luttig said. “This muse-um is fantastic. I’ve spent more time here than anywhere else.”

Yvonne Watson is another Texas resident who drove to Austin to find out how to prop-erly preserve the three mast-odon bones her mother gave her 30 years ago. Watson’s grandfather found the bones and fossils in sandbars along the banks of the Mississippi River in the 1920s and divided them among his children, who then passed them on to their children.

“I have three kids, so they’ll each get one. Hopefully, they will just pass them along,” Watson said.

Owens said that the bones were at least 10,000 years old.

By Madeeha KhursheedDaily Texan Staff

As the Super Bowl approach-es, the Souper Bowl of Car-ing — a nationwide nonprof-it — has already collected more than 198,000 pounds of nonper-ishable food and $51,000 in do-nations for its 21st annual food drive. The drive aims at fighting hunger and poverty.

The program kicked off Jan. 13 and will continue through Feb. 7. The organization col-lects donations and redistrib-utes them to local charities and food banks.

“Comparing it with last year, the funds have nearly doubled, and so has the amount of food,” said Kelly Camunez, a spokes-woman for Capital Area Food Bank.

The food bank received the largest bulk of the donations col-lected from the drive so far and serves more than 350 hunger re-lief agencies in 21 Central Tex-as counties, said spokeswoman Kerri Qunell.

“There are about 600 differ-ent events and fundraisers that are held throughout the year to benefit the food bank, and the Souper Bowl of Caring is the largest one,” Camunez said.

Each group that participates in the Souper Bowl of Caring has a choice as to where its do-nations go, but the main chunk goes to the Capital Area Food Bank because of its partnership with H-E-B and Randalls for the program, Camunez said.

Qunell, however, could not specify how much of the Souper Bowl of Caring’s donations went to the Capital Area Food Bank.

Although demand for food assistance in the country is 60 percent higher than at the same time last year, Julie Falcon, the Souper Bowl of Caring’s Texas director, said there were posi-

tive signs.“The good news is that [the

numbers] have been up in terms of last year,” Falcon said. “[It] seems like people are more un-derstanding that the economy’s bad, and the visibility of what we’re doing has been height-ened — also partly due to the Haiti charities.”

Though they are only half-way through the campaign, the Souper Bowl of Caring has al-ready collected enough food and money to provide 333,000 meals. The food bank’s goal of reaching 750,000 meals this year seems to be in sight, Qunell said.

Many UT organizations and student groups have been reg-ularly involved in holding food drives and volunteering for the food bank in the past, includ-ing the Muslim Students As-sociation, Student Engineer-ing Council, Fine Arts Coun-cil and the McCombs School of Business. Typically, 10 different groups from UT hold food-re-lated events every year, Camu-nez said.

“It’s kind of like our respon-sibility,” said business junior Asif Ansari, spokesman of the Muslim Students Association. “One thing universities want to project to communities is that they do help out the un-derprivileged. We not only represent the Muslim commu-nity but UT as a whole, and we want to be sure to uphold the standards.”

The Muslim Students Associ-ation held a fast-a-thon in Octo-ber and donated $1 for each reg-istered participant who commit-ted to fasting. All proceeds went to the Capital Area Food Bank.

“Everyone’s been encouraged by efforts in Austin,” Falcon said. “There’s need everywhere in the world these days, and people are stepping up to help.”

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The count of Austin’s home-less population has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 2, due to rainy weather, five days after the original due date was scheduled last week.

Volunteers, who will work in teams, will search streets, parks, camp sites and other places to count the number of homeless in Austin. The Ending Commu-nity Homeless Coalition, a local organization dedicated to end-ing homelessness, is organizing the count.

Organizations receiving mon-ey from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop-ment, including the homeless coalition, are required to count their city’s homeless population every two years to receive fed-eral dollars.

Rick Rivera, the leader of the count, said the department gives between $2 million and $4 million in grants every year to fund services for the homeless in Austin.

According to the Web site for the count, the coalition needs more than 300 volunteers. Rive-ra said he expects one-third, or about 80, of the 250 volunteers scheduled for Thursday to drop out. Monday is the last day to volunteer for the count.

The National Weather Service forecasts a 40-percent chance of rain Tuesday night with a low of 47 degrees.

In the coalition’s 2007 survey, volunteers counted 2,018 home-less people on the streets. That number fell by about 40 percent to 1,223 in the 2009 count. Lo-cal organizations estimate that there are at least 4,000 homeless people on the streets of Austin and in its shelters.

“I wouldn’t judge this count as being the definition of how many homeless people are in Travis County,” Rivera said. “We’re not going to have enough people to walk every block and street in Austin.”

Those interested in volunteer-ing for the count can visit travis-countyhomelesscount.org for more information.

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In early February, the city of Austin will host public forums to hear citizens’ public trans-portation concerns and to nar-row future priorities for mobili-ty planning.

The Austin Transportation Department started an out-reach program in Novem-ber to define gaps in present transportation projects, said department spokeswoman

Karla Villalon.There are more than 1,200

projects that citizens have sug-gested to the Austin Mobili-ty Program that need to be re-duced. The department said it hopes the upcoming forums will help the city match its bud-get and future bond packages to citizens’ transportation pri-orities.

“Austin is an auto-based city, [and] most travelers tend to think of their auto first,” said Randy Machemehl, pro-fessor of civil engineering at the University. “As congestion grows, we’ll see people opting for public transportation.”

European studies senior Jen-ny Ustynik said she thinks traf-fic is one of Austin’s biggest transportation problems be-cause the freeways are not big enough for the number of com-muters in the city.

The Capital MetroRail, a ma-jor public transportation proj-ect already underway, is sched-uled to open its first route in March. The Red Line route will extend 32 miles through the city with stops downtown and at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard station in East Aus-tin, which will have direct shut-tle service to the University campus.

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By Erin MayDaily Texan Staff

Students from a low-income Austin elementary school visited UT’s nursing school this weekend as part of a program to spark in-terest in higher education.

Students from Austin’s Zava-la Elementary School visited the School of Nursing on Friday to learn about health and nursing as part of the Longhorn School Bus program, which buses lower-in-come elementary school children from Austin to campus to partic-ipate in learning sessions with the University’s various colleges.

The students took part in activi-ties about germs, exercise and nu-trition, and monitored the blood

pressure and heartbeat of a com-puter-controlled human simula-tion. Pre-nursing and nursing stu-dent volunteers from UT’s Nurs-ing Student Association ran the program.

Nursing senior Saloni Gandhi said the purpose of the event was to show students they can look forward to interesting things in college.

“It’s important for these kids from lower-income schools to see things they might not normally be able to see and increase the pos-sibility of them going to college,” Gandhi said.

Sixth-grade teacher Gabriel Es-trada said Zavala Elementary School goes to different UT col-

leges four to five times a year. The school has been participating in the Longhorn School Bus program since it began 10 years ago.

“There were collaborations be-tween the colleges to open up to schools in east Austin so the stu-dents can see colleges from a dif-ferent perspective, not just watch-ing a football or basketball game,” Estrada said.

Christina Stylianou, an officer for the Nursing Student Associa-tion, planned the event. She said the purpose of the event was to promote the nursing school.

“I feel like people don’t even know UT has a nursing school,” Stylianou said.

One of the key components of

the degree plan involves simu-lation, Stylianou said. All nurs-ing students have to pass a class called Synthesis, in which stu-dents deal with situations such as bleeding out and cardiac arrest on simulation mannequins since “these dummies can’t die.”

“It helps us bridge the gap from student-nursing to real life,” Stylianou said. “The students seem really impressed by the [sim-ulation] lab.”

Gandhi worked at the simula-tion lab during the program.

“I’ve heard ‘whoa’s’ when they come in,” Gandhi said. “I think [the students] are really surprised that technology can make this thing breathe.”

Besides having a heartbeat and measurable blood pressure, the dummies are programmed with phrases to speak. In the Labor De-livery Room, they said phrases such as, “Oh! I’m having contrac-tions!”

The students were given stetho-scopes as they huddled around the dummies, checking their heart-beat, breathing and the sound of bowel movements in their intes-tines.

Sixth-grade student Sydney Hernandez said the simulation lab was her favorite part of the event.

“I like when you use the thing that goes around the person’s fin-ger,” Hernandez said, referring to checking blood pressure.

Another sixth-grader, Emily Ramirez, talked about other activ-ities.

“They put gluey stuff on our hands, so you can see the spots where germs go,” Ramirez said. “My hands were clean on the sec-ond try.”

Stylianou said the day went smoothly despite having more students than anticipated. The College of Liberal Arts was sup-posed to host students the same day but cancelled because of the weather, she said.

“It’s a wonderful thing, the idea of exposure to different perspectives in life,” Estrada said. “You can’t copy that in the classroom.”

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Jackson Hillhouse entertains himself while his mother Jennifer Hillhouse, owner of Jenn’s Copy and Binding Center, works Sunday afternoon. When talking about bringing her kids to work with her, Hillhouse said “My dad, who previously owned this place, always used to take me to work with him. I thought I’d start them out early.”

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After having a 22-point lead trimmed to nine, the Longhorns ended a seven-minute field goal drought from a 3-pointer by an un-likely hand.

Forward Earnesia Williams came off two screens and attempt-ed to make a 3 in front of her bench to end a late second-half surge by the Lady Bears and win 61-50.

“I’m just glad it went in,” Wil-liams said. “My teammates set a great screen for me, and I had a re-ally wide open shot.”

Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey did not get the memo that Wil-liams could shoot the ball.

“You don’t view her as a shoot-er,” Mulkey said.

Williams made both her 3-point attempts and went five of seven from the field in the win.

The Bears fought harder, nar-rowing the lead to 7, but Long-horns connected the final blow courtesy of Ashleigh Fontenette, who drilled past Baylor’s Terran Condrey and made a layup as she was fouled by Brittney Griner.

A season-high crowd of 9,123 fans wearing pink to spread breast cancer awareness erupted as Fon-tenette completed the 3-point play.

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Is it time to start chanting “Overrated?”The Longhorns have dropped three of their last four

games. The losses came against tournament-worthy teams, and the win came against struggling Texas Tech. Texas needs a win in Stillwater to prove it can win big games again. Those memories of glorious wins over North Carolina and Michigan State and the too-short stay at No. 1 are long gone. The Longhorns are in dan-ger of fading into the middle of the pack in a deep Big 12 or, gulp, even getting passed.

Don’t buy into the James hype — yetDamion James’ stat lines always look pretty in the

box score — none nicer than his 20-point, 19-rebound effort in the loss to Baylor — but looks can be deceiv-ing. For James to be worthy of the lofty national-play-er-of-the-year talk that has surrounded him, he’ll need to be the central force in turning Texas’ season around, something the forward couldn’t pull off against Baylor after fouling out. But the fact is, James isn’t a shooter — from the free-throw line or anywhere else.

Can Barnes right the ship?Texas coach Rick Barnes has long had a hands-off

philosophy.. He trusts his players to get through tough times, often not calling timeouts during opposing teams’ runs. But his choices are beginning to come un-der scrutiny after three losses. Barnes only played fresh-man Jordan Hamilton for two minutes against the Bears in a game when Texas needed outside-shooting help. Meanwhile, star freshman Avery Bradley played 40 minutes but scored only 9 points on 3-of-11 shoot-ing. As for the team’s free-throw woes, let’s hope that with such a quick turnaround between games, Barnes has his players shooting them on the plane.

— Blake Hurtik

By Laken LitmanDaily Texan Staff

With 0.7 seconds left on the overtime clock and No. 6 Tex-as down by three, forward Gary Johnson passed the ball to freshman Avery Bradley. Bradley, who had been 2-for-7 in 3-pointers, swung around to the left side of the arch and took aim.

Unfortunately for the Long-horns, he missed the tying bas-ket at the buzzer, sending Tex-as to its first home loss of the season. The 80-77 loss to Bay-lor ended the Longhorns’ 16-game home winning streak and marked the first time Bay-lor has won a game at the Frank Erwin Center since 1998.

Texas coach Rick Barnes had not lost to the Bears heading into last year’s Big 12 cham-pionship, but he has now lost two games straight.

On Saturday, the Longhorns had their chances to continue those streaks.

Ideally, when a game is on the line, you want the ball in the hands of a mature, clutch player. For Texas, that play-er is Damion James. But with less than a minute left and the Longhorns down 75-73, James

fouled out.“I saw [Baylor ’s Quincy

Acy] trying to shoot the ball, and I had to do what I had to do,” James said about getting his fifth foul. “It’s tough and frustrating, especially for me as a leader. I can’t be doing things like that and missing easy shots and free throws. Those are the plays I gotta make if I want to be who I am. It stings.”

Though he could not be the one to make the heroic win-ning basket at the end, James did contribute another domi-nating performance with his 49th double-double, scor-ing 20 points and a career-high 19 rebounds. Dexter Pitt-man also scored 14, his high-est point total since Jan. 5, but only grabbed one rebound in 29 minutes.

James only went 8-for-14 on free throws, though, which was one of the biggest fac-tors in the Longhorns’ loss. In overtime, Texas only made 50 percent of its free-throw at-tempts while Baylor made 80 percent. The Longhorns did not make free throws when they needed them the most, and despite James’ early exit, those extra points from the line could have won the game for Texas.

The Longhorns actual-ly could have prevented go-

ing into overtime if it hadn’t been for missed free throws. With 16 seconds left and with a 1-point lead, freshman J’Covan Brown, one of the Longhorns’ best from the line, had his only miss of the night, keeping Baylor within 2.

“It was kind of frustrating,” Brown said. “When we were in the huddle, Damion said, ‘Let’s get this win.’ I walked

to the free-throw line with confidence. When I released it, it looked perfect. It was just short. I was mad at myself be-cause usually I don’t miss those in that situation.”

Baylor’s Anthony Jones sent the game into overtime with a game-tying layup at the end of regulation after a desperate 3-pointer was airballed, but no Longhorns were around to

get the loose ball.In overtime, Baylor start-

ed with a 5-0 scoring streak. Ekpe Udoh, who had gone 0-for-11 from the field in reg-ulation, made the Bears’ first three baskets. Brown cut Bay-lor ’s lead with a 3-pointer but then turned the ball over, which led to an Udoh dunk.

Dexter Pittman, CenterDo you smell that?It’s a terrible stench, and it’s coming from the big

man, who, in case ESPN hasn’t already told you, isn’t as big as he used to be.

I’m talking about Dexter Pittman, whose perfor-mance during the tailspin that Texas calls the middle of its season has been atrocious.

If Texas wants to legitimately get out of this slump, Pittman has to wake up and start playing the type of ball that was on display for the first half of the Long-horns’ schedule.

A good deodorant for that smell would be double-digit rebounds against the Cowboys.

— Chris Tavarez

Marshall Moses, FowardPittman’s foil for Monday’s game, at least as far as re-

bounds go, will be Oklahoma State’s Marshall Moses.While Moses will most likely be on Damion James for

the game, Moses is the Cowboy’s leading rebounder. He’s averaging nearly 10 boards a game as Pittman is looking at only 6.1.

While Pittman is studying film in preparation, he may want to bust out his notebook to take some notes on how to get a rebound. In OSU’s last six games, Mo-ses had totals of 11, 18 and 13, and his lowest total was five. In contrast, Pittamn had only one in nearly 30 minutes of an overtime loss to Baylor on Saturday.

— Chris Tavarez

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Texas guard Avery Bradley, right, collapses in disbelief after his buzzer beating three-pointer missed Saturday afternoon against Baylor, sending Texas to its third loss in four games.

Fouls and free throws cost Texas in overtime loss to Bears Saturday

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Texas’ Earnesia Williams, left, drives to the basket against Baylor on Sunday night. Williams hit several big shots down the stretch to protect the Horns’ lead in a 61-50 win at the Frank Erwin Center. Williams scored a team-high 13 points.

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Longhorns push Big 12 to dominating win over Pac-10 and SEC teams

By Michael SherfieldDaily Texan Staff

The Texas Longhorns did their part in bringing the Big 12 a dom-inating win against the Pac-10 and the SEC in College Station this weekend. After competing against the Aggies last weekend, the Longhorns teamed up with their traditional rivals and Baylor in the Texas A&M Challenge. UT was the only school in the com-petition not ranked, but the Long-

horns punched above their weight to contribute 93.5 of the 297 points the Big 12 racked up. They came in ahead of the second-place Pac-10, represented by Oregon, Stan-ford and Washington State, which racked up a total of 235 points.

Texas dominated in the shot put competition, sweeping the top three places for the third consecu-tive event. The Longhorns also got good runs from Keiron Stewart and Marquise Goodwin, winning the 60-meter hurdles and finishing sec-ond in the 60-meter, respectively. Texas returns to action next week-end in New York City in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

Junior Jimenez leads Longhorn charge in Texas A&M Challenge

The Longhorns, who were unable to hold on to a 14-point lead against Iowa State on Jan. 23, went through another week of “boot camp” hosted by drill sergeant and head coach Gail Goestenkors.

“We had a week of pretty in-tense practices, and we were so disappointed after Iowa State. And I was so happy it paid off to-day,” Goestenkors said.

Not wanting a repeat perfor-mance from their last time on the court, the Longhorns had no clue that they even had a 20-point lead.

“I knew we were up by double digits, but I wasn’t aware it was 20,” said Brittainey Raven. “We were just trying to play every possession as hard as we could, as if it was a close game or we were down.”

The Longhorns took an 8-point lead into the second half but quickly soared to what seemed to be a comfortable lead from a 17-4 run.

But the Lady Bears quickly came back with a run of their own, scoring 13 straight points, the first six of which came from Griner, who fin-ished with 21 points.

“If you cut this thing to single digits, we have a chance to win,” Mulkey told her team when they were down 20 points. “And we did, but they got

the big 3-pointer [by Williams].”When it seemed as if Baylor

had stolen all the momentum, Goestenkors reas-sured her team.

“I told them, ‘We’re ahead by more than we were at halftime. So act like it,’” Goestenkors said.

The Lady Bears were able to get back into the game by getting the Longhorns into foul trouble. Ash-ley Gayle had lim-ited playing time, and Cokie Reed fouled out with 8:29 remaining.

But Griner got into foul trou-ble, too, as the Longhorns contin-

ued to attack her from many an-gles. They took shots around her, over her and into her.

“When Brittney [Griner] is in the game, everyone thinks twice about going to attack. But we kept attacking,” Goestenkors said.

Griner was held below her av-erage in rebounds and blocks, managing only seven and two respectively, and to the disap-pointment of the crowd, she did not dunk.

The Longhorns, who take on Oklahoma on Wednesday, were satisfied with their performance against Griner and the Lady Bears, but they know what’s com-ing up next.

“A win like this is great,” Wil-liams said. “This is going to give us a lot of confidence, but we can’t dwell on it and have to go and be ready to play another team.”

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After last weekend’s upset over No. 1-ranked Texas A&M, the Longhorns traveled back to College Station on Friday to compete in the Texas A&M Challenge. At a meet that featured the top teams from the Big 12, SEC and Pac-10, the Longhorns kept with their trend of early-season consistency.

The driving force behind the Longhorns’ performance was red-shirt junior Betzy Jimenez. After notching two individual wins at the previous A&M meet, Jimenez con-tinued to impress. She took half a second off of her personal-best time on her way to a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter dash. Jimenez’s time of nine minutes, 18.03 seconds is currently the sixth-fastest in the nation. Sophomore Mia Behm was close behind Jimenez, and her time of 9:39.53 was good for ninth place.

“It really was a big day for Betzy in the sense that she and others around the country need to recog-nize that she is legitimate,” said UT assistant coach Steve Sisson.

Sisson believes some of Jime-nez’s early season success can be attributed to the injuries she sus-tained last year. After being side-

lined, Sisson feels Jimenez has a newfound hunger and apprecia-tion for competing.

Also notable was senior Jor-dyn Brown. In the shot put, Brown threw a season best 53-2 1/4 (16.21 meters), finishing only second to the country’s leader in the event. Brown also tallied a second-place finish in the weight throw.

Another second-place finish was collected by the 4-by-400 meter re-lay team. Alicia Peterson, Stacey-Ann Smith, Chantel Malone and Angele Cooper led an effort that was just three-tenths of a second behind first-place Oregon. Ironical-ly, at last weekend’s A&M upset, the relay team won by three-tenths of a second in the last event to se-cure the overall win.

Malone also provisionally quali-fied in the long jump. Her season-best spring of 20-5 1/4 (6.23 me-ters) was good for a third-place finish. In the high jump, sopho-more Victoria Lucas leaped her way to a second place finish.

The Longhorns will have some time to further refine their well-bal-anced attack over the next few weeks. The team won’t be competing again until Feb. 13 at the USA-SEC Chal-lenge hosted by Texas A&M.

The team should experience few problems in their return to A&M. As the past two meets have shown, the Longhorns have excelled in en-emy territory.

Baylor freshman A.J. Walton went 6-for-7 in the latter half of the game, increasing Baylor ’s lead to 71-67 with less than two minutes to play. Then, with 1 minute, 12 seconds left, James got Texas within 2 points by making his free throws and a dunk following a steal at mid-court. He fouled out a few sec-

onds later.After the game, James was on

the verge of tears, placing the blame on himself for having to sit on the bench in the final seconds.

“ I t ’ s a mat ter o f conf i -dence,” James said. “I know I can shoot free throws. I know Dex can, and J’Covan, Gary, Mase ... We can all make free throws, we just gotta make them. We have to believe we

can make them. A lot of the time, it’s your demeanor, the way you go up there and ap-proach the free-throw line. But it hurt us.”

Texas wil l play Oklaho-ma State tonight in Stillwa-ter, Okla. Texas has dropped three of its last four games and could fall below the Cow-boys (16-5, 4-3 Big 12) in the conference standings.

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Opposite results for Texas tennis

Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff

Texas’ No. 1 singles player Dimitar Kutrovsky led the Longhorns to an easy weekend sweep of Middle Tennessee State and California in Austin to secure a spot in the Indoor Championships next month.

Horns fall to Volunteers and Horned Frogs in first test of the season

Texas secures spot in Indoor Championship with weekend sweeps

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMINGWOMEN’S TENNIS TEXAS 1, TENNESSEE 4TEXAS 3, TCU 4

MEN’S TENNIS TEXAS 4, MTS 0TEXAS 4, CAL 0 Horns suffer defeats

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By Alexandra CarrenoDaily Texan Staff

The Longhorns did not fare well in their weekend trip to Ten-nessee for the Intercollegiate Ten-nis Association’s Kick-Off Week-end, falling to Tennessee on Fri-day and TCU on Saturday.

Texas (1-2) had a difficult time finding its footing against the Vol-unteers during Friday’s match. One of Texas’ doubles duos featur-ing junior Amanda Craddock and sophomore Krista Damico suf-fered a crushing 8-1 defeat against the nationally top-ranked pairing of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota. With another doubles win, the Volunteers clinched the doubles point.

In singles play, the Horns’ rough day continued, as only Co-rovic, at third singles, was victori-ous against Pluskota, with a 6-2, 6-2 win. Players at positions five and six did not even play their matches because the Volunteers clinched the match victory well before it began.

But the weekend was not yet over for Texas — with the loss came a second chance to play TCU, who was defeated by Van-derbilt on Friday. However, the Longhorns fell into an early 3-1 hole and couldn’t rally back, fall-ing to the Horned Frogs 4-3.

TCU immediately comman-deered the lengthy 5 1/2-hour match as they secured the dou-bles point. Meanwhile, in singles play, Ellis gave the Longhorns their first match point as she put away her match against TCU’s Nina Munch-Soegaard. At third singles, Corovic won her match in an exciting tiebreaker 6-1, 7-6, eve-ning the match points at three all. However, Texas could not pull out the comeback win at the five or six singles spots.

By Manesh UpadhyayaDaily Texan Staff

No. 1 Texas went to Tuc-son, Ariz., with a lot of confi-dence but left with a loss Satur-day evening. The No. 3 Arizona Wildcats beat Texas 181-171 in a dual meet at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.

The Longhorns finished Fri-day’s events trailing the Wild-cats 97-89. Seniors Ricky Berens and Hill Taylor, junior diver Matt Cooper and sophomores Jimmy Feigen and Jackson Wil-cox brought Texas individual victories.

Berens beat Arizona’s first, fifth and ninth nationally ranked swimmers in the 200 backstroke, timed at 1 minute and 45.55 sec-onds, an NCAA provisional-qualifying mark.

Saturday saw Wilcox in good form, making up for Texas’ lost ground the previous day. He won the 1,650 freestyle in 12:34.84, beating Arizona’s Jean Basson, the nation’s leading

swimmer in the event. Senior Dave Walters, quiet

in Friday’s competitions, won the 200 freestyle in 1:38.30 and placed second in the event’s 50-yard structure Saturday.

Taylor placed first in the 100 backstroke finishing in 48.84, and sophomore teammate Neil Caskey won the 200 butterfly in 1:48.21.

Texas freshman Cole Crag-in, ranked eighth nationally and first in the Big 12 Conference in the 100 backstroke, did not live up to his standards. His best performance of the night was his second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, swimming the first leg in 22.83.

It was not all bad for the Tex-as freshman class as Austin Surhoff placed second in the 200 individual medley in 1:50.93.

The meet in the desert fin-ished with a consolation finger-tip finish in favor of the Long-horns. Walters started the 400 freestyle relay in 44.23 with se-nior Ben Van Roekel splitting the second leg 44.32. Feigen took the third leg in 44.28, and Berens anchored in 44.41. Texas won the relay in 2:57.24.

By Michael SherfieldDaily Texan Staff

Texas wanted a test out of No. 2 Arizona over the weekend. The Longhorn got that and a lit-tle more as the Wildcats swam out to a comfortable 201-152 win in Tucson, Ariz.

“I am definitely not thrilled with how we raced overall,” Tex-as head coach Kim Brackin said. “This meet was an important measuring stick for us. I don’t think it was a lack of want on our part — it just wasn’t there.”

There were a few bright spots for the Longhorns, with sopho-more Kathleen Hersey as usual shining brightest. She won three races total, two coming on Sat-urday. She claimed the 200 but-terfly in 1 minute, 57.98 seconds and the 200 individual medley in 1:59.48.

But that was almost half of Texas’ victory haul. The Longhorns won only five events in the deciding day as Arizona swam away to a 49-point victory.

Karleen Bespo added two wins as well.

But it wasn’t enough for a Texas team that found itself out-matched over the weekend.

Berens, Walters wins not enough to keep No. 1 Texas unbeaten

By Rishi DaulatDaily Texan Staff

Talk about domination.The No. 8 Texas tennis team

passed its first real test of the sea-son with flying colors, beating Mid-dle Tennessee State and California in consecutive days by the same score, 4-0.

In the first match against Middle Tennessee State, Texas rested many starters in the singles session, and head coach Michael Center showed off a few players from his stellar re-cruiting class.

In the singles, the Horns needed only three matches to wrap up the win.

Surprisingly, it was the newcom-ers to the Texas team who complet-

ed their matches first. Andersen, in his first-ever match for the Long-horns, won at the third spot, 6-3, 6-1, over Langley, and Mladenov took down Alex McCann 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 singles. Ben Chen, a freshman also making his debut for the Horns, posted a 6-1, 7-5 victory at the sixth spot over Waters.

“Jean Andersen was a little ner-vous, but once he settled in, he played well,” Center said. “He’s a tremen-dous athlete who can do a lot of dif-ferent things. Jean will be a big con-tributor. Vasko Mladenov was a little uptight at the start, but he settled in and played an excellent match. Ben Chen played great tennis.

Against California, it was the Tex-as’ upperclassmen who dominated the Golden Bears.

Texas took the second and third doubles matches to secure the point. Juniors Kellen Damico and Ed Corrie earned an impressive victory when

they beat the No. 49 doubles tandem in the country, Nick Andrews and Christoffer Konigsfeldt, 8-3. Anders-en and Whitehead grabbed their sec-ond doubles victory in as many days with an 8-3 win over Bozhidar Katsa-rov and Riki McLachlan.

The singles session was more of the same. The top three ranked Tex-as singles players earned straight-set victories.

No. 5 Dimitar Kutrovsky took care of business at the first singles spot, winning 6-3, 6-3 over Pedro Zerbini. No. 9 Corrie had a huge win when he destroyed No. 33 Jon-athan Dahan, and No. 38 Josh Zava-la comfortably beat No. 98 Katzarov, 6-2, 6-3 at the fourth singles spot.

With the results, Texas qualified for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships starting Feb. 12 in Charlottesville, Va.

The Horns next head to Houston for a weekend tournament.

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JD: That I can say I was born here.

DT: What’s the worst thing about Austin?

JD: The amount of people is annoying.

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DT: Who is your favorite his-torical figure?

JD: Pancho Villa. Emiliano Za-pata is a close second.

DT: What are you reading right now?

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involved Williams making a bo-logna sandwich complete with pickle, mustard and mayonnaise simply with his feet and feeding the finished product to an audi-ence member. Another notable skit involved Hunt swallowing an inflated balloon whole.

One of the joys of live theater is the spontaneity of each perfor-mance’s audience, and audience participation is a key compo-nent of the Idiots’ show. The per-formers frequently ask audience members to be involved and stand as human targets. Imagine an 8-year-old girl with long steel knives whizzing around her.

Some of the funniest moments during the show came not from the performers but from the ac-tions and reactions of the partic-ipating audience members. For example, during the show’s sec-ond night, one of the performers called for the participation of a young girl in the audience.

“Or an effeminate boy,” he said.

Sure enough, a young boy quickly raised his hand, eager to be involved.

Although the Idiots’ pop-cul-tural references to current ce-lebrity scandals were awkward and didn’t quite resonate with the audience, the show elicited a very positive response from its audience. The constant narra-tion during the show kept audi-ence members involved, but the many comments about their pre-vious career and the history of their reunion tour got old quick-ly. That sort of banter was great for old fans but tiring for new ones.

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Beyoncé, Kings of Leon sweep GrammysBy Nekesa Mumbi Moody

The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Beyonce

once again tied a record for most wins by a female performer at the Grammys by netting five trophies, including song of the year for “Sin-gle Ladies,” but the Kings of Le-on’s “Use Somebody” trumped her “Halo” to win record of the year Sunday night.

The southern rock group’s inspi-rational, romantic ode also beat out Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me,” Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” for the honor of the year’s top record.

The quartet of three brothers and a cousin admitted they were already celebrating when they ac-cepted their trophy, the third of the night.

“I’m not going to lie, we’re all

a little drunk. But we’re happy drunks,” said lead singer Caleb Followill.

Beyonce, who in 2004 won five Grammys on the strength of her debut album “Dangerously in Love,” tying the mark held by the likes of Alicia Keys, Norah Jones and Lauryn Hill, reached that mile-stone again Sunday.

She won the songwriting tro-phy along with three writers for her omnipresent anthem “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).” The su-perstar also won best R&B contem-porary album for “I Am ... Sasha Fierce” among her other awards, and still had the opportunity to win the evening’s remaining top award — album of the year.

Beyonce wasn’t on hand to ac-cept her early trophies: She was preparing for her dramatic onstage rendition of “If I Were A Boy,” one

of several hits from her top-selling third CD.

Lady Gaga delivered the early show-stopper with an eye-popping performance with Elton John.

Lady Gaga, who won two Grammys during the pre-tele-cast ceremony, kicked off the night with a sequined green leotard with massive shoulders as she sang her Grammy-nominated hit “Poker Face” amid an elaborate stage that included dramatic choreography and pyrotechnics.

Moments later, she scaled things down a bit — as much as Lady Gaga can — and brought out El-ton John as they melded her song “Speechless” and his classic “Your Song” together in a performance that featured dueling pianos, and glitter-painted faces.

Taylor Swift, who was second to Beyonce in Grammy nomina-

tions with eight nods, won three early awards, including best coun-try album. Though the 20-year-old has won just about every award imaginable over the past year for her best-selling CD “Fearless,” she was wide-eyed when she accepted her trophy for country album.

“I just keep thinking back to when you’re in second grade and you sing in the talent show for the first time and people joke around and say, ‘Maybe we’ll see you at the Grammys some day.’ But that just seems like an impossible dream,” she said. “I just feel like I’m standing here accepting an im-possible dream.”

The Grammy for best new artist went to the Zac Brown Band, while best rock album went to Green Day for “21st Century Breakdown.”

The Black Eyed Peas also had three trophies from the pre-tele-

cast, and other double winners were Jay-Z, Eminem, and Max-well.

Maxwell, up for six awards, also won his first Grammys — best R&B male vocal for the bal-lad “Pretty Wings” and best R&B album for “BLACKsummers’ night.” The album marked the R&B crooner’s return after an ab-sence of eight years from the mu-sic business.

While Beyonce has won a case-load of Grammys during her ca-reer, she hasn’t won album of the year, but that had the potential to change Sunday. The superstar was nominated for album of the year for “I Am ... Sasha Fierce,” along Swift’s “Fearless,” the most popu-lar album of any genre last year.

Many participants in the pro-gram wore red cross buttons in support of Haiti earthquake relief.

MTV renews ‘Jersey Shore,’ episodes to air in summer

The network’s president of programming Tony DiSanto said Friday that 12 new episodes will air this summer.

According to the network, Pauly D, Mike, Snooki, Jenni, Sammi, Ronnie and Vinny es-cape the cold northeast and find themselves in a new des-tination.

The show about tanned twenty-somethings hasn’t been without controversy.

In December, the New Jer-sey Italian American Legisla-tive Caucus called for MTV to cancel the show, saying it promotes derogatory ethnic stereotypes and is “wildly of-fensive.”

MTV isn’t revealing how much the cast members are be-ing paid to do the show.

— The Associated Press

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Pasta is a dish that fits the ideal college lifestyle: It’s easy, quick and delicious. One of pasta’s unique qual-ities is its versatility — you can create a seemingly end-less number of combinations by simply having a little bit of imagination.

Aside from being noted for their taste, traditional pasta dishes such as spaghetti car-bonara, fettuccini alfredo and ravioli are known for their tendency to carry a heavy, savory and often meaty fla-vor. A recipe for strawberry pasta is distinct from these traditional pasta dishes be-cause it defies the customary qualities of being both heavy and savory.

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By Francisco MarinDaily Texan Columnist

When “Lost in Translation” pre-miered in 2003, I belonged to the shameful hordes of fans obsessed with its soundtrack. My interest was mostly sparked by its strange inclusion of My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain, shoegaze and psychedelic bands who had lost their edge or had broken up many years before.

That’s exactly why it’s great to find that some musicians — The Strange Attractors among them — have never left the scene and are still as razor-sharp as ever.

It’s no wonder that the band cites throwback bands such as the 13th Floor Elevators and Space-men 3 as influences on its MyS-pace page. But no matter how much The Strange Attractors em-ulate the cool swagger and unpre-tentious style of those psychedel-ic-rock legends, they always end up with a refreshing sound that’s uniquely their own.

The Strange Attractors released Sleep and You Will See in July to crit-ical acclaim, and its hazy, undulat-ing guitar work and fuzzed-out frequencies are the perfect antidote to the faux cock-rock revivalists who plague the airwaves today.

The Daily Texan checked in with The Strange Attractors’ gui-tarist and vocalist Jeremy Diaz, formerly of Riverboat Gamblers, to find out just how many things can go wrong at a show and who the best taco lady in town is.

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JD: The Cult’s Love.DT: If you could collaborate

with any musician in the world, who would it be?

JD: Bootsy Collins, without a doubt.

DT: What was the best show you’ve ever played?

JD: Way back — when I was in Riverboat Gamblers — maybe in about early 2000, we played a show at Club Clearview in Dallas with Zeke and Murder City Dev-ils. It was utter chaos.

DT: What was the worst show you’ve ever played?

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DT: What is your favorite song to play live?

JD: I tend to like the more rock-ing songs. I’d have to say that “Day After Day” is my favorite to play.

DT: Where is your favorite place to eat in Austin?

JD: La Fogata. It’s a really great taco truck on Burnet by the Gas Pipe. Loves me the taco lady.

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By Victoria HeckenlaibleDaily Texan Staff

Austin is filled with “music experts” — both those who are legitimate and those who wish they were. Today will separate the former from the latter.

The Austin Chronicle and the Austin-based Grounded in Mu-sic, a nonprofit that raises money to provide instruments and mu-sic lessons for underprivileged children, have come together to host the first Mind Over Music: Austin’s Underground Music Trivia Smackdown.

Of the 28 teams competing, two groups, composed of stu-dents and staff, represent UT: Foggy Uncertain Breakdown from the Texas Performing Arts, and KVRXperts with UT student radio station KVRX.

The contest started when Jack-ie Sorcic and Lisa Hickey, mem-bers of Grounded in Music, ap-proached Erin Collier, the mar-keting director of The Austin Chronicle, a few months ago with an idea for a trivia contest benefiting their organization.

Collier got to work organizing the event and finding a slew of sponsors, including event ven-ue Palm Door, which is hosting the event for free. A majority of the proceeds will go to Ground-ed in Music.

“It’s a great eclectic group of Austinites coming out,” Collier said.

The event will include six rounds of questions hosted by KGSR’s Andy Langer and KL-BJ’s Charlie Hodge. The 28 teams, which consist of five peo-ple each, will then compete for

what Collier says are some seri-ous bragging rights. Collier said she can’t give any hints about the trivia questions, which vary in difficulty and constitute the contest’s audio, visual and ver-bal rounds.

“Some of the questions are softball, and then we are going to try to blow them out of the water with hard questions,” she said.

The Foggy Uncertain Break-down team includes music fan Cameron Smith, assistant direc-tor of marketing for Texas Per-forming Arts, and Zach Ernst, one of Smith’s former students. Smith doubts his team will win with music experts as their com-petition.

“We really have no prayer of winning,” Smith said. “The Aus-tin Chronicle and SXSW have teams and will be pretty stiff competition.”

Collier denies having a favor-ite among the competitors.

“I’m going to be as neutral as humanly possible,” she said. “Of course, there will be a little part of me that will want The [Aus-tin] Chronicle to do well.”

Collier warned this competi-tion is to be taken seriously.

“Cheaters will have to be

thrown outside or something dramatic like that,” she said. “No one will be allowed to use their cell phones.”

Although team registration is now closed, individuals can still attend the event to “watch and heckle” the competitors.

12 LIFE

Psych-inspiredband maintainsloyalty to scene

Have some dessert in your dinner

Katie Medlin | Daily Texan Staff

Pasta noodles can be combined with a strawberry-puree and both mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

Use your imagination to make a fruity change, lighter pasta dish

MUSIC MONDAY

Contest separates music experts from amateurs

Juggling comedy troupe rejoin for reunion tour

By Kate ErgenbrightDaily Texan Staff

Comedic juggling troupe The Flaming Idiots first began their theatrical career as street and fes-tival performers in the early ’80s and performed together until clos-ing their show in 2004 at The New Victory Theater in New York City.

During the heyday of their career, the group performed on “The Tonight Show,” NBC’s “Today Show” and the stage at Comic Strip Live. Five years af-ter closing their show, the come-dians, who had since scattered across the country, have come back together for a reunion tour of their favorite venues.

For the majority of their show’s 20-year run, the three members called Austin home and have eagerly returned to the theater that first brought their act off the streets and onto the stage — the Zachary Scott Theatre.

The show involves a medley of short skits that combine juggling, fire, knives and leafblowers, and a lovely funk rendition of “I Will Survive.” The show is structured in true vaudeville fashion, each

skit separate from the last without a central plot or storyline.

All three performers — Rob Williams (Gyro), Kevin Hunt (Walter) and Jon O’Connor (Pyro) — crafted different char-acters and personalities for the show. The charismatic Williams and O’Connor overpowered au-diences with their infectious en-ergy, while Hunt’s deadpan ex-pressions and tone delivered hi-larious one-liners that stood out from Williams and O’Connor’s high energy.

Overall, the skits were hit or miss. While the juggling skills were incredibly impressive and applaudable, the standout skit

Australia’s The Strange Attractors emulate the cool swag-ger and unpreten-tious style of psychede-clic bands like the 13th Floor Elevators.

Courtesty of The Strange Attractors

Strawberry Pasta

1 pint strawberries (1 frozen bag is okay)1/4-1/3 cup of apple juice1/2 pound spaghetti1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese1/4 shredded mozzarella cheese2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup heavy creamMint or basil (or both)1/4 cup pine nuts (optional)

Place the strawberries in a blender with the apple juice, and blend them togeth-er. Strain the strawberry-puree mixture to remove the seeds.

the directions on the package, and season the water with just a pinch of salt. Drain the pasta, letting it sit for two minutes, and then add the cheeses.

pan until tiny bubbles appear around the side of the pan. Remove from heat.

er it with the strawberry-puree mixture, the cream-butter sauce and the pine nuts (if desired). With tongs, toss the spaghetti well, and be sure to incorporate all of the ingredients. Garnish the pasta with basil or mint (or both).

DirectionsIngredients

PLAY REVIEW The Flaming Idiots

WHAT: Mind Over Music: Austin’s Underground Music Trivia Smackdown

WHERE: Palm Door, 401 Sabine St.

WHEN: 7 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m.

TICKETS: $10 donation at the door

WHAT: The Flaming Idiots

WHERE: Zachary Scott Theatre Center

WHEN: Now through March 7

TICKETS: $20

Courtesy of Grounded in Music

The Mind Over Music trivia contest will benefit music-based education.

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