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THE DAILY TEXANwww.dailytexanonline.comServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Four more years of Rick Perry

Students react to election results

Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff

Gov. Rick Perry greets supporters after his acceptance speech at Texas Disposal Systems’ Exotic Game Ranch in Buda. Perry’s victory marks his third consecutive four-year term as governor, making him the longest-serving governor of Texas.

Voters’ attitude disappoints White

WORLD&NATION PAGE 3Marijuana legalization

goes up in smoke

NEWS PAGE 5Transportation bond passed by Austinites

NEWS PAGE 6Precinct confusion leads

to rejected voters

ELECTION 2010


Blake Medley waits to cross Guadalupe Street with a Bill White campaign sign in a last-ditch effort to remind the UT community to vote in their precinct Tuesday afternoon.

By Allison KrollDaily Texan Staff

After Gov. Rick Perry’s suc-cessful bid for re-election was announced Tuesday, some stu-dents across campus were dis-appointed, but felt the out-come was expected.

Many students who lined

up to vote outside the Flawn Academic Center expressed support for Democratic can-didates. Out of 853 total votes cast at Precinct 148, the FAC, 570 votes went to Bill White, while 240 went to Perry, 23 to Green Party candidate Deb Shafto and 20 to Libertarian

Kathie Glass. Plan II freshman Arsalan Eft-

ekhar said although the cam-pus may have gone to Dem-ocratic candidate Bill White, Perry won because Texas as a whole is a conservative state.

Election ResultsLieutenant Governor David Dewhurst 61.89% L. Chavez-Thompson 34.72%

Attorney General Greg Abbot 64.26% Barbara Ann Radnofsky 33.46%

Railroad Commissioner David Porter 59.51% Jeff Weems 36.13%

Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples 60.93% Hank Gilbert 35.68%

Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson 61.77% Hector Uribe 35.17%

SBOE District 10 Marsha Farney 55.85% Judy Jennings 40.02%

Texas CD-17 Bill Flores 61.79% Chet Edwards 39.58%

By Nolan HicksDaily Texan Staff

BUDA — Former Houston Mayor Bill White was supposed to offer the Democrats their best chance to beat the GOP in 15 years. Partial voting re-turns from across the state show he lost to Perry by 13 percent in a mid-term election that turned into a Re-publican landslide.

“The citizens of our state have sent a very clear message with their votes — they’re optimistic about the future of our country and they believe that Texas is headed in the right direction,”

said Perry, in a speech marking his re-election to a historic third term as gov-ernor. “Things are better here than they are almost anywhere else in the country.”

With a budget shortfall that has been reported to be as high as $25 billion, which is proportionally larger than the budget deficit California faced, Per-ry promised to veto any tax increase aimed at helping to close the gap.

He said those who thought the bud-get crisis was so bad that tax increases needed to be considered were “doom and gloomers.”

Perry plugged his new book titled “Fed Up!,” saying that Texans were “fed up” with Washington, but never acknowledged his Democratic oppo-nent in his victory speech.

In the end, the White campaign couldn’t keep up with increased turn-out for Republican candidates across the state, especially in suburban and rural counties.

“We challenge Texas to support Gov. Perry and others moving our state for-ward,” White said in his concession

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By Aziza MusaDaily Texan Staff

As Republicans trounced Dem-ocrats nationwide on Tuesday night — reclaiming control of the U.S. House of Representatives — two Texas Democratic incumbents also lost their bids for re-election. But Democrats maintained a nar-row majority in the U.S. Senate.

With 98 percent of the votes re-ported, San Antonio Republican Francisco Canseco led the race for U.S. Congressional District 23, which spans from El Paso to San

Antonio, by 5.1 percent. Canseco ousted Democratic incumbent Ciro Rodriguez, a Democrat who served two terms.

UT public affairs lecturer Sher-ri Greenberg said the district is more marginal, but leans Repub-lican because of its large, varied demographic. President Barack Obama won 51 percent of the dis-trict’s vote during the 2008 pres-idential election, while 57 per-cent voted for former President

GOP reclaims House, fails to secure Senate

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Texas Democratic gubernato-rial candidate Bill White, right, hugs his daughter Elena as his son Will looks on after he conceded the race to incumbent Rick Perry Tuesday in Houston.

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WASHINGTON — Christine O’Donnell has been defeated in her Senate bid from Delaware. But another Tea Party hopeful, Marco Rubio, is the winner in Florida.

O’Donnell lost to Democrat Chris Coons in the battle for the seat that had been held by Vice President Joe Biden. She had been criticized for her lack of experience and spotty finan-cial history, and was plagued by a videotape from years ago in which she said she “dabbled” in

“But here on campus, stu-dents are overly Democratic,” he said. “If White won, I think kids would be taught to think critically and analytically ver-sus just being taught what’s on the test. Perry’s main fo-cus is teaching what’s on the test, White’s more in it for education.”

Incumbent Lieutenant Gov-ernor David Dewhurst also defeated challenger Linda Chavez-Thompson handily, but students were more focused on the gubernatorial race.

They felt that Democratic candidates offered more help-ful suggestions for issues that relate directly to them, such as education.

“I expected the election to go mostly in the Republican direc-tion,” said math freshman Gabe Earle. “I voted for White be-cause the issue that I was well-informed on was making col-lege affordable, and that might lead to increased grants or loans, and I thought that would be helpful.”

Students said educational as-sistance was a big concern as they cast their votes.

“I’m disappointed that Tex-ans stuck with the same gover-nor,” said mechanical engineer-ing freshman Vineet Raman. “Perry has been governor for the past 10 years and we don’t

have much to show for it. I think White was a better candi-date because he was willing to tackle the deficit and focus on education because Texas is fall-ing behind other states.”

John Chapman, advertising senior and spokesman of Col-lege Republicans, said that job creation and the economy are the issues voters have focused on lately.

“For students especially, we’re about to graduate and want to be certain that we have secure and stable jobs waiting for us,” Chapman said. “People are seeing that Texas is a great place to work, do business and raise a family. Four out of five private sector jobs in the nation have been created in Texas since 2005, and we are the number one state to do business. A lot of that has to do with both leader-ship of governor Perry and the state of Texas as a whole.”

Even for students who sup-port White, some feel that Per-ry’s victory was inevitable.

“Even if a stronger Demo-cratic candidate would come in, Perry would still beat him,” said Leilani Kelley, a govern-ment and political communi-cations junior. “People love his policies and what they perceive as his character. He has a very strong base and I think he will continue to win until he stops running.”

speech. White urged his supporters

to remain active in politics, lik-ening them to “a pendulum that swings politics.”

Cheers erupted throughout the room when White conced-ed the election to Perry, but the cheering stopped when White said that every public official, including federal officials, de-serves respect. The only cheer-ing that could be heard at Per-ry’s party for that line was from the speakers broadcasting the audio from White’s party.

When the event organizers at the Republican election party turned off the live feed from the White campaign, the crowd that had gathered to watch White’s concession speech started chant-ing “Nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey, goodbye.”

The last few days of the gu-bernatorial campaign had cen-tered on a controversial adver-tisement released by the Perry campaign that revived previous-ly disproved claims that Houston is a sanctuary city, arguing that immigration policies led to the death of a Houston police officer.

In the ad, the officer ’s wid-ow Joslyn Johnson said, “In the past, Bill White supported sanc-tuary city policies that made it difficult for officers to safely do their jobs.”

The assertion that Hous-ton was a sanctuary city or that White supported such policies isn’t true, according to the Aus-tin American-Statesman’s Politi-Fact Texas, who rated the claim as false in February.

However, the ad was effective in setting off a media firestorm and the White campaign quick-ly countered with its own ad at-

tacking Perry on border securi-ty issues.

“It’s effective if the press is ob-sessed by it,” said radio-televi-sion-film professor Paul Stelker. “Negative advertising works be-cause it gets your attention.”

Still, Stekler said he didn’t think the ad would be the dom-inant focus on the election and warned that most of advertise-ments like this are only effective on the margins.

The race between Perry and White appeared to be closing during the summer months — White had managed to cut Per-ry’s lead to an average of about 6 percent, with a Public Policy Polling poll even showing the race tied.

However, the lead began to expand in the fall, even as The Dallas Morning News and The Associated Press published sto-ries highlighting connections be-

tween companies that received investments and grants from state organizations and key Per-ry donors.

The attacks didn’t stick be-cause Perry’s actions haven’t been all that different from the actions of past administrations, and people see it as part of the political game, said Andrew Wheat, research director at Cit-izens for Public Justice.

“People think this is busi-

ness as usual and they might be right,” Wheat said. “People have a dim view of politicians, and it’s usually richly deserved.”

Instead, voters focused their attention and anger on Washing-ton, D.C., said long-time state Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Trini-ty County, a conservative Demo-crat from East Texas who lost by more than 15 percent.

“Washington is beating us. It’s a tide,” McReynolds said.


Gov Rick Perry pauses during his acceptance speech Tuesday night.

REACTION: Dewhurt’s success attributed to incumbencyGeorge W. Bush in 2004.

Voters in District 17, which in-cludes Waco and Bryan, removed 10-term Rep. Chet Edwards in fa-vor of Republican challenger Bill Flores by 44,000 votes.

Greenberg said the Waco-based seat has been a difficult one for a Democrat to retain since the mid-decade redistricting in 2004, which gave Republicans an advantage in the district.

“When redistricting was done again, the seat was drawn for a Republican,” she said. “Through work and will, Edwards has held on to it, but it wasn’t enough for him this time. I think the Republi-can tide combined with the Repub-

lican district is too much to over-come for Edwards.”

Saint Mary’s University govern-ment professor Henry Flores said the anti-incumbent atmosphere and voters’ frustrations could have led to Edward’s demise. Henry Flores said he expects congressio-nal gridlock and the new Repub-lican leadership to elect a Republi-can president in 2012.

“In the bigger picture of things, I don’t think much is going to hap-pen in Washington,” he said. “With a fairly activist Republican House, because of new Tea Party settlers, they’re going to be putting propos-als in that counter Obama’s agen-da. Obama is going to start putting forth policies, forcing the Republi-

cans to take some very dramatic stands on issues that they will look so bad to the American public.”

Henry Flores said Republicans are likely to raise the issues of ex-tending the Bush tax cuts and to re-duce government spending, while the Democrats, under Obama, will push for immigration reform.

“There is going to be a lot of dra-ma and attacking and counterat-tacking,” he said. “The American people are going to suffer because things just won’t get done.”

The 2010 midterm election sea-son has been the most expensive to date, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a research or-ganization that studies the role of money in U.S. politics. District 17 was the ninth most costly race, with Edwards and Flores raising about a total of $6 million and spending about $5 million.

“Both of the candidates are well above the average mark for mon-ey spent,” said the center’s spokes-

man David Levinthal. “The aver-age winner of a House race in 2008 spent about $1.4 million in victory. Both of these guys, through Oct. 15, had spent more than $2.5 million.”

The District 17 race also ranked high among the House races that have attracted outside spending, such as from American Crossroads, a political organization former Bush political adviser Karl Rove created to support conservative candidates and issues, Levinthal said. Accord-ing to the center’s website, Flores raised a total of nearly $644,000 from outside spending, and Ed-wards nearly $892,000.

“If Republicans can pick [Ed-wards] off, they’ve scored a ma-jor moral and political victory for themselves, in addition to the very practical victory of getting anoth-er House seat in an election year where every single vote counts,” he said.— Additional reporting contributed by Andrew Kreighbaum

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CONgREss: Expensive midterm election sets precedent for presidential race

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SAN FRANCISCO — Warned of dangers and legal chaos, Cal-ifornia voters Tuesday rejected a measure that would have made their state the first to legalize the use and sale of marijuana.

The spirited campaign over Proposition 19 had pitted the state’s political and law enforce-ment establishment against de-termined activists seeking to end the prohibition of pot.

It was by far the highest-pro-

file of the 160 ballot measures be-ing decided in 37 states. Other measures dealt with abortion, tax cuts and health care reform.

On a night of conservative ad-vances in much of the country, Massachusetts voters spurned a chance to cut their taxes — re-jecting a proposal to lower the state sales tax from 6.25 percent to 3 percent. Critics said the cut would have forced the state to slash $2.5 billion in services, in-

cluding local aid to cities and towns.

In Oklahoma, voters over-whelmingly passed three mea-sures that had dismayed some progressive and immigrants-rights groups. One makes Eng-lish the state’s “common and uni-fying language,” another requires a government-issued photo ID in order to vote, and the third pro-hibits state courts from consider-ing international law or Islamic

law when deciding cases.California’s marijuana propos-

al — titled the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act — would have allowed adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of pot, consume it in nonpublic places as long as no children were pres-ent, and grow it in small private plots.

Proposition 19 also would have authorized local governments to permit commercial pot cultiva-

tion, as well as the sale and use of marijuana at licensed estab-lishments.

Proponents pitched it as a sensible, though unprecedent-ed, experiment that would pro-vide much-needed revenue for the cash-strapped state, dent the drug-related violence in Mexico by causing pot prices to plum-met, and reduce marijuana ar-rests that they say disproportion-ately target minority youth.

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Supporter Kainoa Ignacio, from Honolulu, holds up a sign as he makes a Hawaiian greeting during a rally for the legalization of marijuana in California at Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley. The rally was sponsored by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy, UC-Berkeley Chapter.

Tea Party hopefulslose in Delaware,win Florida battle

WASHINGTON — Christine O’Donnell has been defeated in her Senate bid from Delaware. But another Tea Party hopeful, Marco Rubio, is the winner in Florida.

O’Donnell lost to Democrat Chris Coons in the battle for the seat that had been held by Vice President Joe Biden. She had been criticized for her lack of experience and spotty finan-cial history, and was plagued by a videotape from years ago in which she said she “dabbled” in

witchcraft.Rubio defeated independent

Gov. Charlie Crist and Demo-crat Kendrick Meek.

New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte, in her first run for office, took the Senate seat that was held by retiring Republican Judd Gregg. Republican Richard Shelby of Alabama and Demo-crat Barbara Mikulski in Mary-land have each won a fifth Sen-ate term. New Hampshire Dem-ocrat Gov. John Lynch has won a fourth term.

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Delaware Republican U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell waves after voting Tuesday in Wilmington, Del. O’Donnell lost the race to Democrat Chris Coons.

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has been a magnet for businesses in numerous industries.”

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Keep Austin thrivingIn the recent cheesy action flick “Machete,”

director Robert Rodriguez offers an interest-ing glimpse of downtown Austin. The movie is filled with armed hit men running around the city and racist politicians giving speech-es in front of the Capitol, bringing our city’s infamous weirdness to a whole new lev-el. But as improbable as it is to come across a scantily-clad Jessica Alba on Sixth Street, “Machete” does accurately depict one aspect of Austin: its relatively robust economy.

Thanks to a lax business environment and free-spirited culture, Austin has been a mag-net for businesses in numerous industries. Rodriguez’s filming of both “Machete” and “Sin City” here gives reason behind Movi-emaker Magazine’s regular listing of Aus-tin as one of the top five cities for filmmak-ers. The multitude of high-profile events, such as the South By Southwest Film Festi-val, Fantastic Fest and the Austin Film Festi-val, bring central Texas recognition and big-name premieres. With help from the Texas Legislature, which enacted a program that offers tax incentives to production compa-nies, Austin has become a mini-Hollywood.

Austin’s economic efficacy is not limited to the entertainment industry either. Even in the current state of the national econo-my, businesses are thriving in Austin. And who could benefit more from these successes than young UT students who will soon grad-uate and enter the workforce?

Now, I don’t have the expertise of radio-television-film majors or the good looks of Danny Trejo to land a top job in the film in-

dustry, but the current state of affairs does provide me some comfort. Like most stu-dents, I have no idea where my diploma will take me, but I won’t complain if I don’t need to look very far for opportunities.

Consider the local gaming industry, for ex-ample. More than 130 video game develop-

ers contribute $177 million to the Texas econ-omy annually and provide 3,700 jobs, accord-ing to the Texas Film Commission. Austin is in the vanguard of this boom, and not many students would have guessed that Electron-ic Arts, Sony and Disney Interactive all have studios here, making us one of the country’s hottest gaming areas. It’s interesting to think that game you play on your phone during your 8 a.m. class was probably developed

just down the street.Not surprisingly, the talent our University

produces is one of the main draws for busi-nesses. UT graduates are attractive to com-panies in industries ranging from semicon-ductors to alternative energy to entertain-ment. I’m always flattered to read that com-panies are moving to Austin because of me (and, of course, 50,000 others).

It’s true that times are still tough, and find-ing a job isn’t done while reclining in a La-Z-Boy. The Texas economy is facing a projected $25 billion budget deficit, state unemploy-ment is at 8.1 percent and University fund-ing seems like it’s cut by 5 percent every se-mester. But the damage could be a lot worse, and students should feel confident knowing that their best opportunities could be in and around Austin.

To best understand the economic trend that we all can benefit from, just notice bio-tech company Pain Therapeutics Inc.’s de-cision to move headquarters from Califor-nia to Austin. It is just one of 47 companies shifting bases to Austin from California. This type of corporate decision is now a recurring theme in the Austin American-Statesman business section.

With graying alumni always reminding me how they wish they would’ve stayed in Austin, I tend to wonder what drove many of them away. I guess factors such as family matters and relocation offers come into play. But at least for our generation of students, a strong local economy is one more reason to keep it weird even after we graduate.

Nestenius is a mechanical engineering sophomore.

Because the Rangers lost the World Series, Arling-ton Mayor Robert Cluck will send San Francisco May-or Gavin Newsom a gift basket from Spring Creek Bar-becue, upholding the traditional wager between the mayors of the cities competing for a championship — usually the loser sends the winner a basket of local del-icacies.

But this year, the mayors decided to up the ante by adding a community service requirement. If the Rang-ers had won, Newsom would have come to Texas to work with the Ranger’s youth program, the Miracle League, and Mission Arlington, an Arlington charity. The community service addition to the traditional may-oral wager is just one example of the rising popularity of community service in entertainment and sports.

It seems that every celebrity and athlete these days has a foundation, cause or project they have started or support. People follow Angelina Jolie’s activism and service projects, and the projects Michelle Obama sup-ports are very influential. Even Lindsay Lohan has at-tempted philanthropy, though one of her latest at-tempts was raising money by auctioning off a signed ketchup bottle. Obviously, our culture values commu-nity service and respects those who participate in it.

There’s really no argument that community service is not beneficial to both parties involved; both those who give and those who benefit are happier, and vol-untarism can transform a community. But how does community service relate to education? Many school districts believe community service has a place in ed-ucation. The only real point of contention is whether or not community service should be mandatory and if not, the question is how to incorporate it into a school’s curriculum.

More and more high schools have mandatory com-munity service requirements in graduation plans. Some schools require a certain number of hours and others require active participation in a service organi-zation or project over the years. Some schools, mostly private, have programs where students perform com-munity service as a part of a class or are given time for service during school hours.

Many question the effectiveness of mandatory com-munity service. Since the projects are not done of the individual’s own volition, some claim that the service becomes a chore and students miss the point. Those who do not support the requirement contend “manda-tory voluntarism” is a contradiction in terms and argue that it’s easy to adopt the mindset of “getting hours” instead of serving or helping others.

At UT, there is no community service requirement for graduation, but there is plenty of student involve-ment in the community, as anyone walking through the West Mall can see. We have more than 150 student groups officially listed as “service organizations,” and these organizations make a visible difference on cam-pus and in the community.

But it would be possible to graduate from UT with no exposure to community involvement, and that shouldn’t be an option. I’m not an advocate for hav-ing to collect and log service hours, but there are ways the University can help all of its graduates become in-volved in the community. A service learning require-ment or even a mandatory seminar on how a students’ major and interest can translate into service to the com-munity would be enough. It could even be a part of the required freshman signature courses students.

Community service is important, and the Universi-ty should be doing something to encourage communi-ty participation from students. It’s one of the best ways to contribute to and learn about your community, and there is a project or cause for everyone. Service is also a means of learning about yourself. It’s a shame it’s not expected of all students.

And sure, things like that can be a drag — especial-ly since there would be a time commitment and there are already a million things to do before we gradu-ate. But if Longhorns can rectify taking core classes in subjects they dislike to learn information or skills they’ll almost certainly never use again, all with the end goal of being a more well-rounded student, some sort of community service requirement isn’t asking much and will certainly make us all more well-round-ed people. If Lindsay can handle it, I think we Long-horns can, too.

Gleim is a journalism freshman.

By Erin GleimDaily Texan Columnist

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Texas needs term limitsQuestion: Does Texas have gubernatorial

term limits in Texas? Answer: No. While Perry’s victory last night may be fresh,

the candidate himself is decidedly not, having served as governor for exactly one decade. Not to be perceived as sore losers or anything, but we’d like to address an issue we’ve been think-ing about for some time: term limits. Consid-er this our first disagreement with the newly re-elected and long-serving governor, whose spokesman said in August that Perry felt the is-sue of term limits was up to voters’ judgment and that he had no problem with the current system.

Bill White called for term limits in August when he said incumbents can lose accountabili-ty after they have been entrenched in the polit-ical arena for too long. He asserted that unlim-ited terms constrict competition and new ideas as long-serving public officials become increas-ingly mired in the current political culture. Fur-thermore, he noted that term limits make the political process more competitive.

White’s argument addresses accountability — and reality. We agree with White and feel, espe-cially looking forward, that Gov. Perry’s stance on term limits squeezes the mechanisms of de-mocracy that were put in place to achieve bal-ance. During the primary, the Austin Ameri-can-Statesman asked Gov. Perry whether he was planning to run for a fourth term. “I think that is a totally inappropriate question from the standpoint of I have no idea what I want to be doing past November, other than getting to be the governor of the greatest state in the nation,” Perry said. “I’ll let you ask that some other time when it’s more appropriate.”

How about now, governor?

Prop 1 passesProposition 1 passed, but not by a landslide.

The issue was a classic example of a universal-ly agreed-upon problem and an enormous dis-agreement on how to solve it.

We can safely say there are a lot of walkers, bikers and drivers in Austin. We could also agree that inadequate roads and sidewalks and traffic are just as universally disliked. Less cer-tain, however, was the number of Travis County residents that supported Prop 1, a divisive pro-posal that gives the city permission to use $90 million in bonds to improve conditions for city commuters of all three varieties.

But, as we pointed out in our endorsement of the proposition on Monday, the defining fea-ture of Prop 1 is that it was all or nothing. With its passage, even in the face of heightened crit-icism that the proposal doesn’t appropriately address Austin’s wide range of infrastructure issues effectively, we stand by our opinion that the proposition’s benefits — job creation and city improvements — cash in on low recession interest rates, and these benefits outweigh Prop 1’s disadvantages.

We encourage those who may not have warmed up to the proposition’s details to em-brace its overall aims and support the less di-visive goals of decongested traffic, more biker-friendly roads and an outdoor environment that is appealing to everyone. We can all agree those contributions will improve Austin.

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By Audrey WhiteDaily Texan Staff

Republicans widened their ma-jority in the Texas House of Rep-resentatives, taking 22 seats from Democrats Tuesday night.

The 99 Republicans and 51 Dem-ocrats in the new state house must balance the budget, bearing the burden of a deficit that could be as high as $25 million. Texas Repub-lican Party spokesman Chris Elam said the “seismic” shift is even more dramatic than what the U.S. saw in the national house.

“It’s a shift that is historic not just in Texas but in national histo-ry,” Elam said. “It’s hard to over appreciate the gravitas of this situ-ation. With a 100-50 in the house, conservative principles are the name of the game now.”

Republicans and Democrats disagreed on the reasons for the massive gains. Republicans tout-

ed grassroots campaigning and strong conservative Texas values, while Democrats suggested that Republicans simply rode the wave of anti-Washington sentiment that has swept the country in the past few months.

“From the top to the bottom of the ballot, Texas Republicans have run against Obama,” said Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirsten Gray. “They have talked about Obama and Pelosi. We don’t know a thing about their priorities in Texas or their plans for the $25 billion deficit.”

Central Texas saw several Re-publicans take seats from Demo-crats, including Valinda Bolton’s loss to Paul Workman in District 47, Jason Isaac’s victory over Pat-rick Rose in District 45 and Larry Gonzales’ 20-point win over fresh-man incumbent Diana Maldona-do in District 52. Democrat Donna

Howard kept her seat in District 48 by only 15 votes.

“In the Texas house, Republi-cans had a better night than many were predicting,” said UT public affairs lecturer Sherri Greenberg. “There were a lot of races in play in the Texas house, up to 25 or so. Some of these seats in Travis Coun-ty and Central Texas were Republi-can seats that Democrats held onto, and those Democrats like Patrick Rose had real opponents in a big Republican year.”

Rose, a seven-year incumbent, said he is proud of his work in the house during his terms, and he hopes Isaac continues to pri-oritize District 45. Isaac said his top priorities include balancing the budget to cut spending with-out raising taxes, improving ben-efits for public school teachers and hot legislative issues such as promoting concealed carry on

college campuses.“It’s about getting back to fiscal

responsibility, working with bud-get problems we have and cutting spending,” Isaac said. “I want us to be the model. I want businesses to aspire to be as efficient as the Texas state government.”

Legislative topics such as con-cealed carry and immigration are likely to see much more time on

the house floor with such a strong conservative majority, Greenberg said. However, she, like Repub-lican and Democratic candidates and representatives, said tackling the state’s budget deficit must be a top priority.

“It’s going to be a tough bud-get year, there has never been any doubt about that,” Greenberg said. “But there is certainly going to be

much more pressure on not raising taxes because that’s the platform people were running on. That’s a tough situation when you’re look-ing at more than $21 billion in the hole.”

Texas Republicans recognize the responsibility they have to the Tex-ans who elected them and will act on that mandate to return Texas to conservative principles, Elam said.

By Yvonne MarquezDaily Texan Staff

Austin residents passed a $90 million bond to improve road-ways and construct bike lanes and sidewalks on Tuesday.

Get Austin Moving, a polit-ical action committee in favor of the Strategic Mobility Bond, or Proposition 1, celebrated at Shoal Creek Saloon on Tuesday evening.

“It’s a smart decision for a smart city,” said committee trea-surer Ted Siff. “Transportation so-lutions will happen faster, cheap-er and better because the voters and the majority have passed Proposition 1.”

Mayor Lee Leffingwell said the City Council’s messages got across to voters that something needed to be done now to allevi-ate mobility issues.

“We have to make prog-ress. This is the first step. Traf-fic is not going to be better than when it was this morning,” Lef-fingwell said. “We are already planning the next step. Gradual-ly we’re going to get a handle on this thing.”

Leah Fillion, spokeswoman for the city’s transportation de-partment, said they determined what projects should be priori-tized through community input from different methods of out-reach and surveys.

“We figured out a priority list with the highest wants in the community,” Fillion said.

Target start dates for construc-tion depends on each individual

project, Fillion said. “Some of them are ready to

go, shovel at the ready,” she said. “These projects would be imme-diately funded. Some projects are still ideas that need developing. All the projects would be in dif-ferent stages.”

The most expensive project on the Strategic Mobility Plan will be spent on roadway reconstruc-tion, with a proposed bond fund-ing of $19.5 million. A boardwalk trail on Lady Bird Lake is bud-geted for a proposed amount of $14.4 million.

Tom Wald, the executive direc-tor of League of Bicycling Voters, said with any growing city, offi-cials need to pay more attention to different modes of transporta-tion. He said people want more choices and safer routes.

“The idea of completing the bi-cycle network is to not just serve the needs of bicyclists but to serve the needs of more Austini-tes who want to bike but can’t be-cause there’s not a complete and safe network,” Wald said. “The conditions right now are pretty poor. It’s going to take some time to complete the bike network.”

Transportation engineering professor Chandra Bhat said im-proving transportation issues would not be as effective as re-ducing demand on the roads.

“Investing money in simply im-proving roadways is a catch-22,” Bhat said. “You widen roadways and you design new roadways and more people want travel, and it gets congested again. That is

an issue with pumping in money and only improving the supply side of it and not doing anything to reduce the demand.”

Bhat said he doesn’t think the proposition is going to relieve traffic congestion right away but has the potential to help in the

long term. “The improvements are a bit

isolated, and can help relieve some congestion in certain ar-

eas,” he said. “But for a region as a whole, I don’t think it’s any kind of magic bullet that will re-lieve congestion tomorrow.”

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By Allie KolechtaDaily Texan Staff

The influence of the State Board of Edu-cation’s conservative bloc, which has dom-inated the board’s politics for two years, may have taken a hit Tuesday night, af-ter a group of six more moderate Repub-licans and two Democrats were elected to the 15-mem-ber board.

Republican Marsha Far-ney won her bid for District 10, which includes most of Central Texas, against Dem-ocrat Judy Jennings, 55 to 40 percent. Libertarian can-didate Jessica Dreesen gar-nered about 4 percent of the vote.

The board’s focus should shift from politics to the stu-dents’ best interest by focus-ing on evidence-based re-search instead of ideology, Farney said.

“Practical experience in the field of education will add a valuable voice and perspective,” said Farney, a former elementary school teacher and middle and high school counselor. “Having the input of someone with my background and expe-rience will strengthen the board.”

She said she has already started compiling a list of people who she considers experts in curriculum and in-struction, drawing from the 16 counties in her district. Her plans include narrowing the achievement gap in math classes for minorities and females, she said.

“The decisions made by the State Board of Education should not be based on ide-ology, but on the best interest of our chil-dren,” she said. “Politics should not be a part of the discussion, and it never has been

for me. It’s always been about making Tex-as public schools the best they can be.”

Democratic challenger Jennings could not be reached for comment.

The board’s recent debates about global warming, evolution and history text book revisions drew negative attention to Texas

and its education system, said Ryan Valentine, depu-ty director of the Texas Free-dom Network, a progres-sive grassroots organiza-tion.

“We’ve just come off two very contentious curricu-lum debates in science,” he said. “They brought inter-national scorn and derision to Texas, so a heightened attention has been brought to the board and this elec-tion.”

Since 2007, Cynthia Dun-bar, a Republican from Richmond, has represent-ed District 10. She champi-oned the social conserva-tive bloc’s proposed social studies textbook revisions, which included sidelining Thomas Jefferson and the state’s prominent role in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Dunbar an-nounced in December that she was not seeking re-elec-tion for a second term.

The Texas Association of School Boards, a nonprofit group representing Texas school districts, worked this election cycle to educate voters on the board’s mission and importance, said Dominic Giarratani, the group’s assistant director.

“Regardless of who sits [on the board], we have to work with them on a daily ba-sis,” Giarratani said. “It’s an important elec-tion and we hope the new board members be open to collaboration.”

Underneath the chande-liers of the Driskill Hotel, a mass of dreary Democrat-ic candidates and support-ers watched Tuesday night’s

election results as Republicans kept their hold on every statewide office.

While the U.S. House of Representa-tives shifted control from Democratic to Republican lawmakers in a wave of an-ti-incumbent sentiments, Texas will see many of the same faces in its executive positions. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, At-torney General Greg Abbott, State Comp-troller Susan Combs, as well as the Texas land and agriculture commissioners, won re-election over their Democratic and Lib-ertarian challengers. David Porter, the Re-publican candidate for railroad commis-sioner, defeated incumbent Victor Carril-lo in the Republican primary.

Bill Minutaglio, a UT clinical profes-sor of journalism and long-time inves-tigative reporter for The Dallas Morn-ing News, said he originally thought the “down-ballot” races in Texas would be closer, but Democrats inherited a tide of ill will directed at President Barack Obama. Minutaglio said the Tea Party movement equated Obama’s message of change with socialism, which meant Democrats had to change their message.

“The Democrats had their one ace pulled out of their hands,” he said.

Shortly after declaring victory, Dew-hurst said the election will ultimately determine who will govern — Wash-ington, D.C. or American citizens. He said without raising taxes, Texas will protect its essential services, create jobs and secure the borders.

“Tomorrow, we will start taking

power away from Washington and put it back in the hands of the people where it belongs,” Dewhurst said. “We’ll start right here in Texas, by passing a reso-lution out of the Texas Senate, insisting that Washington pass a balanced bud-get amendment to the Constitution.”

James Aldrete, spokesman for Demo-cratic lieutenant governor candidate Lin-da Chavez-Thompson, said the fallacy of the Texas policy of balancing budgets is that it means shifting costs to families in the future rather than eliminating budget holes through cuts.

“Just because you recognize a bill on the table and don’t pay it doesn’t mean you’re being fiscally conservative or bal-ancing a budget,” Aldrete said.

Overall, the Republican candi-dates boasted more financial firepower throughout the election season. Abbott

had $9.3 million in cash on hand while his Democratic opponent, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, had $354,000. After his win, Abbott said he would fight the Environ-mental Protection Agency on its takeover of state pollution permits.

“We will fight the EPA with the twin principles of jurisprudence — that they should get out and stay out,” Abbot said.

Radnofsky said she hopes her cam-paign has shown Abbott reasons to legal-ly combat Wall Street corruption.

“Wall Street fraud has cost Texas tax-payers billions and billions of dollars,” Radnofsky said.

Democrat Hank Gilbert lost to Republi-can Todd Staples for the second consecu-tive election cycle for agriculture commis-sioner, a position that regulates pesticide use, exports of livestock and checks the accuracy of gas station and grocery store

weights and measures. Incumbent Repub-lican Jerry Patterson defeated his challeng-er, Democratic candidate Hector Uribe, for land commissioner.

Harold Cook, a Democratic strategist, said Texas Democrats could not have done anything to prevent a nationwide tidal wave of Republican victories.

“Republicans did everything they could to make state elections national, and they succeeded in state after state, in-cluding Texas,” Cook said. “Perry is po-sitioning to run for president, and both Abbott and Dewhurst want to run for the U.S. Senate, which makes me won-der who’s mind-ing the store as Texas deals with a $25 billion deficit.”

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By Ahsika SandersDaily Texan Staff

More than half of the students who attempted to vote at the Flawn Aca-demic Center were not aware that on Election Day, ballots can only be cast at the precinct in which voters live.

Out of the more than 2,000 voters who showed up at the FAC to cast their ballots on Tuesday, only 853 were actually allowed to vote. Precinct 148, the FAC location, is restricted to those who live on campus and surround-ing areas. By 2 p.m., more than 1,200 people were turned away, said voting judge John McEvoy.

“Sorry, but you have to go to your own precinct to cast your ballot,” McE-voy repeatedly told voters. “You could have gone anywhere during early vot-ing, folks. That’s one more reason to get out before Election Day.”

The biggest problem at the polls is voters who are unaware of the pre-cinct restrictions, he said, leaving him and fellow judges to act as bearers of bad news.

“Most of them have no idea which precinct they fall under,” he said. “So when they show up, I get to tell them they can’t vote here after they’ve wait-ed in line for 30 minutes.”

McEvoy said much of students’ con-fusion stems from the fact that they ei-ther saw crowds voting early at the FAC or voted there during the 2008 elections.

“A solution would be to do early vot-ing some place else so people will actu-ally have to look for their precinct in-stead of assuming it’s here,” he said. “But that would cause an inconve-nience, so we’re kind of stuck.”

Undeclared freshman Paige Brown said she hoped to vote for the first time

but was turned away, putting a damper on her first voting experience.

“I was pretty frustrated. I thought you could just show up, vote and go,” she said. “People were annoyed because you hear ‘You can go vote at the FAC,’ but that wasn’t the case for everyone.”

Brown, who lives in the Town Lake apartments off Riverside, did not vote this year because she had no means of getting to her correct precinct, she said.

Early voting eliminates the problem of precinct confusion because voters can cast their ballot at any polling place

in the county, said Mary Fero, spokeswoman for the Trav-is County Clerk’s Office.

Early voting totals for 2010 indicate a marginal increase over 2006 in over-all voter turnout in Travis County, she said. About 22 percent of registered voters cast their ballot during early vot-ing, which ran from Oct. 21 to Oct. 29, according to county voting records.

“We also have mobile voting, where we change early voting locations so more people can access different poll sites and chose the one that’s most con-venient,” she said.

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By Jordan GodwinDaily Texan Staff

The Longhorn offense has been deathly i l l this sea-son, but the good news is the coaches think they’ve finally found the diagnosis — they’re not scoring enough.

But it’s not quite that simple. The Longhorns are moving the ball down the field, but when they get inside the 20-yard line, they choke. So why can’t they score in the red zone?

“I think there are a couple of things,” said offensive coordi-nator Greg Davis. “One, I think I’ve been a little conservative in the red zone trying to get points. I think there are some oppor-tunities that we had that we didn’t come up with. So we’re going to look at a few things and see if we can give our guys some better chances.”

The truly curious thing is the fact that they’re getting enough yards to score. Texas ranks a mediocre 69th in the nation in yards and a distant 82nd in scoring. At this point last year, the Longhorns had reached the red zone 38 times, scoring 24 touchdowns. Fast-

forward to this season’s night-mare, and they’ve reached the red zone 36 times but only scored 15 touchdowns.

“We’ve been able to move the ball down the field pretty well,” said left tackle Kyle Hix. “We just have to be more productive in the red zone and get touch-downs instead of field goals.”

While kicker Justin Tucker racks it up and leads the team in scoring, the rest of Texas’ of-fense fails miserably. Nearly ev-

ery regular starter has been re-sponsible for at least one blown touchdown. Whether it’s an in-terception, a dropped pass, a false start or a bad run, every-body hurts.

“I don’t think it’s one partic-ular reason,” said running back Tre’ Newton. “We’ve just been making mistakes and not ex-ecuting. I feel like we’ve been hurting ourselves more than

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By Lauren GiudiceDaily Texan Staff

In their final three matches of the season, the 25th-ranked Longhorns had well fought matches against three of the top four seeds in the Big 12 Tournament. They have the ability to play with anyone.

“Our whole mindset this season has been to start strong, finish stronger,” said Big 12 second team member Kylie Doniak. “We’re ready for tournament, we’re ready to finish the season strong and go out with a championship.”

Texas will be playing OU in its first match of the Big 12 playoffs. Earli-

er this season, the Longhorns lost to them 2-1 in double overtime — a game UT should have won.

“One game at a time. We want a ring, we want a championship. We’re here to win, and I think we have a great chance to do so,” Doniak said.

Head coach Chris Petrucelli said the

team needs to stay healthy and that the players have continued to improve throughout the season.

“We’re going in there with the thought of winning it ,” Petrucel-li said. “You go into a tournament to try to win the championship, so that is our mindset.”

By Dan HurwitzDaily Texan Columnist

Some teams make scoring points look too easy. It’s conta-gious. They can’t stop.

Texas is not one of these teams. For the Longhorns, get-ting touchdowns is like pulling teeth. And as difficult as it is for them to score touchdowns, it is just as difficult for fans to watch them try.

Football is usually fun and en-tertaining to watch, but when it comes to watching the Long-horns, it is the exact opposite. It is painful. It hurts the eyes.

It is handoff after handoff be-ing stopped for little to no yards. And then, before you know it, it’s third-and-long — a perfect time to change the channel or if

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Sophomore forward Morgan Marlborough leads the conference with 16 goals, but the Cornhuskers need to find a way to get better on the defensive end — they have the fourth highest goals against average and are tied for eighth in shutouts in the Big 12.

The Cowgirls have given up only eight goals all season and first team all-Big 12 goalkeeper Adrianna Franch has four shutouts and a .80 goals against average. This team is far from lacking offensively with forwards Krista Lopez and Kyndall Treadwell leading the attack.

With the second lowest goals against average in the Big 12, the Aggies will be difficult to score on. Though their defense is stellar, they are not a one-sided team and are tied for second in goals for in the Big 12.

Tied for first in most shutouts, tied for first in lowest goals allowed and the lowest goals against average makes Texas the best defense in the Big 12. Led by goalie Alexa Gaul and senior Erica Campanelli the defense has been strong and countered the team’s low scoring offense.

Last season’s Big 12 regular season title winners are tied for second in most goals scored in the Big 12 but have allowed the most with 21. Senior forward Alysha Bonnick leads the attack and is tied for 10th in points and eighth in goals in the Big 12.

Jessica Fuston, named Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Year, is tied for second in points and goals in the Big 12. They have other strong offensive threats in Taylor Lytle and Jessica Disabella, but the team has the second most goals allowed this season with 20.

The Buffs, who finished eighth in the Big 12 regular season are also eighth in points, goals and shutouts. The team has the lowest amount of saves and the second lowest amount of shutouts. Junior Kate Russell leads the Buffs with 11 points on three goals and five assists.

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Junior midfielder Kylie Doniak celebrates with her teammates after scoring against Oklahoma earlier this season. Doniak leads Texas with six goals this season.

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Wide receiver Malcolm Williams lines up against Baylor on Saturday.

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A sign displayed during Saturday’s loss to Baylor shows Texas fans’ frustration with the football team this season.

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PHILADELPHIA — The Big East conference is set to expand its foot-ball roster.

Big East presidents unanimous-ly agreed to expand the number of football-playing schools to 10 at Tuesday’s board of directors meet-ing in Philadelphia.

Commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement potential expan-sion candidates will start to be eval-uated.

The 16-member Big East, where all members play basketball, has eight teams playing football. There was no timetable announced for a decision.

One obvious candidate to join is Villanova.

Other potential expansion tar-gets include TCU from the Moun-tain West Conference, and Central Florida, Houston from Conference USA. While Texas schools seem like an odd fit geographically, it would allow the Big East to tap into huge television markets, as well as fertile recruiting territory.

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When freshman setter Han-nah Allison went down, the Longhorns spent very little time in a panic. After all, junior setter Michelle Kocher — the team’s “backup” — may be one of the best setters in the confer-ence, regardless of whether she is starting or not.

Kocher’s tenure at Texas has been nothing short of uncon-ventional. The Wheaton, Ill.-native came to the 40 Acres at the heels of the departure of All-American and Texas’ all-time assists leader Michelle Moriarty. Kocher stepped right in and delivered, starting 31 out of 33 games and garnering Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors.

In last year ’s championship runner-up season, Kocher was asked to step down as the lone setter and split time with for-mer Longhorn and All-Ameri-can Ashley Engle. Head coach Jerritt Elliott often employed a two-setter rotation, so Kocher still saw time on the court.

This season started off dif-ferently as Kocher, despite be-ing named the team’s assistant co-captain, started off on the bench, as the team opted for a 5-1 rotation with Allison as the setter.

Kocher mostly played at the end of blowout matches.

Kocher got the starting nod against Texas Tech after Allison went down with an injury, and the Longhorns have not looked back. The team has dropped one set in going 5-0, including an upset of then-second-ranked Nebraska at home, in which Cornhuskers head coach John Cook credited Kocher as the primary difference between the Longhorns’ win in Austin and their loss in Lincoln.

Junior outside hitter Am-ber Roberson and senior mid-dle blocker Jennifer Doris have

seen major statistical increases in kills and hitting percentage. Kocher, who along with her as-sists nearly averages double-digit digs, said it has been an interesting ride.

“It’s been a rollercoaster ex-perience, but in the same as-pect, I’m in the gym every day, so in my eyes, it hasn’t total-ly affected how I’ve played be-cause every day you’ve still got to put in the time, put in the ef-fort,” said Kocher, who won Big 12 Player of the Week accolades two weeks ago. “I’m still a part of the team whether I’m on the court or not.It’s been different, but fun.”

The Silver Cloud of InjuriesWhile battling with injuries

played a part in the Longhorns’ early-season struggles with con-sistency and continuity, they have also made some tough coaching decisions easier.

The team has fought its way back to a top-10 ranking despite many of its top players recover-ing, which serves as an indica-tion of Texas’ depth.

“It’s easy, we stay the same,” Elliott said on maintaining con-tinuity. “We don’t have any other options. Who we have is what we have right now, so I really can’t mess up the lineup right now.”

At the conclusion of the sea-son, the Longhorns will have to part ways with Doris and se-nior outside hitters Juliann Fau-cette and Lauren Dickson. But the team will also be welcom-ing back Allison, junior libe-ro Sydney Yogi, freshman out-side hitter Ashley Bannister and sophomore outside hitter Bailey Webster. Throw in the incoming freshmen class and other role players, and the sheer numbers will likely lead to competitive position battles.

With the rest of the season and a potentially-deep playoff run still ahead for the team, it may be too early to be thinking about next season.

Longhorns Statistically in the Conference

With powerful hitting backing the Longhorns’ current eight-game winning streak, the team leads the conference in hitting percentage (.293) and fourth in kills per set (13.6). It also stands second in blocks per set and ser-vice aces per set.

Among individuals, Tex-as’ pair of middle blockers are first and third respectively in hitting percentage with Doris at .439 and junior Rachael Ad-ams at .435. Facette is the team’s top point scorer, averaging 3.81 points per set, which is seventh in the conference.

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Kocher at home back in starting lineup

Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan file photo

Junior Michelle Kocher has been in and out of the starting lineup during her career at Texas but has remained solid, whatever her role.

you are at the game, go to the bath-room, get a corndog or even head back to your tailgate and snag a couple beers.

It is understandable that fans don’t want to watch this team. Many aren’t. Many who choose to come or watch the game on TV do it for the sole purpose of booing and being negative Nancies.

Some bring signs (including the one that accompanies this col-umn) showing their disgust. The sign, which real fans were hold-ing last week against Baylor, re-flects dissatisfaction with offen-sive coordinator Greg Davis.

A few are staying until the end, and head coach Mack Brown is hoping that they continue to show

up and support the Longhorns.“I know it’s hard to do when

we’re not playing very well,” Brown said. “It’s unusual. I ask you to do that for the next four weeks for these kids. They are try-ing. The coaches are trying. I ap-preciated you hanging in there and helping us as much as you could.”

Things sure do change quick-ly. A year ago, vacations were al-ready being planned to Pasade-na a month before it was certain Texas was going to the National Championship. Now, it is unclear if the Longhorns will even make a bowl. Who would have thought? If they do, the destination won’t be as nice as Pasadena. A return trip to Houston is possible in the Texas Bowl. Or the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio could be nice. El

Paso’s Sun Bowl may be a bit of a reach. Last year, a five-loss Okla-homa team was in the Sun Bowl . This year’s Texas team is being compared to those Sooners. But they are far from it.

The Sooners’ struggles all came on the road and happened large-ly because of multiple major in-juries including Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford. The Soon-ers lost to good teams on the road last season. And we all laughed.

Now it’s their turn. You can see the smiles and hear the laughter of Sooners all the way from Norman.

Maybe it’s all a nightmare. Maybe that alarm is about to go off and all of a sudden every-thing will be better. If so, don’t hit the snooze.

anything. We just need to focus more and try to come away with touchdowns.”

It doesn’t matter how much the players and coaches focus on it week in and week out, the Longhorns somehow find a way to come up short. Many have blamed the lack of scoring on Davis’ play-calling, but at some point, the players have to take some of the responsibility.

“The coaches have put a big emphasis on finding the end zone and scoring more touch-downs, especially in the red zone,” Newton said. “I’m sure they’ll have a great game plan for us, and it’s our job to execute that game plan which will hope-fully lead to more touchdowns.”

Some have suggested the Longhorns simply place too much pressure on themselves when they’re threatening. Most of their struggles have come at home in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium when 100,000 rowdy fans are on edge, waiting to erupt at a score. Even the Tex-as Cowboys have prematurely fired Smokey the Cannon several times this season in anticipation of a score that didn’t happen.

“We just need to relax, have fun and execute,” said receiver Malcolm Williams. “It seems like sometimes we get in the red zone and start to get tight. We just re-ally need to go in there and keep pushing forward.”

The toughest part about the lack of red zone scoring is the fact that no one entity is at fault. It’s everyone and anyone near the playing field. But it won’t get much easier this week-end in Kansas State against a defense that has allowed just 11 touchdowns in 25 trips for opponents. They rank 104th in yards allowed and 66th in points allowed. But regardless of how many yards the Long-horns can get, the only number that matters is the score.

“For the last couple of weeks, we have said that there is an area that we need to improve,” Davis said. “We’re just not get-ting touchdowns.”

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“Super Meat Boy” (Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Mac)

If “Super Meat Boy” doesn’t give you an aneurysm, at the very least it will give you post-traumatic stress disorder. In what has to be one of the most difficult games commer-cially released in years, “Super Meat Boy” is a strangely addictive, minimalist platformer. Its creators, Team Meat, are sadistic pranksters. Their heart belongs to the ’80s — the game’s worlds open with cine-matics parodying intros from clas-sic games, and some levels imitate

Game Boy and Atari 2600 visuals — but the game’s clever, refined design suggests they aren’t stuck in the past. In fact, the game includes 12 playable characters from recent indie hits, such as “Braid” and “Bit.Trip Runner.” “Super Meat Boy” is a sequel to the 2-year-old New-grounds flash game “Meat Boy.” The spirit and mechanics remain the same: You run and jump across 350+ stages that are typically beat in under 30 seconds. Above all, you die a lot. A whole lot. One of the most amusing additions is the replay video you are shown at the end of completing a stage. In it, you see every attempt you made over-lapping each other. It’s a cathartic moment of victory as you watch 30 or more failed attempts running into buzz saws, as one determined Meat Boy makes it to the end. As charming and well designed as the game is, the game’s rapid-fire lev-

el design and disjointed structure keep it from being elevated to the level of “VVVVVV,” a very simi-lar game released earlier this year. As it stands, “Super Meat Boy” is a flawed love letter to all things retro and indie. It’s a tough love that will leave your thumbs sore for days.

Grade: B

“Kirby’s Epic Yarn” (Wii)Kirby is for the children and

it’s not because he is an adorable, pink amorphous blob. The “Kir-by” series has always been easy to a fault, with the exception of the brilliant “Kirby: Canvas Curse.” The latest entry in the series is as amiable and harmless as ever. All is not right in Patch Land. Kir-by has been turned into yarn, and as a result, remains impossi-bly cute, leaving you wanting to

hug the screen. The yarn aesthet-ic gives the game a unique look. Even more impressive is how the game embraces the concept, let-ting Kirby traverse behind fabric, swing on buttons and unweave enemies. Like a perfectly cooked meal without seasoning, the lack of challenge has ruined what is an excellently designed game. You cannot die; instead of feeling tension, you are taking a leisure-ly stroll to collect gems and other collectibles. This wouldn’t be so bad if the collectibles weren’t ob-viously placed, feeling like busy work rather than the brain-twist-ers of “New Super Mario Bros. Wii.” With no reasonable incen-tive to play beyond its cheerful, creative visuals, I have to con-clude this is a game for stoners and your little sister.

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relations. In this regard, it feels like the best of science fiction instead of fantasy.

“Dog” is planned to be a nine-volume series, and the scope of the project is immediately palpable. The 400-page “Show One,” which is about as dense as a Thomas Pyn-chon novel, has introduced dozens of human and animal characters in locals all over the world and across decades of time. The title page oc-curs after a 46-page prologue par-tially set in the 1950s. “Show One” ends with a definitive “to be con-tinued,” and the titular Duncan isn’t introduced to the reader yet.

“If I were a more patient man, I would’ve just spent 50 years mak-ing the whole thing,” Hines said. “I just prefer to have one big story and so that’s the kind of comic I’m

most interested in making.”Hines was introduced to com-

ics from an early age. His father, a journalist, originally had intentions of being a newspaper cartoonist, and would bring home strip col-lections of “Peanuts,” “Krazy Kat” and other classic comics.

So it was not surprising that Hines became infatuated with the medium, and started drawing comics as a child.

“A confluence of events came together at the right time: We had got a dog, Duncan, who I was en-amored with. I had started read-ing super hero comics and I could draw well enough that you could now understand the difference be-tween a person and a mailbox, so I started making ‘Duncan the Won-der Dog.’” That was when I was 6, and I’ve just continued making those books since.”

the characters. Lindsay is fantas-tic, all bluster and self-conviction, even as it becomes clear that his plans are beyond awful.

The film’s final act is a marked

departure from what came before it, as the team finally embarks on their terrorist attack. While Morris keeps the laughs com-ing, they’re uncomfortable, ner-vous chuckles, and the film trans-forms into something of a trage-

dy. The poignancy of the ending came as a surprise relative to the film’s first hour, but the ending feels honest to what came before it, and is chilling and effective.

“Four Lions” is a film with weak characters populating a

strong story. It’s a triumph with more on its mind than cheap laughs — the rare comedy that reaches for a surprisingly social relevance and sticks the landing.

Grade: B-

taste to the Korean barbecued beef, it literally melts in your mouth. The acid from the pickled daikons and onions was also a nice contrast to the sweetness of the meat. Despite the dish being mainly of tongue, a type of meat not eaten on a dai-ly basis, Chadwick said the beef tongue is the most popular dish on the menu.

Another customer favorite, Chadwick said, is the Korean-style, deep fried crispy chicken. This dish is so popular that it usually sells out by the time dinner starts and on this night, it was sold-out.

However, the steak sliders are thinly cut and cooked until moist and soft and the steak is served between buttery toasted buns. A deep-fried ball of chicken-fried steak gravy, wedged on top of

the steak, is a surprising touch to the slider. When popped, the gravy smoothly melts into the slider and adds a rich, comfort-ing taste.

The pommes frites, or French fries, like the steak slider, was a taste of comfort. Thinly cut, crisped to perfection and slightly salted, the frites was served with a cool sauce that’s mainly com-posed of Sriracha sauce and may-onnaise. The sauce paired with the frites changes each day, Chad-wick said. Earlier in the morning, he had served a fresh blend of cu-cumber with it.

Chadwick’s refined palate shines through and through in his genius creations. Though appearing sim-ple and comforting, Not Your Ma-ma’s lives up to its name.

Grade: A

rely on fake meats. That is just a baby step.”

Fearing that America has tak-en a permanent step out of the kitchen, Barnouin decided to cre-ate a vegan cookbook that reflect-ed seasonality and sustainability while still maintaining her skin-ny bitch sass. She hopes the book is a testament to how innovative,

simple and easy vegan meals are to prepare.

“For me, food has a capacity to affect your life in so many ways. It is the soul of the house. It’s such a way to gather people togeth-er,” Barnouin said. “I wanted to keep sassiness and humor in the book. That is what ‘Skinny Bitch’ is about. It’s like a best friend who is going to tell it to you straight and honest.”

vIDEO GAME REvIEWSuper meat boy, kirby’S epic yarn

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“Super Meat Boy” brings back the simplicity and challenge of older platform games with unique style.

movie: Weak characters plague strong comedy plotFrom page 12

Indie title rouses gamers with little remorse, Kirby offers opposite experience

Dog: ‘Show One’ is first installment of nine parts

SKiNNY: Recipes aim to expand readers’ diets, promote health

fooD: Dishes mix comfort, flavor

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By Ao MengDaily Texan Staff

Coming out of nowhere with “Duncan the Wonder Dog,” a post-modern epic about talking and rea-soning animals, Adam Hines has taken the comics world by storm with his richly dense art. The first volume in the Chicago-based artist’s series, “Show One,“ is a veritable tome that grandly exhibits Hines’ singular and extensive vision.

“Duncan was always going to be a book,” Hines said. “Even if I had to steal money to do it.”

To use a very sophomoric ex-pression, ”Duncan the Wonder Dog” is like Chris Ware’s architec-tural experimentalism by way of Henry Darger’s mixed-media art. Animals around the world are sen-tient and can communicate both with each other and with humans. They philosophize, they have feel-ings and they hurt. And when they realized their disenfranchised state,

some become militant. The graph-ic novel opens in the present day — an animal rights organization led by a macaque monkey named Pompeii has fertilizer truck-bombed a small southern California uni-versity.

Wi t h i n -tensely de-tailed, almost baroque visu-al style that com-bines everything from newspa-per clippings and computer text to children’s books and textile pat-terns with the cartoonist’s simple, sketchy character designs, the scope of Hines’ debut work is staggering. Hines creates a whole world that is easily recognizable, almost his-torical, but is alien in respect to hu-man/animal (and animal/human)

By Alex WilliamsDaily Texan Staff

An outrageously dark come-dy, “Four Lions” makes light of one of today’s most prominent and pervasive cultural phobias: Islamic suicide bombers. How-ever, the film’s smart, restrained writing and unexpectedly heart-felt ending keeps it from being exploitative.

Focusing on a motley crew of suicide bombers, “Four Lions” is co-written by director Chris Mor-ris (who shares the writing cred-it with Sam Bain and Jesse Arm-strong). The script is a potent mix of non-sequiturs, hilarious bits of dark comedy and moments of sharp satire.

However, the script is marred by some weak character work.

Morris, faced with the challenge of making jihadists relatable char-acters, gives his lead, Omar (per-fectly played by Riz Ahmed), a three-dimensional role and casts those around him as a hilariously inept group of misfits who give the Three Stooges a run for their money. While the other char-acters are entertaining, the lack of humanity to them gives the film a soulless quality, creating a sharp contrast to the handful of scenes Omar shares with his fam-ily, which are among the best in the film.

Morris tackles the material with an enthusiastic aplomb, cre-ating several effective set piec-es that manage to be both funny and tense, often dealing with the sensitive nature of bomb-making.

Morris also handles the dark sub-ject matter diplomatically, keep-ing things tasteful and sanitized while managing to work in a few pointed jabs at Islamic culture.

The acting is admirable, with Riz Ahmed saddled with the un-enviable task of making the au-dience care about and sympa-thize with a jihadist and pull-ing it off with flying colors. The supporting cast makes the most of their flat characters, with ev-eryone displaying perfect come-dic timing and even pulling off the film’s handful of dramatic moments. Highlight Nigel Lind-say is a consistent scene stealer as Barry, the sole white bomber and the most deluded out of all

By Julie Rene TranDaily Texan Staff

Every week, it appears as though there’s a new food trailer popping up somewhere around town, offering the city a creative twist on street food. While several have been hit-or-miss in the ways of taste, the ones that do succeed have gone on to national acclaim (such as Odd Duck, Chi’Lantro and Gourdough’s).

Up on board to become a com-petitor to these predecessors: Not Your Mama’s Food Truck.

Nestled in a dark corner of an empty trailer food lot across from Juan in a Million on East Cesar Chavez Street, is Not Your Mama’s, a new, shiny and un-painted white truck that serves up a fusion of Asian and Ameri-

can cuisine on paper trays.Though the truck has only

been open for about two months, half of the lot was packed with

cars. A small crowd hovers in front of the menu board, eyeing the mouthwatering selection, all around $5, that’s written in pas-tel-colored chalk.

From Korean style, deep

fried, crispy chicken to beef slid-ers, Not Your Mama’s menu is heavily influenced by South-east Asian cuisine. Still, owner

and chef Ron Chadwick said he cooks what he likes and is not limited to a certain taste.

The quality of his meals would be fitting for a five-star restaurant, but every item on the menu is

tweaked to accommodate the on-the-go nature of street food. As a native from Maine, Chadwick said he eventually wants to incorporate lobster and East Coast staples such as clam chowder into his menu. Currently, he is working on a fried peanut butter and jelly popper.

The slow-cooked beef tongue served on a bed of soft, sticky white rice was a stellar dish, and though there was a slight gamey smell and

By Layne LynchDaily Texan Staff

Ten years ago, Kim Barnouin was suffering from anxiety, pan-ic attacks and depression. To boot, she couldn’t afford medical insur-ance to find out what was plagu-ing her. At the end of her rope, Barnouin decided to take matters into her own hand and use health research to find a solution. What she discovered not only changed her life, but the lives of millions of others: the vegan diet.

“I was naive about how food af-fected me mentally and physical-ly,” Barnouin said. “I changed my diet and immediately started feel-ing better. I couldn’t believe food had that kind of power.”

In 2005, she published the blunt diet book and number one New York Times best seller “Skinny Bitch” with Rory Freed-man advocating the benefits of living a vegan life. The sassy, no-nonsense guide to being veg-an also spoke out against sugar substitutes, additive chemicals and animal cruelty.

Now, years after the success of “Skinny Bitch,” Barnouin is releas-ing her own cookbook, “Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cook-book” that expands upon the many options and flavors of veg-an cuisine outside of traditional meat substitutes. Even though the “Skinny Bitch” released a cook-book companion, “Skinny Bitch in the Kitch,” Barnouin said the book was merely a guide on how to transition to becoming a veg-an. It didn’t explore upon cooking vegan, she said.

“It was a diet for transitioning meat eaters to vegans,” she said. “It was so they wouldn’t think they have to eat just lettuce and raw vegetables. You don’t have to

FOOD REVIEW NOT YOUR MAMA’S

COMIC BOOK REVIEWDUNCAN THE WONDER DOG

MOVIE REVIEW FOUR LIONS

Trailer creates Asian sensation

Michael Baldon | Daily Texan Staff

Ron Chadwick, owner of Not Your Mama’s Food Truck, presents his BBQ beef tongue which consists of rice, tongue, caramelized onions and chives. Chadwick opened Not Your Mama’s Food Truck on East Cesar Chavez approximately two months ago.

Self-portrait courtesy of Adam Hines

“Duncan the Wonder Dog” is the story of a world where animals talk and some people listen.

Courtesy of Drafthouse Films

“Four Lions,” a dark comedy about suicide bombers, features strong writing but weak characters.

Austin street food vendor redesigns American classics with Korean twist

‘Duncan’ displays alternate, militant animal’s lifestyles

The quality of his meals would be � tting for a � ve-star restaurant ...

DOG continues on page 11

MOVIE continues on page 11

SKINNY continues on page 11

FOOD continues on page 11

Islamic suicide bombers topic of dark, satirical film

Author adds another ‘Skinny Bitch’

blunt diet book and number one New York Times best seller “Skinny Bitch” with Rory Freed-man advocating the benefits of living a vegan life. The sassy, no-nonsense guide to being veg-an also spoke out against sugar substitutes, additive chemicals and animal cruelty.

“Skinny Bitch,” Barnouin is releas-ing her own cookbook, “Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cook-book” that expands upon the many options and flavors of veg-an cuisine outside of traditional meat substitutes. Even though the “Skinny Bitch” released a cook-book companion, “Skinny Bitch in the Kitch,” Barnouin said the book was merely a guide on how to transition to becoming a veg-an. It didn’t explore upon cooking vegan, she said.

meat eaters to vegans,” she said. “It was so they wouldn’t think they have to eat just lettuce and raw vegetables. You don’t have to

Curried Chickpea Cakes

1 (15-ounce/430 g) can chick-peas, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup (20 g) sliced green on-ions, both white and light green parts

1/3 cup (75 ml) light coconut milk

2 teaspoons evaporated cane sugar

2/3 cup (75 g) breadcrumbs, plus 1/4 cup (30 g) for coating

1 teaspoon curry powder1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon cumin2/3 cup (130 g) brown rice,

cooked1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 cup (60 ml) grapeseed oil

or toasted sesame oil, for pan searing

In a large food processor, com-• bine the chickpeas and green onions. Pulse until combined. Transfer to a large mixing • bowl. Add the coconut milk, sugar, 2/3 cup (75 g) of the breadcrumbs, curry powder, nutmeg, and cumin. Stir to-gether with a wooden spoon until well combined. Stir in the brown rice and the • salt. Mold into 10 mini patties. In a large sauté pan, heat the • oil over medium heat. Add the chickpea cakes to the pan and sauté until there’s a nice gold-en sear on the bottom. Flip and sear the other side as • well. Continue with the remain-ing cakes. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain.

Serves 10.

DirectionsIngredients

Past literary success leads writer to create culinary guide for a meatless life

ON THE WEB:Check out Adam

Hines’ [email protected]

WHAT: Not Your Mama’s Food Truck

WHERE: 2209 E. Cesar Chavez St.

WHEN: Tuesday-Friday, 5-10 p.m.Saturday-Sunday, noon-10 p.m.

Kim Barnouin, author of

“Skinny Bitch” diet books,

added to her series with the vegan-focused “Skinny Bitch:

Ultimate Everyday

Cookbook.”

Courtesy of Running Press

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