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Co-op comes back after fire Students begin return to House of Commons as reconstruction ends

By Pierre Bertrand Daily Texan Staff Residents of the House of Commons Co-op are starting to trickle back into their old rooms after a two-alarm fire ravaged the house’s third floor, forcing the residents to seek temporary housing.

In February, a neglected hot-glue gun sparked a fire in two rooms on the house’s third floor. By the time firefighters extinguished the flames, much of the top floor was damaged and the fire burned two holes through the roof.

Six of the original 27 residents moved back into the house Saturday. Work is still being done, said Brian Donovan, the general administrator of the Inter-Cooperative Council, a nonprofit organization made up of many co-op houses, such as the House of Commons.

Donovan said crews are installing flooring and wooden trim along the walls, though some painting still has to be done. The total cost of repairs, including the opportunity cost lost rent to the house, was $375,000, most of which was taken from the organization’s savings.

“It’s pretty much finished,” Donovan said. “Pretty much the floor of the third floor up to the roof had to be redone and the walls had to be moved slightly.”

Donovan said the fire burned the roof ’s internal support system within the house’s walls. Construction crews had to slightly reconfigure the walls in some of the rooms so that the building’s new roof would not collapse into the house. As a result, some rooms on the third floor have even less living space than before, Donovan said.

As soon as firefighters left the house, repair efforts started. Dehumidifiers were placed throughout the co-op to dry the house, which suffered water damage from fire hoses. Within a month of the fire, the council found and hired a contracting company.

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New UT Data Center aims to trim costs New server hub will offer less redundancy as well as improved security

By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff The UT Purchasing Office’s move to the Main Building ended Monday, making way for a new primary University Data Center.

The move from the Central Receiving Building was the result of a yearlong study of potential sites for the new center, said Kevin Hegarty, UT chief financial officer and interim chief information officer. While options included a new building at the Pickle Research Campus or leasing space elsewhere, refitting an existing building proved the most cost-effective, he said.

“There are very few vendors that actually go physically to the [Central Receiving Building] location. It’s all done by the Internet and by phone,” Hegarty said.

Completion of the $32 million data center is expected in May 2010, with new departmental services slated for the end of next summer, according to the

Information Technology Services Web site. These services will allow departments to house servers needed for services such as admissions, course Web sites and payroll, at the new center.

At the department level, benefits come in cutting unnecessary expenses and increased security and convenience, said Charles Soto, director of information technology at the College of Communication.

“For me, the driving purpose is really to avoid redundancies over here,” Soto said.

Soto said that the cooling services provided for the servers would help avoid situations like that in the Communications Building server area, where he had to put up an air-conditioning unit.

“There’s a cost associated with that, so if I move all my equipment in there I can shut off the air conditioning,” Soto said.

The added security was also welcome, he said.

“Based on what I’ve seen from the designs, it’s going to be more secure than any facility I could build that I would feel

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Tavis Johnson, Justin Whiley and Jeff Gunderson work in the reconstruction of the House of Commons Co-op on Rio Grande Street Monday morning.

By July, the house’s roof was rebuilt. The house was initially scheduled to reopen in July, but delays in rebuilding pushed the date back.

“It was pretty apparent that wasn’t going to happen,” Donovan said. “It was like the prophet predicting the world was going to end and it being moved from day to day. Eventually we

stopped telling people when we thought the work would finish.”

Mike Gorse, a resident of the house, said he initially went to Royal House, another Austin co-op, for a couple of weeks before transferring to another coop where he stayed for months.

“When I was [at Royal House] I was just sleep-

Pearce plans presented at AISD board meeting

By Yijiao Zhuang Daily Texan Staff Nine schools in the Austin Independent School District are labeled academically unacceptable, the lowest accountability rating given by the Texas Education Agency, which is a decrease from last year’s 11. One school’s consistently low ratings have received special attention from the agency and the school district.

Pearce Middle School’s fifth year on the academically unacceptable list has put it in danger of being

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shut down for the upcoming school year. On Monday night, AISD submitted a final proposal for the Refinement and Alignment plan that will serve to reopen Pearce if approved by the AISD Board of Trustees and Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott.

The proposal includes an academic support net for students, focused on instructional and professional development, advanced data analysis of student progress,

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AISD School Board members Mark Williams and Vincent Torres listen to a Pearce Middle School supporter at a special meeting on Monday.

ing on a couch. It was a very temporary situation,” Gorse said.

Gorse, who never doubted being able to move back into the house, said he expects the fire to act as a learning experience for the council.

“I think it’s something that we’ve learned and

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Construction takes place near the Central Receiving Building on campus. UT’s Purchasing Office moved to the Main Building on Monday.

The move was the result of a yearlong study on potential sites.

Summer camp offers opportunities

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff At “Kids University,” a camp hosted by the UT School of Social Work, children can learn educational concepts while building Lego robots, bowling and watching IMAX movies. The four-day on-campus camp is sponsored by the Pflugerville Independent School District. The camp, in its second year, is free of charge and targets children in grades three through eight who lack a fixed, regular and adequate residence.

Kathy Armenta, a UT social work associate professor, said the camp expands the childrens’ awareness and interest in college.

“These are kids that are being brought in to have a positive experience in a university setting, and to find out about all the things they can do to learn in a campus environment to encourage them to stay in school and think about higher education,” Armenta said.

She said the children experience aspects of UT and follow a schedule encompassing hands-on classes such as art, robotics, math, science, dance, bowling in addition to taking IMAX theater visits. The children eat lunch at Jester Dormitory every day and will

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Gabriel and Christionna, participate in the “Weird Science” class from the “Kids University” camp at UT on Monday. even receive hands-on football training from UT football player Britt Mitchell on Wednesday.

The camp is comprised of 31 “gifted and talented” students from the PISD who are given the opportunity to participate in classes they can’t attend during the school year, said Vicky Esparza-Gregory, a Pflugerville social worker, who oversees the camp and the Texas Support for Homeless Education grant.

“We classify [the classes] as enrichment activities — [they are] very hands on,” Esparza-Gregory said. “They are putting robots

together … learning about the whole concept of Lego building, Mindstorms and electricity. [The teachers are] going to have them explode Coke bottles outside. So, just a lot of fun stuff.”

Armenta said the activities encourage students to think outside of the box.

“The camp is designed to encourage creative problem-solving,” Armenta said. “Just to realize that learning is a lot of fun.

There are a lot of real creative ways to use your brain.”

Sara Debord, a Pflugerville teacher and 2005 UT gradu-

ate who helps teach the robotics class, said the classes do not use textbooks but do contain fiveminute mini-lessons. The shorter lessons prevent long lectures and promote students to engross themselves in the activity and learn by doing.

She said the robotics class presents difficulties for the students, but overcoming them brings them great satisfaction.

“They are very proud of themselves, they build their confidence,” Debord said. “They also really experience a lot of teamwork. They are working in groups of two to four kids … working together, communicating really well.”

She said the robotics class helps students foster an interest in engineering programs, in particular the University’s engineering school, and that starting youths early will lead them to successful careers.

This is the second summer Orlando Lopez has participated in the camp. He said he has learned more at the day camp than he has during the school year.

“We do math, we do science, we go to recess,” Lopez said. “I think it’s good to learn more for tomorrow, too. To learn more music, more art and more science.

The funnest thing is robotics.”

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to return to co-op after costly repairs From page 1 it’s something [the council] is working on,” Gorse said. “I think we need to have a culture where people are held accountable for their actions. We had a state of denial, that it would never happen to us.”

UT sociology senior Rebecca Strong said she was lucky to move into an apartment at a discounted rate. When her lease ended in May, she studied abroad in Costa Rica for two months before moving back in to the co-op.

“I was basically living from my suitcase for a couple of weeks,” Strong said, who spent time visiting family throughout Texas. “I am so happy to move back in.”

Donovan said the cost of re-

Emily Kinsolving | Daily Texan File Photo

Firefighters try to save the House of Commons Co-op after a fire in February. The fire caused significant damage to the structure.

NEWS BRIEFLY Smith secures $1.5 million for research funding at UT-Austin U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said in a statement Friday that a request he had made for $1.5 million in funding for UT-Austin was included in the approval of the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill by the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to the statement, the funding will be used to establish a “research and education program for enhancing U.S. competitiveness in the field of next generation manufacturing processes and systems.”

“Education, particularly math and science education, is vitally important to our ability to effectively compete in the global economy,” Smith said.

The move follows $1.2 million Smith directed to the University last fall, which Brian Baluta,

spokesman for Smith, said was also from defense funding.

Steven Nichols, director of the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the Cockrell School of Engineering, said small-lot manufacturing like the kind referred to in the statement works progressively.

“We start out from nothing and build something from that,” Nichols said.

Rapid manufacturing in response to new demands in defense and commercial sectors has potential for U.S. industries, he said.

“You can reduce your inventory and significantly reduce your replacement costs,” Nichols said.

The previous appropriation of $1.2 million was given to the Wireless Networking Communications Group at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to create advanced wireless communication devices for military use, according to the department’s Web site.

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pairs put a significant hole in the organization’s financial safety net.

“We are still in a cash crunch,” said Donovan, who explained the organization is facing liquidity problems. Because of the repairs, the council has little cash to spend.

Donovan said the organization hopes to rebound as the summer draws to a close and fall begins. Donovan said the occupancy in the council’s housing system this summer was pretty average, even though occupancy in ICC homes dropped by 5 percent.

For Strong, although she has moved back into the house, she says things are not back to normal.

“It doesn’t really feel like everything started back up again,” she said.

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strong ESL instruction and a focus on science with help from the University of Texas, said AISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen.

“What we need to do is plan for the future,” Carstarphen said. “Starting immediately this fall, we make no exceptions to do what needs to be done from beginning to end, and once and for all.”

Supporters of the district’s proposal made up most of the audience at the special meeting, holding orange signs and wearing Pearce T-shirts to show their encouragement.

AISD experienced a boost in test scores this year but also saw higher dropout rates and lower

completion rates.

“Part of the problem is the tougher definition of a dropout that was recently implemented,” said DeEtta Culbertson, TEA spokeswoman. “Students who get their GED are no longer considered having completed high school. They must have either graduated or be continuing on to a fifth year of education.”

Another new standard this year is the Texas Projection Measure, a criterion that allows a student who is within reach of the next level of performance in one or two years to contribute to a school’s move toward a higher accountability rating.

By giving a prediction of what a student is likely to pass in the future, the Texas Projection Measure gives an overall projection

of a student’s progress over time, Culbertson said.

“I came because I wanted to express my interest in the school,” said Barbara Hancock, a retired schoolteacher who had two children matriculate through Pearce.

“I want to help out in whatever way I can, whether that’s through volunteering or serving as a substitute teacher.”

Teachers look favorably on the proposal as well.

“I have high hopes that this proposal will pass,” said Pearce English teacher Debbie Cripe.

“The key is to create enough incentives to attract and keep a high level of quality teachers.”

If the board chooses to approve the proposal, it will then go on to TEA Commissioner Robert Scott for a decision Tuesday morning.

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on remote servers for reliability From page 1 comfortable spending money on,” Soto said.

While physical access to the servers would be monitored carefully, departmental technology services would still need to be alert in their work, he said.

“It’s still just as easy for me to run a very insecure system over there as over here,” Soto said.

Glynn Harmon, School of Information professor, said

that data storage in general is seeing a shift in location.

“We’re getting away from local storage,” Harmon said.

“What is happening is that cloud computing is getting very big.”

Storing data online on remote servers could result in computers with less storage capacity, he said, though the future isn’t set in stone.

“As you know technology changes rapidly and it’s often difficult to predict,” Harmon said.

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TEA released the 2009 campus accountability ratings for Texas schools and districts last Friday, and AISD received higher overall scores than last year.

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The state accountability ratings come out once a year and are based on the cumulative ratings of TAKS scores, completion rates and dropout scores, Culbertson said.

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Supporters of Niger President Mamadou Tandja cheer as political leaders arrive at a “Yes on the referendum� rally in Niamey, Niger on Sunday.

Niger president seeks longer rule

By Todd Pitman The Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger — His opponents are calling it a “slow-motion coup.�

Fighting to stay in power past the two-term limit, the leader of this uranium-rich desert nation has reversed promises to step down in December. Over the space of several months he has imposed rule by decree and dismantled parliament and the constitutional court, which opposed his plan and represented the last real checks on his rule.

On Tuesday, a referendum could remove the last obstacle for President Mamadou Tandja — the constitution — replac-

ing it with a new one that would enable him to remain with greatly boosted powers and grant him the right to rule a three-year transition with no election.

Foes say this will complete the 71-year-old president’s transformation from democrat to dictator. “He took the oath of office swearing on the Quran to protect our nation’s democratic institutions,� opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou said. “But instead, he is destroying them.�

Issoufou compared the moves to Niger’s three coups since independence from France half a century ago. The only difference: “This time, it’s happening

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12:59 p.m. CDT and was centered 76 miles north-northeast of Santa Isabel in Baja California and 331 miles southeast of the border city of Tijuana.

It was the strongest of four quakes of 5.0-magnitude or greater that struck the area over a 45-minute period late Monday morning.

Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Alex Rangel said a high-rise near downtown shook violently enough that workers evacuated but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The

Strong quake hits Mexico’s Gulf of California, felt in Phoenix MEXICO CITY — A powerful earthquake Monday shook fishing villages along Mexico’s Gulf of California, prompting alarm as far away as Phoenix, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The U.S. National Earthquake Information Center said the 6.9-magnitude quake struck at

in slow-motion.�

The ease with which Niger’s democratic institutions have been swept aside marks a setback for a continent struggling to shake off strongman rulers. The region has already been hit by coups in Guinea, Mauritania and Madagascar in the last year.

If the referendum succeeds, it may sow more instability in a country already dealing with a simmering Tuareg rebellion in the north, which has split into three rival factions, one of which has threatened violence if the referendum goes ahead. In the same region, al-Qaida has kidnapped several foreigners and plans are afoot to build Af-

quake was located about 460 miles from downtown Phoenix.

Wilfredo Rivera, a manager at the Posada Santa Gemma hotel in Bahia Kino near the coast, said doors slammed as the ground rocked. “The earth was turning around really ugly,� he said. “People got really scared.�

Civil protection officials in the two states on either side of the quake — Baja California and Sonora — said there were no reports of damage or injury. — The Associated Press

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Niger’s capacity to produce uranium became well known when the U.S. accused Saddam Hussein of having tried to purchase yellowcake for Iraq’s nuclear weapons program in the run-up to the U.S. invasion. The accusation turned out to be false.

Opponents say Tandja, 71, is clinging to power so his family, clan and entourage can benefit from an influx of wealth from large-scale projects that are under way. Tandja denies it and says he is only obeying the will of his people, who he feels want him to finish projects to develop one of the poorest nations on earth.

By Tamara Lush The Associated Press MIAMI — Some passengers were snoozing while others snacked when the first turbulence rattled Continental Flight 128 over the Atlantic. Suddenly, the jetliner began to plunge and shake violently, hurling passengers over seatbacks and slamming them against luggage bins.

The Boeing 767 made an emergency landing in Miami early Monday so at least 26 injured, four seriously, could receive medical help. But the sudden turbulence that rocked the overnight flight from Rio de Janeiro was an all-too-real reminder of an Air France flight — also traveling from Rio — that crashed into the mid-Atlantic in June during thunderstorms, killing all 228 people on board. “I immediately thought of the Air France flight, that we’re going to fall. We’re going to fall,� said Herman Oppenheimer of Rio, one of 179 people on the flight.

Said 20-year-old passenger Camila Machado, who was going to Las Vegas and was treated

for a bruised cheek: “I felt like the airplane was going to crash. I felt like we were going to die. Like, the first thing I thought about was Air France.�

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen cautioned against drawing any parallels between the two flights and said the cause and severity of the turbulence in the Continental case was still being investigated. “I wouldn’t draw any conclusions,� Bergen said.

Meteorologists differed on weather conditions at the time the Houston-bound plane encountered the turbulence just northwest of Puerto Rico.

Henri Agramonte, an assistant forecaster at the Dominican Republic national office of meteorology, said there were thunderstorms early Monday, which were caused by a tropical wave that could have generated strong winds off the country’s northern coast. But Brian Wimer, a meteorologist from the State College, Pa.-based Accuweather, said there were no thunderstorms in the area.

Alan Diaz | Associated Press

A passenger arrives in a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue truck at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on Monday.

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Editor-in-Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard Roberto Cervantes

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Funding Texas’ tomorrow

The Texas Tomorrow Fund will be short by about $2 billion by 2030, according to Texas Comptroller spokesman Allen Spelce. Texas taxpayers will be left picking up the check for approximately 119,000 Texas children, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The fund originally allowed parents or others to pay in advance for their children’s college educations. Once the payment was made, the child was guaranteed that his or her education would be paid for, regardless of fluctuations in tuition costs. The assumption was that the money would be invested, and the investments would grow at the rate of tuition.

It was a good idea. It encouraged parents to plan ahead for their children’s education and gave children an attainable goal.

Unfortunately, the fund was hit with the perfect storm. First, tuition skyrocketed after deregulation in 2003. The cost of tuition at a state university rose by an average of 23 percent that year, according to the Chronicle, and enrollment in the plan was suspended. As the economy went south last year, the investment returns were not enough to keep the fund solvent, and the once innovative program officially closed in 2007.

We hate to say “we told you so” to the Texas Legislature, but legislators have had it well within their power to put the brakes on the acceleration of expanding college costs in the state. Time and again, they have chosen to leave tuition-setting power entirely in the hands of the UT System Board of Regents, which has continued to raise tuition and fees. The Legislature has also failed to provide the financial support Texas public universities need in order to provide quality education at a reasonable cost.

Now, the Legislature will be left scrambling to cover an enormous cost it did not anticipate, just like families across the state. But the Legislature has no pockets in which to dig.

Instead, it will pull again from the pockets of taxpayers.

Legislators should see this as both a warning and an opportunity — a warning not to let college costs spiral out of control again, and an opportunity to develop the tax structure it needs to maintain and improve its higher education system. Raising $2 billion will be painful, but the money will at least be going to pay for higher education, something the state needs to invest more in anyway. This is a chance for legislators to reclaim financial responsibility for public higher education.

As Comptroller Susan Combs, whose office administers the fund, told the Chronicle, “The taxpayers of Texas voted this in, and the taxpayers of Texas have obligated themselves to pay this out over time. You can’t pull a California and send (parents) an IOU. You have a hole, and you must get a shovel and start filling in.” The hole that needs filling is much larger than the Texas Tomorrow Fund, but the state taking responsibility for its promises to parents is a good start.

— Jillian Sheridan for the editorial board

The unwholesome truth

two dorm rooms, but where I can always find the freshest produce, breads, deli items and, at the same time, grab paper and cleaning supplies and my faThe tale of Austin-based Whole Foods Mar- vorite kind of black licorice candies. Manny’s is loket’s humble beginnings is one of defiant com- cated only four blocks south of the site of the new munity spirit and distinctly Austin sensibilities. In Whole Foods. At Manny’s, customers pay for gro1978, John Mackey, a 25-year-old college dropout, ceries monthly through a system that epitomizes and Rene Lawson Hardy, 21, “borrowed $45,000 neighborhood trust: the total cost of each visit is listfrom family and friends to open the doors of a ed on a yellow index card with only the family name small natural foods store called SaferWay in Aus- on the top. The shopper initials the amount as recogtin, Texas,” the store’s Web site describes. “When nition of the transaction. the couple got booted out of their apartment for The most irksome thing about Whole Foods’ atstoring food products there, they decided to sim- titude to community involvement is its companyply live at the store. Since it was zoned commer- centric approach. Whole Foods stores donate food cial, there was no shower stall. Instead, they bathed to local community food banks. They push local in the Hobart dishwasher, which had an attached food sales and brag about their wonderful job opwater hose.” portunities. But Whole Foods’ arrival on 97th Street Mackey and Hardy opened the original Whole undoubtedly will push single-shop owners out Foods Market on Sept. 20, 1980. Less than a year of business. Those shops are a critical component later, on Memorial Day in 1981, the worst flood in of New York neighborhoods’ ambience, a quality Austin in 70 years devastatwhich, just like big stores, has ed the area. The floodwaters intrinsic value. wiped out the store’s inventoThis is not because Whole ry and damaged most of the Foods is a bad company, but beequipment. The grocer’s Web cause it is a big company. A big site reports that “the losses were chain with the resources to outapproximately $400,000 and perform the single-shop owners Whole Foods Market had no inthat historically have shaped this The most irksome surance. Customers and neighgreat city. thing about Whole bors voluntarily joined the staff Sixty years ago, in his famous to repair and clean up the damessay, “Here is New York,” E.B. Foods’ attitude age. Creditors, vendors and inWhite pinpointed what there is to community vestors all provided breathing to lose in a story about a friend’s room for the store to get back on relationship with her local invovlement is its its feet and it re-opened only 28 grocer. company-centric days after the flood.”

“Storekeepers are particularThese days, more than 270 ly conscious of neighborhood approach.

Whole Foods stores dot North boundary lines. A woman friend America and the United Kingof mine moved recently from one dom. One is scheduled to open apartment to another, a distance in late August on 97th Street and of three blocks. When she turned Columbus Avenue, one block up the day after the move, at the away from my summer home same grocer’s that she had pain New York City. The opening is causing excitement tronized for years, the proprietor was in ecstasy — and fear in the neighborhood about the retailer’s im- almost in tears — at seeing her. ‘I was afraid,’ he said, minent presence. Many Upper West-Siders, includ- ‘now that you’ve moved away I wouldn’t be seeing ing temporary ones like me, find themselves terribly you anymore.’ To him, away was three blocks, or conflicted. about 750 feet.”

On the one hand, the Whole Foods vibe meshes That original brand of Manhattan neighborseamlessly with New York City’s Upper West Side hood friendliness has been immortalized by films, mentality, which Woody Allen uncannily captures in books and generations of New Yorkers for whom his film “Annie Hall.” In the 1977 classic, the anti-he- that unique lifestyle is a daily reality. Come August, ro, Alvy, reduces a prospective girlfriend by synop- when Whole Foods moves in, the ultimate fate of my sizing her life story as “New York, Jewish, left-wing, summertime local grocery is unclear. Whole Foods liberal, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis Uni- mocks community spirit by insisting that it embodversity, the socialist summer camps and the, the fa- ies it. ther with the Ben Shahn drawings.”

There is something dishonest about Whole Foods On the other hand, neighborhood residents har- behaving as if it’s doing the community — rathbor legitimate concerns for the welfare of local gro- er than itself — a service by setting up shop. Whole cery stores that embody true “community citizen- Foods, as in every other chain-destroys-local-busiship,” which the corporate Whole Foods self-serv- nesses tale, is about to pummel something that ingly touts as one of its “core values.” should be preserved.

I shop regularly at — and therefore specifically Jacob is an incoming freshman worry about — Manny’s, a store no bigger than

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The business candidate

By Nick Prelosky Daily Texan Columnist

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison last Friday threw gas on the quickly enveloping fire that is the 2010 Texas gubernatorial race.

Hutchison, who has seen her sizable lead in recent Republican primary polls dissipate, is seeking to further differentiate herself from Gov. Rick Perry in hopes of gaining an edge in the upcoming race.

But she doesn’t seem to realize that she could quickly be turning the GOP primary into the race that never was.

The key to winning an election is, and will always be, pointing out the reasons why you’re better than the other candidate. Otherwise, there would be no reason to expect any votes for yourself.

Hutchison employed such a strategy last week, when she released a statement condemning the governor’s rejection of over half a billion dollars from the economic stimulus funds.

She seemed to reiterate the talking points that have been circulating around the state for several months now: The unemployment rate is near 6.4 percent in the state; several hundred thousand more jobs could be lost by the end of the year; over half a million Texans could be helped with the money.

This statement is an unfortunate decision by the senior senator’s campaign staff for two reasons.

The first is that taking the money would simply be bad policy.

Forcing a check down the throat of the state is a great step from where the national government truly belongs. By mandating that Texas alter its current system of unemployment and vastly expand the number of people who would be eligible for benefits, the government would force the state to face a tremendous shortfall in funding when the stimulus dollars had dried up. The notion of making states alter their laws at the discretion of the national government completely tarnishes the long held idea that the states are public policy laboratories, creating and testing new solutions that could serve as

blueprints for national reforms.

There are very few exceptions to the adage, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” This is not one of those exceptions.

If the policies that needed to be changed were really in Texas’ best interests, those laws would be adopted by the duly elected office-holders here in the state, not the federal government — which is filled with people who undoubtedly know less about our state than we do.

The second reason Hutchison’s statement was a poor decision is that Texans, especially those who are registered Republicans and are looking to be courted by Hutchison between now and March, have already arrived at the conclusion that Perry had made the right decision in his rejection of the funds.

Several business and conservative groups have expressed elation that the funds — and the all the strings attached to them — were rejected. After all, it represented a bright spot in an otherwise uneventful 81st legislative session.

Texas has learned that what works for business, works for the state. When Forbes Magazine ranked the top 10 largest cities in which to do business, it came as no surprise that the top five were located here in Texas — with the top spot going to Austin.

Several midsize and smaller cities from Texas also made the list.

The reason for this is that Texas has such a welcoming attitude toward new and relocating businesses that it was almost a foregone conclusion that the state would fare much better than the nation at large during the current economic downturn.

Bearing all of this in mind, it becomes a lot easier to see how Perry has greatly aided the state by refusing the stimulus funds. Playing politics is well and good during the run up to a primary, but Hutchison should seriously consider what she is saying to the conservatives in her state who want to maintain the state’s role as a leader in the business climate.

Prelosky is a government senior

PETA must respect Vick

By Ademilola Mojiminiyi Daily Texan Columnist I am vegetarian. I’ve eaten meat most of my life, but decided to make the change for ethical reasons — namely, the idea that all life has intrinsic value.

But it has become a struggle to extend that same sentiment to cockroaches and spiders. Capturing and relocating them outdoors into foot traffic-free zones, it has taken me a while to resist the urge to kill a spider on sight.

For some time, I ate meat knowing what slaughterhouse conditions are like. At some point, it dawned on me that animals experience the cruelty of factory farms as pain and suffering. Some people, however, are never going to stop eating meat — even if they’re aware of the cruelty.

But there are many groups who do support the end of animal cruelty, and at some point they will manage to change the laws and cast certain practices in the barbaric light they ought to be. Without the passion of groups like PETA, animal cruelty might not carry the gravity of wrongdoing it ought to be afforded. Animal rights activists are able to convince people to examine whether their values align with their habits.

That said, PETA’s recent stance on the Michael Vick dog fighting case is disturbing. PETA recently called off a joint venture with Vick, the former NFL star who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges in 2007, to do a series of public service announcements. PETA cited Vick’s refusal to undergo a brain scan to evaluate if he has antisocial personality disorder as the deal-breaker.

Vick has pleaded guilty to felony charges, apologized for his behavior, served his prison sentence and agreed to do public service announcements for PETA. Perhaps the apologetic words of someone who supported dog fights can’t be trusted, but maybe the words of someone who took responsibility for a mistake and attempted to make amends with contrite behavior has some amount of integrity. Vick has realized his actions were

cruel and vowed to never again participate in such behavior. That is the most PETA can hope for. PETA’s condition that Vick submit to a psychiatric evaluation and brain scan as proof of remorse is ridiculous. Brain scans cannot even diagnose a psychiatric disorder, and PETA officials aren’t qualified to field psychiatric diagnoses.

Because Vick would not submit to their terms, PETA has threatened to boycott whatever team accepts him. They have even requested the NFL submit him to a psych evaluation and brain scan before he be allowed to rejoin the organization. Even if Vick has a mental illness, federal law prohibits discrimination based on a mental handicap — especially if the handicap has a biological or natural basis, as PETA’s brain-scan request suggests. Does PETA think that people with mental illnesses should be denied access to the community or a job?

PETA is now harassing Michael Vick. He did an evil thing, and is paying the price. But we have all supported animal cruelty in some form. How else can we still eat meat knowing the conditions the animal suffered? Granted, perhaps we have not supported cruelty as directly or as fully as Vick did, but some of us have further to go than others when it comes to engaging in compassion.

The message PETA is sending through their actions in this case is that once you have committed an act of animal cruelty, you can never redeem yourself on reasonable terms. If that is the case, then what incentive do people who have made even the smallest mistakes have to change their ways? Furthermore, what incentive do factory farms have to stop cruelty and support PETA when they malign people who apologize and commit to change?

No matter how much PETA dislikes Vick, they need to learn how to stifle the urge to destroy him like one might a spider or cockroach. All life has intrinsic value — even Vick’s — and that requires extending him the dignity of keeping his mental health private and making a living.

Mojiminiyi is a rhetoric and writing and nutrition senior

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For the birds

Relocation of treatment plant causes lane closures

A sparrow flies away from the patio at the Eastside Cafe on Manor Road on Monday.

Facility’s deconstruction closes right southbound lane of San Antonio St.

By Brittany Wisch Daily Texan Staff Partial lane closures on San Antonio Street in downtown Austin will take place due to the deconstruction of the Thomas C. Green Water Treatment Plant at 600 W. Cesar Chavez St. In August 2005, the Austin City Council approved the relocation of the water treatment plant and as part of the decommissioning work on the closed water treatment plant, contractors will need to close lanes on San Antonio Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday. “The Green Water Treatment Plant closed a year ago for decommissioning and deconstructing,� said Sara Hartley, Austin Public Works Department spokeswoman. “Right now we are actually in more of the deconstructing phase. They are currently demolishing the infrastructures and the underground water facilities.�

The right southbound lane of San Antonio Street will be closed from Second Street and will extend just before Cesar Chavez Street. The closure will allow access to the connected infrastructure of the plant that is in San Antonio Street.

The city urges drivers to find alternate routes and to drive with caution while the work takes place. This area is heavily used to get onto Cesar Chavez Street, Hartley said.

The city’s Public Works Department manages the decomissioning project, and the city’s Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office will manage the redevelopment. day, month day, 2008

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First lady aids city’s preservation with grants

By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Staff Austin joined more than 760 other communities across the U.S. Monday when it received national recognition for efforts taken to preserve cultural and historical artifacts.

Austin was named a “Preserve America Community,� creating the opportunity for the city to receive federal funding for projects related to heritage tourism and the use of historic properties as educational and economic assets. “This designation for Austin is just another way we are going to work to keep Austin strong,

keep Austin prosperous and, well, keep Austin weird,� said U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett at the naming ceremony at the Elisabet Ney Museum in Hyde Park.

Doggett said visitors to Austin are always urged to experience the city’s history. “We encourage people to experience and appreciate the local historic resources through education and heritage tourism programs,� he said. “Or just getting a view of the real Austin by walking down 1 South Congress.�

The Preserve America Initiative was started in 2003 by former first lady Laura Bush and has award-

ed more than $17 million to various communities since its inception.

Austin was among the first 26 cities recognized by first lady Michelle Obama, who took the helm of the organization when former President George W. Bush left office.

Doggett said the grants will provide an opportunity for Austin to continue to grow culturally. “These grants will be important as Austin continues to carve its place as an economic and artistic engine of growth — not just for Texas, but for the nation and in the world,� he said.

Elisabet Ney Museum curator Mary Collins Blackman said the

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museum, which has already garnered federal recognition as part of the Save America’s Treasures program in 2003, was one of the major historical sites included in Austin’s application for the recognition.

Blackman said the museum will pursue federal funding, but said she hopes it will not be alone. “What I would hope is for all 19th-century sites to join together and raise visibility of 19th-century Austin,� she said.

Blackman said 19th-century sites are fading from the city and cited Pioneer Farms and the Governor’s Mansion as a few that remain.

The Heritage Society of Austin

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Executive Director Jacqui Sharaad said her organization is working to protect historical neighborhoods in Austin by creating historical districts throughout the city. “It’s the only tool to help preserve historical health of neighborhoods,� Sharaad said.

Buildings in the proposed districts would not be allowed to be demolished without approval from the city, she said.

Sharaad said the society generates almost $140 million in heritage tourism each year. “It’s not only about cultural aesthetic, but economics for Austin,� she said.

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Talented LSU hopes to rebound from last season

By Matt Hohner Daily Texan Staff In the SEC it’s all about surviving to get the opportunity to play in Atlanta for the conference championship.

The past three years, winning the conference has meant playing in the BCS National Championship game, and Louisiana State head coach Les Miles feels he is due for a trip to Atlanta.

Since Miles took the position in 2005, he’s led the Tigers to the SEC Championship game every other year — meaning he’s got high expectations for 2009.

Miles has his team revamped and reloaded with speed and athleticism for the 2009 campaign, even though the Tigers may be a year or two away from taking the program to a higher level.

Many opposing defensive coordinators will be planning to lock up receiver Brandon LaFell, who is believed to be the top prospect for the NFL draft, and will compete with Oklahoma State’s receiver Dez Bryant for the Bilentnikoff Award. However, another receiver will have to emerge for the Tigers to take opposing defense’s focus off of LaFell.

There’s no need to introduce running back Charles Scott. SEC foes know all too well about Scott’s abilities after he racked up 1,873 yards and 18 touchdowns last season. But for Scott to have the same type of success he had last year, LSU will need a legitimate quarterback.

Inconsistent quarterback play haunted the Tigers in 2008, and injuries didn’t help either — especially when their number one man, Jarrett Lee, suffered a

season-ending injury late last year.

The word around Baton Rouge is that Miles will play sophomore Jordan Jefferson under center after he had an impressive spring performance.

If the young and inexperienced signal caller can come through for LSU, they shouldn’t have any problem moving the chains.

The defense should be able to build on an average campaign from a year ago.

Their aggressive scheme wasn’t as dominating as in previous seasons, b u t s h o u l d Les Miles b e a n i ro n LSU head coach

curtain this year. Perry Riley — a finalist for the 2008 Butkus award and Defensive MVP in last year ’s Chick-fil-A Bowl game — will be the leader of a veteran linebacking corps for the Tigers.

All-SEC defensive end Rahim Alem should wreak havoc in opponents’ backfields.

While it may be a rebuilding year full of raw talent, senior leadership could help set the tone for years to come. Thise is the same group of veterans who have rings on their fingers from the BCS championship in 2007.

Surviving the SEC may be one of the toughest things to do in college football, especially if you have to travel to Georgia and Alabama this year like the Tigers do, but hosting Florida in Tiger Stadium could make things interesting.

Team name: Louisiana State Tigers Head coach: Les Miles Conference: SEC 2008 record: 8-5

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Key players:

r Brandon LaFell — Senior — WR 2008: 63 rec. / 929 yds / 8 touchdowns Arguably the best wideout in the nation, he has tremendous speed along with great hands.

He currently holds a 24-game streak of caught passes.

r Perry Riley — Senior — LB 2008: 60 tackles / 7 TFL / 1.5 sacks A finalist for the Butkus award, Riley is a big contributor on defense who should improve his numbers from the previous season.

Game to watch: Nov. 8 at Alabama

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Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter listens to a question during Big 12 Media Day in Irving, Texas on July 29. Carter didn’t allow a sack last season as Graham Harrell became the first Division I quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards in consecutive seasons.

Tech’s Carter delivers the pain

By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff Brandon Carter likes a little bit of pain. On the football field, he’s usually inflicting it, using his massive 6-foot-7-inch frame to punish defensive linemen and linebackers. But in the tattoo parlor and even in the boxing ring, he doesn’t mind taking a little bit himself. “I like it when people swing at me,� Carter said of his daily boxing habit, in which he’s taken to only sparring lefthanded to avoid hurting an opponent. “It’s a great workout, it’s exhausting,� he said at last week’s Big 12 Media Day in Irving. “I love MMA and wrestling. I know the outcome has already happened, but it takes an athlete to do what they do. I appreciate the physical aspect.�

Carter, who was teased about a future in wrestling and matchup against NBA big man Shaquille O’Neal, can probably relate to the theatrics that take place in the wrestling ring. Texas Tech’s

senior left tackle is as recognizable for his game-day makeup and Mohawk as for his spectacular play last season in guiding the Red Raiders to a three-way tie atop the Big 12 South.

Carter didn’t allow a sack as Graham Harrell became the first Division I quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards in consecutive seasons and Tech finished with a 10-2 record.

But most of the buzz around the 344-pound lineman was over the latest tattoo Carter had embedded into his skin — a skull drawn on his shaved head, distracting gazes from his dyed hair spikes for once.

Carter has spent so much time in tattoo parlors over the years he’s lost count of how many different designs he has, but did mention he spent eight months perfecting a large tattoo on his back that had him clenching his teeth in pain as the needle played across his spine.

Yet under all that muscle, makeup and ink there’s a little more than meets the eye. While

Wyoming will need a lot of luck to beat Texas

LSU will have many challenges again this season in its quest for a conference championship. If it can find a way to improve its passing game, and get the ball in the hands of LaFell, LSU could sneak its way into the Georgia Dome for the SEC title.

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Now after one of the most successful seasons in team history, Carter has a new role. After being an entertainer and an enforcer, he’s now a leader, taking the mantle after the Red Raiders lost four offensive linemen, quarterback Harrell and All-American wide receiver Michael Crabtree last season.

The task could be made even harder by an early season trip to Austin to face the Longhorns in the Big 12 schedule opener. “It’s going to be good, the new guys are getting a chance to get a few games under their belts, then we go to Austin,�

Carter said. “We respect them, but we’re ready to go.�

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not exactly a gentle giant, Carter is “ridiculously articulate,� as head coach Mike Leach put it, with an intelligence that might even surpass his frame and skills on the football field. “Yeah, [he] kind of looks like a curveball, but it’s going to come in as a fastball straight down the middle,� Leach said. “He’s got the highest test score on the team.�

It’s an asset Carter puts to good use in his football career, spending endless hours watching film to critique and learn from his performances. “Outside of football I don’t watch a lot of games because I spend about 20 hours a week watching film,� he said. “Every now and then, I’ll watch ‘The Catch,’ it’s an insane feeling.�

Insane might be an appropriate word to describe Carter on the football field. The fiery lineman plays with a passion that matches his nightmarish pregame look. “He’s a real intense guy before the game. He’s one of those guys

HOUSTON — Astros ace Roy Oswalt will skip his next scheduled start because he still felt pain in his lower back after a bullpen session Monday.

Forced to leave his last outing

because of an irritated disk, Oswalt was scheduled to start Tuesday night against San Francisco. After throwing 30 to 40 pitches in the bullpen, he wasn’t ready to go.

Oswalt said he would meet with doctors on Tuesday and throw another bullpen session on Wednesday. “I’m not 100 percent,� Oswalt said. “I just don’t feel good.�

Oswalt (6-4, 3.61 ERA) left in the

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series previewing Texas’ 2009 opponents.

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff No Texas football team has ever stepped foot in the state of Wyoming, but that will change in the second week of the season when Mack Brown will lead his squad 1,197 miles north to play the Cowboys, where it’s a sure bet to not be scorching at kickoff.

Wyoming is coming off an eight-loss season, and will try not to be too welcoming of the visiting Longhorns as they try to show they can compete with one of the best teams in the country.

It will take a lot for Wyoming to win — including a good amount of luck.

The Cowboys might pray for an early blizzard to force the Longhorns to play in conditions they have never seen before.

Wyoming also wants Texas to look ahead to its grunge match against Texas Tech, which takes place a week after the showdown in Laramie.

On the field, the Cowboys are going to have to hold onto the ball for as long as possible. The longer they can keep Colt McCoy on the sidelines, the betsecond inning of Houston’s 11-6 win in Chicago on July 28.

Houston manager Cecil Cooper said right-hander Felipe Paulino will be recalled from TripleA Round Rock to start Tuesday’s game. The team will announce a corresponding move after Monday’s game.

Oswalt is due to start again on Saturday against Milwaukee. General manager Ed Wade left open

ter of a chance they’ll have, but this seems unlikely since Wyoming had the worst scoring offense in Division I last season. The only highlight of the Cowboys’ offense is their duo at running back: Devin Moore and Wynel Seldon combined for almost 2,000 yards in 2008.

One reason the Cowboys could not score last season was that they couldn’t hold on to the ball — they had the secondworst turnover ratio in 2008.

New head coach Dave Christensen, the genius behind Missouri’s high-octane spread offense, will try to reverse those numbers in his first year at the helm, but he will need a miracle to drastically change things that quickly.

The defense, however, was a bright spot for Wyoming last season and has eight starters returning. The Gipson brothers have their hands full at cornerback as they go up against a passing attack that plays at a level that they have never seen before.

A big turnaround is necessary for the Cowboys to put up much of a fight against the Longhorns, but upsets can happen — especially if the Horns have bigger things on their minds. the possibility that Oswalt could go on the disabled list, retroactive to July 28. “We leave everything available,�

Wade said. “We’ll see how he feels on Wednesday. If he’s continuing to signal that he’s having some discomfort, then we’ll huddle up at that point and have a serious discussion about the potential of doing that.� — The Associated Press

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REVIEWS: French girls, Jim James drop delicious discs From page 8

About Love Plastiscines

Though it’s hard to come by an all-girl band that bypasses the bubblegum, synthesized stereotype, French rock group Plastiscines is the exception. The group’s most recent album, About Love, reveals not only an adoration for ‘60s English rock ‘n’ roll but the band’s skill in reappropriating it. “I Could Rob You� opens the album with a poppy throwback to Blondie, where heavy guitar is matched by the crooning of lead singer Katty Besnard (who, coincidentally, is just as foxy and platinum-blonde as Blondie front woman Debbie Harry). Cutting lyrics like “love is gonna kill tonight, don’t be surprised that you’re gonna cry� sets the stage for the barbaric tone of the rest of the album. “Bitch� has fun with the idea of hard-ass females and the relentless attitude that follows. The powerful guitar and “la, la, las� of the backup singers are a catchy highlight as the straightforward song literally spells out bitch and what being one entails.

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The downside to singing in a second language is juvenile translations of typical topics like love, loss and revenge. But when the group utilizes its French on songs like “Pas Avec Toi,� the members transform the typically soft and romantic language into a harsh version of itself that gets across the song’s connotation even without complete comprehension.

The music of the Plastiscines is where the hard rock women of the ‘60s mingle with the riot-girl movement of the ‘90s. Add cigarette jeans and a French attitude and About Love is the result. — AG

Tribute To Yim Yames

After The Beatles went their separate ways, all of the band’s individual members released varying solo albums. Some, like Paul McCartney, went on to form other bands, but the others strictly made music under their own names. Of these albums, George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass was probably the best — a stellar mixture of Fab Four-style rock infused with every-

thing from country to folk made it a worthwhile listen.

So, of all the musicians in today’s musical landscape, who’s the most fitting person to record and release an album of strictly Harrison cover songs? If you guessed My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, you’re right.

Released under the pseudonym Yim Yames, Tribute To is an EP containing six covers, four of which come from the aforementioned All Things Must Pass: “Behind That Locked Door,� “My Sweet Lord,� “Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp� and “All Things Must Pass.�

As great as last year’s Evil Urges was, Tribute To thankfully returns to the Neil Young-influenced country-rock style of early My Morning Jacket albums. Most of the songs feature only James’ soft crooning and guitar work.

Despite the stripped-down, lowkey arrangement of the tunes, they manage to stay away from being too somber or funeral-like.

The covers were recorded in 2001, but are just now being released — and thank goodness they are. If these tunes were never offered to the public and allowed to disappear into the ether when James did, there’d be a huge void in the music world. Tribute To is a simple affair, but a very fitting record made to honor one of the greatest musicians of any generation. Often an overlooked member of The Beatles — just not nearly as ignored as Ringo — George Harrison is still an important part of one of the best bands of all time, and for someone to actually offer a fitting tribute is rare. Thank God we’ve got Jim James. — Robert Rich

Lou Dobbs show now CNN ‘nightmare’

By David Bauter The Associated Press NEW YORK — He’s become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network’s “no bias� brand.

And on top of all that, his ratings are slipping.

How does Lou Dobbs keep his job?

It’s not a simple answer. CNN insists it is standing behind Dobbs, despite calls for his head from critics of his reporting on “birthers� — those who believe President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States despite convincing evidence to the contrary. The “birthers� believe Obama was born in Kenya, and thus not eligible to be president.

Dobbs’ work has been so unpopular that even Ann Coulter has criticized him.

Dobbs has acknowledged that he believes Obama was born in Hawaii. But he gives airtime to disbelievers, and has said the president should try to put questions fully to rest by releasing a long version of his birth certificate. He’s twice done stories on his show after the public leak of a memo from CNN U.S. President Jon Klein saying that “it seems this story is dead.�

Klein said those stories were OK because they were about the controversy and weren’t actually questioning the facts. But critics suggest Klein is parsing words, that even raising the issue lends it credence.

Joked The Washington Post’s Lisa de Moraes: it “explains their

upcoming documentary: ‘The World: Flat. We Report — You Decide.’�

Dobbs hasn’t made it any easier by using his radio show to fight back at critics, who he called “limp-minded, lily-livered lefty lemmings.� He considered going on CNN tormentor Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News show to thank him (O’Reilly says the birthers are wrong, but he defended Dobbs’ right to talk about it). “He’s embarrassed himself and he’s embarrassed CNN,� said Brooks Jackson, a former CNN correspondent. “And that’s not a good thing for any network that wants to be seen as a reputable, nonpartisan news organization.�

So who needs the headache?

Klein said Dobbs does a smart newscast that explores issues that get little in-depth attention elsewhere, such as trade with China, health care funding and the stimulus plan. He suggested Dobbs’ CNN work is unfairly lumped in with his unrelated radio show, and that he’s judged on the show he did a couple of years ago, when Dobbs became a political target for his campaigning against illegal immigration.

The two men sat down after last year’s election to make changes, aware that the anti-immigrant Dobbs’ image ran counter to the brand CNN was trying to create. CNN calls itself the network of unbiased reporting compared to conservative commentators on Fox and liberal ones at MSNBC. Through a spokeswoman, Dobbs said he would not comment for this story. But he is a

CNN original. Except for a twoyear break a decade ago, he’s been with CNN virtually from the network’s beginning. Much of that time was spent anchoring a business newscast that made him hugely influential in the business community and immensely valuable to CNN. Oldtimers say the desire of advertisers to be connected with Dobbs and Larry King essentially funded the network for years.

The 861,000 people who tune into Dobbs’ 7 p.m. ET newscast on a typical night are down 20 percent from last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. He’s still ahead of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews in that hour.

With Dobbs hosting his own weekday radio show, the thought of him launching antiCNN missiles every day has to be disconcerting. “It’s very cutthroat,� said Janet Keefer, a Drake University journalism professor and former CNN producer. “As long as he isn’t doing anything that’s driving viewers away, they’ll keep him.�

Fear could be another factor keeping CNN together.

Dobbs has never been shy about fighting for his point of view. His feud with former CNN chief Rick Kaplan spilled out on the air in 1999 when he objected to having his “Moneyline� show pre-empted for a speech by President Clinton about the Columbine school shootings. “CNN President Rick Kaplan wants us to return to Littleton,� he said.

Dobbs soon left CNN and returned after Kaplan left.

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A well-made and dressed version of Julia Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic Nicoise salad sits in a bowl, accompanied by one of the PBS legendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cookbooks.

By Leigh Patterson Daily Texan Staff Cooking legend Julia Child, perhaps the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most renowned chef, has been garnering a lot of press recently. This Friday marks the release of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Julie and Juliaâ&#x20AC;?, a film based on a book by Julie Powell. The movie depicts events in Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life juxtaposed with Powellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own life as she attempts to make all 524 recipes in Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mastering the Art of French Cooking.â&#x20AC;?

Child became famous for her adaptations of French cuisine and straightforward style of cooking. This recipe is an adaptation of one of Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous and simple dishes, her signature Nicoise salad. This salad, with a multitude of colors and flavors, makes a great dish for an easy meal or to bring to a dinner party. While we slightly tweaked certain elements â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for instance, Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original recipe included sardines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her charm and classic wit remains. As she said about her recipe, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so beautifully arranged on the plate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you know someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fingers have been all over it.â&#x20AC;?

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By Emily Macrander Daily Texan Staff Tony Ciola, owner and operator of Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coal Fired Pizza, is 25 years old. Though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young for the typical restaurant owner, he says he was born into the business: Ciolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great-uncle opened the original Ciolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian restaurant in Virginia Beach, Va., in 1949, and the Ciola family has been in the business of making food ever since. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sort of fell into the restaurant business,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been in my blood.â&#x20AC;?

While working at the family business, Ciola learned the skills needed to manage and operate a successful restaurant. Together with his cousin, he worked to restructure certain aspects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We improved the experience of dining and the service,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We turned the restaurant around.â&#x20AC;?

Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is hidden away in the Hill Country Galleria next to a Cinemark Theater. The Ciolas were approached by the owners of the Hill Country Galleria to bring the family restaurant to the outdoor mega-mall. After accepting the offer, the idea for Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coal Fired Pizza was born.

From outside, the shop is nondescript, leaving the sleek, modern interior a surprise: the walls are red brick, the furniture Italian-made and the waitstaff is dressed in black. Customers also have the option of buying pizza by the slice off a flatscreen monitor menu at the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk-up window. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew what I wanted it to look like,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can picture things in my head, so I sketched out what I saw on sheet of paper.â&#x20AC;?

During the restaurant development process, Ciola decided to go on a three-day pilgrimage to New York to sample authentic fare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty much six different pizza restaurants a day, for three days,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never eaten so much pizza.â&#x20AC;?

During that trip, Ciola decided he wanted his namesake restaurant to follow the tradition of Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the original New York pizzeria. No other restaurant does it quite like them, said Ciola. Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cooks its pizzas on a coal-burning stove, heated to

1000 degrees Fahrenheit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You only get this with a coalfired oven,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said, holding up a slice of pizza. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bottom is slightly blackened, and the toppings are all caramelized.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only restaurant in Austin to make pizza this way.â&#x20AC;?

Ciola said that once he figured out the concept, the rest he envisioned in his mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was able to convey to me exactly what he wanted to do,â&#x20AC;? said Stacy Draper, the interior designer for Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were going for an old gutted-warehouse look that had been renovated into a sleek pizzeria. The cool atmosphere is as much a part of the experience as the food.â&#x20AC;?

Part of creating the atmosphere was the open-counter design.

From anywhere in the restaurant, the chefs can be seen preparing pizza behind the counter, tossing and spinning the dough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted the preparation area to be open, so people could watch the show while they eat,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said.

Ciola tends to favor design concepts that are sleek and modern, while his father prefers things to be classic. Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, he said, blends the two styles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going into business with your family is hard,â&#x20AC;? Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all Italian, we all have opinions and each of us is always right.â&#x20AC;?

Ciola splits his time between the three Austin-area family restaurants: Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Ciolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Kahunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tiki Bar and Grill.

Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Kahunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opened within two weeks of each other at the beginning of July. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People thought I was crazy, and I was busy for a long time,â&#x20AC;?

Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you know something is right, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to have the balls to do it.â&#x20AC;?

Balls to face an economy where jobs are few, and many independent businesses are struggling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew the state of the economy, but I also knew what we had was special and affordable,â&#x20AC;?

Ciola said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It caters to everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; someone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to have a multi-course sit down dinner, someone walking through the mall, or someone who just wants to grab a drink before their movie. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re successful because we use the freshest ingredients and offer the best service.â&#x20AC;?

Tony Ciola, only of Tony Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coal Fired Pizza, poses for a portrait in his restaurant on Friday.

Latest Modest Mouse album is mostly mediocre ten to collections of songs discarded from artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; previous albums. Many of these tracks truly deserve their B-side status, and indie-rock band Modest Mouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compilation of rejected compositions, No Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First and Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Next, meets the standard of other haphazard compilations in this regard.

The opening track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Satellite Skin,â&#x20AC;? begins the album with a catchy drumbeat and guitar riff, but they sound flat without the developed production and adNo Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First and Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Next ditional eclectic sounds characteristic of Modest Mouse. Even Modest Mouse Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always interesting to lis- front man Isaac Brock seems to

acknowledge the mediocrity of the track, as he sings about failed goals. The remaining songs regretfully maintain this uniformity.

That is, until â&#x20AC;&#x153;King Rat.â&#x20AC;? The song seems to break the EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stupor, bursting forth with strumming banjo, the blare of a horn and Brockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chesty laugh. Although repetition turns out to be the enemy of this album, this track deploys it well. A heart-thumping bass drum and simple guitar notes loop together and emphasize the desperation of the song.

The final track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Got It All (Most),â&#x20AC;? is another welcomed diversion from the rest of the

album. Brockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choppy method of stop-and-go singing adds an engaging element to what could have been another generic melody. The breakdowns even offer a taste of the harder jams found on their 2007 release, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

While the majority of No Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First and Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Next lacks the quirky charm of classic Modest Mouse, at least the band members had the editorial acumen to keep these songs away from the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real albums. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Amber Genuske

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