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TODAY‘You can’t buy my love’Robert Plant and the Band of Joy play a sold-out show at Stubb’s Bar-B-Que at 7 p.m. See page 4

‘Am I Groovin’ U?’Local singer-songwriter Toni Price plays the Continental Club at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $7.

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WEDNESDAY‘I shot him in the stomach’The Paramount Theatre shows “Badlands” as part of Iron & Wine’s movie night. Show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets cost $10.

THURSDAY‘Flightless bird’Iron & Wine plays a benefit concert at the Paramount Theatre with Calexico. Tickets start at $24.50 and doors open at 7 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Midwives Alliance of North America and the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians.

FRIDAY‘Vittoria, Vittoria, Vittoria’KVRX Summer Series Concert presents Built by Snow, Focus Group, Marmalakes and Federal! State! Local! at the United States Art Authority. Doors open at 9 p.m. with a $5 cover.

‘What do I know?’David Garza takes the stage at the Cactus Cafe at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free.

‘‘ — Thao Vo

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“I just say, forget about it now.”

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Flawed evidence led to execution

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Celebrating a former First Lady

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Education assistant Laurel Trevino shows children how to make paper flowers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on Sunday. The center honored its namesake with a day of free activities, including a pottery demonstration, storytelling and book signings.

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Even bankruptcy can’t close Katz’s

By Nolan HicksDaily Texan Staff

SAN ANTONIO — Investigators used “flawed science” to determine that the fire that destroyed Camer-on Todd Willingham’s mobile home and killed his three children was arson, the Texas Forensic Science Commission concluded Friday.

The arson reports were a key part of Willingham’s murder trial, in which he was convicted of set-ting the December 1991 fire that killed his children. He was execut-ed in 2004.

“I’m comfortable that not only did [Cameron] Todd Willingham have a fair and open and exhaus-tive and process, but I think that justice was served in the case,” Gov. Rick Perry said at a Friday press briefing in San Antonio.

The commission, which was cre-

ated after scandals surfaced at the Houston and Texas Department of Public Safety crime labs, is charged with evaluating the validity of the evidence used during trials. It an-nounced there was insufficient evi-dence to determine whether the fire investigators were negligent or com-mitted professional misconduct.

“The fire investigators were neg-ligent at the time,” said Stephen Sa-loom, policy director for the Inno-cence Project. “Basically, Camer-on Todd Willingham was convict-

ed and executed on discredited ar-son evidence.”

The commission, which can only look at the validity of the evidence and cannot examine the innocence of a defendant, will solicit addi-tional testimony and input as it prepares to write its final report on the subject. The report could be is-sued as soon as September.

Willingham’s execution has come under intense scrutiny after three

By David ColbyDaily Texan Staff

Katz’s Deli , an Austin icon for more than 30 years, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in the past decade.

Despite financial difficulties, Katz’s owner Marc Katz is optimis-tic about his deli’s future in Austin, promising that its motto, “Katz’s Never Kloses,” would stand.

“It’s a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is really not closing a busi-ness. It’s asking for federal protec-tion so that we can restructure,” Katz said. “We have made several mistakes; a couple of things didn’t go my way. It’s just a business-man’s way of saying, ‘Hold off for a minute.’”

Katz’s Deli pays $22,478 per month for rent, according to court records. In addition, Katz owes $121,900 in taxes, $30,000 to ven-dors and $26,000 to past and pres-ent employees.

Katz said that despite the deli’s debts, payroll would con-tinue uninterrupted for its more than 70 employees.

“Payroll is guaranteed, as it should be,” Katz said. “We’re go-ing to pay our people before we pay anybody.”

In addition, Katz maintained

the deli would not have to fire em-ployees to cut costs.

“We are maybe going to cut quite a bit of overtime, that kind of thing, but we are blessed that we are not going to have to let anybody go,” Katz said.

While promising that Katz’s Deli would remain a fixture in the Austin dining scene, Katz did not close the door on the possibility that the deli would be relocated

from the corner of Sixth and Rio Grande streets, where it has been located since 1979.

“We are looking at other op-tions. Since we filed and I men-tioned to the press that I may pos-sibly look for another location, I’ve been getting lots of people calling me,” Katz said. “I’m entertaining all offers.”

By David Colby Daily Texan Staff

The University’s Lady Bird Johnson Wild-flower Center honored its namesake Sun-day with a day of free activities and events to honor Johnson’s contributions to environ-mental preservation.

Johnson, along with actress Helen Hayes, founded the center in 1982 in an effort to pre-serve North America’s native plants and natu-ral landscapes. The center is dedicated to the conservation of native plants of Texas while

its research program works to protect and re-store damaged ecological areas and endan-gered plants.

“This is an annual day where the public gets to honor Mrs. Johnson for her work with the environment,” said Joe Hammer, director of product marketing at the center.

The annual tribute day draws approx-imately 2,000 visitors each year, Hammer said, compared to 200 visitors on a typical Sunday in July, and attracts many first-time visitors and tourists.

“The free admission draws many peo-ple who have never been here before and, of course, tourists love it,” Hammer said.

Activities at the fourth annual event includ-ed a pottery demonstration, storytelling and book signings. Attendees were also able to view Johnson’s personal memorabilia, most notably her wildflower field guide.

“We are a national environmental organi-zation, not just a botanical garden,” Hammer

By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff

Texas Campaign for the Environ-ment organized a protest Friday to voice its concern over UT’s affili-ation with H2Orange and its UT Tower-shaped plastic water bottles that will go on sale Aug. 25.

Between 10 and 20 protesters gathered at 2:15 p.m. on Guada-lupe Street in front of the Union with homemade signs. The pro-testers shouted chants such as “Hey, hey, ho, ho, bottled water’s got to go” and “Bleed orange, think green, help keep our planet clean” for about an hour.

TCE, a statewide nonprofit or-ganization that focuses on waste and recycling issues, opposes the partnership and the product be-cause it says disposable plastic water bottles aren’t in line with Austin’s progressive attitude to-ward environmental responsibili-ty, especially its Zero Waste Plan that aims to reduce waste by 20 percent by 2012.

“As a UT alum I’m really disap-pointed in the lack of vision that the University had,” said Lani Ogle, a TCE office manager and UT sociology alumna who spoke at the protest. “When I attended school here I always understood that UT was on the forefront of pushing progressive, sustainable ideas. To me, plastic bottles for the sake of raising money doesn’t seem very progressive.”

Protesters argued that a refill-able water bottle would be a bet-ter choice.

“We’re pushing for refill-able bottles as a way to raise

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BP CEO to be dismissed, government of� cial says

Michael Baldon | Daily Texan Staff

Marc Katz, founder and owner of Katz’s Deli, laughs while recounting stories of his grandfather. Katz’s vibrant spirit has not been dampened by the restaurant’s recent financial difficulties.

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Forensic commission expert points to faulty conclusionsin Willingham investigation

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Equestrian gallops intocompetition at full speed

By Harry Weber & Tamara LushThe Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — It looks like Tony Hayward will finally get his life back after all.

The gaffe-prone Brit is on his way out as CEO of oil giant BP, according to a senior U.S. gov-ernment official. An announce-ment could come by sundown Monday about the fate of the man who enraged scores of frustrated Gulf residents by in-famously declaring, “I’d like my life back,” in May.

The senior U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonym-ity because an announcement had not been made, was briefed on the decision by a senior BP official late last week.

The 53-year-old Hayward was BP’s most visible figure for weeks after the April 20 oil-rig explosion that killed 11 workers and set off the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But he fad-ed from the scene after several

tone-deaf comments made peo-ple even angrier at the company than they had been.

He minimized the envi-ronmental effects of the spill, questioned the existence of oil plumes identified by scientists and enraged members of Con-gress when he said he was out of the loop on decisions at the well before the explosion. In mid-June, as live video showed oil gushing into the Gulf, Hay-ward went home to England — and attended a yacht race.

“He seems like a pretty self-absorbed person, so I’m not sur-prised to hear he would walk away in the middle of all this,” said Gulf resident Patrick Shay, 43, whose front yard is filled with small, white crosses, each bearing the name of sea life or ways of life the oil spill has killed. “If anything, it will help. They need to get him out of the way and get this cleaned up.”

It’s unclear who will replace Hayward or when it will hap-pen, but one of the most like-ly successors is BP Managing

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scholarship funds,” TCE exec-utive director Robin Schneider said. “Do it through sale of re-fillable bottles and then you can have something that really lasts forever, and not something where most of them will end up in a landfill or on the side of the road and eventually the Gulf or the At-lantic Ocean. This plastic winds up somewhere — usually not a recycling facility, unfortunately.”

H2Orange was created by Tim McClure and Steve Gurasich, co-founders of the advertising agency GSD&M Idea City. They hope to fund at least $1 million annually in academic scholarships, internships and fellowships with the proceeds from sales of the new water bottle.

H2Orange released an open let-ter Friday to address the issues be-ing raised by TCE. The letter says that given the legislative budget cuts, scholarships need to be fund-ed now, and also mentions its plan to release a refillable stainless steel bottle within a year. It also offers answers to the environmental wor-ries, emphasizing that its plastic water bottle is 100-percent recycla-ble and cites its environmentalist mantra, “Reclaim. Recycle. Re-pur-pose.” The company has also pur-chased carbon credits from Green Mountain Energy to offset the product’s environmental impact.

TCE is concerned that H2Or-ange’s solutions won’t be ade-quate, however.

“It’s kind of outrageous that the people who take credit for com-ing up with the ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’ slogan would come up with such a bad idea,” Schneider

said. “What were they thinking? Maybe they’ve got carbon cred-its and that sort of thing, but the carbon impact is only a small part of it. It’s not the whole story. We hope that the bad publicity and the bad feedback will get them to reconsider it and choose a more

sustainable path.”People on campus who saw the

protest had their own opinions.“I used to be really into recy-

cling, but then the fucking oil spill happened,” said Thao Vo, a St. Edwards art history alumna. “I just say, forget about it now.”

separate investigations — con-ducted by the Chicago Tribune, the Innocence Project and the Texas Forensic Science Commis-sion, the state agency charged with investigating such matters — raised significant questions about the evidence and expert testimony offered during Will-ingham’s trial.

The commission’s own ex-pert, Dr. Craig Beyler, said

there was no way to conclude that arson was the cause of the fire from the available ev-idence and condemned key testimony provided by State Deputy Fire Marshal Manuel Vasquez, writing that his tes-timony was “hardly consistent with a scientific mind-set and is more characteristic of mys-tics or psychics.”

The commission has been mired in political controversy as it has tackled the case. Per-ry dismissed then-commission Chairman Sam Bassett and two other commission mem-bers just two days before Bey-ler was scheduled to testify be-fore the committee in a hearing to examine the evidence in the Willingham case.

Bassett was replaced by John Bradley, longtime Perry loyal-ist and Williamson County district attorney, who canceled the 2009 hearing. Since he took over as chairman, there have been frequent complaints from Bassett, Texas legislators and outside experts that Brad-ley has been dragging out the hearings in an attempt to slow the investigation to death.

“It’s been clear with every

move he has made that he doesn’t want to see this investigation go forward,” Saloom said.

Late Thursday, just hours be-fore the commission was set to convene its hearing in Houston, news leaked that its members were going to consider a memo-randum that would significant-ly reduce the scope of the com-mission’s jurisdiction to exam-ine evidence — in effect, pre-venting the commission from examining the evidence that led to Willingham’s execution.

While the memo was un-signed, a senior aide to Texas Senate Criminal Justice Com-mittee Chair John Whitmire, D-Houston, said Bradley was certainly the person pushing its adoption. Attempts to con-tact Bradley were unsuccessful as of press time.

The aide said that despite Bradley’s efforts, when the commission came out of ex-ecutive session, commission members made a motion not to accept it.

An aide to Sen. Rodney El-lis, D-Houston, was even more blunt, saying that Bradley was the author and the person on the board pushing the memo.

said. “We’re like the Sierra Club, just with a focus on native plants. We have about 15,000 members across the U.S.”

Johnson, a 1934 University alum-na, devoted much of her life to en-vironmental causes. Her work helped bring about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the Beautification Act of 1965. After her efforts as First Lady, Johnson continued to work

for the preservation and beautifi-cation of North America through her service on the Advisory Board of National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments, in ad-dition to her work establishing and funding the wildflower center.

The center, which began a partner-ship with the University in 2006, cov-ers 275 acres and includes botanical gardens, woodlands and meadows all focused on preserving and show-casing the native plants of Texas.

Katz pointed out that while downtown offers a steady, 24-hour clientele, the downtown district may not be the most profitable area to operate a full-service restaurant.

“It would be difficult to leave downtown, but this is not a fam-ily area. This is a different crowd. The people here are willing to tolerate more than more stable, wealthier people are willing to tolerate,” Katz said. “The type of person that comes downtown [may] not necessarily be the full-service restaurant’s ideal.”

Although filing for bankrupt-cy does not appear to concern Katz, the Austin community has turned out in support of Katz’s Deli since the filing on Tuesday.

“I keep what I have by giv-ing it away,” Katz said. “For me, the way I operate my busi-ness, it’s a relationship busi-ness. This family that I’ve de-veloped over the years comes together in tough times. The support has been incredible.”

Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff

UT alumna Lani Ogle gathers with Texas Campaign for the Environment members to protest the Tower-shaped H2Orange plastic water bottles Friday. “I’m very disappointed to see the lack of vision on the University’s part,” Ogle said.

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Director Bob Dudley, who is over-seeing the British company’s spill response and would be BP’s first American CEO.

A change in leadership will not change the mammoth tasks ahead of BP, from stopping the gush-er for good, to cleaning up the millions of gallons that have al-ready leaked, to paying billions in claims — all while defending its stock price and repairing its bat-tered reputation.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said Hayward’s departure will be good for BP’s image.

“I just hope they replace him with somebody who under-stands the situation, someone who will come down here and see what’s happening on a reg-ular basis, someone who will communicate with us,” he said. “From the beginning it was ob-vious this guy was not the lead-er needed in this crisis.”

But other Gulf residents shrugged upon hearing the news. The oil, they said, has already done its damage.

“It doesn’t matter,” said Chris Foss, a 39-year-old boat captain from Port Sulphur. “Whatever happens with the corporate dudes

is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is what they are going to do about this mess.”

David Duet, 62, of LaRose, La., filled his ice chest at the gro-cery store in Grand Isle, where he brings his camper every weekend despite the oil.

“I don’t think he’s directly re-sponsible for the spill, but he still had to answer for it,” said Duet, who worked on oil rigs for more than 22 years. “I can understand the time it took to cap it. I know how hard things are out there.”

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said BP’s attitude about making things right is more important than who is running it.

“BP, from I think everybody’s perspective, made a very bad mis-take,” she said. “I think what the world expects from BP is an ac-knowledgment that something was done wrong. I think BP has a long way to go to gain the trust of the people.”

Hayward “became a sacrifi-cial lamb in a politically charged world,” Oppenheimer & Co. se-nior analyst Fadel Gheit said.

Dudley would be well-suited to take over, Gheit said, describing him as a good delegator. But he added, “I’m not sure if removing Tony Hayward is going to throw BP’s problems away.”

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Monday, July 26, 2010OpiniOn 3The Daily Texan

The problem with familial DNA testing

By Susannah JacobDaily Texan Columnist

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Fostering a more inclusive UT law community

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Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan editorials are written by The Daily Texan’s Editorial Board.

By Greg SpurgeonDaily Texan Columnist

Anything Cap Metro can do, UT can do better

Editor-in-Chief: Lauren WinchesterPhone: (512) 232-2212E-mail: [email protected] Editors: Heath Cleveland Doug LuippoldDave Player Dan Treadway

oveRvIew Should you teach for America?

For prospective law students at UT, worries abound. Not only must they wrestle with a faltering legal-job mar-ket, but those who wish to stay in Austin for their legal education must also cope with the common accusation that the UT School of Law is averse to admitting appli-cants who attended the University for their undergradu-ate degrees.

Nearly every prospective law student here has heard the rumor: To be accepted to the University’s law school, you must not only stand above the median of applicants but also outshine other applicants from UT. Since law school is so competitive, facing even further scrutiny just to remain at UT is a little mind-numbing.

So, worried and curious, I did what any prospective law student would do: I asked the admissions office if such a slant actually exists.

After speaking to Susan Beckman, an official in the ad-missions office, I felt relieved.

Beckman assured me the law school doesn’t place restrictions or quotas on admitting students from any university and that the law school does “whatever it can to admit as many superior, qualified students as [it] can in order to craft an accomplished but balanced in-coming class.”

At face value, my inquiry was over. I could rest know-ing that I will be judged fairly against other applicants, and I shouldn’t fear that my UT undergraduate educa-

tion would hinder my chances of admission — but an itch remained.

After my conversation with Beckman, I came across a link on the law school’s Student Life website entitled “Commitment to Diversity,” containing a message from law school Dean Larry Sager about the school’s mission to develop “an inclusive community.” In addition to ac-complishments of minority graduates and UT’s commit-ment to diversity, the message said some interesting infor-mation about UT satellite schools.

Apparently, UT-El Paso, UT-Pan American, UT-San An-tonio and Prairie View A&M all have law school prepara-tion institutes created to further the UT law school’s com-mitment of helping all students achieve their education-al goals and take their rightful place as full participants in the administration of justice.

According to the UT-Pan American website, the Law School Preparation Institute was established following the 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision, which prohibited the use of race and ethnicity in law school admissions. The University of Texas System Law School Partnership Task Force created the institute to increase the number of mi-nority students applying to law school, in particular the UT School of Law.

The program has had crazy success. According to Dr. Jerry Polinard, UTPA pre-law adviser and LSPI director, the UTPA institute alone boasts a 90-percent law school acceptance rate, 30 percent higher than the national aver-age. The program should be successful — LSPI students are taught at a graduate level, receive instruction from UT

law professors and even get LSAT preparation.After this discovery, I wonder why the flagship of the

UT System doesn’t have such a program.The University does host a Law School Boot Camp, con-

sisting of undergraduate courses in philosophy and log-ic that teach the type of thinking students will face on the LSAT, and the boot camp also gives students regular ac-cess to pre-law advisers. The Law School Boot Camp is certainly better than nothing, but it does not seem to of-fer the same networking and educational opportunities as the LSPI.

If the LSPI’s purpose is racial inclusion, what about the 42-percent minority UT student body? If the LSPI is sup-posed to help students achieve their personal goals, why isn’t the same program offered to all nine universities in the University of Texas System?

It seems the law school’s inclusive goals are slowly culti-vating an exclusive reality.

While the law school doesn’t have an official bias against UT undergrads, the opportunities it gives students at oth-er state schools creates an implied one. When considering that 65 percent of the approximately 400 students in a UT law class must be Texas residents, the LSPI programs offer students at satellite schools a distinct advantage over their counterparts at the flagship university. If the UT System is able to supply such a beneficial program to some of its uni-versities, then let it be available to all; otherwise, our inclu-sive community will be a hypocrisy.

Spurgeon is a government sophomore.

A decade or so ago, the Texas Public Policy Institute released a study that, in part, said it would be prudent for UT to run the shuttle service itself, allowing the University to reap federal grants the same way Capital Metro currently does.

Buses and other hardware purchases would be subsidized up to 80 percent, as they are in the current setup.

Cap Metro is an unnecessary middleman. The University would do well to contract shuttle services directly through a sub-contractor as it does for things such as food and janitorial services.

Under the current scenario, UT is relegated the worst buses in Cap Metro’s fleet. Direct subcontracting also would enable UT to acquire newer, safer and more energy-efficient buses.

— Glenn Gaven1991 alumnus

Protesting H20rangeNot everyone is excited to drink water out of little

plastic models of the Tower. On Friday, environmental advocates protested the

University’s decision to sell the new disposable water bottles. A portion of the profits from the bottles will be used to fund scholarships. While the bottles are 100-per-cent recyclable and the production company says they have purchased carbon credits, protesters are asking the University to instead pursue reusable water bottles.

Tim McClure of GSD&M Idea City, the firm that part-nered with UT to design and produce the bottles, point-ed out that a large part of the appeal of the product is the bottles themselves. Buyers would be less likely to quick-ly part with used bottles because of their iconic shape, as opposed to traditional bottles. McClure told The Tex-as Tribune on Thursday that protesters should be target-ing Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle, large-scale manufactur-ers who produce far more plastic bottles and pollution than UT will.

McClure makes a valid point. The new UT bottles will likely displace some other brand of disposable bottle. The net impact on University waste would be minimal. While the gesture of refusing to sell disposable plastic would be in line with the University’s goal of campus sustainability, it wouldn’t change the fact that thousands of plastic bottles are still stocked in campus stores. If plastic bottles are going to be sold on campus, it’s better that they provide some worthwhile benefit to students.

We are pleased to see students advocating for sustain-ability, because it’s a worthwhile goal that UT should pursue. However, it’s important to keep in mind the re-alities of the situation and target the protest accordingly.

Texas A&M slashes toilet paper from budgetTexas A&M may eliminate toilet paper from campus

dorms in an effort to curb maintenance costs. Yes, things are that bad over in Aggieland.The A&M Department of Student Affairs announced

last week that it is considering removing toilet pa-per from residence halls. The move is expected to save $82,000 a year for the department, which has been tasked with cutting $2.2 million from its budget, part of a $40 million university-wide downsizing.

Several substitutes for toilet paper have been sug-gested, including leaves, scrap paper and Texas A&M diplomas.

In reality, that Texas A&M is considering such a move highlights just how severe a toll the latest round of bud-get cuts has taken on Texas higher education. Faculty and staff layoffs, reduced class offerings and increased costs are all expected results of budget cuts. But no toilet paper? That just stinks.

Such cuts may be a little too proactive, though. Only a week after cutting 66 jobs, A&M President R. Bowen Lof-tin announced that the school may cut another 485 posi-tions as part of a $60 million budget reallocation. How-ever, while those cuts will take place this year, they are in reaction to a 10-percent budget reduction that’s not scheduled to take effect until after next summer.

If they’d rather not be the butt of cheap toilet hu-mor, Texas A&M should look for alternative sources of funding and revenue. Have they considering sell-ing bottled water?

By Egu RamanathanDaily Texan Columnist

Entrance into the “real world” is daunting for anyone, espe-cially for those without job pros-pects. With employment partic-ularly difficult to come by, Teach For America presents a promis-ing alternative for new college graduates.

In 1990, recent Princeton Uni-versity alumna Wendy Kopp founded Teach For America. With ambitious goals in mind, Kopp established a two-year program for recent college grad-uates to teach at urban, low-in-come public schools scattered across the nation. Because the program does not require par-ticipants to have degrees in edu-cation or the subject they teach, TFA is an option for a wide range of educated young people.

But, depending on your com-mitment to teaching, TFA might not be the job for you.

A college degree and an im-pressive GPA do not a capable teacher make, and being inspired by Hilary Swank’s character in “Freedom Writers” is not enough to ignite a genuine desire to edu-cate. At the risk of sounding like a broken record from the Obama campaign, you must have the drive for change if you plan on entering this program.

Unfortunately, not all TFA teachers seem to have this drive. The program has a 50-percent turnover rate after two years, and an 80-percent turnover rate after three years, according to a study by UT education profes-sor Julian Vasquez Heilig and California State University’s Su Jin Jez.

These findings imply TFA workers’ commitment to teach-ing is fleeting at best, and self-serving at worst. While TFA hopes its teachers will make a lasting impact on their school system, an alarming percentage of the program’s members com-plete the required two years and essentially abandon ship for ei-ther grad school in unrelated fields, or to pursue a different career path altogether.

To be sure, TFA can open doors for those who care deeply about bridging the achievement gap that has plagued the U.S. public education system for de-cades. The statistics are undeni-able. America, one of the world’s most powerful nations, lags be-hind a majority of the devel-oped world in its public school students’ math and reading ap-titude. Texas public school stu-dents rank 49th in verbal and math SAT scores and have the 36th-lowest high school gradu-ation rate.

It is distressing that partici-pating in a program with such noble goals is so difficult. TFA now accepts fewer than 20 per-cent of applicants, and a recent article in The New York Times compares TFA acceptance rates to those of Ivy League colleg-es. Perhaps for those genuinely interested in improving Ameri-can public education, however, the stiffened competition for ac-ceptance into TFA is a blessing in disguise.

With so much talk about TFA’s selectivity, UT has still has an impressive showing. Eighty stu-dents from the UT class of 2010 will begin teaching in the fall, and the program ranks UT No. 1 among large colleges for our student contribution to the pro-gram. Such a strong represen-tation in the program is benefi-cial for Longhorns with a genu-ine interest in working toward TFA’s goal.

Kopp once said, “In order to have a real impact, you have to influence the consciousness of the country. You will have to in-fluence the priorities of a gener-ation.” As TFA’s target audience, we must ask ourselves where our priorities lie. Do we want a moving 24-month experience before pursuing a completely unrelated career, or do we want to work beyond the two-year commitment toward improving a flawed system? If our genera-tion and its ever-increasing cyn-icism fails to follow up on our idealism, who will?

Ramanathan is an

urban studies and English senior.

Nick Ut | Associated Press

Pedestrians watch police investigators at the site of the “Grim Sleeper” arrests on July 7 in Los Angeles. Police charged Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the city’s “Grim Sleeper” serial killings after decades of frustrated investiga-tions into at least 11 slayings dating back 25 years.

During the past decade, Texas has distinguished itself as a lead-er in the use of DNA testing to pursue criminal justice. Across the state, judges, defense law-yers and even some prosecutors have capitalized on increasingly available and specific DNA sci-ence. Most notably, Texas leads all states in the number of indi-viduals exonerated through post-conviction DNA testing. General-ly, most support Texas’ new posi-tion as a leader in the field. After all, who would advocate for in-nocent people to languish in jail? Texas’ success encourages people to believe that DNA testing, used in conjunction with already-exist-ing criminal justice policies, is a good thing.

But when it was used in the be-ginning of this month to arrest someone accused of being one of Los Angeles’ most notorious serial killers, not all chimed in with the same cheery support.

On July 1, Lonnie D. Franklin Jr. was arrested and accused of be-ing the “Grim Sleeper” serial kill-er. For two decades he eluded cap-ture, during which time he alleg-edly murdered 10 people.

Authorities found Franklin through the use of a procedure known as “familial search.” Spe-cifically, investigators use the DNA found at a crime scene and run it through a database of DNA profiles of convicted individuals. When they find a match between crime scene and database DNA close enough to suggest a famil-ial connection, authorities fo-cus their investigation on family members of the individual in the database. In Franklin’s case, Cali-fornia police matched DNA from one of Franklin’s alleged murder scenes with the DNA of his son, Christopher Franklin, who was recently convicted of a separate crime and therefore had a DNA profile in the database.

The “familial search” proce-dure, a relatively new advance-ment in DNA technology pres-ently used only in Colorado and California, triggers mixed — but

strong — reactions. Supporters point to Franklin’s case as an ex-ample of why familial DNA test-ing is effective when other inves-tigative tactics fail; it’s a way to solve difficult cases. Traditional-ly, a case that uses DNA evidence that would be exculpatory is rare and limited to violent rape and murder cases. Conducting a more expanded search of DNA profiles would lessen those limits. Also, familial search is arguably a way to avoid the situation Texas finds itself currently in: record numbers of innocent, wrongfully convict-ed individuals in jail for decades-long sentences. The theory? DNA familial searches help get the bad guy — the right bad guy — the first time around.

However, there is no way around the aspects of the practice that make people and privacy ad-vocates feel squeamish. For one, the convicted and imprisoned population disproportionately consists of minorities, so minori-ties are more likely to have a fam-ily member’s profile in any DNA profile database of convicted in-dividuals. Also unavoidable is the issue that once authorities start ex-panding the realms in which they investigate a case, innocent peo-ple — particularly family mem-bers whose only connection with a suspect may be their inescap-able DNA profile — are sucked into a system that has already

shown a propensity to wreak hav-oc on lives with even the lightest touch. It’s important not to un-derestimate the consequences of the neighbors seeing a police car show up next door.

Such considerations should be central when one thinks about how the policy should translate into the Texas criminal justice sys-tem, where countless examples ex-ist of prosecutors’ practices stray-ing from the book. Perhaps the familial search advocates might temper their support if they knew their DNA profiles, via their fam-ily members’ DNA profiles, were apt to appear on a detective’s com-puter screen during a high-profile murder investigation.

The issues at hand, the consti-tutionality and practice of famil-ial DNA searches, are not sepa-rate from the suggestion of a na-tional DNA database. What if ev-eryone were required to submit their DNA to state and national law enforcement officials? That is a hard and increasingly signif-icant question. The issue, unlike comparably sunny post-convic-tion DNA testing, is not cut and dry. At this point in my life, I am unable to support, however effec-tive it is at achieving an end as il-lustrated in California, a step in the direction where police famil-ial DNA searches lead.

Jacob is a history sophomore.

LIFE&ARTS Life&Arts Editor: Mary LingwallE-mail: [email protected]: (512) 232-2209www.dailytexanonline.com

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By Katherine KlocDaily Texan Staff

Nutella is one of those rare foods that is not only a staple ingredi-ent in bakers’ pantries, but also a cultural phenomenon. The choco-late and hazelnut spread has garnered more than 1.5 million Facebook fans, more than 100 times that of ketchup or peanut butter, and is such a cherished item in the food-blogging community that its own world-wide holiday was created in 2007. Though Nutella’s international hol-iday falls on Feb. 5, the condiment is a rich and flavorful treat for any day of the year.

By Mark LopezDaily Texan Staff

One of the most noted and in-fluential rock stars of our time, Robert Plant has been placed in high regard for his ability to branch out and touch on various musical genres, from rock ‘n’ roll to country and blues. But what has turned Plant into a household name is not only the many high points of his career, most notably as a member of Led Zeppelin, but also the sheer longevity of his ca-reer. Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, his current band, will make an appearance at Stubb’s Bar-B-Que tonight, so it seems appropri-ate to trace the roots of this rock icon in preparation for the show.

The YardbirdsBefore Robert Plant graced the

stage as Led Zeppelin’s front man, he was the lead singer of The Yard-birds. The Yardbirds consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, drummer John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones, and during their time togeth-er, the band wrote and recorded several well-known tracks, includ-ing one that later became a Led Zeppelin hit — “Dazed and Con-fused.” But once the band experi-enced a few lineup changes, it de-cided to change its name and direc-tion to become something more co-hesive. This was when Led Zeppe-lin was born.

Led ZeppelinNamed the No. 1 rock band of all

time in various music publications, Led Zeppelin has quite an impres-sive body of work, including its first four albums: Led Zeppelin 1, Led Zep-pelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3 and Led Zeppe-lin 4. The grinding guitars blended with Plant’s wails to create musical magic. The band’s first album was also groundbreaking for its use of the then-new method of distortion overlays on top of the music, a tech-nique that jump-started the genre known as heavy metal. After Bon-ham’s death in 1980, the group dis-banded. But the fame of its most-cel-ebrated tracks, such as “Black Dog,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Rock and Roll” and “Stairway to Heaven,” have kept Led Zeppelin high in the panthe-on of innovative and trend-setting bands in music history.

The HoneydrippersAfter coming out with a cou-

ple of solo albums in the early 1980s, Plant joined this super-group consisting of fellow Zep-pelin member Page and one of the original Yardbirds, Jeff Beck. The band only released one al-bum titled Volume One, which was released in 1984. After sev-eral forays into a solo career and various workings with Page, Plant finally settled into a com-fortable nook by forming yet an-other group with Page.

Page and PlantPage and Plant began a career

as a duo, going on several tours between 1994 and 1998. They re-leased No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, which con-sisted of previously unreleased Led Zeppelin material, before writing and recording their first album of non-Zeppelin tunes, Walking Into Clarksdale, released in 1998. The band came to an end when Plant once again decided to opt for a solo career.

Strange SensationPlant started another band

called Strange Sensation in 2002 that lasted until 2007. With this band, Robert Plant started exper-imenting with more eclectic mu-sical styles than his previous en-deavors. On the two albums he re-corded with Strange Sensation — Dreamland in 2002 and Mighty Re-Arranger in 2005 — Plant delved into blues and folk covers and took a new direction with his vo-cal stylings. Rather than igniting each track with his signature yowl, he settled for a lusher and smokier approach, which served him well considering that both albums re-ceived Grammy nominations and placed him high on the charts.

Robert Plant and Alison KraussTeaming up with alt-country/

bluegrass songstress Alison Krauss, Plant released a T-Bone Bur-nett-produced cover album, Rais-ing Sand, in 2007. Covering sev-eral tracks, including the Everly Brothers’ “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” and L’il Millet and his Creoles’ “Rich Woman,” the album became a major critical success and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 before going on to win five Grammys, including album of the year and record of the year for the track “Please Read the Letter.”

Band of JoyThe Band of Joy was one of

Plant’s earliest bands in the ’60s with late friend and drummer Bon-ham. While the band was not met with any commercial success, it was a jumping-off point for the work that both musicians would carry on in the future. However, always one to go back to his roots, Plant public-ly reported earlier this year that the Band of Joy would be re-forming and going on a small summer tour. The band has confirmed an album for release at the end of the summer on Rounder Records, which also re-leased Raising Sand.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Nutella Cream Cheese Frosting

2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup sugar1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed1 teaspoon cinnamon3/4 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt3 very ripe bananas, peeled2 large eggs1/4 cup sour cream, room temperature6 tablespoons butter, melted1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1/4 cup chocolate chips

Ingredients for frosting:4 tablespoons butter, room temperature8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature1/2 cup Nutella1 teaspoon vanilla1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cupcake baking tray with paper liners. • Mix together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mash bananas with a fork. Mix in eggs, sour cream, butter and vanilla into the mashed bananas. Combine the flour mixture and banana mixture. Add chocolate chips. • Divide batter equally between liners. Bake for 28 minutes; for mini cupcakes, bake for 14 minutes. • For the frosting, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add Nutella and vanilla to the cream cheese/butter mixture, then gradually add powdered sugar. • Frost the cupcakes once they’ve completely cooled.


Spread love with Nutella recipes

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/4 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon baking soda3/4 teaspoon of salt7 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature2/3 cup granulated sugar1/3 cup light brown sugar2/3 cup Nutella1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 large egg3/4 cup mini chocolate chips (or regular chocolate chips if preferred)

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. • Mix flour, cocoa, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set it aside.• Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add Nutella and vanilla, then add egg. Add dry mixture until just incorporated; add chocolate chips.• Chill dough for an hour (this step can be skipped, but in my experience it makes the cookies taste better).• Drop dough by the tablespoon on a parchment-lined baking sheet 2 inches apart. • Bake for 12 minutes.


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By Bri ThomasDaily Texan Staff

While the Kentucky Derby may have the reputation as the greatest horseback-riding spectacle, a less-er-known equestrian sport mak-ing its way into the spotlight is competitive trail riding.

As participants encounter cer-tain obstacles, judges rate hors-es on how well they deal with the challenges and riders on how well they communicate with their animals.

Last month, Lissa Rabon took part in her first competitive trail riding event. Rabon, whose fami-ly owns Storm Ranch in Dripping Springs, got her first horse when she was 4 and has loved every-thing about them ever since.

“I moved to the ranch to live with my grandparents and didn’t have anything to do, so they bought me a pony,” Rabon said.

From there, Rabon took on barrel racing, trot-transition com-petitions and disciplining horses that were new to saddle riding.

By working with many differ-ent horses, each with its own per-sonality and difficulties, Rabon de-veloped her equestrian skills even further, bringing herself to com-petitive trail riding.

“I went about teaching in an old cowboy way, which got me real-ly interested in ranch horses and their different jobs,” Rabon said. “I’m always on a horse looking for cattle or putting time on a young horse, so I thought it’d be cool to compete in something I do every day anyway.”

Rabon started working last year with her favorite horse, Minnow, teaching him to cross creeks, step over logs and back down trails. Since then, the two have practiced these specific tasks in preparation for the event, with Rabon gaining more control over the horse.

“You can train horses from the very beginning in a short amount of time, but that involves fall-ing off,” Rabon said. “At 52, I just don’t enjoy that anymore.”

Instead, Rabon persevered day after day, doing exactly what she loved while preparing Minnow.

When her first competitive trail riding event came along, Ra-bon joined about 100 other rid-ers on her family’s own Storm Ranch. Competitors were divid-ed into several groups, depend-ing on their levels of experience, and each took his or her turn at different obstacles.

Since the meet was Rabon’s first, she did not compete for a place or prize, but instead participated to get a feel for the competition.

Rabon currently lives in Walnut Springs near Fort Worth with her husband, stepdaughter, son and 14 horses on a 5,000-acre ranch, where she gives lessons and trains.

Storm Ranch, which boasts nearly 6,000 acres, is not frequent-ed by Rabon as much as she’d like,

but she hopes to build a house on the land soon.

Rabon’s passion for horses leads her to pick out animals she loves based on their looks and personalities and turn them into something worth buying. Aside from being thrown into a fence af-ter training a young mustang that thought he was ready for the pas-ture a bit early, Rabon finds beau-ty in equipping horses.

“They start off knowing noth-ing, but once you manipulate them into performing a certain job, you teach them to be a pleasure to oth-ers,” Rabon said.

With a good deal of life-coach experience, Rabon hopes to some-day be able to work with wom-en specifically, letting them try

out horseback riding and building their confidence.

Rabon’s skilled horses make her buyers and students happy, but she feels that working with the animals makes them more confident, too.

“I just imagine them coming to something new and thinking, ‘OK, I did that last thing, so I can do this, too,’” Rabon said.

Rabon has always had a big heart as in the ’80s, she worked with Special Olympics partici-pants, training them for meets. Though her students were prob-ably taught a great deal about riding technique, the inspiration Rabon drew from them was even more rewarding.

“When you have some-

one who spends their day be-ing treated differently than oth-ers, then they get up on a horse, it is just so neat,” Rabon said. “You can just see how proud they are of the power they have on horseback.”

After moments like these, Ra-bon has changed her entire rid-ing philosophy.

“I used to go into training sessions with specific goals set, but soon realized that my horse would show me what we need-ed to do that day,” Rabon said. “Now, I just try to live more in the moment. I like to think I’m heading [in] a specific direc-tion but with no particular plan about how fast I’ll go. This way, I wont miss anything ... I hope.”

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Horse lover takes on new challengeequestrian

Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff

Lissa Rabon, pictured with her horses Spur and Minnow, started riding horses at the age of 4. Rabon now has 14 horses on her 5,000-acre ranch where she gives lessons and trains. She recently participated in her first trail riding competition.

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series previewing the prominent position battles

that will take place during Texas’ training camp.

By Chris TavarezDaily Texan Staff

It was nearly a year to the day on Oct. 31 when the trio of Blake Gideon, Curtis Brown and Earl Thomas went from being the scapegoats of the loss to Texas Tech to the heroes of Texas’ thumping of Oklahoma State this past season in Stillwater, Okla.

All three of them had interceptions, and Brown and Thomas both took theirs to the house for a touchdown.

But the bad news for Texas is that

Thomas, the team’s leader in intercep-tions with eight, left after just two seasons on the field for the greener pastures of a first-round contract.

The good news, though, is that he is the team’s only loss in a secondary that was top in the country in interceptions (25), and ranked in the top 25 in pass-efficiency de-fense (11th) and pass defense (23rd).

Aaron Williams, Kenny Vaccaro, Chris-tian Scott, Chykie Brown, Nolan Brewster, Curtis Brown and Gideon all return, with Williams, Curtis Brown and Gideon en-tering this year’s campaign as preseason first-team all-conference selections for the Big 12.

Gideon will once again serve as the

team’s quarterback on defense, directing and positioning everyone from his view up top at safety. Joining him and replac-ing Thomas will be both Scott and Vacca-ro. Scott missed all of Texas’ regular season because of unresolved academic issues that were cleared up after the fall semester, al-lowing him to play in the national champi-onship. Vaccaro appeared in 13 games last season as a freshman, but served mostly as a special teams guy. Expect to see more of him in nickel-and-dime packages, with Scott most likely getting the nod as Thom-as’ main replacement. Brewster will also be thrown into the mix. Before last sea-son, he entered preseason practices as the co-starter with Gideon, but as the season

went on, Gideon ran away with the full-time starting roll.

At cornerback, defensive coordina-tor Will Muschamp can choose between Chykie Brown, Williams and Curtis Brown. Muschamp will most likely end up going with Curtis and Williams as the starters, with an abundance of Chykie thrown in.

Regardless of who’s out on the field for the first possession of every game, all eight defensive backs will see plenty of action throughout the course of the sea-son. The only problem for Muschamp, given the incredible depth in the second-ary, will be deciding who will be on the field when. But, that’s a problem every coach wishes he had.

Curtis Brown #3Brown started opposite Aaron

Williams at cornerback in 2009 as a mostly first-year starter. Before last season, he only had four starts, so expect that full year of experience to factor into an even better year in 2010 for this all Big 12 preseason first-team corner.

AAron wiLLiAMs #4Williams is a veteran starter

who plays smart and hits hard. He delivered Sam Bradford’s college career-ending hit in last year’s Red River Rivalry on a corner blitz. Williams was voted all-Big 12 preseason first-team selection.

BLAke Gideon #21As a third-year starter and a true

junior, Gideon could be in the same position former teammate Earl Thomas was in last year: in Orlando as a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the country’s best defensive back. Gideon was also named to the all-Big 12 preseason first team.

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Curtis Brown makes the tackle on an Oklahoma State receiver in Texas’ 41-14 win over the Cowboys on Oct. 31.

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Aaron Williams looks to the sideline for the next play during the Big 12 champion-ship game against Nebraska.

Blake Gideon intercepts a pass in the national cham-pionship game in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 7.

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Former Longhorn falls in home, will miss first day with Ravens

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Bal-timore Ravens top draft pick Ser-gio Kindle hurt his head in a fall in Texas, a mishap that will pre-vent him from reporting to camp on Monday.

The injury occurred Thursday night while Kindle was at a house in Austin. According to the Ra-vens, it is believed the linebacker fell down two flights of stairs.

He is in stable condition at Uni-versity Medical Center Bracken-ridge.

Kindle played football at Tex-as before being drafted by the Ra-vens in the second round of the NFL draft.

Armstrong finishes in 13th behind champion Contador

PARIS — Lance Armstrong didn’t want to go out this way.

In his final Tour de France, the seven-time champion popped a tire, crashed and struggled up the mountains. Worse, he appears to be the target of a U.S. federal in-vestigation into doping and fraud allegations while a rider on the US Postal team.

One Tour too many? Maybe.Still, he maintained he had no

regrets despite the ignominious ending of No. 13 — nearly 40 min-utes behind the leader, former teammate and rival Alberto Con-tador.

“I wouldn’t say that it’s ru-ined,” he said during an interview with a few reporters Sunday. “In 10 years, when I look back on the 2010 Tour, it won’t be the memory that I have.

“Obviously, I won’t have a yel-low jersey to remember — I’ll re-member the team, digging deep to win the team GC (general classifi-cation),” he said. “It’s significant for us and the sponsor.

“I’ll remember having my son here for a week at the Tour,” he said, referring to 10-year-old Luke. “I’ll remember the bad luck, cer-tainly — the crashes. But that won’t be the thing that I’ll take away.”

During the race, there were nu-merous published reports of a fed-eral investigation led by Jeff No-vitzky, a special agent with the Food and Drug Administration, into claims about Armstrong and doping by former teammate Floyd Landis.

Several former riders who race with Armstrong have reported-ly been subpoenaed. Armstrong faced questions about those re-ports at the Tour. He said he had not been subpoenaed or contacted by Novitzky himself.

Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for doping, had long denied doping until April, when he announced that he, in fact, did — and alleged Armstrong did, too. The claim came as Arm-strong was riding in the Tour of California.

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