university. first, to study film and then english. at columbia, he opened himself up to new experiences. joining the crew team. while he was a model of determination on the boat, a more reckless side of beto emerged on a return trip to el paso. >> he had an arrest for essentially a burglary charge on the utep campus. he didn't steal anything, but he broke into a place he shouldn't have with a couple friends. >> beto spent the night in jail. the local prosecutor dropped the charges a few months later. he returned to new york city and stayed there after graduating from columbia. >> beto was basically bumming around brooklyn. he had a lot of tempjobs, odd jobs. he was a nanny for a family on the upper west side of new york. what he told me was he was really looking for meaning in life and what he wanted to do with his life. >> west texas was calling him home.