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1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Check out Q-and-As with Nite Jewel and Versatile David Snow hoping to hear name Neon Trees in this week’s Tunesday called on NFL Draft day LIFE&ARTS PAGE 13 SPORTS PAGE 8 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Students may now list preferred name on records TODAY By Jody Serrano medical files and other UT re- to change the name appearing Daily Texan Staff cords. While transgender stu- on their records in September dents were first allowed to use 2011, but had to personally re- For some students, roll call a preferred name on their offi- quest the change at the UT Gen- Calendar in a classroom is exactly what it cial documents beginning last der and Sexuality Center. sounds like — the reading of a fall, this new policy will also up- Music studies sophomore Joey Faith versus name. However, for transgender date the preferred name to their Ovalle identifies as a trans man fundamentalism students who identify by a dif- medical records. Patrick White, and was approved for a preferred Join in a discussion of fringe ferent name than the one listed, a student member of the LGBT name last fall. Ovalle said when groups in Christianity and Islam roll call can open the door to be- presidential task force, said the he first came out as transgender in relation to the respective ing outed to classmates. task force plans to inform trans- he asked all his friends to call him mainstream religions. The The University will promote a gender students about the poli- “Joey.” Ovalle said while he had discussion will be held in JGB new policy this summer to allow cy through orientation this sum- never had a professor call him 2.324 at 6 p.m. transgender students to list their mer and programs next fall. by the wrong first name because preferred names on University This policy was initiated by of the change, he did have a pro- records, a name that may be dif- the LGBT presidential task force, fessor mention his middle name, ‘Get Sexy, Get ferent from their legal name. Un- a committee of faculty and stu- which was a feminine name, be- Consent’ der this policy, a student’s pre- dents who advocate for LGBT cause the preferred name policy Shannon Kintner | Daily Texan Staff Attend this highly interactive ferred name will appear on class rights on campus. Transgen- Music Studies sophomore Joey Ovalle, who identifies as trans man, one-hour program that rosters, identification cards, der students were first allowed NAMES continues on PAGE 7 changed his name on the UT records to differ from his legal name. examines how we negotiate sex and consent, boundaries and safety in Burdine Hall from 7-8 p.m. Sponsored by Voices Credit card Against Violence. theft burdens Latino Comedy Night UT students Attend Omega Delta Phi’s 13th annual Latino Comedy Night, By Sarah White featuring comedians Manny Daily Texan Staff Maldonado and Dillon Garcia. The comedy show will be held Information stolen from some at the SAC Auditorium from 7-9 students’ credit and debit cards p.m., and admission is free. has been used at the same on- line stores, leading to privacy and safety concerns on campus. Chairlift concert Law enforcement officials urge Synthpop band Chairlift play at students to report card informa- Mohawk with Nite Jewel and tion theft. Bell opening. Tickets are $10 in Six UT students interviewed advance, $12 day of the show. by The Daily Texan reported Doors open at 6:30 p.m. having their credit card infor- mation stolen in the past two weeks. Two victims said their cards were used to buy items Today in history from Sephora, while others re- ported charges from Bloom- In 1961 ingdales and Fandango. The The Bay of Pigs invasion began. amounts of the reported fraud- More than 1,000 Cuban exiles, ulent charges ranged from $200 armed and trained by the to $600. All of the victims in- United States, landed in the Bay terviewed by The Daily Texan were able to have the fraudulent of Pigs, where they were almost Rebeca Rodriguez | Daily Texan Staff immediately defeated by Fidel charges dismissed, however none Theatre and dance students Josephine McAdam and Emma Dirks embrace during the Virginia Tech commemoration Monday morning. In honor of the Castro’s army. of them had filed police reports 2007 shooting at the Virgina Tech campus, theatre and dance students performed 27 monologues simultaneously from “What a Stranger May Know.” with UTPD or the Austin Police Department as of Monday. Supply chain management ju- nior Cheyenne McClaren said she thinks her information might On the web have been stolen when she pur- Actors remember massacre chased a restaurant gift card from Learn more about By Reihaneh Hajibeigi Stranger May Know,” a dedication to across the U.S. at schools includ- ter killing 32 people and wounding a door-to-door salesperson. the Center for Daily Texan Staff those who died, by Erik Ehn on the ing Brown University, UT-Arlington 25 others. “I swiped my card through Electromechanic’s South Mall. and Whittier College performed si- This commemoration piece is an the reading device that was at- The UT community remembered Each participant represented a multaneously, took place between act Ehn wrote to be performed out- tached to a [mobile cell] phone,” Electric Vehicle McClaren said. “I really should Program. the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre victim that lost his or her life. Only 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. to coincide with doors, Gomez said. Audience mem- Monday with a theatrical memori- 27 monologues were performed out the time when the attacks occurred bers and performers who serve as not have done it, because I know al that schools around the country of respect to the families who re- on April 16, 2007.The Virginia Tech “witnesses” are able to walk through those devices are not secure.” bit.ly/dt_electric also performed. quested their loved ones not be a massacre was the deadliest attack by other performances until the end- She said she has not yet report- UT commemorated the shooting part of tribute, journalism and the- a single gunman in the history of the ing moments when the ensemble ed the incident to the police, but by having theatre and dance students atre and dance junior Isaac Gomez U.S., which ended when perpetrator come together to perform “What a said. The monologues, which groups Seung-Hui Cho died by suicide af- V-TECH continues on PAGE 2 THEFT continues on PAGE 2 Incumbent Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Hospital to be named right, and his opponents, Brigid Shea, middle, and after former governor Clay Dafoe, left, prepare By Reihaneh Hajibeigi The new facility will be able to for more ques- tions during the Daily Texan Staff take patient care to a new level, mayoral debate and the hospital is excited to have Former Texas Gov. William P. held Monday the support of the Clements fami- afternoon at Clements Jr. will be memorialized ly, Warner said. the LBJ School with a new hospital as part of the “The Clements family has been of Public Affairs. UT Southwestern Medical Center involved with the efforts of med- in Dallas. ical care in Dallas for decades,” With an expected completion in Warner said. “Having this new late 2014, the new William P. Cle- hospital named after former Gov. WATCH TStv ON ments Jr. University Hospital will Clements will be an honor.” CHANNEL 15 replace the existing St. Paul Uni- According to the plans for the Skylar Isdale versity Hospital. hospital, the new facility will have Daily Texan Staff UT Southwestern CEO Dr. John 460 all-private patient rooms and 9:00 p.m Warner said the hospital will not will integrate research and clini- only be innovative and beautiful- cal care by providing patients with Mayoral debate covers possible medical school Videogame ly constructed, but its focus will be technology they need in each of centered on patient care. the rooms. Gov. Clements donat- By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis Candidates in the debate includ- and elected mayor in 2009. The Hour Live “This new hospital focuses on ed $100 million to the university in Daily Texan Staff ed former city councilwoman Brig- debate was held at the Bass Lec- VGHL has reviews of the three aspects of UT South- 2009 that will be used to construct id Shea, who works as an environ- ture Hall in the Lyndon B. Johnson Journey and Mass Effect 3. western medical care,” Warner the $800 million hospital. Hot topics at Monday afternoon’s mental consultant, Clay Dafoe, self- School of Public Affairs, where can- After the taped show, we’ll said. “It will be there to provide “Gov. Clements’ only in- mayoral debate included the addi- proclaimed citizen activist and re- didates discussed a range of issues be playing Skullgirls live on outstanding patient care, an area struction when he made this tion of a medical school to the UT cent UT alumnus and incumbent involving making Austin a more tv, so tune in! Don’t forget for education as well as serve as campus and solutions for traffic Mayor Lee Leffingwell, who was you can tweet us at @VGHL. an institution.” HOSPITAL continues on PAGE 5 congestion throughout the city. first elected to City Council in 2005 DEBATE continues on PAGE 2 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, April 17, 2012 do about a crime if we do not a medical school,” Dafoe said.