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1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 13 SPORTS PAGE 8 Comedian Mike Birbiglia releases memoir Longhorns win opening game against Navy, work toward perfection OPINION PAGE 4 State battle between tacos and hamburgers arises TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 82 63 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Undocumented students support DREAM TODAY By Audrey White Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Government Daily Texan Staff to put the DREAM Act on the Senate’s agen- junior Six students repeated a simple message: da before the new Congress takes office, and Alejandro “I am undocumented, and I am unafraid.” they want it to pass. Barrientos and Calendar Their voices rose above the hurried shuffle of The Development, Relief and Education of electrical engi- the West Mall on Tuesday morning as they Alien Minors Act would provide condition- neering junior shared their stories of coming to the U.S. and al permanent residency and a pathway to Jesus Contreras to UT. citizenship for undocumented minors who rally in support Happy birthday Despite the danger of possible deporta- have lived in the United States since at least of the DREAM The graduate school will tion, these students said it was time to speak age 15, and who either attend college or join Act in the celebrate its 100th anniversary on behalf of themselves and their communi- the armed services for at least two years. The West Mall on Tuesday. with cake and live music from ties. An estimated 200 undocumented stu- earliest version of the legislation appeared 3 to 5 p.m. on the West Mall. dents attend UT, according to the Office of before Congress in 2001 and despite consis- More than 125,000 people Admissions, and 65,000 undocumented stu- tent bipartisan support, it has never passed have received degrees from the dents graduate each year from U.S. high into law. school since it opened. schools, according to research group The Ur- “I remember driving up [Interstate High- ban Institute. Ryan Smith In their speeches, the students urged U.S. DREAM continues on page 2 Daily Texan Staff The Legendary Pink Dots The experimental rock group will make a stop at the Elysium during their 30th anniversary tour. Tickets cost $20 at the door and the show starts at 9:45 p.m. Regents’ Hotels = $138,547 Yard show The Wildflower Center will display the art of the creator of the Cathedral of Junk and Expenses other yard art in the McDermott Learning Center gardens beginning at 9 a.m. Board spends on football games, resorts as part of ‘official duties’ Flights = $62,738 ‘The Real Dr. By Collin Eaton Strangelove’ Daily Texan Staff L.A. Theatre Works presents UT Board of Regents Chairman Colleen McHugh likes to live comfortably when she travels on university business. the story of Edward Teller, the McHugh ran up $950 in charges in January at the Montage creator of the H-Bomb. Tickets Beverly Hills hotel while in California to attend the BCS Nation- cost $24 and the show will take al Championship game between UT and the Alabama Crimson place in the Hogg Memorial Tide. She also reported $687 in airfare expenses for that trip. Auditorium. The costs weren’t unusual for McHugh, who spent more than $22,000 in UT System funds to attend official University or UT System events in 2009 alone, according to reports obtained by The Daily Texan. Those costs included $12,578 in lodging for foot- Today in history ball games and board meetings that year, mostly at the Four Sea- sons Hotel Austin. In 1969 McHugh is not the only regent to rack up large expense bills. “Sesame Street” debuts on PBS. Three other regents have spent at least $10,000 in UT System funds in a single year on official business since 2005, her first year on the board. But McHugh — who could not be reached for com- ment — has reported expenses of $10,000 in four separate years herself, not including $8,822 in the first half of 2010. Though the University has had to pinch pennies to avoid lay- Campus watch ing off employees and cutting classes, in 2008 and 2009 the UT John Barnhill Jr. Colleen McHugh Scott Caven Jr. Regents spent $116,750 of the system’s endowment payout on Lost in the jungle top-dollar luxury hotels, travel to football games and other travel A grey Nike wallet with a expenses related to official duties. Total $37,007 Total $76,462 Total $46,422 safari print containing $400 Regents are reimbursed for travel and hotel expenses from the in cash, several credit cards Available University Fund, the UT System’s return on investment of its endowment assets. At UT, the endowment payout funds in- and personal identification own travel expenses, and some say they wish to see the regents ternship programs, technology services, library services and visit- was stolen after being left share in that fiscal discipline. ing lecturers — but in recent years, because state funding has not unattended and unsecured on James Ramirez, a travel and purchase information specialist kept up with rising costs, UT has relied on AUF money for elec- the bleachers during a handball with the state comptroller’s office, said unlike other state employ- tricity and similar expenses. tournament. ees who travel exclusively on the taxpayer’s dime, the regents UT System spokesman Anthony de Bruyn said the regents — ON THE WEB: have no technical limit on what they can be reimbursed for out of who are unpaid for their work — volunteer their time and effort Check out each regents’ the AUF, according to the Texas Education Code. to support UT and attend UT football games as part of their of- total expenditures from “As far as reasonable expenses, it could be almost anything,” ficial duties. 2005-2010 Ramirez said. “Generally, we find that the Board of Regents are “It provides them opportunities for engagement with oth- the ones that really take advantage of everything.” @http://ow.ly/37jh3 er friends and supporters of the University such as donors and UT System travel-expense reports from the past five years show alumni,” de Bruyn said. Inside Faculty across the UT System have had to cut back on their REGENTS continues on page 6 In News: Study shows changes in views of sex page 10 In Sports: Injured woman aided by coworkers Volleyball roommates show off UT hires Google cooking skills page 8 By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff Before last Tuesday, Austin resident Jasmin Rodri- In Life&Arts: guez could carry out mundane tasks, such as walking Author makes an art form out to update e-mail, and sitting, without any aid. Now, she cannot stand of comics page 14 for an extended period of time without becoming ex- hausted. Rodriguez suffered from a gunshot wound to her expand features stomach after a shooting in her neighborhood on Nov. 2. Austin-Travis County EMS transported Rodriguez By Audrey White “From space and archiving to to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, where she Daily Texan Staff aesthetics, everything in Gmail is was in stable condition in the intensive care unit. Doc- The UT e-mail system will have better than Webmail,” said Sen- tors moved her to immediate care Thursday and re- a new look, more space and more ate of College Councils President stricted her to a clear, liquid diet, said former cowork- features once the University fi- Chelsea Adler, who served on a er John Johnston. nalizes a contract to outsource its student-led steering committee Quote to note “She needs to rebuild her abdominal muscles so she e-mail platform to Google, likely to choose a new e-mail platform. can get out of bed or out of a chair by herself,” John- during spring 2011. “So many people on campus are “Because he was ston said. “It’s about teaching her body to get used to The announcement came after outsourcing to Gmail, including previously an the regular, daily routines.” months of research and planning me, because things like chat and ‘ At about 5:17 a.m. on Nov. 2, Rodriguez let her dog to meet the demands of students sharing calendars makes it more atheist, [C.‘ S. Lewis] out of her house before heading out to Seton Medical who find Webmail unattractive than just e-mail.” Center Austin for her nursing shift. She saw someone and difficult to use, said Chief In- While choosing a new e- comes at Christianity peeking through the fence in her backyard, but didn’t formation Officer Brad Englert. mail host, the steering commit- from a very practical think much of it, said coworker Vanessa Martz. Rodri- Of the 52,000 currently registered tee considered three possible cli- guez brought her dog indoors and made her way into student Webmail accounts, more ents. Members spoke with repre- point of view.” the hallway when neighbor Howard Huynh, a former than 20,000 set up auto-forward- sentatives from universities that UT student, shot at her. Jasmin Rodriguez ing to an outside platform such use each of the servers and con- Rodriguez began to yell at her partner and room- as Hotmail or Gmail. The new sidered each choice’s features. — David McCullers mate, Darlene Derocher, to call 911. Derocher went to Martz said. “She looked at the guy for a second and Google-based platform will look Google led the way in every cate- Director of “Shadowlands” use a phone in her home office when she spotted the realized what was going on.