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1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 NEWS PAGE 11 Cool off with refreshing, icy summer treats City celebrates its quirks with the Keep Austin Weird Festival SPORTS PAGE 7 Austin Aztex rookie uses music as a fallback TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 94 77 Monday, June 28, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com THE WEEK AHEAD White supports campus gun law reform Democrats TODAY rally at party WORLD CUP convention VS. By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Netherlands Slovakia CORPUS CHRISTI — In an in- terview Saturday with The Dai- ly Texan, Democratic gubernato- VS. rial candidate Bill White said he wasn’t in favor of the current gun Brazil Chile ban on college campuses. Instead, he said he favors an approach where each universi- What’s in a ty could establish its own policy name? regarding firearms on campus. “A blanket ban isn’t appropri- An open forum on the ate,” White said. “The Legislature renaming of Simkins Hall should allow individual campus- Dormitory will be held from 12 es to make their own decisions.” to 2 p.m. in the San Jacinto Hall His position on the issue ap- multipurpose room. pears to conflict with the 2010 Texas Democratic Party platform, which calls for “weapons-free institutions of higher learning.” TUESDAY White’s position also flies in the face of resolutions passed by WORLD CUP the convention delegates that ex- plicitly back the current ban on all weapons on all public univer- VS. sity campuses as well as a res- olution that called on the par- Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff Paraguay Japan ty to support background checks Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White greets supporters following his speech at the Texas Democratic Convention on Friday in Corpus for weapons purchased at Christi. One main issue at the convention was reforming the law banning guns on college campuses. VS. gun shows. “I’m not familiar with the ex- Spain Portugal isting law, but I believe we need to balance the rights of students,” Student organizations discuss concealed carry he said. The resolutions favoring the By Collin Eaton not allow it to be campus-by-campus, espe- termined on a “case-by-case basis.” campus gun ban and closing what Daily Texan Staff cially because when students are lobbying “With that kind of a mindset, we worry WEDNESDAY gun-control advocates call the Student Government leaders and mem- for these kinds of issues, it’s a lot more pow- about the slippery slope that if you ban it gun-show loophole were cham- bers of student groups weighed in Sunday erful when we’re able to band together with here, then what about here?” Schwartz said. There’s a heart- pioned by John Woods, a UT on a comment from Democratic gubernato- other campuses,” Kabir said. “I don’t foresee “We believe that [concealed carry] is our break beat graduate student. rial candidate Bill White expressing support any reason why one campus should be treat- right, and we don’t want to put parameters “Bill White looked at me in the for allowing universities to choose whether ed any differently than another in terms of a on it. I think that Mr. White is really trying The Psychedelic Furs and She eye and told me that he didn’t students should be allowed to bring firearms basic safety issue.” to stray away from the liberal image that the Wants Revenge play Emo’s at 7 think that guns belonged on cam- on campus. In the spring semester, SG passed a resolu- Perry campaign is painting him with, and p.m. Tickets start at $35. pus,” Woods said, referring to a White also said he does not support tion in support of closing loopholes in a Tex- just from looking at his record, I’m still not conversation at the “Netroots ‘N’ the current statewide campus gun ban. as background-check system required before convinced that he’s a moderate.” Boots Bash” in September. His stance is not in line with the 2010 Tex- a person is given a license to carry a weap- University Democrats President Michael Woods said he thought the as Democratic Party platform, which ad- on. In 2009, both the Senate of College Coun- Hurta said he agrees with White on every THURSDAY White campaign might be misin- vocates “weapons-free institutions of cils and the Faculty Council passed resolu- education issue except for White’s stance on terpreting a report released after higher learning.” tions affirming the current Texas gun ban on concealed firearms on campuses. the Virginia Tech massacre that SG Vice President Muneezeh Kabir said campuses. “Just because that’s his opinion on [the First Thursday recommended allowing campus- her perception of the UT student body is that College Republicans President Melanie current gun ban], it’s not an issue he’s talked on SoCo es to make their own determina- it is against university-by-university deter- Schwartz said her student group made lob- about at all — I feel pretty confident that it’s tion on whether or not guns should minations on whether there can be concealed bying for concealed carry on campus one of not one of the main issues he’ll be working Come celebrate the start of July carry on campus. its priorities for the next legislative session with First Thursday on South WHITE continues on page 9 “[The student body feels that] we should and that the right to bear arms cannot be de- GUNS continues on page 9 Congress Avenue. FRIDAY Cat adoption event ends WORLD CUP with many happy kittens By Collin Eaton Inch Tails and The Black Stripes. VS. Daily Texan Staff Sarah Hammond, Town Lake Citing the natural summertime Animal Center foster coordina- Paraguay Japan influx of tiny, soulful-eyed balls of tor, said the center pushed for fur in need of a home, the Town more foster homes to care for kit- Lake Animal Center hosted its tens earlier this year, and a larg- Texas 4000 third annual adoption-drive “Kit- er-than-expected increase this Catch up with our Sense Corp ty Palooza” from Friday through year left less room for many cats Texas 4000 for Cancer riders as Sunday. and kittens to come back to the they trek across the country. To capitalize on Austin’s en- shelter, highlighting the need for thusiasm for music, the event adoption. featured a rock ‘n’ roll theme “There are hundreds of kittens and groups of kittens had differ- in foster care and no room for ent band names, such as Purrva- them to come back,” Hammond na, Red Hot Kitty Peppers, Nine- ADOPTION continues on page 5 Olivia Vescovo, a volunteer with Friends of Town Lake Quote to note Animal Center, Suchada Sutasirisap | Daily Texan Staff participates “I wanted it so badly Two refugees watch traditional dances being performed after a naturalization ceremony at the Bob Bullock in the “Kitty Texas State History Museum on Saturday. Refugees from nine different countries participated in the cer- Palooza,” that ‘I came off as emony, which kicked off the museum’s celebration of World Refugee Day. an annual ‘ adoption-drive too powerful. hosted by the Maybe it wasn’t animal center. meant to be, Refugees celebrate fresh start in US though. Que sera, The naturalization ceremo- as Peace Corps Naturalization ceremony ny kicked off the museum’s cel- Association, sera.” at Bob Bullock Museum ebration of World Refugee Day. Multicul- ON THE WEB: honors World Refugee Day The festivities also included tural Refu- food, games, face painting, in- gee Coali- Check out more By Aaron West formation about the countries tion and photos from the where the refugees come from the City Daily Texan Staff ceremony Twenty-six refugees from nine and performances by several of Aus- nations, all soon-to-be American refugee artists. tin Refu- @dailytexan online.com — Dzintra Dzenis citizens, filled the first two rows The ceremony was sponsored gee Health finalist on “The Next Food of the Texas Spirit Theater at the by Austin Area Interreligious S c r e e n i n g Network Star” Bob Bullock Texas State History Ministries, Refugee Services of Clinic, in addition Museum on Saturday as friends Texas-Austin, Center for Sur- LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Danielle Villasana and family looked on. vivors of Torture, Heart of Tex- CEREMONY continues on page 6 Daily Texan Staff 2 2 NEWS Monday, June 28, 2010 NEWS BRIEFLY THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number XX C Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe Radioactive waste site faced 25 cents dies after lengthy illness with regulation violations CONTACT US UVALDE — Former Tex- LUBBOCK — A troubled site as Gov. Dolph Briscoe has died for disposing some of the nation’s Main Telephone: at his Uvalde home at the age low-level radioactive waste has (512) 471-4591 of 87. two more problems to deal with. A family spokeswoman says Officials with the Texas Com- Editor: the rancher, banker and lifelong mission on Environmental Quality Lauren Winchester Democrat died Sunday after a said the agency will issue a Notice (512) 232-2212 lengthy illness. Ann Arnold says of Violation because the compa- [email protected] Briscoe had been hospitalized in ny that operates the site has stored January and had returned home a canister filled with low-level ra- Managing Editor: only recently. Funeral arrange- dioactivity material beyond the Ben Wermund ments are pending. 365 days allowed under a waste (512) 232-2217 Briscoe had been governor processing license. from 1972 through 1978, pre- In a routine check at the site managingeditor@ siding over Texas during an oil near Andrews, inspectors also dailytexanonline.com and gas boom before suffer- found cracks up to an inch wide ing a stunning Democratic pri- on a 10-acre asphalt pad near the News Office: mary upset in 1978 to Attorney canisters of radioactive material.