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P1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 SO LONG, SLICES STILL FIGHTING ON THE WEB Pizza restaurant closes its doors Women’s basketball struggles in first half, Check out an audio slideshow of the 12th Annual after six years on the Drag suffers loss to Texas A&M for second time African American Community Heritage Festival NEWS PAGE 5 SPORTS PAGE 6 @dailytexanonline.com >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, February 28, 2011 THE WEEK FUNDING40 ACRES AHEAD TODAY State higher education financing formula disfavors UT Open forum Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part formula for funding its higher education in- funding formulas favor growth over anything pared to 25 percent of a $1.1 billion budget in The Liberal Arts College Tuition series examining the sources of UT’s funding. stitutions that favors institutions that show else. We’ve lost some of that funding, and that 2000. growth in the student body. Kevin Hegarty, UT makes sense.” “I certainly don’t think it has been any mali- and Budget Advisory Council By Matthew Stottlemyre vice president and chief financial officer, said Hegarty said the funding formulas favor cious attempt to not fund UT,” Hegarty said. hosts an open forum for Daily Texan Staff students and administrators to practicality has effectively capped UT’s enroll- growth because the state and the Texas Higher He said through its funding formula, the discuss pending cuts at 6 p.m. ment for the past 10 years. He said this has lim- Education Coordinating Board, the state’s reg- state’s priorities have shifted to growing col- in the Glenn Maloney Room of As the University’s budget has grown over ited the state allocations UT receives. ulatory agency for higher education, have fo- leges, including technical and community the Student Services Building. the past 10 years, the percentage of state dollars “You reach a point where maybe you could cused on ensuring the ability to educate Texas’ colleges and smaller universities, and away in the budget has shrunk steadily. let in more but where it would start to become growing population. The state will fund 14 per- Budget administrators said the state uses a a detriment to operations,” Hegarty said. “The cent of UT’s $2.20 billion budget in 2011, com- FUNDS continues on PAGE 2 TUESDAY Licensing course Texas Exes prepares people deadline The deadline for Texas Exes to handle guns scholarship applications is midnight on March 1. with safety, skill By Victoria Pagan Daily Texan Staff WEDNESDAY As state legislators take up the is- sue of concealed carry on campus ‘A Prairie Home this session, 66 people are one step closer to receiving their concealed Companion’ handgun licenses. Minnesota Public Radio host Michael Cargill, UT Students for Garrison Keillor will speak at Concealed Carry on Campus and a the Paramount Theatre on Department of Public Safety certified Wednesday and Thursday at 8 instructor, hosted a concealed hand- p.m. Tickets start at $45. gun licensing course for the second consecutive year, said the group’s vice president Kory Zipperer. The course consisted of two parts: an interactive shooting session at the THURSDAY gun range and a classroom course at UT, Cargill said. To receive a con- ‘Life is a Cabaret!’ cealed handgun license, an individ- Actress and singer Liza Minnelli ual must be 21 years old, pass men- will perform at the Long Center tal health and criminal background for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. checks, and attend an instructional Tickets start at $47.50. course in which students must pass a shooting proficiency test and a writ- Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff ten test with 70-percent accuracy. Police officers Kevin Jones and Dave Erskine make sure there are no bullets inside the guns turned in by the Blassingame brothers. Cargill said the courses are im- FRIDAY portant for distributing accurate in- formation about gun usage and for The Walkmen certifying people who intend to use Northeastern rock band The guns. Walkmen will hit the stage at ”I listened to the different argu- Stubbs on Friday night with ments going back and forth, and I guests TV Torso and The Head noticed that people had information and the Heart. Doors open at 7 that was incorrect about the laws of p.m. and tickets start at $18. the state of Texas,” he said. “I wanted LINE people to get the facts straight.” FIRING Cargill said he has heard people The Queen of Activist organizations hold rivaling gun trade-in events say they are concerned about stu- Mean dents with guns being allowed into Comic Lisa Lampanelli will By Marty McAndrews ing awareness about crime prevention, offered erts said the group collected more than 400 bars on campus. He said according perform at the Paramount Daily Texan Staff $100 in grocery store gift cards for every hand- guns, about 50 more than the first Guns4Gro- to Texas law, permit holders are not Theatre at 8 p.m. on Friday. gun and $200 for every assault rifle to any in- ceries event in June. She said the program’s allowed to carry in places where 51 Gun rights activists aiming to arm and protect dividual who wants to turn over his or her fire- purpose is to collect the unwanted firearms, percent of the revenue comes from law-abiding citizens protested Saturday against a arm, without any questions asked. The Austin to raise public awareness about firearm safety alcohol sales. city commission’s gun buyback program. Police Department processed and destroyed and to reduce gun violence. Zipperer said he is glad the class The Greater Austin Crime Commission, the collected guns. a private organization dedicated to generat- Commission Executive Director Cary Rob- BUYBACK continues on PAGE 2 LICENSE continues on PAGE 2 UT law student Sherief Gaber Graduate student enters Egypt flew to Egypt Quote to note to participate in the protest to join with protesting masses against the “If studios can Mubarak gov- By Allie Kolechta from the Egyptian presidency. ernment. While have‘ feelings, Daily Texan Staff Gaber, who grew up in the Unit- there, Gaber ‘ suffered mild ed States but holds dual citizen- I think our old wounds. A UT graduate student stood ship, booked a ticket to Egypt on studio might be with protesters in downtown Cai- Jan. 28. feeling a little ro as they barricaded themselves The protests began on Jan. 25, against military attacks and fought when Egyptian citizens rallied for lonely tonight.” for a revolution in the midst of a democratic government. More former President Hosni Mubarak’s than 300 Egyptian civilians were resignation. killed before Mubarak ceded pow- — Terry Lickona Law and urban planning grad- er to the military on Feb. 11. Muba- Producer of Austin uate student Sherief Gaber flew rak was in power for more than City Limits straight into Cairo on Jan. 30 to 30 years. join the protests in Tahrir Square Lizzie Chen LIFE&ARTS PAGE 10 before Mubarak stepped down EGYPT continues on PAGE 2 Daily Texan Staff rhnk^ZgZ]nemghp% ebo^ebd^hg^' 512-473-3706 Ma^O^gn^Hg@nZ]Zeni^'\hf P2 2 NEWS Monday, February 28, 2011 THE DAILY TEXAN continues from PAGE 1 GOING FOR THE GOAL Volume 111, Number 156 FUNDS from full research institutions, in- A&M doesn’t receive. session to re-examine the reporting cluding UT. The University faces a UT budget director Mary standards for higher education in- CONTACT US $100 million cut over 2012-2013 un- Knight said in addition to feder- stitutions in the state. She said many der a Texas House bill. al research money, improving re- of the reports required by the state Main Telephone: Hegarty said the University brings turns on UT’s investments and in- come from dated laws and have be- (512) 471-4591 in more federal research dollars than creasing revenue from auxiliary come essentially useless. it receives from the state. sources, including trademark li- “It’s not that we don’t want to Editor: At the state’s other major research censing, have contributed to the be accountable, but we want to Lauren Winchester university, state allocations play a shrinking percentage of state dol- make sure that we’re efficient,” (512) 232-2212 larger role than at UT. For fiscal year lars in UT’s budget. Knight said. “Some of these re- [email protected] 2011, state support makes up 21 “As we get better at bringing in ports are so old and have been in percent of Texas A&M University’s external funds for research and get- the statute so long they aren’t use- Managing Editor: $1.28 billion budget. ting endowments and gifts and aux- f u l any m ore .” Claire Cardona A&M spokesman Jason Cook said iliaries do better, they are funding a A bill by Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D- (512) 232-2217 comparing the two numbers is diffi- larger portion of our overall budget,” Laredo, the chair of the Texas Sen- managingeditor@ cult because A&M’s state support in- Knight said. ate Higher Education Committee, dailytexanonline.com cludes funding for some A&M Sys- She said partially because the state will require an examination of the tem buildings located on the univer- plays an increasingly smaller role in reporting requirements for all high- News Offi ce: sity’s campus, and UT’s state money funding the University, Texas leg- er education institutions in the state (512) 232-2207 may include other types of funding islatures have introduced bills this if passed.