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P1 THE DAILY TEXAN SPORTS PAGE 6 COMICS PAGE 9 TOMORROW’S WEATHER Bye Week provides High Low Texas a rest from losses Unwelcome Products of Evolution 87 61 Monday, October 11, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com THE WEEK Austin City Limits Fired shots AHEAD result in one injury, police TODAY Festival rocks live music capital investigating Bracero story By Aziza Musa Norberto Flores of the National & Collin Eaton Assembly of Braceros and Daily Texan Staff Stuart Schussler of the Mexico Austin police are investigating Solidarity Network will speak a shooting involving two college- about the Bracero Program, age men in West Campus early the largest binational labor Saturday morning. agreement in the world, from At around 2 a.m., two separate noon to 1 p.m. in SRH 1.313 groups left a party near the 2600 block of Salado Street and two men became involved in a phys- ical altercation, said Cpl. Antho- ny Hipolito, Austin Police De- partment spokesman. One man TUESDAY pulled out a pistol and shot the other, Hipolito said. Achoooo! The victim was sent to Univer- Flu shots will be available for sity Medical Center Brackenridge and was treated for injuries that students, faculty and staff on were not life threatening but will the ground floor of the Student not be identified until his family Services Building from noon to is notified, he said. Police are still 4 p.m. Shots cost $10 and no searching for the shooter. appointment is necessary. Hipolito said he did not know whether the shooter aimed the gun specifically at the victim or how many shots were fired, but three people near the scene said they heard two gunshots. One WEDNESDAY witness said the victim had a gun- shot wound to the leg. Ryan Henson, a biomedical en- Prevent abuse gineering and Spanish senior, Voices Against Violence will Shannon Kintner | Daily Texan Staff said he was watching a movie in present an interactive dialogue the Gamma Beta house that night Fans cheer after rock band The Sword finishes a song at ACL on Friday afternoon. about harmful relationships when suddenly he heard what he from 7 to 9 p.m. in BEL 328. thought were two fireworks at the Visitors provide boost of revenue apartment next door, Salado Place. Checking the window, he saw a to local businesses, restaurants large group of people crowding around someone. By Daniel Sanchez “Three cop cars rolled up and THURSDAY Daily Texan Staff barricaded the street [shortly af- Before Austin City Limits Music Festival even began Oct. 8, local music ter],” Henson said. club Emo’s was already busier than normal for a weekday. Frank Middleton said he was in The veil This year, the once-again sold out festival drew an estimated crowd of a room on the first floor of Sala- Associate sociology professor 65,000 attendees a day and made an overall economic impact of $82 mil- do Place when he heard a fight es- Mounira Charrad and some of lion over the course of the three days, said Jennifer Walker, director of calating outside. He was about to her students will present their marketing communications at Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau. A call the police when he heard two research about the history and significant portion of the impact comes from out-of-state attendees, with gunshots, he said. politics behind veiling in Middle 25 percent of three-day passes and single-day passes sold to people not Petroleum engineering soph- Eastern culture from 6 to 7:30 from Texas. omore Tyler Watkins was in his “The local businesses benefit from [the economic impact],” Walker p.m. in CRD 007. apartment next door with a cou- Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff said. “Basically it goes into the pockets of the people who work here. It ple of friends at about 1:45 a.m. helps sustain jobs.” when he heard several people Elizabeth Sun of gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday. ACL continues on page 2 yelling. Watkins said he saw men wearing red shirts and red hats FRIDAY INSIDE: ACL photo page and more coverage on page 10 SHOOTING continues on page 2 Fest Africa The African Student Association will present Fest Africa from College-educated 7 to 10 p.m. in the Main Mall. Theme for this year’s event is “ROOTS: Remembering Our Own Traditions.” couples wed more, ‘Say it ... vampire.’ file for divorce less Master Pancake Theater By Anna Fata 1990 has dropped to 62 percent, presents “Twilight” at the Alamo Daily Texan Staff which leads to the conclusion Ritz at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. College-educated couples that the tables have turned and Tickets start at $13.50. are more likely to marry and degree holders are now more less likely to divorce than peo- likely to marry. ple who have no college de- Economics associate pro- gree, according to a study from fessor Tom Wiseman said that Pew Research Center. The mar- because college graduates riage rates of are more like- both college-ed- ly to have sta- ucated people ble sources of and those with- i n c o m e , t h e y out a degree Married couples are more able to were down in typically pay higher commit them- Quote to note 2008, compared selves to long- income taxes than Stephanie Meza | Daily Texan Staff “Once you’re in to 1990. term plans such Pew based the ‘‘they would if they as marriage. Seniors Jessica Chong and Ronald Thai wait in line before stepping out onto the Main Mall for the Chinese golden goal, any survey on U.S. were single and ling “Married cou- Student Association’s fashion show, one part of the entertainment at the Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday. ‘ Census data. ples typically separately, so relative minute of‘ the game UT economists pay higher in- you’ve got to stay said the declines poverty could be an come taxes than may have oc- incentive not to get they would if Students celebrate lunar holiday focused. Once the curred because married.” they were single Festival commemorates terns. They drank tea, played on Association. In order to combine ball goes past you, younger people and filing sepa- a dragon-shaped moonwalk and the event’s social and education- are waiting lon- — Tom Wiseman rately, so relative harvest moon with food, learned a game that uses chop- al purposes, the organization also you do whatever you ger to get mar- poverty could be sticks and marbles. put on a skit to illustrate one of ried and are co- Economics associate an incentive not skits of ancient folklore “The festival is really a time for the variations of the ancient folk- can to get behind habiting more professor to get married,” By Amy Thornton family and friends to get togeth- lore behind the festival. frequently with- Wiseman said. Daily Texan Staff er, and usually eat a lot,” said psy- “The version we are performing the goal. I was out getting for- T h e s t u d y The Chinese celebrate the har- chology senior Eva Hung. “We tonight is essentially a love story,” fortunate enough to mally married. also reports the vest moon every fall with tradi- want to spread this special time to said aerospace engineering fresh- In 1990, 75 percent of adults marriages of college graduates tional food and lanterns, and on the campus and give UT a taste of man Louis Yu, the junior officer in be at the right place younger than 30 without college are more likely to last longer Saturday night the Chinese Stu- what Chinese culture is all about.” charge of the skit. “According to at the right time.” degrees were married, a number than the marriages of nonde- dent Association brought the an- The event also included ta- this story, the festival is celebrating that has dropped drastically to gree holders. cient Mid-Autumn Festival to the bles from other campus organi- the sun and moon being together.” 60 percent. Economics professor Daniel UT campus. zations, such as the Indian Cul- Hung said because the Chi- — Erica Campanelli The marriage rate has fallen Hamermesh said that money The air was filled with the tural Association and the Taiwan- nese respect the moon, the Chi- Women’s soccer captain less drastically for those with is only one issue and a lasting smells of Chinese cuisine as stu- ese American Student Associa- nese calendar is lunar based. degrees. The 69 percent of mar- dents walked along the Main tion, as well as an appearance by SPORTS PAGE 6 ried college-educated adults in WED continues on page 2 Mall under brightly colored lan- the Texas A&M Chinese Student HOLIDAY continues on page 2 P2 2 NEWS Monday, October 11, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN NEWS BRIEFLY Volume 111, Number 86 25 cents Social work professor to study ACL: Music venues CONTACT US city planning’s effect on health Main Telephone: Catherine Cubbin, associate so- (512) 471-4591 cial work professor at the Uni- attract vast crowds versity, received a four-year $1.5 Editor: million grant from the American Lauren Winchester Cancer Society. (512) 232-2212 The money will be used to con- with aftershows [email protected] duct follow-up interviews for the Maternal and Infant Health As- From page 1 Emo’s is well stocked on beer. Managing Editor: sessment, which includes 6,000 “I’ve been trying to get out- Sean Beherec Californian women and their Walker said the bands that of-towners involved through (512) 232-2217 young children.

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