1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 KEEP IT ROLLING JAMBOREE VISUAL HEART Horns head to Stillwater, Okla., aim to Smithville residents celebrate town Art center showcases undergraduate, graduate art keep up momentum versus Cowboys with annual carnival, parade with exhibitions in five galleries SPORTS PAGE 6 ON THE WEB LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, April 4, 2011 82ND LEGISLATURE THE WEEK AHEAD Budget bill passes House, TODAY cuts could cost Bike Forum The Austin City Council candidates will hold a forum universities on bicycling at 7:30 p.m. in WEL By Melissa Ayala 1.308. Daily Texan Staff House members gathered under TUESDAY the Capitol dome for more than 15 hours Friday and again Sunday to Joe Straus hash out details of the 2012-13 bien- The Texas Politics Speaker nium budget, which passed in a 98- Series will host state House 49 vote along party lines. Speaker Joe Straus at 3:30 p.m. Lawmakers piled on more than in GEB 3.312. Straus will discuss 200 amendments to House Bill 1 — problems the 82nd Legislature several of which attempted to ease the faces. hit to universities and financial aid. The Senate will vote on their bud- Step Up as ONE get version in the coming weeks. The ONE campaign and Tom’s Both budgets will then go into a joint Shoes sponsor a march from committee where members from the UT Tower to the Capitol to both chambers will work on one fi- raise awareness of poverty and nal version. the global economy. The event Outside the Capitol, public interest Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff will begin at 5 p.m. Forty Acres Fest headliner Big Boi raps at the Main Mall in front of the UT Tower on Saturday night. More than 5,000 people came out to the HOUSE continues on PAGE 2 UT campus to take part in hundreds of different activities that Forty Acres Fest had to offer. WEDNESDAY A BILL IS BORN Texas Relays All bills filed during this legislative Big Boi entertains at Forty Acres Fest session will face seven stages before The 84th annual Clyde Littlefield they become law. Each session, law- Texas Relays begin today in the By Ahsika Sanders together and the Austin community in general,” impact on people with disabilities, said organiza- makers must pass a budget for the Mike Myers Stadium. Daily Texan Staff she said. tion service officer Adiel Escobedo. upcoming biennium. Nearly 130 student organizations set up booths “Whenever we volunteered, we saw the joy in 1. Bill filed in House ‘Rah, rah, Not everyone at Forty Acres Fest was “So Fresh with food and activities throughout the day. About each one of those athlete’s faces,” he said. “They and So Clean.” 5,000 people took part in games, including rock may be impaired in a way, but for that moment 2. In Appropriations ah, ah, ah’ About 3,000 people crowded into the area below climbing, a mechanical bull and a 130-foot ob- they’re just like every single other person.” Committee until March 23 Lady Gaga will perform with The Tower on Saturday for the 19th annual festi- stacle course that took over the South Mall. Modi The Coptic Students of Texas booth featured Semi Precious Weapons at 8 val, which featured OutKast rapper Big Boi. UT po- said the festival helps student organizations recruit a pin-the-nose-on-the-sphinx game, homemade 3. House floor voted on the bill April 3 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center. litical science and economics senior Kevin Mokoli, members for next year. baklava and photo opportunities with members Tickets range from $51-$177. known as DJ Bananaz, warmed up the crowd along “The festival is pivotal because it’s created by dressed in ancient Egyptian costumes. The orga- 4. Out of Senate Committee with acts from the Houston entertainment compa- the students, for the students,” she said. “There’s nization raised $97 in donations for Coptic Or- ny Southern Luxury Entertainment. no middleman.” phans, a charity that provides clothes and educa- 5. Voted on by Senate Some organizations, such as the Texas Iron tion to fatherless children and orphans in Egypt, Public relations senior Sonal Modi, publicity co- 6. Sent to Governor THURSDAY chair for the festival’s committee, said the concert Spikes, used the festival to raise money for char- said the group’s president Erene Attia. would help bring people outside UT to campus. ities. The group raised $276 for Special Olympics 7. Bill Becomes Law ‘I’m CEO, bitch’ “It’s just a unity event, to bring all the students Texas and helped the group continue its positive FEST continues on PAGE 2 The UT Film Committee will screen “The Social Network,” at 6 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. at the Union Theatre. Admission is free SG forms coalition to remedy PROPOSED URBAN RAIL Source: Austin Strategic Mobility Plan with a UT ID. Illustration by Veronica Rosalez | Daily Texan Staff frat member’s alleged bigotry Guadalupe Street 25th Street 24th Street By Ahsika Sanders ty of her claim. Speedway FRIDAY Daily Texan Staff “I am saddened by the allegations IH-35 24th Street University of Texas that are being unfairly made against Rio Grande Street ‘Phone Home’ at Austin A UT student’s claim of as- the men of ZBT,” he said. “Howev- Street River Red The East Side Drive In will show URBAN RAIL URBAN RAIL “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” and sault during Roundup last weekend er, in the spirit of cooperation, we re- sparked the formation of a coalition main committed to meet with and 21st Street “Nude the Moon” at 8 p.m. 22nd Street Tickets range from $20-$50. to address racial discrimination dur- discuss any specific allegations and ing the annual event. complaints with the accuser person- 20th Street Finance senior Donesha Bell al- ally and the Black Student Alliance.” Jester Circle leges that a Zeta Beta Tau fraternity The Austin Police Department Martin Luther King Boulevard member cursed, threw food at and cannot release the police report about Lamar Boulevard 18th Street Trinity Street Trinity spit on her during a Roundup party the incident because the investigation RAIL URBAN March 26. is ongoing. 17th Street ZBT president Nace Allen said Government senior Lonnie Wil- 16th Street his organization has no information liams told Student Government on RAIL URBAN IH-35 about Bell’s claims. He said that af- March 29 that even though the or- RAIL URBAN 15th Street San Jacinto Boulevard Jacinto San ter talking to people at the party and ganization does not fund the event, Red River Street Quote to note representatives of the security com- it should take a stance on the issue. Enfield Road pany working during the event, he Texas State “You didn’t cause has been unable to verify the validi- COALITION continues on PAGE 2 Capitol 11th Street [your‘‘ eating 11th Street disorder], you can’t control it, Conceptual Stops Proposed Urban Rail Proposed Urban Rail Alternative you can’t change it, and you can’t cure it. But, City to hold forums for Austin rail line you can try to By Allie Kolechta Campus. The rail line would con- firm in Austin. She said city officials understand it.” Daily Texan Staff nect downtown Austin with the UT estimate building will begin between campus and the Capitol and would 2017 and 2020. A proposed rail line that would also make stops in West Campus “The intent of the project is to —Stephanie Morris run straight through the heart of and the Riverside area. improve mobility within and to the President of the Austin UT’s campus may become a reality The project could cost $1.3 billion central Austin area,” she said. Foundation for Eating by the end of the decade. by the end of the decade and would The city will begin holding public Disorders The rail line would run from Mu- be funded mostly by federal money, meetings today from 2 to 5 p.m. at Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff eller Development to Austin-Berg- said Karla Villalon, spokeswoman at the Austin Convention Center and Finance senior Donesha Bell has accused a UT fraternity member of allegedly strom International Airport and Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineer- LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 assaulting and emotionally distressing her at a Roundup party March 26. would hit 16 stops, including the UT ing and construction management RAIL continues on PAGE 2 TODAY’S TIP: Recycle Right! Do it Now! 2 2 NEWS Monday, April 4, 2011 THE DAILY TEXAN continues from PAGE 1 Volume 111, Number 176 Groups protest budget cutbacks COALITION About 200 people from 12 public He said he feels it is “imperative” started spitting,” Bell said. interest groups rallied at the Capitol for the University’s recruitment Bell said her legs were covered in CONTACT US on Friday while members of the Tex- and retention. barbecue sauce from the sandwich Williams suggested SG form a he had thrown after she ignored Main Telephone: as House debated the 2012-13 bud- task force to monitor future Round- his cursing. She said when she still (512) 471-4591 get bill. Protesters lit candles and carried up events and determine how claims refused to respond, he spit at her Editor: coffins into the Capitol lobby to rep- such as Bell’s should be handled. twice, once in her face. Lauren Winchester resent the state agencies that will Since William’s suggestion dur- Bell said the ZBT member left her (512) 232-2212 have their funding cut.