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1 SPORTS PAGE 7 Weekly jams cast spotlight on local blues music scene Horns dominate Navy in first basketball game of season LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 NEWS PAGE 5 Group rallies on Capitol against spanking in schools TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 81 63 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Texas legislature introduces variety of bills TODAY By Nolan Hicks that would make the hamburger the official Monday, if passed, would directly affect Education Committee and author of the bill. Daily Texan Staff sandwich of Texas — to controversial propos- UT students — a Senate bill that would His bill would require that universities in- Texas senators and representatives took full als that have bogged down the Legislature be- modify the way the TEXAS Grant program tegrate a course’s book list into the course advantage of their first opportunity to file leg- fore, such as the Voter ID bill. The bill, which awards scholarships and a House bill that schedule, so students can see what books they Calendar islation for the upcoming 82nd Legislative slowed the 81st Legislative session because aims to cut the costs of textbooks. will be required to read and how much those session on Monday, introducing almost 400 Democrats used parliamentary procedures to “What [the House bill] does, is it expands books will cost when they register for classes. C.R.E.A.M. bills and resolutions. delay, would have required Texans to show a transparency for faculty, staff, students and If passed, it would also require publishers Wu-Tang Clan members The proposed bills and resolutions range photo ID before casting their ballots. parents,” said state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dal- Inspectah Deck and Mastah from the mundane — such as a House bill Two pieces of legislation introduced las, the chairman of the Texas House Higher BILLS continues on page 2 Killah are joined by DJ Allah and Mathematics at Emo’s. 9 p.m. $15. Ephraim Owens Ambassador Experience ACL bids farewell to Studio 6A Owens, a staple of the Austin lectures on jazz scene, will perform at the Continental Club. 10:30 p.m. US-Mexico UT Andean Ensemble & relationship Mariachi The Andean Ensemble and Representative addresses Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán, national responsibilities both made up of UT students, over immigration, drugs give their fall performance. Music Building Recital Hall By Nick Mehendale 2.608. 7:30 p.m. Daily Texan Staff United States Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual ad- Airsex dressed immigration reform and Championships drug cartel-related violence in The last preliminary round to Mexico, as well as their impacts earn a spot in the Austin finals. on Texas, during a visit to cam- Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz. pus on Monday. 7 p.m. The Lyndon B. Johnson Muse- um hosted Pascual, who spoke to a group of about 900 people. Pascual has had a 23-year ca- Today in history reer in the United States Depart- In 1989 ment of State, the National Secu- The Berlin Wall falls, opening rity Council and the U.S. Agency up travel between East and for International Development. West Germany and paving the From 2000-03, Pascual served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. way for German reunification. In 2004, he served as coordina- tor for Reconstruction and Stabi- lization at the U.S. Department of State, where he led and orga- Campus watch Photos by Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff nized U.S. planning to help sta- Above, Lyle Lovett performs at the last taping of Austin City Limits in Studio 6A. The Austin City Limits bilize and reconstruct societies Hail to the chief tapings are being moved to The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. Right, Lyle Lovett strums his in transition from conflict or civ- 2100 block Guadalupe Street guitar. Lovett performed in the space previously in 1985. il strife. President Barack Obama Public Intoxication: A UT student nominated Pascual to be the am- was discovered passed out. Had bassador to Mexico, and the U.S. it not been for a retaining wall, Musicians, celebrities attend final taping on campus Senate confirmed the appoint- the subject would have been ment in August 2009. found lying on the sidewalk. By Allistair Pinsof with Eric Taylor’s “Whooping Crane,” a somber “We are neighbors and we During the investigation, the Daily Texan Staff song for a bittersweet evening. An audience of have a mutual responsibility to officer detected a strong odor of t’s the end of an era for Austin City Limits. music lovers, celebrities (Jeremy Piven), local icons each other,” Pascual said of the alcohol on the subject’s breath. Music fans and country singer Lyle Lovett (Lance Armstrong) and Austin City Limits alumni, U.S.-Mexico relationship. The student was confused as to met for the final taping Monday at Studio 6A including founder Bill Arhos, looked on in silence. Mexico is very closely tied to his location and the time of day. on campus, the home of the longest-running “We’re really proud of what we’ve done all of the U.S. economy, he said. Mex- When asked who the president Imusic show for the past 36 years. these years, and the shows that have happened in ico is the second-largest trad- of the United States was, he As the lights dimmed and the cameras turned this studio and the memories of people who have ing partner to the United States responded, “Are you kidding, on, Lyle Lovett stepped onto the stage he once stepped on to that stage, but we’ve never been behind Canada, according to George W. Bush.” The officer looked upon as an audience member in the mid- ones to dwell on the past,” said Terry Lickona, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. learned the student had taken 1980s. Lovett and his backing band, tightly packed several shots of Everclear earlier from one end of the stage to the other, opened AUSTIN continues on page 2 LECTURE continues on page 2 in the evening. Occurred on Sunday at 12:29 a.m. Ethernet inventor Rallies share goal of social justice By Allie Kolechta to discuss an affiliation with did not receive a response from Daily Texan Staff the Worker Rights Consortium, the administration by the dead- Two different protests — coin- which they said would help en- line, students in the organization to join UT faculty cidentally scheduled on the West sure the apparel and other offi- decided to march into the Main Mall for the same time Monday cial UT products are made under Building carrying signs and de- — called attention to both the ethical conditions. The Universi- manding a meeting. Quote to note military occupation of Kashmir, ty is not currently affiliated with About eight of the students as program leader India, and the use of sweatshops the consortium. delivered a letter to a security to produce University apparel. Last week, the two groups de- guard outside of the president’s “Once you get that By Nick Mehendale ry of the Xerox Palo Alto Research About 25 students from the UT livered a letter to Powers’ office office. Yates said they plan to ‘ Daily Texan Staff Center, where he invented today’s branch of Oxfam International with a Nov. 8 deadline for a re- continue protesting in the Main first play … It just ‘ The Cockrell School of Engi- local-area networking standard, and Students Against Sweatshops sponse on whether they could Building if they do not receive made me feel like neering selected Robert Metcalfe, Ethernet. During the 1990s, Metcal- marched into the Main Building schedule a meeting, said Billy a response. a venture capitalist and inventor, fe published InfoWorld and wrote and delivered a letter to the office Yates, international relations ju- “This is going to happen,” he ‘OK, I’m really in to oversee innovation and entre- an Internet column with half a mil- of President William Powers Jr. nior and a member of Students preneurship at UT. lion weekly readers. They demanded a meeting Against Sweatshops. When they JUSTICE continues on page 5 college now, I’m Metcalfe brings to the University He was also a consulting associ- not in high school a variety of experiences, said Greg- ate professor of electrical engineer- English major ory Fenves, dean of ing at Stanford Uni- junior Rachel no more,’ so I was the Cockrell School of versity from 1975- Schelter rips Engineering. 83. Since 2001, Met- up one of UT’s really excited.” “We have been calfe has been a part- core values in looking to strength- ner of the Massachu- protest of their — Tristan Thompson en our entrepreneur- setts-based venture alleged use of Men’s basketball forward ial sector. The key was capital firm Polaris sweatshops for finding the right per- Venture Partners and Co-op apparel. SPORTS PAGE 7 son to do it,” Fenves will continue advis- Schelter was said. “Bob Metcal- ing the firm. among dozens fe was that person. “I have an estab- of students Check out the In addition to work- Robert Metcalfe lished pattern of who rallied on ing with students, Dr. Inventor changing careers ev- the West Mall on Monday DAILY TEXAN Metcalfe will be fos- ery decade,” Metcal- afternoon. UT Employee tering more dynamic interaction fe said. “This is the right change $$$ among faculty, research associates for me. The [Cockrell] School of Salary Database and graduate students, and ven- Engineering is a top-10 school, ture capitalists, industrial partners and I’ve always been an engineer @dailytexanonline.com and early adopters of technology.” at heart.

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