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1 THE DAILYServing theT University EXANof Texas at Austin community since 1900 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, September 7, 2012 INSIDE Introducing The Record, our new Golden Gophers interview series. defeat Horns, 3-1 LIFE&ARTS SPORTS 4 PAGE 10 PAGE 6 opinion How one UT student UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY arrived at a differ- ent conclusion than Abigal Fisher. Belo news Activists weigh options box ban 5 retracted news UTPrint expands By Bobby Blanchard options for students. A er initially prohib- iting news boxes at the Belo Center for New Me- 6 dia, the College of Com- munication announced it has recognized the sports demand for e Daily Despite Vogel’s eight Texan and will place a save performance, the box on-site sometime Longhorns lost to BYU in the future. 5-0. Roderick Hart, College of Communication dean, said in an e-mail that the Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff college has asked its ar- Make UT Sweatshop Free Coalition members Sydney Dwoskin, Jessica Villarreal and Jessica Alvarenga, three of 18 who were chitect to design a Daily 10 arrested during a sit-in last spring, all face criminal trespassing charges filed against them by UT. The sit-in was meant to force UT to Texan newspaper box for join the Worker Rights Consortium, an organization that monitors working conditions of factory employees internationally. the center and choose where on the site the box- life&arts es should go. Hart could Jamie Travis’ phone By David Maly either take one of two plea the students could then ap- not provide a timeline or a sex comedy, “For a options o ered to them ply for expungement of the sense of when a news box Good Time Call..,” earlier this summer or con- charge, and if unsuccessful, would be added. reviewed. Members of the Make tinue to ght the charges the county could re- le the e Daily Texan print- UT Sweatshop-Free Coali- against them. case and use the admission ed an article about the For additional, web tion are preparing to go to According to Lucian Vil- of guilt in court. “We really do college’s stance on news court next week for crimi- lasenor, Mexican-American e second plea would believe that UT will boxes ursday, a er exclusive stories: nal charges led against studies senior and arrested defer the charge to a class C which there was a strong them by UT. student, the plea options of- misdemeanor of failure to do the right thing online response. ursday UHS was ranked third in the A group of 18 UT students fered are as follows: obey a lawful order. Within and get the charges morning, a blog about the country by the was arrested last spring dur- e rst plea would im- a three-month period, the issue was posted on media Princeton Review. ‘ ing a sit-in meant to force mediately dismiss the charge students would have to pay dropped.”‘ institute Poynter’s Web bit.ly/dt_uhs UT to join the Worker Rights and force the students to a $1 ne and relevant court — Bianca Hinz-Foley site. Posts on CollegeMe- Consortium, an organization sign an admission of guilt costs, complete 15 hours of Arrested sophomore diaMatters.com and Jim- A preview of Wild that monitors working con- to a class B misdemeanor community service and re- Frontier Fest. ditions of factory employees criminal trespass charge. main arrest-free. If success- bit.ly/dt_frontier felt the organization over- BOXES continues on page 2 internationally. Although e case would remain ful in meeting those condi- seeing production of UT UT announced plans to join dismissed as long as the stu- tions, the students could apparel in foreign countries, the consortium in July, the dents completed 20 hours apply for expungement of Fair Labor Association, Texan box ban Work for us 18 students will appear in of community service and the charge following a two- wasn’t adequately monitor- The Daily Texan will be court Friday facing charges did not get arrested for any- year waiting period sub- ing working conditions. Why this college holding tryouts for all for criminal trespass, a class thing above a class C mis- sequent to the arrest-free UT is currently part of daily belongs on departments from Aug. B misdemeanor punishable demeanor tra c ticket over three months. both organizations. every UT street 29 to Sept. 12. Come by a ne of up to $2,000 and a subsequent six-month e coalition wanted UT In a statement released corner by our offices in HSM 180 days in jail. period. If successful in to join the Worker Rights OPINION p.4 building at 2500 Whitis ey must, at that time, meeting those conditions, Consortium because they PLEAS continues on page 2 Ave to pick up an appli- cation. UT students from all majors are encour- UNIVERSITY LEGACY aged to apply. Environmental science majors Tim Eischen and Former UT VP dead, THE WEEKEND Hank Star are the minds behind AHEAD the xeriscaping inspired racial equality SATURDAY project at the Harry Ransom By David Maly Wild Frontier Fest Center. See Baths, Mother Falcon, What Made Milwaukee When he graduated high Famous and 20+ other school in the 1940s, James bands at The Mohawk for Hill could not attend UT only $15. Doors open at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, because of the color of his Sept. 8. skin. Years later, Hill held one of the University’s Marisa Vasquez highest o ces. SATURDAY Daily Texan Staff Hill, a special assistant James Hill Roller Derby to the University president, Have you ever watched died Sunday of prostate Former UT vice president cancer at the age of 84. Born Roller Derby? Catch the and school relations from in 1928, he spent a lifetime Texas Rollergirls in their Xeriscaping helps UT save water 2000 until 2007. last home bout of the 2012 advocating equal rights and e Black Faculty and season on Saturday, Sept. became UT’s rst black By Bobby Blanchard $31,000. Markus Hogue, Sta Association recognized 8. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. annual water savings vice president. Hill par- program coordinator for Hill multiple times during at the Austin Convention on campus ticipated in many anti-dis- irrigation and water con- his life for his work at UT. Center. ~72,000 gallons at criminatory organizations While UT is saving servation, said the Ransom e association awarded at UT, including the Mar- 233,000 gallons of water an- Center saves 72,000 gallons Harry Ransom Center him the Lifetime Achieve- tin Luther King Jr. Sculp- SUNDAY nually by using rock gardens of water every year with this (~$517 saved) ment Award in 2006 and ture Project Committee and drought-tolerant plants, technique, which amounts established the Dr. James L. Sunday Sail and the Black Faculty and landscapers in the facilities to more than $500 in water ~68,000 gallons at Hill Education Scholarship UT Sailing Club invites Sta Association. you to join them for department are looking to costs. UT’s overall xeriscap- site east of Tower in 2001, an e ort, Brown Philemon Brown, presi- sailing on Lake Travis save even more. ing e ort amounts to more said, he is thankful for, be- dent of the Black Faculty from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. No UT’s Campus Planning than $1,600 in annual sav- ~93,000 gallons at cause it will enable Hill’s and Sta Association and a experience necessary, but & Facilities Management is ings on its water bill. 24th Street site legacy at UT to live on for friend of Hill’s, said he re- please bring a swimsuit, looking to expand xeriscap- Brett Gustafson, a land- years to come. towel, water, lunch and calls the positive e ect Hill’s ing on campus. e Uni- scape installation supervisor, “He was a great person, sunscreen. Carpool meets TOTAL SAVINGS work had on people. versity has been xeriscap- said the previous landscape and some of his legacy will at 27th St. & Wichita 233,000 gallons “Being the rst African- ing, which is a landscaping was costing the University a live on now,” Brown said. surface parking lot. American vice president at practice that saves water by lot of water. ~$1,675 “His legacy will inspire oth- the University put forth an replacing di erent landscape “When we came in here, ers to do great things and to Source: Markus Hogue inspirational goal for oth- plots across campus with we ripped out all the ex- continue to create a space ers, saying ‘You, too, can do Today more drought-tolerant plants, isting plant materials that “It took a long time, dealing where the University wel- this in light of the lack of since 2009. Two rock gardens were just water suckers,” with everyone that wanted to comes every person.” people of color in high-level in history at the Harry Ransom Center, Gustafson said. be involved, and it nally hap- Hill’s daughter, Jac- places,’ and so he provided which are saving 72,000 gal- Environmental science se- pened,” Star said. “But this is queline Howard, said she In 1822 that inspiration for students lons of water annually, are niors Hank Star and Tim Eis- what we are moving towards, admired the way her fa- and sta as well as faculty.” Referred to as Dia the newest e orts made to chen pushed for the project more drought-tolerant and ther was willing to work Brown said. da Independência or conserve water on campus. along with one other student.

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