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1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 ON TO THE NEXT OLD-FASHIONED ART WALKOFF WIN Texas advances to play A&M in the South Congress establishment offers Tant Shepherd’s home run sends Texas second round of the Big 12 Tourney Austinites treasure trove of antiques past Roadrunners in extra innings SPORTS PAGE 7 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 SPORTS PAGE 10 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Wednesday, March 9, 2011 82ND LEGISLATURE TODAY Bill would lift ban on Sunday liquor sales By Marty McAndrews duced the bill at the hearing, and his spokes- If passed, the repeal could provide more The Texas Package Store Association, Calendar Daily Texan Staff man Jeremy Warren said the repeal of the than $7 million in tax revenue to the strug- which protects liquor stores’ interests, is op- Sunday ban would update liquor law to the gling Texas economy, Warren said. Texas is posed the bill. The association’s Executive Di- A bill in the Texas Legislature that could re- alcohol regulations already in place. facing an estimated $15 billion to $27 billion rector Lance Lively said alcohol sales would peal the ban on Sunday liquor sales caused an “Texas law designating sales of alcohol right budget deficit. not justify overhead costs of keeping a loca- Texas softball uproar from several liquor store owners dur- Longhorns play Texas State at now are incongruous,” Warren said. “You can “The main inspiration is revenue creation,” tion open on a Sunday. Although the law would ing public testimony Tuesday. go to a restaurant or bar and purchase alco- Warren said. “It’s not a big revenue enhanc- McCombs Field tonight at 6:30 not require liquor stores to open on Sundays, The Sunday liquor ban is an example of a hol, you can go to a grocery store and pur- er, but we are facing an enormous deficit p.m. Tickets start at $5. competition from large chain stores could force blue law, or one that upholds religious stan- chase wine or beer, but this one vestige of the right now, so $6 million here, $7 million there dards. Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, intro- blue law remains.” means a lot.” LIQUOR continues on PAGEE 5 Open your mind John Hopkins School of Medicine neurosurgeon Dr. Ben 30-year plan Carson will talk at the Texas Union Ballroom tonight from 7 - 8 p.m. to be voted on Play it again, by city council Jiao By Allie Kolechta Butler School of Music doctoral Daily Texan Staff student and pianist Jiao Zhang will be performing tonight in Austin’s next 30 years could be Jessen Auditorium in Homer decided at tomorrow’s City Coun- Rainey Hall from 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. cil meeting, when council members look at whether or not to endorse a plan for the future of the city. Seeing red City Council will hold a public Alamo Drafthouse Ritz is hearing Thursday to decide if they screening SXSW 2010 Accepted should support Imagine Austin, a Film “Mars” tonight at 9:30 p.m. comprehensive plan for the city’s fu- Tickets are $9.50 and a Q&A ture. The plan details how the city can featuring director Geoff Marslett accommodate new residents, jobs, will follow the film. mixed-use areas, open space, tran- sit and transportation for the next 30 years. It will also address many of the challenges the city will face as it con- tinues to grow. The Imagine Austin Commission Today in history will present the Imagine Austin Plan Framework, which deals with chal- In 1862 lenges, and the Preferred Growth Sce- The Battle of Hampton Roads nario, which deals with accommo- ends after a standoff between dations required. The plan suggests the USS Monitor and the CSS Ryan Smith | Daily Texan Staff building safer routes to schools, devel- Virginia, prompting navies Local band Georgette plays a Haiti benefit concert at Hill Country Bible Church on Tuesday evening. All of the proceeds are going to help oping accessible community gathering around the world to begin rebuild the agriculture economy and build trade schools to educate Haitians in sustainable farming. places and constructing a variety of building ironclad ships instead new housing throughout the city. of wooden-hulled ones. One week after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that destroyed most of Hai- The entire plan is based on public ti, exercise science sophomore Taylor Lackey remembers switching on the input and community decisions, said television to catch a “60 Minutes” report. He saw images of Haiti reduced Imagine Austin spokesman Matt Du- SINGING FOR to a pile of rubble and hundreds of dead bodies on the street. By the end of gan. Council members will look at the special, Lackey said he felt God’s call to help Haiti. the Preferred Growth Scenario and Lackey threw the “Grow Hope in Haiti” benefit concert at Hill Coun- the Plan Framework while making try Bible Church last night to raise money toward their $360,000 goal, the decision, he said. Campus watch which would fund a school for teaching agriculture and trade. The concert The plan establishes directions to Writing on the Wall HAITIAN was the most recent of the church’s numerous efforts to provide relief in address environmental, social and Haiti, which has remained economically and structurally destroyed since economic challenges the city faces, San Antonio Parking Garage the earthquake. Dugan said. According to the plan, A UT Police Officer discovered a About 20 people attended, and the event raised $474. one of the main goals is to integrate word written in black spray paint EDUCATION “A lot of charity events go towards intangible things,” Lackey said. “This all three elements to create commu- on the north exterior wall of the nities with improved air quality, bet- parking garage. Estimated loss: By Jody Marie Serrano HAITI continues on PAGE 2 $50.00. IMAGINE continues on PAGE 2 82ND LEGISLATURE Cuts to Planned Parenthood spur protest By Jody Marie Serrano so Vargas attended Planned Parent- $27 billion budget deficit. Currently, Daily Texan Staff hood’s classes as a sophomore. The Planned Parenthood receives about course introduced girls to the con- one-third of its funding from the Memorial High School senior cept of sexually transmitted infec- state’s Women’s Health Program, es- Nicole Vargas stood a head short- tions and stressed that actions had tablished in 2005 to provide preven- Quote to note er than most of the crowd at Tues- consequences, she said. tative care to low-income women. day’s Planned Parenthood demon- “Teen pregnancy is a big issue in The organization offers health “ We all have a stration at the Capitol. Her opposi- services in the form of birth control, tion to proposed state cuts for the my community because a lot of girls different niche believe being pregnant is common,” annual woman health exams, STI ‘ program, however, was just as big as testing and sex education for just less and we ‘all have a that of every protester in the sea of Vargas said. than 300,000 people in Texas every Vargas joined Planned Parent- pink shirts. year, said Alan Kramer, board mem- different focus on hood advocates from all across Tex- Vargas, a San Antonio resident, ber of the Planned Parenthood Trust as to protest the proposed state cuts what we do, but said her mother had her first child at of South and Central Texas. we all share the 15 years old and received treatment to Texas Health and Human Servic- The demonstration followed a I-Hwa Chang | Daily Texan Staff from Planned Parenthood. Memori- es Commission’s programs because continues on PAGE 5 aesthetic of loving Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, talks to stu- al didn’t offer sex education courses, of the state’s estimated $15 billion to CUTS dents about how important it is for young people’s voices to be heard Susie things that have about improving sex education in public school. McDonald been loved, even attends the Planned though they’re Parenthood sometimes banged- Students, leaders speak out rally at the Capitol on up and scratched Tuesday for evidence-based sex ed at noon. and broken. It’s Supporters gratifying to be able By William James nence-only policies currently in place. from all around Daily Texan Staff Mackenzie Massey, president of Texas came to to pass UT’s Texas Freedom Network Student protest state budget cuts to Sex education in Texas public Chapter, helped organize the event it on.” the program. schools will become more compre- to promote a bill authored by Rep. hensive if student lobbyists and a state Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio. representative get their way. — Janette Bibby Under the bill, public schools will Assistant manager and About 75 students from across Texas teach abstinence-only as the most ef- vendor, Uncommon assembled at the Capitol on Tuesday to fective way to prevent teen pregnan- advocate for what they call age-appro- Objects cy. Schools will also have to pres- priate, evidence-based sex education in Fanny Trang LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 public schools, as opposed to the absti- SEX continues on PAGE 5 Daily Texan Staff 2 2 NEWS Wednesday, March 9, 2011 THE DAILY TEXAN NEWS BRIEFLY Volume 111, Number 163 Google to oversee webmail after UT confirms contract Students can say goodbye to CONTACT US the clunky orange UT webmail interface and claim a new Uni- Main Telephone: versity e-mail account hosted (512) 471-4591 through Google next month.