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1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Exploring Día de los Muertos Come sail away SPORTS PAGE 8 Big hits, fielding help Giants win Game 4 TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 73 53 Monday, November 1, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com THE WEEK Gubernatorial candidates push for votes AHEAD Perry, White campaigns around Texas on the last weekend an effort to get more Democrats to of his campaign’s standard attacks new poll by Texas newspapers that before Election Day in a last push the polls on Tuesday. against Perry, such as how Per- shows Perry leading by 12 percent. visit partisan strongholds to get voters to the polls. “The excitement is palpable in ry appointees directed investment “The assumptions used in the TODAY Perry spent Friday in West Texas this state,” White told a group of dollars from the Teacher Retire- poll, compared to reality of who’s to encourage supporters and Sunday in the traditionally Re- campaign volunteers working a ment System to investment funds actually showed up to vote are way Diabetes By Nolan Hicks publican Houston suburbs drum- Democratic phone bank in Austin run by Perry donors against the ad- off,” White said. Awareness Week Daily Texan Staff ming up votes, while White trav- on Friday. “We need a real leader vice of TRS staff, who thought the He said the poll results had The Hispanic Student Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic eled to traditionally Democratic ar- and not a yell leader.” investments were unsound. been skewed because younger vot- Association will kick off Diabetes challenger Bill White barnstormed eas of the state, including Austin, in White then went on to list many He also spent time attacking the Awareness Week with a rally on INSIDE: For more information about the governor’s race, check out the voter’s guide on page 7 ELECTION continues on page 2 the West Mall at 10 a.m. TUESDAY A FRIGHT TO REMEMBER Department Election Day Polls will be open from 7 a.m. outgrows to 7 p.m. of ce, starts WEDNESDAY construction By Emily Sides of Montreal Daily Texan Staff The indie rock band will play The UT Department of Com- a set at East Side Drive-In with puter Science has outgrown its Janelle Monae. The show starts offices in Taylor Hall on Speed- at 6 p.m. and tickets cost $15. way between 23rd and 24th streets. To make room for fu- ture growth in the department, the University will construct a THURSDAY 140,000-square-foot complex named for donors Bill and Me- The excitement linda Gates. Officials broke ground on the of David Bowie new $63 million complex Friday, The Alamo Drafthouse less than a week after the Facul- Downtown will host a Sing-and- ty Council passed a resolution Quote Along of “The Labyrinth” calling for a suspension of new at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $10. construction on campus. More than half of the fund- What’s next? ing for the new Bill and Me- linda Gates Computer Science Four political journalists will Complex and Dell Computer analyze the outcome of the Science Hall — $40 million — Nov. 2 election and offer will come from the Bill and Me- predictions for the future. The linda Gates Foundation and the event starts at 5:30 p.m. in Bass Michael and Susan Dell Foun- Lecture Hall. dation. An additional $23 mil- Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff lion, which will come from UT Will Ragan, a marketing junior and cyclist for Texas 4000, volunteers at Doc Avery’s Haunted House for charity in north Austin on FRIDAY Sunday evening. All proceeds were donated to the Austin Captial Area Food Bank and other charities. COMPLEX continues on page 2 Fun Fun Fun Fest Weird Al Yankovic will headline the first night of the three-day music festival. Student discount Jimmy Carter signs book tickets are available for $105. detailing time as president By Nick Mehendale ments of people or lack of fore- lenges and opportunities, and the Daily Texan Staff sight,” Carter said. personal effect on me and my fam- More than 600 people showed “I haven’t changed the meaning ily,” Carter said. “I also want peo- up at BookPeople on Friday to see of a single sentence.” ple to know how I dealt with dif- Quote to note former President Jimmy Carter While Carter still holds the orig- ferent kinds of people and different and get a signed copy of his new inal 5,000-page diary, one copy kinds of issues. It revealed quite of- “There’s two types book, “White House Diary.” has been sequestered in the Jim- ten how I felt then, which may not of people, sailboat In his book, Carter reveals my Carter Library and Museum be the way I feel now over 30 years Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan Staff his unedited diary entries dur- in Atlanta. Next year, he plans to later. Also, what people have for- and motorboat‘ peo- ing his one term in office from make the entire document avail- gotten [about the presidency].” Daniel Schroeder and son Gabe, 7, walk up the steps of the Capitol 1977 to 1981. able to scholars. Carter said he sees much of his ple. Sailboat‘ people shortly before the Rally to Restore Sanity began on Saturday. “When preparing this book, I “I want people to know what it’s presidency in President Barack are slower paced, decided not to revise the origi- like within the White House as an Obama’s, including some of the whereas motorboat nal transcript, despite the tempta- incumbent president dealing with people prefer speed, Crowd calls for ‘sanity’ tion to conceal my errors, misjudg- a plethora of problems and chal- CARTER continues on page 2 so that’s probably Former why we get a lot of President at Austin satellite rally Jimmy Carter engineers, since they signs copies enjoy doing things By Lauren Giudice fanity,” “Friends don’t let friends of his book, Daily Texan Staff teabag” and “I have a different “White House themselves and cre- About 1,500 miles away from opinion than you, but you aren’t Diary,” Friday ating from scratch.” Austin, political satirists and Com- Hitler.” afternoon at edy Central show hosts Jon Stew- State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Aus- BookPeople — Jennifer Beazley art and Stephen Colbert held their tin; State Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D- on Lamar Boulevard, UT Sailing Club secretary Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Austin; Austin Mayor Lee Leffin- where a line of Fear. Although the rally took place gwell and City Councilman Mike LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 people waited on the National Mall in Washing- Martinez spoke at the rally. outside hours ton D.C., Austinites had a front “We are rallying for a change before his row seat to the day’s events. in tone, a new process in getting arrival. Still stuck on More than 6,000 people of differ- things done,” Watson said. “We Halloween? ent races, ages and political affilia- want a Texas that aspires, even tions came together at the Capitol as it achieves. We want leaders Visit a haunted house to watch a satellite projection of who are more interested in fixing @ dailytexanonline.com the rally and to advocate civility things than fighting them.” in politics. They carried signs with Danielle Villasana sayings like “Pro-sanity, not pro- RALLY continues on page 2 Daily Texan Staff GRAND OPENING ! #! $ " !$ ! # Buy one sushi roll get one of equal or lesser value. Offer Valid 11/2 at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium location only. Limit one per customer. Not to be combined with any other offer. 2 2 NEWS Monday, November 1, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 101 ‘No Refusal’ weekend brings in 50 arrests 25 cents COMPLEX: Space will CONTACT US Main Telephone: allow collaboration (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester among disciplines (512) 232-2212 [email protected] From page 1 ics,” Scott said. “Coders have to Managing Editor: know what to look for.” Sean Beherec or additional donors, is need- Scott said the department (512) 232-2217 ed to complete the project. outgrew Taylor Hall on Speed- managingeditor@ The department has worked way between 23rd and 24th dailytexanonline.com toward constructing a new streets. Still, a strong sense of building for eight years. Fac- community flourished. Retail Advertising: ulty and students have been “Our community has been (512) 471-1865 spread around five to seven centered in Taylor Hall, but [email protected] buildings, said Nancy Hatch- it’s not big enough for all of ett, the assistant director of the our community,” Scott said Classified Advertising: computer science department. Friday at a street fair for the (512) 471-5244 The complex will be built groundbreaking Friday on the classifi[email protected] on the site of Taylor Hall and East Mall. Chilling Station No. 2. The Plans for the complex by complex will house 60 facul- New York architecture firm Pel- ty instead of the current 43, li Clarke Pelli call for windows Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff 1,400 undergraduates instead on four sides of the building Members of Texans for Accountable Government protest APD’s “No Refusal” weekend on Sixth Street The Texan strives to present all information of the current 900, 350 gradu- and an atrium to the sky. Saturday night. fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know ate students up from 250 and “The way the architects de- about it.