THE DAILY TEXAN 98 75 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin Community Since 1900
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1A SPORTS PAGE 8 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Sports fair unifies Austin’s gay community Central Market hosts last day of its Hatch Chile Festival NEWS PAGE 6 Alumni educate high school students about college TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 98 75 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com TODAY UT reduces projected spending By Collin Eaton tion service units. committee that focuses on state budget, plans for which will evolve lines the University’s plans to cut Daily Texan Staff Responding to the state leader- agencies’ budgets. In May, Gov. over the next legislative session, $2 million from special items, but Calendar UT-Austin’s legislative appro- ship’s request to plan for a 10-per- Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dew- may amount to as much as $30 mil- the plans are contingent on what priations request (LAR) cut more cent budget cut, each UT System hurst and House Speaker Joe Straus lion — which translates to roughly the state legislature decides when Five years later than $2 million from projected institution submitted 2012-13 LARs requested that every state agency 600 filled or vacant positions. it convenes in the spring. To commemorate the University spending, specifical- late last week to the Texas Legis- submit their LARs in August. Mary Knight, UT’s budget di- anniversary of Hurricane ly targeting research and informa- lative Budget Board, a legislative The full 10-percent cut from UT’s rector, said the document out- BUDGET continues on page 7 Katrina, the Perry-Castaneda Library will host an interactive exhibit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Map Room. The exhibit Cap Metro will feature newspaper articles, maps, books and video as well Film reveals accidental celebrity as experts on the disaster. Free cuts routes, New Orleans-style cafe au lait will also be served. leaves one Animal issues forum remaining Find out what it takes to volunteer for Emancipet, an By David Colby Daily Texan Staff animal advocacy organization. Two Capital Metro Express The organization is hosting a routes from Leander to Austin lunch and a short film at Austin may be canceled at the end of City Hall beginning at 11:45 this year, according to a propos- a.m. al introduced at the agency’s board meeting on Monday. Dance workshop Three express routes to and Grupo Flor y Canto sevillanas from Austin currently serve Le- folk dance workshop from ander, but the proposed chang- 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. in AHG 136. es would eliminate the 984 and Closed-toed shoes are required. 986 routes in January, leav- ing the 987 as the only express route between the two cities. The 984 and 986, which run es- Today in history sentially identical routes, travel down Interstate Highway 35 be- fore making stops at Martin Lu- In 1997 ther King Jr. Boulevard and Red Britain’s Princess Diana died in River Street. The 987, which trav- car crash in Paris at the age of els from Leander to downtown, 36. instead takes a route down Mo- Pac Boulevard and U.S. High- way 183, which makes two stops before reaching campus. Campus watch Travel time from Leander to campus on the 987 can be 27 South Mall minutes longer than the same A UT student reported seeing Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff trip to campus on the 984 and two subjects examining bike Former RTF professor Ben Steinbauer turned his obsession with a viral video about an angry salesman into an international film festival favorite. 986, but officials at the agency say it is also the most popular of locks near the Main Building. His documentary, “Winnebago Man,” chronicles a quest to find the man behind the anger and reveal the personality of the accidental celebrity. the three. During the investigation, the officer located one of the INSIDE: Irate salesman wins hearts around the world on page 14 ROUTE continues on page 2 subjects near Jester. The subject saw the officer approaching and pulled out his wallet and handed the officer his driver’s license without having to be Organization welcomes asked. He told two different stories as to why he was on campus and where he was Valley students to UT headed to. The subject was By Anna Fata nization two years ago while vol- issued a written Criminal Daily Texan Staff unteering at the UT Valley Admis- Trespass Warning and was The Valley Longhorn Students sions Center in Harlingen. She of- escorted from the area. welcomed new and returning stu- fered her personal contact infor- dents from the Rio Grande Valley mation to help Valley students be- to a new school year on Monday. come comfortable with college life The organization helps students in a new city. from the Rio Grande Valley area “When I started, there were not find their way on campus by host- so many people from my high ing social and charity events and school,” Fernandez said. “I got providing information about oth- really involved right away, but er clubs at UT. I know it is really hard for other Public relations senior Tanya Quote to note Fernandez co-founded the orga- VALLEY continues on page 2 “It’s funny because it started‘ in such a small town,‘ and now Elena Vann | Daily Texan Staff when people leave Juniors Almendra Zarazua and Clarissa Salazar load up on longhorn gear for their dog, Claude, at the and go back home University Co-op Monday afternoon. they tell everyone how delicious and Texas tops collegiate merchandising addictive the By Nick Mehendale which track the top merchandise- The Collegiate Licensing Com- peppers are.” Daily Texan Staff selling colleges. UT has made pany is the largest college li- UT sits atop the rankings yet more than $10.1 million in gross censing and branding organi- — Marcia Nordyke again — this time, for the amount royalties from branded merchan- zation in the United States, rep- chairwoman of the Hatch of school merchandise sold. dise in the last fiscal year, which resenting more than 200 colleg- Chile Festival in For the fifth year in a row, the ran from July 1, 2009, to June 30, es and universities — includ- Hatch, N.M. University took the top spot last 2010. That figure saw a substan- ing many schools with large fan Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff week in the annual Collegiate tial increase from the previous Tanya Fernandez, Jacquelin Fernandez, and Tony Flor lead the first LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Licensing Company rankings, year’s figure of $8.9 million. MERCH continues on page 2 Valley Longhorn Students meeting of the semester Monday evening. Day one ! = = Up to 2 msgs/mo. Message and Data Rates May Apply. Text for questions or to quit. Visit mms.us/ey for full terms. 2A 2 NEWS Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ROUTE: W THE DAILY TEXAN Critic argues group is trying Volume 111, Number 58 to increase use of MetroRail system 25 cents From page 1 nothing to do with this.” CONTACT US The Red Line service, which be- Main Telephone: “This is an opportunity for us gan operation earlier this year, con- (512) 471-4591 to operate more efficiently and ef- tinues to operate far below agency fectively,” said Cap Metro spokes- projections. According to data re- Editor: man Adam Shaivitz. “The two leased by Capital Metro, Metro- Lauren Winchester routes up for cancellation perform Rail’s operating cost per passenger (512) 232-2212 less well in terms of ridership.” was $39.56 in May, more than dou- [email protected] Shaivitz said that cutting these ble the budgeted cost per rider. two routes would save 5,000 ser- Capital Metro maintains that Managing Editor: vice hours, which will be reallocat- the proposed changes are simply Sean Beherec ed to add seven more trips for the part of an effort to use resources (512) 232-2217 987 as well as increasing service to in the most efficient way possible, managingeditor@ other routes around Austin. not part of an effort to increase dailytexanonline.com Mike Dahmus, a former Ur- ridership on the MetroRail. ban Transportation Commission “Ultimately, if the goal was to News Office: member and frequent critic of the move all of these riders over to (512) 232-2207 agency’s MetroRail Red Line, said MetroRail, we wouldn’t have any [email protected] that the group is cutting these express routes running on this routes to force riders to use the corridor,” Shaivitz said. Web Office: rail service, which is less conve- Still, Dahmus believes that the (512) 471-8616 nient and slower for many com- proposed route cuts are primari- [email protected] muters than the express routes ly an effort to give a boost to the that are up for cancellation. Red Line. Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff Sports Office: “These routes are not redun- “Capital Metro has a ton of polit- Austinite M. Houston takes a stroll around Town Lake Monday afternoon. (512) 232-2210 dant. The reason people are riding ical capital tied up in this train now [email protected] the 984 and 986 is because those are and they cannot admit that [the the fastest options available,” Dah- Red Line] was a mistake,” Dahmus Life & Arts Office: mus said. “It strains the bounds of said. “They need this to be viewed (512) 232-2209 reason to state that the trains have as at least a marginal success.” MERCH: Success in sports leads to sales [email protected] From page 1 ble for the retail price to be dou- Co-op President and CEO Photo Office: ble that of the wholesale, mean- George Mitchell said sales last (512) 471-8618 bases such as UT.