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1 YEARS THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 25 SXSW 25th ANNUAL SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST interactive + film + music SXSW COVERAGE, PREVIEWS AND INFO INSIDE LONGHORN LIFE AND ONLINE ALL WEEK >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, March 11, 2011 Accusals delay SG results WEEKEND By Ahsika Sanders 3 p.m. on Thursday. Butler and Baker Finance junior Aakash Kumar ar- Daily Texan Staff received the penalty for failing to re- gued on behalf of Mulugheta and main within three feet of their signs. Desai, saying each campaign team It might be after spring break be- Mulugheta and Desai argued that was issued a moratorium and the FRIDAY fore students know who the new Stu- Butler’s campaign failed to remove Butler-Baker signs that weren’t tak- dent Government president and vice signs in West Campus and campaign en down in West Campus gave them SXSW president will be. An election code vi- materials online. Mulugheta’s and De- an unfair advantage. South By Southwest begins olation hearing Thursday resulted in sai’s campaign was also under a mor- “This is a blatant violation of the today. More information is appeals on both sides and no decision atorium from 12:45 to 4 p.m. for fail- code, and it happened before,” Ku- available at sxsw.com and in the in sight. ing to remain within three feet of their mar said about Butler and Baker’s inserted supplement to today’s Abel Mulugheta and Sameer De- signs and also for collecting votes in failure to remove all signage during paper. sai’s campaign accused the Natalie Jester Dormitory. The election code the moratorium. “You hit them with Butler and Ashley Baker campaign of prohibits campaigns from collecting a fine, and they didn’t stop; you hit Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff Ride ’em, violating a moratorium against cam- votes on campus. Both teams previ- them with a moratorium, and they Presidential candidate Abel Mulugheta whispers to Abdul Pasha, who rep- paigning that the Election Superviso- ously received fines for failing to stay resented his alliance during the appeal Thursday night. Both alliances broke cowboy ry Board issued from 12:45 p.m. until The 2011 Star of Texas Fair close to their signs. ELECTION continues on PAGE 2 the rules of a moratorium, freezing election decisions until further notice. and Rodeo begins today at the Travis County Expo Center. Adult fairground tickets are $7, while rodeo and concert ONthe tickets start at $37, including OKLAHOMA TEXAS fairground admission. LEGE SATURDAY Bills to require The Pork Experiment vaccine shots The Brooklyn Brewery is holding a pork cooking contest for meningitis Saturday at Club de Ville from OKLAHOMA noon to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door and audience at University members also get to taste the dishes. DOWN Editor’s note: This is the final in- BREAK stallation of a six-part series examin- ‘Get Up’ ing bills that could impact the lives of Mohawk is hosting an official By Will Anderson students. SXSW opening night after By Melissa Ayala party Saturday with performers Daily Texan Staff including Washed Out, DJ Premier and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. Doors open After Rep. Charlie Howard, R- Sugarland, spoke at the funeral of a at 8 p.m. and the show is free, ANSAS CITY, Mo. — You could constituent who died from bacterial but an RSVP at about.ning.com/ call it a comeback for Jordan Ham- meningitis, he decided to push legis- sxsw/ is required. ilton if the sophomore swingman lation that would require all students didn’t already average a team-best to get a vaccine against the disease 18.5 points per outing. before entering college. SUNDAY But after a five-game slump in which he hit Texas A&M junior Nicolis Wil- Kjust 31.5 percent of his shots, Thursday’s 22-point liams’ family said they hoped other Equine ballet performance was a turnaround of sorts for Ham- The dancing Lipizzaner Stallions students would not contract the same ilton as Texas defeated Oklahoma 74-54 in the are performing Sunday at the disease as their son, and Howard said second round of the Big 12 tournament. Frank Erwin Center at 2 and 6 he agreed with their sentiment. “I had some days off, and we had a chance to p.m. Tickets start at $22.50. “Even before the funeral, what they go on and practice and execute and listen to what were more concerned about was that Coach has been saying,” Hamilton said. this didn’t happen to students in the Texas baseball Hamilton was dangerous in close, scoring eight future,” Howard said. “That really Longhorns are playing the of his points in the paint, and from afar with two made an impression on me.” Brown University Bears at 2 treys plus a few more long jumpers. Current law, which is the Jamie p.m. Sunday at UFCU Disch-Falk “He knows when to take shots and when to Schanbaum Act passed in 2009, re- Field. Tickets are $7. turn them down,” said Texas guard Dogus Bal- quires all incoming students who bay. “We believe in him.” will live in residence halls to receive On a day when top-seeded Kansas barely es- the vaccine. Schanbaum was a soph- Today in history caped Oklahoma State and No. 4 seed Kan- omore at UT when she contracted In 2006 sas State fell, the Longhorns (26-6, 14-3 Big 12) bacterial meningitis in 2008. She had blew out the Sooners. They showed signs of Michelle Bachelet is not gotten the vaccine because she inaugurated becoming the first their mid-season form — when they rattled off a Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff lived off campus. female president of Chile. Texas freshman Tristan Thompson puts in a dunk Thursday night against the Sooners. Thompson had 13 points, 11 rebounds and blocked two shots. TEXAS continues on PAGE 8 BILLS continues on PAGE 2 Campus watch Breaking news 2300 block of Speedway Program to redesign entry-level courses A UT student struck a UT staff KUT donors pledge member’s vehicle with a fist By Matthew Stottlemyre cessfully navigate these gateway gram. He said five classes which serve as he attempted to pass the Daily Texan Staff courses while at least maintaining more than 9,000 students — two in- student who was walking in and hopefully improving quality?” troductory biology, two chemistry support for station the street. The staff member Faculty and administrators are re- Keller said. and an introductory statistics class — got into a verbal confrontation designing large, entry-level under- will begin implementing methodolo- with the student. The student graduate classes to better engage stu- gy changes this fall. then took another swing at him dents with hopes they will learn and after threat of cuts Senior biology lecturer Sata By William James tal pledges. during the confrontation. retain more from the courses. Sathasivan led a group of faculty to Daily Texan Staff Although pledge drives are not The University, with funding write the proposal to include biolo- considered competition from sta- through the provost’s office, has com- Can we help more gy courses in the program. He said he When it comes to radio pledge tion to station, KVRX’s pledge mitted $2.5 million to the newly cre- has planned methods to improve stu- drives, KUT deserves a Ph.D. for drive coordinator Katie Car- ated Course Transformation Program students successfully dents’ ability to prepare for class and schooling every other local radio son said she was shocked to hear over at least three years, said Harrison navigate these gateway allow instructors to use lecture time station in town. “ KUT’s final results and congratu- Keller, vice provost for higher educa- more effectively. He said the planning The National Public Radio af- lated them for their tremendous tion policy and executive director of courses while at least has taken place in weekly meetings filiate and University-operated ra- success. the Center for Teaching and Learn- with the other biology faculty partici- dio station, KUT 90.5, announced The NPR affiliate owes some Quote to note ing. The program provides funding maintaining and pating in the program and the teach- Wednesday morning that more of its success to members of the and expert support from the Center “ ing center’s experts. than 7,500 individuals and local KUT advisory board, which in- “It’s all in the for Teaching and Learning for facul- hopefully improving “We start with the learning objec- businesses pledged more than $1 cludes community leaders and ty to design, implement and assess spectrum‘ of being quality? tives, examine the best ways of ad- million during the station’s annual professionals, who pooled their new teaching methods. The program ‘ dressing them to students and then spring pledge drive. This success respective resources to create indi- human. Whether focuses on courses that enroll more — Harrison Keller, Vice provost for examine how we can assess the learn- comes on the heels of last month’s vidual goals ranging from $2,500 than 1,000 students at a time in mul- higher education policy you’re homeless or ing,” Sathasivan said. news that the U.S. House of Rep- to $25,000. tiple sections. One possibility for improvement resentatives approved cuts to NPR Among the advisory board In the large courses, one in five stu- live in a big house, is to broaden access to online mate- that could result in $500,000 in members was UT McCombs dents receive a failing grade or with- rial organized by topic, including lec- losses for KUT.
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