PRESERVATION As Higher Education Because Both Kings Will Play Emo’S at 7 P.M

1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 The Daily Texan will only print on Mondays ROCK IT DOWN FOR THE COUNT Get the adrenaline pumping and Thursdays over the summer. We will Entertainment band uses space theme, dances to please crowds with a wrestling audio slideshow resume a regular print schedule in the fall. LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 bit.ly/dt_video >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, July 18, 2011 THE WEEK Top officials AHEAD show differing It’s goodbye standpoints to A&M The Daily Texan and Texas on higher ed A&M’s The Battalion are competing to get the most By William James Gerlich Facebook followers by Aug. 1. Daily Texan Staff Like us on Facebook and show your Texan pride! Check back Gov. Rick Perry, Pres. Barack here each Monday for updates Obama and former Pres. George of the results. W. Bush have each made a mark on higher education in Texas. The DAILY TEXAN former and current president each holds his own opinions on how to shape universities. Potential presidential hopeful Perry is expected to announce his candidacy in the BATTALION next month, in the midst of grow- ing controversy about his perspec- tive on higher education and funding. The Daily Texan takes a look at the three politicians’ impacts on higher education. TODAY Gov. Rick Perry In an address made earlier this Short films Photos by Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff The Alamo Drafthouse South year, the potential presidential hope- Above, Federico Archuleta holds a cardboard stencil of Buddy Holly in his garage studio in East Austin. Archuleta, whose work can be found on ful said he will push three big initia- Lamar will screen the winner of walls across the city, was permitted by the new owners of the old Tower Records building on the corner of 24th and Guadalupe streets to touch tives for higher education: creating its 48-hour short film contest, up his original murals. Below, The Cely-Martinez family walks past Archuleta’s mural of Johnny Cash on their way to Tyler’s on Sunday. along with other short films a $10,000 bachelors degree, a state- from around the world. The wide tuition freeze and an outcome- show starts at 6:30 p.m. based funding system, in which the state would take 10 percent of its funding for higher education and redistribute it to universities with TUESDAY the highest graduation rates. POP ART Controversy has stemmed from Tangerine Sky Perry’s conversations with Jeff Sand- Rap-rock artists and weed efer of the Texas Public Policy Foun- enthusiasts the Kottonmouth dation regarding the future of Tex- PRESERVATION as higher education because both Kings will play Emo’s at 7 p.m. men have tried to push the “Seven Breakthrough Solutions for High- By Syeda Hasan Tower Records owned the building, just three er Education” on state university Daily Texan Staff months before the music store went out of busi- boards of regents. WEDNESDAY ness and was replaced by the bookstore Intellec- According to various emails ac- The murals of iconic musicians at the inter- tual Property. quired though the Texas Public In- Famous In A section of 24th and Guadalupe streets will be Archuleta said he painted the murals as a formation Act, Perry has person- preserved with the opening of four new busi- Small Town tribute to some of his favorite artists and in- ally urged regents to adopt Sand- nesses at the location. cluded portraits of music greats such as Johnny Country darling Miranda efer’s solutions, which try to The original artist Federico Archuleta said he Cash, The Clash and Bob Dylan. Lambert does a taping at ACL change higher education in the was able to preserve and touch up the paintings “I tried to tip my hat to a variety of artists, Live at 8 p.m. state by separating research from this weekend thanks to the support of the man- including blues, rock and country,” Archu- university funding. ager at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf that will be leta said. “Right before Intellectual Property opening in the space. He started stenciling in THURSDAY 2003. That same year, he drew the mural when MURAL continues on PAGE 2 POLITICS continues on PAGE 2 Wooden Artistry DT SPOTLIGHT: ROLE OF RESEARCH A family event at the Blanton Museum of Art explores wood as an artistic medium from 10 a.m. to noon. Energy company Today in history partners with UT In 1955 Anaheim, Calif. becomes the site of the first Disneyland to patent battery theme park. By Syeda Hasan cell phone, your laptop or your Daily Texan Staff iPod,” Goodenough said. “We are also working on expanding it for UT researchers have announced use in hybrid electric cars.” a partnership with the world’s larg- Goodenough has worked with est hydroelectric producer to pat- Hydro-Québec since 1996 to devel- ent a revolutionary rechargeable op the batteries. He said the part- battery designed at nership for pat- the University. ents would allow Engineering the company to Quote to note professor John mass-produce the Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff Goodenough used This is important “ key materials for “... you’re competing an innovative com- for the wireless the batteries and Austin Emergency medical services captains Keith Noble and James Dionizio depart early Saturday bination of mate- sell them to man- morning to provide medical services on motorcycles. with‘ user rials to create the revolution. We’ve ufacturers to pro- experiences‘ such as lithium ion battery, done a variety of pel the commer- which will be pro- things with it... cialization process Amazon, Facebook duced by Canadi- “ for his design. Motorcycles aid quicker EMS response and the iPad. If an-based company — John Goodenough, UT engineering “This is impor- Hydro-Québec for professor tant for the wire- By Katrina Tollin igate through congested traffic ling motorcycle may be closer to it’s not as easy to use in commercial less revolution,” Daily Texan Staff much better than an ambulance, the crash to give faster treatment. use, seamless and products around G o o d e n o u g h said EMS spokesman Warren Once there, the motorcycle para- the world. said. “We’ve done Emergency medical services re- Hassinger. medic can give immediate care to interactive, your user Goodenough a variety of things sponse times will be up to five “Motorcycles give us better ac- the patient and determine the se- said he researched a variety of with it, and I’ve been very happy minutes faster with a new process during the gridlock times of verity of the injuries. They can call is one click away cathode materials to design re- with my relationship with Hydro- gram that puts paramedics on early morning and late evening,” off the ambulance if it is only a mi- from finding chargeable batteries that were sig- Québec. They’ve been very helpful motorcycles. Hassinger said. “A lot of these car nor accident so that ambulances nificantly lighter and longer last- on furthering the commercializa- The new pilot program uses crashes don’t result in any inju- can be available for a more serious another option.” ing than alternatives. He said his tion of our development.” medically equipped motorcycles ries at all, a lot of it is just free- call that may require patient trans- batteries were also safer for con- Goodenough said the partner- along Interstate Highway 35. The ing up resources and decreasing port, said Captain Keith Noble. sumer use and more environ- bikes have been used in the past — Dr. Misha Vaughan ship is an example of important response times.” “There is always an ambulance Oracle architect mentally friendly. and profitable developments that for special events, but first be- When a 911 call is placed for a on the way behind us; we get dis- “This is the type of battery that came available to patrols on I-35 traffic accident an ambulance is NEWS PAGE 6 gets put into things such as your BATTERY continues on PAGE 2 two weeks ago. The bikes can nav- dispatched to the site, but a patrol- EMS continues on PAGE 2 2 2 NEWS Monday, July 18, 2011 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 112, Number 14 BATTERY EIGHT-SECOND RIDE continues from PAGE 1 CONTACT US can result from supporting long-term research projects at the University. 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