1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 SPORTS PAGE 8 Whiting out Labor Day’s fashion faux pas Longhorns look to Saturday’s game against Wyoming to step up defense NEWS PAGE 7 Austinites get prickly at annual cacti sale TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 86 76 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Undocumented UT grad dreams of recognition TODAY Students’ sit-in appeals for life and a wasted one. this legislative session. A total of 22 before Congress in 2001 — despite fore officers made arrests. Torres-Don, who graduated from students did the same thing in the consistent bipartisan support, it has Torres-Don came to the U.S. with opportunity, work eligibility UT in May with a degree in govern- offices of key legislators. never passed into law. his family at age 4 and grew up after college graduation ment, and four other undocument- The DREAM Act would provide The sit-in was the first time Tor- with no assurance of being able to Weather ed college graduates staged a sit-in conditional permanent residency res-Don publicly declared his sta- attend college. He and his sister are By Audrey White on June 21 in the Washington, D.C. and a pathway to citizenship for tus. The students face no charges the only two of nine children in his Tropical Storm Hermine Daily Texan Staff office of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to undocumented minors who have from immigration officials, but 21 family to do so. He said they knew Today, José Torres-Don goes to declare their undocumented status lived in the United States since at students were arrested for trespass- they could not take the opportunity threatens Central Texas court. He does so on behalf of a and demand that the Senate major- least age 15 and who either attend ing and escorted out of the building for granted and after a year at Texas Central Texas faces heavy fight that thousands of students and ity leader put the Development, Re- college or join the armed services when they refused to leave the of- Tech University, he came to UT in rains and potential flooding activists are fighting — one that he lief and Education of Alien Minors for at least two years. The earliest fice at the federal building’s closing as Topical Storm Hermine said is the difference between a full Act on the Congressional agenda version of the legislation appeared time, he said. One student left be- DREAM continues on page 2 made landfall Monday eve- ning, according to Nation- al Weather Service forecasts. Austin can expect two to five inches of rainfall, while some TA positions areas of Central Texas may receive up to 12 inches on Austinites stretch their dollars Tuesday. decrease as Hermine, which made landfall on Mexico’s northern gulf coast reached hurricane department strength briefly. The Aus- tin area will likely see sus- tained winds of 10-15 mph budgets drop with no serious gusts expect- ed, according to the National By Collin Eaton Weather Service. Daily Texan Staff — David Colby Anya Vaverko, a photojournal- ist who now lives in Nepal, all but ended her career as a UT graduate student last fall when she couldn’t find work as a teaching assistant. Calendar When she learned her TA posi- tion would no longer be available, Breaking fast Vaverko called everyone in her col- The Islamic Dialogue Group will lege for a job. No luck. Departments host a Ramadan fast-breaking outside the College of Communi- dinner in UTC 3.102 from 7:30- cation — where she was studying 9:30 p.m. photojournalism — “practically laughed” at her when she contact- ‘Ahhhhhhhhhh’ ed them for a TA position, she said. Terror Tuesday at the Alamo They didn’t have enough jobs for Drafthouse Ritz presents the their graduates, either. After a long and unproductive 1980 B-movie “Humanoids from search, she decided to move back the Deep” at 9:45 p.m. Tickets to Nepal to pursue her career in cost $1. journalism. “At this point, I’m not sure if I ‘Right where I will ever really get that degree,” belong’ she said. Austin-based Toni Price plays Because of budget cuts effec- the Continental Club at 6:30 tive in the 2010-11 biennium, many p.m. Tickets cost $7. graduate students are facing the Marcela Pineda | Daily Texan Staff same situation. Hundreds flocked to Whole Foods downtown for Austin Free Day of Yoga to get a taste of the popular aerobic exercise free of charge. Graduate Student Assembly President Manny Gonzalez said the scarcity of TA jobs is one of the Campus watch Free yoga classes offered to community members over Labor Day weekend most important items that GSA will address this year. TA sala- Stop peepin’ By Emily Sides Russell Burns, one of the event’s coordi- termediate and advanced classes for students ries can no longer cover the cost of Goldsmith Hall Daily Texan Staff nators and a certified yoga instructor, esti- to shop around. education, meaning graduate stu- A UT staff member reported Churches, parks and even grocery stores mated that more than 4,000 Austinites par- “This is our gift to the Austin community,” dents have to take out loans. De- a non-UT male subject was morphed into make-shift yoga studios to offer ticipated this year, up from only about 200 said Mary Esther Middleton, event co-coordi- creasing the number of TA jobs can free classes to Austin residents on Monday. when it first began. Austin has the third nator and a certified yoga instructor. “We want inside the women’s bathroom create further financial hurdles for Austin Free Day of Yoga started in 1999 to largest yoga-practicing population behind everyone of any physical background to find a and had been in there for more grad students, he said. attract more people to the recreational activi- New York and San Francisco, yoga class that’s just right for them.” Although the number of Univer- than 30 minutes. The staff ty. Since then, yoga instructors around the city The try-it-for-free day began in Austin and UT alumna Samantha Lipman attended a sity-wide TA appointments has not member stated the subject have offered free classes over Labor Day week- has expanded to other cities, such as Dallas was standing at the stall door ends to show appreciation for their students. and Houston. Teachers offered beginner, in- YOGA continues on page 6 JOBS continues on page 2 watching as females entered to use the facilities. During the investigation, the subject informed the officers that he was there using the facilities for Suspended police officer its intended purpose. Crime Prevention Tip: Never appeals for reinstatement let your guard down. Because there is a sign on the outside By Aziza Musa “I always had a plan of doing of the door denoting who is Daily Texan Staff about 10 years on the street and try- allowed in, this will not stop Former Austin Police Depart- ing to promote,” Quintana said at a perversion. ment Officer Leonardo Quintana hearing on his petition for reinstate- worked at several fast-food restau- ment Friday. rants before finally settling on law Quintana has been forced to put enforcement in 1997 as a county his plans on hold. In May 2010, Today in history corrections officer. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo Quintana later applied to APD fired Quintana for a driving while In 1996 and enrolled in the police academy. intoxicated charge in January. After He graduated from the 32-week the incident, Acevedo said Quin- Tupac Shakur is shot four academy in May 2001 and, after tana had too many lapses in judg- times while on the Las Vegas six months, became a patrol officer ment during his career with APD. strip. He died six days later of covering the night shift in North- hemorrhaging. east Austin. APPEALS continues on page 7 B ’ Stephanie Meza | Daily Texan Staff Quote to note Delta Lambda Phi members Matthew Loaiza and Raul Zavaleta take their place at the wedding chapel. Carnival welcomes GLBT students “Almost only ‘ Campus organizations campus set up booths at the awesome because it’s like ‘Wow, counts‘ in carnival in the RecSports Cen- I don’t know any of these peo- host event to welcome ter to recruit new members and ple but I feel a connection to all horseshoes and incoming gay freshmen enhance the sense of communi- of them,’” he said. “I think it’s hand grenades.” ty for gay students on campus. very important.” By Allie Kolechta Music performance fresh- Students attending the carni- Daily Texan Staff man Christopher Acosta be- val had an opportunity to get A bounce house, bungee run came part of Queers for Pride information about organiza- and a Lady Gaga-themed photo after discovering it at the carni- tions and services such as the — Will Muschamp booth created a whole new kind val his first year. Counseling and Mental Health Defensive coordinator Anastasia Garcia | Daily Texan Staff of Friday night outing at this “As a freshman, not know- Center, the LGBTQ/Sexualities Students hurry to class during Friday’s showers. Stormy weather, and year’s Queer Welcome Carnival. ing people and being a self-pro- SPORTS PAGE 8 possibly floods, from Tropical Storm Hermine will arrive in Austin today. GLBT organizations around claimed gay, coming here was CARNIVAL continues on page 6 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, September 7, 2010 6 THE DAILY TEXAN NEWS Volume 111, Number 62 25 cents JOBS: Students depend on TA appointments BRIEFLY CONTACT US From page 1 hit in the college, only able to fund tremely important for gradu- “No Refusal” weekend leads one position.