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Statue Soon to Greet One-Millionth Visitor TODAY’S FORECAST HI: 84o LOW: 69o Photo courtesy Michael Morton More then 120 students from all over the state marched to the Texas capitol Chance of Rain: to raise awareness for issues in higher education on Tuesday, April 2. P2 Fischer v University of Texas case “Evil Dead” film gore, blood take 20% soon to be decided by high court P2 away from movie quailty P4 Volume 123 / Issue 20 www.HoustonianOnline.com Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Potential soda tax means a carbonated or non-carbonated nonalcoholic beverage that contains natural or artificial sweeteners such as individual cans of soda. Sweetened beverage powder means a solid mixture of basic ingredients used to make, mix or compound sweetened beverages, like individual drink mixes. in Texas Sweetened beverage syrup means a liquid mixture OPS up of basic ingredients used to make, mix or compound P sweetened beverages, such as fountain drinks. MOLLY WADDELL includes Capris Sun, I don’t want to pay for New York is going through a similar situation as Mayor News Editor Capris Sun.” Bloomberg implemented a ban on sugary drinks larger The tax “is one cent for each ounce or than 16 ounces. This ban was supposed to start Monday Sodas, along with other sweetened beverages fractional part of an ounce of a sweetened according to CBS News, but State Supreme Court Justice could soon be taxed in Texas. beverage.” Milton Tingling Jr. stopped it. State Representative Joe Farias’ House Bill The revenue from the taxes would go to the Tingling wrote the ban would be “arbitrary and 779, which could increase the tax on sweetened promotion of children’s health programs. capricious” because it applied only to some drinks. He beverages, sweetened beverage powders, or Another student thinks the bill will keep wrote, “...a host of other drinks contain substantially sweetened beverage syrup that contain natural or people from buying these drinks, thus more calories and sugar than (those) targeted... Including artificial sweeteners, was referred to committee on decreasing childhood obesity. alcoholic beverages, lattes, milk shakes, (and) frozen February 18. “I feel like if this is going to lessen obesity coffees...” If passed HB- 779 would tax retailers, which and childhood obesity, the cost would cause Bloomberg implemented the ban because he has called could mean the consumer would bear the weight people to buy less of it,” Jasmine Mc Cants, sugar-sweetened beverages a leading cause of obesity of the tax. The bill also says the payment of the tax business administration major, said. “Kids according to CBS news. is on the manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler. wouldn’t drink all of it and wouldn’t gain If passed the bill will take affect September 1. One Sam Houston State University Student weight and get sick. I think it is a good thing.” believes that health is not a matter of the In 2009 nearly 66.8% of Texas adults and government. 13.6% of Texas high-school students were “I feel as though these are lifestyle decisions that reported to be were obese, according to the should not be directed towards the government,” Texas Department of State Health Services. Brion Robinson, psychology major, said. “If that According to the bill, sweetened beverage 29% tax* 53% tax* *Numbers based on approximate retail value. Tax would be 10.6% tax* 5% tax* on retail businesses and not necessarily felt by customers. 8 oz 16 oz 67 oz 128 oz Kassidy Turnpaugh | The Houstonian Statue soon to greet one-millionth visitor through the millionth person visitors to the center who do not SOPHIE NELSON campaign, we will create a greater live in Walker County. Senior Reporter excitement and awareness of “Merchants who donate to Huntsville as a destination,” the campaign will be featured Thomas said in an earlier press on Web sites leading up to the The Sam Houston Statue release. “This will draw tourists day their donated items are Visitor Center and Gift Shop is into our area, which will increase given away,” Thomas said. “We currently running a campaign to visitor spending and in return will hope highlighting some of the promote the landmark as they near grow state tax revenues that can unique vendors we have here in the celebration of their millionth lead to economic development.” Huntsville will bring even more visitor to sign their guestbook. The website for the visitors to the City.” As of Feb. 15, the day the campaign is www.sam The statue was created 18 years campaign started, the visitor center houstonstatueonemillionthvisitor. ago and has seen people from was short by 23,000 signatures. On com and includes a special over 115 countries. Thomas said the morning of April 8, only 8,192 Facebook promotion for the most the center would love for students more signatures were required to creative, most liked and oldest or organizations from the SHSU make one million. picture of the statue, as well as campus to adopt the statue for Director of Tourism for the other cash and prize giveaways up volunteer purposes. She also Center, Kimm Thomas said that until the millionth visitor signs the urged the people of Huntsville, the center hopes to have reached book. as well as the college students, to their goal by National Tourism The prizes for the Facebook come visit the statue. Week, which is May 4-12. photo winners will be three $250 “By promoting Huntsville Thomas explained that the Visa gift cards and the millionth through the millionth person City of Huntsville Tourism and person will received $500 cash. campaign, we will create a greater Cultural Services Department has Thomas said the millionth excitement and awareness of created a web-based campaign so person can be anyone in or Huntsville as a destination,” they can boost tourism not only out of Walker County, but the Thomas said. “If you haven’t for the visitor center, but for the other $10,000 in cash and prizes visited the statue before, now is entire city of Huntsville. provided by the merchants of the time.” Sophie Nelson | The Houstonian “By promoting Huntsville Huntsville will be awarded to Bill would leave fate of more programs in TSUS hands The coordinating board’s rule HB 1351 would hand the more productive is a necessity deemed as low producing since the JAY R. JORDAN for low-producing programs decision over to each university’s especially in rural areas in the program started in 2010, although Senior Reporter dictates that if 25 or fewer students board of regents, potentially state, not to eliminate them,” none have been eliminated, enroll in an undergraduate degree saving low producing degree Aguirre said. according to THECB documents. The fate of programs with low program within five years, the programs from termination. Lucy Heston, an assistant During last year’s review, Sam student enrollment over a five program is either eliminated or Nevárez’s Legislative Director, director at THECB, said that most Houston’s master’s program in year period at SHSU soon could consolidated into another degree Leo Aguirre, said that the current of the final decisions on closing chemistry was under consideration lie in different hands. program. The rule also carries THECB rules discriminate against a program is based on saving of being eliminated but received The Texas Legislature is over to masters and doctoral smaller rural schools like SHSU. money. She said that estimates a temporary extension in order considering changing the programs if they don’t enroll 15 “Because of these [rules], show nearly $73 million has been to fill the enrollment deficiency, decision-making power over or 10 students, respectively. access to certain degree programs saved after four years of using the according to department Chair low-producing programs from After an institution is notified of have diminished in many parts of low-producing programs rule. Richard Norman. the Texas Higher Education its elimination-pending programs, the state,” Aguirre said. “More According to Heston, the latest “The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to the boards it can choose to terminate or specifically, public universities low-producing programs list Coordinating Board gave our of regents governing public consolidate the programs in and community colleges in sent to Texas universities gave program a “temporary exemption” universities, including the Texas question. Another option for remote or rural areas who offer Sam Houston two LPPs. Various of two years to increase our State University System Board of universities is to request an degree programs to students who university officials were unable to numbers, and as I said, we have Regents, which governs SHSU. extension on the time it should would not otherwise have access say which programs were under done so for the Fall 2007 through House Bill 1351, filed by theoretically take to fulfill the to them.” fire. Provost and Vice President Summer 2012 period,” Norman State Representative Poncho required enrollment, though the “To allow graduates to be able of Academic Affairs Jamie Hebert said. Nevárez, attempts to give rural ultimate decision of the program’s to function within an increasingly could not be reached by press HB 1351 has yet to leave the universities a fighting chance to fate is up to the coordinating globalized economy, helping low- time. higher education committee. It keep admissions up. board. producing programs to become SHSU has had 16 programs would take effect on September 1. Page 2 Tuesday, April 9, 2013 News houstonianonline.com/news State UT students “Invest in Texas” to better education HANNAH ZEDAKER said. “What UT is doing is very admirable and more campuses, Contributing Reporter including ours, should form groups like this.” More than 100 students from No matter what campus a the University of Texas marched student may belong to, every to the state capitol in hopes of student has a voice which pushing legislation emphasizing freshman Matt Minner, member higher education on April 2.
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