1 1 ON THE WEB Texas Book Festival authors share motives, THE DAILY TEXAN inspiration behind work Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 bit.ly/dt_video Science Scene explains developments Longhorns face Kansas in new weekly column after falling to Wildcats LIFE&ARTS PAGE 11 SPORTS 7 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, January 20, 2012 TODAY Perry drops out of presidential race Opinion: Perry leaves Calendar presidential race and questions behind Round Table By The Daily Texan Discussion Editorial Board The department of British studies will be hosting a round “The worst presidential table discussion today in the candidate in American histo- Harry Ransom Center’s Tom Lea ry,” according to liberal polit- Room at 2:45 p.m. The topic of ical commentator James Car- today’s discussion is the film ville, is returning to Texas to “The Iron Lady.” continue his reign as the lon- gest-serving governor in state history. And if Rick Perry has his way, he’ll probably lay low for a few weeks, which means RoboCup 3D no shooting coyotes on morn- Patrick MacAlpine will discuss ing jogs or tweeting pictures the key components of UT of himself jogging in the same Austin’s RoboCup team today at Nike shorts ubiquitous in the 11 a.m. in Painter Hall 3.14. halls of UT’s sorority houses. After this brief pause, we predict, it’s full steam ahead with the battles he abandoned ‘Long Gone when he left Texas in Au- gust to launch his presiden- Lonesome’ tial campaign, one of which Tonight the National Theater was an assault on higher ed- of Scotland presents the ucation. U.S. premiere of “Long Gone Our governor launched Lonesome, a Celebration of the his presidential campaign on Life of Thomas Fraser.” The event Aug. 13, exuding confidence, will be at the Bass Concert Hall wearing cowboy boots and at 8 p. m. and tickets range from riding on Texas’ reputation $10-32. Make sure to grab your as one of the most employed tickets! David Goldman | Associated Press states in the country. “What Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses while announcing he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich, makes our nation exceptional Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in North Charleston, S.C. is that anyone from any back- ground can climb to the high- est of heights,” he said in his Longhorn Judo Gov. endorses Gingrich, cites money as factor for suspending campaign announcement speech. Come learn and practice By Chris Tomilson the failed White House candidate has before the primary there. “I believe ning again for governor or the White Things started off well, as Judo with Longhorn Judo. The Associated Press three years left to serve as the chief ex- Newt is a conservative visionary who House in 2016 if President Barack he was declared the winner Newcomers are welcome ecutive. can transform our country.” Obama is re-elected. of the Sept. 7 GOP debate. for more information ‘Like’ Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of “I have come to the conclusion that Money also was a factor, with Perry ended his campaign where he Among the statements that Longhorn Judo’s Facebook the presidential race on Thursday, en- there is no viable path to victory for spokesman Ray Sullivan saying: “We launched it last August, when tea party drew attention at the time, page. They meet in the dorsed his old friend Newt Gingrich my candidacy in 2012,” Perry said in have spent the bulk of our funds.” He Recreational Sports Center. and returned home to Texas, where North Charleston, S.C., just two days added that Perry hasn’t ruled out run- PERRY continues on PAGE 5 BOOTS continues on PAGE 4 Today in history Debate arises over In 1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Occupy UT’s student was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States in the newly renovated east front U.S. Capitol building. organization status By Jody Serrano tries to meet with every new Daily Texan Staff student organization and was not looking for conflict with Occupy UT. She said the group Efforts to raise awareness has not told her office about about the Occupy UT move- upcoming events, making its ment have prompted a debate attempts to facilitate and work between the group and the Of- with the organization difficult. fice of the Dean of Students Reagins-Lilly said she has in- over University policies and formed members of the group Quote to note procedures regarding on-cam- about certain policies but can- ‘ pus demonstrations. not make any recommenda- ‘ Concerns regarding Occu- Rebeca Rodriguez | Daily Texan Staff I want them to be tions without knowing the 100 percent invested py UT’s status as an unofficial group’s intentions. In partnership with several other organizations, the University of Texas is offering free six-week tobacco student organization first arose “We facilitate freedom of ex- cessation classes for faculty and staff in four locations beginning in January. into everything they in December but are becom- pression, demonstration and ing a hot topic this semester as commit to, which controversial speakers — that the group’s activity is becom- is what we do,” she said. “It be- Smoking cessation program to aid staff is Texas,” Kelly said. ing more regular. Occupy UT comes adversarial when stu- members have said a physical dents, faculty and staff that By Alexa Ura the program is a personalized treat- a habit. “We’ll have a clear occupation and camping over- aren’t aware of the guidelines Daily Texan Staff ment that addresses participants’ spe- “Everyone is under the impres- understanding that night at the University is a pos- and procedures set up and we cific needs. The participants meet sion that tobacco use is a nasty hab- sibility, and they plan on hav- show up and say, ‘this is how The University is offering employ- with program facilitators once a week it instead of a severe addiction,” she we’re here to win ing a series of teach-ins with you have to do it.’” ees a class that will tackle tobacco ces- during their session to determine the said. “We combine the support sys- championships. faculty members and a walk- University administrative sation treatment in a different way. severity of their tobacco use and find tem methodology and replacement ing tour on the history of rac- members have met with Occu- UT employees can participate in a ways to end their nicotine addiction. therapy to maximize treatment. We — Angela Kelly ism on campus within the next py UT since the group’s incep- free six-week tobacco cessation class Mary Delgadillo, clinical man- create individual plans for everyone New head women’s few weeks. tion last fall. Occupy UT mem- through the HealthPoint Work-Life ager at the center, said the program and also provide participants with a soccer coach Soncia Reagins-Lilly, senior ber Lucian Villaseñor said the Balance and Wellness Program. In is based on the Mayo Clinic tobac- relapse prevention plan.” associate vice president and partnership with Seton Healthcare’s co treatment model that address- PAGE 7 dean of students, said her office OCCUPY continues on PAGE 2 Tobacco Education Resource Center, es smoking as an addiction and not SMOKING continues on PAGE 2 GET ALL YOUR BOOKS @BOOKHOLDERS AND SAVE CHEAPEST TEXTBOOKS NEED TEXTBOOKS TIME AND BEST RENTAL PRICES WE’RE CLOSER TO CONVENIENT LOCATION s er YOU THAN TWINS MONEY BookHold BookHolders.com FAST? | DOBIE MALL 512.377.9543 2 2 Friday, January 20, 2012 NEWS 2 THE DAILY TEXAN SMOKING Volume 112, Number 99 continues from PAGE 1 Tobacco is the leading cause of CONTACT US preventable death nationwide, ac- cording to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. An es- Main Telephone: timated 443,000 people die from (512) 471-4591 smoking or exposure to second- Editor: hand smoke each year, while 8.6 Viviana Aldous million individuals live with diseas- (512) 232-2212 es caused by smoking. [email protected] Smoking has numerous health effects that directly affect the heart Managing Editor: and increase risk for many diseas- Audrey White es related to the respiratory sys- (512) 232-2217 tem, said Henry Guevara, a nurse managingeditor@ at the University’s Occupational dailytexanonline.com Health Clinic. “I sincerely hope the program is News Office: taken advantage of, because it’s a (512) 232-2207 great resource that helps with such [email protected] an addictive problem,” he said. Multimedia Office: Seton’s Tobacco Education Re- (512) 471-7835 source Center is the only commu- [email protected] nity-based organization in Trav- is County that facilitates a tobac- Sports Office: co cessation class. The program fa- (512) 232-2210 cilitated two sessions earlier this [email protected] month, and its third session be- gan this week. A fourth session will Life & Arts Office: Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff be offered beginning Jan. 23. De- (512) 232-2209 Occupy UT member Lucian Villaseñor, a Mexican-American Studies senior, leads group members down to Kealing Park for the Student spite it taking place during their [email protected] Forum on Education on Monday. Villaseñor said the group’s biggest challenge and goal right now is recruiting members. lunch break, 31 individuals signed up for the four sessions. It is fund- Photo Office: ed by a state grant Travis County re- (512) 471-8618 ceived last year to address tobacco [email protected] OCCUPY continues from PAGE 1 use in the county. Group sessions Comics Office: group did not want to become lice Department did not see any UTPD would help them.” Trevor Hoag, English grad- for the program range from six to (512) 232-4386 an official student organization reason to be concerned about Buddy Price, spokesperson uate student and Occupy UT 15 participants.