1A THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Meteorology professor and friends of victims WHAM BAM TINSEL TOWN respond to Hurricane Irene’s landing Longhorns come back from loss New fashion movement @ bit.ly/dt_video to 3-0 victory. Also, depth chart. replaces Austin’s feather trend SPORTS PAGE 8 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Students depend less on parents, more on financial aid for tuition TODAY By John Farey Across all income groups, stu- pocket expenses, UT students cent a year ago. Daily Texan Staff dents are paying 9 percent less on are still paying 12 percent more Patricia Christel, a spokeswom- UT AID: 20102011 overall tuition and living expens- on average for their undergradu- an for Sallie Mae, said the findings ACADEMIC YEAR College students across the na- es this academic year, according to ate degree compared to the new of the study indicate increasing- tion are paying less money out of the report. Approximately 82 per- national average of $21,889 per ly cost-conscious families looking Calendar $177.2 million grants and scholarships their pockets for tuition but are cent of middle class families ap- year. UT students are likely to re- to save money by applying for any $127.8 million borrowed by students becoming increasingly reliant on plied for financial aid, while 86 ceive 48 percent of their individ- and all grants and scholarships financial aid and scholarships, ac- percent of low-income families ual funding in the form of grants available. $59 million borrowed by parents The Ettes cording to a report by education- were awarded funding, according and scholarships compared to a “The [national] decline results $3.3 million granted as work-study Nashville-based rock band the al loan firm Sallie Mae and Ipsos to the report. national average of 33 percent, Ettes will be at Emo’s. Tickets $367.3 million in total Public Affairs. Despite the decline in out-of- which has increased from 10 per- TUITION continues on PAGE 2 are $8 at the door, and check out page 13 for a preview of the show. UT embracing Meet the Greeks The Multicultural Greek Panel digital age by will host a welcome event for interested students at 6 p.m. offering hybrid in the Texas Union Eastwoods Room. curriculum By Shreya Banerjee Summer Film Daily Texan Staff Classic College presidents may see The Paramount Theatre more merit in online courses than continues its summer film average Americans, according to series with “Some Like it Hot” a recent study by Pew Research and “The Apartment.” The first Center. film begins at 7 p.m. Approximately 51 percent of college presidents the center polled said online classes serve the same value as traditional Out of Bounds courses, while only 29 percent of The 10th annual improv, sketch adult Americans agreed. and stand-up comedy festival “The fact that colleges are of- will showcase comedians like fering more online courses may Greg Proops, Stephanie Weir change the way students pursue and Robert Dassie. The even their degree,” said Kim Parker, Se- begins Thursday and runs nior Researcher at the Pew So- through Sept. 5 at several cial & Demographic Trends Proj- different venues. ect and co-author of the study. “It Dory Glauberman | Daily Texan Staff sounds like colleges are moving Junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert answers questions from the media Monday after it was announced that he would be Texas’ starting quar- forward and experimenting with terback for the Sept. 3 opener against Rice. In 12 games last year, Gilbert threw 10 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. degree plans as college students have grown up in a digital world.” Gretchen Ritter, the Vice Pro- Today in history vost for Undergraduate Educa- In 1983 tion and Faculty Governance, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Gilbert wins starting job is leading a new initiative at UT Colonel Guion S. Bluford INSIDE: Texas reveals its Week 1 depth chart on page 10 CLASS continues on PAGE 2 becomes the first African- American to travel into space. Appeal may delay funding for Dean to weave innovation into sciences Campus watch sexual assault victim resources By Victoria Pagan edge-based world,” Porter said. dents on Oct. 2 and 9 as his first Daily Texan Staff Porter said he is working with step towards building the new pro- students and staff from the Fresh- gram. The lecture will help stu- 20 Questions By Nicole Sanseverino gency rooms after discovering that A new program will train Col- Daily Texan Staff man Research Initiative, a pro- dents be prepared to start compa- JACKSON SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY, the wait time for a forensic exam, lege of Natural Sciences students #10 East Mall which evaluates the physical con- gram that allows freshman stu- nies and build their own careers Around 26,000 Texans are sex- to market their ideas and start dents to directly engage in men- the non-traditional way, in a world Suspicious Person: A UT student dition of the person assaulted, was their own companies in the future, and a UT staff member reported ually assaulted each year, but be- several hours. tored research. The new program where knowledge-based business cause of a lack of service funding said W. Arthur Porter, a new dean will copy a similar model to train is beginning to trump all, Porter a suspicious person entered “These programs are woefully of the college who will develop the into the building and began and accessibility, only about half underfunded,” Busch-Armendariz students who will be free to exper- said. seek help, according to a new UT initiative. iment with their talents and ideas Courses in entrepreneurship for pulling on locked doors. When said. “We just need to give them Porter will be instated as the stopped the subject began study. a lot more support with regard to under the guidance of professors. natural sciences students will be The state spent about $42.8 mil- natural sciences associate dean for “I want to develop a program available in the spring, he said. asking strange questions to the work they are doing so we can innovation and science enterprise both the staff member and a lion on sexual assault law enforce- give them the funding they need to that has the same kind of infra- Sarah Simmons, an administra- ment and adult sexual assault re- on Sept. 1. He was hired by interim structure,” Porter said. “We’re go- tor for the Freshman Research Ini- student in separate incidents. meet all victims’ needs.” dean David Laude in efforts to be- During the investigation, the covery programs in 2010. That’s an To generate more revenue for ing to try to get our students con- tiative, said the efforts of Porter average cost of around $3,000 per gin integrating entrepreneurship nected to the breakthroughs and and Laude to bring entrepreneur- officer observed a subject these programs, the Texas Legis- into the college, Porter said. matching the suspicious victim, said Bruce Kellison, an as- lature passed developments of our faculty as well ship to the college are essential to sociate director of “Over the next few years I will as to get faculty involved in help- helping students understand they person’s description and the Sexually try to lead the creation of a se- identified the subject as a the research arm Oriented Busi- ing students develop their own in- have a multitude of options avail- of UT’s IC2 Insti- quence of courses, organization ventions and ideas.” able to them after graduation. current UT student. During ness Fee Act and collaborations that help stu- the investigation, the student tute. He said more in 2007. The Porter will hold a lecture for the dents be competitive in the knowl- continues on PAGE 2 informed the officer that he was funding is needed The projected path for Act requires all Freshman Research Initiative stu- IDEAS “exploring.” Occurred on: 8-26- to streamline ac- businesses in 11, at 1:37 PM. cess and services the future of sexual Texas“ that serve for sexual assault assault programs alcohol and al- victims. low nude danc- “The short sto- is going to see the ing to pay a $5 ry here is the state fee for every of Texas has iden-“biggest hits in funding person served. tified [sexual as- The fee, a por- sault recovery or- in the near future. tion of which ganizations] as — Rick Gipprich, spokesman will fund sexual grossly under- assault preven- Quote to note funded and has tion programs, tried to find new was project- revenue streams,” ed to raise $44 I think feathers are Kellison said, who million over the was involved in first two years, according to The more‘ of a fad. The the study conducted by the Uni- ‘ Associated Press. But the state tinsel is something versity’s Institute on Domestic Vi- comptroller has yet to release the olence and Sexual Assault. funding because business own- that I think will last. Texas has 254 counties and ers sued, claiming the fee was only 83 rape crisis centers, forc- unconstitutional. ing some victims to travel across The Texas Supreme Court ruled multiple counties to seek emotion- the fee constitutional Friday, al and psychological assistance, bringing an unexpected victory for said Noel Busch-Armendariz, as- those in favor of the act, said Rick — Melinda Wolbert sociate professor in the School of Hair stylist Gipprich, spokesman for Texas As- Victoria Montalvo | Daily Texan Staff Social Work and lead investiga- sociation Against Sexual Assault.