1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 SPANNING THE AGES A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW CHIPPED TUNES Olympic athlete will continue Cuts to ethnic studies programs unite KVRX video game enthusiast spins family legacy of swimming concerned employees, faculty and students eclectic tunes on late-night show LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 SPORTS PAGE 7 NEWS PAGE 6 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, January 28, 2011 82ND LEGISLATURE TODAY Texbook bills aim to lower Calendar student costs Friday ‘4 Times the Fun’ as tuition rises The Harlem Globetrotters are performing Friday at the Frank By Melissa Ayala Erwin Center on Friday at 7 p.m. Daily Texan Staff Tickets start at $15. This legislative session, students can keep their eyes on two high- All a-beard er education bills that could signif- Austin Facial Hair Club is icantly alter how much textbooks hosting a beard prom Friday at cost in the coming semesters. 2201 Veterans Dr. Doors open at UT alumni Rep. Jose Lozano, D- 9 p.m. Individual tickets are $20 Kingsville, proposed a bill that would and couples tickets are $30. exempt textbooks from the required 8.25 percent sales tax. The bill, if passed, could take effect July 1. Saturday “I remember how much I’d pay for ‘Totally boat-less’ books,” Lozano said. “At that time it The Reduced Shakespeare was $400-$500 a semester, and I re- Company is performing ‘The member how a portion of that was Complete World of Sports to sales tax.” (abridged)’ Saturday at 8 p.m. The National Association of at B. Iden Payne Theatre. Tickets College Stores estimates the an- are $28. Reshma Kirpalani | Daily Texan Staff nual average sales of textbooks Austin sign maker and artist Evan Voyles fixes the Wahoo Fish Taco’s sign on South Congress. Voyles has made more than 500 signs with his to be $667. In Texas, the semes- Three Golden company, The Neon Jungle. His unique creations include the signs for Homeslice Pizza and Uncommon Objects. ter average alone is $500, accord- Rabbit Moon ing to the association. The Austin Asian American When local sign maker and artist was out to get them — and that was Nineteen other states have Cultural Center is celebrating Evan Voyles was a boy, his favorite thrilling, he said. some form of sales tax exemption the Lunar new year Saturday sign was the Terminix bug. Perched That sort of thrill is what Voyles for textbooks. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m at 11713 on a pole at the intersection of 12th said he hopes to give Lozano said removing sales tax Jollyville Road. Street and Lamar Boulevard, the Austinites as would cost students $45 million less bug fascinated Voyles with its big, they drive or ON THE WEB: per year. House and Senate budget Sunday glowing lightbulb eyes, metal anten- walk down recommendations proposed cuts na and huge wings. South Con- For more, check out ‘Slice Me Nice’ to higher education funding, in- lighting “It would turn, and it had an gress Ave- an interview with Electro-pop dance band Sugar cluding eliminating some TEXAS up the up lit in that kind of nemesis way,” nue. From Evan Voyles and Gold is playing at Emo’s Grant funding. Voyles said. the Home- @dailytexan with supporting acts Neiliyo online.com “Tuition is going to increase and Voyles, 52, said he remembers slice girl throw- and Yip Deceiver. Doors open because of that I’m trying to find getting pizza from across the street ing pizza dough in at 9 p.m. Ticket price to be ways to save students money,” he with his father, and then asking the air to the cowboy roping while announced. said. “Students will get less financial town his dad to drive their Peugeot 404 riding a rabbit on top of Uncommon aid. Anything helps.” Z is for Zorro By Julie Rene Tran around the block again and again to Objects, Voyles amplifies the quirks Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, ‘Slice Me Nice’ look at the life-sized insect. With the The Long Center for the sunroof open, the bug looked like it NEON continues on PAGE 2 BOOKS continues on PAGE 2 Performing Arts is showing the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro Dr. James with a live orchestra Sunday at Sweatt, lis- 4 p.m. Tickets start at $12. tens to Gary M. Lavergne Incoming freshmen manifest give a lecture on the life of his uncle, Today in history Heman diminishing emotional health Marion Sweatt, the In 1958 By Shamoyita DasGupta first African- The Lego Company patents its Daily Texan Staff RESOURCES iconic interlocking plastic brick American to attend the design still used today. If you are concerned about another individual’s behavior on campus, please University The emotional health of first-year of Texas Law college students has reached an all- call the Behavior Concerns Advice Line at (512) 232-5050. If you would like to School after time low while stress levels have in- seek help for high stress levels or other mental or emotional struggles, please a ground- creased significantly, according to a contact the Counseling and Mental Health Center at (512) 471-3515 to set up breaking survey published by the Higher Edu- an appointment or (512) 471-2255 for the 24-hour emergency hotline. Supreme cation Research Institute at the Uni- Court deci- versity of California at Los Angeles. sion in 1958. The study, which has been pub- Female students are more like- most common time for a first psy- lished annually for the past 45 ly to report lower levels of emotion- chotic episode to emerge in an indi- Quote to note years, surveys first-year students at al health than male students, accord- vidual, she said. nearly 300 institutions across the ing to the report. In general, the frequency of stu- “Molly saw America Andrew Prewitt nation. UT did not participate in “Men are more likely to engage dents of any age who are in need of Daily Texan Staff the survey last year, but the Uni- in stress-relieving activities, such counseling has increased, Bost said. from the‘ view of an or- versity has in the past. Students as playing sports,” DeAngelo said. “We have definitely noticed an in- dinary person,”‘ she said. take the survey either during their “Women may also just be more in crease in students who say that they Symposium celebrates legacy freshman orientation or during the touch with how they feel or how are in crisis,” Bost said. “She was committed first few weeks of class. they should feel than men.” Although the number of students to telling the truth — This year’s survey revealed that Another reason for the decrease who consider themselves to have of UT’s first black law student 51.9 percent of 1.5 million students in high emotional health is the econ- high emotional health has decreased some people in jour- reported that their emotional health omy and the stress of paying for col- this year, there are several ways to By Shamoyita DasGupta out the semester. UT admissions was in the ‘highest 10 percent’ or lege, DeAngelo said. prevent stress from building to dan- nalism have an agen- Daily Texan Staff officer Gary Lavergne spoke to a ‘above average.’ This number has de- “[College is] tough on students gerous levels. da based on what their standing-room-only crowd to dis- clined 3.4 percent — from 55.3 per- in terms of looking ahead, pay- “[Students] should make sure that Members of Heman Sweatt’s cuss his new book, “Before Brown: cent — since 2009, according to the ing off loans, [finding] jobs,” said they are engaging in activities that editor likes. It’s not like family sat among faculty, staff and Heman Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall survey’s press release. Jane Morgan Bost, associate direc- will help them reduce stress, such as that with Molly. students at a book talk Thursday and the Long Road to Justice.” “I think students have a lot of tor of UT’s Counseling and Mental playing sports or exercising,” DeAn- to honor UT’s first African-Amer- Following a U.S. Supreme Court pressure coming in,” said Linda Health Center. gelo said. “[Another thing] is not to — Margaret Engel ican law student. case, Sweatt was admitted to the DeAngelo, assistant director for re- Another potential reason for this worry about the future but to focus co-writer Red Hot Patriot The talk was the first event of the University’s law school in 1950, search at the Higher Education Re- increase is the higher incidence of on the job at hand, which is doing 25th Annual Heman Sweatt Sym- search Institute. “They have high ex- mental illness among 18-25 year well in school and finding what their LIFE&ARTS, PAGE 12 posium, which will last through- HONOR continues on PAGE 2 pectations for college.” olds, Bost said. That age range is the p a s s i on s are .” 2 2 NEWS Friday, January 28, 2011 THE DAILY TEXAN BREAKING IT DOWN Volume 111, Number 135 CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 [email protected] Managing Editor: Claire Cardona (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Offi ce: (512) 232-2207 [email protected] Multimedia Offi ce: (512) 471-7835 [email protected] Sports Offi ce: (512) 232-2210 [email protected] Life & Arts Offi ce: (512) 232-2209 [email protected] Photo Offi ce: (512) 471-8618 [email protected] Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 [email protected] Classifi ed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifi [email protected] Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff Xavier Thomas breakdances on the second floor of Jester.