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Boyce Avenue performs with special guests Megan & Liz and Tiffany Alvord at 7:30 p.m. at Emo’s. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are $15 at the door.
Wrongful convictions
Co-author Dorothy Budd discusses her book, “Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope,” about wrongfully convicted men in North Texas. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. in the UT Law School Eidman Courtroom, and admission is free.
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State census data not reflected in student body By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan Staff
Census data released last week shows dramatic growth in Hispanic and Asian populations in Texas, but state trends do not necessarily reflect the demographics of UT students. According to the 2010 Census, 37.6 percent — about 9.5 million — of Texans have Hispanic or Latino origin, while only 19.4 percent — nearly 7,500 — of UT undergraduate students are Hispanic. “When the data came out for racial
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and ethnic change last week, it showed dramatic diversification of the Texas population,” said Steve Murdock, former census director and Rice University sociology professor. “Enrollment levels [for minorities] are not where they should be. Non-Anglo populations have fewer resources and as a result they are less likely to go to college. It’s one of the major challenges for Texas and one of the most important things for us to do.”
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TEXAS VS UT DEMOGRAPHICS Texas Demographics | Total 25,145,561
UT Undergraduate Enrollment | Total 38,420
White Hispanic Black or African American
32.8% 37.6%
51.7% 19.4%
11.8%
White Hispanic Black or African American
Asian only American Indian
3.7% 0.7%
Asian only American Indian
17.9% 0.4%
Hawaiian/ Pac. Islander only)
0.1%
Hawaiian/ Pac. Islander only)
0.0%
Other
13.3%
Other
5.7%
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Area 51 road trip
The UT Film Committee will screen “Paul,” starring Seth Rogen. The movie will begin at 7 p.m. at the Texas Union Theatre and is free with a UT ID.
Today in black history In 1989
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Supporters of worker’s rights in Wisconsin lead a candlelight vigil at the Texas AFL-CIO building at Lavaca and 11th streets on Monday. Attendees marched to the Capitol steps in protest of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s bill to limit bargaining rights for public employees.
INSIDE: For more about the protests in Wisconsin and the solidarity vigil in Austin on pages 3 & 6
Campus watch Adult beverages
1800 block of Guadalupe Street A UT Police Officer observed a vehicle travelling the wrong way on a posted one-way street. During the traffic investigation, the officer detected a moderate odor of alcohol on the non-UT driver’s breath. The officer soon learned the driver was under the legal age of 21 and had been consuming adult beverages at an unknown location. Both non-UT passengers were issued court appearance citations and were released at the scene.
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Proposed federal cuts threaten KUT By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff
The University-operated radio station, KUT, could lose a half a million dollars in federal funding if a proposed spending cuts bill passes the Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would cut $60 billion from the federal budget. If the Senate passes the bill, the government would eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcast-
ing, which would result in an estimated $531 million in savings. The corporation funds public television and radio stations, including National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service. Funding from the corporation makes up about 7 percent of KUT’s operating budget, or roughly $500,000 a year, said KUT director Stewart Vanderwilt. “It would have a profound impact on the station if federal funding to KUT was cut,” he said. “It would be very difficult for the sta-
tion [to] continue to run the way it currently does.” KUT uses federal funds to purchase programs from NPR such as “Morning Edition” and “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”’ and to hire and pay local reporters and producers who contribute to the station, Vanderwilt said. “Without those funds we would either have to find ways to replace the money or reduce those costs in a substantial way,” he said.
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Quote to note “We tend to associate beauty with classical forms or with taste, but we rarely think of beauty as an attitude or spirit.”
— Ursula Davila-Villa Curator of Latin American art at The Blanton Museum LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12
North Campus uneasy after tire slashing suspect’s arrest By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff
Texas men’s basketball is playing against the Iowa State University Cyclones at the Frank Erwin Center. The game begins at 7 p.m., and tickets range from $2-$191.
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first rap Grammy for their hit single, “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”
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Regents’ Renovations The Butler School of Music
$20 million
Texas Advanced Computing Center
$56 million
Illustration by Simonetta Nieto
Regents okay plans for music academy, advanced computers By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff
Bob Branson, the local news anchor for KUT Austin, prepares for the afternoon broadcast of All Things Considered from the studios in the CMB on the UT campus.
Although Tommy Joe Kelley, who police think could be involved in hundreds of tire slashings around Hyde Park, has been arrested, many North Campus residents are still concerned about safety. History senior Katie Carson said she is frustrated it took so long for police to catch Kelley. While visiting her boyfriend on 41st Street last May, someone slashed Joe Kelley her tires. “I thought that I had just run over something,” Carson said. “I went to a tire place and they said, ‘This was done by an ice pick.’” According to Austin Police Department, Kelley used a long, thin piece of metal sharpened to a point to puncture tires.
New initiatives for the University’s scientific research and music programs could help students gain career-oriented skills and new opportunities to earn money. On Friday, the UT System Board of Regents approved two separate renovation plans totaling more than $70 million for the Texas Advanced Computing Center and the Butler School of Music. The music school has to raise at least $20 million to start its new project. The center will attempt to win a $56 million grant under the unexpend-
ed plant fund — money that the University has accumulated over time to fund different programs, said Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer of Financial Affairs. “[The Center] wants to apply to attempt to win a grant that would pay for the development and operation of the next generation of supercomputers,” Hegarty said. Center director Jay Boisseau said they will submit a proposal on March 7 to win the grant. The grant will benefit the School of Natural Sciences because every scientific
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