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TODAY Calendar Longhorn Tennis The men’s team plays SMU this afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center. Admission is free.
‘Truth will prevail’ Alamo Drafthouse Ritz is screening “Sons of Perdition,” a documentary about teens exiled from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Tickets are $5 and the film starts tonight at 7:15 p.m.
‘No one to help us’
The Center for European Studies is showing “Eastern Plays,” a Bulgarian film that examines modern Eastern Europe through. The film begins tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Mezes Basement, B0.306.
Jazz appreciation Renowned jazz ensemble Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is performing tonight at ND at 501. The show starts at 8 p.m.
Today in history In 1944 Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, is born in Eatonton, Georgia.
Campus watch Ghost Hunter
W.C. Hogg Building A non-UT subject entered into the building and began asking students questions about the Tower incident as well as directions to PCL. He informed them he was intrigued by the events on the tower and had spoken to the spirit of the shooter to better understand his motives. Officers searched the area and located the subject on the PCL plaza. The subject was issued a written Criminal Trespass Warning and was escorted from the area.
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Quote to note “The IMF [International Monetary Fund] and World Bank’s policies accommodate, if not facilitate, the sex trade and sex labor.”
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UT President hospitalized for heart condition By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff
UT President William Powers Jr. is in stable condition after being hospitalized for a pulmonary embolism Tuesday. A doctor discovered the embolism during a medical examination Tuesday morning, according to the memo released to university leaders Tuesday. The president is at St. David’s South
Austin Medical Center and will remain there for observation and rest “for a few days,” according to the statement. University officials declined to comment outside of the statement. A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that originates somewhere in the body — usually the leg — and blocks the passage of blood to the lungs, said Angela Clark, an associate professor in the School of Nursing who specializes in
cardiac disease. “For the most part, they are pretty serious,” Clark said. “They can be catastrophic if they aren’t identified quickly enough.” Extended periods of immobilization, such as sitting through long flights, can lead to blood clots that result in pulmonary embolisms. Leg injuries can also cause them. “He strikes me as someone who is in pretty good shape, so it’s possible that
he could have injured his leg while exercising,” Clark said. She said the clots are difficult to identify, and often people will not show any symptoms. If the clot forms in the leg, they might notice slight swelling in the calf or pain behind the knee. If the clot occurs in the chest, people could experience symptoms similar to a heart attack.
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Perry calls for low-cost degrees, tuition freeze Higher education changes also proposed as solution to looming budget deficit By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan Staff
Gov. Rick Perry proposed a four-year tuition freeze on higher education and challenged institutions to develop a $10,000 bachelor’s degree in his State of the State speech Tuesday. Perry addressed a joint session of the Texas Legislature and released his version of the 2012-13 budget before the speech. He recommended the freeze and the cheaper degree as a way to make higher education more affordable. “As leaders search for more lowcost pathways to a degree, it’s time for a bold, Texas-style solution to this challenge that I’m sure the brightest minds in our universities can devise,” he said. “Let’s leverage web-based instruction, innovative teaching techniques and aggressive efficiency measures to reach that goal. Imagine the potential impact on affordability and graduation rates and the number of skilled workers it would send into our economy.” Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Florence Shapiro, RPlano, said having an online option to higher education would alleviate budget expenses for additional facilities and faculty. “I think he had some very sincere concerns about tuition,” she said. “I am 100 percent in favor of as much online activity as we can
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Gov. Rick Perry gave his State of the State address at the Capitol Tuesday. In the hour-long speech, he addressed the Texas job market and the budget cuts facing colleges and universities.
do. We cannot continue to build buildings. This is the new reality. Money is not there.” Former Texas House representative and UT public affairs lecturer Sherri Greenberg said higher education will face extensive cuts because it makes up 40 percent — or
$2.4 billion of a budgeted $6.1 billion — of the state’s general revenue. In the his budget, Perry recommended cutting higher education by approximately $1.5 billion. “Higher education has already sustained cuts,” Greenberg said. “The leadership has said higher ed-
Senator selected as graduation speaker Three student governance presidents selected U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to be the commencement speaker at the May 21 graduation ceremony.
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The presidents of UT’s three student governance organizations selected U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison as the commencement speaker for the May 21 event on the Main Mall. The senator will speak at a UT graduation ceremony for the second time. Hutchison also addressed the graduating class of 1998. As an alumna of the class of 1962, law school graduate and former cheerleader, Hutchison agreed to speak to the University at no charge. “It is particularly gratifying to be able to speak to the graduates of my alma mater,” Hutchison said, in a statement. “Like so many generations of UT graduates, life’s challenges and poten-
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ucation will not be immune to the cuts [this session].” Perry said lawmakers should consider outcome-based funding, which would base undergraduate funding on the number of degrees awarded. “Change does not come easily or naturally to these big institutions,
but it is crucial to educational effectiveness and efficiency,” Perry said. Perry also encouraged lawmakers to suspend “non-mission-critical entities,” such as the Historical Commission and the Commis-
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Film honors career, life of civil rights era opera star from UT By William James Daily Texan Staff
In 1957, UT alumna Barbara Smith Conrad thought she secured a lead role in a University opera production. Conrad was one of the first black students to attend UT in 1956 and possessed a natural talent for opera, music and theater. As a music major, Conrad was encouraged to audition for the leading role in the University’s 1957 production of “Dido and Aeneas.” But then she learned of conservative lawmakers’ threat to cut UT’s funding for
WHAT: “When I Rise” WHERE: Channel 9 — KLRU WHEN: Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 13 at 3 p.m.
allowing a black woman to perform a romantic role opposite a white man. With few options, UT’s thenpresident Logan Wilson caved under pressure and had Conrad removed from the production. The
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