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INSIDE SPORTS Texas adds six new recruits to the offensive and defensive lines. PAGE 10 Okafor takes off for the NFL, leaves behind group of promising returning linemen. PAGE 10
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Horns take on Kansas State in the ‘Octagon of Doom.’
The Buzz Mill 24-hour coffee shop opens in Riverside.
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Powers endorses plan for University efficiency Jordan Rudner Stressing efficiency as a means for increasing revenue, President William Powers Jr. called for instituting cost-saving measures in administrative functions and employing University assets thoughtfully as recommended by a report on the University’s operational structure. The report, produced by the Committee on Business Productivity, which Powers formed in April 2012, contains
recommendations for optimizing finances in three arenas: administrative services, energy-producing assets and technology commercialization. The report claims that the recommendations will yield roughly $490 million for the University if implemented over the course of the next 10 years. Among the recommendations geared toward raising revenue is a proposal to raise UT’s food, housing and parking rates, which would bring them “more in line
with market values,” Powers said. He stressed that there will not be a flat increase in services applied to UT students. “Some students need more help in their dorm rate than other students,” Powers said. “We will take into account the different needs of different students.” Business freshman Rachel Swaldi said she felt it was unreasonable to consider raising parking prices. “Parking is
Pu Ying Huang | Daily Texan Staff President William Powers Jr. calls for increasing UT’s efficiency by cutting costs in the AVAYA Auditorium on Wednesday,
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Governor continues support of fixed tuition
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LIFE&ARTS New FX show ‘The Americans’ delivers believable period piece of Russian spies. PAGE 10 Hump Day: Studies show reproductive coercion is prominent among women in abusive relationships. PAGE 10
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alike,” Perry said in his address. “In classrooms, on assembly lines, in laboratories, on farms and in office buildings, hard-working Texans are today turning their dreams into realities.” Perry said he supported using $3.7 million of the Economic Stabilization Fund, or Rainy Day Fund,
Gov. Rick Perry reaffirmed his support for freezing four-year tuition rates for incoming freshmen in his biannual State of the State address yesterday. Perry first proposed fixed four-year tuition rates Sept. 21 at the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival as part of an effort to lower the cost of attending college. Speaking to a joint session of the Texas Legislature, Perry said fixed tuition rates would provide students and families with an expected cost of attendance. “This will also encourage them to graduate on time, which is a problem we simply can’t ignore anymore,” Perry said. Perry said less than 30 percent of full-time students at state universities graduate in four years and 58 percent graduate in six. After the address, state lawmakers expressed both support for the initiative and skepticism over the details of implementing fixed tuition rates. State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo), former Senate Higher Education
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VIEWPOINT President Powers faces funding cuts and hard choices. He should go out of his way to burden students and staff the least. PAGE 4
TODAY Gamer reflections Gabe Newell, founder of Valve Corporations, will give a talk entitled ‘On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions and the Future of Corporations: Reflections of a Video Game Maker’ from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in SRH 3.124. Employees Union The Texas State Employees Union will visit campus with an information and sign-up table from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Gregory Gym. Art of Living Art of Living UT offers weekly “stress-buster” sessions to teach stress management through breathing techniques and medidtion from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in GAR 0.132.
Today in history In 1948 On Jan. 30, Mohandas Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, was assassinated in New Delhi.
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Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan Staff Gov. Rick Perry talks about fixed four-year tuition rates during his State of the State address at the Capitol Tuesday morning. Perry said fixed tuition rates would encourage students to graduate in four years and give them an expected cost of attendance.
State of improvement Gov. Perry addresses state economy, recommends use of Rainy Day Fund By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis Rainy Day Fund as a way Gov. Rick Perry touted Texas as “stronger than ever” in his State of State Address and called on legislators to begin using the state’s largely untouched
to start making muchneeded improvements to state infrastructure. In his address yesterday, Perry said the decisions made in the 2011 legislative session continue to boost Texas into economic
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prosperity, with more than half a million private sector jobs created in the last two years. He spoke of creating tax relief for Texans and of making higher education more affordable for the entire state. “We led the nation out of recession and into recovery, and remain the nation’s prime destination for employers and job seekers
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UT partners with ACC to up reverse transfers
Texas Gospel Fellowship performs a dance routine at the Barbara Jordan statue rededication in the FAC Tuesday evening. The ceremony was the statue’s first rededication since its erection five years ago.
By Veronica Porras UT and Austin Community College have agreed to partner in efforts to increase associate degree holders by developing a reverse transfer program that will allow students to combine credits between the institutions. The reverse transfer program will help students transfer credits completed at ACC to a four-year institution while maintaining eligibility for an associate degree. Students currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at another institution with transferred ACC credits will also able to use past ACC credits toward an associate degree. The program also grants associate degrees to ACC alumni from the past decade if they choose to participate. Alexis Patterson Hanes,
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ACC senior public information coordinator, said the partnership will show the value of the associate degree and heighten enrollment rates at the community college level. “ACC is the largest provider of transfer students to area universities — in fact, more than 400 ACC transfer students enrolled at UT Austin in fall 2012,” Hanes said. “By creating this partnership, we are making it easier for
Organizations honor Barbara Jordan
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By Barak Bullock The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and AfrikanAmerican Affairs, a UT student organization, hosted a rededication ceremony for the statue of former Congresswoman and UT faculty member Barbara Jordan. The evening not only
marked the rededication of Jordan’s statue, but also the centennial of the sorority’s founding. Jordan pledged to Delta Sigma Theta as an undergraduate at Texas Southern University. Jordan’s memorial, located at the intersection of 24th Street and Whitis Avenue, is the only statue of a woman on the UT
campus. The rededication was the statue’s first since its erection five years ago. Although the ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in front of the outdoor statue, the event was moved into the Flawn Academic Center because of rain. Jordan was the first