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CONTACT US
U.S. emergency in form of H1N1,
still no vaccines for UT students
President Barack Obama de-
clared the swine flu a national
emergency Saturday, but Uni-
versity Health Services may not
distribute the H1N1 vaccine
until late November.
The declaration allows the
health and human services sec-
retary to waive some hospi-
tal requirements to address
the growing need for screen-
ing and treatment. For exam-
ple, hospitals may now request
to set up an alternative screen-
ing location for patients away
from the hospitals main cam-
pus, according to the U.S. De-
partment of Health and Hu-
man Services.
The H1N1 epidemic is
moving rapidly, says the de-
partments Web site. By the
time regions or healthcare sys-
tems recognize they are be-
coming overburdened, they
need to implement disaster
plans quickly. Adding a po-
tential delay while waiting for
a National Emergency Decla-
ration is not in the best inter-
est of the public, particular-
ly if this step can be done pro-
actively as the president has
done [Saturday].
Between Aug. 30 and Oct. 10,
states reported to the Centers
for Disease Control and Preven-
tion nearly 5,000 lab-confirmed
H1N1 hospitalizations. As of
Oct. 17, 46 states reported con-
firmed H1N1 illnesses.
The H1N1 vaccine was avail-
able early this month, with
the first doses of live attenuat-
ed H1N1 flu vaccine adminis-
tered Oct. 5, according to the
CDC. Administration of the
H1N1 flu shot began the week
of Oct. 12.
But, according to its Web site,
UHS has requested the vac-
cine and will offer it to stu-
dents, faculty and staff as soon
as it can.
Viviana Aldous
NEWS BRIEFLY
Department of Veteran Affairs
spokeswoman Jo Schuda said the
department anticipated a backlog of
claims because the program is new
and the benefits can be used any
time in the next 15 years. Students
who werent planning on enrolling
in college this fall still applied as ear-
ly as possible, which further backed
up the system.
This new program has a lot
more required data than the ex-
isting GI Bill, Schuda said. It re-
quires a more complex IT system
that we are in the process of install-
ing.
In addition to the hold-up caused
by the number of people who ap-
plied, the department could not
start processing requests until states
set tuition rates for individual uni-
versities, Schuda said.
Almost 300 UT students request-
ed Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for
the fall semester. Assistant regis-
trar Vasanth Srinivasa said there are
still some students who havent re-
ceived their money, but she wasnt
aware of anyone who had to drop
out because of it.
The VA offers emergency $3,000
loans to anyone who is still waiting
on benefits when tuition payments
are due.
Srinivasa said the University has
tried to spread information about
how obtain the emergency money
and encourages anyone still wait-
ing for money to contact the VAim-
mediately.
If they are having more prob-
lems, we can contact the VA direct-
ly, Srinivasa said. Were trying to
do anything we can to help these
students out.
Journalism and English senior
Brandy Brown, the president of the
Veterans Student Association, re-
ceived her money from the VAsev-
eral weeks ago. She had enough fi-
nancial aid to cover her tuition and
housing until the money came
through.
I was one of the lucky ones,
Brown said.
Brown said she was frustrated
with the University for not setting
up a tuition deferment plan for stu-
dents who are still waiting on mon-
ey this late in the semester.
I expected to see hold ups with
the VA because its a new program
and were dealing with the govern-
ment, Brown said. But UT has ab-
solutely not made exceptions for
students who are still waiting.
Emily Minter, a sociology and
premed junior, served for four years
in Korea, Fort Hood and Iraq. She
did not get her money from VA in
time to pay for this semesters tu-
ition and had to apply for one of
the emergency checks. The $3,000
and the salary from her job was not
enough to cover all her expenses,
and she had to take out an emer-
gency tuition loan.
Now, my emergency loan is
overdue because I dont even have
enough money to pay it back,
Minter said. Im not going to be
able to register for classes next se-
mester if I dont get this straight-
ened out.
Minter said most student vet-
erans only have time to work and
study, and dealing with the VA
should not be necessary this late in
the semester.
[The department] needs to fix it
for next semester. Minter said. We
cant really get any answers out of
them, and we dont know whats
actually taking so long. Its been ri-
diculous, and its frustrating be-
cause I cant do anything.
value and treat everyone with
that comes through the pantry,
Olson Kopp said. Each person
who comes in gets a shopping
basket to pick the items they
need the most.
UTs Honors Business Asso-
ciation began volunteering with
Micah 6 last year and continues
to serve the pantry on the first
and third Thursday of every
month.
[The experience] gives our
members an opportunity to
make a difference in our own
backyard, said Michael Daeh-
ne, the vice president of external
affairs for the business group.
Its really eye-opening to see
the poverty in Austin and to be
able to contribute a small part to
our community.
Daehne said that he has had
no problem getting organization
members to volunteer.
They gain so much, Daeh-
ne said. Working and talking
with the people who come in the
pantry humanizes the homeless
population and reminds us that
we are all equal.
Ruby Jaime suffered from a
stroke eight years ago that para-
lyzed the left side of his body. He
is now in a wheelchair, though he
said that he has walked and even
danced. He said that it could take
two hours to receive food.
Jaime knows many of the vol-
unteers at the pantry by name,
and the volunteers often help
him pick out food from his
wheelchair.
When I see people that are
hungry, I tell them to follow me
to the pantry, Jaime said.
said. There are many days when
ERCOT tells wind generators that
they have to back down.
The passage of Senate Bill 20 in
2005 helped jump-start the current
expansion project by mandating
long-term planning for the trans-
mission line and wind farm com-
panies. These companies were
previously one united corporation
before the 1999 deregulation.
The bill introduced the con-
cept of Competitive Renewable
Energy Zones, which designates
eight areas around the state in
which independent transmission
companies can build their pow-
er lines.
According to Roark, a large
amount of the land for these
zones will be acquired via emi-
nent domain.
Roark said the current plan to
expand the power-line system is
an expensive one. Developers es-
timate the project to cost more
than $4.93 billion in the coming
years, and they hope the new
grid can be fully functional by
2013, she said.
Private transmission line com-
panies are encouraged to build
these lines because they will re-
ceive a guaranteed rate of re-
turn [from their services], Sadler
said.
While there is no current short-
age of energy, the sizeable growth
of Texas cities in the past decade
has caused concern for analysts
about the future because expand-
ing the system is a long-term proj-
ect, said Terry Hadley, a spokes-
man for the Public Utility Com-
mission of Texas.
There is enough energy now,
but Texas is a rapidly growing
state, so there will be a need for
more energy in the future, Had-
ley said. This plan [will be effec-
tive] for the next 10, 20 or even 30
years.
Hadley said between 5 and 10
percent of Texas energy is gener-
ated from wind each day.
This is a significant increase
from 10 years ago, when it was
only about 1 percent, he said.
BILL: Spike in applicants
contributes to long wait
NOISE: Ordinance affecting business of local venues
weekends and the restaurant also
offers the T-shirts for sale.
Ryan Fulmer, general manag-
er of Uncle Billys, said he discov-
ered additional restrictions after
he renewed the restaurants mu-
sic permit in August. The new
permit asks the restaurant to stop
live music, no matter what sound
level, by 8 p.m. Sundays through
Thursdays. Live music is permit-
ted until 10 p.m. Friday and Sat-
urday, he said.
Theres almost no point in
having music on the weekdays,
Fulmer said. Well have a res-
taurant full of customers who ask
if the bands going to play more,
of if therell be
anot her s et .
We have to tell
them no, the
city wont let
us.
Fulmer said
the new hours
have been det-
rimental to the
musical atmo-
sphere of Uncle
Billys and that
he has seen cus-
tomers leave af-
ter the music
stops. He also
said the most
likely reason for
the time restric-
tions was because of
residents in nearby
neighborhoods who
called the police.
This one guy
calls every day to
ask if were going
to have live music
just so he can call
the police ahead of
time, Fulmer said.
Its a nightmare.
But a restaurant
can apply to be re-
classified as a cock-
tail lounge to have
live music play at
the original 85 deci-
bels. Rusty Zagst,
the general manager
of Shady Grove, said his restaurant
qualified for the classification and
does not have the problems other
restaurants face with the sound or-
dinance.
Kimberly White-Erlinger of the
Barton Hills Neighborhood Asso-
ciation said in a Feb. 27 article in
The Daily Texan that neighbor-
hood associations were not trying
to limit the music industry.
White-Erlinger said people
who purchase a home or condo
in Central Austin are generally
aware of events that cause traf-
fic and noise. The neighborhood
associations only get involved
when it is clearly troublesome
for the residents, she said.
PANTRY: Project humanizes less
fortunate in eyes of volunteers
WIND: Population growth main cause of expansion
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This one guy calls

every day to ask if
were going to have
live music just so he
can call the police
ahead of time.
Its a nightmare.
Ryan Fulmer
general manager
of Uncle Billys
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