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NT G-Force enrollment program gets $117k grant Program helps high school students to college

BY BRYAN SHETTIG Staff Writer

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating board recently approved a $117,000 grant for NT’s G-Force program, which tries to enroll students in college, many of them the first in their family to do so.

The grant was awarded to the program to hire more student

members to go to six local high schools to recruit. The money puts the G-Force program’s total amount in grants at $400,000.

“A lot of the kids we talk to are very, very smart but sometimes they need someone to tell them that,” said Korina Leyva, Denton sophomore and president of G-Force at NT. Ley va sa id t he prog ra m sets up Go Centers at the high schools, which are offices with computers, Internet access and NT students who mentor high school students on how to go to college. The program focuses on students who will be the first in their family to go to college, called first-generation college students.

“We’re dealing with kids that have never even thought about going to college,” said Patrick Vazquez, the G-Force adviser and director of the Center for Out reach a nd Com mu n it y Involvement. “We see kids with the façade of ‘going to school is not cool’ but we see a lot of students change their mind.”

N T ’s G -For c e pr o g r a m c u r rent ly ser ves si x h ig h schools: Ryan High School, Aubrey High School, Decatur High School, Diamond HillJar vis High School and OD Wyatt High School in Fort Worth and LG Pinkston High School in Dallas.

Leyva said G-Force members go to the high schools and visit

thought so highly of and I hope that his legacy and his life and his work continues to have that same impact on our students today.”

Reginald Johnson, advancement associate at NT, said the Multicultural Center has been planning the event for eight or nine months.

“We’re very excited about it,” Johnson said. “We worked very closely with the Hispanic organizations to put this together.”

Juana Perez, Dallas junior, said she was interested to hear what Rodriguez had to say about

her grandfather’s work.

“I came to hear about what she’s doing and what her goals are as the granddaughter of César Chávez,” Perez said.

Rodriguez ended her lecture with a Chávez quote that she said embodies his work and the work her family continues to do: “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. And you cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”

students during their lunch hours and guide them to the Go Centers, which are usually located in either the school library or counselor’s office.

Va z q u e z s a i d G -For c e members encourage high school students to take more Advanced Placement courses and to take their SAT tests early. In addition, they advise them on what colleges are best for their major and how to apply for financial aid.

R ig ht now t he G -Force program has 35 jobs open, which Vazquez said the grant pays for. The grant lasts until Aug. 31, 2008.

G-Force members go to the schools during the week, usually

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vazquez said when he has hired a full staff, members will be at the schools every day of the week.

The G-Force program is part of the Closing the Gaps by 2015 reform program approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 2000.

“We’re all excited and ready to get started,” said Teresa Washington, a counselor at LG Pinkston High School.

Washington said members of G-Force arrive at the Dallas school Oct. 19.

“When students are able to see other students that come from the same background and go to college that is really helpful,” Washington said.

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nating educational programs in California, Arizona and Illinois, she said. The programs focus on service-learning work and are consistent with Chávez’s core values of dignity, community and nonviolence, Rodriguez said.

“The work that I do now at the Foundation is to ensure that current and future generations know about my grandfather,” Rodriguez said. “I was fortunate enough to know and be mentored by someone that I

Texas ranked third for taking federal money WASHINGTON (AP) – Texas took in federal aid and contracts worth more than $1.2 trillion between 2000 and this year, making it the third biggest recipient of federal money, according to a watchdog group.

The state-by-state breakdown of federal spending by OMB Watch, a Washingtonbased nonprofit, found that Texas trailed only Florida and California in direct federal financial support, which includes programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

F lor ida’s federa l a id is boosted by a large number of senior citizens who qualify for Social Security and Medicare.

California is the only state with more people than Texas, which took in more than $1 trillion in direct aid.

Meanwhile, Texas took in about $200 billion in federal government private contracts, behind only California and Virginia, according to t he study.

Adam Hughes, the director

of fiscal policy for OMB watch, said the demographics of an area affect how much direct federal aid it receives, because much of the money goes to mandated programs such as Medicare.

The state’s elected representatives in Washington have more influence over private contracts, because they can insert earmarks into spending bills that direct money to companies or groups operating in their districts.

Ca l Ji l lson, a Sout her n Methodist University political science professor, said Texas’ high ranking among recipient states reflects the ‘‘pork-barrel libertarianism’’ philosophy of many Texans. ‘‘Texans like to think of themselves as the modern-day Marlboro Man,’’ he said, ‘‘small government, low ta xes and deregulation and ‘keep your hands out of our pockets and I will take care of myself.’ But they reach out to Washington every time there seems to be federal money available.’’

The Texas Department of

Transportation ranks near the top nationally for receiving federa l dollars, despite its directors’ recent concerns that a budget crunch could prevent the construction of new roads.

The department received $2.9 billion in the first three quarters of the 2006 fiscal year, fourth in the nation among state agencies.

Department spokesman Chris Lippincott said federal funding spiked in 2006 partly because the agency was reimbursed by the federal government for some large projects.

Lippincott said the agency should be one of the top recipients of federal aid because of the state’s large population. He said the agency expects federal funding to drop for the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years.

From 2000 to 2006, the Texas Education Agency received the most federal aid of any state agency in Texas, taking in $20 billion, followed by the transportation department, which got $14 billion.

No verdict decided for University president was done to improve TSU’s image. ‘’You want your presidential house to be something that reflects an institution that is not a dusty, old institution but that it is something to be proud of,’’ DeGeurin said.

DeGeurin said Slade never tried to hide her purchases and blamed the problems on other TSU employees who had mismanaged the paperwork.

Two TSU workers were indicted, but one had charges dropped.

Witnesses who testified on Slade’s beha lf credited her with increasing enrollment,

constructing new academic buildings and increasing donations to the school. ‘’Give Slade back her good name. Give her back her life,’’ DeGeurin said. ‘’She was the greatest thing that happened to Texas Southern University.’’

The allegations against Slade coincided with reports that revealed a pattern of financial mismanagement at TSU. The entire nine-member board of regents resigned at Gov. Rick Perry’s request.

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Prosecutors said Priscilla Slade left a legacy of waste and betrayed trust as she misspent school funds on ever y thing from $100 bottles of wine at lunch to landscaping to $40,000 china.

Her attorney argued that all of his client’s spending was done to improve the school’s status. He accused prosecutors of making her a scapegoat for Texas Southern’s problems.

Jurors deliberated for nearly three and a half hours Monday a f t er c lo si ng a r g u ment s .

Deliberations were to resume Wednesday.

Slade, 55, is on trial for one of two counts of misapplication of fiduciary property with a value over $200,000. If convicted, she faces up to life in prison.

Prosecutors said that during Slade’s more than six years as president of the state’s largest historically black university, she spent more than $138,000 on landscaping, more than $56,000 on a high tech security system and more than $100,000 in furniture and other home decorations, including nearly $13,600 for custom silk bedding and window treatments. ‘’Why did TSU have to spend that money to beautify Priscilla Slade’s bedroom?’’ prosecutor Ju l ia n Ra m i rez a sked t he jury. ‘’Eighty-five percent of TSU students are on financial aid,’’ he added. ‘’It’s money she threw away.’’

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Goodwin was seen leaving a conven ience store i n Denton with Reyes on Sept.

25., according to an arrest warrant.

Reyes was identified after a phone ca ll made from the store was traced to his girlfriend’s house, Andrea Alexander, where she identified him and told police “she had observed singed hairs and burns on Reyes forearms,” according to the arrest warrant.

Reyes’ family declined comment.

According to the arrest warrant for Reyes, a surveillance camera recorded him dragging a body from a car, which was ident if ied as Goodwin’s, and lighting it

on fire in the area where Goodwin’s body was later found.

Singleton and Bobo said they did not know who will get the reward money.

“We’re work i ng w it h t he Ca r rol lton Pol ice Department,” Bobo said.

“If and when they identify somebody who may have given specific information that warrants the award, the family will be happy to see that person receive the award.”

Fonda sa id t he Da llas County district attorney’s office will handle the extradition process.

The district attorney’s office was not reachable for comment.

“I think the family is going to be very involved in the prosecution of Mr. Reyes,” Bobo said.

UNIVERSTY BRIEFS Truck filled with explosive chemicals overturns near Victoria VICTORIA (AP) – Victoria County Sheriff’s deputies closed down a mile of Highway 77 yesterday, after a tanker filled with explosive chemicals overturned.

No chemicals leaked, and the truck driver was treated for minor injuries at a hospital.

Residents of 31 homes within a one-mile radius of the accident were called and told to stay inside. A separate tanker arrived around noon to unload the chemicals from the overturned truck.

Texas Tech bans T-shirts featuring Vick, A&M’s mascot LUBBOCK (AP) – Texas Tech has banned the sale of a T-shirt bearing the likeness of former NFL star Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot of Texas A&M and suspended the fraternity involved in its production.

The red and black shirts, with text that says ‘’VICK ‘EM’’ in an apparent reference to the Aggies slogan ‘’Gig ‘em,’’ were created by Tech student Geoffrey Candia.

He says he realizes now the shirts were a bad idea.

Officials say the student was trying to sell them before Saturday’s game in Lubbock.

Vick faces up to five years in prison after pleaded guilty to federal dog fighting charges.

State has extra $1.5 billion leftover from last year’s budget AUSTIN (AP) – When Texas accountants closed the books on the 2007 budget period, the state had an unexpected $1.5 billion in unspent money, Comptroller Susan Combs told lawmakers Tuesday.

The ending balance for the 2007 fiscal year, which closed Aug. 31, was $8.5 billion, up from the $7 billion expected when Combs earlier this year set her biennial revenue estimate.

Most of the money can’t be spent until lawmakers meet again and adopt spending legislation.

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NATIONAL BRIEFS Man held in videotaped rape of girl LAS VEGAS (AP) – Police said late Monday they had arrested Chester “Chet” Arthur Stiles, t he man accused of v ideotaping himself while raping a 3-year-old girl.

Las Vegas police Sgt. John Loretto confirmed the arrest but decl i ned to elaborate.

Mr. Loretto said police would prov ide deta i ls at a news conference late Monday.

Mr. Stiles, 37, had been the focus of a nationwide manhunt since police identified him as the man who raped and sexually assaulted a girl in a homemade videotape that surfaced last month in the rural Nevada town of Pahrump.

The girl was found with her mother in Las Vegas on Sept.

29. Now 7 years old, she has been described as happy and healthy, with no memor y of the 2003 encounter with Mr. Stiles.

Lawmakers seek U.S. action in Jena 6 case WA S H I N G T O N ( A P ) – Democratic law ma kers denounced federal authorities Tuesday for not intervening in the Jena Six case, citing racist noose-hanging incidents far beyond the small Louisiana tow n where a school attack garnered national attention.

T he House Jud icia r y Committee held a hearing with federal officials and community activists examining the case of the six black teenagers charged with the beating of a white student. The incident happened after nooses were hung from a tree on a high school campus there – a symbol of the lynching violence of the segregation era.

D emo c r at ic l aw m a ker s, many of them black, blasted federal authorities for staying out of the local prosecutor's case against the six, particularly that of Mychal Bell, who is currently in jail after a judge decided he violated the terms of his probation for a previous conviction.

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Committee to aid critical classroom crunch Rapid growth to blame for lack of space B Y R ANDI C ROWDER Intern

Issues of space are on the rise along with the number of students on the NT campus.

Departments that add graduate assista nts on sta f f to accommodate more students may need extra office space.

T he Space A ssessment Committee will look at these issues and adjust how space is used on campus.

“President Gretchen Bataille wanted to take a strategic look at how space is assessed on campus and desired to have new policies in place,” said Donna Asher, assistant vice

president for academic affairs and newly appointed chair of the committee.

Last year, the Faculty Senate raised questions about administ rators not fol low ing NT policies when it came to space ma nagement, sa id Richa rd Wells, member of the journalism faculty and the Faculty Senate.

He said that during former NT President Alfred Hurley’s administration, the University Planning Council had a facilities committee in place to manage spacing issues, but under the former NT President Norval Pohl and former NT Provost Howa rd Joh nson’s administration, the council wa s def u nct even t houg h it was requ i red u nder N T policy.

Bat a i l le c reate d a t a sk force, a team to draft policies and procedures for space

on campus, Asher said.

“There was no systematic process in place,” she said.

“The new policy is a result

“The new policy is a result of the task force that was created.”

–Donna Asher, vice president for academic affairs

of t he task force t hat was created.”

Asher said the committee w ill ana lyze request forms sent from department chairs, who must have the approval of their dean or v ice presi-

Public Administration Department chair receives Sweeney award, free publicity

BY K IRK COOPER Views Editor

An NT department chair was recognized during an international city and county managers’ conference last week for contributing to the education of future public administrators.

Rober t Bla nd, head of t he public administration depa r t ment, received t he Internationa l Cit y/Count y Management Association’s Sweeney Academic awa rd Tuesday at a conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. The award honors scholars who educate students seeking local government careers. Three graduate students and Abraham Benavides, also of the public administration department,

accompanied Bland to Pittsburgh for the three-day conference.

“It was very n ice,” Bla nd sa id. “The associat ion presented the Bland award during t he nig ht of the opening ceremony.”

Bland said he was nominated by a group of the graduate department’s a lumni without his knowledge, and that he was surprised when he received the call from the association. He also said that many of the alumni are very active in t he Nort h Texas Exes and in the surrounding community.

“The MPA [Master of Public Ad m i n i st r at ion ] a lu m n i group nominated me and I was notified by the institution later on,” Bland said. “It was a great honor.”

Bland said he hopes the award will serve as good free publicity for the department during the U.S. News & World Report ranking season, in which the department has usually fared well in past years. Still, he said competition is fierce.

“To say it’s cutthroat is an understatement,” Bland said.

In spite of the program “being ranked in the top 10 h istor ica l ly,” he sa id the public administration department does not have as large of a budget to spend on advertising as programs at other schools such as Arizona State University, so word-ofmouth buzz in the field from the award will help.

“We’d like to be able to do more marketing, but you have to use resources ever so carefully,” Bland said.

A biographical profile of Bland was featured in the association’s PM Magazine.

Additionally, Bland is slated to receive a commemorative plaque in the mail.

Benav ides, one of Bland’s associates, said he is renow ned in the world of public administration, and that the award “is an excellent ref lection on our program.” He also said he hoped t hat t he nat iona l recognition would turn a few heads within the university’s administration as well.

“As the new administration at the university reviews the new programs, I think it can’t overlook the social sciences,” Benavides said.

“A lot of money is going to engineering, chemistry and biology, and sometimes we overlook the social sciences that look at people. Those are just as important and just as valuable.”

dent. The committee will then propose the recommendations to Provost Wendy Wilk ins, who will make the final decision on the allocation of space, according to the committee’s policy.

“It’s hav ing a n objective approval of people that make recommendations to impact t he universit y as a whole,” A sher sa id. “We have t he best interest of the university in mind while reviewing the requests of those departments.”

The committee will consist of nine representatives: two from academic affairs, one from student development, one from finance and business affairs, one representative from research, the staff council and the Faculty Senate, the committee chair and one member f rom t he St udent Government Association.

Wells, elected to represent the Faculty Senate, said the committee will ensure that everyone’s interests are voiced and that it is a transparent process.

He drafted the new policy along with Dennis Mueller of the physics faculty.

“When growing as rapidly as NT, building buildings and renovations is so expensive, you have to be smart in how you use space,” Wells said.

“The university is now being c a l led a st udent-or iented research institution, meaning you have to have enoug h space for research and more space to take care of students.

Period.”

Asher said the representatives to serve on the committee w ill be f ina lized by Friday and the committee will meet sometime before the end of the month.

Senator Hutchison will not seek re-election WA SH I NGTON (A P) – Re pu bl ic a n K a y B a i le y Hutchison said Tuesday she will not seek re-election after her current Senate term and is weighing other options, which could include a bid for Texas governor.

“I was honest in the (2006) campaign that it was my intention to not go beyond this last term, third term,’’ said Hutchison of Texas. “I know every other option is certainly available, but I don’t intend to run for a fourth term.’’

She said running for Texas governor in 2010 is one option but she has not made a decision.

Hutchison was a little exasperated Tuesday with the attention to her plans.

The renewed interest was triggered by her comments to Texas Monthly magazine.

Excerpts of the interview were posted Monday on the magazine’s “State of Mine’’ feature written by editor Evan Smith.

The full interview is to be published in December.

Hutch i son told Tex a s Monthly magazine that stepping down in two years “has to be considered.’’

“I will be looking at what is best for Texas. If giving someone a lead on seniority is an option, if I ran for governor, I would try to do that in a way that was most advantageous to a person who would be coming in and representing Texas,’’ Hutchison told reporters outside the U.S. Senate.

Hutchison denied she has made herself a lame duck by saying she won’t seek re-election years before her term ends or she resigns.

“There’s just too much talk about it right now because it’s so far away and I think anyone in politics who talks about something three years out is probably not very experienced in politics,’’ Hutchison said.

Hutchison had considered challenging Gov. Rick Perry, also a Republican, in 2006. But she backed out of what was likely to be a bruising and divi-

sive race.

“It was not the right time for Texas and it was probably not the right time for the Republican Party to have that kind of challenge,’’ she told Texas Monthly.

But now, ‘’there’s not anyone who could really make a case to me that this would be divisive for the Republican Party in a way that would make me step back,’’ she said.

Hutchison’s departure would leave Republican Sen. John Cornyn as the state’s senior senator if he wins re-election to a second term next year.

“I would argue that makes my re-election that much more important, so that we have a little seniority in the Senate,’’ Cornyn said with a laugh.

Hutch ison’s com ment s provoked speculation about who might seek to replace her.

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, when asked whether he’d consider it, said he would have to be persuaded Republicans were not returning to the majority in the House. He said he could do more good as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Barton had run for the seat along with several other candidates when Lloyd Bentsen stepped down in 1993 to run for vice president.

When Hutchison won that special election, she pledged to serve only two terms and declared herself a supporter of term limits.

But last year after she gave up the gubernatorial race, she declared she was seeking a third term. Hutchison said she still supports term limits, but wouldn’t bind herself unless other senators also left after two terms.

She won her first full term in 1994 and was re-elected in 2000 and again in 2006.

If she does run for governor and wins, once she steps down as senator a temporary appointment would be made by the governor to fill the Senate seat until an election is held.

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The New York Philharmonic Principal Trumpeter Philip Smith played with the NT Brass Band Monday night at Winspear Performance Hall.

Smith was a soloist on two of the songs from the concert.

“He is a very wonderful soloist and a wonderful musician,” said Brian Bowman, conductor of the NT Brass Band. “It is quite unique to see a principal trumpet player, who is also such a fine solo player, with the brass band and working with students in this manner. It was a real treat.”

Smith and his pianist are currently on a tour of several Texas universities, which include Baylor, Texas Tech, and University of Texas at Austin.

“About a couple of weeks ago I got a call from a trumpet teacher here, and it just so happened that there was an opportunity for Mr. Smith to come to NT,” said Bowman.

“It just so happened that he

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When Scott Murphy wakes up for the day, he knows he will not be heading to the studio to write screenplays as usual.

Instead, the NT alum and television writer, whose credits include Angel, The Nightmare Room and most recently Star Wars: Clone Wars, joins his fellow Writers Guild of America members at the picket lines at Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles.

“Being involved in the strike is very surreal,” he said. “Writers are usually not cut out for stuff like this. We’re used to being indoors and typing a lot, but now, all of a sudden, we’re out on street corners, waving signs and chanting with people honking at us in support.

It’s very strange.” Murphy, who earned his master’s degree in Radio, Television and Film Studies from NT in 1994, is just one of the many guild members who are fighting for a bigger cut of the profits from their shows.

“The guild is asking each member to put in 20 hours a week on the picket line,” he said.

“I’ve been on the morning shift at Warner Bros. There are picket lines at every major studio in town.”

The strike began on Nov. 5, as the guild began talks to re-negotiate their contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

“There are a lot of different deal points that we’re trying to come to an agreement on, but the big one is that we want to be paid for Internet usage of material

we write,” Murphy said. “We’re also seeking an increase in the residual payments we get from DVD sales.”

Former Guild member Fred Watkins of the RTVF faculty said this strike has the potential to be worse than the previous writers’ strike in 1988. Television studios are now shooting the last of the scripted material they have written and Watkins said students aspiring to make it in the entertainment industry may have trouble finding work until the strike ends.

“The ’88 strike affected people who had graduated and were hoping to break into production in L.A. and New York,” he said. “There was nothing to break in to.”

Murphy said that, while the writers are the only ones striking, some of the actors have been walking the picket lines to show support.

“You look to your left and see actors like Julia Louis-Dreyfus or Tracey Ullman or the guys from Reno 911!, and that just makes it even more bizarre,” he said. “In addition to being nice, it’s in their best interest because when their contract is up in June, they’ll be fighting for some of the same benefits we’re fighting for now.”

All in all, Murphy said, the writers hope the strike ends soon.

“Although everybody I’ve talked to seems to be resolved and determined to get a good deal, nobody wants to be on strike,” he said.

“We all want to be back to writing our movies and TV shows, so we want the strike to be over as soon as possible.”

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119 Career wins recorded by former Mavericks women’s basketball head coach Donna Capps

.475 Softball player Katie Jones’ teamleading batting average. She also leads the team in hits, runs, home runs, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage

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Freshman pitcher Heather Fortenberry is a longtime fan of the softball team. Now she leads the team with the best ERA and is distinguishing herself as one of UTA’s strongest athletes.

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Swofford claims SLC award following wins Amanda Swofford, junior shortstop for the softball team, received her first Aeropostale SLC Softball Player of the Week honor Tuesday.

She was named as the recipient for her part in the Lady Mavs’ four victories last week.

Last Wednesday the Mavs traveled to North Texas to take on the Mean Green in a nonconference matchup, which ended after Swofford hit her first home run of the season in the eighth inning to boost the team to a narrow 1-0 win.

Swofford returned in the team’s next game, a home competition versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and continued her success, going 2-for2, including her second home run of the season. She finished the series by going 4-for-6 over the next two games, scoring four runs in the two Lady Mavs wins.

The team goes on the road next with two doubleheaders, the first of which is today against Centenary College. After tonight’s games, the team will have a week off before hosting Tulsa on Wednesday at Allan Saxe Field.

The Lady Mavericks are in the middle of a spectacular season.

The softball team sits atop the Southland Conference standings because players are putting the team’s goals over personal accomplishments.

One such player is freshman pitcher Heather Fortenberry.

Fortenberry, who passed up bigger colleges like Texas State and Boston College, knew she wanted to pitch for UTA when she was playing for Poteet High School in Mesquite.

“I was thrilled to death when I got the letter from UTA,” she said. “I had just returned from a tournament in Colorado, and my cousin told me about it.”

Fortenberry holds long-standing ties with head coach Debbie Hedrick, who lived in Mesquite. Fortenberry was coached by Hedrick’s father.

“It was just meant to be,” Hedrick said. “I needed her, and she really wanted to pitch for UTA.” The transition from all-star high-

school athlete to college-freshman pitcher has not been an easy one.

Fortenberry admits being nervous when she first came here. First baseman Dee Jay Nelson and shortstop Amanda Swofford were the first players to approach her and ease her nerves.

“We were excited about her coming in,” Nelson said. “She came in working hard and really wants to help the team.”

Fortenberry also has the benefit of sharing the experience with another freshman. Catcher Samantha Chumchal, who hails from the small Texas town of Richwood, is not only her roommate but also her best friend.

The two got to know one another by talking on the phone before meeting face-to-face.

“She’s just the sweetest person,” Chumchal said. “I rely on her a lot, and if she has a bad day she comes to my room and we talk about it.”

Fortenberry leads the Lady Mavericks in the circle, owning a 2.52 ERA, 84 strikeouts and an 11-1 record. She has put up impressive

numbers at the plate too. She has a .330 batting average and sits third on the team in RBIs with 25.

“She has made this team better,” Hedrick said. “She takes on whatever role I need her to and not only works hard at it but enjoys it.”

Fortenberry admits that she’s not very intimidating and never looks the batter in the eye. Instead, she calms herself by praying. If she’s struggling, she remembers a previous coach’s words. “ ‘Each pitch is a new pitch,’ ” Fortenberry said. “ ‘Make this one better than the last.’ ” Both Hedrick and Fortenberry agree that the pitcher has some kinks to work out, which will come with time on the field. Fortenberry’s teammates and coach agree that she will get better and more confident as her career at UTA progresses.

“I just want to do my part for the team,” Fortenberry said. “I want the team to win conference.”

announcement means a pay cut from her listed 2006-07 salary, Capps said she is positive in her motivations for leaving.

“I had a really fun run at UTA, but positions like these don’t come open for women very often,” she said.

Capps has a longtime involvement with Mesquite, having begun her coaching career with a 12-year stint at North Mesquite High School, and has family ties in the area.

Her exit from UTA comes at an unusual time as Capps and the team recently completed a perfect Southland Conference season less than a month ago. She said some of the happenings and stresses of the season were factors in her decision but that reassembling the team’s decimated coaching staff would be a specifically difficult task.

Ron Powell, former assistant coach and Capps’ longtime mentor and confidant, was suspended by athletic director Pete Carlon in January after an altercation with players following a game. Powell later resigned and Capps explained that she and the team members missed him.

“Coach Powell and I worked together to build the program,” she said. “It would be difficult, if not impossible, to replace him.”

A separate incident later led to another of the team’s assistant coaches being reassigned, leaving the Mavericks bench nearly empty.

“That part was difficult,” Capps said.

“Obviously it is not normal for a team to end up with only two coaches.”

The Mavs held together during the trials and still hold together, though coachless for now. Carlon said that he is aware of the opportunities Capps received and that he supports her decision. The Athletic Department will start the search for a replacement immediately, but for now the team said that, despite the loss, it plans to be even better next year because of the foundation Capps laid.

“We all wish her well and the best in everything she does,” guard Kiarra Shofner said.

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I want the team to win conference.”

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Ten acts to perform at talent show After surviving an audition round, the performers will compete in the Rosebud.

By Ray Edward Buffington IV Contributor to The Shorthorn

Students will perform a variety of acts Tuesday at EX.C.E.L. Campus Activities’ 2007 Talent Show.

Ten music, dance and song acts will unfold back-to-back on stage at 7 p.m. in the University Center Rosebud Theatre.

Education sophomore Veron-

ica Rendon, group campus traditions director, said this year’s lineup mostly comprises dancing and music but should still entertain the audience.

“We have a color guard doing a dance act, a hip-hop dance act, a lyrical dance act, a vocal act, a pianist act,” she said. “They are all in the same genre, but they are all different.”

The acts passed through Tuesday’s talent-check-cut.

Student Activities coordinator Brian Joyce said 17 acts auditioned.

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“There were a wide range of people and talents auditioning,” he said. “It was interesting.”

Rendon said a panel of faculty members judged the auditions.

“They had the same score

sheets that will be used in the actual show, and we went by the highest-ranking scores,” she said.

The first-round marks were tallied, and 10 acts were selected for the show.

After Tuesday’s performance and another round of judging, gift cards and trophies for first, second, third places and a people’s choice award will be given to each respective winner. The amount and type of gift card hasn’t been decided.

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all on a first-come, first-seated basis.

A reception with refreshments will follow outside the theater.

“We wanted to make it a little more formal,” Rendon said.

“Something where, if you were a performer, your friends and family could come and mingle with you and the audience while having some lemonade and cookies.”

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“They make heavy decisions that involve the entire student body and also faculty, staff and alumni.”

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president and the rest of the student leaders deal with.”

He also expects voter turnout for this year’s elections to be high because of the increased campaigning the candidates have done around campus.

Sanders mentioned he would like to see Mobile Campus and the External Relations Council, a monthly meeting with the Arlington mayor and Student Congress members to discuss student and city issues, continue with the new members.

He said he anticipates that the candidates will continue these tasks, including followup work on the mascot.

“These are all things that were started this year and that will have a lasting effect on the UT-Arlington student body,” the political science senior said.

“We just got them up and running and they’re all considered

to be successful right now, but they still have a lot more work to continue their endurance.”

Carter Bedford, Student Governance and Organizations assistant director, said all the candidates are campaigning more compared to other elections.

He said that candidates for SC president and vice president will probably stand out more, and that a strong president provides a strong student and campus community. He added that the areas surrounding the campus are also affected by the leaders’ decisions.

He said that positions like Mr. and Ms. UTA affect campus traditions and spirit and they come from a variety of backgrounds, with a group of diverse student ambassadors.

“No matter the difference in position, they’re all important student positions that are somewhat the life-blood of the campus,” Bedford said.

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Mindy Hutchison, nursing academic adviser and anthropology graduate student, makes a suggestion at the Committee on Diversity and International Understanding’s final forum Wednesday in College Hall. After asking attendees to place scores on 32 ideas, the committee will choose one to replace the Nedderman Hall Hall of Flags and represent the university’s diversity.

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of laws and rules,” he said. “We said, ‘OK, we don’t want to hurt your feelings.’ ” Qaisar Sabaheen, computer science and engineering senior, told the committee that other problems would come about if a map was hung due to conflicts between other regions, such as Palestine and Israel.

“The map on the ceiling won’t solve the problems,” he said.

Lynn Peterson, computer science and engineering associate dean, thought the absence

of flags took away from campus history.

“Students now come and say ‘Where are our flags?’ ” she said.

“They recognize that they experienced a loss. I had people in my office in tears.”

Hanging all U.N.-recognized flags during International Week was another suggestion on the report.

Software engineering senior Vikrant Bhusal thought the low turnout at the forum was due to the ineffectiveness of input.

“It’s not going anywhere, and they’re not going to replace the flags,” he said. “Even the names on banners will create a problem. They can’t keep everybody

happy.”

Bhusal told the committee he thought the best thing to do was to not represent diversity at all.

Committee co-chair Frank Lamas, Student Affairs vice president, said that although this was the last forum, anyone with further opinions can submit their ideas through email or Facebook. The committee will write the final report in mid-May. “The forums aren’t the only vehicle,” he said. “I’d suggest those who have ideas send it sooner.”

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vator for students.

Students can listen to media of expression that concentrate on cultural-enrichment themes and breaking down racial barriers.

Dagoberto Gilb, editor and contributing author of Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature, will read from the book at 11 a.m. in the Central Library sixth floor parlor. Gilb will hold a book signing after the event. The book serves as an encyclopedia of Texas Hispanic writers and their work.

Following this event, several Hispanic authors, including political science professor José Gutiérrez, will discuss their works at 2 p.m. in the parlor.

Gutiérrez, known as the founder of La Raza Unida political party, is known for his controversial remarks concerning Anglo-Hispanic relations. Other speakers include poet Carmen Tafolla, journalist Christine Granados and author Rolando HinojosaSmith.

Architecture sophomore Sergio Cepeda will perform in place of alternative musician David Garza, who canceled due to an emergency. His performance time and location have not been determined.

UT-Austin’s Dr. HinojosaSmith will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center Carlisle Suite with a reception to follow.

Dr. Baker hopes students will attend so they can see their work in college materialized through the featured writers’ accomplishments.

“If you don’t see people doing what you want to do, how do you know that your dreams are even a possibility?” she said.

Baker hopes students learn as much as they can from what she calls “sources of inspiration.”

“This is a great opportunity for students to hear legendary Mexican artists from Texas, like Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, and also for the fresh-faced artists, such as Benjamin Alire Sáenz,” she explained.

Adriana Lopez, international business and Spanish senior, works with the center and plans to attend the event.

“I’m going because I hope that me and the other students that are attending can learn not just about their books but also what inspired them to write such moving stories,” she said.

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DowntheLine UTA Sports Calendar Today Baseball versus Baylor Time: 6 p.m.

Place: Waco

baseball

Mavs lose weekend series 2-1 Home run by Ben Burum helps the team win in last game of the home series.

Golf at the Southland Conference Championships Time: all day Place: Kerrville

By Sean McNamara Contributor to The Shorthorn

Wednesday Softball versus Tulsa Game 1: 3 p.m.

Game 2: 5 p.m.

Place: Allan Saxe Field Men’s Tennis versus Florida Atlantic Time: 2 p.m.

Place: UTA Tennis Center Golf at the Southland Conference Championships Time: all day Place: Kerrville Friday Baseball versus Southeastern Louisiana Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: Hammond, La. Men’s and women’s tennis at the Southland Conference Championships Time: all day Place: San Antonio

TENNIS

Men hold second while women drop to third The men’s and women’s tennis teams both competed over the weekend, yielding a win for the men and a loss for the women.

The win put the men in second place in the Southland Conference with a 6-1 record. They are 10-10 overall.

The women’s loss drops them to third place in the SLC with an 8-2 record. They are 13-3 overall.

Both teams travel to San Antonio this weekend to play in the SLC Championships, though the men have two nonconference matches remaining this week.

— Caleb Gremmer

The Mavericks ended this weekend’s Southland Conference series against McNeese State with a win on Sunday, despite losing both games of a doubleheader Saturday at Clay Gould Ballpark.

The 4-3 win over the Cowboys was UTA’s second SLC win of the season, leaving its record at 11-26 overall and 2-13 in conference.

McNeese State second baseman David Leatherwood singled up the middle in the top of the first and later scored the first run of the game on a double from catcher Joe Hulett.

UTA answered with a home run from center fielder Collin Garner to tie the game at one in the third.

The Mavs continued with the offense, taking the lead with two runs in the fourth inning when third baseman Leo Radkowski doubled to right center, bringing in two runners.

McNeese tied the game again in the sixth, scoring two runs, but UTA eventually clinched the game in the eighth as first baseman Ben Burum blasted a home run down the right field line.

“It’s a positive feeling,” Burum said of his game-winning home run. “The bigger the

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Designated hitter Danny Slinkman connects with the baseball in a game against McNeese State. The Mavericks went on to beat the Cowboys, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon.

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up no runs from two hits and striking out two in two innings of work.

Pitcher Ryan Frantz took the loss as he gave up one run from four hits and struck out two in 3 2/3 innings.

“It’s never easy when you’re struggling,” associate head coach Darin Thomas said. “But we’re not laying down. We’re not giving up.”

The first day of the series did not go as well for the Mavs.

Inclement weather postponed

Friday’s game, setting up Saturday’s doubleheader, in which the Mavs lost both games.

UTA was blown out in the first game, 10-3, but stuck with the Cowboys in the second, losing, 3-1, after giving up two runs in the ninth.

Pitcher Dillon Gee helped keep the Mavericks in the game, striking out five and allowing just one run off 11 hits in his eight innings of work. Pitcher Chris Taylor came in to close out the ninth, giving up the two

runs and earning the loss.

“Gee pitched great,” Thomas said. “We felt really bad that we could not get the win.”

Pitcher Danny Davis got the win for the Cowboys after giving up no runs off one hit and striking out two in 2 1/3 innings.

UTA returns to the field when it travels to Waco to face the Baylor Bears at 6 p.m. today.

Sean McNamara sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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“This series addresses the job search strategies and techniques that apply to the job market today.”

Bill Fenson, Business career services coordinator

An Audience of One The latest career workshop stressed the importance of networking to a student

By Samantha Nhema The Shorthorn staff

One student received a personal lesson in career networking as the sole attendee of Thursday’s lecture.

Counseling specialist Cliff Garinn said he was not surprised at the low turnout because of what he called the common misconception that students don’t need the tools taught at such workshops.

“The biggest response is for résumé writing,” he said. “Students want to learn how to write a résumé and then they think they are fine, but the résumé will not get you a job.

The résumé will get you an interview, and then what?”

Garinn said the workshops, hosted by the counseling and career services, give students a variety of specific skills they may not consider, such as the sophisticated way to hold a dinner plate and glass while receiving a business card. Garinn stressed to his attendee that networking was a large part of getting a job after college.

“Searching online and the visual job search tools should only be 10 percent of what you’ll do,” he said. “Hidden

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Business career specialist Cliff Garinn speaks during a job-search seminar Thursday in the Business Building. Career services will sponsor other Project Me workshop seminars throughout the month.

opportunities are important.

The secret to these hidden job search techniques is to find a job before it is advertised.”

Bill Fenson, business career services coordinator, said the six-week-long series is geared toward expanding the Career and Counseling Services’ mission to help students prepare for post-graduation job searches.

“This series addresses the job search strategies and tech-

niques that apply to the job market today,” he said.

Fenson said this is the second semester the series has been called Project Me and shortened to about an hour to make it a more studentfriendly program.

Counseling and Career Services offers semester-long help for students seeking jobs and internships, but Fenson said this series gives students an opportunity to benefit from

the group dynamic.

“This dynamic is based on who else is in the room,” he said. “Someone may ask a question you may not have thought to ask and in the individual setting if you don’t ask it, well, I can’t read our mind.”

The series offers workshops at noon Wednesdays and Thursday evenings, and the topics so far have included students’ interest and values, skill sets and résumé writing.

The remaining two weeks will focus on writing cover letters and interviewing skills.

Nikki Dickens, Student Employment Services career consultant, said the series is another reminder for students to think about what they need to do after graduation before time runs out.

“We wanted to make it a more fluid process for students. The workshops build on each other from week to week,” she said. “The main thing is helping students build their confidence. You should start planning for your future career early.”

Samantha Nhema news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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ica and Mission Arlington are available. Currently 450 people have signed up to help.

Seth Ressl, Greek Life and University Events associate director, said this year holds the largest promise of volunteers since its start in spring 1999.

“I believe the Division of Student Affairs took a more focused approach,” he said.

The event only gathered 200 participants last year.

Brian Joyce, Student Activities program coordinator, said the event’s increase was due to better marketing.

“We set a goal to grow, and our ultimate goal was 400 participants, which we got,” he said. “The entire university was behind it. I think a lot of people bought into what we’re trying to accomplish.”

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Bush’s passion is education, and she has promoted it as first lady.

After graduating with an education degree from Southern Methodist University in 1968, Bush taught elementary students in Dallas and Houston until 1972.

She then attended UT-Austin, earning a master’s degree in library science in 1973 and worked as a librarian in a Houston public library and an Austin elementary school until 1977.

Bush has won honors and awards for her support of ed-

Participants receive a free ticket to the April 21 Springfest at Maverick Stadium. A barbecue will also be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.

A free meal from Spring Creek Barbeque will be served, one free T-shirt will be given per volunteer, and items such as gift cards will be distributed.

Volunteer locations include the AIDS Outreach Center, Arlington Life Shelter, Arlington Public Library, Arlington’s Strong Neighborhood Initiative, Arlington Boys and Girls Club, UTA Campus Cat Coalition, River Legacy Parks, and Volunteers of America.

Ressl said people should participate to gain a sense of community.

“It’s a good way for someone to give back that doesn’t typically do this type of work,” he said.

Joan Khalaf news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

ucation, children and women’s rights around the world.

Bush was ranked the fourth most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in 2002.

Her ranking dropped to 43rd in 2006, behind New Zealand’s prime minister and the chairman and executive officer of Sara Lee. Graduating psychology senior Kara Jenkins summed up her reaction to the announcement: “Wow. I am eager to hear her words of wisdom that she will bestow upon us. I think it’s an honor to have her here.”

Adam Russell news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

“When I was told that the judges believed my book is a work of exceptional scholarship, I felt that no higher compliment could be made.” Kevin Porter, English assistant professor

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History associate professor Roberto Trevino, Center for Mexican American Studies assistant director, won the T.R. Fehrenbach Award from the Texas Historical Commission for his book The Church in the Barrio: Mexican American Ethno-Catholicism in Houston.

Porter, who received the award March 23, was given less than a week’s notice about it and found himself rushing to New York City to collect it at a conference. English Chair Wendy Faris and Liberal Arts Dean Beth Wright provided Porter with travel funds.

His book, a theoretical piece, surveys and critiques theories of meaning. It attempts to formu-

late an approach that does not limit the search for the meaning of a text to linguistic conventions, a writer’s intentions or a reader’s reactions. Porter said he is interested in thinking about the meaning of a text in terms of its consequences.

“I wish to understand how meaning and language work, and I would like to contribute in some small way toward a better understanding of them,” Porter said.

Porter found inspiration in writing his book when he came across J.L. Austin’s How to Do Things with Words. The title and Austin’s arguments about language and meaning both intrigued him. He also found the support from his mentors Frank Walters of Auburn University and Martin Nystrand of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to

be inspirational as well.

This is Porter’s first book, which he said is a culmination of the work he did on his master’s thesis, but has published essays on the function of literature reviews in scholarly work and the philosophy of Donald Davidson.

Prior to the announcement, Porter’s colleagues anticipated his win.

“It’s just great. It’s very prestigious. We’re very delighted,” Faris said. “It brings renown to him, students, the department and the university. It would attract other scholars in rhetoric.”

She said she and Wright paid for his travel fund because it is an honor for him and the university, so they wanted to support it.

Faris has not read the book, but has read articles leading up to it.

Garrigus was given his award

for a historical monograph or scholarly work.

The book is set in the Caribbean in 1760 to 1804, the same time as the American and French revolutions. It describes the changes the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the 40 years leading up to the Haitian Revolution. The book looks at that colony’s free population of color.

It is also the story of how Haiti won independence from Europe.

“I was very pleased to win this award, especially because it is from the Society for French Historical Studies,” Garrigus said.

“French historians have usually not seen the work I do as part of their field of history. In the last five years, however, the field has changed and become more global.”

Garrigus said he decided to write the book because the Hai-

tian Revolution is one of the most important events in world history, but most American hadn’t heard of it until recently.

“It is an inspiring story of men and women liberating themselves from an inhumane system,” he said.

Garrigus wanted to write his book, which he worked on for 20 years, for those who study colonial U.S. history or the history of colonial Latin America. He also wanted to write it so others can know how racial categories evolved in the 1700s, the reasons for those changes and how those targeted responded to racism.

This is Garrigus’ second book.

He co-edited Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents with Laurent Dubois of Michigan State University. But this award-winning book is his first

original research.

Porter and Garrigus will not stop there. Porter is on faculty development leave to do research on another book he’s working on, in which he theorizes that ignorance is a surplus attribute added on to people through social interactions, in which it becomes clear that they do not know something that they are expected to know.

Garrigus has started on another book on the Haitian Revolution while finishing some scholarly journal articles. He is also putting together an encyclopedia of the Caribbean for a reference company called Facts on File.

“We’re covering all countries and all fields, not just history,” he said.

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