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A Kenya native on a two-year student visa was shot and killed in a suspected armed robbery early morning Aug. 3 on McCallum Blvd. No arrests have been made in the case so far.

UTDPD has confirmed that the victim, Elisha Ogolla, was never a UTD student. The 32-year-old was visiting his brother at the Gables on McCallum apartment community on 7780 McOGOLLA Callum Blvd. When he walked down to the parking lot with his brother, two armed men allegedly demanded money from them at gunpoint.

While the brother ran and hid behind cars, the gunmen shot Ogolla several times despite no resistance, before rifling through his wallet and allegedly fleeing in an old silver or blue SUV, according to a press release from the Dallas Police Department.

This is the second murder on the 7700 block of McCallum since the beginning of this year. The other homicide at McCallum Corners apartment on Jan. 10 occurred when a homeowner fatally shot an intruder breaking into his apartment.

Since March 2012, there have been 42 instances of crime reported to the police in the Gables complex alone of which there were 12 assaults and 10 property thefts, according to statistics obtained from Dallas PD’s website.

These crimes comprised 9.9 percent of all crimes in apartment communities on McCallum Blvd., which were a total of 425 during the same time period, including 78 assaults and 116 property crimes.

Many of the property thefts occurred last year when two individuals repeatedly stole electronics from residents on McCallum Blvd., said Sgt. Israel Herrera from the Crime Patrol Unit of Dallas PD’s North Central Operations Division.

Despite property thefts constituting the single largest type of crime — 27.3 percent of all crimes on the street since March 2012— there is a perception among students living on McCallum that the area is unsafe, Herrera said.

Amit Bhaisare, a new supply chain management graduate student who will start renting an apartment on the street first week of school, said although he had personally not faced any trouble on McCallum, he had been afraid while taking the bus there at night. “A lot of (students) living there informed me of

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UTD opened the first of three planned parking garages that will add 750 parking spots to the campus on Aug. 26.

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Suicide rates and patients with mental illnesses are on the rise among many age groups nationally, and suicide is the third leading cause of death among college students nationally, according to a 2012 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As state health departments slash mental health care budgets across the nation, according to a 2011 report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the United States has averaged at 105 suicides per day in 2010, stated the same CDC report.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students in Texas as of 2008, according to the latest data available from Texas Suicide Prevention, an initiative sponsored in part by the Texas Department of State Health Services, or TDSHS. One person in the age group of 15-24 dies due to suicide each day in Texas, according to another 2009 statistic from the TDSHS. Jenyce Gush, crisis line supervisor at the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas, said the number of suicide calls the crisis center receives has gone up steadily, although those in the age group of 60 and above are the most affected. There has also been an increase in the number of suicidal war veterans in their early or midtwenties, Gush said.

While there is a lack of research

and statistical evidence on increased suicide rates specifically among college students both in Texas and in the country, practicing mental illness experts are noticing an increase in suicides among all age groups, said Sherry Cusumano, president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Dallas.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, is the largest non-governmental mental health care organization in the nation, with hundreds of state organizations and affiliates.

According to Cusumano, Texas was 50th in the nation in per capita funding for mental healthcare last year and has since moved up one position because Idaho lost some of its state funding. “(The lack of funding has) certainly been a problem across the state of Texas, Dallas county and north Texas,� she said.

While north Texas has no wait lists, as a result of low funding the number of mental health patients on waiting lists are going up in many other parts of the state and treatment is limited to crisis management and outpatient visitations for mental health patients, Cusumano, a licensed practitioner at Green Oaks Hospital in Dallas, said. “Inadequate state funding for mental health services often leads individuals with mental illness to

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The new garage utilizes renewable energy sources and is fully loaded with LED light fixtures. The garage also has real time displays of available spaces on each level with wireless sensors to keep track of the number of spots open. The electronic displays are located at each entrance, one on Drive A and another on Drive G.

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depression, bipolar disorders and schizophrenia — and treatment for conditions such as PTSD, another leading cause of suicides, is sparse, Cusumano said. “Would we have fewer suicides

Counseling Center sees higher demand JOSEPH MANCUSO Mercury Staff

More students are using the Student Counseling Center as UTD continues to face record enrollment this fall, according to the counseling center director.

In early August, the center filled a new partial position to help accommodate the rising student population.

The hiring places UTD in contrast to an overall trend of reducing the amount spent on mental health services, as outlined in a 2011 report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. er ‌ Additionally, it obstructs recovery because individuals with mental illness have trouble accessing and affording the treatment resources they need.�

In addition, the available funding in Texas focuses on only three types of mental disorders — major

“When I came here in 1997 there were over 7,000 students and only 3 staff (members),� said Director of the Counseling Center James Cannici. “Now we are expected to have about 22,000 students and 11 staff (members).�

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As I was packing to leave home and move into my dorm one year ago, my dad gave me this piece of advice: College is the time to find yourself. Try some new things. You might be surprised.

At the organization fair at student orientation, I signed the interest list for The Mercury , thinking I would be able to make money as a journalist in grad school. I definitely didn’t write for the newspaper because I thought I would enjoy it when I first started.

My dad suggested I join my high school newspaper but I never did, simply because he’d told me to. As a creative writer who sometimes spends too much time in fictional worlds instead of the real one, I was stepping into a field I had zero experience and little interest in. Little did I know that I would come to actually

enjoy journalism.

I never thought I would write for the newspaper a year ago, but that’s the beauty of going to college. There are opportunities for everyone to continue to excel at what they did well in high school or do what I did and charge headfirst into something new and unknown. One isn’t necessarily better than the other, but I’ve found the latter to be extremely rewarding.

Whether you’ve been at UTD for a long time or this is your first day in college, I encourage everyone to take advantage of the time they have.

Once we enter the real world, we go into a specialized field — that’s what college is supposed to help us with. But it is also many people’s last chance to try something new.

So be a pre-med student who participates in the school play. Learn about the business world while taking a vocal instruction class. Take organic chemistry as a sociology major. (Some people have been known to do that.) Steve Jobs

took a calligraphy class that later influenced his Apple aesthetic designs, according to CNN, and played a huge part in how successful he became.

Mark Zuckerberg was trained in different languages and sciences and was a fencer on top of being skilled in computer science. Employers look for students who are wellrounded, according to Career Vision. Activities are where people make friends most easily, not calculus class. Taking a few risks will most likely influence the rest of your life in a positive way.

Journalism isn’t an imperative skill for a psychology and child development major, but it will certainly be useful later in life when I write essays, talk to a new boss or write fiction about matters of the adult world. And even if I never use my skills as a journalist after college, I know I’ll look back on the time I spent at the newspaper and see that I’ve left something behind to prove I gave back to my school.

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From freshman to graduate: Six-year Comet offers advice to newcomers Letter to the Editor ATANAS TCHIZMAROV Information technology and mgt. grad student

I first stepped foot on UTD soil in 2007 as an 18-year-old kid with a slight interest in mathematics and computers.

At the time, I had only spent three years in the United States and most universities appeared identical to me — giant stadiums, frantic fans, fraternities and parties — all creating the image of a bigger high

school.

When I visited UTD during my senior year of high school, I experienced an instant sense of belonging and familiarity. I could feel the world being brought in front me as I walked through campus witnessing students from all over the globe speaking different languages, wearing different clothes, eating bizarre foods, all unified by their dream of furthering their education and providing for their families. While I enjoyed reading CNN and watching the Geography channel, the discussions I had with my Syrian and Iranian friends about the Middle East, the table tennis tournaments I participated in with my Chinese friends, the tutoring sessions I conducted for students from Sudan and the software en-

gineering projects that kept me up at night with my Indian friends ended up carving an international view of life I couldn’t have imagined.

The world-renowned faculty who provided an example of “1+1=2” in class and then tested me on simplifying partial differential equations during the exam taught me how to handle situations when the answer was not as straightforward as I hoped it would be, times when the outcome was uncertain and forced me to climb the infinite ladder of improving myself.

Over the years the campus grew and I with it. The Bursar office moved from the basement of the library to the Student Services building, the School of Management became the Naveen Jindal School of Management, the

chess team continued its international dominance, the Student Union mall was built and the area, which was once deserted, received a flowing river of students through it.

As a new UTD journey begins for some this fall semester, mine comes to an end. It is only right I provide several words of advice for those of you entering a new and exciting stage of your lives. First and foremost, understand the people around you who might have different beliefs, perspectives and traditions. Learning about others will help you understand yourself and the path you want to take in life. Second, accept failure as a normal human event for it shapes you and how you approach future situations; it is a necessary step in progress. Michael Jordan once said,

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something, but I can’t accept not trying.” Lastly, make the best of your stay here. Join organizations, play sports, try new things, but never lose sight of your academics. As UTD develops you over the next few years, try to develop it as well. Whether you become a tutor, student government representative or athlete, sound your voice and make an impact at this great university.

Tchizmarov graduated in 2011 with a BS in software engineering and will be graduating this fall with a MS in information technology and management. He has been the captain of the UTD pingpong club since 2010 and hopes to return to UTD as an adjunct professor in the future.

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Seen above in detail is a computer rendering of artist Liz Larner’s sculpture called “X,� a mirrorpolished stainless steel structure that will be installed in the courtyard of the ATEC Building.

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The Edith O’Donnell Arts & Technology courtyard will host a sculpture as part of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s 10th anniversary exhibition this fall.

The sculpture, known as “X,� will be located in the courtyard of the new ATEC building during the Nasher XChange, which runs from Oct. 19 through Feb. 16. It is one of 10 pieces commissioned for the exhibition, which features various pieces of art scattered around public places in the Dallas area.

Raymond and Patsy Nasher, the center’s founders, were dedicated to sharing art with the public and placing art in open places, said Nasher Curator Jed Morse.

The Nasher XChange represents the first museum-organized exhi-

bition of art on public grounds in the United States, Morse said. “We wanted to do an exhibition that would pay homage to this legacy,� Morse said. “Give people an idea as to the scale and growth of art. It is a very different experience to see art (in a public place) and the exposure is much greater.�

The sculpture will be a mirrorpolished stainless steel structure and a complex contemporary figure and symbol of the unknown and what will be, according to the Nasher Center. Liz Larner, the artist creating the sculpture, said in a press release that the piece is her investigation into the open form and use of line to create volume. Larner was not immediately available for additional comment.

When Larner was first approached to create a sculpture

for the XChange, the Nasher Center had several locations in mind. However, Morse said Larner felt a connection with UTD’s ATEC program. The program is often described as a crossroads between arts and humanities and engineering. 3D computer modeling and animation, a topic within ATEC, is a technology that Larner has relied on in the past to create other pieces. “She was really enamored with the program at UTD for Arts & Technology,� Morse said. “This is an instance of the interests of an artist and a location matching up really nicely.�

While some pieces in the XChange will be permanent fixtures, it is likely that Larner’s piece will be removed from the campus once the XChange exhibition is over, Morse said.

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The 2013-2014 parking permit prices have increased by about 5 percent since last year, but the increased cost is necessary, Aquino said.

The exact number of spaces per color is still to be determined.

Lot J was recently repainted to include more gold and fewer green parking spots.

However, Aquino said the number of spaces per color would be adjusted based on observations of student demand. For example, if there are too many gold spaces not being filled throughout the day but there is a need for more green parking spots, the amount of gold spaces would be decreased and the amount of green spaces would be increased. “We want to keep it flexible,� Aquino said. “We want to see what the demand is, because at the end of the day we are here to help the campus.�

Kyle Grace, a commuter and economics senior, said he hopes the garage will provide a solution to the oftencrowded lots across campus. “Parking at UTD has only gotten progressively worse with every semester that I’ve been here,� Grace said. “Anything that eases the congestion, eases my stress.�

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UTD’s first parking garage spans 251,000 square feet and cost $11.4 million, which will be recouped by the sale of parking permits. The number of parking spots per permit color will be flexible according to demand, said Director of Parking and Transportation Services Cristian Aquino.

The UT System Board of Regents has already approved a second garage to be built where Lot L, the parking lot across the street from Residence Hall South, currently is for 2014 and a third parking garage to be built next to the fourth residence hall for 2015. The future garages should match the current parking structure in size and features, but there will be flexibility for improvements, Aquino said.

Construction on campus is expected to begin this fall for the new parking structure. As a

result, Lot L, P and Q, located across the street from the north and south residence halls, are expected to be closed by the end of December. To prevent parking restrictions, Aquino said the lots will be closed in phases so that the spots will gradually decrease rather than cause an abrupt shortage.

In celebration of UTD’s first parking structure, a ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on the first day of classes from 10:30 am to 12:30 p.m.

Free hot dogs will be available on site.

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The School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences is offering a new special topics course in geospatial information science with a focus on real estate analysis this fall.

The professor, Wayne Gearey, is senior vice president of location intelligence at Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and real estate company, and has published research alongside professors from the University of Toronto, the

University of British Columbia and the University of Texas.

Students can expect real world examples on how geospatial information sciences, or GIS, relates to real estate. The course will focus on mapping geographic areas and choosing the best locations based on collected data, Gearey said. “As someone going into real estate, students really need to understand the role of the map and what that means in making decisions for companies,� Gearey said. “We’ll start at how to make

a map and move to telling a story about why one location is better than another.�

Gearey said there is a holistic approach to what GIS analysts do. There must be an understanding of everything from economics to community planning to real estate and business. UTD’s GIS program has a unique interdisciplinary environment blending the fields of economics, policy and geography, Gearey said. “(Companies) want people who can make better strategic decisions, and I think that under-

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CometCareers replaced CareerWorks, UTD’s online employment database, on Aug. 23.

The Career Center hopes the updated site will increase student usage and attract more employers.

Director of the Career Center Lisa Garza said staff has been uploading student data into CometCareers so that any student that logs in will have a ready-made profile with basic information.

Students only have to input their NetID and create a password to access the website. “Whenever you want to log into a university site you use your NetID, but with CareerWorks, it was a completely different log-in, which makes it seem like it’s not part of the UTD system,� said Srikanth Doss, computer science graduate student. “It’s good that they’re starting to incorporate it into the normal system.�

The Career Center is also planning to make career-related resources more readily available to students through CometCareers to improve user experience.

Garza said the updated site is an effort to make the Career Center more student-friendly, especially for undergraduates. “We’ve been told in the past that sometimes we’re a little intimidating, but we don’t want that to be the case,� Garza said. “We want a freshman to understand that we want to help you get ready for when you do have

that scary interview. Just because you’re not graduating yet, doesn’t mean there aren’t things we can do for you now.�

Helping students understand the scope of the Career Center’s resources is the main motivation behind the move, Garza said.

Only a small portion of students from any given group would appear as users in the CareerWorks site, but Garza said the center hopes the updated site will facilitate the registration process and attract a larger percentage of students. “I hope more students begin activating their account. There will be more resumes and internships,� Garza said. “There will be more students available for when employers are seeking them, and that’s ultimately going to be a benefit to the students because employers are going to see more of the talent UTD has to offer and they’re going to be able to see it quicker.�

Alen Samuel, political science junior, has been using the Career Center’s site since she was a freshman. “I’m not sure about the actual correlation between student usage of the site and employment, but I can see how this could increase employer interest,� said Samuel. “If the benefits are publicized more to incoming students, I feel there’d be even more success for the site.�

Garza said the best update is CometCareer’s improved search engine. When a student clicks on job opportunities, they are

automatically shown a broad list of relevant job postings that they can narrow down using an advanced search feature.

In CareerWorks, students had to input criteria before seeing any job postings. The Career Center learned that this produced limited results, and students couldn’t see all the job opportunities available to them, Garza said.

When a student does a job search on CometCareers, results are tailored to the student and the information on his or her profile.

Employers, on or off campus, can screen their job postings with six criteria: major, classification, GPA, graduation date, work authorization and degree level.

Students can save their job search for later use and can choose to receive email updates on new job postings for their specific searches.

CometCareers is more modern with new artwork, UTD colors and a streamlined feel, Garza said.

The new site is not currently linked to Galaxy, but the Career Center hopes to make that happen in the near future.

CometCareers will send all email updates to students’ UTD emails to make content easily found and accessible, Garza said. “Students who take advantage of the entire system and all its features will be more successful in their job search,� Garza said. “They just need to be aware of all the options that are open to them.�

Visit the new site at http:// www.utdallas.edu/cometcareers.

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standing is what this course will offer students,� Gearey said.

Gearey said GIS also refers to the system used by geospatial scientists created by Canada’s Department of Forestry in the ’60s.

Jack Dangermond, a Californian executive and environmental scientist, privatized the idea of GIS in 1969 and developed ArcGIS, the program both Jones Lang LaSalle and UT Dallas’ GIS department use to capture data, Gearey said. “GIS is a science that focuses on using spatial data to manage

and store any information that has a location attached to it,� said Fang Qiu, associate professor and head of the GIS program.

GIS for Real Estate will be offered as both an undergraduate and graduate course for all majors, notably GIS and business administration majors.

Dean of the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences Denis Dean said the Naveen Jindal School of Management, or JSOM, created the real estate program as a concentration for business administra-

tion majors.

The JSOM approached the GIS program to help develop a real estate course with a GIS component, Dean said. “We’ve worked with Dr. Gearey before, and he has a great background exactly in this area,� Dean said. “At least to my knowledge, there are very few universities that offer real estate programs with a strong GIS component, and I think it’s going to allow us to carve out a niche for ourselves that perhaps no one else has filled yet.�

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ported in the area, all of which were perpetrated by known people, the service records stated.

While changing residents’ perceptions is an uphill task, an even bigger challenge for the police while interacting with international students, many of who reside in various apartment communities on McCallum, is to scale language and culture barriers and actively engage them in crime prevention, Herrera said.

Many of these students come from cultures where citizens are afraid of the police and are reluctant to share information or speak to police officers here, said officer Mark Lutz at the Dallas PD. “In some cultures it is disrespectful to look somebody in the eye,” Herrera said. “In this country, we’re told to look somebody in the eye and give them a firm handshake, and that’s how business is done. We’ve had to offer cultural awareness classes within our department so that people un-

derstand that something that’s OK here is not OK in some other cultures.”

Speaking at a safety conference organized by UTD’s International Student Services on Aug. 22 in the Galaxy Rooms, Herrera referred to the property thefts from last year and said most of the victims had been international students, but it took the PD longer to arrest the criminals because a number of the victims had to be convinced to cooperate and supply information to the PD. He also urged students to make use of the community room at the police station for study groups and social events at the talk.

The North Central Division of the PD, which is located at the intersection of Hillcrest Road and McCallum Blvd., will host a cookout in the near future for residents on the street in order to make the PD more accessible for complainants.

The most recent report released by the CDC in 2012 cites 4,600 deaths nationally among youth aged 15-24 in 2010 up from 4,189 deaths in 2006.

Of the 28,237 college students that participated in the American College Health Association’s 2012 National College Health Assessment, 339 students stated they had attempted suicide at some point in the past year and 2,315 students had attempted suicide at some point in their lives. A total of 5,676 students, or 20 percent of them, claimed to have seriously considered suicide at some point in their lives.

Another 2011 study by James Turner, a faculty of the University of Virginia and a former president of the American College Health Association, found that among the 157 participating schools, suicide was the leading cause of death among college students between ages 18 and 24 at a rate of 6.18 per 100,000 students.

At UTD, one student has committed suicide this year, while another four have been transported to hospitals for having suicidal thoughts, said UTDPD Chief Larry Zacharias.

There was one known attempted suicide on campus in 2012, while another two students received medical attention for suicidal tendencies.

One suicide was recorded in 2011 in

on my own,” said accounting junior Amanda Dunn. “But then to be waitlisted and told it could take weeks to find a counselor … I don’t feel like they have enough resources allocated to the people who seek help.”

The most common services provided by the counseling center often fall into one of two categories: relationships or academics. Many students

who come to the center are experiencing a breakup, struggling in a course or even questioning why they are attending college, Cannici said.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, young adults age 20 to 24 are at an above-average risk of suicide.

“We try to take into account the entire picture of the person,” Can-

nici said. “Suicidal thoughts don’t just come out of the blue; something leads them to feel less hopeful. This is of great concern.”

To help combat the most common causes of depression in students, the counseling center has programs that offer assistance with anxiety, procrastination, time management, relationships and conflict resolution, amongst

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While there have been incidences in the past when students have been robbed, including when an international student was robbed in the field between McCallum and Target in October 2010, most of the assaults on the street in 2012 and 2013 are incidences of family violence.

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for which can vary from academic to personal problems and past traumas, Peat said.

While some people think of suicide as a way to cope with their current problem or stress, most of the time suicide is associated with major depression, she said. Suicide is a symptom of what is really ailing a student, and the best way to get through to a suicidal person is to take them seriously when they declare their intent or plan for committing suicide and to get them help as soon as possible, be it a crisis center or the counseling center during business hours, Peat said.

However, while there is definite statistical evidence of more suicides in the age groups 35-64, the fact that more college students are coming for counseling is indicative of a genera-

tional tendency to seek help first, she said.

“I feel in our younger generations counseling is more acceptable and accessible and it doesn’t have as much stigma (as the older generations),” Peat said.

While UTD students don’t require student insurance to get help at the counseling center, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, coming into effect next year requires individual and small group insurance plans to cover mental health and substance abuse services as an essential health benefit, NAMI Texas’ policy coordinator Hansch said.

Many states are expected to expand mental health care funding through Medicaid next year as the Affordable Care Act is implemented, NAMI Dallas’ president Cusumano said, but Texas is not one of them, and funding in the state is not expected to improve as dramatically as in some other states.

However, members of the Texas Legislature have put their weight behind mental healthcare reform in order to somewhat remedy the situation.

State Rep. Garnet Coleman authored and filed HB 3326 that would have allowed for an expansion in the mental health diagnostic categories that would be covered by insurance, although the bill did not get voted upon by the Insurance Committee this past legislative session.

Meanwhile, UTD students can continue receiving free treatment from the counseling center. While the majority of the treatment is through counseling sessions, sometimes counselors refer students to a psychiatrist for free when there is a need for psychotropic drugs to combat major depression, Peat said. The only expense students have to bear is the cost of filling the prescription, which decreases if students have insurance, she said.

others. The center also offers couples counseling for those seeking to maintain healthy relationships and possibly avoid breakups.

Unfortunately, not everyone feels open to the idea of accepting help for his or her problems. According to Cannici, some students have trouble acknowledging that a problem exists or are aware of the problem but are

either afraid of being embarrassed or are worried that counseling would not be a benefit to them.

“It is sad that there is help available and yet some people hesitate to take advantage of it,” Cannici said. “My hope is that if people are feeling pain, if they are in distress, then they would feel okay about reaching out and getting help.”

addition to two attempted suicides.

Four students were taken to a hospital for treatment in 2011.

“I can’t speak for whether the numbers have gone up (at UTD) or not,” said Andreka Peat, diversity training coordinator at UTD’s Student Counseling Center. “I feel like the severity of (mental illnesses) on college campuses has increased over the years, although I’m not sure that pertains to just suicides.”

Working at the counseling center, Peat and her colleagues encounter a number of students coming for suicide counseling each day, the reasons

I feel in our younger generations counseling is more acceptable and accessible and it doesn’t have as much stigma (as the older generations).

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Gabby Ricks (left) and Wenqiao Rui discuss their time as participants in the International Student Services Office’s iFriend program, Ricks in 2011 and Rui in 2012.

The iFriend cultural exchange program is a beneficial experience for incoming international students, but will require more American volunteers in the future to keep the program growing, according to the International Student Services Office.

The iFriend program, now in its seventh semester at UTD, is a cultural exchange program that pairs one international student with an American student, meet once a week for eight weeks.

Andrea Diaz is an international programs coordinator for the International Student Services Office, or ISSO, who has worked with the program for the last two years. “It helps (international students) practice their English,� Diaz said. “In exchange, the American student learns a lot about their

culture, too.�

The program does not factor in academic majors when pairing up students but rather by any gender or ethnicity preferences. “American students can say if they have a special interest in a certain country,� Diaz said. “Most of our iFriends are Chinese and Indian, but once in a while we get some others to sign up, too.�

Sometimes students with similar academic studies do get paired together, providing an immediate conversation starter.

This was the case for international accounting graduate student Wenqiao “Shirley� Rui who participated in the iFriend program during fall 2012. Accounting graduate student Kaitlin Kirk was Rui’s partner in this program.

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A giant sunflower sits on the desk, facing a woman clad in a bright purple scarf. A to-do list and notes are scrawled in expo marker across the windows.

Born in a small town in the Burgundy region of France, Pierrette Lacour is welcoming and talkative but focused.

She finishes an e-mail before beginning to speak. “I don’t want to lose my train of thought, I’ll never get it back,� she says with a smile.

Lacour came to Dallas from France while she studied at the University of Burgundy in Dijon. Dallas and Dijon are sister cities and Lacour participated in an exchange program between the University of Burgundy and the University of Dallas in 1972.

Lacour was the first in her family to graduate high school and attend col-

lege. She wanted to study to become a ballet teacher since she had danced ballet for 19 years, but her father did not want her involved in a performance art.

Since Lacour knew English she decided to study the language at the University of Burgundy.

As Arts and Humanities Professor Richard Brettell’s assistant, Lacour was coordinator for the French Regional American Museum Exchange, or FRAME, for 10 years. Brettell is a professor of art and aesthetic studies and the current Margaret M. McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetic Studies. He also helped create the FRAME. Because he needed a bilingual assistant, Brettell hired Lacour for a week after a referral from a friend. Lacour was recently divorced and had never worked before, except for when she babysat French WWII General Charles DeGaulle’s granddaughter while she was living with her family at the Saint-

Cyr military school where her father was an instructor. Lacour babysat fiveyear-old Anne Boissieu in her early teens and thus had the opportunity to meet DeGaulle, who later served as President of France, on several occasions. Lacour credits her father’s military career for the unique childhood she experienced. “My father has a very special career,� she said. “He is currently a general in the French army. Through him I was able to meet very important people like General DeGaulle and King Hussein of Jordan.�

Lacour’s father instilled a sense of curiosity and appreciation for the world in her with the Sunday trips they took every week to a new place. These experiences coupled with meeting a great variety of people taught her how to talk to anyone, she said. “I was just me and I made sure to

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Lauren Christlieb’s gallery “Double Portraits� is a study in similarities between two different faces. Her work includes photography and ink transfers onto wood. Her gallery runs through Aug. 31 in the Visual Arts Building.

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Two student galleries showing the similarities between two different faces and the relationship humans have with nature run through Aug. 31 at the Visual Arts Building.

Lauren Christlieb, Arts & Performance 2013 graduate, created her senior honors thesis called “Double Portraits� over the past two semesters.

Inspired by Leland Bobbe, an established New York City photographer, and his work in photographing faces of men in half of their drag queen make-up, Christlieb chose to combine two different faces, seamlessly bringing them together.

“I wanted something eye-catching,� Christlieb said. “I wanted the viewer to look at it and have to do a double take and realize that it’s not one person.�

Her pieces are pairs of family members, siblings, married couples or close friends. They each highlight the similarities and differences between two people.

For her independent study class, guided by photography professor Diane Durant, Christlieb created a 40-page artist’s book about the hypothesis that the closer two people are, the more similar their faces become.

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Directed and written by Edgar Wright, the film is the third and final installment in the completely nonlinear, unrelated comedies that make up the Cornetto trilogy, which includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shaun of the Deadâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Fuzz.â&#x20AC;?

If you enjoyed the witty, zombie delight that was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shaun of the Dead,â&#x20AC;? youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll like this similarly constructed, apocalyptic pastiche. Wright once again employs the tried and true chemistry of regular collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Feeling the sting of an adolescence long gone, middle-aged drifter Gary

King (Pegg) seeks out his old high school mates and convinces them to return to their hometown to give another crack at the Golden Mile, a 12-tiered pub crawl that ends in the mythical and titular The Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End. Notably, Pegg and Frost manage to juggle the limelight with costars Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbitâ&#x20AC;?) and Eddie Marsan (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sherlock Holmes,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy-Go-Luckyâ&#x20AC;?) who together form the self-designated â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Musketeers.â&#x20AC;?

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A new restaurant called Sushi Hinoki opened on the northeast corner of Coit and Campbell to the right of Tom Thumb on Aug. 23.

The restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grand opening will be on Sept. 1 at 1310 W. Campbell Rd. Its hours are Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11

a.m. to 9 p.m. The menu has a variety of items, including appetizers, tempura, sushi bar specialties and others, including the Hinoki Special. The Hinoki Special is the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best deal, and well worth it. At one time, up to 30 people in the restaurant can eat as much sushi as they want on a first-come first-serve basis for $9.95.

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King’s friends are not as eager to recapture their youth as they’ve all found some form of stability in their lives, but as the tap starts flowing, emotional walls come crumbling down. Unspoken feelings of love, contempt and fear lie underneath the camaraderie.

If the film had kept going in this direction, it would’ve squeezed a couple tears out of the audience but with way too many clichés to be worth anyone’s time. Instead, Wright shifts gears in the most surprising way possible.

Chaos ensues and the sci-fi references abound. Think “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” meets

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Lacour spent two summers in Algeria, visiting her father while he served in the military.

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“Doctor Who” with a touch of “Village of the Damned.”

Only after this does the film truly shine because fusions of black comedy and sincerity rarely feel this balanced. Wright manages to keep the humor afloat, but doesn’t sacrifice the more ambiguous emotional toll the characters are facing. There are even some real tear-jerking moments toward the end of the film.

Minor holes in the plot are acceptable because the group is so mind-numbingly gone by the seventh or eighth pub that their drunken stupor excuses any and all script slip-ups.

The ensemble plays off each other well, and their banter is golden. Rosamund Pike (“Pride and Prejudice,” “An Education”)

makes an appearance as Considine’s high school crush who’s now all grown-up. I suspect she’s also an attempt to appease female viewers as the only supporting actress appearing in the film.

The film’s only oversight is its ending. It seemed to unravel and was too clear cut. Although the entire “what happens after the end of the world” gag is always appreciated, the ending tapers off slightly, leaving little to the imagination.

The group’s pilgrimage to brewski heaven ends up destroying the world, but it also manages to dispel their sense of bitter nostalgia in a wholly satisfying way.

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was quite a strange experience.”

Lacour also spent seven years in Germany where her father was later stationed.

As FRAME’s coordinator, Lacour was responsible for overseeing the transport of artwork for exhibitions, scheduling the annual board meeting in either France or the U.S., organizing the curators and the special events surrounding the exhibitions, bookkeeping and answering any questions anyone had.

“A lot of it was crisis management; I am a pro at crisis management. Being a mom of four, nothing scares me.” Lacour said.

Currently, Lacour is working to revitalize the sister city ties between Dallas and Dijon

by bringing a chef, two artists and a photographer from Dijon to Dallas and by working with an English professor at the University of Burgundy to have Burgundy students report on the visits of the artists and photographer in Dallas.

Lacour also founded the Bastille on Bishop celebration that has been taking place on Bastille Day in Oak Cliff for the past four years.

Out of all of the places she has been involved with in Dallas, Lacour said the university is one she is most proud of.

“I will sell UTD anywhere in the world,” she said. “When I go back to France I always say send your kids over here, it’s a great school.”

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Along with her photographs, Christlieb also experimented with ink transfers of the images onto wood and plexiglas as an added element to her gallery.

Christlieb funded the “Double Portrait” endeavor with a $750 Claire Hart DeGolyer Memorial grant provided by the Dallas Museum of Art. She applied for the grant two days before the application was due on the suggestion from photography professor Marilyn Waligore.

“I was one of five people to win and the only student from UTD,” Christlieb said. “Everyone else was from UNT.” Christlieb plans to continue to work at the Central Market art department and take a year off from school before starting her master’s of art degree in Texas.

“I can’t imagine doing anything else besides art,” she said. “This is all I want to do.”

Arts & Performance senior, Holly Lynn created her gallery “One with Nature” by double exposing silhouettes of hands, limbs and faces with photographs of scenes from the outdoors and natural elements.

In her photography and new media class with art professor Emily Loving, Lynn gathered her photographs into a final book project for her senior thesis. Her nature photography was done in Plano at some of her favorite parks and hiking trails.

Lynn was partly inspired by an upper-level humanities class she took over the topic of nature and science.

“A lot of people think about nature and science but don’t think about blending them together,” Lynn said. “We had to write poetry and papers to mesh the two together.”

An avid photographer for the past decade, Lynn first picked up a camera when she graduated high school hoping to build her art skills for school.

She is currently showing three of her photographs from “One with

Nature” at the Craighead Green Gallery in Dallas. Following Waligore’s suggestion, she submitted her work into the New Texas Talent Exhibition at the gallery.

On top of having her work shown in the prestigious contemporary art gallery, Lynn was recently notified that one of her photographs was sold.

When not photographing for her art classes, Lynn works as a freelance photographer working at events like weddings and family gatherings.

She also photographs houses for realty and works in portrait studios.

This summer she has traveled extensively to places such as Colorado, Puerto Rico and Austin, taking plenty of photographs in the process.

“I’m very outdoorsy, hence the name ‘One with Nature,’” she said.

“I’m always in it. I don’t feel separated from nature at all, like many of people do.”

Lynn and Christlieb will celebrate the success of their galleries with a closing reception at 6 p.m. on Aug. 31 in the Visual Arts Building.

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is dimly lit, providing a comfortable atmosphere. From the tables and booths, customers can see the kitchen through a small window and watch chefs prepare food behind the sushi bar.

The prices at the restaurant are typical of other restaurants, with a wide range of choices. A typical entrée will cost around $10; the most expensive item is $14.95. Appetizers range from $3.95 to $6.95, and desserts range from $2.50 to $3.95.

Many different selections of sushi are available, ranging from the basic Cucumber Roll to more exotic creations such as the Cowboy Roll, which has avocado, fried shrimp, cucum-

their new surroundings upon arriving on campus.

“When we were new here, we didn’t know how to get to know American students,” Rui said. “I think for us international students who want to get involved

in American culture, it opens a door for us.”

The iFriend program begins on Sept. 20. International students can sign up with ISSO, while American students can get involved by contacting the OSV.

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The interior of the newly opened Sushi Hinoki, located to the right of Tom Thumb on Campbell Road, is dimly lit, providing a comfortable environment. The restaurant is decorated with trees to compliment the latter of half of its name, which means “big arbor tree.”

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FRQWLQXHG IURP SDJH Sharing the same major was a welcomed surprise for Rui, who said that it provided a greater level of comfort for her.

“We didn’t say anything about our major (when signing up),” Rui said. “We just happened to be the same major. It made it easier. We could talk about that.”

The ISSO provides a weekly breakdown of suggested talking points and activities for the students to engage in during their visits.The suggestions include getting to know where they each grew up, why they each chose to attend UTD and learning about each other’s traditional foods while talking over a meal.

Rui said she learned about American culture and holidays through sharing meals with her assigned iFriend.

“She invited me to her home for Thanksgiving,” Rui said. “I learn how Thanksgiving is and about Halloween and cultural

communications. I really appreciated that.”

Rui added that cooking and eating meals together throughout the program was a way to make cross-cultural connections. It was through these activities that they were able to share bits about their cultures.

“Because we ate quite a lot at my place, hopefully she enjoyed all the Chinese dishes and learned some cooking tips,” Rui said.

The ISSO receive feedback of the effectiveness of the program during group socials throughout the eight-week period, as well as through anonymous surveys filled out by both international and American participants.

“Most of the feedback has been really good,” Diaz said. “The only thing students complain about is not getting their schedules to match up so that they can meet up as often as they’re supposed to do.”

Scheduling conflicts were a hurdle Rui and Kirk had to work through but were able to handle it due to the relatively small amount

of time required and flexibility allowed within the program.

“She was working at that time, so we only met during weekends,” Rui said. “I think it’s not really time consuming because it only takes maybe two hours a weeks.

It’s not that (much work) to do.”

The program was a great experience for Gabby Ricks, a political science senior who was involved in the iFriend program two years ago. She found little difficulty in balancing her commitment to the program and her other obligations such as school and work.

“It was basically like having a new friend,” Ricks said. “It was nothing different outside of the fact that the person you’re meeting up with are new to the United States completely.”

Sammy Su, a graduate student from China, was the iFriend assigned to Ricks. The program enabled a way for Ricks gain new outlooks from a person who was not only from a different country, but also at a different school level.

“Since she was a graduate stu-

dent, I think she helped me more in perspectives on life,” Ricks said. “We talked about the future and her plan after graduation.”

Although the iFriend program has experienced a steady growth in participants since its first installment three years ago with the help of the Office of Student Volunteerism, or OSV, it still faces the challenge of enrolling enough American students, Diaz said.

The ISSO hopes to get more American students signed up because they consider the iFriend program to be an important one for the university’s diverse student body.

“It’s beneficial both ways,” Diaz said. “We have many American students who are interested in learning about different cultures and many international students who are eager to learn about American life.”

Rui said the number of American students signed up in the iFriend program could have an effect on how readily international students become acquainted with

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ber, crab meat and crunch batter topped with spicy sweet sauce.

Ahn said the selections of sushi available change on a daily basis.

Ahn recommends the Hinoki Special and the nabeyaki udon, a Japanese traditional hot-pot dish with noodles. All the sushi offered in the special are made fresh, with seaweed and unexpected finds such as the deep-fried California Roll that is crunchy on the outside but soft on the inside. The nabeyaki udon broth is savory with thick noodles and various other food such as sliced fishballs and mushrooms to complement them.

Sushi Hinoki is a place for students to enjoy a wide variety of Japanese food in a pleasant atmosphere. Save room for dessert such as a sweet fried banana or a bowl of green tea ice cream.

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Jason Hirsch has been in love with soccer since he was a kid and is equally passionate about UTD. He was captain of the soccer team his senior year, received his bachelor’s degree in finance and MBA from UTD, served as a volunteer coach for the Comets for two years, became the assistant coach and will return this season as head coach.

With a heart full of school pride, Jason Hirsch hopes to inspire greatness within the UTD men’s soccer program as the new head coach.

Growing up in Plano, TX, Hirsch played soccer as a kid. The love of the game has been with him ever since he started playing and he dreamed of being a soccer coach one day, Hirsch said. While an undergraduate student at UTD, Hirsch was team captain his senior year and a member of the 2004 ASC Championship team.

Upon completion of his degree in finance in 2005, Hirsch began to volunteer for the soccer program and expressed his interest in a coaching position to the former head coach, Jack Peel. Hirsch volunteered for two years and worked a full-time job in the finance industry before being offered a full-time position as an assistant coach

in UTD’s soccer program.

While working as an assistant coach, Hirsch was still dedicated to furthering his education. In 2011, Hirsch completed his MBA at UTD. Within the current soccer program, Hirsch continues to emphasize the importance of academics to student athletes.

“Academics is number one and soccer is number two,” Hirsch said.

The soccer program has consistently had an average team GPA above a 3.0 and Hirsch said they hope to keep it up.

Over the years, the soccer program has not changed very much, Hirsch said. The program is still receiving the same dedication and effort from the staff and faculty that was present when Hirsch was a member of the soccer program as a student. Hirsch hopes to continue growing the strength of the soccer

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The UTD volleyball team returns this season with higher expectations after finishing with a 27-7 record and program-high number of wins for a single season en route to becoming the American Southwest Conference East

Champions.

The Comets fell to the HardinSimmons Cowgirls in the ASC Finals in a tightly contested matchup and are not content with just being the East Champs.

“It’s good to play in the championship game, but it’s never fun to come in second, so we wish we could have

pulled it out for the championship,” said senior middle-blocker Tabitha Terrell.

The team has a great program track record, and the players are confident about continuing their success this season.

“I expect to win conference and go to the NCAA tournament,” said sophomore setter Kayla Jordan, who head coach Marci Sanders referred to as the quarterback of this team.

The squad will face some roadblocks in its path to reaching those high expectations. First, they will have to adapt to the new conference design that has removed the divisions and created one conference where the top six teams advance. The team will also have to deal with the loss of their top point scorers from the previous year in Dana Hilzendager and Halea Williams, who both graduated. However, the team is looking forward to the challenge of replacing the two record-setting players.

“I think it’ll give the rest of us a great opportunity to kind of step up and show what we can all do, too,” Terrell said.

The team will need everyone to commit from day one if they hope to upset the regionally and nationally ranked opponents they will play early in the year. The team will play regionally ranked opponents, Trinity and Southwestern at the Mary Hardin-Baylor Tournament in Belton on Aug. 30 and 31. Later on, they will face nationally recognized teams Chapman, California Lutheran and La Verne at the California Lutheran Tournament on Sept. 6 and 7.

“Our preseason schedule is not going to be easy, but I think it’s going to prepare us for what we’re going to see in conference,” Sanders said.

The Comets begin their season in Denton with an exhibition game against Texas Woman’s on Aug. 24.

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Finishing last season 11-5-2, the women’s soccer team reached the 10-win mark for the thirteenth time over the

past 14 seasons.

The team finished 4th in the American Southwest Conference regular season and advanced to the league semifinals before eventually bowing to champion Hardin-Simmons.

“Last season proved to my teammates and I that greatness is something we are capable of accomplishing,” said senior forward and defender Eboni Udenze.

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The men’s soccer team concluded last season boasting a 12-5-1 overall record and 10-2 in ASC play, but fell short in the second round of the ASC tournament to Mississippi College, tying 1-1 and falling in the penalty shootout 5-4.

First year head coach Jason Hirsch will rally the team and try to give the players another shot at reclaiming their first conference title since 2007.

“We’re looking to come back hungry after losing the final in penalty kicks,” said junior midfielder Ricky Calderon.

Hirsch, who served as the assistant head coach since fall 2007, will be the new man calling the shots. As a student he was first-team all-conference midfielder for the Comets during the team’s 2004 ASC Championship season and then served as a volunteer coach in 2005.

“I plan on putting a firm emphasis on academics, while also asking for a full athletic commitment from all of our players,” Hirsch said. “We hope to produce top people and professionals, while also challenging for conference championships every single year.”

Jack Peel, the former head men’s soccer coach retired last spring. Peel boasted a 193-77-23 overall record and was named

the ASC Coach of the Year four times (1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004) in his 15 seasons at UTD. “Coach Peel committed 110 percent of his time to the UTD men’s soccer program … he changed the program for the better and definitely left a legacy,” Calderon said The Comets will move forward this season without 2012’s ASC Defensive Player of the Year Brian Bienhoff, second team All-ASC Robert Lopez and first team AllASC Eric Pekkala.

Many of the players said they still believe the team will be just as strong and make a push for the conference championship with key players returning, such as first team All-ASC honors goal keeper Steven Nicknish, ASC Defensive Freshman of the Year midfielder and defender Jordan Rubel and ASC Offensive Player of the Year forward Michael Darrow.

“I expect the team to do very well during the season and to win the conference championship,” Darrow said. “We know how to get there.”

The Comets will start their season Aug. 31 with two exhibition matches in the Colorado College Tournament against Whitman and Colorado College on Sep. 1 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Notable games this season are Trinity on Sept. 7, Mary Hardin-Baylor on Oct. 17 and Mississippi College on Oct. 26.

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“UTD is my school,” he said. “I’ve played here. I have two degrees from here. I want to see this program succeed, and I want to be the one that helps us get there.”

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Hirsch has high expectations for the soccer program and said the current group of players is amongst UTD’s best.

Hirsch hopes to do his best in preparing the young men for a great season ahead.

As the previous assistant coach, the transition to head coach should go smoothly, said Michael Darrow, forward and biomedical engineering senior.

Darrow said he believes Hirsch will also bring strong qualities to the team as the new head coach.

“I expect coach Hirsch to be a large authority figure this year as I know that he will push us to play as hard as we possibly can,” Darrow said. “He is intelligent tactically as well.”

Some fierce opponents in UTD’s division include the

soccer programs from UT Tyler, Hardin Simmons, Mississippi College (winner of 2012 ASC championship) and University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.

Students can support the UTD Men’s Soccer Team this upcoming fall. The first home game is on Sept. 11, 2013 at 7 p.m. against Northwood University.

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Last season, the Lady Comets finished 4th in the American Southwest Conference. Several key players graduated spring 2013, but head coach John Antonisse said he is confident in the talent that the returning women and newcomers will bring to the table.

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Expectations are even higher this year and the Lady Comets look to surge back to the ASC tournament.

They were picked to finish third in ASC according to the league’s preseason poll.

“We hope to compete and win the ASC regular season championship and the tournament championship,” said head coach John Antonisse.

“We also hope to have our student athletes have the most positive experience possible in soccer and in the classroom.”

Although the team will try to make another run for the ASC, they will be greatly impacted by the losses of third team NSCAA All-West Region midfielder and forward Taylor

Maeker and second team AllASC forward and midfielder Emily Hokanson.

But Antonisse said he is hopeful his squad this year will be just as strong and talented.

“We have great returning players who are highly talented and I have a lot of confidence in,” Antonisse said. “Plus we have a large number of newcomers who will increase our talent level.”

Key returning players include honorable mention AllASC defender Jamie Rheman, former first team All-ASC goalkeeper Brittany Best and third team All-ASC forward and defender Udenze.

Antonisse will start his sixteenth year as head coach when the 2013 schedule opens on Aug. 30. The team will host Northwood at 7:30 p.m. in a non-conference match.

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