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The unofficial count of voters was 835 at the university’s early voting site, which opened at 7 a.m. Monday in the University Center Palo Duro lounge, site volunteers said. President James Spaniolo said he hopes for a record turnout, both in the county and

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Centennial Court contest challenges residents to save energy

The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson

STUDY BUDDIES Bioengineering junior Keshav Khadka helps math junior Megan Lee with Physics II homework on Monday outside Science Hall.

“People are always doing stuff like opening their windows instead of running the air conditioning, stuff like that.” Bill Wheler,

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Campus Notebook Tuesday October 28, 2008

Today Early Voting: 7 a.m.-7 p.m., University Center Palo Duro Lounge. If you are . OCT registered to vote in Tarrant County, you are eligible to participate in early voting at the University. For information contact Travis Boren at 817-272-0556 or scpres@uta.edu.

Art Exhibition — “Steve Brudniak and Cameron Schoepp”: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu. Carter Blood Drive: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Central Library and UC

Study Skills Workshop: 1-2 p.m., 216 Davis Hall. Free. For information, call Counseling Services at 817-272-3671.

malls. No appointment necessary. Free. For information, contact Allison Bailey or P.K. Kelly at 817-272-2963 or allison. bailey@mavs.uta.edu.

UTA Volunteers Meeting: 2:153:15 p.m., UC Student Congress Chambers. For information, contact Allison Bailey at 817272-2963 or allison.bailey@uta. edu.

Elections Exhibit: All day, Central Library first floor. Free. For information, contact Eric Frierson at 817-272-7517 or frierson@uta.edu. Walk-In Resume Critiques: noon1 p.m., Central Library second floor. No appointment needed. Free. For information, contact Career Services at 817-2722932 or careers@uta.edu. NEXT - Noon Gathering: UC Guadalupe Room. Free. For information, contact utanext@ yahoo.com.

Real Followers: 8 p.m., 311 UTA Blvd. Student-led worship service. For information, contact Wesley Foundation at 817-2746282 or http://wesley.uta.edu.

Wednesday HUB Super Bowl II: 9-11 a.m., UC Bluebonnet Ballroom. Free. For information, con-

Maversity Workshop: 12:30-1:30 p.m., UC Concho Room. Free. For information, contact Multicultural Affairs at 817-272-2099 or multicultural_affairs@uta. edu.

tact Jean Carlton at 817-2722140 or carlton@uta.edu. Elections Exhibit: All day, Central Library first floor. Free. For information, contact Eric Frierson at 817-272-7517 or frierson@uta.edu. Selling Me to Employers Workshop: 9 a.m.-noon, 216 Davis Hall. Free. For information, contact Career Services at 817272-2932 or careers@uta.edu. UTA Science Week — Dean’s Forum: noon-1 p.m., 119 Life Science Building. Free food and refreshments. T. OC For information, contact Marjana Sarker at marjana.sarker@ mavs.uta.edu.

Study Abroad Information Session: noon-1 p.m., UC Sabine Room. Free. For information, contact Courtney Bauman at 817-272-1120 or studyabroad@ uta.edu. Living with Loss: noon, UC San Jacinto Room. Free. For information, contact Lindsey Zaleski at 817-272-6107 or studentsuccess@uta.edu. Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817-272-3661 or log on to www.theshorthorn.com/calendar

The ShorThorn

Quoteworthy

Campus briefs

“We have the ability to affect the larger societal issues — such as reducing our demand for fossil fuels and lowering emission of carbons dioxide — if we do our part.”

Mechanical lecture and Q-and-A session held today

Randy Degner, Centennial Court apartments director, on the building’s “green” contest. See Page 1

The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard

Bras, boxers and panties hang in trees outside Brazos House to raise money for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Bra Bridge began in 2002 during each October and will remain in place for the next few days.

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Today Sunny • High 67°F • Low 44°F

Wednesday Sunny • High 76°F • Low 53°F

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poliCe report This is a part of the daily activity log produced by the university’s Police Department. To report a criminal incident on campus, call 817-272-3381.

A student reported his property stolen Friday at the Maverick Activities Center. A student reported a game system and games stolen from his apartment Friday at Centennial Court apartments. A faculty member reported her ring set stolen Friday from the Fine Arts Building. A student reported his bicycle stolen Friday from the bike rack outside Life Science Building. A student reported receiving harassing phone calls Friday at Brazos House. A student reported his bicycle stolen Friday from a bike rack at Maverick Parking Garage. A nonstudent received a citation for possession of alcohol by a minor and was arrested for outstanding warrants Saturday at 717 W. Mitchell St. An officer investigated a vehicle burglary Saturday at Centennial Court apartments.

as students stroll outside Brazos House, they may get an eyeful of something that should be kept under wraps. Bras, panties and boxers strung in the trees promote the residence hall’s cancer awareness drive. “It’s not every day you see underwear hanging outside a building,” said Erica Weaver, Lipscomb Hall residence director. The seventh annual Bra Bridge tradition began in Fall 2002 by the Brazos House Council. The council wanted to recognize National Breast Cancer awareness Month. “Stringing up underwear and bras across Brazos makes a statement,” said council representative Kaylee Pelham, a history senior. This year, Brazos residents, sororities, fraternities and student organizations donated their underwear for the bridge, but most were from previous years. “The ones hanging out there have been around for a few years, but I make sure that they are clean,” Pelham said. Brazos residents like nursing freshman Bailey Johnson volunteer at the information table. Health Services loaned breast and testicle replicas to show how to check for cancer and what it may feel like. “We usually say goofy things to catch people’s attention

like, ‘Want to come check my bra?’ or ‘Do you want to feel my boob for cancer?’ ” she said. “I volunteered because I think it’s important for women to know how to test themselves for cancer.” The table outside Brazos will take donations for the american Cancer Society. On Monday, the Bra Bridge raised about $200. James Key, council president and public relations junior can relate to the cause. “My aunt died three years ago of breast cancer,” he said. “It helps make it more important to me because I know breast cancer is really prevalent and common.” almost 100 undergarments have been collected throughout the years, with the occasional boxer getting lost to the wind, Key said. “Nothing has been stolen, but they do get blown away,” he said. “It’s one of my favorite traditions because it’s really helpful and cool to drop that money off and say, ‘We raised this.’ ” The event ends at the end of October. “It draws a lot of attention,” said broadcast junior Landon Vasek. “any student would stop and stare at a tree full of underwear.” alaNNa QuilleN news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Junghoon Lee, mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor at Seoul National University in Korea will lecture on “Mechanical Response of Biomolecules and Cells” at 2 p.m. today at 221 Woolf Hall. Hyejin Moon, mechanical and aerospace engineering assistant professor, invited Lee to speak at the university because he’s one of the leading researchers in microelectromechanical systems and nanotechnology. Mechanochemistry deals with various mechanical and the chemical processes at molecular and smaller levels. Hyejin said Lee will talk about micro and nano platforms to explain molecular interactions and cellular responses. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture. Hyejin encourages students to attend the lecture to see how the fields connect. “Especially students majoring in engineering can find opportunities on how their engineering knowledge can serve other fields of study such as biology or medicine,” she said. The lecture is free and open to the public. — Anna Katzkova

Event teaches how to track election data visually Students curious about how computers can assist with forecasting elections can get answers from a handson workshop hosted by the Central Library. “Predict 2008 Voting Patterns Across Neighborhoods in Texas” is intended to teach participants how to spot patterns in possible voting behaviors based on previous data and how to present the information as a graphic. The workshop will be from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the Digital Media Studio in the Central Library basement. Participants will work with standard Geographic Information Systems software and software created specifically for the workshop by GIS librarian Joshua Been. GIS is intended to provide a way to interpret data visually and make it easier to convert dry data from a table form to a more easily understood graphical format. Instead of having a list of cities and average incomes, users can create a map that has different areas color-coded by income. For information, contact Joshua Been at 817-272-5826 or been@uta.edu. — Jason Joyce

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BSA and Multicultural Affairs bring a carnival with games Wednesday By anna KatzKova The Shorthorn staff

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Social work sophomore Dustin Parks protests outside an Army-sponsored booth during the MTVu Road Trip event on the Central Library mall. Parks, an Iraq war veteran who started an activist group, DFWforPeace, said he wanted to provide a balance to what he said is a “glamorized depiction” of military life by recruiters.

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Alumna Salicia Zantout said she doesn’t want to spend time searching for a polling place because she has a son to take care of, so she took advantage of the site on campus. It’s electronic voting only during early voting, which means no paper ballots, said Sim Goodall, university site lead clerk. Alvarez said it was her first time voting electronically. She encountered no snags

personally, but there were local volunteers who went through the line offering assistance to voters who needed help. Zantout, Davis and Carey said the electronic voting was hassle-free. The site is open 7 a.m.-7 p.m every day this week. Texas Christian University and all Tarrant County College campuses are also Tarrant County early voting sites. Jason BoyD news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

“I think the important message today is ‘Get out and vote.’ ” James spaniolo,

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things work at the university. According to the application, New Maverick Orientation looks for orientation leaders who have strong communication and leadership skills. Applicants must be enrolled fulltime as an undergraduate and maintain a 2.25 GPA. “We’re their first experience with UTA,” former orientation leader Annie Liu said. “We’re their first Maverick ambassadors.” The next change focuses on transfer students, and a transfer student orientation is being proposed. M e i g h a n Burke became Orientation and Parent and Family Center coordinator early this summer in anticipation of the following year. The job position was assigned to her for the transfer student orientation and the Parent and Family Center. Burke said the proposal allows former orientatransfer students tion leader to have their own orientation that will focus on their academic needs, and help them adapt to the university. “Freshmen really need guidance on the whole college guidance process,” Hayes said. “Transfer students need guidance on how UTA differs from where they came from.” This year, the university had about 2,300 incoming freshmen and 4,500 transfer students, he said. “The university has identified it as a need that we have a large population of transfer students, and we find that they were not being served as well as they need to be,” Burke said. “This orientation program will help them start off the university experience here at UTA the best way possible.” Hayes said they are still looking for leaders and the deadline for application is Oct. 30. Those interested can visit www. uta.edu/orientation.

“We’re their first experience with UTA. We’re their first Maverick ambassadors.” annie liu,

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the October meter reading to the November meter reading for all 268 invoices, a winner will be determined. The winner will be announced via the apartment’s newsletter The Courthorn on Nov. 26. He said there will be a different environmentally themed activity every month, but November has not been decided on yet. “It’s part of our programming plan based on our CORE model, which is Community Opportunity Recreation and Environment,” he said. “Every month we do at least one program in those areas and ... we’ll have some sort of environmental activity, and this month it happens to be the Greenest Building.”

Bill Wheler, political science junior and resident assistant, said the contest has been well received. “People are always doing stuff like opening their windows instead of running the air conditioning, stuff like that,” he said. “All my residents were like ‘Yeah, that sounds like a really good idea,’ plus it’s saving them money.” Accounting senior Shahrzad Niakan said she and her roommate have not changed their habits since the energy reduction contest began. “We’ve always done that so that we don’t ever go over the electricity amount anyway,” she said. “We’ve always been cautious about that.” sarah lutz news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Students can unleash their inner rock stars on the Central Library mall. Sponsored by the Black Student Association and Multicultural Affairs, the mall will transform into a Halloween carnival and Hard Rock garage studio at 7 p.m. Wednesday as the Starburst Tour truck visits the university with other organizations’ carnival booths. BSA vice president Harrison Coleman said the idea started when a representative from the Starburst Tour and Encore Promotions asked if he was interested in the truck coming to campus to promote Konami’s new video game Rock Revolution. The bus will open into a video game area with separate playing stations. Rock Revolution works with three players, a drummer, guitarist and bassist. Rock Revolution, created by the same makers of Dance Dance Revolution, is similar to video games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. To make the free event a true pre-Halloween carnival, they invited organizations on campus to participate, said biomedical engineering junior Onyekachi Adaeze Amajor, BSA programs co-chair and the carnival committee chair. “We have organizations that have signed up for face painting, pie throwing, pumpkin painting. Any

festival activity that you can think of, we have it,” she said. “We even have an organization that is manning a henna drawing booth.” About 25 organizations will participate, including the UTA Ambassadors, the Dance Ensemble and Greek groups. Coleman said BSA will sell corn dogs and funnel cakes, and the Starburst Tour and Encore Promotions will give out free T-shirts and Starburst candy. He also said the event gives a safe way to enjoy Halloween before the parties. “We want everyone to wear their Halloween costumes for fun,” he said. “It’s free fun and music.” University rules prohibit the BSA — a s tudent organization — from bringing in an outside organization, so Multicultural Affairs brought the truck to campus, said Dannie Moore, Multic ultural Affairs assistant director. “It’s something they initiated themselves,” he said. “We helped them bring the outside company, but they did all the work.” Amajor said BSA expects students to come out and have fun. “Students should come to our carnival to have fun and also relax from the midterms that have come and gone,” she said. anna KatzKova news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Victim’s family finally has answer HOUSTON — The minute Lenore McNiel saw the lock of matte brown hair in the medical examiner’s office, she knew she had finally found the brother who had been missing for nearly four decades. “That’s his hair!” McNiel recalls saying, when she recognized the curly, frizzy strands that had so frustrated her big brother, Randy. As a child, McNiel would watch Randy stand in front of his mirror, pulling a comb through the unruly mop and muttering “I hate my hair. I hate my hair.” But McNiel’s gulp of recognition on that day earlier this year would lead not to a happy reunion, but a bittersweet homecoming.

McCain closing argument: Bush wrong on economy the associated Press

Killer of 7-year-old to die Tuesday in Texas LIVINGSTON, Texas — Eric Nenno bristles at suggestions he’s some kind of ogre. “So many articles I read depicted me as a monster,” Nenno said softly from a visiting cage outside Texas death row. “It was upsetting to not hear anything to balance that.” A favorable balance is difficult given the former plumbing salesman’s acknowledgment that he committed a horrific crime nearly 14 years ago. Nenno, 47, is set to die Tuesday for abducting a 7-year-old girl who lived in his neighborhood in Hockley, about 35 miles northwest of Houston, raping and strangling her, then stuffing her body in the attic of his home. Evidence showed he raped Nicole Benton after she was dead.

Jury chosen in Texas sex club case DUNCANVILLE, Texas — A jury has been seated in the trial of a swingers club owner accused of violating city laws by hosting sex parties in his suburban Dallas home. Jim Trulock is accused of operating a business in a residential neighborhood and operating a sex club without a license. He runs the Cherry Pit with Julie M. Norris on weekends from their house in a residential neighborhood.

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Md. teen pleads guilty to family’s murder TOWSON, Md. — A Maryland teen pleaded guilty Monday to shooting his father, mother and two younger brothers to death as they slept, then going back to a friend’s house to play video games. Nicholas Browning, 16, of Cockeysville pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the February slayings of John W. Browning, 45; Tamara, 44; Gregory, 14, and Benjamin, 11. Browning wept in court as prosecutors described the crime. A sheriff’s deputy brought him a box of tissues, and Browning wiped his eyes and blew his nose.

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., makes a statement on the economy Monday after an economic roundtable in Cleveland, Ohio.

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s government says the kidnappers of nine Chinese oil workers have killed five of the men. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ali Sadiq says two kidnapped workers managed to flee their abductors, while the remaining two are still captive. The Chinese were kidnapped October 18 in southern Kordofan province — home to much of Sudan’s oil industry and adjacent to Darfur. Sadiq tells The Associated Press that five of them were killed Monday. — The Associated Press

President Bush on economic policies,” McCain said. “My approach is to get spending under control. The difference between us is he thinks taxes have been too low, and i think that spending has been too high.” His most dramatic claim was a pledge to turn around a plunging stock market. Most of the progress he promised would come from the economic stimulus sparked by big tax cuts he’s pushing, McCain said. “i will create millions of jobs through tax cuts that spur economic growth,” McCain said. The capital gains tax cut he’s proposing would encourage investors, Bounds said.

Shooting at Ark. school kills 2, hurts 1 the associated Press

CoNWAY, Ark. — The head of the University of Central Arkansas said Monday that the campus was safe after a shooting left two students dead and a third person wounded. Police said the killings did not appear to be acts of random violence and that there was no remaining threat on the 12,500-student campus. Police said they were questioning two people and seeking two others. All four are male and from the central Arkansas area. Police said they were not students. Police had no motive yet for the shooting. “it does not seem at this time that it was a random act,” said campus police lt. Preston Grumbles. interim president Tom Courtway, who canceled classes Monday, said, “our campus is safe.” University police lt. rhonda Swindle said two people

were being questioned Monday morning but that neither was under arrest. one was pulled over by police during the night and another turned himself in, authorities said. Police said they believed they knew the identity of the other two suspects. After the shots rang out Sunday night, one victim died on the sidewalk along a narrow alley between a dormitory and a fine arts center. Police said the two other victims rushed into the dorm, where paramedics found them. Swindle identified the dead as ryan Henderson, 18, and Chavares Block, 19 — both students. A non-student, Martrevis Norman of Blytheville, was shot in one leg and was released from a hospital after treatment. “This is just an awful tragedy. it’s the worst thing that can happen on a college campus,” Courtway said earlier. “We have start looking at everything.”

UN attacks rebels in Congo defending civilians

Sudan: kidnappers kill 5 Chinese oil workers

rebound, a nod to the top issue on voters’ minds little more than a week out from election day. “A stronger economy with greater investor confidence would help turn the stock market around,” said Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman. “That would help drive up stock prices and the market recover.” in his closing argument of the marathon election, McCain tread a thin line between bashing democratic rival Barack obama and making clear that he would steer a different course than the current GoP administration. “We both disagree with

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GOMA, Congo — Peacekeepers attacked rebels in eastern Congo with helicopter gunships Monday while crowds of protesters threw rocks outside four U.N. compounds, venting outrage at what they claimed was a failure to protect them from advancing rebel forces. U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie van den Wildenberg said the peacekeepers fired Monday at rebel forces surging on Kibumba, about 28 miles north of the provincial capital of Goma.

CleVelANd — republican John McCain promised to pivot from President Bush’s economic policies and impose strict controls on government spending that would spur investor confidence and the stock market’s recovery. “i will protect your savings and retirement accounts and get this stock market rising again,” said McCain, after huddling with economic advisers and pledging a break with Bush administration policies. Aides said that McCain’s call for cuts in the capital gains tax and tax breaks for seniors who invest would help the market

AP Photo: Danny Johnston

A sign notifying students of class cancellations is displayed at an entrance to the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark., Monday, after a fatal Sunday shooting at the school.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a rally in Canton, Ohio, Monday.

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obama in ohio: 1 week to restored prosperity the associated Press

CANToN, ohio — Closing his case for the presidency, Barack obama promised on Monday to restore economic prosperity and a sense of “higher purpose” to a tired, embattled nation. “We are one week away from changing America,” the democratic presidential candidate proclaimed, campaigning with the confidence of a contender nearing victory. obama returned to the soaring oratory of his first days as a candidate. With the luxury of a lead in the polls, obama’s goal was to remind voters of why he ran in the first place — and how he differs from his republican rival, John McCain. “in one week, we can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo,” obama said. “We can come together as one nation, and one people, and once

more choose our better history. ing to smear tactics in a desperate attempt to win votes. That’s what’s at stake.” “if you don’t have a record The campaign called obama’s speech nothing less to run on, then you paint your opponent as somethan a closing arguone people should ment. The jury is run away from. You out, though, until “If you don’t make a big election the election on Nov have a record about small things,” 4., and McCain vows to run on, obama said to a to pull out a late victhen you paint raucous crowd at tory. obama made a your opponent Canton’s civic center. “ohio, we are here strategic choice to to say, ‘Not this time. give this speech in as someone Not this year.’” pivotal ohio. He people should Polls show a tight struggled to connect run away race in ohio, which with working-class tilted the 2004 race voters here during from. You in favor of President the primaries and make a big lost the ohio primaelection about Bush. For his part, Mcry to New York Sen. Hillary rodham small things,” Cain’s core theme in recent days has Clinton. No demobeen that electing crat has won the Barack obama obama would give presidency without presidential democrats, who are ohio’s support since candidate on track to increase John F. Kennedy in their congressional majorities, 1960. obama, an illinois senator, dangerous control of the govhas accused McCain of resort- ernment.

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Syrians hold funerals for people killed in U.S. attack the associated Press

SUKKAriYeH, Syria — Families in this village near the iraqi border buried loved ones Monday who they said were killed when the U.S. military launched a rare attack in Syrian territory. during the funerals, angry residents shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading: “down with Bush and the American enemy.”

The Syrian government said four U.S. military helicopters attacked a civilian building under construction shortly before sundown Sunday, killing eight people in the village of Sukkariyeh — about five miles inside the Syrian border. A U.S. military official in Washington confirmed Sunday that special forces had conducted a raid in Syria that targeted the network of al-Qaida-

linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into iraq. “We are taking matters into our own hands,” the official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of cross-border raids. Syria’s foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, described the raid as “cowboy politics,” Speaking in london, al-Moallem said of the U.S. raid. He

warned that if there was a repeat “we would defend our territories.” The attack is another sign that the United States is aggressively launching military raids across the borders of Afghanistan and iraq to destroy insurgent sanctuaries. in Pakistan, U.S. missile strikes have killed at least two senior al-Qaida operatives this year and ramped up the threat to

groups suspected of plotting attacks on Western troops in Afghanistan and terror strikes in the West. iran condemned the attack as did russia, which has had close ties with Syria since Soviet times. The raid also put the Baghdad government in an awkward position while negotiating a security pact with the United States.

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ohn Lennon imagined a peaceful world. Bob Dylan was only a pawn in a game. Pete Seeger wondered where all the flowers had gone. And Marvin Gaye needed to know what’s going on. Protest music is neither new nor narrow. It roared against the war in the ’60s and ’70s. It developed in the ’80s into a stand against the establishment. Twisted Sister wasn’t gonna to take it anymore, and neither was The clash, Pink Floyd or Public enemy. It stuck around in the ’90s, attaching itself to the lyrics of Ani DiFranco and Rage Against the Machine. But as 2008 — an election year with inflamed passions and rhetoric flying — passes and 2009 approaches, one wonders, where did the protest music go? “What about that song ‘no Handlebars’? Who sings that?” asked Brittany Massengale. The bio-medical engineering sophomore sat with friends near the music wing entrance to the Fine Arts Building, talking on the phone and apparently with someone giving suggestions on modern-day protest music. Someone in the group answered her question — Flobots — but violin performance sophomore carissa Hollon moved on to a different band, Leftöver crack. Smiling, Hollon said Leftöver crack’s lyrics crushes the law with music. Sitting cross-legged on a bench with cat-eyed glasses framing her face, she continued talking about how protest music evolved from the ’60s. In that decade, folk music was identified with people and change. Asked to define the genre, musician Pete Seeger said, “Well, folks sing it. It’s folk music.” History professor Jerome Rodnitzky said the same can be said about protest music, and that it’s also hard to define. “What separates it from popular

Why doesn’t music today offer protest resonance like in the ’60s?

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Protest music became popular during civil rights fights and war in the ’60s and ’70s. Those issues exist today, yet protest music isn’t as popular.

music is they just mention it in passing,” he said. “And the protest music tends to center on something and take a rather extreme clear view.” Rodnitzky wrote a book, Minstrels of the Dawn: The Folk-Protest Singer as a cultural Hero , and multiple essays on the subject. Protest music really took off in the ’60s after artists like Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Joan Baez tackled social issues with their music. Singers developed the genre by combining traditional folk styles and contemporary topical songs, Rodnitzky says in his book. Though Rodnitzky’s office is wallpapered with worn novels, and multiple stacks of papers occupy any flat surfaces, it only took him a few

Bob Dylan tackled social issues in the 1960s on vinyl and still produces protest music today.

moments to weave around his caramel rocking chair, locate his book, music lyrics and a copy of Popular Music and Society. Protest music lost steam in the ’70s when it merged with other genres like rock ‘n’ roll, and it became hard to distinguish between artists. The end of the Vietnam War also had a hand, but there was also a change in mentality. Songs revered in the height of the protest era were found dull and irrelevant after 1968. In his book, Rodnitzky said protest music declined because the combination of social commitment and folk music was ridiculed by many alienated artists who felt that politics was sin and involvement was hopeless. “ ’60s people said ‘This is a democracy, we are responsible for that. They can’t do that without us’,” he said. “They felt government could be better, so they protested,” said Micah Hayes, music media visiting assistant professor. “now, people don’t think the government could get better. They’re disillusioned.” A composer who has received commissions from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and city church of San Francisco, among others, Hayes said protest music has an optimism that things can be better and that music pretty accurately reflects what is happening in society. “Protest music was popular because protests were popular,” Hayes said about the ’60s. “now people don’t really protest about anything anymore and the music reflects that.” We don’t have to have rallies anymore, Massengale said, it’s more about personal protests now.

“We bitch about gas prices, but do we write our congressman? no,” she said. “It’s teenage apathy. We are lazier,” Hollon added. Undeclared freshman Robin Hanson took a moment to recall a modern-day protest song or artist. In his windowed nook in the Fine Arts building, he stopped typing and contemplated his answer. “Rage Against the Machine,” he said. “They are one of the most outspoken bands out there right now. I don’t think protest music really matters as long as people get the right info from both sides.” Lauryn Williams said Bright eyes’ “When the President Talks to God” is a modern-day protest song, but the early childhood education senior said some of the ’60s protest music is still poignant. “ ‘The Times, They Are A-changin’, the lyrics are so open and political,” Williams said. “The song is really right on. It speaks from the heart.” Williams believes the public needs a protest music revival. “Our country is in a crisis, the war is still happening and we have an election right around the corner,” she said. “We all need to rise up and do something. We really need a kick-ass song to motivate us. “What happened to the passion of how young people used to be in the ’60s?! Where are those good bands expressing their opinions through music?” she said. “It’s not the music,” Hayes said. “Underlined optimism is needed to influence protest music.” Sara Pintilie features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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All Grown Up Out today, ‘Funhouse’ reveals a mature Pink in a range of styles The Shorthorn staff

looking into a room of fun When house mirrors, you’ll get more

than one view of yourself — reflecting all the facets of life one must deal with. Pink’s new and perfectly named Funhouse is the epitome of an album that enables the listener to think about the fun, scary and distorted moments that make up the truth of our lives. It is a milestone for Pink. not to be taken as just another M!ssundaztood album, Funhouse is pure Pink and more. After her divorce from Motocross rider carey Hart, Pink has taken the opportunity to not just complain about her ex but use the experience to “burn the house down,” as she sings in title track “Funhouse” — the funhouse being the person she was versus the person she knows she needs to be.

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In the popular “So What” — which made for her first solo no. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — Pink directly proclaims her independence from her relationship. However, unlike Alanis Morissette, she keeps the track upbeat and strong rather than depressing and vengeful — Hart even appears in the music video. Tracks like “Ave Mary A” and “Glitter In The Air” are standout examples of how Pink has smartly established many different sounds in one album and made it work. Going from fast and furious to melodic and Lilith Fair-esque, Funhouse feels like an excellent movie soundtrack. “crystal Ball” is her most open and honest track. Accompanied by just an acoustic guitar, the song is very unplugged and natural. Pink’s lullabylike vocals mixed with her strong lyrics are refreshing. It’s certainly a nice alternative to the other more

upbeat tempos on the album. The great thing about Funhouse is that none of the tracks feel generalized. They are specific to her and her situation and are therapeutically written but relatable. Like her previous album I’m not Dead, Funhouse is a far cry from her debut album can’t Take Me Home and doesn’t feel pushed out to satisfy the masses. It’s thematic and has a sound that ranges from pop to rock to soft ballads. Funhouse is the result of an intelligent and a matured Pink. She has managed to bring out the best of her vocals and lyrics and break down emotional walls that she has only talked about in previous albums. It’s more than worth the buy, it’s worth the concert ticket. rueBen GonzaleS features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

We don’t know Lindsay Lohan personally, but we know the woman is funny. She’s had our generation laughing since her movie The Parent Trap and lately made us smile again with her story arc on the hilarious “Ugly Betty.” With that said, it is with heavy hearts that we relay the news of her firing from the ABC comedy. Her character, Kimmie Keegan, was just as hard to pin down as Lohan herself. Our favorite Lohan quote from the show? It comes from when Betty (America Ferrera) threatened her at her fast food job: “Well, I’m not a cheeseburger, so I know you’re not gonna eat me.”

Carnivals come to UTA The State Fair of Texas may be long gone, but two events are coming to campus this week for those wanting the fanfare without the commute, and both feature chances to play new video games. The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block brings the Williams Street County Fair and Expo to the university noon-5 p.m. today at the Central Library mall. The network visits only 15 universities, and we’re lucky enough to be one. There will be plenty of chances for free stuff like T-shirts, but students can experience the new “NBA Live 09” video game at the Meatwad tent. Yes, there will be a tent shaped like the “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” character Meatwad. Later, the Multicultural Affairs Office and the Black Student Association will host the Rock Revolution Fall Carnival at the Central Library mall Wednesday night. Like the fair, free T-shirts will be available at the carnival, but more than 20 student organizations will also be on hand with typical fair booths — face painting, Henna tattoos, funnel cakes and more. The carnival lasts from 7 to 11 p.m.

Wanted: Mo’ laughs Split Ends listens to the radio, but we’re not really a fan of the majority of talk shows on the radio waves today. One that should be broadcast in the Metroplex pronto is “The Mo’Nique Show,” hosted by the comedian of the same name. Mo’Nique offers plenty of laughs and inspiration in her afternoon show, with a great mix of music thrown in alongside stories from callers. Her supporting crew is great, offering up personal stories and news items and not laughing out of obligation to the host. “The Mo’Nique Show” can be heard in the Houston area, but Dallas-Fort Worth residents can only listen online at www.themoniqueshow.com. If you call, tell ’em we sent you.

Just so you know...

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FunhouSe Artist: Pink Label: LaFace Records hhhhh (out of five)

Frat guys can be funny. They can be a lot of other things too, but some students appeared to have quite an idea Thursday when they took various letters, Greek and others, from along Greek Row and assembled a titilatting new word. We won’t print the word, but you can see the photo for yourself online at the entertainment blog. The letters were gone late Thursday afternoon, and we still don’t know anything about the incident. If you know any details, hit us up. — Anthony Williams

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COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY

Costly Internet security rules for schools invoked software costs, the largest expenses facing universities are other â&#x20AC;&#x153;direct costsâ&#x20AC;? associated with preventing illegal downloads over BY JASON JOYCE campus networks. Kenneth Contributor to The Shorthorn Green, Campus Computing New additions to the Project director, said these Higher Education Act could additional costs total a little cost the average public over $80,000 a year at university an additional public universities. These costs arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an $170,000 a year, according to a study by the Campus issue for UTA. The university uses Computing Project. The reauthorization existing technology that signed by President George allows administrators to Bush earlier this fall block illegal file transfers, requires universities to take Lanham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The university steps to prevent students multiple and staff from downloading implements copyrighted material over technologies to manage sharing,â&#x20AC;? Lanham university networks. The file said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Legal changes likely wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t applications have a significant â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the may be managed impact on UTto prevent Arlington, said university e x c e s s i v e Information Security takes a network usage director Sean proactive while illegal Lanham. applications â&#x20AC;&#x153;As it pertains to approach in are proactively costs, the university blocking all blocked using utilizes its current additional security devices known illegal detection and and processes to file sharing prevention automatically and methods.â&#x20AC;? proactively block all applications, Lanham said known illegal file it is very the end result is sharing, and does rare that a that university so very effectively,â&#x20AC;? administrators Lanham said in an complaint is have far less e-mail. received.â&#x20AC;? incidents to According to deal with, and the report released Sean Lanham, by the Campus Information Security the university doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have Computing Project, director to commit the average public substantial time four-year university or resources spends approximately into tracking $86,000 per year on software and down violations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the university hardware specifically intended to prevent illegal takes a proactive approach in blocking all known illegal downloading. He declined to provide an file sharing applications, it estimate of how much the is very rare that a complaint university spends annually is received,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In on hardware and software fact, there has only been for the campus network, but one such notice in the past said the university doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t year.â&#x20AC;? spend funds to specifically combat illegal downloading JASON JOYCE on campus. News-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Apart from hardware and

UTA is largely unaffected by the new regulations due to network management.

The Shorthorn: Monica Lopez

Terry Duncan, College Republicans president, makes a statement concerning the Patriot Act and American security Monday in the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom. Pi Sigma Alpha, the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political science honor society, coordinated the student debate.

JOHN MCCAIN PANEL

BARACK OBAMA PANEL

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Offshore drilling will allow us to tap into our reserves.â&#x20AC;? Rachel Imbriale, Young Conservatives of Texas president, when asked about McCainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stance on offshore drilling and energy independence

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see more money in your pocket under an ObamaBiden administration.â&#x20AC;? Lindsay Marcontel, University Democrats secretary and public relations director, when asked about Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stance on taxes and the economy

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The answer to jobs is tax cuts.â&#x20AC;? Imbriale on the question of the economy and job creation

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Afghanistan is really where we need to focus.â&#x20AC;? University Democrats treasurer Nelson Blaha when asked which war is more important, the war with Iraq or Afghanistan

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not enough to expect to be elected on your rhetoric alone.â&#x20AC;? Imbrialeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing statement â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have one candidate who would like to make history and one candidate who would like to learn from history.â&#x20AC;? College Republicans president Terry Duncanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing statement

Debate continued from page 1

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obama wants everyone to prosper. Not to spread the wealth, but to give everyone the chance to achieve the American dream.â&#x20AC;? University Democrats president Gabe Rivasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; closing statement

Varnell was undecided before the debate. He said it helped him to think about things, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to look over the facts more before deciding who to vote for. Biology junior Chantal Phillips still supports Obama but said the Republican panel won the debate and seemed more prepared in presenting pertinent facts. Architecture freshman Dallas Penny agreed that the Republicans won, but said he remains undecided about the candidates. Communications junior Rebecca Esposito said she was already leaning toward Obama before the debate. She said, like most debates, this one was shallow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one ever seems to get more into the issues,â&#x20AC;? she said. However, she said she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fault the panels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For being students,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they did well.â&#x20AC;? JASON BOYD news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe the way the country has been run is the way the country should continue to be run.â&#x20AC;? Rivasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; closing statement

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REMEMBER Read Thursday’s Sports page to find out how one sports reporter feels about the Southland Conference’s preseason picks. Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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VOLLEYBALL

BASELINE SPORTS TALK “Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.” Joe Paterno, Penn State head football coach

Mavs go 0-2 over weekend Next up, the Mavericks head out on the road to face conference leader Texas State in San Marcos. BY STEPHEN PETERS The Shorthorn staff

UTA SPORTS CALENDAR Today Volleyball at Texas State Time: 7 p.m. Place: San Marcos Intramural foosball tournament Time: Registration from 7-7:50 p.m., play begins at 8 p.m. Place: Bowling and Billiards UTA/Waterchase Golf Invitational Time: All day Place: Waterchase Golf Club, Fort Worth

BY THE NUMBERS

1.14

Conference leading blocks per game average for freshman middle blocker Christy Driscoll.

3.53

Kills-per-game average for freshman outside hitter Amanda Aguilera.

Number of categories the Mavs rank either last or second-to-last in team statistics.

After securing its first conference win this season on Oct. 17 against Central Arkansas, the volleyball team fell in both of its matchups last weekend, further distancing itself from playoff contention. On Friday against Southeastern Louisiana (9-11, 3-7), the Mavericks (5-18, 1-8) lost in straight sets 14-25, 13-25, 26-28. At one point in the third set, the Mavs led the Lions 11-3 but could not stave off Southern Louisiana’s rally, relinquishing the lead at 26-27 and never regaining it. Head coach Diane Seymour said the losses put her players in a tougher situation to get a playoff spot. “They were very visibly upset about it,” Seymour said. “They realize those were two matches we should have won to help our cause of getting into the conference tournament.” No player scored 10 or more kills in the match, and only two recorded five or more, led by freshman outside hitter Amanda Aguilera and freshman middle blocker Christy Driscoll with nine and six, respectively. As a team, the Mavs hit at .095 percent, committing 18 errors in 84 attacks. Southeastern Louisiana committed just 10 errors in 104 attacks and registered a .346 attack percentage. Freshman libero Alicia Shaffer was the only Maverick to post double-digit digs, with 16. Shaffer said the confidence level was not there for the team, especially after falling behind early. “Once we were down, we could not get the confidence back up to fight back,” she said. “Friday’s loss was horrible. We did not look good out there.” Aguilera said Friday’s sweep to the

Lions was harder to take than the Northwestern State loss the week before. “It felt bad because it was just not a good day overall,” she said. On Saturday, the Mavs experienced another setback toward a playoff push, losing to the Nicholls State (7-13, 4-6) in five sets 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 22-25, 10-15. The loss not only pushed the team two and a half games out from the last playoff spot, but it was the first time this season the Mavs had a better attack percentage in a match than their opponent and lost (.240 to .184). Aguilera tied her career best with 20 kills against the Colonels, committing only six errors on 49 attempts (.286 attack percentage). Senior outside hitter Ally Wade chipped in with 13 kills and three block assists. Looking ahead, the team travels to San Marcos today to face West Divisionleading Texas State (15-12, 8-1). The Bobcats have won five straight matches, three by 3-0 sweeps. Included in that stretch was an Oct. 11 3-2 victory over the Mavs at Texas Hall, which saw UTA battle from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth set. Three Bobcat players scored doubledigit kills in that match, led by senior middle blocker Emily Jones Wilkes with 20. The ‘Cats also had three players record double-digit digs, led by senior outside hitter Lawrencia Brown’s 28. Aguilera led UTA in the match with 20 kills and 19 digs and was one of three players with 10. The Bobcats have a sizeable advantage statistically over the Mavericks with 12.08 to 10.37 kills per set, 2.39 to .161 attack percentage and a .216 to .254 opponent attack percentage. “We have to play consistent,” Shaffer said, “We can’t let them get an early lead and then try to fight back. We have to stay with them or above them the whole entire game.” In conference, the Mavericks are win-

The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley

Sophomore setter Raegan Daniel goes up for a block against Texas State Oct. 11 at Texas Hall. The Mavericks will compete against the Bobcats in San Marcos at 7 tonight.

less on the road and haven’t won away from Texas Hall since beating Utah State 3-1 on Sept. 5 in San Francisco. “Hopefully we can forget we’re on the road,” Seymour said. “Hopefully we

BOX SCORE

UTA Nicholls

25 21 25 22 10 23 25 21 25 15

UTA SLU

14 13 26 25 25 28

Kills —

UTA: 53 NSU: 68 UTA: 65 NSU: 66 UTA: 49 NSU: 63 UTA: 15 NSU: 5

Kills —

UTA: 26 SLU: 46 UTA: 37 SLU: 37 UTA: 26 SLU: 40 UTA: 1 SLU: 4

Digs — Assists — Blocks —

could put that out our mind and treat it more like the last time we played them.” STEPHEN PETERS sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

“They realize those were two matches we should have won to help our cause of getting into the conference tournament.” Diane Seymour

Volleyball head coach

UT-ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (5-18, 1-8, Tied for 5th in West) The Mavericks have dropped their last two matches and 11 in their last 12 overall. For the year, the Mavs are 3-9 on the road and 0-5 away in conference play. Who’s Hot: Christy Driscoll While most of the attention has focused on Amanda Aguilera, Driscoll has flown under the radar, averaging 9.3 kills per match and 4.67 block assists in the team’s last three matches. Who’s Not: Emily Shearin In the last three matches, Shearin has a combined .000 attack percentage registering six kills and six errors on 20 attempts in that span.

TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (15-12, 8-1, Tied for 1st in West) Texas State has rattled off five straight wins since losing to Houston for the second time this year, starting with a 3-2 victory at Texas Hall against the Mavs on Oct. 11. Who’s Hot: Emily Jones Wilkes Wilkes, during the five-match win streak, has averaged a .236 attack percentage and 9.4 kills 2.6 errors on 17.8 attacks per match. In three of the matches, Wilkes has been the ‘Cats kill leader. Who’s Not: Lawrencia Brown In the last three matches, Brown has recorded just two kills and three errors on five attempts in the three sets she’s played. Brown also recorded two serve errors in the span.

MEN’S TENNIS

Mavericks defeat conference rivals in tournament The men’s tennis team wrapped up play at the Wilson/ITA South Central Region Championships last weekend, with many Mavericks recording key victories. Sophomore Brieuc Hamon recorded two victories, defeating Prairie View A&M’s Christopher Jordan before handing conference rival Alex Pavlov of A&M-Corpus Christi a 6-4, 6-4 defeat in the second round. Hamon then led in the third round over the University of Texas’ Dimitar Kutrovsky before falling in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Knocking off Southland Conference

opponents seemed to be the Mavs’ theme during the tournament. Along with Hamon’s defeat of Pavlov, two other Mavs defeated conference foes in singles. Senior Dmitry Minkin defeated two conference rivals, dropping UT-San Antonio’s Jorge Delgado in straight sets before besting A&M-Corpus Christi’s James Langford in three. Teaming with freshman Adam Srkala, Hamon beat his second conference opponent of the day in doubles action when the duo handed Lamar an 8-6 loss. Overall, Maverick players went a combined 4-2 against Southland Conference teams. The team wraps up the fall schedule Nov. 1 in Austin, where it will compete in the Texas Invitational. — Justin Rains