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“Over the course of the day, implications of global climate Many of the sessions had about participants in the Teach-In’s change and possible solutions 100 people in attendance.

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More than $1 million in combined grants will help improve cancer therapy, treatments and diagnoses.

BY BRYAN BASTIBLE The Shorthorn staff

Three university professors and their associates are on their way to helping patients with the No. 2 leading cause of malignancy-related mortality in men — prostate cancer.

With more than $1 million combined in grants, some of the research the professors have been working on includes designing a testing device, developing prostate cancer treatments and improving diagnosis.

TESTING DEVICE Electrical engineering professor J.C. Chiao and bioengineering assistant professor Kytai Nguyen headed a team that created a microdevice that tracks how cancerous cells spread from the tumor to other places in the body.

“The goal for our research is to use a patent-pending device ... to identify and quantify the important factors in prostate cancer metastasis,” Chiao said. “The results will be used to find potential targets in cancer therapy.”

Chiao and Nguyen’s team received a:FDDLE@:8K@FE three-year $205,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further their research developments, and with the help from collaborators in UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Urology depart-

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is the President of the Graduate Student Senate and an active player for the Movin’ Mavs.

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CALENDAR

FRIDAY

STUDENT SERVICES

HOOP PLAY

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

Tuition Raffle lasts until Feb. 13

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One year’s tuition could cost $5.

The Student Alumni Association Board of Directors is hosting its annual Tuition Raffle, in which a student can win tuition for two semesters.

The last day to buy tickets is Feb. 13, and the drawing will be held at 11 p.m. that night during the Blue and White Bash. Participants do not have to be present to win.

The award amount is the equivalent to the cost of 24 credit hours of undergraduate tuition, but graduate students can also participate.

The raffle’s proceeds go toward the prizes and scholarships offered by the school, said Alex Guio, Student Alumni Association Board of Directors vice president.

“Two years ago, the winner only bought one ticket,” he said.

Tickets are available in the University Center next to The Gallery.

Art Exhibition — Michelle Dizon/Vincent Valdez: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-2725658 or phealy@uta.edu.

Breakthrough Program with FWISD: 10 a.m.–3 p.m., UC Rio Grande Room. Free. For information, contact Brittanee Adams at 817-272-2963 or brittanee.adams@mavs.uta.edu.

Cross-layer Protocol Optimization in Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks: 10:30–11:30 a.m., 413 Woolf Hall. Free. For information, contact Sajal Das at 817272-7405 or das@uta.edu.

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Meeting: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 315 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information, contact Arthur Reyes at 817272-7408 or reyes@uta.edu.

Biomechanics of Native and Engineered Heart Valve Tissues: 1:30–2:30 p.m., 105 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information, contact Bumsoo Han at 817-272-1123 or bhan@uta.edu.

Mechanism-Inspired Strategies for Organic Synthesis: 2:30-3:30 p.m., 114 Chemistry Research Building. Free. For information, call 817-272-3171.

9th Annual Calculus Bowl: 2:30–7 p.m., Pickard Hall. Free.

For information, contact Hristo Kojouharov at 817-272-5763 or hristo@uta.edu.

— Ali Mustansir

AWARDS AND PRICES

Friday Night Live: 7–10 p.m., UC Bowling and Billiards. For information, contact Judith Huni at 817-272-2963 or excelentertainment@uta.edu.

Planetarium Shows: 7 and 8 p.m., Chemistry and Physics Building. “Seven Wonders” at 7 p.m., “Rock Hall of Fame” at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact Levent Gurdemir at 817-272-0123 or planetarium@uta.edu.

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Tuition Raffle Prizes First Prize – 12 hours tuition for one year Second Prize – 12 hours tuition for one semester.

Third Prize – $500 The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams

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.

CORRECTIONS

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Bring factual errors to The Shorthorn’s attention via e-mail to editor.shorthorn@ uta.edu or call 817-272-3188. A correction or clarification will be printed in this space.

Theft Police were called to Kalpana Chawla Hall, at 901 Oak St., at 10:52 p.m. A student told the responding officer that her cell phone had been stolen from her dorm room.

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Tuition Raffle Tickets 1 ticket – $5 6 tickets – $25

Accounting sophomore Evan Brantley and mathematics freshman Paul Bull play a game of one-on-one Thursday in the Maverick Activities Center.

managing-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu News Editor ................................. Jason Boyd news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Assistant News Editor ................ Mark Bauer news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Design Editor .............................. Marissa Hall design-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Copy Desk Chief ............... Andrew Williamson copydesk-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Sports Editor ......................... Stephen Peters

Simple assault A student at Centennial Court apartments at 824 Bering Drive called police at 4:37 p.m. to file an assault report. When police arrived, the student told the officer that her boyfriend had been physically abusing her for approximately six months.

Officers advised her to obtain a protective order.

Minor accident Police took a report of a minor accident at 1101 S. Cooper St. at 3 p.m. The student told police he had been in an accident with another student earlier in the afternoon.

sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Scene Editor .............................Emily Toman features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Opinion Editor ................................ Cohe Bolin opinion-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Photo Editor .................................... Rasy Ran photo-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Webmaster ........................... Troy Buchwalter webmaster.shorthorn@uta.edu News Clerk ................................ Jeanne Lopez

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Criminal trespass Police responded to a call for assistance at 300 First St. at 2:15 p.m. Police encountered

a nonstudent selling magazine subscriptions without approval from the Student Governance and Organizations Office. Police issued the nonstudent a criminal trespass warning.

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By TaiBa Sheerin ahmad As courses fill during the Contributor to The Shorthorn registration process, departThe economy’s recession ments will add more course may affect the university in sections, Wasson said. So if terms of enrollment, schol- the number of students inarships and even parking, creases, the number of secaccording to administrators. tions offered is predicted to The university has pro- increase too. vided more The unifinancial asversity’s consistance to stu- “Historically, struction part dents in light recessions tend of the Campus of the economy.

Master Plan As compared to to drive people should offset last academic the possible year, the current back to school. high number number of uni- So I expect to of students versity scholarin the future, ship recipients see that reflectsaid John Hall, rose by 11 perFinance and cent, while the ed in the final Campus Opamount award- spring erations vice ed has gone up president. by about $1.1 enrollment fig“History million tells us that ures.”

“I expect economic both the numdownfall has ber of recipi- dale Wasson, a positive efents and the Enrollment Services fect on enrolltotal amount senior ment,” he said. awarded to fur“However, it ther increase for is too early to 2009-2010,” Financial Aid know how much exactly the Director Karen Krause said. figures are going to change.”

“There was an 8 percent The UT Arlington Camincrease in the number of pus Master Plan is longpeople who submitted the term and has two phases — FAFSA this year.” one set to be completed for Total enrollment figures 2020, the other for 2060. are also predicted to increase According to www. at the university throughout CNNmoney.com, a survey the recession. of top economists said the “Historically, recessions recession would continue tend to drive people back to throughout 2009. More school,” said Dale Wasson, than 50 percent of those Enrollment Services senior surveyed said the recession associate vice president. “So would not shrink in 2010.

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with my sister who was about a hundred miles away,” Coker said. “It was a lot more fun than I imagined, and I’ve been playing off and on every since.”

Both men have been playing for four years and have logged thousands of hours into WoW. Dang said he’s paid more than $1,000 through the course of the four years for the game cost and two expansion packs, which retailed $40 a piece when they were first released, and the $15 monthly membership fee.

The game’s social aspects keep Coker coming back.

He said he enjoys spending time with friends whether it be through killing monsters or other players in battle grounds or even just sitting around chatting in a city. Most WoW players form guilds, like teams, which allow the members to bond even closer under a motto, a crest and even a guild charter. While some groups get together at a coffee shop or at the basketball courts, he and his friends like to hang out in the game.

“It’s somewhere where I can go and hang out with friends,” he said. “Usually there is someone on I can talk to about any number of topics, and we all show interest in what each other have to talk about.”

WoW has received much

Talk The Talk World of Warcraft jargon: slang and terms you can use to pick up girls Gold Farmer — Players who harvest gold and high-level items to sell for real-world money Grief or Griefing — The action of annoying or harassing other players and ruining their fun — also known as trolling Cooldown — The time for a

negative publicity since its opening in 2004. In 2007, a Chinese teen threw gasoline on his classmate and lit him on fire, saying he did it because he transformed into a “Fire Mage,” one of the character classes within the game.

Dang said he doesn’t face too much ridicule. When he mentions the game in class, most people think it’s cool or interesting. The only people that tease him about his hobby are within the gaming community and the university’s group Gamers on Campus. He said they consider it an easy game for babies because of the colorful aesthetic and accessibility to anyone.

“I know they’re just joking,” Dang said. “They don’t say it to hurt.”

When school isn’t in session, Coker spends around 40 hours a week playing WoW and about six when classes start. It’s a hobby he controls and balances with other things going on in his life,

spell to recharge until it can be cast again SNES — “Slutty Night Elf Stripper.” When a female Night Elf character undresses and dances provocatively. Not to be confused with Super Nintendo Entertainment System Toon — A player’s in-game character Twink — A character with top-tier armor, accessories and weapons

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even though he said other people might let the game become their life and eventually lose jobs or drop out of school.

“WoW gets a lot of bad rap for that and unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about it,” he said. “People who desire to escape from reality already have a problem, they just find WoW to be a really good source of escape.”

Coker attributes his selfcontrol to his family, who taught him to limit his playtime and that friends, family and health are more important than video games.

While some people think of WoW players as loners, Dang said the game has helped his social skills. He said he has become more open and acts like himself.

Architecture junior and WoW player Daniel Glenn said he’s even gotten his friends to play along with him. He said sometimes male players create female characters, but he prefers not to run

around as a girl.

Coker said people who play the game are labeled as weirdos because of a lack of understanding about the game.

“You can’t just go up to someone and talk about what items dropped from a raid last night,” he said. “They wouldn’t know what you are talking about, but you can always tell someone about what plants you just put in your garden or what was interesting about that book you read.”

At this point, Dang said he has no plans to quit WoW. He’ll continue to attend every raid night that his guild plans and be in those same back lines as the big time healer of his group.

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Hearing could lead to exoneration in rape case AUSTIN — The mother of a man who died in prison while serving 25 years for a rape that DNA tests now show he didn’t commit tearfully pleaded Thursday for a judge to overturn his conviction.

Timothy Cole died in prison in 1999 from complications from asthma at the age of 38 after years of insisting he was innocent.

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Inmate escapes from transport company PHILADELPHIA — A private prison transportation company lost an attempted-murder suspect somewhere between Florida and Pennsylvania, leading to a search for the cuffed and shackled inmate and drawing complaints that such companies are poorly regulated.

The discovery Thursday was at least the second escape in six months involving an inmate being moved by Prisoner Transportation Services of America LLC. Still, industry critics said the major issue is not escapes, but mistreatment of inmates and poor traveling conditions.

New jobless claims jump more than expected to 626K the associated Press

WASHiNGToN — New jobless claims jumped far more than expected last week in an already dismal labor market, and there’s no relief in sight for workers as mass layoffs persist.

The labor department reported Thursday that the number of newly jobless workers seeking benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 626,000, from the previous week’s upwardly revised figure of 591,000.

The latest total is far more than analysts’ expectations of 583,000.

That’s also the highest since october 1982, when the economy was in a steep recession, though the work force has grown by about half since then.

The numbers reflect the large spate of layoffs announced last month by companies from all sectors of the economy, including Caterpillar inc., Pfizer inc. and Microsoft Corp. The

layoffs continued Thursday with cosmetics maker estee lauder Cos. saying its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 30 percent and it plans to begin a four-year restructuring plan that will include cutting 2,000 staffers, or 6 percent of the work force.

The company will also continue its hiring freeze. economists expect the government to issue a grim report Friday that will show the unemployment rate rose to 7.5 percent in January, up

from 7.2 percent in december. That would be the highest rate in 17 years.

The housing slump and financial crisis have hammered spending by businesses and consumers, sending the economy into a recession that is expected to continue until at least the second half of this year.

The recession’s impact was visible in other economic data Thursday. Factory orders fell by 3.9 percent in december, the Commerce

department said, a record fifth straight drop.

For all of 2008, orders for everything from autos to computers to food rose by only 0.4 percent, the weakest showing since orders actually fell by 1.8 percent in 2002.

Meanwhile, many retailers reported dismal January sales. The malaise crossed the spectrum of retailing, from department store chains to teen clothing chains.

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Suicide bomb kills 24, wounds dozens the associated Press

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Sri Lanka rejects cease fire request COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire Thursday from donor countries worried by reports of growing civilian casualties in the South Asian nation’s civil war, instead demanding the Tamil Tiger rebels’ unconditional surrender.

Sri Lankan forces captured the rebels’ biggest sea base, effectively cutting off their supply point and pushing them to the brink of defeat.

U.S. Navy watches as pirates nab $3.2 million NAIROBI, Kenya — As U.S. Navy ships looked on, Somali pirates sped away Thursday with $3.2 million in ransom after releasing an armsladen Ukrainian freighter — ending a four-month standoff that focused world attention on piracy off Somalia’s lawless coast.

The Navy said it couldn’t seize the bandits for fear of endangering 147 other seamen still held hostage on other hijacked ships.

— The Associated Press

iSlAMABAd, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers streaming toward a Shiite Muslim mosque in central Pakistan, killing 24 people and wounding dozens more.

The attack in the city of dera Ghazi Khan on Thursday risks sparking sectarian fury in a country already battling rising militancy along the Afghan border and tension with india over the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

The bomb detonated as a crowd approached the mosque for an evening prayer ceremony. Television footage showed bystanders and emergency workers trying frantically to help victims lying in the darkened street.

Athar Mubarak, the city police chief, said the bomb contained metal balls and nails. As well as the 24 dead, another 40 people were wounded, he said. “evidence collected from the spot indicates that a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd,” Mubarak said.

AP Photo: Khalid Tanveer

Relatives of a victim of an explosion in Dera Ghazi Khan, react in a local hospital in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday. A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers streaming toward a Shiite Muslim mosque in central Pakistan on Thursday, killing 24 people and wounding dozens more.

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al-Maliki’s allies victorious in vote

Contaminated food allowed to go unchecked

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BAGHdAd — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s allies swept to victory over Shiite religious parties during last weekend’s provincial elections in iraq — a rousing endorsement of his crackdown on extremists, according to official results released Thursday.

The impressive showing, which must be certified by international and iraqi observers, places alMaliki in a strong position before parliamentary elections late this year and could bolster U.S. confidence that it can begin withdrawing more of its 140,000 troops.

The results were a major blow to iraq’s biggest Shi-

ite religious party — the Supreme islamic iraqi Council — which trailed in every Shiite province including its base in the holy city of Najaf.

Still, the margin of victory in a number of Shiite provinces was narrow, indicating the prime minister’s supporters will have to cut deals with their rivals in order to govern.

And al-Maliki’s Coalition of the State of law gained little traction in Sunni areas, suggesting that sectarian divisions still play a major role in iraqi politics. Al-Maliki is himself a Shiite from a religious party, but his bloc ran on a platform against sectarianism.

AP Photo: Alaa al-Marjani

Men gather in a cafe to watch televised coverage of the results in Iraq’s provincial elections in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday.

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WASHiNGToN — lawmakers reacted angrily Thursday when told that food makers and state safety inspectors are allowed to keep tests results secret. That keeps federal health officials in the dark even when products have been contaminated by salmonella or other dangerous bacteria. “i’d like to see some people go to jail,” Sen. Patrick leahy, d-Vt., said during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut plant that has sickened more than 550 people and killed at least eight.

Federal law does not require reporting of contaminants if companies receive private test results showing them or states find them in their inspections, said dr. Stephen Sundlof, food safety director for the Food and drug Administration.

“That’s one of the very serious loopholes we need to plug,” said Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia republican and the committee’s ranking minority member.

Sundlof defended the FdA’s handling of the current outbreak, but also noted gaps in the country’s food safety system that hamper the agency’s efforts. The FdA learned only

weeks ago that the Peanut Corp. of America had received a series of private tests dating back to 2007 showing salmonella in their products from the Georgia plant, but later shipped the items after obtaining negative test results.

“We would like to have as much information as possible” from food makers, Sundlof said. leahy said food manufacturers should face possible jail time and other tough penalties to beef up compliance with federal food safety rules. “Fines won’t do it,” he said.

Sundlof pointed out that a federal criminal investigation of the outbreak is under way.

Also Thursday, the department of Agriculture suspended Peanut Corp. from participating in government contract programs for at least a year.

Secretary Tom Vilsack also removed Stewart Parnell, president of the company, from USdA’s Peanut Standards Board.

“The actions of (Peanut Corp. of America) indicate that the company lacks business integrity and business honesty, which seriously and directly hinders its ability to do business with the federal government,” said david Shipman, Acting Administrator of USdA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.

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UTA SporTS CAlendAr Today Wheelchair basketball vs. Missouri Time: 11 a.m.

Place: University of Alabama Wheechair basketball vs. Arizona Time: 3 p.m.

Place: University of Alabama Saturday Men’s tennis vs. New Orleans Time: noon Place: UTA Tennis Center Wheelchair basketball vs. Alabama Time: noon Place: University of Alabama Men’s basketball vs.

Northwestern State Time: 2 p.m.

Place: Natchitoches, La. Women’s basketball vs.

Northwestern State Time: 4 p.m.

Place: Texas Hall

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Men’s Top 8 Teams Team SLC Record 1. Sam Houston State* 6-1 2. Stephen F. Austin* 6-2 3. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6-1 4. Nicholls State 6-2 5. UTSA 4-3 6. UTA 3-4 7. Lamar 3-5 8. Texas State 3-5

Women’s Top 8 Teams Team 1. UTA* 2. Northwestern State* 3. UTSA 4. Southeastern Louisiana 5. Lamar 6. Stephen F. Austin 7. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 8. Sam Houston State

SLC Record 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-3 5-3 5-3 3-4 3-4

*Division leaders Playoffs begin March 11 in Katy, Texas

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Going for the Title After topping Arizona, team has chance to win championship By roBerT MATSon Contributor to The Shorthorn

two weeks ago, the wheelchair basketball team returned from a tournament in tucson, Ariz., with a perfect 4-0 record, which included avenging a loss to Arizona earlier in the season. the weekend’s success gives the team the chance to win the southern Conference championship this weekend in tuscaloosa, Ala. the Movin’ Mavs had to win the rematch with Arizona to even the season series with the Wildcats to 1-1. since letting the lead slip away in the first game and losing 64-62 at texas Hall in November, the team had been looking forward to its chance for revenge. this time, they left with no doubt who the reigning conference champions were. An 87-71 thrashing in Arizona’s own backyard was a statement the team had been waiting to make.

Head coach Doug Garner was pleased to see his team respond to the challenge and increase its focus on the court.

“I think the way we are playing now is a better reflection of who we are as a team,” Garner said.

“We have been much better about keeping focused for a full 40-minute game, rather than having lulls off and on.”

Another reason the team has picked up its play has been the increase in scoring and leadership from sophomore Ian pierson.

Garner encouraged pierson to

be more aggressive with his offensive game. “once coach gave me the green light to look for my shot, my confidence definitely increased,” said pierson, who averaged 28 points per game in the Arizona tournament. “We played the game we wanted to play this time and know what we want to do when we play them again this weekend.” team defense was another point of emphasis Garner stressed to his players during practice.

“We have been refining and adjusting our defense throughout the season,” Garner said. “our intensity and focus on that end is something we have been working on.” the third and deciding game between UtA and Arizona takes place at 3 p.m. today at the University of Alabama campus, and players and coaches expect to be up against a determined team. tomas Lobo, who joined the Movin’ Mavs during the winter break after transferring from oklahoma state University, said he understands Arizona will want to prove the first game was no fluke, but expects UtA to be ready, too.

“I expect us to win,” Lobo said .

“If we play our game, we will win.

If we win, we lock up a 3 seed in the [National] tournament and that would be nice.”

Although new to the program, Lobo said he realizes the pressure and expectations of playing at UtA. “We have never not won the

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Junior forward David Wilkes goes for the ball during a scrimmage Dec. 3 against the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks at the Physical Education Building. The Movin’ Mavs will play in the Southern Conference championship at 11 a.m. today.

conference here,” he said. “I don’t want it to happen the season I started playing.” the Movin’ Mavs’ path to another southern Conference championship and security of having at least a No. 3 seed in the National

tournament tips-off today at 11 a.m. inside the University of Alabama student recreation Center against Missouri. roBerT MATSon sports-editor.shorthron@uta.edu

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She does orgasm with great intensity and is well-lubricated during intercourse. I masturbate often between sexual encounters.

A: It's hard for me to guess exactly what is going on, but what I would suggest is that you make plans -- with his cooperation, of course -- to go on a vacation together. If it A: I think that you Dr. Ruth can't be a long one, then just a should make an appointment weekend to some nearby Send your with a marriage counselor, tell resort. If during that time he questions to Dr. her when it is and go, whether still shows no interest, then Ruth Westheimer she joins you or not. She doessomething else is going on and c/o King n't feel that your desires are all you'll have to have a long talk that serious an issue, but you Features and see if you can learn what it do. By going to see an outside is. But this is not your fault, so Syndicate, 235 E. counselor, you will be telling don't blame yourself. If it's just 45th St., New her loud and clear that this is that he's overworked, even a York, NY 10017 important to you. How she mini-vacation will be helpful, reacts to that is up to her, but at least proving to you that his she won't ever be able to say lack of desire really is from being over- that she thought it wasn't a serious matter worked. But if it's something else and he to you. And the counselor also should be doesn't respond well to this time away able to provide you with more advice. My together, then you'll have to take further guess is that she will go to see the counsteps. selor, though she may be nervous about having to face this issue so directly and in Q: I have been married for 14 years. front of someone else. But if this is imporWe have two children. Sex for us is infre- tant to you, then you need to do whatever quent. Sex was good until the children you can to impress on her the true imporwere born. We have sex only twice a tance sex has in your relationship. month if we are lucky. I am always the

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Faculty/StaFF Professor returns from first federal health subcommittee meeting in D.C. mittee members attended a half dozen briefings in order to inform them on what is being done to promote psychological health right now.

The report given to subcommittee members stressed two overlapping signature issues in military mental health: post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Both can have varying effects depending on the person and its severity.

Quick commented on the possible rise in military

suicides.

“What’s important to find is what is not visible,” Quick said.

Quick also attended the Defense Health Board meeting in December, where he had the opportunity to meet the core members of the board. He will attend one more meeting in March before they lay out plans for the rest of the two-year appointment.

conclusion. “Our task today is to re-evaluate the way we are living so that our children and grandchildren can also have access to the wonderful resource the natural world provides.”

The event began with former President’s Sustainability Committee co-chair Jeff Howard’s analysis of the university’s carbon footprint, using factors from a set of behaviors to determine its effect on the environment.

He said the university produces 89,700 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, an equivalent of 6,461 pounds per person.

He urged the audience to take their own carbon footprint seriously, because even if carbon emissions ended, the climate would continue to change for years.

David Hopman, landscape architecture assistant professor, praised the university’s green roof, the project on top of the Life Science Building where students use vegetation to help lessen energy and en-

vironmental concerns. He presented some ideas that his class developed to counter the lack of green space on campus and water runoff problems.

Allan Saxe, political science associate professor, began his presentation with a disclaimer that he would say some things people might find controversial. He identified what he called recycling hypocrisies, like wasting water to wash a glass jar or emissions from a truck gathering recyclables. He said that not every environmental effort is flawless.

He also explained the Pickens Plan, billionaire and former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens’ plan to establish a sustainable energy source — specifically wind energy. Saxe said he agreed with Pickens’ idea that the country first needs a “transition fuel,” like natural gas.

“I wish the Democrats, the Republicans and the president, in this stimulus bill, would spend billions of dollars on some kind of new energy source for automobiles,” he said.

Saxe’s presentation concluded with the most heated discussion of the day, as the

audience discussed natural gas’ environmental consequences of relying on unsustainable energy sources.

The learning sessions concluded with Dolphin Blue CEO Tom Kemper’s presentation, “Greening the Economy,” which had it’s own solution to climate change and the economic crisis. Kemper showed a viral video called “Carrotmob,” which presented organized spending to force businesses to offer more environmentally friendly products and services.

“This is about human existence for the most part. It’s about the continuation of our species having some reasonable modicum of life that is close — maybe even better than what we have,” he said.

“We need young minds that aren’t indoctrinated with this old, worn out, ridiculous behavior.”

The evening ended with a roundtable discussion in the Lone Star Auditorium with representatives from the university and Metroplex.

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IMPROVING PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS

Organizational behavior professor James Quick, who was appointed to the Department Of Defense Psychological Health External Advisory Subcommittee, returned from his first meeting in Washington, D.C., last week since being appointed in December.

The subcommittee focuses on the prevention and treatment of problems soldiers experience after returning from combat.

Quick and other subcom-

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ment and Urologic Oncology Clinic, conduct studies using the device that has the ability to predict metastasis risk for prostate cancer patients.

“It is estimated one out of six men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime,” Chiao said. “So, an efficient way for metastasis prediction will save many people’s lives.”

PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT Nguyen and collaborators at UT Southwestern Medical Center are working on a treatment method that can effectively improve drug therapies that will only kill cancerous cells.

The team will receive a three-year $484,000 grant from the Department of Defense to help with the treatment method’s development.

The original idea came from alumnus Maham Rahimi, who is now a medical student at Texas Tech University, she said.

Bioengineering professor Hanli Liu has been working on ways to help prostate cancer patients’ diagnosis. In the last two years, she discovered that prostate cancer diagnosis is pretty much “blind.”

“Because of the poor diagnosis of prostate cancer, the current prostate cancer patients are either under or over treated. Undertreatments cause patients’ lives. Over-treatments cause patients’ unnecessary impotence or incontinence or both,” she said in an e-mail. “It is ... imperative to develop a diagnostic technique that would be used with the regular needle biopsy tool and guide the clinicians to select the biopsy sites where the prostate tissue is suspicious for cancer.”

Liu and her team will receive a three-year $508,000 grant from the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program this semester.

The program funds innovative ideas and encourages new technology development.

“Overall, the proposed work will greatly improve the accuracy of prostate cancer diagno-

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J.C. Chiao, Electrical engineering professor

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in remembrance The university flag flew at half-mast Thursday over the Central Library mall in honor of Physics Department chairman James Horwitz, who died Saturday. A memorial service will take place at 10 a.m.. today at the Wade Family Funeral Home in Arlington.

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sis,” she said. “So, the rate for under or over treatments of prostate cancer can be reduced significantly, improving the patients’ quality of life.” bryan baStible news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Athletics Director Pete Carlon said the athletics benefits in Pepsi’s contract are a large improvement from the previous contract.

“We looked at what some other campuses were getting from their soft drink contracts, and we realized we were not even in the same ballpark — both with services and sponsorship,” he said. “So, we encouraged the university administration to do a request for proposals to see what other interested providers could do for the institution, not just athletics.”

Carlon said the contract also includes a $600,000 signage sponsorship for a scoreboard,

and all the money the athletic department receives will go to student scholarships.

The $600,000 goes into an account with other university money that is not allocated through the federal government, state government or students, said Business Affairs vice president Rusty Ward. Then the money goes into the President’s Auxiliary Account, and the president distributes the money as he sees fit to organizations that do not produce their own revenue.

“We are being conservative at the moment,” he said. “We don’t know whether the sum total of what we can spend or allocate will go up or down until the legislative session is over.”

Dahncke said sponsoring a college campus appeals to the

Pepsi company as a different way to connect with their consumers where they work, live, play or shop.

“A college campus is a unique environment that offers us the opportunity to have all these interactions and meet the beverage needs of a diverse community,” he said. “We’re very excited to have the opportunity to ‘Be a Maverick.’ ” Previously the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. had pouring rights — the authority to sell their products on campus — but Pepsi offered more money, nonmonetary benefits and stability than Coca-Cola, said John Hall, Administration and Campus Operations vice president.

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way up the ranks by becoming the senate’s president after Tracy Lynn Cloud resigned when she became a grandmother.

Student Governance assistant director and the senate’s adviser, Vanessa Balderrama, said Caldwell has done well in his role as president.

“He’s taken over without any issues,” she said.

Caldwell said he feels blessed and fortunate to be in the senate.

“I feel like joining the Graduate Student Senate is a way to give back, get connected, and the organization is also something good to put on my résumé when I start looking to have a career after I graduate,” he said.

After Caldwell completes his degree, he plans to start a career in marketing research or continue his education by pursuing a doctorate degree.

“I put my best into everyday,” Caldwell said. “That is success when you have done your best.”

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cycling. Caldwell was playing basketball again within a year, only for a different team — the UNCC wheelchair basketball team.

A friend of Caldwell later told him about the wheelchair basketball team, the Movin’ Mavs, and Caldwell decided to try out.

He wasn’t sure that he would make the team, but the late Movin’ Mavs’ head coach Jim Hayes saw something special in him — so much that Caldwell ended up with a scholarship.

“Coach Hayes did not just prepare me for basketball, but he also prepared me for life,” he said.

Doug Garner, who took over the Movin’ Mavs after Hayes’ death, said Tim Caldwell is a hard worker.

“He shows up to practice early, lifts weights, watches what he eats,” Garner said.

Besides what he does on the court, Caldwell joined the Graduate Student Senate as a member in fall 2007. Caldwell worked his

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