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University may get new parking garage Plans call for it to be built north of the proposed special events center site. By Sarah Lutz The Shorthorn staff
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Planning has begun to put a parking garage north of the
special events center and to demolish the 7-Eleven on the northeast corner of Center and Second streets, said John Hall, Administration and Campus Operations vice president. The store’s lease runs out Sept. 30, 2010, said Margaret Chabris, 7-Eleven public rela-
tions director. “All we know is what the university has told us — it’s not really up to us,” she said. “We plan to stay there unless something changes or until the end of our lease.” The university has an idea for the design and location for the
parking garage, Hall said. “There’s been some inquiry with regards to parking and what is the university going to do to try to address parking during the constructing of the special events center,” he said. “It’s not sec continues on page 3A
Crime
Police arrest nonstudent for soliciting The man was trying to sell magazine subscriptions on campus without the proper permits and was then given a criminal trespass warning for UTA. By Jason Joyce The Shorthorn staff
University Police arrested a solicitor selling magazine subscriptions outside Ransom Hall on Wednesday afternoon after officers discovered there were active warrants for his arrest. The individual, identified through Arlington jail records as Eric Reno, was booked on warrants issued in Saginaw, that charged him with soliciting without a permit and failure to appear in court. Following his arrest, Reno was issued a criminal trespass warning, Assistant Police Chief Rick Gomez said. Under university policy, only vendors authorized by Student Governance and Organizations and Student Activities are allowed to sell on campus. Bonnie Rodriguez, a Student Activities support specialist who handles campus vendor requests, said she’d never heard of Reno. If he applied for permission to sell on campus, his application likely wouldn’t have been approved, she said. Magazine subscriptions don’t fit in the category of items vendors are authorized to sell. Jason Joyce
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University Police officer Teresa Robbins handcuffs Eric Reno as officer Sam Dunn watches Wednesday outside Ransom Hall. Reno was arrested for warrants issued by the Saginaw Police Department for soliciting without a permit and failure to appear in court. Reno received a criminal trespass warning after being caught soliciting magazines.
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Resident Friend RA guides residents while staying true to herself By Dustin L. Dangli The Shorthorn staff
For new residents at the university, resident assistants are the first mentors through their collegiate journey. RA Shamini Surendran offers not only guidance to students in her hall, but also a life-long friendship. The industrial engineering senior is an RA at Kalpana Chawla Hall and has been for two years, but before she started guiding others, she was the one being guided. “I first lived in Brazos
[House], and the community there was really awesome,” Surendran said. “They were so friendly and they helped jump start my social life.” She transferred to the university her sophomore year, but the university wasn’t the only thing that was new to her. She was born and raised in Malaysia left to receive an education in the states. She said the people she shared a roof with helped her adjust to the new environment. From these early experi-
ences, she decided she wanted to give back and become an RA to help others get acquainted. She pays special attention to her residents and other people in her hall. She said some students call her their RA even though they are not under her jurisdiction. In the end, people intrigue her. “Your residents are suppose to be your residents but I see them as people I can hang out with,” she said. “The feedback ra continues on page 3A
Metal Art Production sophomore John Stanton welds metal bars together Wednesday in the Fine Arts Building theatre arts scene shop. Stanton was building a box for the production “The Robber Bridegroom” that will run March 4-8 in the Mainstage Theatre. The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
Student Organizations
College Republicans active, prepare for 2010 elections The club aims to be more involved with the campus community.
Kassie Dill, College Republicans president
Matt Kuster, College Republicans executive officer
ences and events, Dill said. “We are in no way inactive,” she said. “Last weekend we went to a legislative dialogue with State Rep. Diane Patrick and U.S. Congressman Joe Barton.” She said the group will attend the largest annual gathering of conservatives during the Conservative Political Action Conference next week in Washington, D.C. On March 1, CR will attend a “Happy Birthday Texas” party with congressman Barton. The club holds biweekly meetings every other Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in the University Center upper level. “For those interested in a career in politics, College Republicans is a great networking tool,” Dill said. “College Republicans was designed in part to help you get a job or internship in politics while you are still going to school or for after you graduate.” Kuster said that there’s always a need for political groups. “Maybe it’s not an election year, but Senate seats are open
Matt Foster, College Republicans vice president
By Bryan Bastible The Shorthorn staff
The College Republicans continue their presence on campus and plan their post-2008 election future after last semester’s club split into two groups. Part of the College Republicans formed a UTA chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas in the fall, but the group no longer exists, CR officers said. “It’s a good organization,” new CR President Kassie Dill said. “The chapter at UT-Austin is successful.” At UTA, the ideals and beliefs of YCT were never fully established, Executive Officer Matt Kuster said. The organization’s former president Terry Duncan stepped down, but Matt Foster continues to serve as vice president. Foster said the Republican Party had some issues organizing last election, so CR wants to be more involved with the university community. If CR starts now, they’ll be more organized in 2010, when it counts, he said. The club sought help from area republican clubs after the election and spent most of its time planning upcoming confer-
the next year,” he said. “Just because it’s not an election year doesn’t mean that there’s not important political things going on in society.” Last semester’s University Democrats President Gabe Rivas did not return interview requests by press time, and was not able to verify his current position in the organization or the group’s direction. UD member Elijah Gay said things slowed down for the group after the election, and it hasn’t had a meeting this semester to his knowledge. Bryan Bastible news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Additions improve the MAC, students’ experiences New amenities include simulation bikes and a market with drinks, toiletries and microwave meals. BY SOHANA KUTUB
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The Maverick Activities Center has a new convenience store, cutting edge exercise equipment and plans to install additional lockers to enhance students’ experience. The Market at the MAC opened last week in the front corner by the computer lab. Students can purchase items like drinks, microwave meals, snacks, toiletries and scantrons. Campus Recreation Director Doug Kuykendall said the main purpose of The Market at the MAC is to work as a convenience store for
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to the Internet while on the bike.” Civil engineering freshman Rodolfo Guerra said he thought the Expresso Bikes were better than other stationary bikes. “I like that it keeps you motivated and you have power over it,” Guerra said. Construction for 80 new lockers will also begin in the next few weeks. Half of the new lockers will be placed in the women’s locker room, and the other half in the men’s. “We’re constantly looking for things we can add or replace at the MAC,” Kuykendall said. “We will be constantly looking for the latest and greatest technologies.” SOHANA KUTUB news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Four academicians specializing in the Middle Ages will lead a conference about events that caused dramatic changes to Western culture and society. Kathleen Biddick, Temple University history professor; Kevin Curran, University of North Texas English assistant professor; Isidro Rivera, University of Kansas Spanish and Portuguese associate professor; and Amy Tigner, UTA English assistant professor, will all discuss
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them for a workout if you don’t have them.” The MAC also installed two interactive Expresso Bike demos two weeks ago, and after a successful trial period is purchasing four. The bikes are attached to a computer monitor that allows the user to select different courses and race against computer and real-life opponents. “I can safely say we’ve demoed a good number of pieces of equipment,” Kuykendall said. “But this is the first time I’ve seen where everyone that’s used the Expresso Bike loves it.” “These bikes are hooked up to the Internet,” he said. “So you can race with the person next to you or even race with anyone who is anywhere else, as long as they are connected
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different aspects of that period. The Living on the Edge in the Medieval and Early Modern World: A Conference will run 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Friday at the Central Library sixth floor parlor. The event will end with a roundtable discussion. History assistant professor Sarah Davis-Secord, Spanish assistant professor Amy Austin and English assistant professor Jacqueline Stodnick co-organized the conference and lobbied for the Medieval and Early Modern Studies minor, which will include subjects covering art, English, modern languages, history and philosophy. Stodnick found a benefit in
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multi-departmental courses. “Say you took a course on the Crusades, you look at the historical events and then take a Late Medieval English class. You can take two different approaches to a similar event,” she said. The minor would give exclusive looks at papers on Arthurian texts, Western civilization and the English language, Stodnick said. “It’s about [Western] contact with the East,” Stodnick said. “There is more than religious war.” The conference is free and open to all, and refreshments will be provided.
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Arlington Technology Incubator program gets new business coach Fred Patterson’s position entails helping companies make their ideas a reality. By Ali Mustansir Contributor to The Shorthorn
The Arlington Technology Incubator has hired a new business coach to guide developing client companies. Fred Patterson began a one-year contract this semester with the Office of Technology Management and ATI, which was developed to help student, faculty and communities start-up companies transition from an idea to commercialization, said ATI Director Sergio Bento. Bento emphasized the importance of students starting businesses. He used Frederick Smith as an example, who as a student wrote a paper outlining an idea to offer people an overnight delivery service aside from the U.S. Postal Service. He received a “C” and was told it would never work. The idea became the basis for his company, FedEx. “It started with one person having an idea,” Bento said. He said the ATI is very excited to have Patterson. “Fred Patterson brings with
with the newly eshim not only knowltablished Venture edge of the industry Innovation Partbut relationships that nership. VIP was are critical for the established to help client companies of generate ideas for ATI,” Bento said. potential businesses, Bento worked with and evaluate the feaPatterson on the inisibility of ideas as a tial development of Fred Patterson, new business. the coaching position business coach, Jeremy Forsberg, last year, but Patter- Arlington Technology Office of Research son said he wasn’t in- Incubator Administration asterested in going fulltime. In January, Patterson sistant vice president for rewas offered a revised part-time search, said the business coach will be important for guiding contract which he accepted. Bento said the support new companies down varying Patterson has built over the paths to commercialization. “[He will] assist us greatly years through working with the Small Business Innova- in really moving technology tion Research, a governmental being developed at UTA and program under the U.S. Small connecting it to the market,” Business Administration Of- Foresberg said. Patterson said his main fice of Technology, will help the companies at ATI by pro- challenge will be preparing viding access to law firms, ac- scientists and engineers for the counting firms and other busi- culture shock they will experiness coaches. But he stressed ence when transitioning from the difference between a con- development into the world of commercialization. sultant and a coach. “Entrepreneurs should see “When a company hires a consultant, they come in, do they are not able to do this an assessment and tell the themselves,” Bento said about company what to do,” Bento starting companies. “They said. “A coach will do the as- need a support structure.” sessment and help them see what to do and let them do it.” Ali Mustansir Patterson will also work news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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The 7-Eleven located at Center and West Second streets might be demolished when its lease expires Sept. 30, 2010.
SEC something we’re ready to present, but we’ve identified certain areas and we have it broken into stages.” Hall said he hopes to present those plans at the President’s Round Table in March. “I think the big issue, in addition to just the SEC, is how that’s going to transform the campus, much like all the housing we added from ’99 to 2005,” he said. “[Like] how that transformed
the campus and created a lot of excitement. I think the special events center will do likewise, not only for the campus and the university but also the community.” The center will be an excellent addition to the city and the location is ideal, said Trey Yelverton, deputy city manager for Community and Economic Development. “The fact that a facility of this nature will be on a defining campus edge, and that campus edge will be matching up to where the city is making compatible investments ... means that both the city and the university are leveraging
up the university’s resources,” he said. “We’re improving our downtown urban design, creating a density of activities and hopefully, it builds ... a college town.” The UT System Board of Regents approved the plans for the $73 million facility Thursday. Construction is scheduled to begin within a year. The center will be used for games, conventions and convocations and sit between South Center and South Pecan streets at West Second Street.
Jennifer Fox, Freshmen Leaders on Campus student adviser, said. “Compared to other countries, we are considered the upper class.” Guests attending the event will be given one of three types of tickets. “The three tickets represent the world’s economic class,” said Rachel Adams, UTA Volunteers Health and Homelessness Committee director. The high class represents
15 percent of the world, the middle class 35 percent, and the low-income 50 percent. The three categories will be served different meals based on the social class. “If you’re middle class and lower class, expect to go home hungry,” Adams said. Molly Alfers, Freshmen Leaders on Campus staff adviser, attended last year’s event and was designated high class. “As a rich person, I felt
guilty because I had a fullcourse meal, and the poor sat on floors and just ate rice,” she said. Students who helped plan the banquet said they hope people have a better understanding of world hunger. The RSVP date has already passed, but students can donate to Oxfam America at www.oxfamamerica.org.
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Events Banquet to educate about world hunger The fourth annual Oxfam America Hunger Banquet will be held 6 p.m. tonight at the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom. The banquet aims to personalize what world hunger means. “The Hunger Banquet portrays the world as it really is,”
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Shamini Surendran, Kalpana Chawala Hall resident assistant is graduating this spring.
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I get from my residence is like, ‘You’re the best RA I’ve ever had.’ ” Surendran said she enjoys learning about other cultures, nature and reading when she isn’t on the clock. She said she loves the Harry Potter series, and the seventh book was amazing. She also has an executive position in the International Student Organization, where she gets to know. Surendran said she’s been so busy with school and work that she hasn’t had time to sit down with a good book, but always makes time to spend with other people. “I go out for dinner with them almost every night,” she said about her residents. Surendran tries to create a friendly environment where introverted students can feel comfortable. “I get a whole group of people and ambush them,” she said. RA Ashley Kim works on the same floor as Surendran. She said Surendran is dedicated and creative, and it shows in her
door decorations. “She makes the best door decs,” Kim said. “She’s one of the best RAs we have. All of her residents adore her.” Surendran said she’s very disappointed to leave her position when she graduates in May but plans to try and stay in the U.S. to get some work experience here before moving back to Malaysia. “When she leaves, she’ll leave behind a legacy,” Michael Mayhugh, KC Hall residence director said. “Her work and habits will set the standards for later resident assistants.” Surendran said there are some things she always tells her residents, some of which are her own mottoes in life. “Don’t ever lose yourself,” she said. “Don’t let any circumstances change who you are.” She said she saw people lose their spark or get stuck in a routine when she first came to the university. From those observations, she vowed never to be that person. She said it must have worked, because she’s still the same bubbly, outgoing girl she was from the beginning. Dustin L. Dangli news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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AUSTIN — State leaders are beginning to learn exactly where Texas’ $17 billion share of the federal stimulus money is slated to go, including millions to educate homeless children and help poor families pay for child care. Now lawmakers have to figure out how to get it here. With an array of deadlines and federal restrictions, some state officials are in a frenzy trying to make sure no available money gets left behind. Republican Gov. Rick Perry said he objects to the stimulus package, but said in a letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday that he would accept the money. “On behalf of the people of Texas, please allow this letter to certify that we will accept the funds in H.R. 1 (the stimulus package) and use them to promote economic growth and create jobs in a fiscally responsible manner that is in the best interest of Texas taxpayers,” Perry wrote to Obama.
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Bank’s customers denied their deposits ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — Panicky depositors were turned away from Stanford International Bank and some of its Latin American affiliates Wednesday, unable to withdraw their money after U.S. regulators accused Texas financier R. Allen Stanford of perpetrating an $8 billion fraud against his companies’ investors. Some customers arrived in Antigua by private jet and were driven up the lushly landscaped driveway of the bank’s headquarters, only to be told that all assets have been frozen pending an investigation by Antiguan banking regulators. “I don’t know what to think. I have my life savings here,” said Reinaldo Pinto Ramos, 48, a Venezuelan software firm owner who flew in by chartered plane from Caracas Wednesday with five other investors to check on their accounts. “We’re waiting to see some light.” — The Associated Press
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GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — A man shot and killed himself in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday as a nearby volunteer told a group of visitors about the church’s suicide-prevention program, police and church officials said. The man handed a note and his driver’s license to two ushers, walked to the cross and then shot himself in the head as he appeared to be praying, Senior Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz said. The Orange County coroner’s office identified the man as Steve Smick, 48. Church spokesman Mike Nason said there was no record of Smick at the cathedral. Betty Spicer, a volunteer usher at the famous sanctuary, said she greeted Smick when he entered. She said he handed her a folded note with two cards inside as the man told her: “You may
want this.” Spicer said he then walked to the foot of the cross. She and Yvette Manson, another volunteer, said they thought Smick was praying when they heard a pop. The man used a semiautomatic handgun, said police Lt. Dennis Ellsworth. A tourist, one in a group of several visitors from Canada, told Manson the man had shot himself. “I didn’t realize it. I thought he was praying,” Spicer said. Manson said she “had just finished telling them about our intervention hotline that we have — suicide prevention on the fifth floor — and all of a sudden I heard this pop, a loud pop, it almost sounded like a firecracker,” she said. Spicer said one of Smick’s cards was a driver’s license, and that the note mentioned a pickup truck in the parking lot. Cathedral spokesman
John Charles said none of the tourists was injured. The glass-walled, 10,000-member megachurch in Orange County is home to the “Hour of Power” broadcast, an evangelism staple aired internationally for more than three decades. Thousands visit the cathedral to see where the broadcast is filmed before a live congregation. After the shooting, police could be seen through the cathedral’s glass doors investigating the scene and taking photographs before the body was removed. They also searched his pickup truck, Ellsworth said. There have been two other shootings at the church in recent years. In December 2004, Crystal Cathedral Orchestra conductor Johnnie Carl, 57, killed himself at the complex after a standoff that began when he opened fire in offices before a Christmas pageant. He had been hospitalized for severe depression.
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Two red-coated ushers get a hug after witnessing a man shoot himself near the altar of the church in an apparent suicide Wednesday in Garden Grove, Calif.
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LANGLEY PARK, Md. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 24 Hispanics at a convenience store in Baltimore two years ago after their supervisor told them to “bring more bodies” because they were behind
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Women’s basketball
“We had a game plan, we just didn’t stick to it, plain and simple.”
Mavs fall short in rally, lose first game at home Lady Lions 82 Mavericks 74 Cody McClendon Contributor to The Shorthorn
Ending a perfect record at home, the women’s basketball team lost 82-74 to Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday night at Texas Hall. It was the first time since the 2000-01 season that the Lions (159, 7-4) won in Arlington. Down by 10 with 7:12 to play, UTA (15-9, 9-2) switched from a 3-2 zone to a full-court press and went on a 13-3 run, tying the game 68-68 with 3:59 remaining. Despite costly fouls, the Mavs found themselves down only two with 1:30 left in the game. Led by senior forward Kristy Carlin, who contributed with a career-high 25 points and added nine rebounds, the Lions shot 49.1 percent from the field. Carlin stole the ball on the Maverick inbound pass and then nailed a three-pointer, putting the Lions up by five and up for good. “We had a horrible practice Monday and a horrible practice Tuesday,” Mavs head coach Samantha Morrow said. “We preached and preached to them it was going to bite them, and it did.” UTA was out rebounded 41-28, securing only seven offensive rebounds. Southeastern Louisiana dominated the boards on both sides of the court, grabbing 17 offensive rebounds and 24 defensive, the Lions out-performed the Mavericks all night. For the first time this year at home in conference play, the Mavs did not have the lead at half time. With four seconds remaining, the Lions dribbled the ball the length of court, scored with no time on the clock, tying the game 32-32. The game was back-and-forth all night due to the referees calling 54 fouls. Each team entered the double bonus penalty in both halves. Senior forward Candice Cham-
Southeastern Louisiana FG-FGA REB PTS Player 7-14 8 25 Carlin Hix 3-6 1 8 4-5 6 10 Sinclair 1-7 0 6 Mitchell 1-3 2 3 Weaver 0-1 0 0 Mackie Jenkins 3-4 2 6 3-5 2 7 Thomas 5 13 Edmonson 4-7 2-5 9 4 Ivory 28-57 41 82 Totals
MIN 36 30 27 30 11 5 10 14 16 20 200
UTA FG-FGA REB PTS Player Champion 5-11 11 19 Nelson 5-11 0 14 1-4 1 4 Simmons 1-2 3 4 Martin 4-9 6 10 Dixon 1-1 1 3 Grace Duffey 4-8 3 15 1-3 2 5 Terral 22-49 28 74 Totals
MIN 32 38 26 21 32 5 16 16 200
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Candice Champion, senior forward
Records: Southeastern Louisiana (15-9, 7-4), UTA (15-9, 9-2)
pion had another double-double tonight — her 11th of the season — but her 19 points were not enough. “We had a game plan, we just didn’t stick to it, plain and simple,” Champion said. The Lions’ head coach Lori Davis Jones said she was proud for the girls to get a win against the conference’s top team. “Well, any time you go on the road in this conference and get a win, that’s huge,” she said. “We hadn’t had success in Arlington ever, since I have been coaching here.” These two teams will not see each other again in the remaining three weeks of conference play. But both teams are at the top of their division, and could very well meet up in the conference tournament in Katy. UTA will have a chance to bounce back against Central Arkansas at 3 p.m. Saturday in Conway, Ark.
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Junior guard Meghan Nelson goes for a layup Wednesday against Southeastern Louisiana in Texas Hall. The Mavericks lost 82-74, ending their eight-game winning streak.
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Sophomore guard Tamara Simmons fights off Southeastern Louisiana senior guard Charinee Mitchell on Wednesday in Texas Hall.
Past Performance Means Future Hopes Men’s and women’s track teams have cause to expect SLC Championship greatness in Houston Berger hopes all the athletes perform as expected, because he predicts it will With the Southland Conference be a close race with UTSA for the overIndoor Championships starting this all team championship. “They are the two-time repeat chamweekend in Houston, the UTA men’s and women’s track teams hope to build pions, so the momentum is in their on last weekend’s success at the Texas favor, but we’re hungry and we want another ring, so we have a good shot.” A&M Invitational. The women’s team was less successIn College Station, against some of ful at last week’s invitathe top-ranked programs in the tional, finishing 17th. country, the men’s team ran, Although the women’s jumped and threw its way to 36 team didn’t have the collecpoints, which was good enough tive performance it wantfor eighth place. ed, the 4 x 400-meter relay Assistant track coach Branteam of Antonia Hopkins, don Berger said he knew the Clarissa Toomer, Megan competition would be tough, Turner, and Brittany Culbut thinks going against the bertson broke a 15-yearbest improves both teams. old school record posting a “It gets them used to running time of 3:45.98. fast and pushing hard,” he said. The previous mark of “We’re able to get more out of 3:48.37 was set in 1994 them than we might at a lowerby the team of Tara Ford, level meet, and it’s a good tuneup to get them ready to run fast Brandon Berger Brenna Odell, Roselyn Shanklin and Gwen Clardy. this weekend.” assistant track Sophomore sprinter Coaches expect success in coach Jasmine Walls finished Houston for freshman Coredesecond in both the 60-mero Gray and sophomore Jarid ters and 200-meter dash in Vaughan, sprinters who finished sixth and seventh respectively in the last year’s championships and is one of the favorites going into this weekend’s 60-meter dash in College Station. Vaughan is favored to win the con- meet. The Southland Conference Indoor ference 200-meters dash after posting a time of 21.52 last week, good enough Championship lasts all day this Friday and Saturday at Yoeman Fieldhouse in for eighth place. Junior pole vaulter Wade Hayes, Houston. reigning indoor conference champion, Robert Matson enters the meet as the clear favorite to sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu repeat. Robert Matson
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