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New rules for Sallie Mae loans to take effect June 1 Changes include students paying interest on debt before they graduate. BY TAIBA SHEERIN AHMAD Contributor to the Shorthorn
According to Sallie Mae’s new Smart Option Student Loan, students taking a loan beginning June 1 must sign a promissory
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note that requires they make interest payments while in school. Existing loans aren’t affected by the new provision, and the change shouldn’t discourage students at the university from applying for Sallie Mae loans, Financial Aid Director Karen Krause said. While the changes require stu-
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by press time. Fine arts junior Avery Davies said he assumes the park researched their options. “I’m sure they’ve looked into the risk,” he said. “I have mixed feelings, but I’m sure it’s good to bring in the older crowd.” Although Davies can legally drink, he probably won’t do so at Six Flags. “I’m not a beer fan,” he said. Electrical engineering freshman Patrick Mojsak isn’t keen on the change. “I don’t think it’d be a good idea, because you have little kids in the vicinity of alcohol drinkers,” he said. English sophomore Ian Suther-
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Six Flags Over Texas to begin selling beer in designated areas Saturday Six Flags Over Texas will serve alcoholic beverages starting this Saturday, according to an article in the Star-Telegram. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission allowed the park to begin selling Tuesday, but Six Flags’ next open day is Saturday. In a previous article in The Shorthorn, Six Flags Over Texas spokesperson Sharon Parker said that although the park can serve multiple alcohol variations, the park’s menu is limited to beer. She said the new beverage option has been in the works since 2007 after numerous customer requests. Parker did not return phone calls
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of the loan,” Krause said. Still, some who rely on those loans to get through college may find making payments difficult. “Some students don’t have a job while in school,” finance junior Michael Mcevers said. “It
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dents to begin payment installments earlier, the change would reduce the interest accrued while students are in school, reducing the amount to be repaid after graduation. “In the long run, making interest payments while still in school will greatly reduce the amount the student pays back over the life
land said he fears what children will learn from adults who are drinking. “It’s different in places like bars and stuff,” he said. “Our kids are watching us, and they learn from our behaviors.” In a previous Shorthorn article, Parker said the park plans to handle the sale of alcohol properly through several measures. Visitors can buy beer in six locations throughout the park, but once purchased, the alcohol must be consumed in the designated area. Special cups designated for alcoholic beverages notify staff what customers are drinking.
— Dustin Dangli
DISCUSSING DISABILITIES Read the story on page 6
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Civil engineering junior Frank Schalla interviews international business sophomore Katy Mulienburg as a part of Nacho Disability, a disability awareness event, Wednesday in Brazos House.
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University departments go green to win the gold in recycling competition The campuswide contest is an effort to reduce the amount of waste that UTA generates. BY SARAH LUTZ The Shorthorn staff
University departments that excel at reducing, reusing and recycling can now receive recognition for their efforts. Departments can sign up for an Office Green Team online, and a committee member will verify the accomplishments and award a decal with a rating of bronze, silver or gold. Recycling Coordinator Becky Valentich said the committee has received 22 applications and visited two offices. The Student Publications department received a bronze rating and University Center Operations/Residence Life office received a gold rating. The President’s Sustainability Committee began the Office Green Team Committee to expand efforts to every level of the university, said Megan Topham, PSC purchasing workgroup chair. While brainstorming ideas to reduce waste and the amount of purchasing at the university, this grassroots effort surfaced as the best solution, she said. “These are the folks that are going to be implementing it, and you need to get them in to really make a difference,” she said. “And it’s nice that we are getting a lot of ideas from people, and it’s time consuming but at the same time, it’s really nice that people are putting that much thought in it.” Lauren Miller, conference and marketing services coordinator, said the Office Green Team project encouraged change where lack of motivation had restrained additional effort. “For the most part, the office was still really committed to doing these things, but nobody collectively got
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Faculty Management Associate Director Don Lange and Safety Specialist Becky Valentich are part of the Green Team Committee. The Green Team goes to all university departments issuing ratings based on how eco-friendly the department is.
together and made it happen,” she said. “It was just kind of buying some new things that we didn’t already have and then just replacing them with the things that weren’t really meeting the standards.” Miller said her office threw away plastic forks and spoons, disposable cups, paper plates, plastic stir sticks and sugar packets and bought silverware, dishes and biodegradable wooden stir sticks. The office purchased sugar and other kitchen supplies in bulk and replaced cleaning supplies with eco-friendly products. “One of the big changes I think for us was, we got rid of all the trash cans, which was a nice change because it really makes you sit and
think about … what is and is not recyclable,” she said. “We all got office plants too which has been really fun because we made them part of our family and named them and been really ridiculous with it.” Miller said that when her department formed its Office Green Team, it implemented some initiatives on the application but also developed new ideas and will continue expanding its efforts. “We joke that we want the inaugural platinum group,” she said. “I think we’re just trying to stay informed with it and continue to be educated as a group and as that happens, we’ll continue to make changes.”
PSC co-chair Don Lange said the program will continue to expand and he hopes to have covered most of the campus by the beginning of the fall semester. “Our goal is to get every department or office on some sort of level so they start thinking about what they’re doing and then start expanding it from there,” he said. “We’re not enforcing anything. We’re trying to get them to think about the way they use their office and try to be a little more environmentally conscious with the things they can control personally.”
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tigate a report of a disturbance in front of the Central Library. Officers located the nonstudent responsible and issued a criminal trespass warning.
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WEDNESDAY Disturbance Police responded at 1:03 a.m. to investigate a loud noise disturbance at West Crossing apartments, 415 S. West St. Police located the resident responsible
Barbara Ehrenreich would speak at 7:30 Wednesday night. The time was incorrect in Wednesday’s paper.
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Bismark, ND mayor ‘optimistic’ after blast opens flood channel
Board hears testimony on science standards
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BiSMArCK, N.d. — demolition crews blasted chunks of ice near a huge ice jam in the Missouri river on Wednesday in a bid to open a channel, like pulling out a giant plug to drain a flood threatening the city. “We are cautiously optimistic,� Bismarck Mayor John Warford said after explosives detonated on about 500 feet of ice just south of the jam. He said officials would have a better assessment Wednesday night but that water appeared to be moving. Water backing up behind the dam of car-size ice blocks already had forced the evacuation of about 1,700 people from low-lying areas in North dakota’s capital city. on the eastern side of the state, volunteers continued stacking sandbags to protect Fargo from the rising red river, as the city prepared to distribute evacuation route information. The Missouri river jam, created by ice floating down the Heart river, was made up of chunks of ice up to 3 feet thick and the size of small cars, said Assistant
Water Commission engineer Todd Sando. it was about 11 miles downstream from the city. “The ice is just solid as a rock,� Sando said. Crews from Advanced explosives demolition, with help from National Guard, the Army Corps of engineers and the Coast Guard, drilled holes in the ice to detonate clay-like explosives. roger Kay, an Army Corps of engineers hydraulic engineer, said ice downstream from that jam appeared to be melting and weakening, meaning less resistance once the jam is broken loose. “The ice is showing signs of becoming more rotten,� Kay said. A second ice jam about 10 miles upstream of Bismarck was also a concern, holding back a growing reservoir. The National Weather Service posted a flash flood warning for a three-county area, saying the integrity of that ice jam, in an area called double ditch, was unpredictable. “The fact that it could break at any time is bad news.
But right now, the ice jam around the double ditch has not broken,� Bismarck Mayor John Warford said at a morning news conference. residents of low-lying subdivisions in Bismarck
and neighboring Mandan had been told to evacuate, and Fox island residents Jane and Michael Pole didn’t need much prodding. “We just grabbed a bag, threw some stuff in and left,� Jane
Pole said. Some 200 miles east of Bismarck, officials also called for more sandbagging volunteers in Fargo, and its crossriver neighbor, Moorhead, Minn.
AUSTIN — Tensions over how evolution is taught simmered Wednesday as the State Board of Education started the final stretch of the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards. Activists took advantage of the last opportunity to testify on the proposed standards, which would drop a 20-year-old rule that requires both “strengths and weaknesses� of all scientific theories be taught. Critics say the requirement is used to undermine the theory of evolution in favor of religious teachings. But the bill, a top priority of the National Rifle Association, would no longer let employers ban guns in company parking facilities — as long as they remain locked up inside an employee’s vehicle.
Bill lets Texans keep guns in cars at work
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One of Doug Stensguard’s dogs, Annie, looks out over what used to be a 5-acre yard and an out building that is now flooded by the rising Red River, Tuesday in Fargo, N.D. Stensguard built an earthen and sandbag dike around his home in the hope of holding back the rising floodwater from the Red River.
AUSTIN — Texans, who love guns and pickup trucks with equal fervor, could soon have the right to keep them together all the way into the company parking garage. The Texas Senate gave unanimous approval to legislation Wednesday that would allow people to carry firearms to work and then store them in their parked vehicles outside. Businesses could still keep guns out of their offices and company-owned vehicles. But the bill, a top priority of the National Rifle Association, would no longer let employers ban guns in company parking facilities — as long as they remain locked up inside an employee’s vehicle.
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Senate approves change in top 10 percent rule the associated Press
AUSTiN — debating the most sweeping reform of college admissions policies in more than a decade, Texas senators approved legislation Tuesday that would end automatic entry to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Practically speaking, most students who make the top 10 percent cut would still be able to get into a public Texas college — some college — for years. But the University of Texas at Austin, where more than 80 percent of the home-state freshman class are admitted
under the rule, could start cutting back on such automatic admissions by the fall of 2010 if the changes are approved. “if you do the math, in the next three years it will be 100 percent. And 100 percent of students coming in under one criterion and one criterion only seems very unfair and seems to tie the hands of the university to not have flexibility to take other types of students,� said Sen. Florence Shapiro, rPlano, author of the legislation. Shapiro has said the top 10 percent law has caused a “brain drain� at UT, prompt-
ing exceptional students let them in. Shapiro called the scholwho fall just outside its paarship provision rameters to go “very confuselsewhere. ing� and said in a surprise “...100 percent of move, the Sen- students coming in it would likely face revision as ate also tacked on an amend- under one criterion the bill moves through the ment that would and one criterion legislature. give scholarThe reform ships, up to the only seems very passed the Senfull amount of unfair....� ate on a 22-8 tuition, to needy vote Tuesday students who sen. florence shapiro r-Plano, author of evening after meet the top 10 several hours percent thresh- the legislation of often tense old. Qualified students not admitted to the debate. it faces a final Senpublic college of their choice ate vote, probably this week, could use the scholarship at and must get over several a Texas university that did more legislative hurdles be-
fore it could become law. The bill would still give automatic admission to top high school achievers. But it would cap the number universities have to admit. Under the legislation, known as SB 175, universities could start turning away students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class once they made up 60 percent of a university’s entering freshman body. For now, the bill would only impact UT, but over time it could affect other schools as the number of students seeking admission based on high-school performance goes up.
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EU presidency: US stimulus ‘road to hell’ BRUSSELS — The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama’s plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as “the road to hell� that EU governments must avoid. The blunt comments by Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to the European Parliament on Wednesday highlighted simmering European differences with Washington ahead of a key summit next week on fixing the world economy. It was the strongest pushback yet from a European leader as the 27-nation bloc bristles from U.S. criticism that it is not spending enough to stimulate demand. — The Associated Press
$ign of the times A gas station in Raleigh, N.C., has a not-so-subtle message for President Barack Obama about the distribution of economic stimulus money Tuesday.
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Two Movin’ Mavs named to the Intercollegiate All-AMerican squad the National Wheelchair Basketball Association selected the All-Americans for the Intercollegiate Division, two of which are Movin’ Mavs. sophomore Ian pierson and junior David Wilkes were two of the 10 selected. “It is exciting to have two players from our program selected for All American honors,” head coach Doug Garner said. “I think this says a lot about the work ethic of these two student athletes and about the respect they bring to themselves and to our program.” As a team, the Movin’ Mavs finished third at the national tournament in Whitewater, Wis.,a after defeating Arizona 67-57, finishing with an 18-6 record for the year. UtA lost to Illinois 67-54 in the tournament’s semifinal round — the third time this year. UtA defeated southwest Minnesota state 46-34 to open the tournament. For the year, Wilkes averaged 16.2 points on 64 percent shooting and 12.8 rebounds a game. pierson chipped in with 17.7 points in 48 percent from the floor and 43 percent from beyond the arc. Next year, the Movin’ Mavs will return nine players to the roster, but lose the last two remaining players with national championship experience in seniors tyler Garner and Aaron Gouge. “I am very excited about next year’s group of recruits,” Garner said. “If they all show up next season, we should have a very interesting and exciting season.” — Stephen Peters
for the weekend series. senior right-hander Andy sauter (2-1) will start for the Mavs on Friday. sauter was named pitcher of the week BY stephen peters Monday after a complete The Shorthorn sports editor game shutout of Northwestthe baseball team’s mid- ern state last Friday. on saturday, senior Naweek game against Louisiana tech was canceled Wednes- than Long (2-1) takes the day night due to inclement mound followed by sophomore rett Varner (2-1) for the weather. series finale. the Mavthe match ericks (12up between 11, 5-4) were Confence Standings the MavSLC Overall s c h e d u l e d East 15-7 ericks and to play the Southeastern Louisiana 6-3 6-3 14-8 Bulldogs will second of UTSA Texas State 6-3 13-8 not be reb a c k - t o - Lamar 5-4 16-8 scheduled. back games Sam Houston State 5-4 14-8 5-4 12-10 this is also against the Central Arkansas 5-4 11-10 the second B u l l d o g s Nicholls State UTA 5-4 12-11 time this year after los- Northwestern State 4-4 10-10 the baseball ing to texas McNeese State 3-6 11-10 2-6 7-14 schedule has A&M on Stephen F. Austin 8-17 been altered t u e s d a y Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1-8 because of night 11-8. weather. UtA will UtsA and UtA were travel to Nicholls state (11-10, 5-4) for a three-game south- scheduled to start a seland Conference weekend ries March 13, but were series beginning Friday at 6 forced to make up that canceled game on the 15th as p.m. Head coach Darin thomas a doubleheader. said the canceled game would not affect his pitching rotation, as the team will use “its stephen peters sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu normal conference rotation”
The game against the Bulldogs was called due to inclement weather in the Metroplex.
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The Mavericks’ baseball game against the Louisiana Tech was canceled due to inclement weather. The next game will be Friday against Nicholls State in Thibodaux, La.
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while in school for some students.” the new provision also af-
fects how long the borrower has to repay loans after graduation. they’ll be required to repay loans within 5-15 years, instead of the previous 15-30 years. A typical student could save up to 40 percent and cut the
repayment time by nine years, sallie Mae spokesperson patricia Christel said. “We think college students and parents of today will see the value in paying a little now to save a lot in the long run,” she said.
the new loan enables students to save money, build good credit and repay their student loan faster said Jack Hewes, sallie Mae senior executive vice president and chief lending officer, in a press release. “We have tried to design this
loan to be sensitive to the needs of students who not only rely on this financing to get to college but also want a more manageable level of debt as they transition from school to work,” he said in the release. “paying a little while in school guaran-
tees that students will save a lot later.” Applications for the first June disbursement opened Monday. taiBa sheerin ahmad news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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DR. RUTH Q: If you are in the mood and he's not, or vice versa, what's the best way to treat such a situation without hurting the other person's feelings?
pursue intellectual and spiritual interests. I am emotionally quite happy and fulfilled, and find myself wondering why anyone would want a sex drive, after experiencing freedom from the entanglements that go with it. My friends all say I am crazy, but I think they are -- I watch them get divorced, go though surgery to attract the opposite sex ... their entire lives are consumed with the pursuit of conquest. My question is, Am I crazy because I enjoy the freedom of celibacy?
A: If this is something that happens from time to time, then I wouldn't really worry about it, although a woman can fairly easily satisfy a man without having to necessarily become aroused herself. And so, with regard to the occasional turndown, neither partner should feel hurt. But if one partner is Dr. Ruth always turning down the Send your other, then that is a sign of questions to Dr. A: You are not a problem, and then it's not Ruth Westheimer crazy, and if you feel like a matter of sparing the c/o King you're doing the right other person's feelings, but Features thing, then that's fine. My of getting help. The trouble only comment is that while Syndicate, 235 E. could result from someyou're giving up sex, you're 45th St., New thing about the couplesex also giving up everything life, but more likely it York, NY 10017 else that comes from being would point toward a in a relationship: love, problem within their relationship. companionship, sharing experiences, Such situations shouldn't be ignored, etc. So, while you may be able to but instead the couple should see a compensate for not having sex by therapist if they can't work it out using your free time wisely, I'm not themselves. so sure the overall equation remains in your favor. But it's a personal Q: This is for real: I have not had choice, and if you're satisfied, then sex in 10 years; overnight I lost the by all means, live your life as you see desire for sex. In replacement of my fit. sexual appetite I have found time to
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Brazos House serves snacks to raise disability awareness By Dustin l. Dangli The Shorthorn staff
While the disabilities may not be theirs, participants of Nacho Disability learned to not take the cheesy treats for granted. Brazos House hosted the event Wednesday night, which was open to the campus community. About a dozen participants made nachos, conducted interviews and counted change with a twist, placing them in the shoes of people with disabilities. The event was intended to bring awareness, said Stephen Walloch, event organizer and resident assistant. “I liked the nachos activity,” undeclared freshman Andrea Mims said. “Unlike the other activities you had to play the part the whole time.” The nacho event split participants into pairs, assigning members one of three disabilities. Some students, like Mims, had to keep their eyes shut to simulate blindness. Similarly, biology and Spanish senior Lonnie Thach took baby steps with his arm fully extended on his way to the kitchen to get water. A grimace remained on his face throughout. Others had to remain mute during the activity. The most mind boggling for some students was the third assigned mock disability, because what its actions represented weren’t immediately clear. Students had to keep their arms behind their backs and walk backwards. “It’s how people living
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an asylum for an exposé. Ehrenreich said she was not as brave as Bly. For the book, Ehrenreich joined working-class Americans in the best paying jobs she could find, without using her credentials and experience. “I did not see a wanted ad for a sarcastic, feminist, political essayist,” she said. Ehrenreich was a waitress, house cleaner, nursing home assistant, Wal-Mart associate and hotel house keeper,
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Biology and Spanish senior Lonnie Thach tries to find his way into the next room as a part of Nacho Disability, a disability awareness event, Wednesday in Brazos House. Thach closed his eyes in order to experience blindness.
with bipolar disorder describe life,” Walloch said. Another activity had participants having mock job interviews with lollipops in their mouths to mimic a speech impediment. Art and
all of which she found physically and mentally difficult. She said at Wal-Mart, her job was to put fitting room and discarded items back in their place. “I learned to never use ‘unskilled’ ever again to describe someone’s job,” she said. Ehrenreich said the book is like reality TV, with herself as a contestant tasked with finding money to get by. “Easy credit has been our society’s substitute for decent wages,” she said. Ehrenreich cited defaulted subprime mortgages as a major factor in the world economic crisis.
psychology junior Stephanie Watkins said understanding the interviewee challenged her. Some students playing the role of the interviewee found it frustrating to get a point across.
“Chronically poor in America had become a tripwire for world recession,” she said. Ehrenreich said that an economy based on debt and credit isn’t sustainable and the economy shouldn’t be our main concern. “Take care of people,” she said. “Give them a fighting chance, and they will build up an economy.” Social work senior Ranita Norwood said she was stirred, motivated and appreciative of Ehrenreich’s reality in her book. Norwood’s thesis paper, “The Implications of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 on Women and
“I felt he couldn’t take me seriously,” nursing senior Clint Montya said about the interview. The third had participants pretend they were blind and counting change at a store. They had to count change with their eyes closed and, to make it more difficult, the crowd heckled and hurried them. “I liked the coin-counting activity because it’s really easy to take for granted,” Brazos House Director Esther Mack said. The night ended with a reflection session about the night’s activities. Participants told personal stories in order to raise awareness and to end the activity thinking. Programs like these are a great way to spread awareness throughout the university, said Dianne Hengst, Office for Students with Disabilities director. “I’ve noticed an increase in the number of events and students talking about the issue,” she said. Hengst said there are 370 registered students with disabilities but it’s important to note that the number may not be very reflexive because students aren’t required to register. Mims said she worked with disabled students before and the event was a good reminder. “It’s always good to remind yourself,” she said. “And it’s good for other people to be more aware.” Dustin l. Dangli news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Special events center chief architect chosen The selected firm also created the rendition of the design posted online. By Bryan BastiBle The Shorthorn staff
The UT System approved HKS Architects, Inc., the same firm that designed the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium and the American Airlines Center, as chief architect for the special events center earlier this month. The university has a few expectations for the design. John Hall, Administration and Campus Operations vice president, said the university wants a facility that creates an instant landmark on campus and in the community. “The design needs to be consistent with the design guidelines in the Campus Master Plan,” Hall said. He said the university would like a striking facility that complements the existing campus landscape but at the same time, creates a strong statement. HKS artist renderings for the center are on the university Web site, but Hall said the design isn’t complete. “The conceptual drawings are just that — conceptual — [the new design] may look similar, but then again, it may look significantly different from the conceptual drawing,” he said. Athletic Director Pete Carlon said the firm’s previous project designs could be utilized for the center on a smaller scale. For example, he said the center could have similar features like the Jack Stephens Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “We want something that brings unique character to the institution and is reflective of
the institution and is a gathering place for the community at large,” Carlon said. Hall said the university wants a first-class facility that represents UTA well in terms of design and functional excellence and incorporates best practices in design and operational effectiveness. The design also needs to be sustainable and LEED certified, he said. In a previous interview, Hall said the decision to choose HKS was based upon the firm’s qualifications on similar projects as well as the proposed team and its experience. “HKS has a pretty vast portfolio of arena projects,” he said in that interview. History freshman Krystina Morris, whose graduation coincides with the center’s completion, said she would like to see the center’s design represent the university’s colors, because most of the buildings on campus are “brown and plain.” “If it’s going to be a landmark, it has to stick out,” she said. Architecture senior Mikhail Sookoor said he would like the design to be a steeple for university athletics. “I think it really needs to stand out because it’s a focal point for the school because one of our strongest sports is basketball,” he said. Jerry Fawcett, HKS associate principal and senior vice president, was not available for comment. The center is scheduled for completion in spring 2012 and will be located between South Center and South Pecan streets at West Second street. Bryan BastiBle news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Children 12 Years Later,” made similar points. “Ehrenreich addressed how we have to get back to putting people first,” Norwood said. Doreen Elliott, School of Social Work professor, said she recommends Nickel and Dimed to her students. She said Ehrenreich is a great communicator and has similar values with those of social work. “I think she is great,” Elliott said, “I think she says some very serious things in some very funny ways.”
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, spoke about obstacles for the working class after drawing experiences from working various blue-collar jobs in her book. Ehrenreich was the last to give a lecture this semester as part of the Maverick Speakers Series.
ali mustansir news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
“I learned to never use ‘unskilled’ ever again to describe someone’s job.” Barbara Ehrenreich, political writer
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