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Indecent exposure Sustainability director resigns before job begins under investigation Family reasons prompted the decision and a new search date hasn’t been set yet. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER The Shorthorn staff
Finding the university’s first sustainability director could take several weeks after its initial choice, Kathryn Poulos, resigned before taking office. “We’re all disappointed,” said John Hall, Administration and Campus Operations vice president. “The likelihood of having someone
in office by Aug. 1 isn’t great.” Poulos, who resigned for family reasons in mid-July, referred questions to Hall. President’s Sustainability Committee members decided Monday to restart the search. “I was disappointed for the committee and the university because we’ve been waiting for a director to come on board,” said Don Lange, committee co-chair and Facilities Management assistant director. “But it gives us the opportunity to move forward. It’s a minor setback that we can overcome.”
Steps to a new director include posting a job description, reviewing applications, forming a review committee, conducting interviews, inviting candidates to the campus and then offering a job. The committee took six to eight weeks from
A man exposes himself on campus and police are wary of him striking again. BY JULIE ANN SANCHEZ The Shorthorn copy desk chief
Kathryn Poulos, resigned this month as sustainability director
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University Police are investigating an indecent exposure incident that occurred Monday morning on Greek Row Drive where a male exposed himself and masturbated in front of a female student. According to the crime bulletin released by the Police Department, the male followed the student around 10 a.m. on the 900 block of
Greek Row Drive and confronted her with “provocative comments.” The suspect then exposed himself and began masturbating. Assistant police chief Rick Gomez said the victim ran and the male followed her until she warned the suspect she would call police if he continued to harass her. After the suspect was warned, he walked toward University Village apartments. Gomez said the incident is more difficult to investigate with the victim only able to give a general description of the suspect. “That’s the reason we put out the EXPOSED continues on page 3
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Movin’ Mavs camp offers experience to youths in wheelchairs ORIGINAL MOVIN’ FORCE
Jim Hayes
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Alex Gonzalez, center left, from Houston, grabs the rebound from Adonis Hartsfield, from Magnolia, Ark., during the Movin’ Mavs Wheelchair Basketball Camp on Tuesday evening in the Physical Education Building.
The sports clinic provides an experience to disabled kids that others get more readily. BY ALI MUSTANSIR The Shorthorn staff
When 16-year-old Adonis Hartsfield fell while playing basketball he
had a little trouble getting back up. Hartsfield got his wheels back underneath him with some help from business management senior James Patin at the UTA Movin’ Mavs Wheelchair Basketball Camp. Hartsfield is one of 32 attendees, ages 11-24, attending the first wheelchair basketball camp in the region.
The camp will be all week, the same week Movin’ Mavs founder Jim Hayes would have turned 59. Hayes died last year. “A lot of able-bodied kids get to go to basketball camps,” said Doug Garner, Movin’ Mavs head coach. ”This will give wheelchair basketball kids a chance.”
Garner said many attendees do not know how to start a strength or endurance training plan because of a lack of wheelchair basketball in public schools. This was the first camp many kids in Oklahoma and Texas could go to,
It has been more than a year since Movin’ Mavs founder and coach Jim Hayes died. But his dream lives on. Doug Garner, Movin’ Mavs head coach, said coach Hayes always expected 100 percent in everything — behavior, academics and basketball. Hayes believed one should still be able to do anything, even if disabled. Garner said he hopes his team is building on that attitude and expectation. “He had very high standards. And rather than dropping his standards, he expected the players to do everything they can to reach them,” Garner said. “Coach hated it when people used disability as an excuse not to expect 200 percent.” Mike Paye from the RSV Lahn-Dill wheelchair basketball team in Wetzlar, Germany, played for five years under Hayes. “He was always a powerful person on campus. He did so much for people with disabilities,” Paye said. Paye said he likes seeing Garner carry on with Hayes’ legacy by working to get the team back to national champion status and focusing on getting more people involved. Hayes founded the Movin’ Mavs in 1976 as a club called the Freewheelers. In 1988 the university made it a full intercollegiate athletic program and the team became the Movin’ Mavs. Under Hayes as head coach, the team won seven national championships.
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WALKING IN THE RAIN
BUDGET
Wireless communication policy caps monthly reimbursements The change should save the university half of last year’s spending costs. BY JASON BOYD The Shorthorn news editor
The university hopes to save at least $200,000 with a wireless communication reimbursement policy change effective Aug. 31. The university spends $400,000 a year reimbursing administrators for devices like cell phones, PDAs, wireless Internet cards and smart phones, including iPhones, said Kristin Sullivan, Media Relations assistant vice president. The highest cap was $100 and will now be $50. Also, the university will stop
reimbursing device purchases. “While nothing inappropriate has been found in terms of reimbursements or usage of wireless devices. The real question is whether this is the best use of limited university resources,” President James Spaniolo said in a memo to campus administration. “We have concluded that a more conservative policy is needed.” In researching policy change, administrators found that one can have a comprehensive plan for $50 a month, Sullivan said. Which means administrators can still be contacted and the change shouldn’t affect the program’s intention. “And that’s the bottom line, that in the event of a crisis, or
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really any state of emergency, we want critical staff to be able to stay in touch,” she said. Sullivan said she and the administration understand that some employees may need adjustment, but the university is trying to spend wisely. “You can get solid service for $50 a month,” Sullivan said. IPhone’s phone service provider is AT&T. Its lowest, WIRELESS continues on page 5
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Advertising sophomore Lucille Wong, left, and UT-Austin aerospace engineering sophomore Seung Baik share a moment underneath an umbrella in front of Science Hall as rain swept across Arlington on Monday. The National Weather Service has forecasted thunderstorms in the area throughout the week.
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DAY POLICE REPORT MONDAY Fire Alarm Officers were dispatched at 11:50 p.m. to the Chemistry and Physics Building for a fire alarm, caused by hot steam from pipes in the basement. Indecent Exposure A student reported at 12:03 p.m. that a male exposed himself at 800 Greek Row Drive, chased the student, but then turned and ran away in the opposite direction. Warrant Service – Misdemeanor Officers were dispatched at 7:39 a.m. to the College Store, 620 Park Row Drive, regarding a person attempting to sell books back that belonged to the university. Warrant Service – Misdemeanor During a routine traffic stop at 3 a.m. at 201 Cooper St. a student, was arrested for outstanding warrants out of Carrollton Police Department. Disturbance A loud noise disturbance was reported at 1:28 a.m. at Centennial Court apartments, 705 Mitchell Circle. SUNDAY Disturbance A loud noise disturbance was reported at 7:52 p.m. at University Village apartments, 904 Greek Row Drive.
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COWBOYS
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Arlington residents are invited as a form of appreciation for their support of the venue’s funding and building. BY HAROLD LOREN The Shorthorn staff
Arlington residents will get a free peek behind the silver gates next week when the city hosts an open house at Cowboys Stadium. Doors will open to local residents, whose tax dollars helped make Arlington the Dallas Cowboys’ new home. Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck made the announcement at a July 24 press conference at the stadium. He said the event, organized in conjunction with stadium officials, is a way of showing the new neighbors “our appreciation.” Voters, 55 percent, approved a tax referendum to help pay for the facility in November 2004. “Four years ago, the people of Arlington voted to make this possible,” Cluck said. “We’re standing here today, and behind us is this phenomenal iconic structure. It just wouldn’t have been possible without the people of Arlington.”
IF YOU GO When: noon-4 p.m. Aug. 9 Price: Free Bring: proof of Arlington residency, such as a water bill or driver’s license
The event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 9. Admission is free, along with complimentary parking in all perimeter parking lots. Attendees must show proof of Arlington residency — a driver’s license or utility bill. Residents will be given open access to the main concourse, exterior plazas, upper decks and stadium seating areas. Video and cameras are allowed. Tour guides will be present to answer questions. Plan your route to the stadium at www.dallascowboysmaps.com, and visit http://stadium. dallascowboys.com for more information about the stadium. HAROLD LOREN news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Missing Person Officers responded to a report of a missing student at 12:15 p.m. The student was last seen at the Central Library by her roommate and had possibly gone to Dallas to see a friend. Suspicious Circumstances While conducting a drivethrough check of the UTA southeast apartment zone at 4:46 a.m. at 1000 Pecan St., an officer noticed a student appeared to be ill in the parking lot and was later released to a friend for care. Public Intoxication A nonstudent was arrested for public intoxication at 4:12 a.m. at Lipscomb Hall north lot, 807 Pecan St.
“It’s weird because it’s paid for by taxpayer money but someone else owns it. The principle bugs me, but it stopped bothering me a while ago.”
“It’s great. It looks amazing from the outside.”
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“It looks a lot like Soldier Field from Chicago.”
Brandi Shrier, nursing junior
PEP CAMP New Diana High School cheer coach Carrie Plasterer, far left, oversees juniors Destiny Wood, second from left, Kendra Slaten, center, and Ashley Hall as they run through their routine Tuesday outside Brazos Hall. The squad joined other schools undergoing individual evaluations by the Universal Cheerleading Association at Maverick Activities Center.
Burglary, Vehicle An officer investigated the report of a burglary of a motor vehicle that occurred at 1:08 a.m. at Creek Bend apartments, 1008 Oak St.
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Special Collections exhibit “The Road West: Travel Through America”: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Come take a look at what travelers used to trek across the country, what they saw and how they remembered their trips. Free. For information, contact UT Arlington Library at 817-272-3393. Apollo 11 mission 40th Anniversary Display: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Library second floor. The Library’s Information Services staff have created a multimedia display, incorporating books, NASA documents, and facts about the mission, along with a digital photo frame which has over 100 photos of the Apollo 11 mission scrolling the screen at all times. Free. For information, contact 817-272-3394 or library-ref@uta.edu.
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Special Collections exhibit “The Road West: Travel Through America”: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact UT Arlington Library at 817-2723393. Fluxhibition #3: Thinking Inside of the Box: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at the University Center. Free. For information, contact P.K. Kelly at 817-272-2963 or pk@ uta.edu. State of the Art 2009: 2:303:45 p.m., 143 Fine Arts Building. Free. For information, contact Natalie Gaupp at ngaupp@uta. edu. “Black Holes”: 7-8 p.m., the Planetarium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu.
EXCEL Summer Movie Series featuring: Monsters vs Aliens: 8-11 p.m., Maverick Activities Center west lawn. Bring chairs or blankets. Free popcorn. Candy and drinks will be available for purchase. Anyone under 17 must Fluxhibition #3: Thinking Inside be accompanied by a parent or of the Box: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., The guardian. Free. For inforGallery at the University mation, contact 817-272Y L JU Center. Free. For informa2963 or excel@uta.edu. tion, contact P.K. Kelly at 817272-2963 or pk@uta.edu. FRIDAY “Stars at Night are Big and Bright”: 2-3 p.m., the Planetarium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@ uta.edu. EXCEL Campus Activities Summer Board meeting: 2-3 p.m., UC Student Congress Chambers. For information, contact EXCEL at 817-272-2963 or excel@ uta.edu. $2 Movie - Cars: 6-8:30 p.m., the Planetarium. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu. UT Arlington: Texas Rangers Appreciation Games: 7:05 p.m., The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers are offering discounted games for the rest of the season for all UT Arlington employees, students, alumni and friends. Go to: http://www.texasrangers.com/ uta password: rangers.
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Special Collections exhibit “The Road West: Travel Through America”: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact UT Arlington Library at 817-272-3393. Fluxhibition #3: Thinking Inside of the Box: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at the University Center. Free. For information, contact P.K. Kelly at 817-272-2963 or pk@ uta.edu. “Stars at Night are Big and Bright”: 2-3 p.m., the Planetarium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu. $2 Movie - Cars: 6-8 p.m., the Planetarium. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817272-1183 or planetarium@uta. edu.
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EDUCATION
ENGINEERING
Retired astronaut’s camp draws kids to science, math
End of summer sees lab building ready for use
The program encourages campers to pursue careers as engineers and scientists. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER The Shorthorn staff
Looking at Earth from space fulfilled a dream Bernard Harris Jr. had since Neil Armstrong went to the moon. Now, the former NASA astronaut, and first black astronaut to walk in space, runs a camp for students to achieve their dreams. The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp is a two-week science, engineering and math camp for minority and economically disadvantaged middle school students. Students live on the campus to get a better feel for the college environment and to engage in course loads taught by local teachers and univerBERNARD sity faculty. UTA is one HARRIS JR., of 30 schools M.D. hosting an ExxonMobil • Astronaut for camp this NASA, retired in summer. 1996 Harris • A trained aerospace flight spoke to the surgeon students and • President of The watched as Harris Foundation, they cona nonprofit orducted an ganization Harris experiment founded in 1998 to Tuesday on develop math and the camp’s science education media day. and crime prevenCampers tion programs built a foil raft and filled Source: The Harit with as ris Foundation many penWeb site nies as poshttp://www.thesible, to the harrisfoundation. point where org it could barely float. “ T h e camp was created to ensure that all communities support math and science education,” Harris said. “The program serves to inspire these kids to become the next scientists, engineers and technologists in the future.” Boy Scouts of America, science clubs and rocket clubs were some groups the retired astronaut remembered growing up with, but no camps like the Exxon-sponsored one were around, he said. The camp, which serves students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, grabs campers at the age where interest in science begins to fade. The camp’s primary goals are to encourage campers to attend college and pursue a career in the technology field, said Greg Hale, College of Science assistant dean and camp executive director. Having students in such growing fields will help the country with international competition, Harris said.
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crime bulletin ... in hopes a complainant will call immediately, and officers can respond to the area,” he said Tuesday afternoon. In addition to getting a better description, Gomez added that UTA officers are looking for anything unusual when patrolling the campus. When asked whether the suspect might try to expose himself again on campus, Gomez said individuals who “typically do that type of thing will likely do it again.”
Office spaces, research areas and a conference room aim to draw more students. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER The Shorthorn staff
The College of Engineering will move into the substantially completed Engineering Lab Building, turned over to the university Monday, throughout August. The Engineering Lab Building expansion began July 2008 with a projected $22 million cost, according to Bill Carroll, College of Engineering dean. The expansion project will help advance the college’s goal of becoming nationally recognized, Carroll said. The lab building is part of the Engineering Research Complex, which also includes the Engineering Research Building and Nedderman Hall. The lab building should be operational by Aug. 24, in time for the first day of school, said Bill Amendola, UT System senior project manager. Substantial completion means the building structure is finished, he said. Furniture is now moved in and facilities are being set up.
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Agnew Middle School seventh grader JD Gonzales, left, and McCowan Middle School seventh grader Terry Wallace, compete against other teams in a surprise challenge Tuesday in the third floor conference room of the Chemistry and Physics Building. Wallace says teamwork is what helped them succeed in loading their foil-and-drinking-straw boat with 246 pennies before it finally sank. The competition was part of the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp.
“We will ensure economic stability for the United States by ensuring that we have a work force that is involved in math and science and are prepared for a future where technology is king,” he said. These high-demand careers are part of everyday life, Harris said. “People don’t take time to think about how the construction of our highways and electronics are created by engineers,” he said. “We remind [campers] that the people who created the Wii and the iPhone were scientists, inventors and engineers.” During last year’s camp, classroom instruction was based on local teachers’ expertise. This year, everything revolves around energy, Hale said. “Energy is in the news a lot, so we think it’s very relevant,” he said. “These kids aren’t far from pumping their own gas and paying electricity bills.” Subject matter includes learning about energy conversion, energy reactions and electricity. Campers will also conduct experiments with almost no adult aid. “But they’re very careful when they do this. This guy was a little more bold, which kind of worries me,” he said, adding that the suspect not only exposed himself but masturbated in front of the student. The crime bulletins posted around campus said the suspect is an African-American male, 5-feet11 inches to 6-feet tall, medium build, wearing a dark blue striped shirt and dark jeans. University Police will also make an appointment with Arlington Police Department to make a composite sketch, Gomez said Monday afternoon. Crime bulletins have been post-
“Letting the students figure stuff out on their own is the best way to learn, in that they’ll learn much better if they’ve made the connections themselves,” Hale said. Later in the day, students engage in social activities like going to Bowling and Billiards, attending the Planetarium shows, playing basketball and volleyball and watching movies. Marquise Taylor, a nighttime residence hall counselor for a second year, watches after the campers during extracurricular activities. Minority participation in the camp and interest in math and science drew Taylor to the job. “You bring kids together who don’t know each other and in two weeks, they develop friendships,” said the UTA alumnus and aspiring teacher. “You get the chance to meet a real good quality kid. That’s an opportunity that anyone would take.” JOHNATHAN SILVER news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
“But they’re very careful when they do this. This guy was a little more bold, which kind of worries me.” Rick Gomez
UTA assistant police chief
ed in campus buildings, residence halls and on-campus apartments, and e-mailed to faculty, staff and students, Gomez said.
The engineering college will celebrate its 50th anniversary and have an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the remodeled building Sept. 2. The third floor addition to the building includes additional labs, a conference room and new research areas, including the first set location for doctoral and post-doctoral students to conduct research. “There is a fair amount of positive excitement from faculty and students,” said Bioengineering Department chairman Khosrow Behbehani. With the third floor, all bioengineering faculty can work out of the renovated building. “Having all the faculty in the same building along with their research labs help create collaborative research projects which, in turn, will attract students interested in doing bioengineering doctoral work,” Behbehani said. The Engineering Research Building is projected for completion January 2011.
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ENGINEERING LAB EXPANSION FACTS Where the money comes from: • Tuition revenue bonds — $22 million • Revenue Financing System Bonds — $900,000 Construction started: July 23, 2008 Construction completed: July 27, 2009 What the new third floor provides: • Additional labs and office space • A conference room • New research areas Ribbon Cutting ceremony When: 10-11 a.m. Sept. 2 Where: 500 W. First St.
Source: Engineering dean Bill Carroll, Bioengineering chairman Khosrow Behbehani and the UT System Office of Facilities Planning and Construction executive summary report
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start to finish in its first search, and Lange said he expects a similar time frame. When Poulos was selected, 25 to 30 people applied. “Judging from what we got in the last pool of candidates, we’ll get another strong group to select from,” he said. The job opening hasn’t been posted yet, Lange said, and they don’t have a time frame on when it will. President James Spaniolo approved the position in May 2008, as part of the campus sustainability agenda. Lange said the role was created to provide leadership among the 60-member committee and to have a person solely focus on environmental initiatives. “We need someone on board to set a vision and goals to keep progressing forward,” he said. In a June 3 Shorthorn article, Poulos said she wanted to focus on transportation and get students involved with sustainability efforts. Poulos’ plans have been addressed by the committee and are initiatives it will continue to work on, Lange said. With or without the director, the
university can still forward its sustainability agenda, said Vinodh Valluri, the incoming Environmental Society president. All isn’t lost, he said. “Right now we don’t have a sustainability director,” Valluri said. “But we will in the future. Up to that point, there is a need to keep the momentum of significant activity in campus sustainability going.”
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“I was disappointed for the committee and the university because we’ve been waiting for a director to come on board. But it gives us the opportunity to move forward. It’s a minor setback that we can overcome.” Don Lange
committee co-chair and Facilities Management assistant director
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Cheaper Alternative? Textbook rentals don’t solve high prices At less than half the price of buying, renting textbooks from the UTA Bookstore could save you some cash. But the trial program is only window dressing high textbook prices. On Aug. 3, the bookstore will begin renting textbooks for 42.5 percent of a new book’s price. Follett Higher Education Group, which runs the bookstore along with more than 800 other stores across the country, will review the program in December and make any adjustments, although it doesn’t plan to stop renting books. About 325 titles will be offered for rent, 20 percent of the textbooks in the bookstore. Courses with high enrollment are included. While it’s nice to have another option in acquiring textbooks, students need to remember Follett, a corporation, created EDITORIAL ROUNDUP this program and it The issue: may not have stuThe UTA Bookstore now dents’ best interests. offers textbook renting, but the trial program isn’t The cost to rent a solution to high textbook a textbook is driven prices. by the cost of a new We suggest: textbook, said Elio Students should be proacDistaola, Public and tive, petition state and federal legislators, and not Campus Relations take this program as the director at Follett. final solution. That means if the price of a new book increases, the percentage rate stays the same but students still pay more even if they rent, he said. UTA Bookstore director Bill Coulter said the only real collaboration the university community can provide is more used books. But students can provide more than sell backs. They can help petition state and federal legislators to pass caps on textbook prices. The university administration is doing what it can, because they can’t lobby. The university gets $200,000 a year, or a percentage of the revenue, whichever is greater, according to Rusty Ward, Business Affairs vice president and controller. Last year the university earned $231,561. But, Ward said, the university would be fine with not making that extra $31,561 if the rental service was a success, because it would benefit students. Distaola added that Follett continues to consider other ways to help make textbook prices affordable for students. This includes a project that will inform students about textbook titles and ISBNs months before they sign up for a class, allowing them to shop for the best price. We appreciate Follett encouraging more transparency when it comes to buying textbooks, but these ideas don’t solve the problem of high textbook costs. From 1986 to 2004, college textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of inflation, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office. The study attributes the jump in prices to the fact that textbooks now come with CDs, workbooks and other instructional supplements. Also more frequent revisions contribute to high costs. The rental pilot program does not solve high textbook prices. Students should take initiative and demand more than this moderate relief.
DISCOMBOBULATION by Houston Hardaway So basically, if passed, this health care reform bill will be one of the most significant pieces of legislature penned in recent years. Therefore, it is only logical to attempt and optimize the potential effectiveness of this bill by rushing it through Congress, ensuring an inferior result rather than taking more time to carefully scrutinize the document.
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Real Game
Nothing replaces playing together in the same room
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have 75 people on my Xbox Live friends list. As a self-titled, hardcore gamer, my first year living on campus I dreaded not being able to play games online with my friends. Before my move I spent countless hours playing games together with online friends living hundreds to thousands of miles away. Without the ability to connect to Xbox Live at the university I thought my hobby would vanish. Thanks to the university’s requirement to log in every time to access the Internet, it seemed impossible to connect to Xbox Live. I reserved my online gaming for the weekends when I returned to my parents’ house. The rules about online gaming on campus were vague and almost impossible to find. I assumed there was a rule against using the university’s Internet access for personal reasons like
gaming. To my surprise after college students gathered in talking to the Office of Infor- dorm rooms and put several mation Technology, playing televisions or computers in the limited space to play video isn’t breaking any rules. “The OIT standpoint is, it’s games. On an episode of his podOK if you do it,” said Larry cast, “Retronauts,” Elmer, Enterprise video game journalist Operations and SysJeremy Parish told stotems director. “But ries about how he and we don’t support it.” his friends would cram Last year’s game into his tiny dorm releases included room and play Street multi-player blockFighter until their finbusters like Street gers were calloused Fighter 4, Left 4 and blistered. This was Dead and Gears of what gaming should War 2. All of which I be about: getting tofelt I was missing out on because I believed DUSTIN L. DANGLI gether, watching pixilated characters fight I couldn’t play with while enjoying people’s commy usual gaming crowd. But while technology al- pany. No headset and microphone lowed me to play with friends from other states and coun- can match the bonding that tries, it forced me to ignore the happens when two people high five in celebration of victory. people around me. While gaming online with Before online gaming became accessible as it is today, old friends is a great techno-
logical advancement, the university allows students to meet others and share hobbies. Rather than secluding yourself in a room and playing with people miles away, it’s best to make new friends and compete in games together. The Maverick Activities Center rents out video game systems and has a play space in the loft, and residence halls let residents play in the lobbies and great rooms. The university even has a club dedicated to gaming. Gamers on Campus hosts console days where people bring in games and video game consoles to share. Next time you want to play give me your user name and we can play online. But I’d rather we get together with others and play in meatspace rather than virtual space. — Dustin L. Dangli is a journalism sophomore and Scene editor for The Shorthorn
The Reform People Don’t Want The proposed health care plan still requires answers
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resident Barack America tries to say “thanks, Obama can’t hang but no thanks” in this case. the “Mission Ac- Not to say we don’t need complished” banner just yet, health care reform, but the at least when it comes to presented ideas don’t provide the rehealth care reform. form people He held a press conwant. ference July 22 to an“And for swer a few questions and those naysayclear up qualms people ers and cynhave with health care reics who think form and the proposed that this is legislation to further it. not going to The American mahappen, don’t jority being against the bet against idea shows this isn’t us,” Obama something the public is COLT ABLES said in a July looking for. Within the 13 USA Today last two weeks, according to Rasmussen Reports, a article. Mr. President, the public opinion polling infor- numbers show a majority of mation Web site, opposition the country is against you to health care reform has on this. grown from 45 percent in The “Blue Dog” Demolate June to 53 percent. crats are causing a stir beYes, a majority of Ameri- cause the House of Reprecans voted for “change” but sentatives legislation doesn’t
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reflect their core fiscal responsibility principle. The Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf announced two weeks ago that the proposed House legislation would actually “keep costs rising at an unsustainable pace,” which goes against the main call for reform being the rising health care costs. Some of the reform objections come from not knowing how it will be funded. It has been proposed in the House that households making more than $1 million will pay a 5.4 percent surtax. I guess it’s only right to make other people pay for your health care, if they have the means. Sounds like a famous person in history, “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” Those words
belong to Karl Marx. Many questions are still unanswered in regard to who will be covered, how much it will cost and what effect it will have on those satisfied with their health insurance plans. “It will keep government out of health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your insurance if you’re happy with it,” Obama said. Thanks for giving me the choice to keep my health insurance, Mr. President. I am glad I still have that freedom but am worried you telling me that I am allowed this freedom will eventually lead to freedom being taken away.
— Colt Ables is an economics senior and columnist for The Shorthorn
“You might disagree with policies the Obama administration has set in place, as do I, but wanting these policies to fail is the same as wanting the country to fail. ” — Marco Villanueva’s comment at TheShorthorn.com on Colt Ables’ July 22 column “The Right to Disagree”
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NURSING
RNs address health insurance reform Some in the field hope to see an increased focus on prevention if federal legislation passes. BY ANTHONY WILLIAMS The Shorthorn staff
Nurses and nursing students in Arlington are optimistic that the health care reform debate ongoing in Washington, D.C., will mean more job opportunities in North Texas. President Barack Obama has long stressed an overhaul’s importance to the health insurance industry. His main two goals are expanding health care coverage to the millions without it and controlling costs. It’s difficult for many Americans to know what to support in the bills, nursing assistant professor Kathryn Daniel said. But she hopes that
BY THE NUMBERS
46 million
Number of Americans without health insurance
52
Number of members comprising the Blue Dogs, a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats against the current legislation in the House Energy and Commerce Committee
30
Percentage of adults in their 20s that are uninsured — or 13.2 million Americans
Source: Associated Press
when the laws are rewritten there will be more focus on general health and prevention and not diagnosing illnesses. “The bills are trying to do that. There’s definitely that kind of thought to the reorganization,” Daniel said. Daniel said changing the paradigm for the way health care is funded would have a tremendous effect, including expanded nursing roles. “Nurses will be at the center of that reorganization,” she said. “They are some of the best-situated health care professionals with patients and families.” Obama wanted Congress to finalize the bills before going on its month-long summer vacation next
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basic plan is $39.99 per month for up to 450 minutes. Spaniolo’s memorandum states that university-owned departmental wireless communication devices and contracts will no longer be authorized. Now only individuals can enter service provider contracts. Current agreements and contracts will be terminated no later than Aug. 31, unless there is a demonstrated need to honor a contract until its expiration. “However, all university contracts usually carry a ‘funds avail-
week, but that is unlikely, the Associated Press reports. House Democrats argued Tuesday about payment rates to doctors in the proposed government-run plan, and Senate officials discussed a nonprofit cooperative selling insurance as opposed to the government entering the marketplace. Though they didn’t in prior years, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association are in favor of a new system. Appearing with Obama two weeks ago, ANA President Rebecca Patton said, “Along with private insurance market reforms, the choice of a public health insurance plan option would provide millions of individuals and families what they want most — access to affordable health care when they need it.” Nursing graduate student Olachi Onyejiaka said she knows the goal of the bills is lowering premiums and providing more competition among insurance providers. The School of Nursing is one of the nation’s 20 largest and graduates approximately 200 students each year. Like Daniel, Onyejiaka said she would like to see more employment opportunities for nurses come from the legislation. “It’ll open up more jobs for nurse practitioners,” she said, referring to registered nurses qualified to practice as regular physicians. Onyejiaka, a medical surgical oncology nurse at Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, said physicians can make much more money by choosing a specialization, but she hopes the reform opens up the area of general practice and makes it more of a standard. That was heard Monday when first lady Michelle Obama spoke at a Virginia community health center, where she said physicians can perform regular checkups for those who would otherwise go without, keeping them from seeking lastminute help in a hospital emergency room. Daniel, who is also director of the university’s Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner programs, said there’s a reason for the urgency. “Americans have poorer health outcomes than in other countries but spend more money,” she said. “I think we all realize it’s time to do something.”
The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
The Movin’ Mavs host their first wheelchair basketball camp until Thursday. Thirty-two attendees, ages 11-24, are participating in the camp.
Camp
ADAPTED SPORTS PLANNED FOR 2009-10 Fall • 3-on-3 wheelchair basketball, open to able-bodied participants • Bocce, an Italian version of lawn bowling, for students with disabilities only • Wheelchair soccer clinic and disability sport clinics in table tennis, tennis and swimming
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Garner said. Three attendees had never played wheelchair basketball before, he said. Several students came from New York, New Jersey, Florida and California, Garner said. Two of the players from California, Jorge Sanchez of San Francisco and Aaron Patterson of San Diego, were on campus for orientation and decided to stay for the camp. Garner said he wanted to create the camp since interviewing for the head coach position in fall 2008. “It’s really good for junior players and good exposure for the university,” he said. Richland College business sophomore George Turner said he was born paralyzed but regained some muscle control and learned to walk at age 5. He cannot walk or stand for more than five minutes. He said his parents didn’t want him to think the chair limited him, which helped him socialize, but kept him separate from the disabled community. This is his first time being involved in
Spring • One-day clinic on soccer for visually impaired students (able-bodied students can also play, eye coverings will be provided) • Up/down tennis tournament, where each team will have a student who stands up and a student in a chair
Source: Movin’ Mavs head coach Doug Garner
wheelchair activities, he said. “I always socialized with what I thought were normal people,” Turner said. “So I am completely new to this.” Turner said he believed disabled people had trouble socializing, but discovered they are like anyone else. Wheelchair basketball is different than he thought it would be, he said. It’s faster. “It’s been a great experience. I am learning a lot about how it is played,” Turner said.
Mike Paye plays for the RSV Lahn-Dill wheelchair basketball team in Wetzlar, Germany, but was a Movin’ Mavs player from 2001-06. He said the team is like family. Paye said he is happy helping the camp and giving back to the community. “I was in their shoes,” Paye said. “I know what it is like to need some direction.” ALI MUSTANSIR news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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able’ clause that permits early cancellation,” he states in the letter. All monthly allowances will be terminated as of Aug. 31. If employees desire and can justify continued allowances, they must submit a new form for up to $50 per month allowance. The university hasn’t counted how many wireless devices are reimbursed at this time, Sullivan said. Rusty Ward, Business Affairs vice president and Controller, can approve deviations from the policy. The Shorthorn: Rasy Ran
JASON BOYD news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Assistant grounds supervisor David Mansholt cleans out remnants of a two-story cottonwood tree that fell into a creek Tuesday near the Tennis Center. The rising waters from the storm in the early morning carved away at the foundation of the tree and caused it to topple over. Nobody was injured.
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Vroom, Vroom UTA takes some firsts in a day of racing, networking
Equipment and car parts litter Lot 49 on Saturday during the UTA Formula SAE 9th annual Texas Autocross Weekend.
A UTA Formula SAE race car zooms in front of spectators during the 9th annual Texas Autocross Weekend on Saturday in Lot 49. The team, comprised of volunteers, traded tips and knowledge with visiting schools, including UT-Austin, University of Oklahoma and University of South Florida.
By Harold loren The Shorthorn staff
The UTA Formula SAE team displayed its need for speed Saturday all over Lot 49 at the 9th annual Texas Autocross Weekend. The event, hosted under UTA team adviser Bob Woods’ guidance, is designed to offer visiting schools a race without official scoring concerns, and to provide engineering students from different schools an opportunity to network with each other, talk shop and race. “There are no official trophies handed out here this weekend,” Woods said. “It’s all about bragging rights and an opportunity to hone racing skills.” Engineering students from 11 colleges and universities across America arrived with their teams and cars to compete in individually timed competitions. Two university teams made the trek without their competition car, just to participate. Teams raced on two different track configurations: Formula SAE style and Sports Car Club of America style. The first track style, a more demanding set of turns and increased shift considerations, kicked off the
race, with Colin Snyder from the University of Kansas taking top honors. Kansas also placed second and UTA took the next three spots. In the second track-style competition, which exhibited longer turns to allow drivers higher speeds and a slalom course, was won by UTA’s Eric Leichtle and the team took the next two spots. Both Kansas and Missouri University of Science and Technology placed next. UTA team captain Blake Hinsey, a mechanical engineering senior, said every win on the track is a win for the entire team. Each year the competing car is designed and built from scratch by an all-student team. Every detail contributes to the car’s ultimate performance. “My job is to help direct and guide the entire process along, in order to build the very best car we can and take the yearly competition,” Hinsey said. “We have to often make decisions about whether to develop new ideas or refine established ones.” Formula SAE is a worldwide engineering competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. About 140 universities compete with an open-wheel style race
For more specific information on each of UTA’s Formula SAE vehicles, visit http://fsae.uta.edu.
car that they design and build. Competitors receive points in presentation, design, cost, acceleration, skid pad, autocross, endurance and fuel economy. The university has taken part in the Formula SAE competition for 20 years, has eight Formula SAE championships, three second-place finishes, and four third-place finishes in the U.S., and victories in England and Australia. “Some of us will try to find jobs with aerospace engineering firms like Lockheed Martin after we graduate and most will succeed because UTA has a really solid and wellrespected engineering program,” Hinsey said. “But I would love to maybe get on with a professional racing team. I just absolutely love everything about this.”
Harold loren news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
UTA Formula SAE team adviser Bob Woods helps reconfigure cones for the second course layout later in the day. The morning track layout, Formula SAE style, was more technical with cars entering turns more slowly, and the afternoon track layout, Sports Car Club of America style, had the cars going much faster.
For more photos and video on Formula SAE, visit The ShorThorn .com
Economics graduate student Juan Araiza, left, gives mechanical engineering senior Blake Hinsey tips before his run on the Sports Car Club of America style course. Mechanical engineering sophomore Steve McDermott, right, adds fuel to one of the cars before the autocross finishes.
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7 Bargain tag abbr. 8 Penthouse feature 9 On the briny 10 Use Listerine, say 11 Mentally quick 12 Peggy Lee signature song 13 Feckless Corleone brother 18 Bern’s river 22 It may be unmitigated 24 Masked critter 26 Freeway exit 27 Natural skin treatment 28 Letter-shaped beam 29 Buddhist sect 30 Chaotic scene 31 California red, briefly 34 Cardholder’s woe 35 Car bar 36 Textile worker 38 Stick up 39 Fall away 40 Grabbed a chair, so to speak 42 Trash holders 43 Romantic lowerings
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44 __ Pieces: candy brand 45 Bit of Christmas debris 46 Mozart’s “__ fan tutte” 47 Ruffles potato chip feature 48 Fed-up employee’s announcement 49 Potbelly, e.g. 52 Ali stats
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53 Hindu “Destroyer” 55 Cast-ofthousands movie 56 1960s-’80s Chevy 57 Calm under pressure 58 “All __ being equal ...” 61 Hydroelectric project
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Your SCENE Each week, Scene gives Mavericks the chance to be heard by voicing their thoughts, feelings and opinions.
Zoey Sanchez, biology sophomore What’s one band you like that no one else has heard of? “The Decemberists. They have a great album that I can listen to over and over. The lyrics are amazing and [lead singer Colin Meloy’s] voice is different.” How much can you bench press? “I have no idea since I haven’t done it since high school. Probably 40 pounds.”
Garrett Cox, undeclared freshman What’s one band you like that no one else has heard of? “The Cinematic Orchestra. They’re new jazz style. A lot of their stuff has unconventional time signatures and intricate melodies.” How much can you bench press? “About 225. It’s nothing I gloat about.” — Dustin Dangli
FILM/DVD RELEASES Fast & Furious, Rated PG-13 The fourth installment in this series based on cars and the people who drive them. The action and story arc comes back to the original film The Fast and the Furious. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel reunite to infiltrate and take down a heroin importer. — Dustin Dangli
P i c k s of the Week Hit the gym Biochemistry graduate student Michael Booth suggested students go out and exercise. More specifically he said students should challenge themselves to weight lifting. “You can see what you’re made of and it’s something you can always improve on.”
Theatre arts senior Ashley Oringderff, second from left, stands as Juliet next to her lover Morrison, played by theatre arts senior Nicholas Cormier III, center, during rehearsal for Morrison Tuesday at the Fine Arts Building. The play is about a writer that loses his love, Juliet, in a car bombing that the government was involved in and a resistance group recruiting Morrison for his writing ability.
State of the One Act Five aspiring playwrights showcase their work this week BY DUSTIN L. DANGLI The Shorthorn Scene editor
In high school, Sarah Butler didn’t spend a lot of time with the theater crowd. After discovering that she was terrible on stage in an introductory theater course, the now English senior decided it was best to stay away. “I thought they were flamboyant, showy and overconfident,” she said. “But I probably thought all those negative things because I wasn’t good at public speaking.” But now, with her one-act play Mercedes’ Baby, Butler finds herself back in the theater world. This Thursday the Department of Theatre Arts will perform State of the Art, a student-dominated show. The show combines six one-act plays, five written by students and the sixth by Natalie Gaupp, visiting assistant professor and professional playwright. All the actors are UTA students. Butler’s play opens the show at 11 a.m. in 143 Fine Arts Building. The six one-act plays vary in topic and genre. Mercedes’ Baby follows an exotic dancer named Mercedes who becomes pregnant and through a series of events tries to forget her haunted past, find love and escape her current world. While full of drama, Butler said
she likes to give the audiences comedic bits to relieve the tension. Nick Irion’s Morrison is a political drama starring a politician who’s admired by his peers. Unlike Butler, who returned to the theater world, Irion has found his home in the department. He cultivated his experience at the university to contribute to the show. Not only did he write a play, but he also directed three, The Gedanken Experiment, Leave No Marks and All Tomorrow’s Parties by The Velvet Underground — plus he’s acting. Though it sounds like a lot of work, in an e-mail interview Irion said he enjoys having different roles in shows. “It’s almost like having to look at a painting three different ways,” he said. “As an actor I am the character on the canvas, as a writer I create the landscape the artist is painting or recreating, and as a director I am the one holding the brush, moving it on the canvas.” Tickets for the one-day show are free and Irion asked students to come and support original local and student work.
Theatre arts senior Clare Boyd, as Michelle, details how beautiful the stars are during rehearsal for Wash Away The Day on Monday at the Fine Arts Building. Michelle tries to grip the aspects of love while ghosts shadow her every move.
Theatre arts sophomore Nikki Singer, center, plays one of the seven deadly sins, Lust, during rehearsal for The Gedanken Experiment on Monday in the Fine Arts Building. Singer’s character attempts to end her life by medication overdose. This play is one of six showing as part of State of the Art starting 11 a.m. Thursday in the Fine Arts Building.
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WHEN AND WHERE What: State of the Art Where: 143 Fine Arts Building When: Thursday Admission: Free Times: 11 a.m.-intermission (around 12:30 p.m.) Readings resume at 2:30 p.m. The Theatre Arts Department suggests only mature audiences due to adult content.
TheShorthorn.com Exclusives Music on the Internet Scene editor Dustin Dangli kicks off his technology blog with an article showcasing three Web sites dedicated to music and weighs the pros and cons. More to Love On Thursday, read the review of FOX’s new dating reality show “More to Love,” put together by the creator who brought the nation “The Bachelor.” The show has 20 “real” women competing for the heart of Luke Conley.
Theatre arts senior Kasha Swanigan, as Mercedes, listens to English sophomore Jared Wilson, as David, reason why they should be together during rehearsal Monday at the Mainstage Theatre. The pair perform in Mercedes’ Baby, a short play about a stripper who gets pregnant and has to deal with the social and moral consequences.
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Theatre arts junior Stephen Howell, bottom, loses himself as Luther when theatre arts senior Katie Butler, playing Becky, attempts to break up with him during rehearsal Tuesday at the Fine Arts Building. Becky questioned Luther’s maturity in the play Leave No Marks.