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Health center receives vaccines for this year After suggestions by the CDC, students, faculty and staff can get immunizations for fall earlier than during last season.

By MicAelA TiTus

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Health Services now offers the flu vaccine, which is in earlier than last year,

because of a Centers for Disease Control recommendation.

Health Services director Robert Blum encourages the university community to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The university has three confirmed cases of influenza A since the semester started.

The vaccine costs $15 for students, faculty and staff. The seasonal flu vaccine does not

locATion Health Services is located at 605 S. West Street.

Immunization hours are from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

protect from the H1N1 flu virus. The H1N1 vaccine will be released later this fall, ac-

cording to the CDC. The health center has administered almost 100 shots since the vaccine became available Friday and anticipates administering 1,500 vaccines, Blum said. If more vaccines are needed, the center will order them according to demand.

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Borderless laughs darren Carter performs his famous Snoop Dogg impression during his performance Tuesday night in the Bluebonnet Ballroom.

Carter’s appearance was the first in a comedy performance series, sponsored by EXCEL Campus Activities.

“This is a rehearsal. We’re doing the real show in four years when you guys won’t be here.”

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darren carter, comedian

Comedian delivers series of impersonations and snappy nationality jokes

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darren Carter delivered laughs Tuesday night during a free show held in the Bluebonnet Ballroom. He was on campus as part of One Mic Stand, a new comedy series sponsored by EXCEL Campus Activities.

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unny man Darren Carter, who is best known for his bright red hair and spot-on impersonation of rapper Snoop Dogg, delivered a set filled with side-splitting jokes that bordered on the offensive side.

“This is a rehearsal,” Carter joked Tuesday night in the Bluebonnet Ballroom. “We’re doing the real show in four years when you guys won’t be here.”

Carter who has appeared with John Travolta in Be Cool, BET’s “Comic View” series and more recently on E! Network in a guest spot for “Chelsea Lately” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” delivered his unique impersonation of Snoop Dogg and involved the student audience by inserting their personalities into his set.

Carter had a running joke throughout the show about making fun of his red hair

and pale complexion and calling himself an Orange-American and a rooster.

No nationality or race joke was off-limits as he imitated Hispanics, blacks and those of Middle Eastern descent.

“I think the guy who discovered Spanish saw it hop over the border wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey,” Carter said.

He said he was careful not to offend Middle Eastern people when he said, “Hey, if there are any Indians here don’t be mad I still want to get tech support!”

When asked to pick a favorite joke from tonight’s comedy show, social work junior Rachel Stamp wasn’t up to the task.

“I laughed the whole time! I can’t pick just one,” Stamp said.

Carter also gave the audience advice on how to avoid being robbed at an ATM, which included behaving as a large, agComedy continues on page 6

finAnciAl Aid

Program for work study underused University expects to spend about one-eighth of allocated funds this year.

By TeMiccA HunTer The Shorthorn Staff

The state awarded the university work-study program about $8 million this semester, but the university only expects to spend $1.3 million.

On average the university normally has 750-800 students working under the program. As of last week there were still at least 82 workstudy jobs available. Karen Krause, Financial Aid Office director, said that while they had a few more students apply for the work-study program this year, the numbers are still not significantly high.

“We always historically

have offered a lot more workstudy jobs than students have taken advantage of,” she said.

Any unused funds must be returned to either the state or federal government, she said.

She said there are several reasons that a student may choose not to work under the program.

One reason may be that students could work another job where they can earn more money than they would at a work-study job.

Pay per job depends on the employer, but a student can make no less than minimum wage. Krause said the maximum a student can earn under the work-study program is $3,400 for the entire semester. Individual award Work-study continues on page 3

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cAll iT A drAW Visual communication freshman tyler demarcus sketches geometric shapes Tuesday in the Fine Arts Building during his Drawing Fundamentals class.

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

Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817-272-3661 or log on to www.theshorthorn.com/calendar

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Theft One student reported his black Cannondale mountain bike was stolen from the north side bike rack at Lipscomb Hall, 807 S. Pecan St. Officers arrived on location at 10:08 p.m. UTA Police is still investigating.

10% chance of storms • High 95 °F • Low 72°F

Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Tommy Fitzpatrick/ Margo Sawyer: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 169 Fine Arts Bldg. Exhibitions dates are Sept. 4 - Oct. 10. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu.

Suspicious Circumstances A marijuana joint was found in a toilet at Arlington Hall, 600 Pecan St., at 9:25 p.m. The incident was cleared and no further action was taken.

Drop-in study abroad advising: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., University Center between Starbucks and Freshens. Free. For information, contact Blake Hart at 817-272-1120 or bhart@uta.edu.

Burglary, Vehicle A student reported at 12:39 p.m. his vehicle was broken into in Lot 30 at 1000 Greek Row Drive.

Energy Dressing: the power of non-verbal communication: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Automation & Robotics Research Institute.

Price is $15 for the public and $5 for UTA students, staff and faculty. For information, contact Kimberley Jardine at 817272-5930 or kjardine@uta.edu

Public Intoxication Police arrested an intoxicated student sitting on a bench at 2:52 a.m. at 600 S. West St. Criminal Mischief or Vandalism The interior door to Room 107 of the Social Work Complex was shattered at 12:50 a.m.

Study abroad info session: Noon-1 p.m., University Center, Pecos Room. Free. For information, contact Blake Hart at 817272-1120 or studyabroad@uta.edu.

SUNDAY Assist Agency Officers were dispatched to intersection of Cooper and Mitchell Streets to assist Arlington Police Department regarding an accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle at 10:50 p.m.

Three Keys to Understanding Deep Economy: Noon-1 p.m., 100 Nedderman Hall.

Free. For information, contact Roxanna Latifi at 817-272-6107 or roxanna@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.

Suspicious Circumstances One student was reported viewing porn on his personal laptop at 4:20 a.m. in the Chemistry and Physics Building. The case was cleared with no further action.

SATURDAY

PERSONAVACTION by Thea Blessener The Shorthorn: Tim Crumpton

Disturbance Officers arrived to an empty scene at Arlington Hall at 600 Pecan after the two suspects, who were reported fighting at 3:16 a.m., had already left the scene.

POSTERS A PLENTY From left, biology freshman Cynthia Cassel, nursing freshman Heather Phares and nursing freshman Adela Guerrero browse through posters on the Central Library mall Tuesday. Employees from Beyond The Wall will run the fundraising poster sale, sponsored by the Department of Student Activities, until Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

CORRECTIONS The headline on the budget story in Tuesday’s paper was incorrect. It should have stated that the additional funds in this fiscal year’s budget may be used to offset the expected deficit in the next biennial, 2012-2013.

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Wakeboarding club to hold meeting today

Discussion to start OneBook events for the semester

Those interested in being a part of the university’s first wakeboarding club can meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Maverick Activities Center second floor lounge area.

The Maverick WakeTeam officers will answer any questions about the team, what the group does and its dues. In wakeboarding a person stands on a single floating device while a motorboat pulls him or her across the water.

Maverick WakeTeam President Kimberly Iley said students should come to get an overall feel for the organization.

“It’s setting grounds for all of the events this semester,” she said.

Anyone can join the club but only students are eligible to compete in the wakeboarding tournaments next semester, she said.

The club will practice through Sasser Wakeboard School in Fort Worth, which for a fee, will provide materials needed for wakeboarding such as MasterCraft boats, wakeboards, life jackets and trained boat drivers.

The club is planning a day where anyone interested in wakeboarding — whether they have done it before or not — can actually try it out. “Who wouldn’t like going out to the lake every weekend?” Iley said.

History associate professor will lecture on ways to understand and relate to Deep Economy.

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The OneBook event series will kick off from noon to 1 p.m. today at 100 Nedderman Hall with “Three Keys to Understanding Deep Economy .” History associate professor John Garrigus will present the lecture and admission is free.

“The purpose of this dynamic, visually engaging presentation is to provide first-year students and other readers of this year’s OneBook with ideas, contexts and information that will enhance their reading experience,” said OneBook committee co-chair Christopher Conway.

This year’s book, Deep Economy by Bill McKibben, provides an explanatory view of world economy and how monetary greed has brought it down. In the book, McKibben addresses concerns about the way people define themselves in a “hyperindividualism world,” a world in which people have been inured

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WHEN AND WHERE History associate professor John Garrigus will lecture on the “Three Keys to Understanding Deep Economy.”

When: noon-1 p.m. today Where: 100 Nedderman Hall

to live without regard for others in pursuit for individual success.

Garrigus was one of the 20092010 recipients of the College of Liberal Arts Alicia Wilkerson Smotherman Faculty Award for excellence in teaching.

Garrigus will lecture on three key ways to help understand the book, Conway said. This will also help students connect with the book that they will be studying and discussing in English 1301, he said.

Biology freshman Razan Akkad said she expects to learn how people can do their part to help the economy.

“I expect to learn how to deal with the things that get in the way of the economy,” she said.

The OneBook is a program for all first-year students. Incoming

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freshmen study a different book each year in their first-semester English composition classes and first-year seminars, he said. The program draws a theme from each year’s book to serve as a frame for campus programming.

This year’s theme is sustainability.

English professor Jarrod Stringer will attend the lecture and encourages his students to go to the event.

“The OneBook program is to create a community,” Stringer said. “This event is the groundwork to building this community.”

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Study examines classroom policies in Australia, US Through paralleling the two country’s similar systems, lecturer wants to give the teachers a voice in policy-making.

SHambHu SHaran The Shorthorn staff

An Australian instructor doing research with the College of Education and Health Professions will return home Sept. 23 to complete her study on the differences and similarities in literacy programs in the U.S. and Australian public school systems.

The project, a collaborative study between two elementary schools in Texas and two primary schools in Australia, is about national testing, national inquiries and literacy policy, started by Jennifer Rennie, Monash University’s Education senior lecturer. Her project, “A Testing Time for Teachers: Ask the Experts,” focuses on the U.S. No Child Left Behind program. The study is an ongoing collaboration and partnership between

Monash University and UTA, she said.

Rennie said she has been interested in literacy teaching, and given the similarity between the policy directions of both countries she thought it would be interesting to do a comparative study. Rennie couldn’t release research data because it could influence the results, she said.

Teachers are hard-working, caring and passionate people, and they work with diverse groups of students, Rennie said. Her study will inform the public of the teachers’ work, she said.

Uma Srinavasan teaches children 3 to 6 years old at the Precious Beginning Montessori Academy in Plano. She said she loves teaching because she loves children.

“They are innocent and simple,” she said.

“They learn very fast. Literacy brings life, which is very essential for the human life. I work very hard and my reward is happiness and satisfaction. However, my happiness is not in terms of money. I feel happy because

children are learning.”

Rennie said the research is about getting another voice out there — the teacher’s voice.

“One might hope that policymakers might read the work with interest,” she said.

The research is meant to examine the national policies impacting day-to-day environments in education, Rennie said.

She said she interviewed teachers without observing the classrooms. The professionals described what they do.

“They also documented experiences in their online reflective journals and participated in online discussion forums,” said Rennie.

Rennie said both countries have similar policies and diverse classrooms. For example, both have national assessment and reporting requirements, she said. Many academic institutions in Australia have formed partnerships with academic institutions in the U.S. The research, started in fall 2007, will

be completed by spring 2010, said Jeanne Gerlach, College of Education and Health Professions dean.

“I am looking for teachers’ responses driven by the testing,” she said. “It is an international collaboration for international faculty of Australia and the U.S.” College of Education and Health Professions faculty work with the faculty in the public school. Public school teachers and faculty may visit Australia to help research, she said.

Rennie said she met Gerlach three years ago at an educational conference in Australia. Rennie said Gerlach’s book Questions of English, which is about the effect of culture on the English language in England, Australia and the U.S., inspired her to do the research.

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Work-Study continued from page 1

amounts per student depend on student eligibility.

Some students don’t take a work-study job because their classes conflict with the typical 8 a.m.-5 p.m. job, Krause said.

“Most students that end up not working on the work-study program, end up working off campus instead,” she said.

Communication junior Sherrelle Roberts said that she does the work-study program because she can earn an income without having a vehicle. She works at the Central Library’s circulation desk.

“It may not be much money, but it’s better than nothing,” she said.

Anita Perez, Veterans Benefits Office coordinator, said she has five GI Bill work-study students that work out of her office.

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Benefits Office’s Web site, the work-study program is available to any student who receives veteran education benefits and is enrolled three-quarter time or more.

Students can find general information on the Financial Aid Office Web site as well as a link to the Student Employment Services Office and Snap Jobs, on-campus student job board.

In order to be eligible for the work-study program, a student must fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid and indicate on the form that they are interested in the work-study program.

Once they indicate interest, the program is included in their package as long as funds are available, Krause said.

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Communication junior Sherrelle Roberts studies at the circulation desk Tuesday at the Central Library. Roberts has been in the work-study program since 2007 and said she plans to continue into her senior year.

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Making it Easier with Green

Thanks to a relatively new bill, veterans can attend school for a highly-reduced price.

The men and women fighting in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars deserve all we can do for them since they selflessly risk their lives for civilians everyday. The veterans coming home need to be treated as the heroes they are, no matter your opinion on the war.

These veterans now have more access to universities with the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This will help them to make the difficult transition from being in a war zone to coming back to a society that may not understand what they went through.

The new GI bill, effective since August 1, provides them with the financial means to obtain the necessary education to get professional jobs.

The bill helps the financial needs of veterans enrolling in universities by paying the high costs of tuition, books and housing.

EDITORIAL This relieves a large ROUNDUP burden that military The issue: families face. Some This semester veterans soldiers come home who have served 90 days or more, and those and have a hard time who are disabled and finding work due have served for more to injuries suffered than 30 days, are eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. in battles as well as other issues such as We suggest: Veterans should take post-traumatic stress full advantage of this opdisorder. portunity to further their education and UTA is the The enrollment perfect place to accomof veterans is climbplish this. ing since the new bill went into effect. Previously, the estimate of veterans enrolled in a semester was about 500. This fall it is estimated to be about 650.

Official numbers will be available on census day, Sept. 15, said university spokesperson Kristen Sullivan.

The university is one of the most disabilityfriendly campuses with high accessibility for disabled vets in the state, Sullivan said.

Our campus also has the Movin’ Mavs, the men’s wheelchair basketball team, as well as well as the Maverick Activities Center, which enables disabled veterans to avail themselves of the amenities offered there.

Sullivan said many degree programs are in areas that veterans specialized in while in combat, such as mechanical engineering and nursing.

The university also has a long history of military support and started out as a military science institution.

“We have a very strong community of veterans and people who support the military,” Sullivan said.

The new GI Bill is one of the best pieces of legislation to come from Congress in the 111th Congressional session and we should be grateful that our campus has so many veterans enrolled. We hope their number keeps climbing and say again thank you for your service to our country.

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DISCOMBOBULATION by Houston Hardaway

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Our academic success is greatly influenced by our surroundings

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hen it’s time to easy to take the appearance of study, seasoned stu- the UTA campus for granted.

Try this thought experidents have rituals.

Some routines help them ab- ment: in your mind, Photosorb the information and con- shop the lawns and trees out cepts presented at university. of the campus and extend the Others — such as excessive sidewalks to the very edges of all buildings. The result is partying — make it harder. a haphazard mix of First-time freshmen a futuristic prison are, wisely, admonand forsaken old ished to explore patmental institution. terns that can help to In truth, the study and to review.

UTA campus is Environment plays not like that. It is a a key role in academics. pleasure, aside from Some students need the summer heat quiet or music, while and incessant conothers like it a bit noisstruction, to walk ier. I like the generic CLIFF HALE the grounds. The muttering of a fast food trees provide movrestaurant when reading textbooks, away from all ing, dappled shadows and the my domestic distractions, but calming, natural whispers of not so quiet that I may go air moving in the leaves.

The expert landscaping at to sleep or drift off into dayUTA manages to unify the disdreaming.

Considering the impor- parate architectural designs tance of physical context to and engineering methods of productive learning, it’s too the buildings, constructed in

varying generations under many administrations.

Aesthetics are about more than just looking good for families and alumni. The professional demeanor of the structures remind the students and staff that this is a place for knowledge, while the colors and organically shaped borders of the planted areas keep us aware that the purpose of our learning is to live.

The design of the campus tells us that we are participating in something different than a temporary job, different than high school. We are seekers of better information and evolving tomorrows.

Because of the experts who design and maintain the landscaping, we walk to and from our classes and other business nurtured by the inescapable statement that our education is a function of a beautiful life.

When I first came to the school, I was quietly thrilled

to discover the wonderful geometry of the buildings, given texture by the growing spaces.

In the middle of my undergraduate career, I lost sight — literally, with vision complications — of this initial joy.

For those of us who are on the downhill slope toward our degree, it might rekindle our keenness to study if we pause to appreciate again the remarkable home the landscapers and grounds crew provide for us.

And it wouldn’t hurt to smile at these people as they do what they can to avoid distracting us personally, yet pour their lives into giving us a comforting home for selfimprovement

—Cliff Hale is an Interdisciplinary Studies junior and a columnist for The Shorthorn

No Breaks for the Religious Churches shouldn’t be exempt from taxes required by all

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ne problem of scientific advancement, as some jerk pointed out in a recent opinion column, is the cost of research and development.

The solution is to tax churches and other religious institutions and blast the parsonage exemption back to Medieval times where it belongs.

The establishment clause of the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof… ” The original logic for giving religious institutions taxexempt status was to uphold the secondary clause of the sentence — not prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

That interpretation tramples the primary clause of the sentence — making no law respecting an establishment of any religion.

One might exclaim that the tax exemptions extend to all religious entities, not one specifically.

That’s true. Whether Protestant or Catholic, Jewish or Muslim, all religious organiza-

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Marissa Hall E-MAIL editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

tions avoid paying full property tax and agents of those institutions get massive income tax credits and other breaks. The reasoning for granting these tax breaks can only be a bias toward religion. Teachers provide far greater services than the pulpiteers of America, but teachers work for a comparably meager income and are taxed at a greater rate.

Saying that holding church property and clergy responsible for taxes is prohibiting the free expression of religion is like saying that taxing businesses prohibits the free expression of commerce. It does. But that doesn’t seem to be hurting Bill Gates terribly and Rupert Murdoch is doing just fine.

A legal precedent exists for taxing non-secular enterprises.

Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock held that sales-tax exemptions for printed materials of a religious nature are unconstitutional. The court’s reason was, the exemptions did not apply to secular institutions with similar functions. Further, charging sales tax on such items did not prohibit the free expression of religion.

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The establishment clause Property held by religious institutions should be held to doesn’t exist simply to keep all the same standard as property religions on par, but to also owned by every other segment prevent the establishment of religion. of American society.

Tax exemption for religious Two privately owned buildings of a religious nature stand institutions and their agents, across from the University Cen- known as the parsonage exemption, probably ter. They are within doesn’t hurt anyone the bounds of UTA directly. However, campus and pay abaccording to a New solutely no property York Times article tax. They exist solely from October 2006, to bring students a which cites a thenChristian message current Congressiopackaged with promnal budget report, ises of free coffee and the exemption has pingpong tables and cost the government other recreational acas much as $500 tivities.

JUSTIN SHARP million in tax revThe Christian enue a year.

Campus Center and It should be reaBaptist Student Ministry aren’t campus property. If sonable to expect institutions the university passes a tobac- that have stymied scientific disco-free-campus policy, for ex- covery at every turn, from Galiample, smokers will be able to leo’s heliocentric solar system to stand outside of these buildings embryonic stem cell research, to light up without legal reper- to be responsible for funding cussion (assuming they don’t new discoveries in the 21st century. rat you out for trespassing).

Surely we can come up with —Justin Sharp is a Journalbetter uses for these buildings, like a bookstore that’s in a con- ism junior and a columnist for venient location.

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Drainage system installation continues on West First Street

The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams

Construction resumed Tuesday on West First Street, north of the University Center. The university is adding storm drains to help prevent future flooding.

The location, north of the UC, between College and South West streets is closed off.

By JohnAthAn silver The Shorthorn senior staff

Storm drain installation resumed Tuesday on West First Street, north of the University Center.

The university began adding drains to the street last summer to combat flooding problems. Construction halted in late August for

the College of Engineering to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Now, the project is in its final phase, said Jeff Johnson, Building Operations associate director.

West First Street, from College Street to South West Street, is closed off. Work will be done on the dead end side of the street, next to the Engineering Laboratory Building plaza.

Construction will not negatively impact traffic, Johnson said. Postal services will make deliveries to the UC through other entrances.

“In emergencies we’ll be able to get vehicles through there, but it will be closed off to routine traffic,” Johnson said.

Depending on weather, the project is expected to be complete by the end of September, Johnson said. Normal work hours of construction will be from around 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Johnson said.

JohnAthAn silver news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Group representing staff elects six new officers for one-year term Staff Advisory Council members elected six executive committee council officers on Tuesday.

The council is an elected group representing staff and acting as a channel of communication for the staff to the university administration. It divides departments in 24 district areas with 75 representatives, who were elected Sept. 1, said Tammy Montgomery, ex-officio and former council chair.

Vice Chair William Gunn said he looks forward to upcoming council changes and wants to create a more representative and effective body by adding representative positions.

Chair Amber Zuckerman said she’s excited to see the council grow and build momentum from Montgomery’s term. She said she would like to see more staff involvement in the council.

Secretary Victoria McWilliams said she wants to help the council continue to be the staff’s voice.

Any employee can go to their district representative with an issue to be brought to the council. The group can then develop a resolution to solve the problem and present it to the university administration or redirect the issue to the appropriate department.

The executive committee of SAC is elected every year

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“It is best to get flu shots early because the vaccine does not technically last longer if you wait,” Blum said. “This vaccine is a preventative measure that will carry you throughout the flu season.”

History senior Brandon Horsley said he won’t take advantage of the flu vaccine and he had bad experiences with vaccines.

“I never get flu shots because they make me sick,” he said.

“Plus, I always thought they were a gimmick, and I never need them.”

Blum said there can be minor side effects from the flu vaccine, but it doesn’t give you the flu.

Possible side effects are redness at the injection spot, aches and low-grade fever. People who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs should not receive the vaccine, according to the CDC. Communication assistant professor Sasha Grant began getting vaccinated a few years ago after starting to teach larger classes. She said a student told her Tuesday that the vaccine is now available and so she plans to make an announcement to her students.

“Toward the end of the fall semester I start to hear more coughs and sneezes,” Grant said.

“I do see a trend in more doctor’s notes and mothers calling to say their children are sick.”

Flu prevention tips Health Services offers an inactivated vaccine. It contains a killed virus given with a needle, usually in the arm. Antibodies develop in the body and build immunity against influenza. It takes about two weeks for the vaccine to be activated in the body and protect against the flu.

Best way to prevent the flu: • Avoid close contact.

• Stay home when sick.

• Cover the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, or when around others coughing or sneezing.

• Clean hands regularly.

• Avoid touching the eyes, nose or mouth.

• Practice other good health habits like getting plenty of sleep, being physically active, drinking plenty of fluids and eating nutritious food.

Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The length of flu season varies, but flu activity in the U.S. normally peaks between December and March, according to the CDC.

MicAelA titus news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

“I never get flu shots because they make me sick. Plus, I always thought they were a gimmick, and I never need them.”

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The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams

in September for one-year term. For more information visit www.uta.edu/sac.

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Theater arts senior Tania Kimbrough rehearses a song Tuesday in the Fine Arts Building. Kimbrough performs music with two of her friends in Mexican restaurants throughout the Metroplex.

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gressive bird, cawing like a bird and yelling the phrase, “I like cheese!”

Carter’s twist on the classic not joke, recurred throughout his performance as he impersonated an impaired person intruding on conversations and yelling expletives representing bull fecal matter.

Christian Turner, film and radio sophomore, said that the whole show was awesome.

Music education senior Zak McGehee said his favorite part of the show was when his girl-

friend was chosen to be a part of a sexy phone call bit between the audience members in the front row.

The event was the first of a new three-part One Mic Stand Comedy Series, sponsored by EXCEL Campus Activities. Paul Varghese and RETTA are the remaining talents to follow, and they will appear at 7:30 p.m., respectively on Oct. 6 and Nov. 5, in the Rosebud Theatre.

Arionne Wells news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Comedian Darren Carter’s offbeat antics delighted the crowd during the crowd during his free show in the Bluebonnet Ballroom of the University Center Tuesday night.