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Cultural Art hispanic students’ works are displayed in gallery West in celebration of semana de Cultura.
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Online class enters virtual world Taking part in the experimental opportunity will allow students to use an avatar in class instead of themselves. By Joan Khalaf The Shorthorn senior staff
The university will take one online class to another level next month with Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world where people can make avatars, and take them through real-life tasks like owning businesses, buying land and meeting others. Officials say a real-life simulation of classes will allow students to interact in a way they couldn’t with a regular online class — by showing models to demonstrate lessons
and points. The university will start with a one-time session of a graduate nursing class in October. “The goal is to establish a place where members can develop virtual learning communities,” said Sarah Jones, campus lead for the project and a Central Library librarian. “This provides a way for students, faculty and administration to meet without the necessity for travel.” UT System’s 15 institutions have three islands each in the virtual world. The system is the first state-wide educational system to launch a Second Life learning structure. Creating an account and using Second
the university will take one online class to a new level next month by offering a one-time session of a graduate nursing course in the virtual world of Second Life.
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Mav to attend rally in New York City 15,000 people are expected to be at today’s protest of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s U.N. appearance. By JohnaThan Silver The Shorthorn senior staff
The Cost of Belonging
The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
Along with other events, skits focus on hazing prevention
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iology senior Jerome Kirby, left, and nursing sophomore Peter Samuels push interdisciplinary studies junior Jonathan Walker while biology junior Heinz Schwarzkopf lies on the ground during a skit for the Trail of Haze on Tuesday afternoon in the University Center Guadalupe Room. During the skit, students demonstrated hazing scenarios and reminded the au-
dience that even if you agree to join a group, you are not obligated to do anything you’re uncomfortable with. They also said that even seemingly harmless acts, like making the new guy carry your books, could lead to more serious forms of hazing. After watching the performance, students receive a ticket they exchanged for items such as water bottles and Tshirts at the entrance to the UC Palo
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Duro Lounge. The Trail of Haze skits will continue today at 11 a.m. in the UC mall. The event is a part of National Hazing Prevention Week. — Stephanie Goddard
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Observatory may come to nearby park The new facility has received parts since the summer and will contain a telescope worth more than $100,000. By vinod SrinivaSan The Shorthorn staff
Students will soon get the chance to explore the universe from the campus, with the addition of a new observatory tentatively planned for Doug Russell Park. The Planetarium, along with Facilities Management, has been working since the summer to purchase parts for an observatory. The university has received the parts and is waiting to begin construction once a site has been confirmed. Planetarium director Levent Gurdemir
said an observatory is just what the university needs to develop the astronomy program. He said it would be one of the few public observatories in a central location in the Metroplex. “We have a big astronomy program of 600 to 700 students and I thought something was missing — an observatory,” he said. The telescope, which costs more than $100,000, will be equipped with a chargecoupled device camera, which determines the temperature of stars by measuring light intensities, Gurdemir said. The telescope will be strong enough to see our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. He said the telescope would mainly be used to study the moon and the planets in the Solar System. Jeff Johnson, Building Operations associate director, said Doug Russell Park has been
tentatively selected as the location for the proposed observatory. “The City of Arlington has signed off on it and we are looking to start construction within a couple of weeks and hopefully complete in a month after that,” Johnson said. As part of the astronomy labs, students are required to check out telescopes and make nighttime observations, Gurdemir said. “It would be a nice alternative way for students to do their work as well as offer them the opportunity to look through a full computeroriented telescope to make more better observations,” Gurdemir said. He said there is a possibility that students may have the ability to remotely log on to a StarS continues on page 6
UTA student Roozbeh Kiamanesh will be among the estimated 15,000 protesters today who will walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, carrying a green scroll with millions of signatures, petitioning Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s U.N. visit. Ahmadinejad, who will attend and speak at the U.N. General Assembly today, has been accused by protesters to have rigged the June 2009 Iranian presidential election. Election result protests began last summer, including at the university. The Iranian presiyour view dent, who Go online to The has expressed ShorThorn .com anti-Western to comment on this sentiments, story and express your denied that opinion about the Irathe Holocaust nian election. occurred, and said that he is proud that his remarks anger western states. “He was selected, not elected,” said Kiamanesh, civil engineering graduate student. “The election was under no standards legitimate. They fooled people. It got to a point where they weren’t going to win reelection, and so they cheated.” Although he voted for Mehdi Karroubi, the candidate who placed fourth, Kiamanesh said Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, who took second place with nearly 34 percent of the vote, was the candidate elected by the people. The Green Scroll Campaign is an international movement of people opposed to the election turnout. Green is the official color of the revolution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to boycott Ahmadinejad’s speech and encourages members of the international community to do the same, according to a Tuesday’s The Associated Press article. Ahmadinejad was declared the winner, when polls were still open. That raised a red flag, Kiamanesh said. With more than 40 million hand ballots to count, how could the results iran continues on page 6
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QUICK ON THE DRAW Architecture graduate student Charley Morey sketches the perspective of the Architecture Building for an architecture graphics class on Tuesday.
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Annual Semana de Cultura celebrated with exhibition Hispanic Heritage Month continues with an art gallery, among other events. BY TEMICCA HUNTER The Shorthorn staff
CORRECTIONS Tuesday’s story incorrectly stated the Maroon 5 concert seating procedure. Seating will be first-come, first-serve, but only in the area — floor or balcony — stated on the ticket. Purchasers can specify floor or balcony, but only as seats are available in those areas.
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During the day, you can find Soyla Santos advising art students in the Art and Art History Department, but this week she gets the chance to show off her Hispanic culture through art. She is one of several artists who display their art this week at Gallery West in celebration of Semana de Cultura. Semana de Cultura is a week-long celebration during Hispanic Heritage Month’s second week. According to a previous article in The Shorthorn, this year will be its 39th anniversary at the university. The celebration was started by the Association of Mexican American Students in 1970, two years after Hispanic Heritage Month began. Santos will feature a painting called “Shape Shifter,� which she describes as a self portrait documenting the human body as it reacts to an immediate enclosed
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space. She said the portrait also refers to a society where 60 percent of adults are overweight and to the highly-debated idea of how much personal space should be available. Santos coordinated the exhibition and said it will feature works by both undergraduate and graduate students. “I felt that the arts needed to be represented on campus during Semana de Cultura and Hispanic Heritage Month,� she said. Santos said the Art and Art History Department has a growing Hispanic population who is talented and eager to show its work. The exhibition’s purpose is to show artwork from Hispanics, though not necessarily expressing heritage as a central subject matter, she said. Art senior Francisco Moreno has two paintings featured in the exhibit. The first painting is called “Alebri,� which means a sculpture originating in Mexico, and the second is called “Chialanda Banda.� “I take unique pieces of art from the Hispanic culture, and I re-interpret them by finding a connection between the art and
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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH UPCOMING EVENTS Event: Gallery West art show When: Gallery West, Studio Arts Center Where: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. through Friday Event: Hispanic Issues Forum When: Noon – 1 p.m. Where: University Center San Saba and Palo Pinto rooms
myself,� he said. Moreno said both paintings represent the Hispanic culture because of the abstract backgrounds and colorful paint he used. Advertising junior Lenette Levario said celebrating Semana de Cultura is important because it brings all cultures together and unites them on a higher, peaceful level. “To celebrate is to be proud of your past and to be willing to teach it to your future generations,� she said. TEMICCA HUNTER news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Jazz band scheduled for concert at Levitt The third series at the pavilion features talent from multiple genres and countries. By John harden The Shorthorn staff
The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson
a chilled read Art freshman Justin Allan reads on the ledge of the fountain in the Architecture Building courtyard on Tuesday. Allan wanted to read outside because of the cool weather.
Second life continued from page 1
Life is free. Undeclared junior Amanda Mancha said she doesn’t see the educational purpose in the initiative. “It seems like it wouldn’t work as well as being there in person,” she said. “I think in a nursing class you need that hands-on experience. It also depends too much on systems that may go down. Things happen.” Jones said she expects to develop some form of a welcome center and a simulated version of the University Club, which is What is second a restaurant for faculty, life? staff, retirees, alumni and their guests. Although the A virtual world where users virtual campus won’t be may simulate real life by identical to UTA’s real-life interacting with other users, campus, certain indicative building and purchasing markers will be on the island, owning businesses and lands. creating life-like avatars. English sophomore Daniel Huston said not Cost: Free many people he knows play Second Life and that there are better ways to hold classes online. “In theory, that’s a great idea,” he said. “In practice, no one’s going to use it.” UT-Austin senior lecturer Leslie Jarmon, Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment faculty development specialist, received a $250,000 grant to take the initiative off the ground and coordinate a oneyear trial. This was one of $2.5 million in grants awarded to help develop by the UT System’s Transforming Undergraduate uta’s second life Education Program, which islands supports student success, contact sjones@uta.edu. the demand for cost-effective quality learning and Source: Sarah Jones, camthe need for different ways pus lead for the project and of learning with changing a Central Library librarian technology. There are no plans to renew the grant, Jarmon said. Educational institutions get a discounted fee of $700 per island, which includes 16 acres of virtual land. A $1,770 yearly maintenance fee per island follows. Three hundred other educational institutions use Second Life, including Texas State University. The Dallas County Community College District bought an island in 2008. Computer science senior Brian Shef, who used to be a Second Life user, said the virtual world would be much like any regular class at UTA. “We’re a huge commuter school,” he said. “So being able to log on from your computer without the travel is a great thing.”
Joan Khalaf news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
UTA’s Jazz Orchestra will share the spotlight with musicians and bands from as far west as Africa and as far north as Canada this month in Arlington’s Levitt Pavilion fall concert series. The series begins Thursday and ends Oct. 25 at the pavilion, which is located on Founders Plaza directly across the street from City Hall. The series will feature 25 artists whose music ranges from soulsinger Alex Cuba to Eddie Coker, who’s primary audience is children with songs about happiness. “We’ve tried to include something for everybody,” said Pavilion executive director Patti Diou. “We have artist coming from everywhere, and hopefully, it will attract a lot of people.” The fall concert series will feature genres like pop, rock, country, hip-hop, Latin and world music. “I missed out going to the concert this past summer,” said communication sophomore John Matthew. “I’m going this time for sure because there will be many different types of music present ... And plus it’s free.” Each artist or band is professional and is providing free, highquality music one would have to pay $25 or more to see elsewhere, Diou said. The band Brave Combo opened the concert series last fall and they’re returning to open his fall. The UTA Jazz Orchestra will perform on Sunday, making its first appearance in the concert series, Diou said. The orchestra will perform alongside jazz artist Terell Stafford. Stafford is Jazz Studies director at Temple University in Philadelphia and a member of the 2009 Grammy-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Stafford said he looks
upcoming events For a full list of musical guests visit this story theshorthorn.com Thursday Brave Combo Mosh-pit polka favorites! Friday Alex Cuba Smooth, sultry sounds that sail across cultural borders Saturday Eddie Coker Kid-friendly songs about life, happiness and purple ducks Ray Wylie Hubbard Legendary Texas troubadour
source: http://www.levittpavilionarlington.org/ConcertCalendar/tabid/55/ Default.aspx
forward to about performing at the pavilion. “I’m excited about performing with the orchestra,” he said. “I know they’ve been working really hard, and it’s always fun when I perform with college orchestras because there’s always a lot of energy.” Stafford, a trumpet player, said anyone who decides to attend the concert series will not be disappointed. “The people can expect beautiful music of soulful goodness,” he said. The genre variety at the concert will allow people to experience music they’re probably not used to hearing, Stafford said. “Hopefully, when everyone goes home from the concert they can take with them a sense of fulfillment and the spirit of the music,” he said. “When I’m at a concert, I know it’s a good one when I can close my eyes and see the sounds and music. And that’s what I hope for the people that come.”
John harden news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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The Dangers of Hazing
The proposed campus ban on tobacco is not justified
This week encourages organizations to be careful with initiation activities. While hazing may seem like a thing you only see in movies or hear about at other colleges, it’s an issue across campuses nationwide. All this week, colleges across the U.S., including UTA, are working to educate their communities about hazing as part of national Hazing Prevention Week. By attending events, students can learn about the dangers of hazing and ultimately better UTA by making their well-being a priority. According to the 2008 national Study of Student Hazing, 55 percent of college students in a club, team or organization, experience some form of hazing. That number is unacceptable, especially Editorial considering that hazrounduP ing is illegal in many The issue: states, including Texas. The campus is observing National Hazing PrevenCollege students are tion Week with events to adults and should uneducate the community derstand that hazing about hazing. can be deadly. We suggest: This week’s events The UTA community included a showing of should take advantage of the events and educate Haze, a film about a itself about the dangers University of Colorado of hazing, which is still a widespread issue. student, Gordie Bailey, who died in an alcohol involved activity. The film serves as a reminder to students of the seriousness of hazing. The university also held Trail of Haze, an event that features skits of hazing activities. These skits show students what hazing looks like, and it’s not a pretty picture. in addition to this week’s events, UTA offers facts about hazing on its Web site. The Office of Student Conduct Web site debunks hazing myths and offers a hazing fact sheet. The site helps students understand the definition of hazing so they can help prevent and report it. in addition to educating students about the dangers of hazing, the university suspends organizations that violate the no-hazing policy. Two Greek organizations, Lamda Chi, Phi Delta Theta were suspended in 2002 and 2003, respectively for violating the policy, according to previous Shorthorn articles. The university should be recognized for its attempts to educate about hazing. Students should also take this time to reflect on hazing and keep in mind what they learn this week throughout the year. — The Shorthorn editorial board consists of Cohe Bolin, Jason Boyd, Mark Bauer, Dustin Dangli and Marissa Hall
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proposal is in place, and the deci- There is even a planned Tobacco Cessation sion is pending, to make the UTA Program that will begin Oct. 1, regardless campus tobacco-free by August of whether the policy is accepted, to help 2011 and if no one is irate by now, they people quit. But quitting should be a personal choice. should be. This proposal, should it go into effect, Contrary to popular politically-correct wiswill obviously be of no concern to those of dom, there is little research to support the us who will graduate before the proposed notion that outdoor secondhand smoke is ban is scheduled to begin. For those who overly harmful. While a study in 2007 in the Journal smoke and have only recently enrolled, a decision must be made. The options are: of the Air and Waste Management Assoquit smoking; choose to pay thousands of ciation says that when standing or sitting dollars in tuition to a university that wants downwind within a few feet of a smoker for to fine and otherwise punish you for a per- 10 minutes exposure levels are significant, it also states moving a mere 6 sonal choice against which there feet away largely reduces expois no law; go through the hassle of sure. Further, the survey made finding another university to give no mention of exposure levels your thousands of dollars to — when one is briefly moving past which is largely a symbolic gesture and away from the smoker. of defiance; stay here and schedTo create the cessation proule classes with enough time ingram in conjunction with a between for hauling off campus, proposal to ban a behavior that smoking a cigarette and dashing is legal and legitimately harms back; know where the religious only oneself brings to mind the properties are on campus and go re-education centers of “George there to smoke, since those places justin sharP Orwell’s 1984.” Especially since aren’t technically owned by the the fines for first and second university. Most of these solutions are impractical, citations will be waived if the offender attends tobacco education and cessation to say the least. if you decide to quit smoking, good for classes. Basically, you won’t be fined as long you. it’s probably not a bad idea, as i’m told as you agree to get your mind right. What really makes this policy galling is smoking is bad for your health, and doing so will save you some pains in the future. that it extends even to people in their ve-
hicles. in a state where the “castle doctrine” allows one to defend his or her property with deadly force, it seems silly to issue citations to people who are doing nothing to endanger public safety while sitting in their property. in a clear demonstration of good sense and rationale, assistant police chief Rick Gomez said that he couldn’t imagine pulling people over for smoking while driving on campus streets. Citations would likely only be issued to people smoking in their cars while the vehicles are parked in campus lots, Gomez said. Unfortunately this is but one reasonable point in a broad policy that would alienate and vilify students who choose to smoke or use other tobacco products. Promoting health is good. Promoting a cleaner learning environment is good. Forcing people who pay massive amounts of money to attend a public university to change lawful behaviors through fines and penalties is coercion, plain and simple. The decision has not yet been made so there is still time for people to weigh in on the issue. if you feel strongly about this, either as a smoker or a non-smoker who believes in personal choice, head to www. uta.edu/tobaccofree to voice your opinion or get more information.
—Justin Sharp is a journalism senior and a columnist for The Shorthorn
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wo weeks ago Student Congress introduced a resolution to have The Shorthorn cease paper circulation and only continue publication online in an effort to reduce paper waste, making the campus little greener. if green is the color of absurdity, then as a former editor in chief, i’m all for it. i’m as much into going green as the next person, but The Shorthorn cannot cease circulation; doing so would essentially cripple the campus’ oldest tradition, and the campus itself. A collegiate student newspaper is more dependent on paper circulation than major metropolitan or small-town newspapers because as circulation numbers across the industry decline, students are still more likely to pick up a paper on the way to class than to log on to the Web site. Even with the redesigns and added features at www.theshorthorn.com, getting 1,500 hits on the site, at a campus of more than 26,000 students and endless faculty, parents and alumni, is considered a good day. That number would have to be significantly higher to warrant consideration of only having an online edition. Advertising would take a substantial hit on several fronts.
Editor-in-chiEf Marissa Hall E-mail editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
First, the student workers who advertising around campus. are paid on commission would The paper edition is its own have substantially smaller pay- advertisement. Would the unichecks and wouldn’t be able to versity use some of the money support themselves. Second, saved in newsprint to advertise a large number of advertisers for the Web site or help boost would pull their ad readership? Ha, i space if there wasn’t doubt it. a paper edition beWithout paper cause the traffic to circulation, The Shorthorn would The Shorthorn’s site is minimal. be reduced to a The reason experts super-intensive say the internet is killinternship with ing newspapers is below pay, no availcause advertisers and able credit hours readers haven’t made and experience that the jump online and can’t stand by itself PrincEss the industry hasn’t when trying to find mcdowEll figured out how to a job after gradumake money off the ation. web. Most readers it’s funny that won’t pay for content that they out of all the organizations can get elsewhere for free. on campus, Student Congress Yes, The Shorthorn can be would be the one considering defined as a niche publication, doing away with a paper copy of so the readership may still be the campus newspaper. Much consistent if it was forced to of the work that Student Conmove online. However, it is gress and Student Governance still a business looking to make does, along with many of the money. Most advertisers, who students involved in the orgaalready don’t make a lot of nizations, wouldn’t be campus money from the ads that run, faces without The Shorthorn. aren’t ready to make that move The paper frequently prints feajust yet and jeopardize what turettes that involve students little they do get. who work through Student AfMoney aside, the leaflets on fairs, and a beneficial, symbiotic tables and posters on the walls relationship exists between the outside the Fine Arts Building two entities. are the bulk of The Shorthorn’s The paper is the only source
The Shorthorn is the official student newspaper of the University of Texas at Arlington and is published four times weekly during fall and spring semesters, and twice weekly during the summer sessions. Unsigned editorials are the opinion of thE Shorthorn Editorial Board and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of individual student writers or editors,
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where students can exclusively get campus news since the StarTelegram has lagged on reporting on us in recent years. no Shorthorn would mean that an already-disconnected campus, because of its history as a commuter school, would drift further apart. no Shorthorn would also mean fewer annual awards for Student Publications. Several of the contests that the paper enters across the country don’t have online categories. This resolution shouldn’t be adopted when it faces Student Congress again next week. Several original sponsors have dropped their support of the resolution, some for unnamed reasons, and the paper itself does have a few allies in the administration that would, i hope, prevent this atrocity from happening. A campus that’s been fighting to be recognized as a bigname university can’t afford to undercut another tradition, especially when it doesn’t offer football. Discontinuing circulation of The Shorthorn would be a big step backward for UTA and Arlington. —Princess McDowell is a journalism senior and former editor in chief of The Shorthorn
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Web site and view the sky through the telescope. Astronomy lab assistant Crystal Red Eagle said she is excited at the opportunity to have an observatory in Arlington that she can visit often. “Most universities have an observatory and I think it would attract a lot more people who want to learn about astronomy not only for research, but general curiosity about the universe,” Red Eagle said. She said she thinks the number of astronomy students is increasing and an observatory would be a great way for public outreach to bring more people to the university. Marketing junior Eric Brown, who has attended a few planetarium shows, liked the idea of an observatory but said he was unsure about how effective the telescope would be. “Large cities like DFW emit a lot of light pollution which would make it more difficult for a telescope in a city like Arlington to have a clear view,” he said. The Planetarium staff plans to encourage the campus community to watch a planetarium show and then visit the observatory during special sky events such as meteor showers, Gurdemir said. vinod SrinivaSan news-editor.shortorn@uta.edu
“It would be a nice alternative way for students to do their work as well as offer them the opportunity to look through a full computer-oriented telescope to make more better observations.” levent Gurdemir,
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Texas gubernatorial candidate gives talk Tom Schieffer spoke to political science students about his platform and education reform. By Bryan BaStiBle The Shorthorn senior staff
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer spoke to political science associate professor Allan Saxe’s class Tuesday about the importance of higher education, staying in school and how Texas needs to step up its efforts to be able to compete in a global economy. “We have to create an educational system in which people can get plugged in no matter at what age,” he said. “When you cross the threshold as a college graduate, you not only change your life but all those that follow you.” Schieffer has experience as a state house representative, an ambassador to Australia and Japan, and President of the Texas Rangers baseball team.
He said that college students are an important audience in Texas politics. “I also wanted to come and take the message of public service to young people and I think it’s very important that they be involved and get a taste for public service,” he said. Schieffer’s staff also passed out bumper stickers, pamphlets about his political experience and information about his platform. Nursing junior Whitney White said she liked that Schieffer said Texas should start educating children as early as 3 or 4. “I loved him and I’d vote for him,” she said. Public relations sophomore Charlotte Fronk said she was disappointed by Schieffer’s speech. “He never really said how he wanted to change education,” she said. “I think he talked more about his platform rather than talk about government.” Schieffer was introduced by former
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Texas gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer, right, greets nursing junior Philip Downing after addressing students in the state and local government class of Allan Saxe, political science associate professor.
Arlington Mayor Richard Green. Saxe said he plans on having other gubernatorial candidates come speak to his class, including possible Republican governor candidates Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry. Saxe said by having Schieffer come and speak, it allowed the candidate to address issues in Texas politics today. “It allows the textbooks to come alive,” he said. The office of another Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, Kinky Friedman, has assured Saxe that Friedman will also speak to the class, but Saxe said that he is not certain when. “To have people of both parties and candidates come talk is great for young people to hear and be able to ask questions, not just see them on the television, I’m glad I got the chance,” he said. Bryan BaStiBle news-editor.shorthorn@uta,edu
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Survey calls for Maverick opinions on handguns In 2011, the Texas Legislature will revisit the concealed carry bill which didn’t pass in 2009. By nicole hineS The Shorthorn staff
Campus police are conducting an online survey polling students, faculty and staff on how they feel about campus safety and handguns. The survey will be available through Oct. 5 when the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department will analyze the data. UTA Police will then share the information with university administration said assistant police chief Rick Gomez. “We’re trying to measure everyone’s perception of crime on campus and it also asks questions about the services we provide,” he
said. The survey also asks questions about handguns, such as “do you strongly agree or disagree” with having handguns on campus. The Texas Senate passed a bill that would allow handguns on Texas state college campuses last May. The same bill failed in the Texas House of Representatives. In 2011, the Texas Legislature will reconvene, revisiting the idea of allowing concealed guns on campus. Civil engineering sophomore David Laneave said the idea of guns on campus makes him uneasy. “I wouldn’t be comfortable knowing that ten people in my class sitting right next to me have a gun,” he said. “If you do have a license, because you have to go through different certifications and background checks, I don’t
think it would raise the rate of crime or violence on campus.” Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a national organization with 41,312 members on Facebook who note that if a person has a concealed handgun license, that person should be able to carry a gun on campus. According to the group’s Facebook page, they believe making college campuses gun-free zones will “serve to disarm only those law-abiding citizens who might otherwise be able to protect themselves.” Electrical engineering freshman Clint Gnegy-Davidson said that even though the persons carrying the guns would be licensed, it wouldn’t stop a violent person from being violent. Having a license does not mean UTA is a place for guns, said Sgt.
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1st Class Karen Alexander, military science instructor. “From a personal point of view, I do have a concealed handgun license,” she said. “But do I believe it [guns] should be here on campus? No.” Alexander expressed that the stress of everyday college life is enough for students and faculty members to worry about. Adding guns to campus grounds would only add to that stress. “It could open doors that we don’t want to open,” she said. nicole hineS news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Tarrant County College nursing student Mary Moradi, right, expresses her views to psychology junior Rebekah Fosdahl on the events happening in Iran, on Friday in the University Center.
“When they’re voting, they’re wanting their voices to be heard. For the government to just override that – it’s just not fair.” Jessica Morado, nursing sophomore
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have been calculated in five hours, he asked. “There were some cities reporting that Ahmadinejad received 140 percent of the vote,” Kiamanesh said. “That’s more than the number of people eligible to vote. They stuffed the ballots.” Accounting graduate student Daniel Reynolds didn’t take a direct position on the debate but said since there were no independent election observers, the results are in question. “I don’t know if the election was stolen, but the results were suspicious,” he said. “There have been anecdotal reports that have reported irregularities.” The Persian Academic and Cultural Society, of which Kiamanesh is president, hosted an awareness event Friday in the University Center.
“We’re raising awareness about Ahmadinejad, because he is not our president,” PACS members told passersby. “He cannot represent Iran at the United Nations.” Nursing sophomore Jessica Morado said that upset voters have the right to express disappointment. “When they’re voting, they’re wanting their voices to be heard,” she said. “For the government to just override that – it’s just not fair.” Iran has a supreme leader who is the religious authority of the Islamic republic. He has the most power and is like the Pope, Kiamanesh said. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, denounced anti-Ahmadinejad demonstrations during the summer, but protests persisted. The consensus is that when you go against the Supreme Leader, you go against God, Kiamanesh said. But now people are intentionally going against the supreme leader, he said. While many oppose the current Iranian administration, counterdemonstrators attended rallies in
Iran and attendees chanted, “Death to those who oppose the supreme leader,” according to an AP article published last week. During another Ahmadinejad rally, military planes malfunctioned and crashed killing civilians, according to a Tuesday AP article. Officials blamed American sanctions on the nation for faulty materials. Iran needs new leadership that isn’t as divisive as Ahmadinejad, Kiamanesh said. “There is always an imaginary enemy that wants to fight Iran and Islam,” he said. For the Sept. 2009 meeting, President Barack Obama will chair the U.N. Security Council, which has a record of sanctioning Iran for not halting uranium enrichment. For a change, Kiamanesh suggested pushing human rights issues on Iran.
Johnathan Silver news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu