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Game replaces traditional nursing class Some students are unsure whether the digital learning environment will be more effective than attending lecture. BY MICAELA TITUS The Shorthorn staff
The School of Nursing plans to use gaming technology to teach undergraduate students about pediatric respiratory diseases. Nursing associate professor Judy LeFlore received a grant from the UT System to see if gaming could be more effective in teaching nursing students in comparison to a traditional lecture.
It will be a CD-ROM game that will replace the three-hour pediatric diseases class lecture. “Games are an immersive environment that people can learn from,” LeFlore said. “Serious games will teach, while students are competing with themselves and others.” Next semester, senior nursing students will be randomly selected to play the game or attend a traditional lecture. “UT Arlington is collaborating with UT-Dallas to create the format of the game right now,” LeFlore said. “We will evaluate students who play the game to see if they are more successful at applying skills than students that attend the class.”
Nursing junior Tiffany Cummings said she would try the game to see if she liked it but would prefer to take the class and play the game together. “The computer has its advantages and disadvantages,” she said. “I personally wouldn’t be able to get everything from the computer, but the game would be more personal with more oneon-one interaction. Some students would learn better from that.” A survey was conducted in 2005 of 104 thirdyear medical students to see the effectiveness of using educational games in teaching ectopic pregnancy compared to a traditional lecture,
“Society is changing and student’s attention spans are getting shorter. Colleges are finding more innovative ways to keep students active.” Anna Matevosyan
communication senior
according to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Students in both groups GAME continues on page 3
RAISING HER VOICE FOR AWARENESS Nursing freshman Jasmine Brown mans the bullhorn while anthropology junior Collin Harper explains to psychology freshman Annika Rosenblad how to check for signs of breast cancer using a model breast. Brazos House residents are raising awareness during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by taking donations and explaining signs of breast cancer.
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Bed Races pushed back a second time basis for their decision, Mack said. The bed-racing teams were notified of the postponement after the decision-making BY LATAISHA JACKSON meeting adjourned, Mack said. The Shorthorn staff There are 82 teams regThe university postponed istered for the Running of Bed Races for the second time the Beds, the theme of this Thursday due to inclement year’s event. Some teams have dropped due to scheduling and weather. The event sponsors, EXCEL financial reasons, Mack said. Some students said they Campus Activities and the Campus Recreation Depart- took the postponement posiment, made the decision after tively, such as softball player reviewing the evening’s weather Teri Lyles who said the event’s time interforecast. The fered with a two sponsors team commitwill meet in THURSDAY NIGHT’S ment and she the near fuWEATHER FORECAST may be able to ture to decide attend on the the event’s Severe thunderstorms with a low new date. rescheduled of 57 °F Electridate, said cal engineerAngie Mack, –National Weather Service ing freshEXCEL Camman Brandon pus TradiKamphaus tions direcsaid he was tor. “We had faith we could start not planning to attend the Bed the event without rain, but we Races, but now wants to take wouldn’t be able to finish,” she advantage of the postponement and attend when it’s reschedsaid. The novelties planned at the uled. “Going to the Bed Races Bed Races use electricity and can’t be out in the rain, like the would be interesting to get inmechanical bull, photo mag- volved with since I’m a comnets, live disc jokey and bungee muting student,” he said. games. The only game would have been the races. The sponsors are interested in the event’s quality and the LATAISHA JACKSON students’ safety, which was the news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Some reacted positively, while others were forced to drop out due to scheduling.
FACULTY/STAFF
SC adviser marks 30 years at the university Jeff Sorensen celebrates his 20th year as the Student Congress adviser.
“Jeff gave me the guidance and space to develop as a leader.” Maj. Jeannie Panton Deakyne 1998-99 SC president and military science assistant professor The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
The Wisconsin-native helped the campus and its student leaders by sharing knowledge. BY BRYAN BASTIBLE The Shorthorn senior staff
When Jeff Sorensen came to the university it was a “barren” land of concrete, but 30 years later he has seen the foliage grow and develop, as well as the campus itself. “If you look around UTA today, it looks like a campus because
of the foliage in the trees. The same has been true about the institution,” he said. “Today it is much different than when I first got here, so it’s kind of grown up along with the trees.“ The Division of Student Affairs assistant vice president celebrates 30 years working at the university this year and 20 years as SC adviser. He said working with students is his favorite part of the job. “It’s made my life richer, when you work in higher education it
provides you the opportunity to be around young people,” he said. “So I think it has provided me the opportunity to share some of the same sentiments that young people have.” Frank Lamas, student affairs vice president, described Sorensen as a wonderful adviser, mentor, confidant and advocate to the university’s student leaders. Lamas promoted Sorensen to his current position as the stuSORENSEN continues on page 8
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TODAY 50% chance of storms • High 65 °F • Low 47°F
Public Intoxication Officers arrested a woman after observing her walking toward the roadway at 5:58 a.m. near Creek Bend apartments, 1008 Oak St. Further investigation revealed the woman was intoxicated in public. She was transported to Arlington Police Department Jail.
Downtown Arlington Farmers Market: 9 a.m., 215 E. Front street. For information, contact Downtown Arlington Management Corp. at 817-303-2800 or info@downtownarlington.org.
Disturbance Officers issued a campus citation at 3:48 a.m. for a loud noise disturbance to a Legacy Heights apartment’s resident. It was the second complaint received about the same apartment resident at 415 Oak St.
Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Tommy Fitzpatrick/Margo Sawyer: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu. Leadership Academy: 1-2 p.m., Student Congress Chambers, University Center lower level. For information contact Loretta Pequeno-Griffin at lgriffin@uta.edu.
Miscellaneous Officers investigated a report of damage to a school-owned golf cart at 1:15 a.m. at 200 Third St. A staff member reported seeing the cart’s door rub against a bollard, a short post used to divert traffic from an area or road. Officers inspected the cart and found it was in normal operating condition with no damages.
International Spouses Club: 1:30-3 p.m., Swift Center. Free. For information contact Office of International Education 817-272-2355 or international@uta.edu. Entropy and Dissipative of Processes of Friction and Wear: 1:30-2:30 p.m., 105 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information contact Debi Barton at 817-272-2561 or dbarton@ uta.edu.
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Career Services director Barbara Peet, top left, addresses a table about dinner etiquette Thursday at the University Center Carlisle Suite. The Leadership Center Etiquette Dinner catered to about 60 guests in assessing proper procedures.
Advice given at etiquette dinner sounded easy, but implementation took work. BY ALI MUSTANSIR The Shorthorn senior staff
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The Leadership Center Etiquette Dinner gave students a crash course in dining etiquette on Thursday. The Leadership Center, Apartment and Residence Life, Student Governance and Career Services sponsored a free dinner for students, who registered, to teach them proper etiquette in a formal dinner setting. The dinner required participants to come in business dress or be turned away. Career Services director Barbara Peet hosted the event. Provost Donald Bobbitt said the program was a success. He attended formal dinners where former President Bill Clinton was present, while still president. The etiquette taught was used in that setting, he said. “This dinner was a very realistic facsimile of such an environment,” Bobbitt said. Some students had difficulty adjusting to how to pass food, Bobbitt said. When in a communal setting, like the University Center, it is more grab and eat, he said. International business freshman Jocelyn Cornelio said she kept forgetting to pass to the right and to
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pass before taking the last of an item. “It helps students because they are going to be in the business world later on, so this is really helpful,” Cornelio said. Undeclared freshman Niraj Patel said the experience was new to him. For instance, he was supposed to keep his fork in the left hand then switch over to eat, but he’s used to cutting with his left and keeping the fork in his right. “After she told us everything we needed to know, applying it was difficult to do because I wasn’t used to it,” Patel said. Biology freshman Jacob Gonzalez said being left-handed made it difficult for him to eat while not bumping into the person sitting next to him. He said Peet suggested left-handed individuals find an area where they have enough room, like the corner of a table. Bobbitt said he was asked to provide topics for conversation as a table host. He said some conversation topics included traveling or studying abroad, which was appropriate conversation. A nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, is not, he said. “They were very inquisitive, and I think they learned a lot,” Bobbitt said.
Disturbance Officers advised several men to keep the noise level down and move inside at 12:06 a.m. at Legacy Heights apartments, 415 Oak St.
FORMAL MEAL TIPS • Wear business attire. Men wear a suit and tie. Women should wear a business suit or wear dress slacks with a formal top and jacket. Women should not wear sleeveless tops unless they keep a jacket over it. • Place the name tag on the right side. • The bread is on the left and the water is on the right. Use utensils from the outside in. • Leave the last fold in your napkin and set it on your lap, if you excuse yourself place it on your chair. When you leave place it on the left side of your plate. • Pass food to the right. • Pass food around before taking the last of an item. • Pass the salt and pepper together, even if someone only asks for one. • Do not ask for a doggy bag. • Ask what the host recommends to gauge your price limit. • In conversation keep away from controversial topics, personal conversation is not appropriate. • Once you pick up a utensil put it on your plate, not back on the table.
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WEDNESDAY Accident — Hit and Run A student witnessed someone hit their vehicle at 5:55 p.m. at Forest Glen apartments, 412 Cooper St. Police located the person and the two people involved exchanged insurance information. Assault, Aggravated An officer issued a disciplinary referral to the Office of Student Conduct after one student reported they were pushed at 8:26 p.m. at Arlington Hall. No criminal charges were filed. Assault, Aggravated A student reported that her boyfriend, a nonstudent, assaulted her in her apartment at 7:30 p.m. at Forest Glen apartments, 412 Cooper St. The case is still active. Vehicle, Tow A reserved parking space owner had a vehicle towed at 12:24 p.m. out of Faculty Lot 7, 500 Cooper St.
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Campus police event to raise awareness on crime, drug prevention
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wild Thing Nursing sophomore Justin Tran, front, and biochemistry freshman Stephen Vo perform in a lion dragon ensemble Thursday in front of the University Center. The duo, representing the Vietnamese Students Association, celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival and sold desserts like Che Thai, a sweet milk and fruit dessert, to raise cultural awareness. “People take off work in Asian countries to spend time with their children to celebrate the festival,” Tran said.
Campus police will participate in National Night Out from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday to raise awareness for crime and drug prevention at UTA. The national event is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention, encourage communities to get involved in anti-crime agencies and to send a message to criminals to let them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back, according to National Night Out’s Web site. “The whole point of National Night Out is to increase crime prevention and awareness,” said police assistant chief Rick Gomez. This campaign, designed by the National Association of Town Watch, promotes year-round crime prevention by having neighborhood residents come out of their homes and participate in block parties and other events nationwide, according to the Web site. “I just want to hit home that our police department can’t fight crime by itself,” Gomez said. “There are a lot more students, faculty and staff than there are police officers and it would help if they would call police when they see suspicious activity on campus because security is everybody’s business and response.” This is National Night Out’s 26th year. The event is nationally held on the first Tuesday in August, but Texas recognizes the event in October. The association gave Texas permission to hold its night out later because the colder weather would draw more people out, the Dallas Morning News reported. Arlington had its event on Oct. 6. Campus police will set up a table on Tuesday on the University Center mall to pass out material about campus crime prevention, prevention-releated classes and programs.
— Nicole Hines
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showed improvement in learning and students in the gaming group reported that the game was stimulating, interesting and kept them engaged.
Broadcast communication senior Anna Matevosyan said she thinks the computerized class is a good idea but she would miss interaction with other students. “Society is changing and student’s attention spans are getting shorter,” she said. “Colleges are finding more innovative ways to keep students active.”
Mechanical engineering junior Emanuel Williams said he wouldn’t want to use a game to learn. “Anything could go wrong with a computer at any time and I would miss portions of the lecture,” he said. “I am more inclined to pay attention with a professor compared to looking at a computer screen.”
At the end of next semester, students will be evaluated on the skills they learned in lecture and through the computer game by applying the skills to high-fidelity computerized mannequins at the Smart Hospital. Students from the gaming group will be able to listen to classroom lectures at the end of the semester if they do
not feel prepared. “If gaming is more successful at applying nursing knowledge we will seek more funding and expand gaming into more classes,” LeFlore said.
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University President James Spaniolo said a CEO or president is much like the captain of a team and should treat colleagues as part of that team and not as employees. Spaniolo spoke about leadership in David Mack’s Senior Executive Leadership class Thursday. Spaniolo has spoken to the class every year since it’s inception in 2004 as part of the Goolsby Leadership Academy. Spaniolo said a university’s accomplishments are not due to the president alone. “There is always a pothole in front of you and if you are thinking about your own ego you will fall into those potholes,� he said. Management senior Christy Nilsen said someone in a top position should see that employees are working with them, not over or under, but toward a common good. Spaniolo said everyone has leadership potential. “I like that he said leadership is from the ground up,� Nilsen said. “You don’t have to have a position to be a leader.� Spaniolo said a leader should not have an argument using e-mail because it is unemotional. Spaniolo used the phrase ‘you fool’ as an example of something that could be interpreted much more harsh than intended. He said e-mail could be a constant reminder because it is always there. He said an e-mail is good for encouragement and praise, but a hand written note adds more feeling. “A hand written note – even if someone can’t read your handwriting
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President James Spaniolo makes a guest appearance during a Senior Executive Leadership class on Thursday in the Business Building. Spaniolo spoke about qualities of strong leadership and his experiences that led him to where he is today.
– it means something,� he said. Management senior Travis Boren, former Student Congress president, said he received notes from Spaniolo while he was SC president. He said it is easy to send e-mail but taking the time to handwrite a note shows that someone cares. “It’s really impressive that he takes the time to do it,� Boren said. “It is something I would like to mimic someday in my career.� Spaniolo said the hardest obstacle
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the program could help women. “I would certainly encourage anyone to go,� he said. “If you’re able to defend yourself, it would definitely decrease the severity of victims.� The course is designed to help women overcome sexual violence effects by teaching assertiveness, awareness, risk reduction, avoidance, physical defense options and strategies, according to the UTA Police Web site. The course is administered by UTA police. Materials and supplies are free. Class conductors are RAD certified. “The feedback that we’ve gotten from the class has been overwhelmingly positive,� Peterson said. “Most of
the women who complete the course say that they feel more confident and more ready to take on an attacker if they feel so confronted.� Participants should arrive at the MAC’s entrance and will be directed to the appropriate classroom. Topics include self defense and the law, risk awareness and avoidance, and the 10 basic principles of self defense, according to the university’s calendar. Register online at www.uta.edu/ police, scroll down to crime prevention and click on “RAD on-line registration� in the drop box.
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he faced is the fear of failure. He said sometimes failure could be the best thing to happen to one at a given time. “Don’t be timid, don’t be consumed by the fear of failure,� he said. Boren said the fear of failure is always something in the back of one’s head for motivation. He said he thinks it was insightful of Spaniolo to say everyone will fail sometime, but to not to let that fear become an obstacle. People need to understand that they are going to make mistakes.
Police will be administering a free self-defense program geared toward women Saturday in the Maverick Activities Center. The program, the Rape Aggression Defense System teaches self-defense tactics and techniques developed for women, according to the UTA Police Web site. The course will begin at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. The program is free and available for female students, faculty and staff. “The students learn techniques to defend themselves against assaults,
sexual and physical assaults, and they also learn general crime prevention techniques,� said Dean Peterson, police sergeant and RAD instructor. “Most of the class is spent on the physical part of the techniques.� Peterson will be teaming up with lead instructor officer Randy Reynolds to lead an anticipated 15 to 20 women at Saturday’s session. This semester, one sexual assault was reported near campus, according to a previous The Shorthorn article. English senior Justin Atkins said
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Goliath Slays david Federal regulation of private conduct is the precise opposite of the Founders’ intent
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onday’s Washington Times Web site ran a story about a couple from Texas, in their sixties, who were raided a few years ago by a SWAT team from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The husband grew orchids, but had obtained some without proper paperwork, and as a result, armed agents ransacked his home and he spent close to two years in federal prison — for making paperwork mistakes on importing flowers. This story points out the typical burden of regulation. Regulations do not protect individual rights, as does the criminal code, but, rather, restrict individual conduct. Federal regulation launches
thou shalts and thou shalt nal, healthy organism. Today the government is nots at private citizens, and the businesses owned and op- a maze of private whim and gang warfare between opposerated by “free” individuals. By contrast, the Founding ing interest groups. Miraculously, Fathers issued limitathe Founders estions on government tablished a strucitself to defend each ture that would citizen from the numnot micromanage ber one threat to all the states, the mupersonal liberty... the nicipalities and government itself. individuals. inThe Founders restead, they placed jected centralized tyrrestrictions on the anny. Shrugging off government’s conone domineering state, Cliff HalE duct. they had sufficient innot undertegrity not to establish standing the bedrock of why another. But they counted too the Founders did what they much on their own education did, recent pretenders to inand conviction continuing. tellectualism reengineer the instead, the generations in- core program to promote perfected and mutated the origi- sonal preference agendas.
Congress constantly scampers past the yellow tape, outlining the limits of government and scribbles chalk lines around the places where once stood sovereign individuals. All that remains when they have finished are the zombified corpses of private citizens, morphed into social cogs in a grinding, impersonal machine that cranks out more, yet increasingly inferior components of a machine that grinds out more, deteriorated copies of components of a machine that grinds out more ... and more ... and more...
— Cliff Hale is staff columnist at The Shorthorn and interdisciplinary studies junior.
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i feel inclined to call men ost little girls dream about their sexist when they listen to wedding day, their a woman saying she’s indedress, color scheme, loca- pendent and labelling her tion, even the age they want a feminist. Such labels are to tie the knot. By the time equally offensive. i am a perthey reach college, the mar- son first — a woman second. i appreciate and take riage bug bites, sometimes great delight when a door is with a vengeance. Historically, marriage opened for me, receive a surwas a survival mechanism prise of flowers in the morning, or a thoughtfor women while men ful dinner when have had a choice. i am studying in Survival of the fittest the library. This is no longer our quest tells me that i am for the most eligible being treated like bachelor. We have a a princess not a choice. in this era, dismal creature. marriage isn’t based Hypothetion need, finance or a cally, you’ll have social mobile. We are the man of your capable of pursuing and our path to happiness KimbErly nannEy dreams, you’ll have a independently and grand wedding in being prized for who we are, not what superficial a little church on top of a hill. Complete with the ring benefits we offer. Presently, women are rais- bearer and ancient vows of ing children by themselves eternal love wearing a stunand becoming respected ning Vera Wang with a price CEOs, leaders in engineering tag equivalent to a new car and presidential candidates. — everything is perfect, from Women’s child-being age has the delicate finger sandwichrisen – 30 is the new 25. So es and caviar to melting ice what’s the hurry? The ur- sculptures in the shapes of gency for marriage has dras- wildlife. Then you and Mr. tically decreased. Women Charming soak in the Tahiti are not damsels in distress. sunset; it’s all room service, We are capable of achieving champagne, strawberries great things without needing and sexy lingerie. You’ll buy a house toa male’s social or financial gether and enjoy being Mr. help.
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and Mrs. Charming. People will comment on how happy and perfect you are together. Your dreams about fast-moving cities, fame and fortune and far away places are traded for “the One.” You forget about getting a higher degree and volunteering on mission trips, promising yourself you will get to do these things once Mr. Charming gets established in his career. You are superwife — but this starts to eat away at your soul. As time goes on, you’ll start a family and produce a beautiful child. Soon after, the arguments start. Bills must be paid, Charming Jr. must be taken to school and other extra-curricular activities, fed and put to bed. You have your domestic duties as wife and mother on top of all of this. Mr. Charming is too tired from work to do much. But you should have the energy to complete these tasks, right? You don’t have time to spend together anymore. Maybe you’ll try marriage counseling, but it is only a Band-Aid on years of abandoned dreams. The glamour and beauty marriage once promised now seem dimfeeling, more like a cave. So what happens if everything you’ve dreamed about crumbles? Marital bliss does
Editor-in-chiEf Marissa Hall E-mail editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
not last forever. Divorce happens. Despite the financial aspect, a divorce feels like your soul is being crushed. You get strength from people who have risen from the ashes of a burnt up marriage. Don’t give up your dreams. Travel, go volunteer, get your degree, go to that city calling your name. You and Mr. Right will find each other. You will feel more accomplished as his love propels you to heights you didn’t believe were possible and help you attain your dreams. Do we have one soul mate? Possibly, but the very nature of a soul mate requires one strong ingredient — faith that God will align your paths at the right time. if you are blessed with the Yin to your Yang, you should still experience many things and meet many people. Surely love can endure time. it would be a shame to meet your true love later in life, when you have already married and have children. i am not telling you what to do. i think marriage is wonderful. i’m simply sharing a few things i wish someone had told me before i began college.
Plans are in consideration to change Ransom Hall’s purpose. The building might be turned into a freshmen success center. The center will serve to help freshmen adjust to life at UTA. The problem is, every day students use of Ransom Hall. The 24/7 computer lab is the only one on campus and serves as a printing hub. The lab located in the library is only 24-hours Monday through Thursday. The computer store could possibly relocate to the University Center or the UTA Bookstore. This may mean job losses for those working in the computer store. The center would be beneficial to incoming freshman, whose numbers Editorial are growing every rounduP year, but the needs The issue: of students who The university is considuse Ransom Hall ering turning Ransom Hall into a freshman would be oversuccess center. looked. We suggest: Unless students Ensuring that the areas can still utilize the utilized in Ransom Hall unique parts of are relocated so students will have access Ransom Hall, such to them. as the 24-hour access, when moved, the freshman success center may not be worth the identity change. Ransom Hall, built in 1919, was the first building on campus and has undergone makeovers and university identities before it settled as UT Arlington. it was originally the administration building for Grubb’s Vocational College. The building housed administration offices, classrooms, the library, and at one point, The Shorthorn was located there. W.A. Ransom was the first faculty member acting as a sponsor for The Shorthorn, in addition to his role as an English professor. He retired 35 years later as the English Department chair. Besides the early uses and history of the building, it is at present used by many students who need a computer or printer after other areas on campus close. This need is strong enough that any elimination of the building’s present uses would be a big loss to the majority of students. Amenities available at Ransom Hall are necessary for the success of all students, not only freshmen.
-The Shorthorn editorial board consists of Marissa Hall, Mark Bauer, Dustin L. Dangli, Shawn Johnson, Jason Boyd and Cohe Bolin
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-Kimberly nanney is an undeclared sophomore
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remember Check out Tuesday’s paper for a complete recap of the volleyball team’s match against Texas State. Friday, October 9, 2009
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Friday’s matchup against texas state represents more than just another conference game for the UtA volleyball team and head coach Diane seymour. “It’s a traditional rivalry,” seymour said. “I can remember playing them [as player for UtA]. It’s your travel partner too, so you always want to play well against your travel partner. that’s typically your biggest rival.” A team’s travel partner is a university that, due to its proximity, will travel in conjunction with UtA to play conference weekend games. In this case, texas state represents the travel partner. “Last weekend we went to Lamar and sam Houston [state],” seymour said. “When we were playing Lamar, texas state was playing sam [Houston state]. And we flip-flopped. It’s typically your rival because it’s your closest opponent.” rivalries aside, both teams go into this game at 6:30 p.m. in san Marcos, texas, with 2-2 conference records. strangely enough, UtA and texas state have identical conference victories and losses against the same opponents. Both teams have defeated texas A&M-Corpus Christi and UtsA and both teams have lost to sam Houston state and Lamar. the Mavericks (6-10) are 2-9 when not playing on their home court this season
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Junior setter Raegan Daniel sets the ball for junior middle blocker Christy Driscoll at volleyball practice Thursday afternoon in Texas Hall.
while the Bobcats (8-11) are 6-1 at home. Both teams are coming off two straight losses. seymour said her team’s practices this week bode well for the weekend.
“Intense actually,” seymour said of practice. “We went longer than I probably wanted to. there were something I wanted to get through, particularly with our outside
hitters and middle blockers.” Junior setter raegan Daniel said the extra practice this week has been necessary for the team’s mindset. “It’s been harder,” Daniel said. “It’s been more emotional than physical. We’re trying to get the fight out of us for the road.” seymour said a focus during this week’s practice has been to better distribute the ball among the attackers because the team has relied too heavily on the outside hitters. she said the middle of the net needs to be utilized to have a better attack. “We worked on that on Monday and tuesday and we’ll continue with that today [thursday],” seymour said. “Hopefully we can get them involved early in the match and take some pressure off Bianca [sauls], Amanda [Aguilera] and tara [Frantz].” sophomore middle blocker Emily shearin said the team recognizes the importance of spreading the attack. “We can’t just rely on one or two hitters,” she said. “Everyone has to be working together and making sure our passes are good so we can run our offense the way we should be running it.” seymour noted texas state’s loss against Lamar reminded her of the Mavericks’ match against the Cardinals. “they didn’t play very well against Lamar,” seymour said. “It was like watching ourselves play. We’ll try to go at them pretty hard from the service line.” Clint Utley sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Criminal justice senior Joey Salas, left, and Doug Garner, Movin’ Mavs head coach, play against each other in a friendly game of bocce on Thursday night in the Physical Education Building. The Campus Recreation Department and the Movin’ Mavs organized this event to promote events on campus focused toward students with disabilities.
Bocce ball gets low turnout, positive reviews the Movin’ Mavs sponsored UtA’s first Intramural Bocce Night last night. seven people attended the event that was designed to attract students with disabilities to more paralympic campus events. Undeclared freshman Jorge sanchez, who is new to the Movin’ Mavs this season, participated in the event. sanchez liked playing the game, but said that he would like to see the team sponsor more events. “I thought bocce was a cool thing,” sanchez said. “We should definitely do more events like this to get noticed.” Bocce is similar to lawn bowling, as points are given to the team who lands its ball closest to the starting ball. Bocce is just one event the Movin’ Mavs plan to sponsor as well as wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis and a paralympic sports clinic.
yoUr VieW “This is good for people in wheelchairs who can’t get out and play contact sports. They have an outlet to play a new competitive sport and make new friends.” John McPhail, social work freshman
“I wish more severely disabled people would come out because these events are made for physically challenged people.” Joey Salas, criminal justice senior
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good advertising Kinesiology freshman Leslie Bell reads Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and The Durable Future on Thursday in University Hall. Bell generally spends the four-hour gap between classes on-campus since she commutes daily from Ennis. Bell said she came to the university because of familiarity. Bell’s mother attended as a student.
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dent affairs assistant vice president, when Lamas first came to the university in the late summer of 2005. “He has challenged them to be the best leaders possible and consider what is best for the university and all our students,� he said. “It has been a pleasure to work with Jeff and he is very helpful to me drawing from his past experiences at UTA.� Sorensen advises the entire SC including recording secretary Jayshaun Williams. “Working with him is eye-opening, you can see the university from a whole new perspective because he’s so experienced,� she said. “He’s so knowledgeable, any questions you have, he knows who to talk to, and he knows the steps.� Sorensen has two children, Scott and
Samantha, and has been married for 15 years to Mardie Sorensen, student affairs assistant vice president. He coaches one of his son’s baseball teams. Outside of advising SC and its leaders, he said in his spare time he likes to play golf with friends and spend time with his family. “I am fortunate enough to still have both of my parents alive, they’re both 87, and so I try to spend as much time as I can with them,� he said. His parents live in Texas in the winter and in Wisconsin in the summer. Originally from Wisconsin, Sorensen likes the Green Bay Packers and went to Super Bowl XXXI when the Packers beat the New England Patriots 35-21 in New Orleans. “I remember the first two super bowls, that was during my youth. I remember the Ice Bowl when Green Bay beat Dallas,� he said. “I was younger then, I remember those games. Dallas always thought that they
Student Congress will have opinion boards set up across campus next week, Monday through Thursday, to encourage students to voice their thoughts on university issues. When passing the boards, students can attach notes stating how they feel about campus issues like moving to a tobaccofree campus, the idea of remodeling Ransom Hall, textbook and education costs and “other.� The three boards will be in the University Center mall, Central Library mall and the Maverick Activities Center. “It’s an easy way for students to get their voices heard on these issues,� said SC program director Aaron Resendez. “We’ll look closely at what they say by compiling a list at the end of the program.� He said this is the
opinion board locations: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday University Center mall, Central Library mall and around the Maverick Activities Center
first year that SC has done something like this, and he said that they got the idea from Virginia Tech. “It’s been working for them for many years,� he said. “We’ll see how it goes, depending on feedback, we’re hoping to do it every year.� The following week, a forum will be held for students to directly speak with their senators and the SC executive board about what they had placed on the opinion boards.
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were a rival of the Packers, and so I am not necessarily happy when the Cowboys lose but I don’t care if they win.� Before coming to UTA he had worked at the University of Dubuque in Iowa and at Southern Methodist University. Maj. Jeannie Panton Deakyne, 1998-99 SC president and military science assistant professor, said she has been honored to include the Sorensen family in the her life in the last 15 years. “Jeff is the quintessential adviser — he took the time to share with me the experiences of the Student Congress presidents and executive boards he had worked with in the years leading up to my presidency, but
he allowed me to make my own decisions, shape the office in the ways that made the best sense for me, and to take ownership for my own mistakes,� she said. “Jeff gave me the guidance and space to develop as a leader.� Sorensen said he plans on staying at his position for a long time. “It’s something new all the time — each congress and each executive board — very rarely do we have the same issue or opportunities,� he said. “It’s ever-changing.�
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The Kinky Friedman lecture scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday in University Hall was postponed. Friedman was invited to speak to a State and Local Government class as a 2010 gubernatorial election democratic candidate. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer spoke to the class Sept. 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very disappointed about Kinky having to reschedule, I hope to have him later in
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the semester,â&#x20AC;? said Allen Saxe, political science associate professor, who invited Friedman to speak to the class. He said that there was a scheduling issue and that Friedman would not be able to arrive on time. There is no tentative day scheduled for Friedmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture.
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