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GRADUATE STUDIES
GRADFest answers the tough questions About 350 attended information sessions to learn about grad school, including getting in and covering the cost. BY ANDREA SILVERS The Shorthorn staff
GRADFest offered help Wednesday to students and professionals concerned that graduate admission would be difficult and costly. Representatives from the Office of Graduate Studies, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, UTA graduate departments
and 36 other schools were available to inform about the realities of graduate school in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge and upper level. About 300 students and 50 nonstudents attended. DeSoto resident Meredith Fleming said she was looking into schools online when she found out about GRADFest. “I’m a homemaker now, but I’ve been really interested in coming back to school,” Fleming said. “My undergraduate degree is in biology, but I want to go to grad school for communications, so my biggest question today was
about what hurdles I’m going to have to jump over to get admitted.” Fleming and others attended an alumni panel discussion where the speakers described their experiences with changing majors for graduate school and taking time off between their degrees. A few speakers said having an unrelated degree shouldn’t deter anyone from applying for a graduate program. During the event’s roundtable discussions, representatives from Graduate Student Services answered questions about qualifying for graduate school.
“The biggest thing I try to tell undergraduates is that it’s never too late to start working toward getting into grad school,” said Joslyn Krismer, graduate student services assistant director. She said students without requisite grade point averages can sometimes get in on a probationary basis. Krismer said other factors like letters of recommendation, test scores and grade improvement can matter as much as a GPA. GRADFEST continues on page 4
COMMENCEMENT
Summer graduates can walk in fall August ceremonies are dropped to focus on fall and spring due to low turnout. BY ROSA MARTINEZ The Shorthorn staff
Administrators cancelled summer commencement ceremonies two weeks ago but are still trying to get the word out to the university community. The August ceremony was cancelled for the low number of graduates in the summer, people not wanting to participate and the high rate of no-shows, said Amy Schultz, communications and community relations associate vice president. The cancellation will not affect students’ academic achievement. Administrators have already attempted to inform students through the TrailBlazer newsletter and e-mail. Schultz said candidates can attend a ceremony in the December, following their summer term. Students filing for graduation in the summer will receive individual notices about the cancellation. “We are hoping we can cre-
NUMBER OF SUMMER GRADS Summer 2009 – 754 Summer 2008 – 804
Source: University spokesperson Kristin Sullivan
ate an even more celebratory environment in December and May,” Schultz said. Schultz said the funds will go to other university programs and to make sure students are aware of the change. She said students would be best served by putting on two great ceremonies and not diverting financial and staff resources. The ad hoc commencement committee, which plans UTA’s commencement ceremonies, created www.uta.edu/commencement to help prospective graduating students find basic information, and it will serve to continue spreading the cancellation news. By using this Web site, committee members discovered that a large number of
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Business management senior Everett Walker models fall clothing on Wednesday at Kalpana Chawla Hall. The Strut for a Cause fashion show displayed party, fall and pink clothing in promoting breast cancer awareness.
Fashion with a Cause Event includes catwalk to raise cancer awareness
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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Discrimination, equality focus for GSA speakers Personal experiences and gay marriage were also highlights of the discussion. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER
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ameras immediately flashed as the catwalk opened to the theme of Jay Z’s “Run This Town.” Onlookers crowded the sides of the Kalpana Chawla Hall courtyard as seats quickly filled for the beginning of the Strut for a Cause fashion show. Senior resident assistant Gabrielle Aguilar worked in unison with senior RA Wendy Okolo to create a program that entertained and informed students about breast cancer. “My job is to focus all of my programming on what I can provide for my students,” Aguilar said. “Including them is natural to me, I wouldn’t look anywhere else.” Industrial engineering sophomore Willie Dennis
walked the catwalk with confidence, chin up, shoulders back and looking straight ahead. He said he’s never done anything like this before, but it felt like everyday walking to him. He did it because Okolo asked him, but had a good time, he said. “I felt pretty comfortable on the catwalk,” Dennis said. Okolo said she saw Brazos House’s bra bridge, where residents hung underwear from trees in front of the house to promote breast cancer and testicular cancer awareness, but wanted to add something else to the cause. “We’re making sure that men and women know about this,” Okolo said. “This could be your mother or your sister, who might need this information.” FASHION continues on page 4
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While one speaker told his account of growing up as a gay Jew and dealing with discrimination, another directed attendees to take action and forward the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender agenda, during Wednesday talks sponsored by UTA’s Gay-Straight Alliance chapter. Architecture assistant professor Douglas Klahr talked about how gay Jews were further marginalized compared to heterosexual Jews during the Holocaust. Robert Moore said a very personal problem he deals with is marriage equality. Moore is owner and publisher of Dallas Voice, a newspaper geared toward the Dallas gay community. “I’ve been with the same man for 18 years and this ring is just as precious as the ring my sister wears,” Moore said. “But I’ve been told that this ring isn’t precious to me.” Until 1967, interracial marriages were illegal and around the same time, nearly 70 percent of Americans were against such unions, he said. Luckily, the U.S. Supreme Court voted down all laws prohibiting mixed marriages, Moore said. Fundamental rights shouldn’t be voted on, he said.
INTERNATIONAL
Medical costs force student home Recovering coma patient Lijing Liu will fly home to China with her family this week as her condition continues to slowly improve. BY TEMICCA HUNTER The Shorthorn staff The Shorthorn: Tim Crumpton
Architecture assistant professor Douglas Klahr presents a slide show about the prejudices the homosexual community has faced since the Nazi regime on Wednesday in the University Center Rosebud Theatre. The talk was sponsored by UTA’s Gay-Straight Alliance chapter, which holds meetings every Wednesday from noon-1 p.m.
“For African-Americans there was the Emancipation Proclamation and the Voting Rights Act,” he said. “For me it was June 2003, when the Supreme Court said that outlawing homosexuality beGSA continues on page 4
After three months spent a coma, electrical engineering graduate student Lijing Liu continues to show improvement, but high medical costs forced her family to move her back to China. Liu’s father, Jun, said the decision was hard, but it’s the best option. Biology graduate student Qi Wang, who has helped raise money for the family during the last several weeks, said the family has connected with the local government in China to get help at the hospital in their hometown. “The doctor said that her future recovery will be slow, and it’s easier to take her back home,” Jun Liu said. Liu, her mother and a nurse will travel back to China on a 20-hour flight this week. Her father will fly back separately. Liu suffered a stroke in mid-July due to a intracranial hemorrhage that caused her to go into a coma. A congenital condition of the brain called arteriovenous malformation caused the hemorrhage.
Although Liu Lijing Liu, made improveelectrical ments over the last engineering few weeks, the docgraduate tors said it may still student take several months for her to fully wake from the coma and even longer for her to fully recover. She can now breathe on her own without help from a breathing machine, and can respond to people in the room. She also can move her head, eyes and recognize her family’s and friends’ faces. Linda Lian, Chinese Baptist Church member who visited Liu in the hospital three times, called her improvement “a miracle.” Lian found out about Liu through a nurse at the hospital, who is a member of Lian’s church, and wanted to help the family. She and her church have donated about $4,000 for Liu’s care. Lian said Liu is very emotional and cries when her family leaves the room. LIU continues on page 6
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An Earthy Celebration
Earth Science Day attracts students with experiments, hot dogs and prizes
BY VINOD SRINIVASAN
TODAY 50% chance of storms • High 88 °F • Low 70°F The Hermanns Lecture Series: All day. For information visit www.uta.edu/ english or contact Roxanna Latifi at 817-272-6107 or roxanna@uta.edu Selected 2D Works: 11 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Santa Fe Station. Free. For information contact Christina Graves at 817-2725988. Drop-Advising and Info Table: 11 a.m.2 p.m., University Center first floor, booth near Starbucks. Free. For information contact Blake Hart at 817-2721120 or studyabroad@uta.edu. “Secret of the Cardboard Rocketâ€?: 12:30-1:30 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. GIS Workshop- Happiness: 3-5 p.m., B20 Central Library. Free. For information contact Joshua Been at 817-2725816 or been@uta.edu. Word for Dissertations and Thesis: 4-6 p.m., 211A Ransom Hall. For information contact Lisa Berry at lberry@uta. edu. Hobby Crafters: 4-9 p.m., 7814 Forney Road, Dallas. For information contact UTA Volunteers at 817-272-2963 or utavolunteers@uta.edu. Biology Colloquium Series: 4-5 p.m., 124 Life Science Building. Free. For information contact 817-272-2872 or lktaylor@uta.edu. “IBEX: Search for the edge of the Solar Systemâ€?: 5:30 p.m.-6:30 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. Dancing with Mavericks: 6:30 p.m., Maverick Activities Center. For information contact Multicultural Affairs at 817-272-2099 or multicultural_affairs@ uta.edu. Wascoe Guest Vocal Recital: 7:30 p.m., Irons Recital Hall. Free. For information contact Music Department at 817272-3471 or music@uta.edu.
PERSONAVACTION by Thea Blesener
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Geology Honor Society hosted Earth Science Day to honor a national week and help others learn about the world and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Students and faculty put up charts, models and presentations in the Geoscience Building courtyard Wednesday to highlight the research done in the department. Earth Science Week is used to encourage people to go out and learn about the natural world and geosciences, according to the American Geological Institute Web site. Society president Lisa Moran said she hoped people would show more interest in earth sciences. She said about 100 people, including the people from the department, attended the event. “It is more than just about a rock, it’s about what the rock represents,� Moran said. “It tells a story about what was going on a million years ago.� Students could win pieces of earth such as gypsum, calcite and even fossilized trees by spinning the wheel of rocks. Students had to pay a quarter per spin and the proceeds went to the Mineral Wells Fossil Park. The park’s goal is to become the largest open fossil park in Texas containing crinoids, a marine animal, and other fossils, Moran said. Geochemistry graduate student Teresa Sykes represented the climate group and talked about the subject’s importance. “If we can accurately represent what happened in the past we can hopefully predict future climate,� Sykes said. She showed how an instrument called the box core would help researchers collect sediments from the bottom of rivers. “By collecting these sediments we can find out the carbon dioxide composition of them and then maybe predict water quality,� Sykes said. Honor society member April Moreno presented a model that showed how carbon dioxide settles to the bottom of rivers by pouring water over dry ice and showing how bubbles levitate above the ice because of the carbon dioxide. She said earth science day was important to get the word out about the department. “We cover topics from climatology, structural geology, engineering and I think more students should consider geology,� Moreno said. The hot dogs drew in Robert Combs, industrial engineering graduate student, but he stayed at the event because of the information. “It was very informative about how we get our coal and natural gas,� Combs said. “The people here were really informative and answered some of my questions.�
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Geology junior Oscar Salaiz, right, watches as geology graduate student April Moreno blows bubbles into a tub of carbon dioxide as part of a demonstration for Earth Science Week in the Geoscience Building courtyard Wednesday. The bubbles float in the tub due to the carbon dioxide having a higher density than air.
“We cover topics from climatology, structural geology, engineering and I think more students should consider geology.�
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April Moreno
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WELLNESS
Health Services class teaches mindfulness techniques Students were challenged to accept the entirety of their situation in life at a Mindful Moments class on Wednesday. Marie Bannister, Health Services director of clinical psychologists, asked participants to put aside everyday life concerns and be mindful of everything she mentioned in the 30-minute class. It involves teach-
ing techniques that help people address stress and deal with it positively. This is the class’s first semester. It was created when the health center was looking to expand services that could benefit the university community. “Mindfulness is a personal and professional interest,� Bannister
said. The class uses a different mindfulness technique each week. This week, participants used breathing as an anchor to focus their attention. These techniques can help address people’s stress, Bannister said. Bannister said each mindful experience will be different for each participant and may change each time a person focuses on mindfulness.
Mindful Moments is offered from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. every Wednesday in 235 Business Building. Classes are free to the university community and no sign-up is required. Due to the nature of the class, participants couldn’t be interviewed because of privacy considerations.
TUESDAY
Greek Row. The case is active
SUNDAY
Criminal Mischief or Vandalism Officers investigated damage to a pole at 4:30 p.m. that held two handicap signs in Lot 47, 800 Oak St.
Injured Person Medical Assist A projection screen fell on a faculty member at 12:39 p.m. in the Life Science Building.
Warrant Service- Misdemeanor Officers arrested a student at 6:53 p.m. for an Arlington Police Department warrant during a routine traffic stop at 800 Oak St.
Injured Person Medical Assist A staff member reported another staff member was possibly having a stroke in his classroom at 10:22 a.m., at 601 Nedderman Drive. Emergency Medical Services were called, but the staff member refused to be transported to the hospital. The case was cleared.
Burglary, Habitation A student reported a burglary of habitation at 7:00 a.m. in Centennial Court apartments, 806 W. Mitchell Circle. The student reported someone had taken DVDs and a calculator from the apartment without the student’s consent. The calculator was returned but the DVDs are still missing. The case is active.
— Micaela Titus
POLICE REPORT 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.
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remember The volleyball team will return to Arlington to host Southeastern Louisiana at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Texas Hall.
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Demons crushed in 3-set blowout Trailing only twice the entire match, Mavericks come out 3-3 in conference play. By Clint Utley The Shorthorn sports editor
After losing in three sets over the weekend to texas state, the volleyball team flipped the script Wednesday night with its own three-set win against Northwestern state (1-14) in texas Hall. the Mavericks (7-11) climbed back to 3-3 in southland Conference play behind a powerful attack against an overwhelmed opponent. three Mavericks – sophomore outside hitter Amanda Aguilera, junior hitter Bianca sauls and sophomore middle blocker Christy Driscoll - reached seven kills each and the team had a combined .507 hitting percentage with only one hitting error in the match. Head coach Diane seymour said her team’s offense, noting middle blockers Emily shearin and Driscoll, accomplished its objectives. “they both did a very good job,” seymour said. “our two middle blockers are very quality players. I was very pleased with how Christy approached the game today. Emily had a few less kills, but I saw her take the best swing she’s taken since she’s gotten to UtA.” Driscoll registered a .583 hitting percentage and shearin tallied five kills on a .417 hitting percentage while adding three serving aces. UtA controlled the first set from start to finish. the Mavs took the first point of the set on a kill by sophomore outside hitter tara Frantz and never looked back. After leading 10-5, a kill by junior setter raegan Daniel sent the Mavs on a rally to lead 21-7 and won the set 25-10. “I’ve been confident in my hitters all season,” Daniel said. “But they obviously did really good tonight. We
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got really excited the whole match, which made us play faster and harder.” Frantz, sauls and Daniel finished the first set with a perfect hitting percentage and the team totaled 11 kills on a .688 percentage. Daniel recorded eight assists and sauls had three digs. “We’re really confident in texas Hall,” Daniel said. “We just need to work on taking that confidence on the road with us.” While no player maintained a perfect hitting percentage in the second set, the team put down 15 more kills on a .469 hitting percentage. sauls added four kills and Driscoll and Daniel pitched in three each. Aguilera had eight digs in the set. the team built a 15-8 lead when Driscoll went on a well-timed run to put down a kill. the Mavs finished with a 10-5 run to end the second set. shearin minded the net with one solo block and a block-assist with Daniel. “We definitely had to play our game throughout,” shearin said. “We knew that [Northwestern state] isn’t playing as good as the other teams we’ve been playing. We had to keep our emotion high throughout the game.” the Lady Demons had to wait until the third set to establish a lead, but the Mavs were quick to rescind it. Driscoll and Aguilera each had three kills and Frantz had two kills on two attempts. Daniel provided 11 The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley assists and sophomore libero Alicia Sophomore outside hitter Amanda Aguilera dives to save the ball during the Mavericks’ shaffer had four digs. With the Mavs leading 12-7, sauls 3-0 win over Northwestern State on Wednesday at Texas Hall. Aguilera achieved ten digs, flew cross-court to set Aguilera for seven kills, and a single ace as the Mavericks swept the Lady Demons. a kill. After building a 14-8 lead, the Mavs went on a 6-0 run that included portant to win at home before they that we’re confident and we don’t care three blocks to put the match within travel to conference-unbeaten Central who we’re playing or where we’re playing, we’re going to win this match.” reach of a victory. Northwestern state Arkansas on saturday. “We only have two kids on our rosattempted a late-set rally but the Mavs ter that have ever played in that gym,” won the match with a 25-12 third set. Clint Utley seymour said this match was im- she said. “We’re going to take the side sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Paralympic sports clinic open to all students the Division of student Affairs is teaming up with Campus recreation to host a paralympic sports clinic saturday at the physical Education Building and the Maverick Activities Center. people invited to participate in the events are all UtA students, disabled veterans, community members with a physical disability and professionals who work with people with disabilities. the showcased sports will be wheelchair basketball, table teneVent times nis, swimBocce Ball: 8 – 10 ming and a.m. bocce ball. table tennis: 10 a.m. Doug Gar– noon ner, Movin’ Wheelchair basketMavs head ball: 1 – 5 p.m. coach, and swimming: 4 – 6 his team p.m. will be involved with the clinic. He said these events are helpful to the people involved. “It [the clinic] addresses an area that has been ignored,” Garner said. “people involved learn about fitness and it helps them connect to the community.” Check-in will be at the p.E. Building along with wheelchair basketball, swimming and bocce ball. table tennis will be held at the MAC. Admission and participation are free. Athletes and coaches with international and national experience will lead demonstrations about the sports. people of all skill levels are welcome. participants will be taught about community programs, coaching, competition advice and training.
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Models strutted to the show’s themes — party, fall and pink wear — in various poses and outfits throughout the night. Cody Early, international business and French junior, sported a dressy casual look in all three categories. “It was really exhilarating, walking down the catwalk,” Early said. The crowd piled up to almost three times the expected 37 chairs set aside for the event. Students stayed around for additional info from models and sponsors, such as Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Psychology sophomore Billy Stevenson was event emcee with an original musical performance by alumnus Peter Mutsemi. Education sophomore Elizabeth Kellie said the show was wonderful, and it being for a good cause made it all the better. “I thought the singer was really nice,” she said. “He had a really good voice.”
William Johnson news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Junior cadets encouraged to attend college ROTC members used lip-syncing and sessions to attract new recruits. BY lataisha Jackson The Shorthorn staff
The Maverick Battalion hosted the Army Junior ROTC college information conference yesterday in the Maverick Activities Center to encourage high school ROTC members to consider going to college. This was the second year that cadets were invited to the university. In the past it was geared toward instructors only, said Maj. Ricardo Diaz. Roughly 70 cadets and 25 instructors from local JROTC programs attended. Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, Mesquite and other school districts were invited. Some Fort Worth high schools didn’t come due to testing, Diaz said. Cadets from both Army and Air Force ROTC programs attended, he said.
“Regardless of affiliation, it’s good info because we all have the same goals,” said Tom Sitzer, master sergeant of Air Force JROTC at Arlington High School. Andrew Scoggin, Arlington High School senior and Air Force ROTC cadet, said it was good to come to get noticed and a lot of information was provided. “It was a lot better this year because it was more on a personal level,” he said. The JROTC cadets participated in an open questions session with the senior ROTC cadets without the program instructors present. Political science junior, Aaron Smith presented a video with cadets lip-syncing made by the Maverick Battalion to welcome the JROTC cadets. “This is probably a better recruiting video than anything we could have done,” Diaz said. “It’s posted on Facebook.” The event ended with a col-
lege information session at Lone Star Auditorium. Military science professor Albert Alba gave a presentation on college scholarships and the university’s ROTC program. Carl Esposito, Office of Undergraduate Recruitment assistant director, presented information about the application process for admission and scholarships. Esposito presented Maverick Promise information along with his Carl promise. “I promise to do everything in my power to get you admitted and get you every nickel I can,” Esposito said. Second Lt. Ryan Kelly said the event was successful. “I think it’s a great idea because all the high school students need to know all their opportunities,” Kelly said. “It should be done more often than just a yearly basis.” lataisha Jackson news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Marketing senior Beth Waibel has the GPA, knows the degree she’s seeking and came to the event with questions. “I’m kind of iffy on if this is going to work for me,” Waibel said. “Money and timing are my big issues. If I can get those worked out, I can go.” The most-attended roundtable discussion, led by Special Programs coordinator Heather Connor, covered how to pay for graduate school. “They award grant money until it’s gone,” Connor said. “Last year, they were still giving out money on the last day of the spring ’09 semester for the ’08-’09 school year. Students just didn’t know to apply.” The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson
andrea silvers news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Universities and professional schools gathered Wednesday in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge as part of the GRADFest for people considering graduate school.
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came unconstitutional.” But that’s just a stepping stone, Moore said. The next step is the LGBT community taking control of economic power in the United States by sitting at the table where the decisions are made, he said. Klahr’s presentation included graphics from the concentration camps. He wondered out loud what Anne Frank, a famous imprisoned Jew, would have thought of her gay counterparts. He also made parallels between Hitler youth and children wearing anti-gay T-shirts and referenced a 1970 writing by Joseph Epstein, a New York Jewish writer. “I’ve been Epstein wrote that if he had the power, he would with the wish homosexuality off same man the face of the earth. for 18 years Klahr read the anti-gay remarks when he was and this 15-years-old, and the ring is just Holocaust had occurred as precious 25 years before then. “Is it of no conse- as the ring quence that the pain my sister suffered by many homosexuals – or African- wears.” Americans – arises not robert moore from who they are but Dallas Voice from how society treats owner and them,” he asked. “To publisher wish a group of people off the face of the earth, isn’t that what Hitler desired to do to the Jews?” After Klahr’s presentation, an attendee asked if the LGBT community had its own Martin Luther King Jr. Klahr said the community doesn’t have one. But after Moore’s talk, another attendee asked if the LGBT community even needed an MLK Jr. He said no and told attendees to be the change that they want to see. Alliance President Joshua Little said both talks were moving and emotional. “I have experienced the discrimination that they talked about,” he said. Intern Stacey McKendry said she loved the talk and that GSA adviser John Hillas suggested she attend. “It was good to see a different perspective on issues that don’t necessarily affect me,” McKendry said. “It makes me think differently about what I take for granted.”
Johnathan silver news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Interns work on city plan Students and faculty members to work on advancement projects. By JoHn HaRden The Shorthorn staff
A recent partnership between the city and school allows students to participate in the future of city design and development projects. Six part-time student interns and two faculty members help with designs. They have 17 projects in progress and more developing. The city partnered with the School of Architecture and School of Urban and Public Affairs to establish the Urban Design Center downtown last summer. In addition to the university members, city officials oversee projects at the center. It has recently completed a number of projects including improving business façades on Main Street and designing the exterior facility used by the downtown farmers market, which opened two weeks ago. “We work to help Arlington grow in a positive direction,” said Ken Pope, urban and public affairs graduate student. “So far this year we’ve assisted two neighborhoods in developing
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During one visit to the hospital Lian started playing music and Liu started to respond to it, she said. “I told her ‘Don’t listen to anything else, just listen to the music,’” Lian said. Physics graduate student Yuebin Li said he went to the same university as Liu while in China but met her at UTA. He said the main goal of his organization, The Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, is to make others aware of Liu’s situation. Li, who plans to return to
long-range plans and strengthen the ties between the city and the university.” The students are working to redevelop vacant property, prepare designs for city streets and design landmarks to help visitors, Pope said. Projects include designing a mixed-use building along Abram Street, a beautification project along Collins Street and site planning for a new restaurant building in the Entertainment District. By working with professionals in their respective fields, the students are learning how to look at detail from many angles, said Gincy Thoppil, Urban Design Center planner. “These are real projects they’re working on,” she said. “The students are working on their graduates, so they are professionals, and we’re exposing them to real world experiences that they can only get by working.” By working with professionals, the graduates can network and connect with potential employers, she said. The new partnership between the city and school is the first of its kind in the region, Thoppil said. “It’s the first big collaboration between the university China later this year, said he will visit Liu in her hometown to check on her progress. Wang, who is a member of The Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, will continue his efforts to help the family in any way he can. Liu first started to move her eyes in the beginning of September, he said. “I was excited to see this because for the first month and a half she had no improvement,” he said. “We were so worried about her.” He said the organization will continue to help the family even while she is in China. “She is recovering slowly, but she will wake from the coma,” he said. “She will still
that allows the city and students to work together on projects around the city,” she said. “When we hire private designers they focus only on their work or design. By hiring students we’re looking at the city as a whole and not just a single area.” With downtown continuing to develop, the center has potential to grow, said councilwoman Lana Wolff, who represents the Downtown Arlington district. “There are multitudes of opportunities with the Urban Design Center,” Wolff said “I see this as an opportunity that can continue to grow. As students graduate, this new center will entice them to stay and help develop the area.” The center will add a new dimension to the school to help lure prospective students, Wolff said. “The Urban Design Center will attract the best and the brightest, and we love it as a city because those grads can be our future employees,” she said. “We’re always looking to hire so why wouldn’t we take someone from our own area.” JoHn HaRden news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
to donate Please make checks payable to: On Behalf of Lijing Liu Lijing Liu (or Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars) P.O. Box 190835 Arlington, Texas, 76019
continue to need more help, even while in China.” Wang said Liu’s parents are thankful for the help. “We have confidence that Lijing will fully recover,” Wang said. teMicca HunteR news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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dRawing conclusions Computer animation freshman Tammy Vu is drawing the Fine Arts Building on Wednesday afternoon. The class is working on perspective drawing; they started by drawing blocks and have moved to drawing hallways. “It is hard work but not bad work,” Vu said.
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Board of Regents position open Although, the student-run office does not get a vote, it does offer feedback. By BRyan BastiBle The Shorthorn senior staff
Applications are open until Nov. 6 to become the next student regent on the UT System Board of Regents, said Kachi Amajor, Student Congress External Relations director. The student regent will not have an actual vote, but otherwise has similar powers as the regents. Along with one student regent, the board is comprised of nine members serving six-year terms and are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate. The new student regent’s term will start June 1 and end May 31, 2011. A UTA student hasn’t been appointed as a student regent yet. “It’s the highest voice you can have as a student,” Amajor said. “I feel like we have elite students and lots of people that work hard here at UTA.” Position qualifications include maintaining a minimum 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and enrollment in a UT Sys-
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summer graduates register but don’t attend, Schultz said. They also discovered that many students claim their limit of guest tickets and don’t show, Schultz said. Students claiming more tickets than needed affects students who want to invite more family members, she
tem school. Matt Flores, a UT System spokesperson, said the position is important to get a direct student perspective on issues.“This has given regents excellent feedback on topical matters that are of keen interest to students,” he said. Amajor said no one has applied at UTA for the position but that he has heard talk among interested students. She did not want to disclose names. Liberal Arts senator Abigail Snow said she plans to apply. “I like to be involved in the decision-making process,” she said. After turning in their applications, candidates will be interviewed by the SC External Relations Council. A series of interviews follows, ending with an interview with the governor. Collins Watson, engineering senator and former Student Congress president, applied for the position two years ago and made it into the final round. He said he is not interested in applying for the position again. During Watson’s in-
said. Exercise science senior Arthur Mehalick said he will graduate in summer 2010 but doesn’t care to attend a ceremony. His way of celebrating is going out with his family. “I just want to get my papers so I can get a job,” he said. Journalism senior Rajan Koirala graduates summer 2010. He said the cancellation is a good idea because it’s a way to save money and
to get tHe application go to: http://studentservices.uthscsa.edu/pdf/StudentRegentApp/GovernorApptApp.pdf
terview, one of Gov. Rick Perry’s questions was why Watson was interested in the position. Others were quite specific, such as asking his opinion on the Open Records Act, he said. The current student regent is Karim Meijer, a UT Southwestern Medical Center student, whose term will expire in May 31, 2010. Past student regents have been from the UTAustin School of Law, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and UT-Dallas. The first student regent’s term started in 2006, after the idea of having a student regent was approved in the state legislature. This will be the fifth student regent.
BRyan BastiBle news-editor.shorthorn@mavs.uta.edu
use those funds for other programs. Plus, there’s still the option of walking across the stage in December. The only thing he finds troublesome is the difficulty that international parents, like his, would have to come and see their son or daughter graduate. They have to apply for visas in advance for them to be granted, he said. Rosa MaRtinez news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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