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Student vital in life sentences reversal District Attorney credits UT Arlington Innocence Network with crucial fact finding. By Ali MustAnsir The Shorthorn senior staff
Claude Alvin Simmons, Jr., 54, and Christopher Shun Scott, 39, were sentenced to life in prison in 1997. Friday, they will be free men. The UT Arlington Innocence Network helped. The group is part of the Innocence Project of Texas, an organization that reviews cases in hopes to overturn wrongful convictions. The network gave criminal justice junior Natalie Ellis the case to investigate. This is the first exoneration through the network, said John Stickels, UT Ar-
lington Innocence Network director and criminology and criminal justice assistant professor, in an e-mail. Craig Watkins, Dallas County district attorney, said his office worked with the Dallas Police Department to re-investigate the murder case of Alfonso Aguilar but recognizes the importance of the network’s contribution. “Without them, we wouldn’t have known about this case,” Watkins said. “Kudos to your students for having a dogged determination for justice.” Ellis said she was told to look for DNA evidence, but in this case there wasn’t any. She said she knew there was more evidence somewhere and was determined to find it. The two men were cleared of murder by an affidavit given by Alonzo Hardy. The statement implicated Hardy himself
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and another man in the crime. Watkins said police apprehended the two individuals who committed the crime. Hardy was already in prison for another offense and the other was arrested Wednesday morning. Ellis said she reviewed all court transcripts and police evidence and then spoke to Simmons and Scott. Her break came after receiving Project continues on page 6
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Contest to name most spirited On Spirit Friday, groups will be judged on trivia and loudness, among others.
When And Where When: Noon, Friday Where: Central Library mall
By BryAn BAstiBle The Shorthorn senior staff
Students wearing orange and blue and singing a song to “shout our praises to the sky” will fill the Central Library mall on Friday. Spirit Friday, a day for groups to come together and compete for the title of most school spirited organization, begins noon Friday on the Central Library mall. They’ll compete in four areas: knowing the UTA fight song, university trivia, loudness and spirit apparel, such as wearing school colors. Participants will be judged on a 5-point system in
each category. The winner will get the title as the October Most Spirited Organization on Campus and will also be recognized at a banquet in May. Students can study up on university history by obtaining a free copy of “Traditions and Transitions” from the Student Governance and Organizations Office located in the University Center lower level. “Whether students express it or not, it has been in my experiSPirit continues on page 6
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New grants help pursuit of Tier One The funds will be used to study the effects of global warming on tundra soil and the increased shrub size in areas of Alaska. By VinOd sriniVAsAn The Shorthorn staff
A university professor has received two federal research grants to continue her work studying the climate change’s effect on the arctic tundra. Biology associate professor Laura Gough received two grants totaling more than $500,000 from the National Science Foundation in September. Gough has been traveling to northern Alaska for the past 12 years and will return next summer funded by the grants. Biology lab technician Carol Moulton has worked with Gough for more than two years and said she learned a great deal. “She helped me with gaining knowledge on how to do research,” Moulton said. “I was able to ask questions and have scientific discussions thanks to her.” Moulton said federal grants include funding GrantS continues on page 3
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juggling Act Business administration Dena Price pushes a stroller carrying her 10-month-old son, Chaunce, Wednesday as her daughter Chloe, 6, follows, outside the University Center. Price left Ransom Hall after working on literature homework while juggling motherhood and school by bringing her kids to campus.
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nursing senior Michelle Henry salutes in her fourth year in the ROTC program Sept. 3 in front of College Hall. Henry currently leads the Alpha platoon.
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he Army Reserve Officer Training Corps and Maverick Battalion has more women enrolled this semester than the brigade average. Women make up 55 of the 166 ROTC cadets at the university. The 33 percent enrollment rate places the program above the 5th brigade average of 21.9 percent. The 5th brigade covers programs in Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona and Missouri. Texas Christian University is part of the 5th brigade with a women’s enrollment rate at 33 percent. Women’s military involvement is increasing, but women are the minority in the ROTC program and the Army. The U.S. Army active duty recruitment is up to 16.28 percent, Lt. Col. Tom Matchin, Jr. said. Senior cadet Jaime Sale said women are becoming a more dominant in the culture than in the past. ROTC has allowed women since 1976, the same year West Point started admitting women. Before this time, women were only affiliated with the ROTC program as rotc continues on page 6
Political analyst David Gergen to discuss book The Maverick Speakers Series will feature senior political analyst David Gergen at 8 p.m. today in the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom. The university made 1,000 tickets available on Oct. 7, and all sold out. University spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said anyone interested in attending can check at the event to see if tickets become available. Gergen is a CNN political analyst and former adviser to four presidents. He will discuss his book Eyewitness to Power, and a book signing will follow the lecture. Sullivan said the series was started by President James Spaniolo to bring prominent speakers, who would inform and entertain, to the campus. The series is in its second season. Sullivan said the series is becoming more popular due to publicity from media outlets like KERA. “It’s free, which is unusual since these are national speakers coming to speak,” she said. Next up in the series is managing editor of Newsweek, Jon Meacham, who will speak on Nov. 16 at the Lone Star Auditorium in the Maverick Activities Center. “For anyone that doesn’t get to see this event, they can make plans to see Jon Meacham,” Sullivan said.
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people to find a long-term business strategy, to share resources and see the people’s value. Businesses should care about human values instead BY SHAMBHU SHARAN of profit alone, he said. The Shorthorn staff “There are many human Douglas Rushkoff, social values that are not reflected and media theorist, spoke in GDP and shareholder valon how evolving technol- ues,” he said. Computer science freshogy changed the way society man Jason Houghstow, said communicates. The bestselling author he liked Rushkoff ’s talk. “I liked the ideas he gave and New School University media studies professor to educators, some of the said that as media technol- current ideas and problems ogy evolved from print to going on,” Houghstow said. broadcast to Internet, people “I can use some of his ideas changed from passive inves- and keep in mind some of the problems he tors to active doers. He called pointed out as I’ll this transition a approach my own media renaissance. “Human beings education.” “When we have must not be Pete Smith, media renaissance distance educathat happens in all blinded by tion assistant vice area of the soci- technological president, said ety,” Rushkoff said. Rushkoff ’s preAbout 300 faculty, advancement.” sentation was staff and students Philip Oilepo, intellectually attended the lec- finance major graduchallenging. “We ture on Wednesday ate student brought topics of in the Bluebonnet technology and Ballroom. ideas and Douglas Rushkoff said the beauty of the Internet is was that perfect mix,” said its ability to connect people Smith. Suzanne Montague, inseparated by long distances, but that the Web has a spe- formation technology vice cific role. For example, stu- president, said 22 departdents need to keep Facebook ments displayed tables to out of the classrooms so they hand out information to the follow along with the profes- faculty, staff and students. sor. He said students spend- The event was organized to ing hours on Facebook are raise awareness about the not creating anything, while available departments’ rebloggers publish information sources. The UTA Bookstore sold books autographed by for almost anyone to see. Finance major graduate Rushkoff. Rajat Mittal, electronic student Philip Oilepo said he enjoyed Rushkoff ’s presenta- research administrator dition, which related humans rector, gave information about her department at the to technology. “Human beings must not event. “It was a good opportube blinded by technological advancement,” Oilepo said. nity to learn and collaborate “I agree with him regard- among the departments so ing getting back from the that we are not reinventing technology. The technology the wheel,” she said. makes life easier.” Rushkoff said the ecoSHAMBHU SHARAN nomic crisis has taught news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Douglas Rushkoff, social and media theorist, author and New School University media studies professor, brings an animated style of speaking Wednesday in the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom. In his lecture, From Sputnik to MySpace: The New Education Race, and How to Win IT, Rushkoff argued that technological skills need to be taught to students, not just using technology to teach.
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for graduate student work and students can receive stipends for their work. The first award is a collaborative research grant with Colorado State University. Gough received $225,550, and the grant will last until 2013. She said this grant’s primary purpose is to understand how global warming affects arctic tundra soil, specifically the bacteria and fungi in the soil. “Due to the increased temperature bacteria have been producing more nutrients in the soil for plants to uptake,” she said. “However as a result of their increased activity they are producing more carbon dioxide adding to the greenhouse effect.” Gough said she found that carbon dioxide was not adding significantly to the greenhouse effect because vegetation in the area grew larger and faster and therefore took in more of the carbon dioxide released by the bacteria in the soil. The research for the second grant, worth $346,230, will be done in the same area of Alaska. Gough said the research deals more with effects of increased vegetation size on animals that use shrubs for shelter. “Shrubs are getting taller and larger and we want to find out how this is affecting animals who nest in them, specifically migratory songbirds,” Gough said. James Grover, environmental and earth sciences director, has been Gough’s colleague for almost nine years. He said federal grants are an integral part for any professor wishing to do research but also help put out publications and increase outreach activities. “The NSF’s mission is to support basic research therefore enabling student involvement,” Grover said. “It is probably the most prestigious form of funding for science research.” Gough said there is an added incentive to compete for federal grants — the focus on becoming a nationally-recognized research institution, or Tier One — but also added pressure. “With the university moving toward Tier One, it is important that professors apply for these competitive federal grants,” Gough said. Gough said she is looking for graduate students who are interested in doing research and plans on going to Alaska in mid-May. Vinod SriniVaSan news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
“She helped me with gaining knowledge on how to do research. I was able to ask questions and have scientific discussions thanks to her.” Carol Moulton
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Xingde Li, Johns Hopkins University associate professor, kicked off the College of Engineering’s 50th anniversary speaker series on Wednesday in Nedderman Hall. Li works in Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering department developing new medical applications to diagnose diseases without invasive tissue-removing surgery.
Nanoparticles vital in medicine’s future Johns Hopkins professor makes bioengineering discussion understandable. by Johnathan SiLVer The Shorthorn senior staff
Xingde Li said he hopes his research leads to cheap and speedy global health, but warned that his work was a small step forward and wouldn’t solve every medical problem in the world. The biomedical engineering associate professor from Johns Hopkins University discussed, during a lecture Wednesday, how diagnosing diseases by non-invasive techniques could revolutionize medicine. He was the College of Engineering’s 50th anniversary speaker series’ first speaker. The current diagnostic procedure includes removing tissue from a patient’s body, then waiting for a pathologist to determine what may be wrong. “It’s not a comfortable thing for patients,” Li said. He proposed using new technologies to mark affected areas, then sending nanoparticles there to deliver drugs to combat the disease’s spread. This form of treatment is safer, Li added. Pancreatic, lung and gastrointestinal cancers
the next Speaker Nov. 18 — Chris Greer, Information Technology R&D assistant director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
are the deadliest forms of cancer, Li said. If doctors used the proposed method of diagnosis and treatment, such diseases could be detected and fought earlier, he said. “We need more optical, electrical, computer and mechanical specialists for this to move forward,” Li said. Geology freshman Steve Santana, who attended the talk as a class requirement, said he left informed. But there’s still The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams a great distance to go, despite frequent technologi- Aerospace engineering junior Tim Hunt snacks on shrimp before Xingde Li’s speech about emerging endomical advances, he said. croscopy Wednesday in Nedderman Hall. Wine, dessert and light hors d’oeuvre were served at the reception Computer science junior attended by students and faculty. Shawn Gieser, who also attended for class, said Li’s “It was really a good measure of a talk — that someone not in that particular talk seemed the most interarea of research can understand [the topic]. ” esting out of his options. “I liked how he went khosrow behbehani into how the technology bioengineering chairman worked – not just showing off his product,” he said. appreciated how Li made understand [the topic],” schools throughout the Bioengineering chair- things understandable. Behbehani said. “His re- country.” man Khosrow Behbehani “It was really a good search is state of the art, said Li’s talk was excel- measure of a talk — that and this is very useful for lent and added that a fac- someone not in that par- our faculty, to see the reJohnathan SiLVer ulty member told him she ticular area of research can search being done in other news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Speaker to reveal the real Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde weren’t quite the romantic figures that people see them as, according to author Jeff Guinn. Jeff Guinn will talk about his new book, which features the two famous Texas bank robbers, at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Central Library. The event is sponsored by The Friends of the UT Arlington Library.
Library Dean Gerald Saxon said the group often has meetings where newly published books are discussed. This is one of those meetings. “The author, Jeff Guinn, paints the two crooks as inept, two-bit hoodlums — not the romantic figures portrayed in crime books and newspaper accounts,” Saxon said. “People
who attend will learn about the real Bonnie and Clyde, not the ones of TV and motion pictures.” The subjects of the book, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, came from a Dallas slum. After falling in love, they fell for a life of crime, pulling their first heist in 1932 during the Great Depression. “He [Guinn] is going to talk about the book and the research
When and Where When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Central Library’s sixth floor parlor behind it,” group President Tommie Wingfield said. “Local people are often interested in historical events in their area. This book tells the story of local people.” Senior office assistant Betty
Wood said 68 people are on the RSVP list and more are expected. “We can register as many as 125,” Wood said. “We open Special Collections for seating when we need to accommodate more people.” For registration, e-mail at bwood@uta.edu or call 817-2727421.
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remember The volleyball team will host Dig Pink Night at 7 p.m. tonight in Texas Hall against Southeastern Louisiana.
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wHeelcHair Tennis
Movin’ Mavs tennis rocks championships One team member was able to come away with a national title win. By Travis DeTHeraGe The Shorthorn staff
James patin of the Movin’ Mavs wheelchair tennis team won national title honors at the second annual National Intercollegiate Wheelchair tennis Championships in Mobile, Ala., last weekend at the Copeland-Cox tennis Center - the world’s largest public tennis facility. patin won the National Championship in the tier two (Novice) Bracket and UtA alumnus Jeff sale finished in the top five in the tier one (Advanced) bracket. patin said it was awesome to win a national title for his university. “the feeling of winning a national championship hasn’t set in yet,” patin said. “But a lot of work paid off to win it and I can’t wait to get my [national title] ring.” patin faced Central texas College’s D.W. Green in the title match. they split the first two sets, each winning one 7-5. patin then took control of the third set and
sale and patin teamed won 6-3 to capture the naup to compete in doubles tional championship. “I basically stuck to my play. sale, who played with game plan and kept with it patin for the Movin’ Mavs, said their experience helped and won,” patin said. sale, wheelchair tennis them during doubles play. “playing basketball toteam coach said it was good gether helped us commuto represent UtA. “Good experience to get nicate with each other very to play for UtA and do very well on the tennis court when playwell,” said ing doubles,” sale. For more stories about the sale said. sale is a wheelchair tennis team p a t i n former UsA and the wheelchair agreed with Nationbasketball program, visit sale. al Junior The ShorThorn .com “It was team memawesome ber and and a honor played basto play by ketball for the Movin’ Mavs for three his side during doubles,” years. He is now focusing patin said. With the Movin’ Mavs on tennis and is working toward international play. wheelchair basketball proHe said he enjoyed playing gram already in possession of seven national titles, sale for UtA. “It’s fun to get to play a and patin want to build the sport that I really like, for wheelchair tennis team to be on the same level. your school,” sale said. “Hopefully we can go to Movin’ Mavs head coach Doug Garner said he was as many tournaments as happy for sale and the possible and represent UtA wheelchair tennis program. to help make the tennis “I’m very excited about program grow,” said sale. the support sale is getting in Arlington, DFW and UtA,” said Garner. “He will be a good hope for wheelchair athletes who are Travis DeTHeraGe working toward a degree.” sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson
“The feeling of winning a national championship hasn’t set in yet.” James Patin, Movin’ Mavs wheelchair tennis team player
PracTice makes PerfecT Social work sophomore Anthony Pone practices shots on Wednesday at the Physical Education Building. The Movin’ Mavs face the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Golf
Fischer’s strong performance helps Mavs to fifth-place finish the tournament with eventual third-place winner southern Methodist and fourth-place winner Baylor. the nationally-ranked teams showed their dominance as texas ended with a 6-under, second-place finish, while texas A&M blew out the competition with a score of 16-under to win the tournament. Junior Wes Worster said the team has potential and if the team works on fundamentals it will be able to compete with any school. “We had a strong finish and we just want to keep up our momentum,” Worster said. “If we fix our little mistakes and go back to the basics, then I’m sure we can compete with the big teams like texas or texas A&M.” Worster and senior Bryce Easton finished with scores of 223 in the tournament to tie for 21st. Junior Donald Dowie finished the tournament strongly with a 1-under 71 in the final round to move his total to 225. senior Bobby Massa rounded out the tournament for UtA with a total of 226. starting slow and finishing strong seems to be a trend for the golf team this season. Instead of depending
on a second-day pep talk, head coach Jay rees said he wants to see his team take the initiative to start tournaments off with the hot hand. “I try to mentally challenge them every round and make them perform to the best of their abilities, so they are driven to get better and get it done,” rees said. “the focus seems to get better as we go along in tournaments, but it needs to start better and if that happens then we’ll be at the top.” the team will have one more tournament to make a hot start happen as they wrap up their fall season in the southland Conference preview Invitational on Nov. 2 and 3. the Mavs have beaten everyone in the conference at least once this season, except southeastern Louisiana, whose home course will be the Invitational’s site. “southeastern Louisiana is a top-50 team, so they are going to be tough on their home course,” rees said. “But if we win the tournament, the boys are convinced that they will win the conference tournament in April.”
With win tonight, Mavs will be back at .500
any road victories,” seymour said. “[We’re] just excited to be back at texas Hall and hopefully we’ll draw a pretty good crowd with our Dig pink event.” other than pursuing a win, the Mavs are hosting a Dig pink Night for the sideout Foundation. the annual event is designed to promote and raise money for breast cancer awareness. Last year the team raised $2,400 and has set a goal for $3,000 this year.
The team has beaten everyone in the SLC except for one school. By Trevor Harris The Shorthorn staff
The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton.
David Gergen has been an observer, analyst and participant in American politics for more than 30 years. Best known for his CNN appearances, he also worked for Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton. He wrote the best-selling Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton and currently teaches at Harvard.
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the UtA golf team wrapped up the Lone star Invitational in san Antonio Monday with a fifth-place finish, led by the strong play of junior Zach Fischer. Fischer shot the best overall score for the Mavs as he finished with a 3-under 213. Fischer’s top performance came in the second round as he shot a 6-under 66, which set him up for a strong finish. the tournament gave Fischer his fourth-straight, team-best finish and thirdstraight, top-10 finish. Fischer said that he made some changes to his short game after the first round, which propelled him to one of his best finishes this season. “I thought I played pretty well, but it wasn’t because I hit the ball well,” Fischer said. “My putting and chipping was amazing. My short game was probably the best it’s ever been, and that’s what saved me.” the Mavs were in a battle for third place throughout
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volleyBall
the volleyball team returns to texas Hall at 7 thursday evening to host southeastern Louisiana after losing to conference-leading Central Arkansas over the weekend. the Mavericks (7-12) look to even their southland Conference record (3-4) with a win over the Lady Lions. the Mavs are third in the conference with 2.09 blocks per set and sixth in the conference with 14.78 digs per set.
the volleyball team is undefeated at home in conference play this season. Junior setter raegan Daniel ranks seventh in the sLC with 8.25 assists per set and has put together a hitting percentage of .276 to rank 10th in the conference. Head coach Diane seymour said she is ready for her team’s return to texas Hall. “We would like to play all of our matches at home at this point since we don’t have
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ROTC Sweethearts, the official hostesses of the cadet core. Entering in 1976, Susan Tillotson became the first female battalion commander. She is actively engaged with the ROTC program as a member of the Cadet Corps Alumni Council. The Army ROTC program does not have strategies or quotas for targeting specific recruits based on ethnicity or gender, said Lt. Col. Albert Alba.“We want to have a diverse school by recruiting,” he said. “The Army does the same thing.” According to the Demographic Trends spreadsheet, for the past four years women have comprised more than 51 percent of the university’s enrollment. This year’s demographics have not been compiled yet, said Terri Day, Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness assistant director. Sophomore cadet Melanie Vega said many women are in the program, but it will not affect her Army experience. “I don’t think it has anything to do with male or female,” Vega said. “Being around different cultures and different perspectives is what’s going to make the difference.” Other cadets said it is beneficial to have a higher percentage of women in Army ROTC for Army experience. “It adds to the training here because it is not an all-male army,” senior cadet Erik McCaffrey said.
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ence that people want to feel a part of something,” said Ms. UTA Rosita Tran III. “This is a chance for you to gain more knowledge about UT-Arlington and you’ll start to have a higher sense of pride for the university.” The event will be monthly, and every student organization on campus is invited. Tran said students should have the pride to match our goal of becoming a nationally-recognized research institution, or Tier One. “We’re on the road to Tier One, we should have the pride and spirit to match other Tier One schools,”
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“We learn how to interact and effectively lead females.” There are different physical training standards for males and females, according to the Army Physical Fitness Test Standards Web site . Despite these standards, McCaffrey said the women are at par with the men and mentioned Sale, a top performing female cadet. “She gives me a run for my money in physical training,” McCaffrey said. The cadets are held to the same standards in their class work. “We are all expected to learn the same amount of knowledge because we are all preparing to be officers in the army,” Vega said. Cadets graduating from the Army ROTC program enter the Army as second lieutenants and get an automatic promotion in 18 months to first lieutenant, said alumna and 2nd Lt. Bethany Nord.
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the affidavit, which was in the possession of Simmons’s sister. Ellis said pieces were missing from the case, and the document filled those holes. She asked Hardy if he would rewrite the affidavit for 2009. He agreed. She then contacted other witnesses to back it up, she said. “After all the hard work
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Tran said. “I want to build a community to compete with the amount of pride with them.” She said a lot of people tend to think UTA can’t compete in spirit against other schools but she doesn’t see why. “We’re the same age and taught the same subjects, so why do we think we can’t compete,” she said.
without the DA’s office listening to a college student with little legal experience. Watkins said his office reviewed the case looking for red flags, including an original eyewitness account being faulty and the preceding judge having other cases resulting in exoneration, he said. Stickels said the network investigated the cases the same as any case. When they had enough information, they presented the case to the Dallas District Attorney’s
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and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, it’s really exciting,” Ellis said. Ellis said she wishes Hardy the best. She said he has risked everything to give these men freedom and hopes the DA goes easy on him. “Words cannot express how happy I am. Like, of all of the days of my life, this is the happiest,” Ellis said. “I mean, it’s almost like I have given someone a heart.” Ellis said the success wouldn’t have been possible
community to wear school apparel. “We’re hoping to make it a tradition and give them something to look forward to every month,” Mr. UTA Omar Rosales said. He said he wants hundreds of people to come, but because it’s the first Spirit Friday event, he’s expecting about 50 students. Freshmen Leaders On Campus has its eyes on the title for the most spirited
The event’s first date was scheduled for earlier this semester but was cancelled to accommodate the postponed Oozeball mud volleyball tournament. Spirit Friday has been around for years but was to encourage the university
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organization on campus for October, said group adviser Jennifer Fox. “I know they’ll be loud and proud,” she said. “There’s a lot of good competition. I think we’ll do good. We’ll make a good showing.” Kappa Delta Chi sorority member Marcia Vasquez said her group wants to go to Spirit Friday to raise school spirit and inform other students about the sorority. “I want to show that
Conviction Integrity unit, he said. Hardy, Simmons and Scott were given a polygraph exam, which they all passed. The case was then investigated by the Dallas Police Department. “This is a non-DNA case,” Stickels said. “Hopefully, this will pave the way for more non-DNA exonerations.”
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small organizations can come out on top, and show other Greeks it’s important to have school spirit and support your university,” she said. EXCEL Campus Activities also wants to go and “be supportive and crazy,” said Maggie Garza, EXCEL University Events director. “You’re going to be a Maverick now and you are a Maverick forever,” she said. Tran said if someone believes in something, it’s important to have pride. “If you are proud to be a Maverick, this is where you should be,” Tran said . BRYAN BASTIBLE news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
“We’re on the road to Tier One, we should have the pride and spirit to match other Tier One schools. I want to build a community to compete with the amount of pride with them.” Rosita Tran III, Ms. UTA
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