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the snow goes on Winter weather brings students together, closes campus late Thursday. Snow began blanketing the campus before the first class was scheduled to start Thursday morning, resulting in downed tree branches, spot power outages and campus-wide snowball fights. While other area universities and colleges were shutting down, UTA remained open until 3 p.m., after administrators met to make a decision for afternoon and evening activities. University spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said the administration’s decision to remain open was the best it could do at 6 a.m. At that time, she said, roads around the university were still clear. “This weather event is unusual for North Texas,” she said. “The university is blessed with a large on-campus population, but also students who drive long distances.” She added that administrators are concerned about students’ safety, as well as their education. While some students were upset about the delayed decision to close, others took the opportunity to make snowmen and other unidentified snow things. Aerospace engineering junior Jan Ocampo built a snow cat outside Woolf Hall early Thursday afternoon. “I made a mouse to go with the cat. It took me a couple of times,” she said. “A snowman killer came by, but he decided not to kill it. Until later.” At 5 p.m. Thursday the National Weather Service reported 6.5 inches of snow at DFW Airport, just an inch less than the previous 24-hour record snowfall total set on Feb. 17, 1978.
the day’s breakdown The record-breaking snowfall slowed operations and caused campus-wide grief. For extended coverage of these stories, visit The Shorthorn .com Power Outages At least two buildings experienced power outages on campus Thursday morning. The Maverick Activities Center ran emergency lights off a generator until power returned. “We had our emergency lights on for 30 to 45 minutes or so,” said Durl Rather, Campus Recreation associate director. “It’s just enough lights so that we feel safe. The building did not just come back to life right away.” The Social Work Complex also lost power. Harley Clines, Energy Management Control supervisor, said the university detected the outage and monitored it Thursday.
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Above: Kinesiology senior Abraham Campos, left, hits business finance junior Jorge Marroquin with a snowball on Thursday in front of the University Center. Below: Snow-people and various snow animals adorned the campus.
• Today’s webcast, Online at The Shorthorn After TheShorthorn.com Dark, features an interview with the engineering student who built the snow cat outside Woolf Hall. • Readers were excited about the snow and shared their joy with us through photos. Checkout the slideshow online featuring reader-submitted photos. • Snow coverage continues throughout the day, stay in-the-know about the snow on the dedicated winter weather blog. • Get extensive coverage of the parking woes, power outtages and class attendance.
— The Shorthorn staff The Shorthorn: Rasy Ran
your view Students share their thoughts on Thursday’s winter weather. “It’s different from East Texas, we don’t get much of this there. I think it’s pretty. I love the snow.”
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“Well the snow is great but I guess it’s snowing and school’s not canceled. A lot of people skip class to play in the snow.” Johnny Huang, business finance
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“I think they should have closed the school. Then again I heard the guy who made the decision is from Michigan — kind of biased since he’s used to it.”
closings If the university closes Friday, the following campus facilities will be closed: • Libraries • Maverick Activities Center • Parking Office
This was only one of the many snowball fights on campus. Since most classes have been canceled, students found ways to occupy their time, some not dealing with snow. by Sara Pintilie Jonathon Griffin, computer sciThe Shorthorn Staff ence engineering sophomore, and A snowball slammed into a win- Dylan Kim, biological chemistry senior, break-danced in the University dow at Arlington Hall. Advertising freshman Michelle Center in between Kim’s classes. The two students break dance Smith looked through the window to often, but Kim said it see which of the snowball matched up with the cirfighters threw it, but didn’t “We never got cumstances nicely. mention a name. Pre-nursing junior “You have to take ad- to do this when Marivel Cuevas waited vantage of it,” the Arlington we were kids. her friend so they can Hall resident said about the And snow only for drive back to Irving tosnow day. Smith, along with resi- lasts one day in gether. “My friend and I drove dents from Lipscomb and Texas.” together so we didn’t have Kalpana Chawla Halls, ento be alone,” she said. gaged in a snowball fight Kwmane Jones, Smith fended off outside Arlington Hall. business and marketsnowballs with a “wet Some ran inside to take ing freshman and Lipfloor” sign. refuge from hurling snow- scomb Hall resident. Smith believed the balls, even yelling, “You can’t throw inside! You can’t throw school should have closed, but is having fun, writing her name in the snow, inside!” participating in the snowball fight and It didn’t stop the opposing team. “We never got to do this when we planning to make a snowman in unwere kids,” said Kwmane Jones, busi- touched territory. “I want to make a huge snowman ness and marketing freshman and Lipscomb resident. “And snow only lasts one day in Texas.” snow continues on page 2
Snowball fights breakout across campus during rare North Texas snowfall.
Attendance The snow caused the number of students in class to drop with the temperatures. Undeclared freshman Jimi Jones said only 20 people came to his political science class out of the 120 whom normally attend. Jones said his professor cancelled class due to the low attendance and offered extra credit to the students who came if they built a snowman. “I’m glad I came to school, I got extra credit out of it,” he said. Mathematics adjunct lecturer Sonja Godeken said 34 students out of the usual 70 were in her Math 1301 class at 9:30 a.m. “My second class was better attended than the first one, people probably had a little more time to get over here,” Godeken said. Classes Students who missed classes due to road conditions should contact their professors immediately, university spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said. She said faculty would appreciate notifications at the time rather than a week later. Parking There were no major parking or driving incidents on campus as of mid-afternoon. Some parking areas may be obscured by snow, making the lines hard to distinguish, but UTA Police Chief Robert Hayes said to just park as well as possible. For instance, if parking in that area is usually diagonal, park diagonally. All other drivers should follow suit, Hayes said. The key is for the first car in an area to park well. Biochemistry sophomore Trey Caldwell said he saw a few smaller cars sliding around while navigating the university’s parking lots, but no collisions. Caldwell said he drives a four-wheel-drive truck, and joked that he was doing donuts in the parking lot for fun.
— The Shorthorn staff
making magic
student death
Funeral for UTA student held on Thursday Gladys Barrientos, psychology junior who died in a car crash last week
Family and friends gathered to pay their respects to the 21-year-old who died last week. By Chase Webster The Shorthorn staff
Friends and family of Gladys Barrientos said their final good-byes Thursday under a veil of white snow. At 11:40 p.m. on Feb. 4, a routine traffic stop triggered a chain of events that ended psychology junior Gladys
Earvin “Magic” Johnson speaks about his career in business Thursday night in Texas Hall. Johnson’s lecture is a part of the Maverick Speakers Series. The next speaker to attend is Sally Ride, astronaut and the first American woman in space, at 8 p.m. Monday.
Barrientos’ life. Thursday morning, one week after her death, family and friends gathered at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Dallas to pay their respects to a young life cut short at 21 years old. According to police, 22-year-old Tyrone Lee Sims II fled police after he was pulled over for a faulty headlight. While fleeing from police, his vehicle collided into the Gladys Barrientos’ funeral continues on page 3
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Today Art exhibition: Robert Grame and Robert Hower. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. The Gallery at UTA. For more information, contact Patricia Healy at 817272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu Engineering lecture: Sense-throughfoliage Target Detection and Channel Modeling. Qilian Liang will describe sense-through-foliage target detection and channel modeling using ultra-wideband radars. 10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m. Free. 413 Woolf Hall. For information, contact Sajal Das at 817-272-7405 or das@uta.edu OneBook lecture: Bodily Natures: The Environmental Activism of the Posthuman. Noon-1 p.m. Free. University Center Palo Pinto. For information, contact Roxanna Latifi at 817-2726107 or roxanna@uta.edu Black History Month Lecture: A Place at the Table for Minority Students at Traditionally White Institutions. Noon. Free. Central Library sixth floor. For information, contact the Multicultural Affairs Office at 817272-2099 or multicultural_affairs@ uta.edu Career Services International Student Workshop: 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Free. Swift Center. For information, contact the Career Services Office at careers@uta.edu or 817-272-2932
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Students build a snowman and throw snowballs in the Architecture Courtyard on Thursday.
Creativity Test: 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Free. UTA/Fort Worth Center Santa Fe Station. For information, contact Megan Topham at 817-272-5988 or topham@uta.edu TechnoScholar Workshops: The Old “Q & A�: Social Science Tests and Measures. 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Free, but registration preferred. B20 Central Library. For information, contact the Central Library at 817-272-3000 Movie: The Twilight Saga: New Moon. 5 p.m.-7:20 p.m. Free. Lone Star Auditorium. For information, contact EXCEL Campus Activities at 817-2722963 or excel-traditions@uta.edu The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
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.
Above: Software engineering freshman Austin Miller, left, throws a snowball at mechanical engineering freshman Matthew Molina during an early morning snowball fight Thursday outside of Kalpana Chawla Hall. The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
Aerospace engineering freshmen Sarah Hussein, left, and Shivani Patel assemble a snowman Thursday on the Central Library mall. They began building the snowman after a fire alarm cancelled their class in Woolf Hall.
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Officers responded at 4:38 p.m. in regards to a non-student soliciting magazines at Centennial Court apartments on 806 Bering St. The non-student was issued a criminal trespass warning. The case was cleared.
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and tackle it,� Jones said to Smith. They both ran back out and into the middle of the fight, with about 15 students launching snow. Ciera Phillips, architecture freshman and Kalpana Chawla Hall resident, contributed a few throws while Diosha Davis, criminal justice freshman, slipped upstairs in Arling-
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ton Hall after falling in muddy slush. “It brought us together,� Phillips said. “It rarely snows like this and it’s a fun experience.� The snowball fight blazed on, but many of the residents involved have plans inside for later. Phillips’ roommate, business and marketing freshman Alyssa Wilson, said she will play in the snow, but will go inside to study and write a paper. For right now, snowball
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fights and building snowmen are in full swing. “I do have complaints,� biology junior Joemon Babu said. “The parking lots are congested. They should remove the snow.� He stood outside watching the activities on the Central Library mall under the safety of a blue umbrella. “But it’s beautiful.�
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Jansma’s speech postponed due to weather Thursday’s talk about research on the EnriquilloPlaintain Garden fault line in Haiti has been postponed due to inclement weather. Pamela Jansma, College of Science Dean, along with other scientists, published a paper in 2008 that stated the likelihood of an earthquake in Haiti. She had been scheduled to speak on Feb. 11 about previous and ongoing research into the fault line. The talk was to include data collected by a team of researchers who are currently in Haiti. Jansma said geology department chair John Wickham reccomended the cancellation. The snow caused school closings throughout the Arlington area, including the school district. This has generated concern of a poor turnout at the event as stu-
dents and faculty are expected to leave campus to pick up children and get them safely home, said Lori Norris, science special programs coordinator. “This talk is important and we really would like a good audience,” she said. “We would hate to schedule this talk and have no one show up.” According to the Weather Channel’s Web site, the Arlington area is expected to receive another two to three inches of snow through 5 p.m. The talk has been tentatively rescheduled for midMarch, possibly the 11th, but the date hasn’t been firmly set, Norris said. An announcement will be made when the rescheduled date is confirmed.
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Mechanical engineering graduate student Ryan King leads a bus tour of the UT Arlington campus during Preview day. Prospective students and their parents came to check out the campus and tour the residence halls and apartments.
Preview Day allows prospective students a glimpse of UTA
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Pamela Jansma, Dean of Science, co-authored a paper published in 2008 warning of an imminent earthquake in Haiti.
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car. She was taken to Charlton Methodist Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 12:29 a.m. on Feb. 5. Mass began at 10 a.m. and was followed by a reception in the church cafeteria. After the funeral proces-
sion, Gladys Barrientos’ loved ones embraced in a flutter of snowflakes and watched as pallbearers took her away from the church. Gladys Barrientos’ mother, Rosa Barrientos, spoke of Gladys’ life at the vigil held Wednesday. “She was the perfect daughter,” Rosa Barrientos said. “She never argued back. She always did what we asked
Prospective high school junior and seniors get their first taste of UTA on Saturday. Pre-registration for Preview Day has closed, but walk-ins may still register for the free event at 8 a.m. before the program starts at 8:30 a.m. in the Rosebud Theatre. The day will start with a welof her.” The Very Rev. T. Michael Dugan presided over both the vigil and funeral procession. He said many lessons could be learned from Gladys Barrientos’ life. “Gladys’ last message to us was to slow down,” he said. “Be at peace. Have faith.” Her father, Carlos Barrientos, said the most difficult part was over.
come session telling attendees how to plan their schedule for the day because attendees may plan their own schedule, said Undergraduate Recruitment director Dara Newton. Should inclement weather interfere with the day, the university will update potential visitors via the Preview Day Web site at www.uta. “The hardest part is getting the news,” he said. “I’ve tried to swell up, you know, and say this is what life is all about. Some people live long lives and some people live short lives.” The news of his daughter’s accident came in the middle of the night, he said. “I opened the door, and the first thing is I didn’t see Gladys’ car,” he said. “The police
edu/admissions/previewday. Sessions on admission, financial aid, housing and freshman interest groups will be held throughout the University Center after the opening session. Campus tours and an activities fair will also be going on throughout the day. Newton said the day is
meant for prospective students to experience the university. “It’s about what it means to be a UT Arlington student,” she said. Around noon, individual colleges will give informational sessions.
officer said, ‘We’re looking for the father of Gladys.’ Of course I say, ‘Well, I’m him.’ He said, ‘Mr. Barrientos, your daughter has been in a tragic accident.’ Well, I didn’t say anything. I mean, what can I say?” A line of people waited in the snow to offer the family their condolences. They said farewell with handshakes, hugs, kisses and prayers. The family is struggling with not
having been able to give their daughter a proper good-bye, Carlos Barrientos said. “We said goodbye to her at 7, and we just expected her to come back,” he said. “The curse of life is that the younger grow up and push out the old, but sometimes it doesn’t work like that.”
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EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW
Community Chiropractors Alumni and student-established businesses realign university’s goals Individuals are the backbone to any growing community, be it a school, city or both. Art history sophomore Eleonor Hernandez opened the Arlington Info Shop in response to what she saw as a lack of community in Arlington. The concept is simple: become a member to rent a bike that you build from parts in the shop or check out books by local authors. What do they ask in return? Volunteer for a few hours. Hernandez is not the first university student or alumna to help build community. Last year alumni Eddie White and Clint Bixler opened Fuzzy’s Tacos within walking distance from campus. According to The Shorthorn in a previous article, the co-owners were Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members and real estate students. “When we were here, we didn’t feel as if we had a place that we could go eat, hang out and it was fun,” Bixler said in the article. “We saw the concept over at TCU, and right now the TCU location is a hangout for the college students. Not only that, but it does really well at lunch, so we decided this is a great opportunity for us to do something for UTA.” Al Woolum, quantitative finance graduate student, started Lone Star Lids, a business that sells university branded hats. In a different previous Shorthorn article, he said he gives away as many hats as he sells, but is happy to do it. “I’m not making money off these caps, believe me,” he said in the article. “I’m lucky if I break even right now, but it’s a way to contribute to the atmosphere on campus and meet other students.” These kinds of projects help the university and city develop a sense of spirit and contribute to the college town atmosphere the university is hoping to develop. College Town, UTA is a project between the university and city to develop the perimeter of the university and downtown Arlington into an environment close to campus that provides a more student-friendly community. Individuals like Hernandez are leading the pack in helping this dream become a reality. But the community needs more people willing to start up businesses or franchises in the area to build the College Town, UTA atmosphere and, more importantly, to build a sense of community at the university and in the city.
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Digital Dilemma Online classes cannot replace actual study environments
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ive me the cap and gown, the music playing, the little piece of paper and you can keep your e-mailed degree. It is the pinnacle dream of American teenagers, pulling in with the car packed with belongings, seeing new faces everywhere as excited and anxious as themselves, a place that is their’s during four or more years of change. We expect fun times and late nights of studying with horrible choices in food combination — for the record, coffee and pizza should not mix. Oh, how we love the dream of college life. But the dream might be in danger of ending. Introduce the new type of university, which has replaced college halls with an all-inclusive desktop and online classes. Many of us have taken at least a “how-to” class or a study aid program online. They have given us, with the touch of the mouse, a step into the classroom while in the comfort of home. Many think this is the future of college. But what will be the effect on education if the campuses go empty? This university is also making a partial transition to online. According to the Office of Records, currently there
JACOB BECKER Jacob is a history freshman and columnist for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. are 7,068 students are enrolled in online classes through UTA itself, and it can only grow from here. This provides a danger from within that this campus could begin to fade away to merely pleasant pictures on a class Web site. But the traditionalists should breathe easy, because the school-yard university will never die as long as we remember why we need it. What the online universities lack is a community. Sitting in class you become entwined with those around you. You experience the same frustrations, jubilations and create bonds. In the underclassman years you sit beside classmates across majors, and develop ties to those that complete
your academic mind. In turn you may choose to learn from each other as much as from the professor. The ultimate goal of education should be interaction, collaboration and collective innovation. These are the traits needed in the workplace. While the move toward more online university options may be ideal for those who can only find time at the computer for school, it should be maintained that the campus university is in a different league entirely. Along with the community from classes, you can customize your education with experiences in extracurricular activities and organizations. Whether they are academic or recreational based, you find they are what can make your college experience unique. And there is one aspect of college life that no online option can ever hope to emulate — good old-fashioned school spirit. From the passions of rival sports events, to the resource of fellow alumni in the work force, campus pride can not be overlooked. The choice belongs to the students. Give me the pomp and circumstance , and send me on my way. I don’t want a digital copy education.
YOUR VIEW
“Banked” Job Security Nursing students fulfill need upon entering the workforce. There seems to be an awful lot of stress and tension in 212 Pickard Hall these days. This is the room that my nursing Senior II classmates and I have been given to hunker down and get through the last few weeks of our undergraduate student careers. We bemoan the assignment load, compare local hospitals, plan for graduation and trade myths about what is going to happen when we apply for this internship or a nursing job. I am not concerned for my classmates, and I am not concerned for myself. There is a phenomenon in hospital units called “banked trust” — a new nurse is trusted by other members of the health care team, because the existing nurses have built up so much trust over the years that the new nurse can make a withdrawal until he or she has the chance to build up a personal de-
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JENNIFER LEE WEIBEL-MCKEE Jennifer Lee WeibelMcKee is a nursing senior and guest columnist for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. posit. UTA College of Nursing alumni have given us the gift of banked trust. When we pass the National Council Licensure Examination, or NCLEX — the test for nurse’s license in the United States — we will transition well into our new professional roles, and we will grow to become excellent nurses. I have talked to my patients, my managers and to local nursing recruiters. Because
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of this I know that a student chosen to fill one of those seats in room 212 has been given an in. Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst recently visited our Smart Hospital and spoke of Texas` “critical need” for welleducated and well-trained nurses. I am deeply grateful to Dewhurst for recognizing the importance of what nurses do, and also for seeing past the recent economic downturn to the needs of the future. As one of my wise nursing professors said in lecture a few days ago, “People are forever being born, dying, getting sick, and going crazy.” There will always be a need for my kind of people, and though my classmates and I might not be leaving the seats in that room and entering directly into our dream jobs, I know that we fulfill a great need. There is a bright future for us, we just have to continue to strive to reach it.
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Mavericks take on UTSA for a second time
Mavs prepare to face Roadrunners Although the men’s basketball team defeated McNeese State University on Wednesday night with senior guard Marquez Haynes scoring 12 points, they will need him to put up a few more on Saturday against UT-San Antonio at the Convocation Center. UTSA ranks second in the Southland Conference in scoring defense, holding opponents to 63.8 points per game. The Mavericks average 75.4 points per game. Haynes said the team’s defense and rebounding is more important than his scoring. “We know what it takes to win a game,” he said. “At this point, it’s just about going out and doing it.” The Mavericks have won five straight games and six of its last eight. Wednesday’s win gave the Mavericks (13-9) a 5-4 conference record. After a 1-4 start in conference play, head coach Scott Cross has welcomed the turnaround. Cross said his team needs to maintain its defensive intensity to keep its winning streak intact. “We held them to 30-something percent, low 30’s [Wednesday] night,” he said of his team’s defense. “Obviously that’s why we won the game.” His team held the Cowboys to 30 percent from the field on Wednesday. UTSA junior guard Devin Gibson has averaged 12.1 points per game this season. Senior guard Dwight Gentry II said Cross has given him a specific defensive assignment for Gibson. “He’s real good about getting the ball out in transition,” he said. “What coach told me to focus on was keeping him on one side of the floor, and don’t let him change sides of the floor because that makes the defense shift.”
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After winning back-toback games for the first time this season, the Mavericks will look to make it three straight against UT-San Antonio, which currently holds the longest winning streak in the Southland Conference with three games. The Mavericks (10-12, 5-4 SLC) will trade in its usual home white jerseys for pink uniforms at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Texas Hall. The pink uniforms are a part of the Kay Yow/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Cancer Fund to help promote breast cancer awareness. Saturday’s game will be televised live on the Southland Conference Television Network, and fans are encouraged to wear pink in support. Junior guard Tamara Simmons, who is averaging 12.8 points per game, said she is excited about Saturday’s game. “It does say a lot about breast cancer in general and how we can do our part to make sure people are aware of the disease,” she said. “People need to get their checkups to make sure everything’s good.” In Wednesday’s night win against McNeese State, senior guard Meghan Nelson joined an exclusive club when she became the 16th player in UTA women’s basketball history to score 1,000 points. Nelson has 15 or more points in 15 games this season. She also has finished in double figures in all of the Mavericks’ games this year. Nelson said she had phone calls from her friends and family telling her she needed only 12 points to get to 1,000. “I knew it was coming, and I just tried to block it out and play,” she said. “It was big for me to get 1,000 points.” The Mavericks played UTSA (13-9, 7-2 SLC) earlier this season on Jan. 16 and lost 69-51. In that game Nel-
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son had 15 points, and junior forward Shalyn Martin had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Mavericks were held to 28.8 percent shooting from the field and UTSA shot 41.5 percent. Against McNeese State on Wednesday, the Mavericks held the Cowgirls to an 11-25 assist-to-turnover ratio. Head
coach Samantha Morrow said she is seeing improvement on the defensive side of the ball. “You see them do it at times,” she said. “I don’t know why it’s taken us so long, but we’re starting to play better defense.” Nelson might have problems scoring against the No.
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The UTA men’s tennis team will continue their home stand as they face Cameron on Friday and Southern Miss on Sunday. In the match against Cameron, depending on the weather, the match can either be played indoors or canceled altogether, head coach Diego Benitez said. If played indoors, it will be at Las Colinas Country Club. In their first match of the year, the Mavs lost against No. 39 ranked TCU and are looking to bounce back, Benitez said. The men’s team knows the Cameron Aggies will play hard as the Mavs try to extend their winning streak against Cameron to six games. “Cameron is a good D-2 school,” Benitez said. “They will come strong this weekend with wanting to beat our streak.” He said he doesn’t want the team to look at the undefeated streak because he knows the team can beat Cameron man for man. “We are excited to play them,” he said. “It’s a good matchup every season.” Sophomore Jason Lateko said that just because the team is 5-0 against Cameron doesn’t mean they can relax. “Every game is different,” he said. “As long as we stay focused and not get overconfident, we would be able to play our games to our best.” In a first-time matchup against Southern Miss, Benitez said he is confident the Mavs will win. “They don’t have any impressive results,” he said. “Having them play here is a huge advantage. They aren’t use to the area, so we can use it against them.” However, Benitez says, the team must focus on doubles play this weekend. The match scheduled on Thursday against Centenary was canceled because of weather conditions and will be played in March.
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