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City to expand home foreclosure aid The city’s plans include providing homebuyer assistance and demolishing ruined structures. BY JOHN HARDEN The Shorthorn senior staff
With an average of 100 or more foreclosures a month in Arlington, the city will begin working on
amendments to improve a stabilization program to reduce home closings in south and downtown Arlington. The Community and Neighborhood Development Committee announced Tuesday that they will propose an expansion of target areas for neighborhood redevelopment while maintaining a concen-
tration on areas surrounding the university. The city has a lot of interest in stabilizing the downtown area, said Councilwoman Lana Wolff, who represents Arlington’s fifth district, which includes UTA. “It’s the students who decide to live in the area around the university after they graduate who help
contribute to Arlington’s development,” she said. “It’s the city’s responsibility to make sure they have a place to live.” Wolff said the city’s helping neighborhoods stabilize will help keep graduates in Arlington. Currently, more than $2 milCOUNCIL continues on page 6
ARLINGTON PLANS • The city is looking to expand on areas in south and downtown Arlington to receive aid to prevent home foreclosures. • The Arlington City Council will vote on the proposed amendments on March 23.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams compete in the Southland Conference tournament. Follow their stories with our coverage.
Haynes named SLC’s best
Women advance in tourney Mavericks will face Lamar Cardinals during the semifinals
Marquez Haynes was named SLC Player of the Year making him the second Maverick to receive the honor.
BY CLINT UTLEY The Shorthorn sports editor
KATY, TEXAS - The women’s basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tournament with a 68-63 victory over UT-San Antonio on Wednesday night at the Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The Mavericks held the Roadrunners to 29.9 percent shooting from the floor and converted 41.9 percent of their field goal attempts. UT-San Antonio shot 25 percent from 3-point range compared to 35.7 percent from the Mavs. After building an 11-point lead with 8:15 to play in the second half, the Mavs allowed UT-San Antonio to come to within one point, 60-59, with 2:48 left in the game. The Mavs scored five straight points over the next 1:32 to extend their lead to 65-59. Head Coach Samantha Morrow said she was proud of her team’s resiliency to withstand UT-San Antonio’s comeback attempt. “Conference champions won this tournament last year, UT-SA did,” Morrow said. “To beat a quality team like that, the fourth seed, it’s really good for us.” Morrow said she was impressed with BASKETBALL continues on page 3
BY CLINT UTLEY The Shorthorn sports editor
The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
Senior guard Kiarra Shofner flies towards the basket while attempting a layup Tuesday during the Mavericks’ 68-63 win over UT-San Antonio in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament in Katy, Texas. The Mavericks advance to the second round of the tournament to compete against Lamar at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
For all the points he’s scored this season, senior guard Marquez Haynes got a little more recognition on Tuesday. Haynes was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year by a combined vote of the conference’s men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors. Haynes is the second UT Arlington player and the first since Albert Culton received the honor in 1982. Haynes originally thought Athletics Director Pete Carlon Marquez Haynes, was joking when he told him senior guard of the award. “Earlier in the week, the team told me Clavell won it,” Haynes said. “But what they saw was some newspaper wrote who they thought was going to win it. So when he told me, I was like ‘No, I didn’t.’ ” Haynes ranks third in the nation and leads the SLC, averaging 22.8 points per game. His 661 points this season are a school record. The Southland Conference had many players HAYNES continues on page 3
Want to know who won what earlier? Read live blogs of every Mav tournament game to get a play-by-play of what’s happening on the court.
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STUDENT GOVERNANCE
Little wooden table leads to big ideas Student Congress senator Brian Ravkind wants to know what students want changed at UTA. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER The Shorthorn senior staff
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PRE-FLIGHT CHECK Aerospace engineering freshman Daniel Glowicz and aerospace engineering junior Abhilash Markkassery test the GPS of a model airplane on Tuesday outside the University Center. They said the plane should be up and flying by spring break.
A hot tub in the Maverick Activities Center, a new 24/7 computer lab and more electrical outlets in the Central Library are among items some students want the university, and particularly Student Congress, to address. SC science senator Brian Ravkind collected ideas from passers-by Tuesday at his resolution stand on the Central Library mall. While others passed without stopping, curious students were drawn in by the homemade wooden stand supported by four legs
and hammered in nails. Others who were intrigued stopped to ask how it was made, which led into conversations about what they would like to see changed. Other students stared at the lemonade-like stand from a distance, pointing and conversing about why it could possibly be there. With a paper in hand, Ravkind advanced toward the groups collecting and asked, “What would you like to see changed on campus?” “The more I’m out here, the more people will take this seriously,” he said. History senior William Barnard, a Ravkind supporter, said the stand is a great outreach tool and that the first -term senator is sincere and wants real RAVKIND continues on page 6
WHEN AND WHERE What: Ravkind is collecting student ideas about changes they want to see made at the university.
Brian Ravkind, Student Congress
When: Thursday science senator from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. He plans to do it every Tuesday and Thursday this semester. Where: Central Library mall