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FACILITIES
Campus to gain 380 parking spaces Some lots will close during spring break to be re-striped and expanded. BY JOHN HARDEN The Shorthorn senior staff
UTA released a plan to redesign some parking lots to alleviate potential parking issues due to the
special events center construction this summer. Construction will take place on the eastern edge of campus and will force many students to park elsewhere. Before construction begins, the university will expand several lots and construct a new lot over spring break.
According to the parking plan, Lot 49, located on South Cooper Street and South Nedderman Drive, will be re-striped to add 235 spaces. Lot 50, located on South Cooper Street and Doug Russell Road, will gain 74 spaces. Lot 51, located on Bessel Avenue and West Street, will gain 83 spaces. Facilities Management surveyed
For a list and map of lot closings and construction, see page 6 each parking lot and determined the best way to design the lots to improve efficiency. The university will also construct a new Lot 56 at Doug Russell Road and Pecan
Street, which will add 116 spaces by mid-April. The lot will have a shuttle stop as well. PARKING continues on page 6
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Mavs lose SLC slot to Lamar
Spotlight, a day-in-the-life series, documents unique personalities and hobbies throughout the spring semester.
Dreaming of Design
After back and forth game, the Cardinals widen gap and keep lead for the 70-61 win. BY CLINT UTLEY The Shorthorn sports editor
KATY, Texas — The third time was not a charm for the women’s basketball team. The Mavericks lost to Lamar on Thursday afternoon in the semifinal match-up of the Southland Conference Tournament. The loss was the third time this season that Lamar has defeated UT Arlington. The Cardinals FINAL had four players score in double SCORE digits, with seLamar - 70 nior forward UTA - 61 Darika Hill putting up 20. Lamar junior guard Jenna Plumley, SLC Player of the Year, had 14 points and eight assists, five in the initial 8:30 minutes. Plumley averaged 14.5 points per game and shot 37.5 percent from 3-point range this season but went 4 of 13, 30 percent, from 3-point range in the game. “When you play a team like that, it’s pick your poison,” head coach Samantha Morrow said after the game. “Are you going to let her get 30, or are you going to try to make somebody else do it, and they did. “Darika Hill, she hit some huge baskets for them,” she said. Lamar opened the game by taking a 22-10 but the Mavericks countered by going on a 16-4 run over the next 6:46 to tie the score at 26-26 with 4:44 to go in the BBALL continues on page 3
The Shorthorn: Rasy Ran
Above: Interior design senior Lindsay Rowan glues a piece of her tabletop March 3 at the Fine Arts Building. Rowan’s project comprises of metal for legs and salvaged wood for the tabletop. Top: Rowan attributed most of her day as being spent working on projects at the university. Rowan said she occasionally has dreams and nightmares about interior design.
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indsay Rowan says she holds her tongue when she visits a friend’s home, but still dreams of how their interior could look sometimes. Clean and simple designs are what draw Rowan closer to her interior design work. “In school, they always teach minimalism, if you have too much, it’ll contrast with each other,” Rowan said. The interior design senior can be found
working continuously on her projects around the clock at the School of Architecture’s Design Resource Center. “You always think that it’s going to be 10 hours to complete it, but it ends up being 20 hours,” she said. Rowan’s appreciation for simplicity doesn’t stop when she leaves campus – it spills over to her apartment. The drafting table in her airy and sun-lit
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living room situates itself against 16 neatly arranged square corkboards on the wall. Drawings of her projects and guidelines are pinned there to keep Rowan inspired during long hours in the design process. The two-toned colored walls serve to only compliment the inviting atmosphere, if her dog Doodle, hasn’t introduced herself already.
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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
SCIENCE
Tuition Raffle winner announced
Dean sheds light on Haiti and Chile earthquakes
Anne Marie Boeding won the $5,000 grand prize after buying 40 tickets. BY CHASE WEBSTER The Shorthorn senior staff
Members of the Student Alumni Association were able to participate in its tuition raffle for the first time this year, and one of them won. Anne Marie Boeding, music education sophomore and board of directors member, won a drawing for a grand prize of $5,000 in paid tuition for one semester. The drawing took place on Feb. 26 at The Bash. A total of $6,500 was given to the first, second and third names drawn.
Boeding said she saw the raffle as a way of giving to the university. “All of the extra money goes to student scholarships,” she said. “I figure the university has given me so much, why not give a little back?” According to group adviser Jasmine Stewart, approximately 2,800 tickets were sold for the raffle at $5 a piece. The number of tickets purchased by group members is not known, she said. Yinka Ajibade, mechanical engineering senior and group treasurer, said all board of director members who were eligible for the raffle participated. To be eligible for the raffle one must have been enrolling in classes for the fall 2010 semester.
Anne Marie Boeding, music education sophomore and winner of the $5,000 tuition raffle
Students were limited in how many tickets they could purchase for the drawing only by how many they could afford. Boeding was able to purchase 40 tickets with the help of her family, she said. RAFFLE continues on page 8
Jansma discusses how tectonic plates interacted to cause the quakes. BY JUSTIN SHARP The Shorthorn staff
At a talk delivered to a packed lecture hall Thursday in the Geoscience Building, Science Dean Pamela Jansma revealed to students and faculty new “hot off the press” information about the quake in Haiti. The new data was collected by a team of researchers, who recently returned from Haiti.
Jansma contributed to an academic paper published in 2008 that stated, based on data collected, the likelihood of an approximately 7.2 magnitude quake in the area near Port-au-Prince. The type of fault line that runs through Haiti and the Dominican Republic is known as a strike-slip fault, which means the edges of the plates grind against each other laterally, as Jansma explained in the presentation. The quake was quite severe for JANSMA continues on page 4
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Organic/inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposites for Optoelectronics Devices: 10:30 a.m. free. 112 Nedderman Hall. for information, contact Weidong Zhou at 817-272-1227 or wzhou@ uta.edu
Vehicle, Tow An officer was dispatched at 11:10 a.m. to tow a vehicle from faculty Lot 7, which is located by the Nanofab center, on 500 Cooper St. for parking in a reserved space without authorization. The case was cleared.
Salsa-reDS: Enhancing the robustness of P2P Systems: 10:30 am.-11:30 a.m. free. 413 Woolf Hall. for information, contact Sajal Das at 817-272-7405 or das@uta.edu
Theft An officer investigated at 1:36 p.m. a bicycle theft that occurred at the fine Arts Building on 700 Greek Row Drive. The case is active.
Electric Power Quality: 11 a.m. free. 111 Nedderman Hall. for information, contact J.C. Chiao at 817-272-1337 or chiao@uta.edu 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
Clavier Series Piano recital: 7:30 p.m. free. irons Recital Hall. for information, contact the Music Department at 817-272-3471 or music@uta.edu SATurDAy Free rAD Ladies Self Defense Course: 9 a.m.6 p.m. Maverick Activities Center. free. for information, contact Ron Cook at 817-2723902 or rwcook@uta.edu Creativity Test: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. free. UTA/fort Worth Center Santa fe Station. for information, contact Megan Topham at 817-272-5988 Secret of the Cardboard rocket: 1 p.m.-2 p.m. $5 for adults, $4 for children. Planetarium. for information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu $2 Movie- Little Shop of Horrors: $2. Planetarium. for information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@ uta.edu Submit items at
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PrinCess of PoP Nursing junior Valerie Arnaez performs karaoke to Britney Spears’ “Lucky” Thursday night in Bowling and Billiards as part of the Multicultural Mavericks Women’s History Month.
Crime
UTA Police are looking for an individual involved in a possible assault. According to the police report, a woman left Science Hall at approximately 6:31 p.m. Wednesday when an unknown man approached her. The man followed her and asked her where she was going and if she was alone, as well as commenting on her appearance. When she did not respond, the man touched her arm and she ran for help. Assistant police chief Rick Gomez said police are treating this as a possible threat, even though it
helP with the Case Anyone with information concerning the incident can contact UTA Detective Hank Pope at 817-272-0495 or e-mail him at popehj@uta.edu.
may be a one-time incident. “We take all reports seriously,” he said. “If we get similar reports, we will take them very seriously.” Police sent a bulletin through MavMail so anyone with information can send it to UTA Police detective Hank Pope. The woman who reported the incident will be
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The next group of student student officials, reading publeaders is slowly appearing on lished pieces concerning UTA a list voters will see in the April and engaging in healthy dialogue, Bedford said. student governance elections. Student Congress president Prospective leaders have until 5 p.m. on March 26 to Kent Long aired a similar mesfile for soon-to-be vacant po- sage Tuesday, when he urged SC memsitions. Canbers to file didates must for elections submit applimark your Calendar and for them cations to the to encourage Student GovA candidate forum will be held April 14, and elections will be held others to do ernance OfApril 19 and 20. the same. He fice, where one also spoke can also pick to a group up the official spring 2010 Student Gover- of students during a Business Constituency Council meeting nance Election Code. Some openings include Stu- Wednesday, saying it’s their dent Congress president and “social responsibility” to either run or vote. Mr. and Ms. UTA. After filing, candidates have All students should be aware of everything happening on to attend a candidate meetcampus, said Carter Bedford, ing and submit typed platform Student Governance and Orga- statements and campaigns. There will be a candidate nizations associate director. “You can’t complain about forum on April 14, and elecsomething if you’re not part of tions will follow on April 19 and 20. the process,” he said. Students can get involved by checking in with elected — Johnathan Silver
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meeting with an artist to make a composite sketch of the suspect, Gomez said. Even situations that seem like harmless horseplay and goofing around can sometimes turn into something much worse if they go ignored, Gomez said. “We never know what we’re dealing with,” he said. “If people get away with little things, they can escalate. We want to be able to identify him. If he’s not a student we can get him off the campus.”
THurSDAy investigation officers were dispatched at 2:12 a.m. to investigate a suspicious person call at Arlington Hall on 600 Pecan Drive. Two male students were identified and upon further investigation it was determined that no offenses had been committed. The case was cleared. View a crime map at
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CorreCtions
Assault An officer investigated at 6:31 p.m. a report from a student of an unidentified male subject following her at Science Hall on 502 yates St. The man grabbed her arm before she ran away and reported the incident. The case is active.
uTA Police seek man in connection with possible assault case on campus
student GovernanCe PersonavaCation by Thea Blesener
Theft An officer at 2:17 p.m. investigated the report of a bicycle theft that occurred at the southeastern apartment zone on 1000 Pecan Drive. A student advised the officer that both his bikes were stolen. The case is active.
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Constituency Council presidents: School of Architecture College of Business College of education and Health Professions College of engineering Honors College College of Liberal Arts College of Nursing College of Science School of Social Work
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The men’s and women’s basketball teams compete in the Southland Conference tournament. Follow their stories with our coverage.
Mavs prepare to rebound after 4-8 start BY SAM MORTON The Shorthorn staff
The baseball team kicks off conference play this weekend, hosting the Sam Houston State Bearkats, who come to Clay Gould Ballpark looking to get back on track after a 3-10 start to the season. After getting swept by Dallas Baptist to start the season, the Mavericks (4-8) have won consecutive weekends, taking two from the Missouri State Bears from the Missouri Valley Conference and the Brigham Young Cougars from the Mountain West Conference. Unfortunately, midweek games haven’t gone the Mavericks’ way this season. After falling to Oklahoma last week, the Mavs couldn’t compete against Texas Christian and Creighton this week, losing by a 26-7 combined score. But while the team managed to capture a pair of series wins during their perilous non-conference schedule, the team isn’t satisfied with its recent play. “We’ve learned a lot as a team,” senior catcher Steffan Guest said. “These last two games showed us that we’ve got more work to do.” Guest anticipates starting conference play but understands the work it’s going to take to compete against Sam Houston State. “We’re going to wipe the slate clean, ‘cause conference is a different story,” Guest said. “We’ve got to be ready to play on Friday. Their record may not show it, but they’re a good ballclub. They always are.” Head coach Darin Thom-
as is frustrated with the lack of pitching depth so far, and hopes the pitching staff learns from their recent struggles in time to turn it around in conference. “We usually play well behind [Jason] Mitchell and [Rett] Varner, so hopefully our younger guys will start to feed off of that,” Thomas said. “We’re going to try to win a series, and it all starts on the mound.” The Mavericks have yet to win a game this season without senior pitcher Jason Mitchell or junior pitcher Rett Varner on the mound. Besides Mitchell or Varner, the Maverick pitching staff has an ERA of 9.76 — over a run an inning. “We’re very thin right now, we’re just searching for somebody to step up,” Thomas said. Junior center fielder Michael Choice, who hit his 23rd career home run on Tuesday, admits that progress has been made, but he isn’t content with the way the Mavericks have been struggling to get batters out. “I would hope these guys have learned,” Thomas said. “It’s a helpless feeling as a coach when you get way behind like that. You feel like there’s nothing you can do.” He said he envied the way Texas Christian’s pitching staff is fighting for opportunities to pitch and taking advantage of every chance. He hopes his young team can realize their potential heading into conference. “These kids have to realize they’re getting an opportunity, and at some point the opportunity is going to run out,” Thomas said.
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“We’re going to wipe the slate clean, ‘cause conference is a different story.” Steffan Guest, Mavericks senior catcher
NUMBERS GAME
4-8
Maverick baseball team’s record so far this season
10
Number of points senior guard Meghan Nelson scored in the loss to Lamar Thursday
55
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Above: Senior guard Meghan Nelson is fouled while attempting to split the defense on Thursday during the Mavericks’ loss to Lamar in the second round of the Southland Conference Championship at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.
LAMAR 70, UTA 61 Lamar Player FG-FGA REB Smith 6-11 7 Hill 9-19 10 Loyd 5-9 6 Plumley 5-17 3 Crawford 3-7 2 Green 0-0 0 Williams 1-3 4 Henderson 0-2 1 Totals 29-68 35
PTS 13 20 10 14 9 0 4 0 70
MIN 28 37 33 38 32 9 12 11 200
UTA Player FG-FGA REB Mergerson 3-6 7 Martin 2-5 8 Shofner 0-1 2 Nelson 7-11 8 Simmons 5-13 4 Dike 0-1 2 Parker 0-0 0 Terral 2-6 1 Duffey 0-5 4 Totals 23-60 41
PTS 6 8 0 22 12 1 0 12 0 61
MIN 24 26 14 34 30 17 10 28 17 200
Left: Junior guard Tamara Simmons shoots a layup as she is fouled from behind. Simmons scored 16 points, pulled down four rebounds and had three steals in the loss.
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Bball continued from page 1
Assistant Coach K.J Hendricks discusses what the players need to focus on in preparation of the future games. Hendricks explains what drills to concentrate on and why the players will need them in the upcoming season.
first half. Lamar responded to that run and went into halftime with a 33-29 lead. Senior guard Meghan Nelson scored 10 points and was 4 of 5 from the free-throw line in the first half. “It’s pretty hard when you are doing everything you can and you’re making pushes,” Nelson said. “You gotta keep going at it. You can’t stop just because they hit a shot.”
Nelson hit two free throws at the 16:15 mark in the second half to tie the game at 38-38, but Plumley responded with a 3-pointer on Lamar’s next possession. Lamar led by as many as six points before the Mavs took a 54-53 lead on a Nelson lay-up with 8:40 to play in the game. Junior forward Shalyn Martin fouled out of the game with 3:43 to play in the second half. Morrow said Martin’s loss hurt the team, but other players were required to pick up the slack. Sophomore guard Nicole
Terral, who finished with 12 points, hit a 3-pointer with four minutes to play to cut Lamar’s lead to three points. “There was a lot of minutes that were definitely unexpected,” Terral said of her amount of minutes played. “It was not an individual effort at all. Everybody pulled it together and pulled up the slack. That’s why it was such a good game.” After Terral’s bucket, Lamar out-scored the Mavs 9-3 to close out the game. CLINT UTLEY sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
SOFTBALL
CAMPUS RECREATION
Mavs fall to Longhorns, 3-2
Pinning down the All-American title
Freshman pitcher Teri Lyles pitched for 7 shutout innings until the 10th inning.
Four Fightin’ Mavs wrestle their way to Collegiate Wrestling Championship.
BY WILL DOAN The Shorthorn Staff
The UTA softball team lost in extra innings to No. 14 ranked UT-Austin 3-2 Thursday night, bumping the Mavs to a 12-9 record. The nearly 500 in attendance witnessed a back and forth pitching duel throughout the game. Senior pitcher Cara Hulme gave up a solo shot to UT-Austin’s first baseman Lexy Bennet in the first inning to take the early 1-0 lead. The Mavs responded with a bases loaded single by junior first baseman Rebecca Collom. Then senior catcher Samantha Chumchal walked, which scored Hulme for the 2-1 lead. In the top of the second, Hulme gave up another solo shot, this time to shortstop Loryn Johnson, to tie it. After Lyles entered the
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Junior outfielder Jordan Barry, left, and sophomore outfielder Kari Karr listen to Patty Smith as she reads the tragic story of her daughter, Laurren Smith, before Thursday night’s game at Allan Saxe Field. Lauren Smith died from a rare bone cancer. All proceeds of Thursday’s game against Texas will benefit the “Laurren Smith Medical Fund.”
game she threw seven shutout innings until the 10th. The Longhorns then brought in their ace pitcher, Blaire Luna, who struck out the 14 of 19 batters she faced.
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Chalk Talk
By the top of the 10th inning, the game had to be decided with an International Tiebreaker Rule, where each SOFTBALL continues on page 4
Four UTA Wrestling Club members are vying for All-American titles at the 2010 National Collegiate Wrestling Championships in Hampton, Va. lasting until Saturday. After two rounds Thursday, two Fightin’ Mavs wrestlers remain undefeated, while the other two are one loss away from being out of the double-elimination tournament. National qualifiers include business management sophomore Matt Morgan, kinesiology junior Ray Ramirez, kinesiology junior Chris Corry and kinesiology junior Jose Lazo. An All-American title places wrestlers in the top eight nationwide. Head technique coach
Gabriel Reyes said he trains all his wrestlers to be national champions and expects the men out on the road to return to UTA as All-Americans. In a past national championship, Reyes traveled with eight national qualifiers. None of them were as tough as the four current qualifiers are, he said. “To make it to day two is tough to do,” Reyes said. “We’ve never had all the guys going into day two.” Corry lost his first match, but pinned his second rival in the following round. He has to win four matches in a row to become an AllAmerican. He said he was a bit disappointed after his Thursday matches, which weren’t his best, he said. “One thing that concerns me more than not winning is not wrestling at my full potential,” Corry said. “I’m WRESTLING continues on page 4
Number of seconds it took for Wrestling Club member Jose Lazo to pin down his second opponent in the 2010 National Collegiate Wrestling Championships
3-2
Final score of Thursday’s softball game vs. UT
UTA SPORTS CALENDAR Friday Baseball vs. Sam Houston State: 6:30 p.m., Clay Gould Ballpark Women’s track and field NCAA Indoor Championships: all day, Fayetteville, Ark. Saturday Baseball vs. Sam Houston State: 2 p.m., Clay Gould Ballpark Women’s track and field NCAA Indoor Championships: all day, Fayetteville, Ark. Softball vs. Central Arkansas: 2 p.m., Allan Saxe Field Softball vs. Central Arkansas: 4 p.m., Allan Saxe Field Women’s tennis at Texas State: 1 p.m., San Marcos, Texas Sunday Baseball vs. Sam Houston State: 1 p.m., Clay Gould Ballpark Softball vs. Central Arkansas: 1 p.m., Allan Saxe Field Monday Men’s golf Rio Pinar Invitational: all day, Orlando, Fla. Tuesday Baseball vs. Oklahoma Christian, 6:30 p.m., Clay Gould Ballpark Softball vs. Baylor, 4 p.m., Allan Saxe Field Softball vs. Baylor, 6 p.m., Allan Saxe Field Men’s golf Rio Pinar Invitational: all day, Orlando, Fla. Wednesday Baseball vs. Oklahoma Christian, 3 p.m., Clay Gould Ballpark Thursday Women’s tennis vs. South Alabama: 1 p.m., San Diego, Calif. March 19 Baseball at UT-San Antonio: 6 p.m., San Antonio, Texas Men’s tennis vs. Sacramento State: 11 a.m., the Tennis Center March 20 Baseball at UT-San Antonio: 2 p.m., San Antonio, Texas Women’s track and field Horn Frog Invitational: all day, Fort Worth, Texas Softball at Nicholls State: 1 p.m., Thibodaux, La. Softball at Nicholls State: 3 p.m., Thibodaux, La. March 21 Baseball at UT-San Antonio: 1 p.m., San Antonio, Texas Softball at Nicholls State: noon, Thibodaux, La. Men’s tennis vs. Columbia: 2 p.m., the Tennis Center — Marissa Hall
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Sophomore catcher Erica LeFlore holds firm as a ball sails over her head and out of the strike zone during Thursday’s benefit game against Texas. The Mavericks will take on Central Arkansas in a three game series starting at 2:00pm on Saturday at Allan Saxe Field.
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team starts with a runner on second base. When Lyles faced the first batter, she got an easy sacrifice bunt out. The next hitter, Texas right fielder Tallie Thrasher crushed a double to left field to take a 3-2 lead. Lyles then got the next batter to ground out and Thrasher was thrown out at home to end the inning. “Teri held her own,” head coach Debbie Hedrick said. “She got a lot of ground balls and did fantastic.” As the Mavs were down to the last three outs, facing Luna proved tough. As senior center fielder Brittany Washington stood on second, sophomore second baseman Courtney Zink got the first hit. However, Washington was caught in a run down for the first out after Zink’s bunt. Luna struck out the next two hitters. Although the Mavs lost, Hedrick said she was proud and has high hopes for the team in conference. “If we bring this energy and defense, we can win,” she said. Chumchal also added that this game will give them a lot of momentum going into Southland Conference play. “The pitchers gave a great
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now working out the kinks.” Corry said he would stay warm, hydrated and stressfree for a better performance in future matches. “Once you’re out on the mat, nothing else matters,” he said. “My shoulder hurts, my knee hurts–but that all goes away.” Lazo, 125 pounds and ranked No. 16 in the competition, won in his first round
stats Lyles 8 IP 8H 0 ER Hulme 2 IP 3H 2ER
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effort,” she said. “We worked the batters.” Lyles said she knew they weren’t going to give up. “It’s been like this all year,” she said. “It’s a huge achievement and if we keep fighting we will win the Southland Conference.” More than $900 was raised for the Laurren Smith Medical Fund. Smith, who was one of
the Maverick’s biggest supporters, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and recently passed away on Dec. 4. The Mavs continue their home stand with a doubleheader against Central Arkansas 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.
and pinned his second opponent in 55 seconds. Now he’ll go head-to-head against No.1-ranked Alexander Chiricosta from the University of Central Florida. Lazo said he would relax until then. “I want to cause an upset so that everyone will stop talking about the upset that happened to us,” he said. If Lazo wins his third match, then he will automatically become an All-American, regardless of how he fares in following contests. “You can’t describe the feeling until it happens,” he
said. “I imagine it would be awesome.” Reyes said the team as a whole is looking forward to more matches. “It’s emotionally draining, but the guys are pretty excited,” he said. Morgan, who had his first match during round two, lost. Ramirez is the other undefeated Fightin’ Mav. If he wins his third competition, he will be an All-American.
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Fountain to undergo test after repairs Facilities Management staff have been fixing a broken fountain located behind Preston Hall. Six months ago, the staff made the decision to temporarily shut down the fountain because it wasn’t functioning properly, groundskeeper III Jorge Juarez said. He said the pump and some pipes were broken, and some of the copper parts on the fountain’s inside had corroded over time. Generally, the pumps are left running through the winter months; however, this particular pump had not been flowing properly to begin with, he said. “It would freeze if we left it on because it was so messed up,” he said. To prevent more damage, they decided to shut it down until repairs could be made during warmer weather. Juarez said professionals
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two main reasons. At 13 kilometers, it occurred at a relatively shallow depth, and the plates were 100 percent locking, meaning that the tension had been building since the last quake without releasing any energy in smaller seismic events. What was surprising to Jansma and the researchers was the type of motion recorded by GPS tracking stations set up in the area before and after the quake. Jansma said in addition to lateral movement, it seems that thrusting occurred, which means the two plates also pushed toward each other. She said this makes some sense when you look at the mountainous terrain along the fault line. She also spoke about the differences in the quakes in Haiti and the one in Chile, which resulted in far less loss of life while being more energetic and causing a tsunami. The fault line between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate, the edge of which is just off the coast of Chile, is a subduction zone. This means that the plates are pushing together, and the Nazca Plate is sinking beneath the South American Plate. This caused the tsunami because the crust of the South American Plate rose vertically, displacing massive amounts of water. In this type of movement, the epicenter of the quake is usually at a much lower depth than in strike-slip faults, re-
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sulting in less severe movement on the surface while the magnitude of the quake for such a zone is typically 8 or greater. This, said Jansma, was one of the reasons the destruction and death in Chile were less severe. Other reasons mentioned by the dean were related to social and economic factors. “Haitians had a false sense of security because no earthquakes have happened there within living memory,” she said. She said the financial prosperity of Chile and its history of frequent quakes led to better education on the potential of future seismic events and higher building codes. The rescheduled talk was promoted as part of the Frontiers in Science lecture series, which aims to be accessible to a wide audience, said Lori Norris, College of Science special programs coordinator.
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rowing up, there was an anecdote that was as popular as it was loathed among my friends: A father had just walked out of the shower with a towel on when he decided to pass by the living room to say hi to his visitors before proceeding to the bedroom to dress. In the process, his daughter ran up to him, as usual. Being the loving man he was, he threw her up in the air and precisely when her giggle was lighting up smiles in the living room, his towel fell off. In a dilemma, the playful parent was not sure whether to stand upright and ignominiously continue exposing himself and wait for his air-borne daughter to come back down or for him to squat and hide in shame. What he did was left to the imagination of the listeners. America’s nonchalance in handling budgetary control in institutions of higher education is not far from the action of the loving father. The federal government has thrown caution high up in the air — education as well. Inevitably, the towel has fallen off, and the exposed areas are surely not looking good. Student demonstrations, walk-outs and cold strikes were the order of the day last week in California as the 32 percent hike in college tuition and the decision by the state to cut the education budget was met with not-so-peaceful demonstrations. That a country, one that can bail out failed and mismanaged corporations and fund exorbitant wars whose main reasons have been forgotten, can let its higher education be run solely at the mercy of a group of individuals is appalling. In her classic 1991 article “Bloated Administration, Blighted Campuses,” Barbara R. Bergmann, then president of the American Association of University Professors, bemoaned the ever increasing costs of university education and blamed the unprecedented and sometimes unnecessary increments on several factors. One, the “increase in administrative expenditures on American campuses relative to other outlays has been going on for a long time,” perhaps too long. According to the article, for every dollar students
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NELSON ONYANGO Nelson Onyango is a biology freshman and guest columnist for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. borrow,or work for in order to pay for tuition fees and other recurrent expenditures, almost half of it goes into administrative expenditures. This brings to scrutiny the whole logic of whether institutions should focus on administration more than it focuses on academics and research. Second, and even more damning, was the revelation that some funds meant for research were being channeled into administrative pockets and used for completely outrageous expenditures like weddings and maid services
for the top echelon of the administration of that California school. According to the article and Web resources, top administrations in some of the schools enjoyed the luxury of universityfunded lawyers, cooks, speechwriters, press agents and a surprising number of secretaries. While the number of persons of convenience increased, so did the cost of university fees and, as usual, the students had to bear the brunt of selfish, careless spending. While teaching faculty is subject to scrutiny by students through Web sites such as RateMyProfessor.com and also in-class surveys at end of semesters, administrators often lurk in the shadows of extravagance, rarely seen — if ever — and not known by many students. Nevertheless, last week’s events, though not anywhere close to UTA, should have served as a forewarning to other universities and ourselves to be even more careful in spending and to embrace frugality and sustainability to avoid the embarrassment of having to decide whether to squat or continue standing with our dirty linen exposed to the public.
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When it comes to tuition, things could be worse On March 3, the UT System Board of Regents approved a 3.95 percent tuition increase for the 2009-2010 school year. While a tuition increase is certainly not a cause for celebration, UTA’s tuition increase is modest compared to other state institutions. Last year, the California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent increase in tuition across all ten
Capital punishment is not closure, it’s appropriate Theater arts adjunct lecturer and Dead Man Walking play director Anne Healy said “victims’ families usually don’t feel closure or satisfaction after an execution . . . which calls into question capital punishment’s purpose.” No, it does not call into question the purpose. Think about the unjust loss of a loved one to murder. Can emotional or psychological closure occur based solely upon the murderer being justly executed? Of course not. Execution has never been about such closure. How could it be? The purpose of the death penalty is the same as with all criminal justice sanctions, which is providing a just and appropriate punishment for the crime committed. There may be three types of closure which the murder victim’s loved ones have with the execution. The way-too-long ap-
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campuses, sparking protests, riots and vandalism, resulting in student arrests. Meanwhile, the University of Georgia is proposing a 35 percent hike in tuition, while Arizona’s public state universities are proposing an increase as high as 31 percent for the upcoming year. These increases are becoming unsustainable for college students. As the economy is starting to emerge from a recession, state budgets are in debt. Moreover, with less state funding, state universities must relent to
whatever measures necessary in order to stay afloat, such as increasing tuition. However, state colleges are supposed to be much more affordable than private colleges, but in two decades, the price of a four-year degree at a public Texas college could equal that of a brand new BMW SUV.
Sincerely, Canh Tran is an advertising and journalism senior
peals process is finally closed, the most just Iberia, La., lying side by side near her sanction available has been applied in the boyfriend — with three well-placed bullet case; and with the death of the murderer, holes behind each head.” there is no longer any possibility that the And for a very balanced review of the murderer can ever murder or otherwise death penalty: “Debating the Death Penalharm another innocent — a very big deal. ty: Should America Have Capital PunishYou may also question the assertion ment?” The Experts on Both Sides Make that “The Dead Man Walking play or book Their Case, edited by Hugo Adam Bedau is based on the true acand Paul G. Cassell. counts of Sister Helen Submit your letters to Prejean. . .” Sincerely, Dudley Sharp the editor at I recommend that Sharp has appeared on TheShorthorn.com ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, Cstudents and teachers read The Victims of SPAN, FOX, NBC, NPR, PBS, VOA and many other Dead Man Walking by Michael L. Varnado and Daniel P. Smith TV and radio networks, on such programs and Dead Family Walking: The Bourque as “Nightline,” “The News Hour with Jim Family Story of Dead Man Walking by D. Lehrer” and “The O’Reilly Factor.” He has D. deVinci, wherein is written: “ . . .makes been quoted in newspapers throughout you realize the Dead Man Walking truly the world and is a published author. A former opponent of capital punishbelongs on the shelf in the library in the fiction category,” the Bourques, victim ment, he has written and granted interviews about, testified on and debated the survivors, Dead Family Walking. “On November 5, 1977, the Bourque’s subject of the death penalty, extensively teenage daughter, Loretta, was found mur- and internationally. dered in a trash pile near the city of New
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Retention. That is the cause that many university officials are rallying behind. It’s a good cause and a good thing to work for. Retention is also the reason behind a few administrative decisions in the last few months that have some students upset. Ransom Hall is being converted to a student success center that will focus on providing freshman services in one location. It will also house services available to other students. The university has also decided to give new freshmen priority in reserving dorm rooms in residence halls instead of returning students. The purpose behind this change is to provide a central place for new freshmen so they can achieve better grades and be more included in campus events. In a previous Shorthorn article Nandini Bissessar-Grant, Housing Operations assistant director, said 70 percent of the students living in the dormitories are new freshmen and transfer students, whereas only 30 percent are returning students. After a year, that 70 percent may want to stay in the dorms, but more than half of them will have to find an alternate location. If students were to leave because of being unable to find a place to live, it would hurt the university’s graduation rate and further set back the university. Another problem with this decision is that some new freshmen need students in the dorms who have gone through the first year and understand what the freshmen are going through. This plan may take a lot of the mentorship out of the living environment and create a harder transition period for those freshmen. Arlington Hall houses 596 students, Brazos House, 96, Kalpana Chawla Hall, 419, Lipscomb North and South combined, 330 and Trinity House, 236. But the university still had 150 students on the wait-list last year. The Multi-Use Parking Garage, which will also house 450 students, will not be ready until at least fall 2011. But it won’t help students over the next few years as our university is rapidly growing. According to the university fact book, in 2005 the university had just over 25,000 students and in 2009 over 28,000. The 2010 enrollment is about 29,000. In 2009 about 15 percent of students were freshmen. Freshmen retention is important and problems will continue with housing for some time to come. However, this seems more like a Band-Aid on a wound that needs stitches.
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Each lot undergoing improvements will close during spring break and is scheduled to reopen March 22. Other parking plans will be available as the construction phase begins, said university spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan. “The facilities department is making it their priority to make sure parking won’t be an issue,” she said. Undeclared freshman Ashley Jackson said she normally parks in Lot 40 on the east side of campus and looks forward to the additional parking. “I always begin my day in the UC, where I study,” she said. “I usually have to get here before 9 in the morning if I want a close parking spot. Anytime after that, you can forget about it. Hopefully the additional spaces help.” Jackson said she looks forward to seeing how the officials and students tackle parking in the coming months. “I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of unhappy students when more lots are closed,” she said. “Parking is already terrible on the south side of campus. You’ll probably see more people riding bikes to school to avoid the problem if it becomes too much of a hassle.” Two years ago, the university rearranged several parking lots due to construction of the new Engineering Research Building. The building sits on top of an old faculty parking lot, which has since been reassigned. To compensate for the loss of parking, a few faculty spaces were converted to student
Lot closings over spring break: Lot 39, at First and Pecan streets, south of the UTA Bookstore
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Lot 45, southeast of Lipscomb Hall, north of West Mitchell Street Lot 49, south of West Mitchell, east of South Cooper Street Unattended cars may be towed. Upcoming lot changes: Lot 49, at Cooper and Mitchell streets, is being re-striped to add 235 spaces. Work is scheduled to be complete by March 22. Lot 50, north of Grand Street and west of South West Street, has been expanded to add 74 spaces. Lot 51, east of Lot 50 and south of Bessel Avenue, will be expanded to add 83 spaces.
spaces and vice versa. The new expansion plan does not mention converting any student or faculty parking and will rely mainly on lot expansion and creation, said Jeff Johnson, Facilities Management associate director. “There shouldn’t be any student complaints,” he said. “We’re losing some lots, but we’re expanding and creating a lot more parking, which is creating a net gain of about 380 parking spots.” Later this year, the university plans to begin con-
struction on a parking garage in Lot 40 on South Pecan Street and UTA Boulevard. The parking garage will have a minimum of 1,800 parking spaces, according to an agreement between the city and university. At least 700 parking spaces will be available in the garage Aug. 1, 2011, and the remaining 1,100 will be completed on or around Aug. 1, 2012.
A new Lot 56 is under construction at 1217 S. Pecan St., at Doug Russell Road and Pecan Street. It will add 116 spaces by midApril. The LCN lot north of Lipscomb Hall will close at the end of March. The lot has 127 spaces. Students who have parked in the LCN lot will be redirected to the LCS lot (Lipscomb Hall South), which has available space.
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“We’re losing some lots, but we’re expanding and creating a lot more parking.” Jeff Johnson, Facilities Management associate director
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Seminar prompted by alumni requesting meaningful conferences. By Sharayah Sherrod The Shorthorn staff
The UTA/Fort Worth Center’s inaugural women’s leadership conference, Success, lived up to every letter of its name Thursday. The conference focused on providing career women with tools to build their leadership skills, networking, confidence and management abilities as they stake their claim in the workforce. Area and university leaders were on hand for the event that lasted from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. UTA alumna Delia Jara Schilder, now a nurse manager for Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County, said she had been looking forward to the event with great anticipation. “I was just excited to see that UTA was doing something like this,” she said. “The topics really sounded not only interesting, but also pertinent.” That’s exactly what organizers were hoping for, said Amy Schultz, communications assistant vice president. “That’s the whole reason we started this, was because of the feedback we’re getting from our alumni,” she said. Schultz said the feedback requested meatier conferences that would offer practical advice. The Success conference, held in downtown Fort Worth’s Sheraton Hotel and
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Science week forum highlights research The Science Constituency Council is gearing up for science week, which will take place from March 22 to 25, following spring break. Science week will coincide with and incorporate the Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students, ACES, a symposium that gives undergraduate and graduate students a chance to highlight their research. Students, in concert with faculty mentors, will write abstracts and submit visual and oral presentations to be judged Thursday. Lori Norris, science special programs coordinator, said it made sense to hold science week concurrently with ACES. “The students have a lot of great events planned,” she said. She said she hoped to expand science week in the future by better joining the efforts of the SCC with the science college. The SCC has scheduled a roster of events leading up to the ACES symposium, including a Dean’s Forum on March 22 in which Science College dean Pamela Jansma will discuss the state of the College of
“The Mexican Revolution Final Webb lecture covers has been interpreted and reinvarying perceptions of the terpreted endlessly,” he said. Mexican Revolution. Benjamin said how the
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Shaunti Feldhahn, author of The Male Factor, addresses the largely female audience about the discrepancies of gender inequality Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel in Fort Worth. Feldhahn was the keynote speaker at the first Success: A Woman’s Leadership Conference, presented by UT Arlington Fort Worth Center, which hosted multiple professional women-oriented workshops.
Spa, featured local leaders, a keynote address by Shaunti Feldhahn, best-selling author of “The Male Factor,” sessions on how to achieve success and balance personal and professional lives, among others. “The opportunity to meet women in our community — leaders — I think drew a lot of people,” Schultz said. Schultz said the planning committee, which she served on with six other women, offered something for everyone. Before the day began, she said the session she was most looking forward to was “Creating a
SChedule of eventS Dean’s Forum – noon to 1 p.m. March 22 122 Life Science Building Résumés for Success – 12:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. March 23 100 Life Science Building Planetarium Show “Violent Universe” – 7 p.m. March 24
Science. A free planetarium show for the first 160 students and a résumé workshop are also planned. “I’m really looking forward to the planetarium show, Violent Universe,” said SCC president Natalia Vargas. She added that she hoped the week of events would encourage science students to attend the symposium on Thursday. Vargas also said she hoped the turnout for the dean’s forum will be even better than last year’s, which was well attended and successful. The forum and résumé workshop will also have free snacks and prizes given out, Vargas said.
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Mexican Revolution is viewed has changed according to the The Shorthorn staff time period in which it is disProfessor Thomas Benja- cussed, who exactly is doing the min of Central Michigan Uni- research and presenting their versity leads an audience on a findings and the political clibrief excursion through mem- mate. Writings about the revoluory, myth and history about the Mexican Revolution in the tion began while it was still final lecture of the 45th Annual going on. The politicians and Walter Prescott Webb Lecture the revolutionaries themselves attempted from the start to put Series. The theme for this year’s lec- the events and people of the tures was the Mexican Revolu- revolution into historical context, he said. tion, which marks its Eventually, jourcentennial this year. nalists and intelTitled “The Revolution “Anytime lectuals contributed is History: One Hun- you hear their thoughts on dred Years of Looking about the the revolution and Back (and Looking its meaning. Many Forward),” the lecture struggles people over the years was given at 7.30 p.m. people go used interpreThursday in the Unithrough, it’s have tations of the revoversity Center Rosebud going to im- lution as a political Theatre. platform or a tribuThe Webb Lecture pact you.” nal against adverSeries, normally given saries. solely by the History angel Bagby Now that so Department, was co- business freshman much time has hosted this year by passed, it is not so the Center for Greater much the revolution itself that Southwestern Studies. The lecture outlined the researchers are concerned with, history of how the Mexican rather, how the people of MexRevolution has been perceived ico and around the world view and presented by various politi- it, he said. Benjamin said when it cians, journalists, scholars and everyday people since it first comes down to it, historians, as well as ordinary citizens, are began in 1910 to the present. Business freshman Angel still trying to sort out the MexiBagby, who attended on the can Revolution and will probrecommendation of her histo- ably continue to do so as long ry professor, called the lecture as the revolution is considered historically important. powerful. “We human beings have “Anytime you hear about the struggles people go through, it’s some kind of need to give meaning to the past,” he said. going to impact you,” she said. Benjamin said views on the “When we do that, the past revolution have varied from gives meaning to our individual nothing more than a failed lives.” uprising of the people to a successful domination by the upper-class and everything in alySia r. BrookS between. news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu By alySia r. BrookS
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Successful Brand.” Though she does that for work day in and day out, creating her own brand was something she has not yet done, Schultz said. “I don’t know what it is, but by the end of the conference I’m going to find out,” she said. During lunch, Susan Huston, Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Living With Panache magazine fashion editor, gave pointers in a fashion workshop on what not to wear and how to dress professionally. That afternoon, the women got the chance to network
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“I called a bunch of family members, and they gave me money for tickets,” she said. “I spent about $100.” Boeding said she bought most of her tickets two for the price of one during a limited-time discount advertised by the group. The extra money made from the drawing goes to different scholarships also funded by the group, Ajibade said. Throughout the year, the group sponsors several activities to raise money for scholarships, such as the tuition raffle and Oozeball, the annual mud volleyball tournament. Scholarships are available to anyone and can be applied for at the Student Alumni Association Web site. Boeding helps run many of the group’s activities, Ajibade said. “She takes part in running Oozeball,” he said. “She helped with Homecoming. She participated in selling raffle tickets and ran the booth in The Bash.” Boeding, the second oldest of five siblings, joined the group to carry on a long history of community service in-
before heading back to their respective places in the community to implement all they learned. Megan Topham, UTA/ Fort Worth Center operations director, said those planning next year’s event, also in March — which happens to be women’s history month — are ready to put the conference on the calendar again. “I think we’re pretty committed to doing it next year as well,” she said. Sharayah Sherrod news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
grained in her by her serviceoriented family, she said. Community service has been a huge part of Boeding’s life, she said. Outside of working with the Student Alumni Association, she has worked with Mission Arlington and at nursing homes. She wants to use the tuition money to further her goal in becoming a teacher. “I went to private school and Catholic school,” she said. “We were required to do 40 hours of service a year. I’ve been told that it’s what employers look for.” Boeding’s spirit of service is evident in her maturity and her ability to lead by example, Ajibade said. As an active member of the Student Alumni Association board of directors, she is part of the governing body of the 2,300 member association. Stewart said there are no plans in changing the participation requirements for the tuition raffle. “SAA members account for nearly 12 percent of the student body,” she said. “They will continue to have the option to participate just as every UTA student is able to participate.” ChaSe WeBSter news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Thomas L. Benjamin of Central Michigan University speaks at the final Webb lecture and discusses “The Revolution is History: One Hundred Years of Looking Back (and Looking Forward)” on Thursday night in the Rosebud Theatre.
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