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Study: Tweeting improves grades A recent study used social media to engage students in learning. BY ALYSIA R. BROOKS The Shorthorn staff
Students struggling to lift their grades may get a leg up from an unexpected source. An article titled “The Effect of Twitter on College Student Engagement and Grades,” published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning concluded students at an institute in the Midwest who use Twitter in and out of class for a first-year seminar course scored higher grades in the class and were more engaged in learning than students who
didn’t tweet. “It’s amazing,” sociology freshman Raquel Sanders said. “I have a Twitter account, but I never really use it. If this study’s right, though, I may start.” The voluntary study involved 125 first-year pre-health students. The first group, composed of 70 students, was told to use Twitter as an information source and do four assignments for a first-year seminar class. The other 55 students did the same work on a Webbased discussion board. Kinesiology sophomore Viri Villavicencio said she agrees with the study’s findings and said incorporating Twitter into TWEETING continues on page 3
How the Saxe saved Christmas Political science associate hood. “You’re talking about thouprofessor donates money sands of cars that come down to save Arlington tradition. there every year,” said Saxe, poThe Shorthorn senior staff
A year after Allan Saxe provided Christmas lights for the Central Library mall, he is helping spread holiday cheer to another portion of Arlington. In the absence of city funding, Saxe is providing the Interlochen neighborhood in North Arlington with money to hire off-duty police officers who can direct traffic for the long-standing Christmas tradition. Every holiday season, Interlochen homeowners decorate their homes and lawns in festive lights and displays drawing visitors for drives around the neighborAllan Saxe, political science associate professor, is lighting up Arlington with more than just his smile this holiday season and with financial help for the North Arlington community of Interlochen for off-duty police officers to direct traffic for their neighborhood lighting tradition. Saxe said when he lived near Interlochen more than 20 years ago, he would decorate his home in conjunction with their Christmas light display, where more than 200 residents decorate their homes to show to the public.
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American journalist Lisa Ling speaks on Tuesday night in Texas Hall about her experiences with investigative reporting around the world. Ling said she uses her experiences to help others change their perspectives on the world.
Lisa Ling encouraged students to challenge themselves and feed their natural curiosity BY AMANDA GONZALEZ The Shorthorn staff
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litical science associate professor. “I thought it was a wonderful deal to get the lights out. I really enjoy that.” According to Mike Finley in the city budget office, the City of Arlington spent $21,280 to hire six off-duty police officers and a supervisor for Interlochen Christmas traffic in 2008. The funding was cut out of the budget the following year, although a $4,100 city grant was provided. “It was part of the mid-year 2009 fiscal year budget cut,” Finely said. Although Saxe never lived SAXE continues on page 5
Lisa Ling, a National Geographic TV host, spoke about the power travel has to transform a person’s life to an audience of about 2,400 on Tuesday in Texas Hall. The journalist and activist said travel is a game changer because it opens a person up to new perspectives about the world and makes them smarter. “I truly believe if you travel while you’re young, you have a chance to go out of your comfort zone,” she said. “You will become so much smarter as a result, and you will become more marketable in the job market after graduation.” Ling has worked in television for about two decades and has reported from more than 24 countries. She said after spending seven years as a reporter for Channel One News, a news program for middle and high schools students, her life was transformed. “There was a series of things I
saw in my travels that really propelled me to want to communicate a lot of the stories,” she said. Ling said everyone has a story to tell, and people will generally share their story if they feel like someone wants to listen to them. “That’s really been the key to my successful interviews, is just being that person that wants to invest time wise and hear them out,” she said. “I feel there is a lot of responsibility with that.” Dallas resident Alfred Ogada
BIO Ling, a former co-host of “The View,” has produced eight PBS documentaries, is a contributing editor for USA Weekend, reports for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and has cowritten the books Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood and Somewhere Inside. In January, she will have a special called “Our America” on the Oprah Winfrey Network. LING continues on page 5
Q&A FROM BREAKOUT SESSION How have you gotten to this point in your career? ... I’m not a religious person, but I almost feel like God is using me to do this kind of work. I know it sounds kind of crazy but I fancy myself as a communicator, someone who is fortunate enough to get immersed in these experiences amongst different cultures or people in different countries and my job is to effectively communicate people’s stories and lives to a wider audience. So I’ve never really thought of it as a career. Based on the popularity of Internet news, where do you see the TV news content going? Television news is quite dismal, or the state of television news is quite dismal and it’s not so much because of the Internet. The fact that our news channels and our news programs have to adhere to corporatedriven ratings systems to me is so unconscionable. I mean by default you have to compete with and almost sensationalize your rhetoric and your stories because you’re on at the same time as “Jersey Shore,” and so it is unfathomable to me that that is what news has to compete with, and it’s dangerous.
STUDY ABROAD
Scholarship gives global hopes Students from all majors can apply to one of three study abroad programs. BY ALLEN BALDWIN The Shorthorn staff
The Charles T. McDowell Center for Critical Languages and Area Studies plans to make studying abroad a reality for students with a scholarship and
new minor. McDowell Center director Mark Cichock announced that the center is now accepting applications for a study abroad scholarship. The center began this semester with a $1.16 million endowment after long-time resident Betty Ruch made a $558,000 contribution to the university, which was doubled by Maverick Match.
Cichock’s other plans for the center include establishing a global studies minor. “With the costs in mind and knowing it’s going to be extremely difficult for students to get out there and study abroad, the center and its endowment are now oriented towards facilitating folks in that regard,”
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LIBRARIES
Librarians document local history Photos from the Central Library are used in new book about Arlington. BY EDNA HORTON The Shorthorn staff
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Underground rooms located in Arlington provided famous patrons like Bonnie
and Clyde with prostitution, alcohol and gambling. A watchman, looking out for police, stood guard. He gave a signal when police arrived and the patrons of the club climbed through underground tunnels that led to what is now Arlington Baptist College and eluded
police. This is one story discovered by two university employees who are writing a book documenting the history of Arlington. Authors Evelyn Barker, information literacy librarian, and Lea Worcester, special collections public ser-
vices librarian, of the Central Library, tell the history of the city through pictures from 1876 to the present day. Barker said the idea for a book on Arlington came after a researcher used pictures in a book from Central SPECIAL continues on page 5
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TODAY Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies, Maps 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For more information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
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Mindful Moments: 12:15-12:45 p.m. Business Building Room 235. Free. For more information, contact Marie Bannister 817-272-2771. $2 Movie – Toy Story 3: 5:30 p.m. Planetarium. $2. For more information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183. Women’s basketball vs. Arkansas State: 7 p.m. Texas Hall. Free with student ID. For more information, contact UTA Athletics at 817-272-2261. THURSDAY Thanksgiving Holiday: All day. No classes. “flats and rounds� exhibit. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gallery 76102. For more information, contact Corey Gossett at 817-2720365.
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Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies, Maps 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For more information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
Today Plaza closes at 3 p.m. Starbucks and Mav Market close at 5 p.m. Connection Cafe closes at 7 p.m.
SATURDAY Thanksgiving Holiday: All day. No classes.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Mav Market, Connection Cafe, Starbucks, The Plaza and Einstein Bros. Bagels are closed.
Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies, Maps 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For more information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
Sunday Only The Connection Cafe is open at 5:30 p.m. for dinner
Environmental Careers in Industry and Government Agencies: Noon. Life Science Building Room 122. Free. For more information, contact Rita S. Anderson at 817-272-2129.
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TUESDAY Suspicious Circumstances Officers conducted at 12:45 a.m. a field interview with a suspicious person at the Central Library on 702 Planetarium Place. The case was cleared. MONDAY Disturbance Officers investigated at 9:55 p.m. a disturbance at Timber Brook apartments on 401 Kerby St. The case was cleared. Disturbance A noise disturbance was reported at 9:09 p.m. at Kalpana Chawla Hall on 901 Oak St. The case was cleared. Suspicious Circumstances A staff member from Centennial Court apartments reported at 9 p.m. the smell of marijuana coming from one of the apartments on 715 Mitchell Circle. The case was cleared. Theft A student reported at 7 p.m. a bike stolen at University Hall on 601 Nedderman Drive. An unknown individual took a blue and black bike from a bike rack. The case is active.
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Colleges and schools finish nominating faculty for teaching awards. BY VIDWAN RAGHAVAN The Shorthorn staff
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Liberal Arts students have until Dec. 3 to vote for their favorite faculty to win awards for outstanding teaching. The students received an email with a link to vote. While the College of Liberal Arts is getting its votes in, most colleges formed committees to make the decision and are already prepping for the award ceremonies. The aim of the awards is to honor the best liberal arts instructors said Eric Bolsterli, Liberal Arts assistant dean. Winning tenure and tenuretrack faculty receive the Gertrude Golladay Memorial Award, while adjunct faculty are given the Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award. Various people including the dean and students attend an award ceremony that the Liberal
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Arts Constituency Council puts together, said Rebecca Deen, political science chair and 2002 Golladay winner. “It is an honor to be recognized, especially by the students,� Deen said. Winners receive a plaque recognizing their excellence at the award ceremony. Nominees for college-level teaching awards are selected in different manners by different colleges. The College of Engineering selects its nominees by a ninemember committee and student recommendations, said Lynn Peterson, College of Engineering senior associate dean. The college ended its nomination process last week. “We get student input by asking them to talk to their department chair,� Peterson said. “It is a really good channel for students to suggest nominees.� Peterson said these awards play a role in nominations for university level awards.
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“It is typical, but not necessary, that a nominee for university level awards would have won a college-level award,� she said. There are two kinds of awards, college and school awards, and university awards, David Silva, academic affairs vice provost said. One of the university level awards is becoming inducted into the UTA Academy of Distinguished Teachers. A responsibility of Academy members is to be part of the review process for future recipients, Silva said. Deen was made a member of the academy in 2007 and said the selection process was very intensive. “Teaching is a sacred trust. I owe the students in my class the very best whether my day is going well or not,� she said. “And these awards remind me to keep fulfilling that duty.�
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in the Interlochen community, he said he owned a home nearby more than 20 years ago. He said he would decorate his house in conjunction with Interlochen and wanted to step in to help his old friends. “It’s been a long time, but I still know people over there and they’re just a very nice and gracious neighborhood association,” he said. Saxe said the Interlochen community was a pioneer in large-scale Christmas decorating. “They developed their Christmas thing many years ago — it’s been going on for 35 or 40 years,” he said. “It was one of the first neighborhoods to decorate an entire neighborhood with lights.” Last year Saxe stepped up to help UTA light the Central Library mall, something he did again this year. “I’m lighting up Arlington,” Saxe said with a laugh. Psychology freshman Katherine Juroch said she appreciates the mall’s decoration. “The lights make me feel like it’s okay to be at school during the Christmas season,” she said. “It cheers me up and helps me know that all of my hard work is leading up to this festive season.” The Central Library mall lights were turned on last week.
North, South Korea trade shelling over border INCHEON, South Korea — North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday along their disputed frontier, raising tensions between the rivals to their highest level in more than a decade. The communist nation warned of more military strikes if the South encroaches on the maritime border by “even 0.001 millimeter.” Angry at South Korea’s refusal to halt military drills near their sea border, North Korea shelled the island of Yeonpyeong, and Seoul responded by unleashing its own barrage from K-9 155mm self-propelled howitzers and scrambling fighter jets.
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tHe ligHts At inteRloCHen When: Dec. 17 to Dec. 25 Time: Officers will manage traffic from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Place: Enter the neighborhood from Randol Mill Road at Westwood Drive.
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Family members of Seo Jeong-woo, a Korean marine who was killed on South Korean Yeonpyeong Island by North Korea’s artillery attack, react as they arrive at a military hospital in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday. North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter in one the rivals’ most dramatic military confrontations since the Korean War.
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Ex-priest accused of plotting teen’s death SAN ANTONIO — Authorities say a former Roman Catholic priest charged with sexually abusing a teenage boy in rural Texas is now accused of plotting the teen’s murder. A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety says 52-year-old John Fiala was arrested at his suburban Dallas home after meeting with an undercover officer to arrange for the teen’s death.
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Aruba: Jawbone not of Natalee Holloway’s SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A jawbone found on an Aruba beach does not belong to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, prosecutors in the Dutch Caribbean island said Tuesday. The jawbone is human, though it is unclear who it belongs to. Dutch investigators compared the lone tooth on the bone with dental records supplied by Holloway’s family and “it can be ruled out that the bone fragment came from Natalee Holloway,” the prosecutors said. — The Associated Press
stuDent oRgAnizAtions Biology senior Charise Blacksher cooks burgers and hot dogs Tuesday on the Central Library mall. Profits from the sale will help cover out of pocket costs for a Global Medical Training trip to provide healthcare to third world countries next semester.
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classes would be beneficial for students. “Twitter is easy to use. It’s appealing to students. That’s why I use it a lot,” she said. “I don’t really like talking in front of people. I’d rather talk online.” She said Twitter makes it easy to get your point across quickly. “I think people would be a lot more involved if they could use Twitter for class.” Communication assistant professor Brian Horton said increased engagement does not necessarily equal increased learning. However, he said a social network like Twitter that offers students an open line of communication lends a flow to discussion that mirrors how people hold conversations face to face. He said discussion boards may be more logical and organized, but they lack a steady conversational flow that is more encouraging for good communication. “I think this type of technology is easier to incorporate into learning because it integrates better with how we use technology anyway,” he said.
Cichock said. Cichock said the scholarship is for students who are already planning on studying abroad, and all majors are welcome to apply. “We’re looking at all areas of the university,” the political science professor said. “If we had a student looking for language acquisition for business purposes in China, that would be perfectly acceptable, and it’s the kind of thing we want to encourage.” Study abroad adviser Kelsi Cavazos said UTA offers three types of study abroad programs, a faculty-led program, an exchange program and affiliated programs. She said costs depend on the type of program and the country students wish to study in. She said an average of 250 UTA students study abroad each year. Cichock also plans to establish a global studies minor within the next academic year. Cichock said the minor would allow students to take a broad range of classes that will relate to a student’s region of interest. He said it will allow students to go beyond their major and choose classes that interest them in global studies. “It’ll be the first time we’ve ever really coordinated things from anthropology, architecture, economics and political science in a really concentrated way,” Cichock said. Cichock said the concept of the global studies minor is in its infancy, but the
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administrators he’s talked to have been supportive of the idea. A global studies minor has been due for a while, said Kimberly Van Noort, liberal arts associate dean. “For years I’ve been a strong advocate of global education,” she said. “The center promotes the global awareness and competency students need for issues dealing with the rest of the world.” The Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and the Undergraduate Assembly must accept the minor proposal before it can be part of the university’s curriculum. Cichock said there’s been a push in the university to globalize curriculum because of job opportunities. “It’s not just culturally interesting, its not just educationally interesting, but it’s also the kind of thing we hope will facilitate students in their post degree experience,” he said. “They will be able to get jobs.” Allen BAlDwin news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Open to all majors For students planning on traveling abroad Must be sophomore with 3.0 GPA Applications are due Jan. 21 Up to $2,000 per student Applications should be sent to 221 University Hall People interested should contact Mark Cichock at cichock@uta.edu
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One more day, one less absence, one less disappointment It’s time for UTA to lead other universities into an extra day of holiday It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and classes are probably pretty devoid of life. Many students are either traveling or skipping because they only have one class or don’t want to be there because of the holiday. In the Metroplex, private universities are the only schools to start their break on Wednesday. Maybe it’s time for UTA to take the public university lead and give us Wednesday off as well. If a professor cancels class for the day, then those who drive more than an hour, one-way, every day are most likely to see the travel as a waste of time and gas. If two out of three classes have been canceled, it can be seen as a waste of time and gas to drive for one class — especially in these tough economic times. Many professors commute as well. For those professors, finding their classroom almost empty is just as wasteful. More importantly it could take away time they would be spending with loved ones. Many students are from cities all over the world, and they can use one more day for travel. For people flying home, it is imperative to fly during non-peak hours when obtaining a low-cost plane ticket which usually means flying early morning or late at night. Picking up a flight at 6 a.m. when you have an 8 a.m. class means you would likely have to miss class. The state requires the university to hold class a certain number of days, and our schedule is partially tied to the K-12 calender. Provost Donald Bobbitt said he is not sure it would be possible to add days at the beginning of the semester because of summer classes and dormitory preparation, but it is possible to add a day to the end of the semester. He said it could change more than just adding a day. For instance, it would technically add three days on campus, since the end of the semester would move from Friday to Monday. “These things are a lot more complicated than they seem on the surface,” Bobbitt said. Whatever the complications may be, it might be a worthy sacrifice to avoid students missing classes or any of the other effects of holding class that day. It is also important that we consider the dedication of our professors. If class is held and no one shows up, it would be rude to them. Their college careers were spent gaining the necessary knowledge to successfully educate students through their prepared curricula. Even though the university doesn’t encourage students to miss class, they are going to anyway. Thanksgiving is a time where most people spend time with their loved ones, and they often want to get there early to spend more time. By giving students another day off for travel class attendance doesn’t decrease, and professors don’t have to deal with teaching an empty classroom. But that’s today. As for tomorrow, Happy Thanksgiving from The Shorthorn.
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hen life gives me lemons, I gladly make lemonade. When it gives me turkey, pumpkin pies, stuffing, cranberry sauce, ham and dinner rolls, I simply get confused. Thanksgiving is here again, and for me, an international student, the experience will either be another rollicksome experience away from old friends and family or otherwise, a grand feast of its own kind. Until last year, I only knew of Thanksgiving as a great part of American culture but only from my readings and from what I had seen in movies. However, things changed last year when I had the opportunity to partake in a fully fledged American Thanksgiving Day celebration. Just to keep up with the novelty of Thanksgiving Day, I went online and researched a bit about what is maybe the biggest holiday on the American calendar. What I found out was interesting. The turkey was once Benjamin’s Franklin proposal to become the national bird of the United States. I was glad to find out that it was rejected in favor of the bald eagle, which would not have made a good Thanksgiving meal
NELSON ONYANGO Onyango is a biology sophomore and guest columnist for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. anyway. I digress. Also, learning about stuffing was a bit disturbing. Every nook of the Internet I checked was full of the unsavory side of stuffing and all the potential health risks it poses. I conveniently ignored such sites. I was not willing to let paranoid Internet informants ruin my first Thanksgiving. Regrettably, I later found out that stuffing is not the stuff dreams are made of. It was the worst part of my first Thanksgiving dinner. However, I simply regarded it as an exotic taste I had not yet acquired and vowed to try it again the following year. In my ethnic Kenyan culture, the pumpkin is not considered a food of class, so it was a bit strange that, here in America, it was the dessert of choice
for millions of families. I had to let go of my cultural inhibitions and do as the Americans did. I enjoyed the pie, and it surprised me that it was the most enjoyable thing I ate. In retrospect, I do not regret that I had to step down a notch from my Kenyan “class” and enjoy a type of food that I once looked down upon and now look everywhere for. During the dinner, the quantities served to me were outrageously excessive. In my culture, eating a little is considered noble and modest; eating just enough is viewed as genteel and cultured; however, excessive eating is viewed as the pleasure of lazy gluttons. I found myself between an American rock and a cultural hard place as I sat down to enjoy a meal that changed my perception of Thanksgiving. Even though I did not have a light meal as my Kenyan culture expects and my family was light-years away, last years’ Thanksgiving Day shed light on what the day means to an outsider — nothing. I gave thanks for the meal, apart from that, it was another new day that came and went without anything gained, except weight and stuffing.
Focus on the Family Thanksgiving and the other holidays are for time spent with loved ones
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t looks like the holidays are here again. I know this not because it’s November, but because I started seeing Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas sales and decorations going up as early as late August. The sad part is that I know the holidays are coming because of the stores and sales, not because people around me were excited. At least not in August. It makes sense that businesses start “the holiday season” early. According to a Gallup Poll, the average family’s spending on Christmas declined during the last few years. It is projected to decline again this year. In 2007, the average amount spent on Christmas gifts was more than $900. It was $740 last year. This year Gallup is projecting $715. Businesses want to make money, and advertising things that have nothing to do with the actual meaning of the holiday is how they make
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the money. Easter isn’t about eggs and bunnies, Thanksgiving is only vaguely about gluttony and Christmas is definitely not about trees and a fat guy in a red suit and ugly hat. To be fair, I’m not a Christian; so the religious aspects of these holidays don’t apply to me. Not everyone who celebrates Christmas or Thanksgiving is Christian. Many are entirely non-religious. If you aren’t religious, Thanksgiving is still about celebrating the harvest feast and being thankful for what you have, which began in the Plymouth Colony. Christmas is still about spending time with family and loved ones and the spirit of giving. But since it has all become a commercial venture, going to a movie at the mall has become an effort in futility. Too many people are in the malls and it becomes difficult to even walk, let alone
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ALI AMIR MUSTANSIR Mustansir is a journalism and political science senior and opinion editor for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. park. Shouldn’t people be at home with the families that they are out spending so much money on? After all, they buy junk as evidence of their love and then wonder why so many kids think money is the route to love. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and all I hear from people is that they are excited to eat Thanksgiving dinner, but they should instead be excited about spending time with their families. They should be excited about spending time with the ones they love and being thankful that those people are in their life. After all, loved ones are what make life worth living, not food, gifts or money.
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Library special collections over Texas state parks. Sometimes taking the pictures for the book became dangerous for the authors. “I put Evelyn’s life in danger,” Worcester said. “I made her stand in traffic, while she took pictures.” Worcester said an infamous part of Arlington history is a prohibition-era club called Top O’ Hill. In the underground rooms, patrons of the club would partake in illegal activities, while trying to avoid police. “They would escape through tunnels that led to a garden where they would drink tea,” she said. “When the police would show up they would be in these gardens drinking tea.” Barker said a lot of Arlington’s history from the 1950s was not preserved. Many places are gone now and are only preserved through the photographs. One of those places, Arlington Downs, a racetrack that was another popular prohibition-era attraction, was opened in 1929 then torn down to make room for the Great Southwest Industrial District. She said all that remains is a feeding trough located on the corner of East Division Street and Six Flags Drive. “People think Arlington has no history,” Barker said. “It’s not true. There is still a surprising amount of history here, and you just need to know what to look for.” Arlington also was the site of a Wild West-style shoot-out. Barker said five men, Harvey Spears, Bill Smith, George Byron Hargrove and Hargrove’s two sons, Walker and George,
said it is important to appreciate different cultures and people. Ogada said many people think things start and end with America, but it’s important to appreciate all aspects of the world, he said. He said young people should make it a point to travel to experience different viewpoints.“Travel opens your eyes,” Ogada said. Criminal justice sophomore Nelson Sanchez said Americans tend to view issues in a certain way, but travel can expand their knowledge. He said the knowledge learned from travel can open up a person’s mind to new things. Ling said the stories she has covered, like China’s one-child policy, maximum security prisons and sex trafficking, have helped her to realize things are not always the way they seem. “I always go into every story with a very defined idea about what the story is going to be like, what the people are going to be like, what the food is going to taste like,” she said. “Inevitably, as soon as I hit the ground and get immersed in a culture or community I realize that there is no black and white, and there is such complexity to every story.” Ling said she goes into every story with American-style glasses and then comes to find that there are so many more layers to the story.
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Lea Worcester, special collections public services librarian, left, and information literacy librarian Evelyn Barker look through old photos of Six Flags Over Texas that will be used for a Six Flags exhibit coming next spring. Barker and Worcester are the authors of Arlington, a book portraying the history of the city through photographs from 1876 to the present day.
met at the T&P train station to settle a horse deal. In three minutes, 25 shots were fired into the crowded train station, and only one man, Walker, was left standing. George was wounded but died two weeks later. “[Walker] was the only one who went to prison,” Barker said. Arlington is 128 pages of what Barker and Worcester call six months of thorough research. The women then began putting to-
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Mavs see red in two games over the break
Cross finds success by mixing lineup With threats on and off the bench, the coach rewards hot players with starting roles.
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FINAL HOME GAME OF 2010
BY JOSH BOWE The Shorthorn senior staff
UTA Keys to the Game • Tam Terrific: Senior guard Tamara Simmons is coming off a season-high 30-point game against Oklahoma State on Monday. She will look to build off of that start in the first home game. • Grab the Boards: The Mavs have been out-rebounded in every game this season. They need to win the battle down-low. • Welcome Home: Mistakes like turnovers were a killer for the Mavs during their road trip. Maybe Texas Hall can cure some of those ailments. Arkansas State Keys to the Game • Get Defensive: Playing sound defense and containing Tamara Simmons from outside shooting will help the Red Wolves on the road. • Put on Pressure: They need to put pressure on the Mavs defense to force fouls from the opening tip. • Great Scott: Get senior forward Shay Scott the ball. She’s coming off a 12-point game against No. 20 St. John’s on Monday.
Southeastern Missouri Redhawks at UTA Mavericks When: 5 p.m. Saturday Where: Texas Hall Radio: KVCE 1160 AM Admission free with Mav Express card UTA Keys to the Game: • Offensively take control early: Get Tamara Simmons the ball on the outside with her shooting 14of-24 on three-point field goals this year, and control the ball. • The Youth: Getting young players involved and more aggressive defensively is key to growing as a team. • Rebound, Rebound, Rebound: The Mavs have not rebounded nearly as well as they hoped this season. If they want success this season, they certainly need to. Southeast Missouri Keys to the Game: • Score Early, Score Often: If they get on the board early against a young team trying to find itself, they can take the crowd out of the game early. • Make ’em Mess Up: They need to rebound and take advantage of Maverick mistakes from their young players. • Our Scorer, Not Yours: Take the ball out of Tamara Simmons hands, and they’ve won half the battle. Getting it to sophomore forward Bailie Roberts, the Redhawks’ leading scorer, would work well. — Brian Nephew
It’s starting to become a homegame ritual. Head coach Scott Cross hasn’t done it on purpose, but each home game saw a new starting lineup for UTA. That’s three different lineups in five games. Cross raved about his depth and said he’s not mixing things up just for the sake of it but is instead rewarding players — as was the case when sophomore guard Cameron Catlett got his first start on Monday night. “We have a plus/minus chart for our defense and he had the highest total,” he said. “I thought that was only fair to put him in.” Catlett rewarded Cross with his second consecutive double-digit scoring game with 11 points. The only players to not be taken out of the lineup have been freshman guard Darius Richardson, sophomore center Jordan Reves and junior forward LaMarcus Reed. Freshman guard Shaq White-Miller and freshman forward Brandon Edwards also started this year. Edwards had a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds against Texas Lutheran. Cross replaced Edwards in the lineup with junior forward Bo Ingram last week against UT-Tyler. Cross said he didn’t want to put too much pressure on his young pivot man. Edwards said he had no problems with it. “It really doesn’t matter to me,” he said. “I just have one thing to do when I’m in the game — rebounding. It doesn’t matter if I’m starting or coming off the bench.” Cross had the luxury to pick from a deep roster of players to fill out his lineup. Like every win this year, UTA had five players in double-figures on Monday’s 88-71 win against HardinSimmons. Cross said he’s blessed with more than five guys who could start but
St. Edwards Hilltoppers at UTA Mavs When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Texas Hall Radio: KVCE 1160 AM Admission: Free with Mav Express card
accept their roles when they’re on the bench. “We’ve got, eight, nine, 10 guys that I could start,” he said. “This guy right here is more than deserving of starting, without a doubt.” The guy is freshman guard Bryant Smith, who has been the Mavericks’ sixth man, coming into the game and quickly changing the pace with his speed and tenacity at attacking the rim. In the last two games, Smith has come into a close game and changed UTA’s fortunes for the better. Against Houston Baptist on Saturday, he guarded senior forward Andrew Gonzalez, and on Monday he scored eight quick points in the first half to rally UTA from a 20-11 deficit. “The reason I bring him off the bench is because he has the most fire out of all our guys,” Cross said. “His role is as valuable as anybody on our team.” Smith has no qualms with his role either, which shows how impressive he’s been this year. Smith is the fourthleading scorer on the team with eight points per game on 50 percent shooting. He’s also only missed one free throw (13-of-14). Like most of his teammates, Smith just wants to be able to answer the call — regardless if that call is at the beginning of the game or five minutes in. “I don’t worry about who is starting, I just know when you get out there, you have to produce,” he said. “I just worry about producing. It never phases me about starting.” JOSH BOWE sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Freshman guard Bryant Smith flies toward the basket for a layup during the Mavericks’ 88-71 win over Hardin-Simmons on Monday at Texas Hall.
KEYS TO THE GAME UTA MAVERICKS (4-1) Start off strong: UTA fell behind early and had to battle back from a nine-point hole against Hardin-Simmons. Cross wants his team to match the intensity that some of these smaller schools are bringing. It’s hard to complain when UTA is beating teams by more than 20 points at home, but the starts need to improve when the competition heats up in a month.
ST. EDWARDS HILLTOPPERS (3-1) Attack the basket: This appears to be somewhat of a strength for St. Edwards as they have junior forward Remy Boswell averaging 18.5 points per game and nine rebounds per game. He’s also thrown in nine blocks in four games (2.25 per game average). UTA has defended the painted area well, but that’s against smaller teams.
Who’s the hero? Monday it was Bryant Smith. Saturday it was Bo Ingram – with Smith as a sidekick. A week ago it was Darius Richardson. LaMarcus Reed has worn the cape as well. This Mavericks team is so team-oriented; the player of the game could be one of any 10 guys. Anyone on the team is capable of going off.
Find a Robin: If Boswell is Batman, then he’s still looking for his Robin. Khaliq Gross is averaging 10.3 points per game, but only shooting 39.4 percent on the season. In fact, the Hilltoppers’ two-throughfour leading scorers are shooting a combined 38 percent on the year. There won’t be any chance of an upset in Arlington if that number doesn’t improve.
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
Departure of 2 teams not expected to impact UTA SLC commissioner says expansion isn’t inevitable, but questions loom about football. BY TRAVIS DETHERAGE The Shorthorn staff
The Southland Conference lost two of its members to the Western Athletic Conference this month as conference realignment continues to reshape the college landscape. Texas State and UT-San Antonio will move to the WAC in 2012, leaving the SLC with only 10 teams. This past spring, the league discussed an idea that would make it mandatory that all conference members must compete in all sports to play in the SLC. Some in the conference want all
teams to have a football program. But Gregg Elkin, communications and media relations athletic associate director, said the idea has been discussed at numerous meetings but has always fallen short of approval. “They used to have a core-sport requirement, but they lifted that in the ’80s,” he said. “But a decision like that is above the athletic director’s head. At that point it’s a university president’s decision.” President James Spaniolo told The Shorthorn he wants to wait until the College Park Center is built before revisiting the topic of football at UTA. The only change UTA might see is a difference in scheduling volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball games. The SLC hasn’t announced its plans
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on scheduling in those sports. They could possibly switch to an 18-game round-robin format in basketball. The volleyball, basketball and baseball tournaments don’t appear to be affected because those tournaments only field the top eight teams who finished the season. The softball tournament, which only takes the top six teams, won’t be affected. Southland commissioner Tom Burnett told the Corpus Christi CallerTimes that expansion is not a guarantee and might not even be on the table. “I would be surprised right now that we would do anything on expansion in January,” Burnett told the Caller-Times. “That could change, but there might be some sentiment to move forward as a 10-team conference. We won’t add
members for the sake of adding members. There’s always a curiosity at all meetings as to who is out there for us.” The SLC might look toward Division II schools that want to be a Division-I member to keep a 12-member conference. “For future members of the conference, if they played football, they probably have an edge,” Burnett said to the Caller-Times. Football is the reason the WAC wanted Texas State and UT-San Antonio. They wanted to replace Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada, who are all bolting to the Mountain West Conference. TRAVIS DETHERAGE sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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