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Sleep for your grades While some students stay up to cram for tests, experts say it’s better to catch more Zs instead. SCENE | PAGE 4

SUSTAINABILITY

SCIENCE

NASA uncovers arsenic bacterium The organism uses arsenic instead of phosphorus in its DNA, unlike other earth life. BY VIDWAN RAGHAVAN The Shorthorn staff

While arsenic might be a poison to humans, the chemical is a part of life for a newly discovered bacterium. On Dec. 2, NASA researchers an-

nounced their discovery of a bacterium that uses arsenic in place of phosphorus in its DNA and other biomolecules in Mono Lake, Calif. The key finding is the organism’s ability to stabilize arsenic in a way not thought possible. An understanding of the process may provide insight into certain diseases such as cancer, biology associate professor Michael Roner said.

All organisms on earth use a combination of six elements for life: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus. Roner said in extreme conditions, every organism on earth that exists uses phosphates as a building block for life. But GFAJ1, the name of the bacterium, doesn’t. “This organism is like if we found ALIEN continues on page 3

Degree program begins in Dallas es will begin in January at the Universities Center at Dallas, a cohort with the University of North Texas and Texas A&M UniversityCommerce. The curriculum is designed to help students land jobs at corporations aiming to become more environmentally conscious, said Mike West, UTA Fort Worth Center executive director and chair of graduate studies program in sus-

Students now can take master’s courses in sustainability at the Universities Center at Dallas. BY SARAH LUTZ The Shorthorn senior staff

Business savvy and sustainability-minded students could start their search for executive-level jobs this time next year with one of the university’s newest master’s degree programs. Master’s in Sustainability class-

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STUDENT SERVICES

University College starts first semester strong

The Shorthorn: Michael Minasi

The University College offers advising to mostly freshman and undeclared students, student support services and tutorial sessions, among other services. Most of the services are located at University College in Ransom Hall with the exception of Testing Services in Davis Hall.

“I’m encouraged by the proactive stuAn increased number of dent traffic,” said Dawn Remmers, Unistudents made use of resources versity College executive director. “Half in center’s first semester. the fight is getting them through the

THEY SAID What are your thoughts on the resources available at University College?

door.”

BY RACHEL SNYDER The Shorthorn senior staff

University College opened its doors in August with the goal of improving freshman retention as part of the university’s long-term goal to achieve Tier One status. Ransom Hall underwent more than half a year of renovations to shell the building and move in the equipment necessary for the resources and services it provides. At the beginning of the year, university spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan told The Shorthorn a university measures its success in graduation and retention rates. “This university wants more students to earn their undergraduate degrees in six years than currently do,” she said. “So, to make that happen, we’re working to attract more academic scholars, but once you’re here, we want to give you all the advising, tutoring and counseling that you need.” Through the combined efforts of the departments and programs that make up University College, more students have utilized the resources available to them.

“I kind of wish there was more sophomorelevel class tutoring because I’m a freshman who takes more sopho-

University Advising The University Advising Center began advising mostly freshmen and undeclared students this semester. This is a move from the advising office in Davis Hall that exclusively advised undeclared students and students with academic difficulty. Janette Keen, University Advising Center director, said University Advising has seen 4,886 students individually since Aug. 15. She said one of the advising office’s main goals was to get students registered for next semester quicker. By Nov. 19, 90 percent of the advised students had registered for the spring semester. “I think we now know what to expect and how to prepare to magnify the effectiveness of what we know works,” Keen said. Political science freshman Adrian Sierra said the center was helpful in choosing courses and graduate schools

“When I went in there, I noticed a change in my adviser. I kind of wish I had my old one because she was there for me during

“I went to the free counseling and loved it. All the people were nice and I got what I came for. I never saw it when it was older,

more level classes.”

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but it looks like new.”

Reid Kisielewski, business freshman

Vicki Hernandez, English freshman

Nikolas Cash, psychology freshman

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The number of students University Advising has seen since August 15

MAJOR PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED THIS SEMESTER • • •

A four-week progress report for freshmen A freshman entrance survey to identify student needs The Start Strong Freshman Tutoring Program, which provides freshmen with six free hours of tutoring Source: Dawn Remmers, University College executive director

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HEALTH

MEDIA

Seasonal blues sweep students during finals

Faculty discuss WikiLeaks

Social work professor talks about mood disorders and how to stay out of a slump. BY EDNA HORTON The Shorthorn staff

People who hibernate during the winter may suffer from a case of the winter blues. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a condition that usually begins in late fall and ends in the spring and is most likely to affect college-age students and women, said Jane Hicker-

son, social work adjunct professor. Biochemistry senior Amanda Webb said she has never been diagnosed with seasonal depression, but she always feels depressed during the winter months. Now, at 21, she has felt sad and lonely during the winter since she started college. She said she has an overall depressing feeling, and she sleeps more and is less inspired to hang out. “Everything sucks right now. You are studying for finals and you are DEPRESSION continues on page 3

Communication professors discuss the publication of confidential information. BY ALLEN BALDWIN The Shorthorn staff

WikiLeaks’ latest actions have garnered some controversy, namely about the responsibility of journalists and the dangers in the publication of information via the Internet. On Nov. 28, Julian Assange released more than 250,000 diplomatic cables on his website. The documents contained confidential discussions between American and

foreign diplomats, including opinions of international politicians and relationships. Communication lecturer Geoffrey Campbell said some publications, like The New York Times, withheld some information because of national security. Campbell said he personally would not publish something that would get someone killed. “A lot of times information will have the power to embarrass, as a lot of these diplomatic cables did,” he said. “Sure, it’s going to make it harder for them to work, but no one is going to die from it unless it’s from

embarrassment.” Campbell said the First Amendment means the government cannot prevent journalists from publishing content, but there are potential consequences. “Journalists can be punished after the fact for libel or theoretically be punished for harming national security if you did a story about where a troop unit would attack in Afghanistan before it happens,” he said. Political science professor Victoria Farrar-Myers said American WIKILEAKS continues on page 3

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SUNDAY Warrant Service At 11:32 p.m., a nonstudent was arrested after a routine traffic stop on 1101 West St. for outstanding warrants out of Alvarado. The case was cleared with arrest. Disturbance A student reported at 1:47 p.m. an individual causing a disturbance in Arlington Hall, 600 S. Pecan St. Officers escorted the individual off the property. The case was cleared. Criminal Trespass At 2:06 a.m., a nonstudent was issued a criminal trespass warning for the entire campus at 901 Oak St. The case was cleared. SATURDAY Disturbance At 11:40 p.m., a noise disturbance was reported at Centennial Court apartments, 800 Bering Drive. The case was cleared. Investigation Officers were dispatched at 5:18 p.m. regarding a nonstudent with a medical emergency at Arlington Hall, 600 S. Pecan St. The nonstudent was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital. Fire At 4:06 p.m., officers received a report of a fire at Life Science Building, 501 Nedderman Drive. Students accidentally caught a burner top on fire while working on a project. No property was reported damaged. The case was cleared. Criminal Mischief Police received a student report at 2:15 a.m. that an unknown individual damaged her vehicle at 801 Bering Drive. The case is active. FRIDAY Investigation A student reported a hit-and-run at 11 p.m. at Centennial Court apartments at 717 Mitchell St. There were no reported injuries. The case is active.

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Two years ago, Leah Parker Hagan worked in a coffee shop and was about to apply for nursing school. She wanted a job that would give her real-life experience, so she looked in the classifieds. The nursing senior, who will graduate this month, said she replied to a classified ad in The Shorthorn offering a job to a female nursing student to work for a family that has a daughter with several disabilities. “I thought this would be a good experience, so I thought I would give it a shot,” she said. Phillip and Emma Bell have hired students for the past seven years to help their daughter, Brandy. Emma Bell said the students help the family with doctors’ appointments, and they also travel with the family on vacations. “We are very picky about who we hire,” she said. “The girls we hire are the best of the best.” Hagan said she felt an immediate connection with the family when she went to the interview. She said she knew she would gain practical experience that would help upon graduation. She said she worked for the family during the week and helped take Brandy to her doctors’ appointments. Other tasks include helping Brandy with her physical therapy in the pool during the summer. In addition to her other disabilities, Brandy is also non-verbal, something Hagan said would be beneficial for her career. She said when someone is non-verbal they rely on other cues to communicate, and she learned Brandy’s personality to know how to help. “With Brandy, when she is working with her physical therapists, she

Black Holes: 6-7 p.m. Planetarium. $6 for adults, $4 for children. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu. WEDNESDAY University College Galleries Reception: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ransom Hall second and third floors. Free. For information, contact Leigh Young at 817-272-0777 or leiyoung@uta.edu. The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza

Nursing senior Leah Parker Hagan works as an in-home assistant for a family with a daughter with multiple disabilities. Hagan, who will graduate this month, said the job would help her get work experience.

will sigh heavy, like she is saying ‘You’re making me do this again?’” Hagan said. Some of what she found valuable during her two years of employment included how body mechanics work when moving a patient and communicating with a patient’s caregivers. “A lot of nursing is interacting with several different people,” she said. “Not only do you interact with the patient and the family but also with different doctors and physical therapists.” Hagan said nursing students should not limit their scope of jobs to just hospitals. She said there are opportunities out there where students can receive experience. “Look past the hospital as the only place to work,” she said. Gladys Maryol, Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program director, said

many hospitals are looking for people who have more work experience. She said students who find a job in or outside a hospital, while in school could be preferred to someone who does not work. Bell said the students become a part of their family while working in their home. She said they are partial to students of the university, because she and her husband are alumni. Hagan is expecting a baby boy in the next few weeks, so she will take time to get to know her new baby. Bell is currently looking for someone to replace Hagan, since she will be leaving at the end of the week. She said Hagan will be irreplaceable. “Brandy loves Leah and we love Leah,” she said. “We are going to miss her when she is gone.”

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life that didn’t use carbon,” Roner said. Biology assistant professor Woo-Suk Chang said GFAJ-1 is significant because phosphorus was thought essential to all organisms until its discovery. The bacterium can use either arsenic or phosphorous to survive. “Arsenic and phosphorus are chemically close,” Roner said. “It’s just that arsenic is not stable and DNA needs to be very stable.” Physics associate professor Manfred Cuntz said the bacterium is categorized as an extremophile, a life form that can tolerate or thrive in extreme conditions like very high temperatures or extremely

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Obama, GOP reach deal to extend tax cuts WASHINGTON — Brushing past Democratic opposition, President Barack Obama announced agreement with Republicans Monday night to extend expiring tax cuts for all Americans, renew jobless benefits and grant a one-year reduction in Social Security taxes for millions. The emerging agreement also includes tax breaks for businesses that the president said would contribute to the economy’s recovery from the worst recession in eight decades.

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Border Patrol seizes tons of marijuana EDINBURG, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol reports more than 17,000 pounds of marijuana seized in multiple, unrelated busts during the weekend in South Texas. A Border Patrol statement issued Monday says the seizures were made across the Rio Grande Valley from Brownsville to Rio Grande City and north to the Border Patrol checkpoints at Falfurrias and Sarita. Agents confiscated more than 8,700 pounds of marijuana at Falfurrias and nearly 3,000 at Sarita. The Border Patrol values the seizures at more than $13.6 million.

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Court to look at Wal-Mart sex bias lawsuit WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider whether to keep alive the largest job discrimination case in U.S. history, a lawsuit against Wal-Mart that grew from a half-dozen women to a class action that could involve billions of dollars for more than a half million female workers. Wal-Mart is trying to halt the lawsuit, with the backing of many other big companies concerned about rules for class-action cases — those in which people with similar interests increase their leverage by joining in a single claim. Class actions against discount seller Costco and the tobacco industry are among pending claims that the high court’s decision might alter.

Chunke Su said the Internet is regulated. He said Google removes certain search results they don’t like, as do some countries. “The Internet is not as free as you think,” he said. “It’s just a matter of how much we want to regulate it [and] how much information we want to control on the Internet.” Su said one unlikely possibility would be government regulation to set up an evaluation team of moderators, similar to Wikipedia. “The same strategy can be taken by the government,” he said. “They can establish certain review panels to review some stuff on a website before it’s published.”

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Canadian at Gitmo pleads guilty to charges GENEVA — Talks between Iran and six world powers recessed Monday with no sign that Tehran was ready to discuss U.N. Security Council calls to curb its nuclear activities that could be harnessed to make weapons, an official at the negotiations said. While the two sides were scheduled to meet in a second session on Tuesday, the description of Monday’s meeting by the official gave little reason to presume that Iran would relent and agree to talks specifically addressing the U.N Security Council demands. — The Associated Press

citizens are cynical, angry and discontent with the government and that these leaked documents feed into those feelings. She said the Founding Fathers wanted a vigilant public when they created the Constitution. She said a lot of people today are not very attentive to the government. She said there are organizations that check the validity of things politicians say. “The danger of the Internet is that things go viral fast without necessarily the kinds of checks in newspapers,” she said. Communication assistant professor

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after college. Sierra said he’s deciding between law school or getting a doctorate degree in economics. “The Advising Center has given me advice on what schools would suit me,” he said.

Tutor Coordinator Vivian Pham said the number of students using University Tutorial has increased from 457 in fall 2009 to 909 this fall, a 99 percent increase. Supplemental Instruction Coordinator Rebecca Bailey said more than 730 freshmen took advantage of the Start Strong Freshman Tutoring Program this semester, which provides freshmen with six free hours of tutoring. “We have been very pleased with the increase this semester and hope to continue the trend of increased participation in coming semesters,” Bailey said.

Student Support Services Student Support Services has always met the 275-student limit mandated by their grant in the past, but made it before the end of the fall semester for the first time this year. Jennifer Luken, Student Support Services director, said the limit is typically met after spring break.

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not able to buy Christmas presents,” Webb said. “I feel like all my time disappears. There are so many things to do and not enough time in the day.” Hickerson teaches a social work graduate class about working with clients who have disabilities. The class has the sub-topic of mood disorders which includes the disorder. “We train social workers to work in agencies where they see a variety of mood disorders,” she said. Hickerson said the disorder is more likely to impact younger people and is more prevalent in women. People who have the disorder already have another form of depression, and there are specific criteria to diagnose a patient with the disorder she said.

tainability. The classes are nearly identical to the Fort Worth Center’s program, which started this fall. “The old view was somewhat myopic in that it was how do we make the most bang for the buck,” he said. “I think now corporations are really waking up to the fact that they have responsibility beyond just being a producer.” In its first semester the Fort Worth Center had 28 people enrolled, so they decided to expand it to the Universities Center at Dallas for next semester, said Fred Forgey, real estate graduate programs executive director. The program’s business focus makes it different from most sustainability focused interdisciplinary degrees, Forgey said. Forgey also teaches the sustainability issues seminar, which he said focuses on business strategy with a sustainability context. “The overriding big picture issue is to try to remove a lot of emotion and the traditional sort of views on the environment and look at it from a very logical, rational and reasonable perspective using a business-minded approach,” he said. He said the classes take a year to complete and are designed to prepare students for jobs where they would achieve a corporation’s cost saving goals, while still considering environmental issues. The courses are also designed to be accessible to students who are working, said Jana Prew, Fort Worth Center recruiting coordinator. Prew said the Universities Center classes at Dallas will occur at night and are scheduled so students take one class for a few weeks, then the next instead of taking on a multi-class work load. “It’s a really good opportunity for someone looking to change careers or someone who doesn’t know what they’re looking for,” she said.

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Sens. Mark Begich, D-Alaska., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, confer during a news conference following two votes on tax cuts during a rare Saturday session of the U.S. Senate on Dec. 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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salty water. Cuntz said he plans to incorporate the findings into his astrobiology course next fall despite his belief that the findings do not revolutionize the field. “It is a very significant addition to previous research in biochemistry but does not make the previous research less relevant,” Cuntz said. Cuntz said in the past, planets with high levels of atmospheric arsenic were deemed unfit for life — GFAJ-1 changes that. “In that particular sense, it is adding to the field of astrobiology in a very positive way,” Cuntz said. Roner said it’s important to determine how long the bacterium has existed to further understand its implications.

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since it is considered a mood disorder. She said when someone is diagnosed with the disorder, it’s called major depressive disorder with seasonal pattern. Basco said the largest numbers of cases are found in the northern states where it is dark for most of the day during winter months. She said an effective form of therapy is light exposure therapy that involves patient spending time under a lamp that simulates daylight. Basco said depression is prevalent in college age people and women because of many factors, including lack of sleep and lack if social activity. “People in their early 20s are living away from home for the first time and are just beginning their social lives,” she said. “Some are just developing their coping skills, and how they handle stress.”

Symptoms include, disruption in sleep patterns, weight gain and excess sleep. She said treatment includes getting adequate sleep, exercise, eating healthy, not drinking alcohol and getting more sunlight. “What they want to do this time of year is hibernate, but we encourage them to do the things that will make them feel better, like getting that workout in after work,” she said. Hickerson said treatment may also be given in the form of anti-depressants such as Paxil or Zoloft but an antidepressant alone is not helpful unless it is used with other therapy. Webb said to help herself overcome her feelings of depression she calls her friends or her family. “Having someone to call that you know will make you feel better and helps out a lot,” she said. Psychology assistant professor Monica Basco uses the subject in her class

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‘Tron: Legacy soundTrack Artist: Daft Punk Label: Walt Disney Records rating: 8 out of 10 Thomas Bangalter, one half of electronic production duo Daft Punk, last worked the scores for gore-smut director Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void and Irreversible. It’s ironic that the duo is now partnering with Disney for the computer thriller Tron: Legacy. Since Daft Punk considers themselves more robot than human, they are able to download without error into the film’s mainframe. The duo employs the London Philharmonic Orchestra to accompany its brand of synthesized beats and electric guitar. This modern symphony is a grimy foray into ’80s post-punk and decadent dwellings. It should be approached holistically instead of individual tracks. Somewhere beneath the textured layers, you can feel signals of human emotion. With all the ills that modern technology brings, it’s amazing what it produces when fused with classical music. Film experience has changed forever, and with Tron: Legacy, Daft Punk’s score is itself, a character within the movie. At the heart of each electronic track lies an organic quality that somehow survives amidst all the internal wiring. The standout moment is “Derezzed,� which makes computers sexy without causing porn viruses. Daft Punk’s score stands with Vangelis’ Blade Runner, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and Angelo Badalamenti’s Blue Velvet as one of the great cinematic soundtracks. —Lee Escobedo

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Lack of sleep could cost you the grade Finals near and a physician assistant cautions students on frequency of all-nighters

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hile students are more obsessed with getting As and Bs on final exams, catching Zs could be more important to making the grade. Sleep is an integral function that plays a major role in the body. People who do not sleep well have seen its effects on blood pressure, blood sugar, memory and the ability to focus or concentrate. Sleep has been linked to other disorders such as diabetes and depression. Studies also show that sleep can play a role in the body’s metabolism and weight gain, physician assistant clint Bastible said. “Sleep has a very important role. A lot of people think of sleep as when your body is recharging its batteries, but there is more things going on,� Bastible said. “Your body is actually learning things at that point.� Bastible works for Wellness in Sleep sleep clinic, with locations throughout the Metroplex dedicated to sleep and helping patients diagnosed with sleeping disorders. He said when going into finals, lack of sleep can affect performance. “When it’s time to study for exams, people want to stay up till 3 a.m. the night before and cram for that test. When in reality, they’re worsening their chances on the test, because they’re sleep-deprived and they’re not concentrating and focusing well the next day,� he said. “If they’re doing that periodically, it can start sleep disorders like insomnia or circadian rhythm disorder.� As finals begin on campus, students are getting less sleep than the recommended seven to nine and a half hours of daily rest, which could be hindering the body’s ability to retain information and perform on exams. With his average of less than six hours a night, computer science junior chris Wozniak said he hits the snooze button for at least a half hour before waking up. Using this technique, Wozniak said he thinks he knows how the sleep cycle — the body’s sleeping process — works. “My understanding is that you sleep in increments of half hours,� he said. “I have woken up after those moments and felt fine.� There are five regular stages of sleep the body goes through during a sleep cycle and a varied amount that are completed during a night’s sleep,

sometimes two to three, Bastible said. daytime or change behavior by graduThe first four stages are called non- ally shifting patients’ sleep schedules Rapid eye Movement stages and the during short amounts of time. Biology junior Byron Yanes said he final one is called ReM sleep. Stages one and two are the lighter loves sleep, even if he doesn’t get it all stages, signified sometimes by bounc- the time. “ever since I came to college, I was ing in and out of sleep, while stages three and four are some of the deeper infatuated with sleep because I never stages, are more restorative and pos- got that much in high school,� he said. sibly where the learning is going on “I knew it was important to get a good in the brain, he said. ReM is the last night’s sleep, but when I got to college deep sleep stage where increased brain I knew it was sacred.� Yanes is on track to become a denactivity takes place, eyes flitter and the body tends to dream more. For the tist and takes courses where the sleep body to get the needed amount of rest, cycle and its effects are taught as part it takes 90 minutes to reach the Rapid of the curriculum. He said studies have shown sleep deprivaeye Movement stage of sleep, tion is comparable to having he said. a couple of drinks and other Like many college students, “I knew issues including drowsy drivWozniak has a job outside of it was ing. attending school full-time. The U.S. Department of While he said this keeps him important Health and Human Services from doing his schoolwork, to get released that it will add “Sleep pulling a traditional all-night- a good Health� as a focus point in er is never an option for him. Healthy People 2020, the na“I try, but I am incapable night’s tion’s 10-year goals and obof it,� he said. “I just can’t stay sleep, but jectives for health promotion awake the whole night.� and disease prevention. AcWozniak gets his study- when I got cording to objectives posted ing done beforehand, and if to college I stuck on a late-night project knew it was by the department, the initiative will focus on increasing he sleeps and then works hourthe proportion of sleep in 9 for-hour. He said he still feels sacred.� through 12 grade students exhausted after this technique, and adults, and reducing the and regardless of working Byron yanes biology junior rate of vehicular crashes per ahead, his job puts stress on 100 million miles because of him as it uses his time outside drowsy driving. of school. Mechanical engineering sophoAlthough stress can sometimes interfere with the quality and ability to more John Benson said he averages sleep, the inconsistency in sleep habits six or seven hours of sleep and said he throws off a person’s circadian rhythm. always feels like he can function, but The circadian rhythm is the body’s the amount he gets now is not what built-in clock, and most people are he wants. “I get tired earlier, so if I got to stay tuned to about a 25-hour clock, Bastible said. While the clock is regu- up studying late the next night, then lated by many different things, one I’m definitely going to go to bed earof the important things for late-night lier,� he said. “It’s either that or I’m not workers and college students is light. going to understand anything.� Sleep is precious to Benson. In light Light triggers the hormone melatonin that lets the body know when to wake of studying nonstop in an all-nighter, up in the morning and when to go to he will bypass excess studying or assignments to make sure he is well bed at night, he said. “When people stay up and sleep for rested with at least five hours of sleep only a few hours it is confusing their the night before an exam. “You go to a test and you might body because the body is saying, ‘I don’t know what time it is. Is it time know all the facts, but if you’re just to go to bed? Is it time to get up?’� he slow or tired, you might miss something,� he said. “If you understand it, said. There are a few ways to remedy your mind can grasp the idea of being altered circadian rhythms with sleep what’s asked.� clinic patients, Bastible said. They can override the body’s clock with mediandrew PLock cation or use light boxes to simulate features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Photo Illustration: Andrew Buckley

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Baum Remembered

Family, friends and students gathered Monday afternoon in the Planetarium in remembrance of psychology professor Andy Baum. Baum died of a cardiac arrest at Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine two weeks ago. He was 62. Psychology chairman Robert Gatchel, a friend of Baum, described his chief hallmark as being friendly and befriending everyone he met. “I didn’t know Baum personally, but I am friends with his son and wife and wanted to show my support,� environmental science sophomore Anna Pina said. “The memorial was very emotional and showed what kind of person he

Family, friends and students gather to say goodbye to beloved psychology professor

was that could bring all these people together.� Colleagues and friends described Baum as a reliable professor, friend and family man. The memorial included a slideshow as a remembrance of Baum’s life. Psychology juniors Diah Nasution and Rosi Talamantes showed up to pay respect to Baum, a man they said contributed much to his department. The memorial service had guest speakers, which included Gatchel, Kelsey Downum, senior associate vice president for research, psychology assistant professor Angela Dougall and Paul Paulus, Distinguished Professor of Psychology. – Alese Morales

The memorial service for psychology professor Andy Baum was held Monday afternoon in the Planetarium. The service portrayed the characteristics of Baum’s fulfillment in the community.

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Psychology junior Diah Nasution signs her name at Andy Baum’s memorial service Monday afternoon at the entrance of the Planetarium. Family, teachers and students went to remember Baum.

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