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De-stress from projects and finals with Sudoku and crossword puzzles. Also, find out when your finals are. FINALS MADNESS | SPECIAL SECTION
Undeclared junior Malcolm Wright plays both wheelchair tennis and basketball for the Movin’ Mavs — and well. SPORTS | PAGE 5
TECHNOLOGY
ARLINGTON
Council OKs clean zones The City Council approved a measure to monitor illegal commerce for the Super Bowl. BY NATALIA CONTRERAS The Shorthorn senior staff
Arlington wants to clean up the area north of UTA before the Super Bowl – and free it of ambush marketing or public intoxication. The zone, bound by I-30, North
Cooper and West Abram streets one-mile radius surrounding Cowand Six Flags Drive, was approved boys Stadium. Outdoor advertising displays by the Arlington City Council on Tuesday and will become effective including NFL-related signs, flags, banners, video screens, Jan. 23-Feb. 7, deputy city manager Trey Yel- For a map of balloons, electronic mesverton said. the clean zone sage boards, nighttime projections of commerThe Clean Zone orsee page 8 cial messages, inflatable dinance is a part of the and building wraps visible agreement to host Super Bowl XLV, and Arlington is re- from any public street within the quired to implement a zone within zone will be prohibited. “Arlington Police and code coman area defined by an approximate
pliance inspectors will be looking around the area watching out for people trying to sell merchandise unrelated to their businesses,” Yelverton said. “They are also going to look for public intoxication.” If people violate the ordinance, they will receive a warning. But if they continue, they will be fined $500 for each violation, Yelverton said. CLEAN continues on page 8
Moving the Motherland
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Edward Gonzales, technical services employee with Education and Health Profession, demonstrates the use of the computer-controlled whiteboard in the technology classroom on Monday in Trimble Hall.
New éno board a welcome upgrade The new teaching tool, using innovative technology, will change how classes are taught. BY ASHLEY BRADLEY The Shorthorn staff
The future of the classroom will have interactive white boards that allow you to surf the Internet and take notes for you. At least that’s what UTA is preparing future teachers for. In September, a technology classroom, located in Trimble Hall Room 111, was completed for the College of Education and Health Professions. The classroom includes an éno interactive whiteboard run by a pen that has a camera sensor near the tip. The pen can be used as a curser to click on links and websites directly from the whiteboard, or as a writing utensil. “It’s the son of the overhead — the successor,” said Edward Gonzales from the College of Education and Health Professions technical services. Gonzales knows the most about the classroom and trains other faculty members on the technology. He said the way the classroom is set up is another important feature to the class. As students walk into the classroom, they notice five tables set up in an “X” formation. As they find their seat, they can grab one of the 32 laptops assigned to the class. Seats at the tables are facing each other, creating an environment encouraging students to talk and collaborate, Gonzales said. As the students take their seats in the center of the room, the éno board hangs left of the tables, while two
The African Student Organization’s dance team performs during For the Love of Africa on Tuesday in Rosebud Theatre.
The African Student Organization shows Africa some love by donning traditional wear and dance
Computer science junior Nyah Bell, right, wraps interdisciplinary studies freshman Desiree Williams in a traditional African dress on Tuesday during a contest between performances at For the Love of Africa in Rosebud Theatre.
The sights and sounds of African pride rang Tuesday as the African Student Organization hosted For the Love of Africa. The event, in Rosebud Theatre, showcased performances by the organization’s four departments: fashion, step, drama and dance. Sola Oyewuwo, ASO president and pre-nursing junior, said the event was a good preview to what will take place during the ASO Weekend, March 1113. “We wanted to show the campus community how much love ASO has
for Africa,” he said. Between performances while the stage was being set, members of the audience participated in African trivia and competed to outfit a model in a traditional African dress. Attendees of the showcase had the opportunity to take in the talents of many ASO members including information systems senior Okem OkoloEbube, who performed with the ASO Drama Department. “We love Africa,” he said. “It’s another way to identify where we’re from.”
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ANDREW BUCKLEY
TECHNOLOGY continues on page 6
SAFETY
COLLEGE PARK CENTER
Police make proposals for future budget cuts
Students respond to construction noise
Possible cuts would primarily be in gas consumption and equipment, says Rick Gomez. BY TAYLOR CAMMACK The Shorthorn staff
The UTA Police Department is looking for ways to provide adequate security for campus expansion while also cutting de-
partmental costs. In the next few weeks, the department will present two proposals to the administration: a 5 percent cut and a 10 percent cut. Assistant police chief Rick Gomez said the cuts primarily will be in equipment and gas consumption. He said the department is not looking to scale back on personnel at this point.
In a proposal last month, Gomez presented several departmental expansions. These expansions include a police substation in the College Park District, hiring 12 additional public safety officers and adding 26 outdoor cameras and about 20 more emergency call BUDGET continues on page 8
Some can live with it where others look for another residence hall room. BY AMANDA GONZALEZ The Shorthorn staff
Neville Brackett wakes up to the sound of hammering and drilling, and when he looks out his residence hall room window, cranes, steel, trucks and pipes are the view he has become accustomed to.
The construction is all for the upcoming College Park Center, a facility the electrical engineering junior feels is worth the noise and scenic inconvenience. “The construction sucks sometimes because they do it all night, weekends and they will be dropping stuff,” he said. “It’s a lot sometimes, but in the end, it’s going to be cool.” Brackett, who lives on the north side of Lipscomb Hall said, unlike PARK continues on page 6
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have one-on-one sessions with advisers and other faculty members who help students with things such as classes and financial aid. “You meet everyone you need BY ALLEN BALDWIN to know for your college career,� The Shorthorn staff she said. “Ransom Hall has oneStudents are drawing inspira- on-one advising. This goes a step tion from literature and other uni- further. It’s UTA’s orientation on versities to turn UTA into a utopia. steroids.� English professor Ken Roemer’s Political science junior Todd Build Your Own Utopia class final Zelt said giving UTA a national project has students focus on how image through sports would help to make UTA more like a uto- the university. pia. Students looked for new ways “We decided to focus on the new to improve the campus facility for our basketball and the university’s exteams,� he said. “The right isting programs. facility and a winning team Roemer said the class are things that will give us a held a discussion Nov. sense of pride.� 23 with Provost DonOther improvements inald Bobbitt, University cluded an alumni mentorAdvising Director Jaing program for students nette Keen and TRIO and more promotion for Programs Director Lisa UTA TV and Radio. Thompson. Another group foRoemer said the Ken Roemer, cused on the more physi90-minute discussion English professor cal aspects of UTA, such involved the faculty as crowding and parking. members giving their own ideas Ideas included a metro system for about how to improve UTA and the the city and food carts around camstudents bouncing their ideas off of pus to reduce crowds in the Unithe faculty. versity Center. The class was divided into three Roemer said he’s planning on groups, with each group tackling a sending the students’ projects to different set of problems. Keen, John Hall, vice president One group looked into ways to for administration and campus improve UTA’s image to better at- operations, and Jerry Lewis, vice tract and retain students. English president for communications, for senior Caitlin Schwartz said one consideration. such way is similar to a Pittsburgh State University program, “Pitt ALLEN BALDWIN C.A.R.E.S.,� where new students news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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POLICE REPORT This is a part of the daily activity log produced by the university’s Police Department. To report a criminal incident on campus, call 817-272-3381.
TUESDAY Investigation During a routine traffic stop at 2:15 a.m. at 500 Fielder Road, a suspect was detained for being suspected of vehicle theft. After the driver produced substantial proof of ownership of the vehicle, the individual was released. The case was cleared. Warrant Service During a traffic stop at 1:36 a.m. at 700 W. Mitchell St., a nonstudent was arrested for outstanding warrants. MONDAY Disturbance Officers were sent at 11:32 p.m. to Meadow Run apartments at 419 Summit Ave. on a report of a noise disturbance. A student was issued a verbal warning. The case was cleared. Disturbance After a disturbance was reported at 5:28 p.m. at Centennial Court apartments at 717 Mitchell St., a nonstudent was arrested for Criminal Trespassing and was given another Criminal Trespass Warning effective for the entire campus. The case was cleared by arrest.
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PERSONAVACATION by Thea Blesener
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
GRILL FOR THE THRILL Pre-medical sophomore Duy Nguyen grills burgers and hotdogs on Tuesday on the Central Library mall. The UTA Adventure Club, which hosts activities like baseball games, paintballing and potlucks, hosted the event to raise money to cover the cost of club activities..
CALENDAR Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817272-3661 or log on to www.theshorthorn.com/calendar
in Maps, 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
TODAY 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.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition Showcase: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact the Art and Art History Department at 817-272-5658.
17 Month OPT and H1B Seminar: Noon to 1:30 p.m. University Center Guadalupe Room. For information, contact Satu Birch at international@uta.edu.
Mav Book Club meeting: 5:30 p.m. Central Library basement. Free. Faculty, staff and students meet to discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
$2 Movie - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World : 5:30 p.m. Planetarium. $2. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183. Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies as Mirrored in Maps, 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
CORRECTIONS The headline on Tuesday’s story “Degree program begins in Dallas� should have said students can take master’s courses in sustainability at the Universities Center at Dallas in January. In Monday’s story “Go, Go Powerbots,� Shannon Kirkland was misquoted as saying the FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition on Saturday in Nedderman Hall was smooth and her team had no major difficulties. Reflections on the overall event should have been attributed to engineering assistant dean Carter Tiernan. News Front Desk ......................... 817-272-3661 News after 5 p.m........................ 817-272-3205 Advertising ................................. 817-272-3188 Fax ............................................. 817-272-5009 UC Lower Level Box 19038, Arlington, TX 76019 Editor in Chief ............................. Mark Bauer editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Managing Editor..................... Dustin L. Dangli managing-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition Showcase: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact the Art and Art History Department at 817-272-5658. THURSDAY Pre-Exam Jam: All day. Maverick Activities Center. For information, contact Jeremy Roden at campusrec@ uta.edu or 817-272-3277. Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies as Mirrored
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Artificial Life Simulation of Humans and Lower Animals: 6-7 p.m. Nedderman Hall Room 100. Free. For information, contact Tracey Kocher at tkocher@uta.edu or 817-272-3679. FRIDAY Last day of classes. Spirit Friday: All day. Student groups compete to see which has the most school spirit. Free. For more information, contact Ricky Irving at mr.uta@ uta.edu or 817-272-2293. Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies as Mirrored in Maps, 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179. Student Health Advisory Council Spa Retreat: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Center Palo Duro Lounge. For information, contact Donielle Smith at dn-
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition Showcase: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact the Art and Art History Department at 817-272-5658. Opening Reception for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition at The Gallery at UTA: 5 p.m. The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at phealy@uta.edu or 817-2725658. $2 Movie - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World : 5:30 p.m. Planetarium. $2. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu.
Season of Light: 1-2 p.m. Planetarium. $6 adults, $4 children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at planetarium@uta.edu or 817-272-1183. $2 Movie - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World : 2:30 p.m. Planetarium. $2. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu. Holiday Lights Parade: 4 p.m. Entertainment begins in Founders Plaza at 4 p.m. The parade begins at 6 p.m. at the corner of Main and Center streets. Free. Two Small Pieces of Glass: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Planetarium. $6 adults, $4 children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at planetarium@uta. edu or 817-272-1183.
Friends of the Library - Joyce Gibson Roach discusses Texas and Christmas: 7:30 p.m. Central Library sixth floor parlor. Free. For information, contact Betty Wood at bwood@uta.edu or 817272-7421.
Pink Floyd: 7-8 p.m. Planetarium. $6 adults, $4 children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at planetarium@uta.edu or 817-272-1183.
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Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies as Mirrored in Maps, 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
Secret of the Cardboard Rocket: 2:303:30 p.m. $6 adults, $4 children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at planetarium@uta.edu or 817-272-1183.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition Showcase: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact the Art and Art History Department at 817-272-5658.
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Analysts say tax deal should help US economy grow and repair
Prison for scalding of autistic girl SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty for the scalding of an 8-year-old autistic girl in the shower after she soiled herself. A judge in San Antonio on Monday sentenced Victor Acosta II. Prosecutors said Acosta dated the victim’s mother and was watching the girl when she was injured in July 2009. Brenda Solis required skin grafts and physical therapy after suffering 2nd- and 3rddegree burns. Acosta last month plead guilty to injury to a childserious bodily injury. The mother was not home when her daughter was hurt.
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WASHiNGToN — The tax deal struck by President Barack obama and congressional republicans essentially gives Americans a pay raise — pumping money into the economy almost immediately and probably creating hundreds of thousands of jobs during the next two years, economists say. The compromise already has economists raising their forecasts for growth next year, mainly because it includes a surprising oneyear cut in Social Security taxes. The amount of that cut — 2 percent of pay for most American workers — instantly becomes more take-home money. Critics complain that the deal would further swell the $1.3 trillion federal budget deficit. Two central parts of the agreement extend income-tax cuts that would expire dec. 31 and renew benefits for the long-term unemployed. Those were both expected. But they still give a psychological boost to shoppers in the midst of the holiday shopping season. The certainty that income-tax cuts will now remain for at least another year could also reassure Americans and businesses to spend more in 2011 and help rejuvenate the still-sluggish economy. “it will ensure the economic recovery evolves into a self-sustaining economic expansion,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Prior to this, i was less sure of that.” Zandi noted that the plan doesn’t only put more money in people’s pockets. it also gives businesses more incentives to invest by increasing tax write-offs for new equip-
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Elizabeth Edwards dies of cancer at 61 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Elizabeth Edwards, who closely advised her husband in two bids for the presidency and advocated for health care as her own health and marriage publicly crumbled, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 61. She died in her North Carolina home surrounded by her three children, siblings, friends and estranged husband, John. President Barack Obama said he was deeply saddened to learn of her death. He said he came to know and admire Elizabeth during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference Tuesday in the White House briefing room in Washington, D. C.
ment. Zandi raised his forecast for economic growth next year from 2.7 percent to 4 percent. economists at JPMorgan Chase raised theirs from 3 percent to 3.5 percent. Their old projections had assumed that Congress would approve only an extension of the income-tax cuts Congress enacted in 2001 and 2003. “it will make a real difference in the lives of the people who sent us here,” obama said Tuesday at a news conference in which he defended concessions he made to republicans as part of the tax-cut
compromise. Under the deal, the president and the GoP agreed to extend benefits for the long-term unemployed for 13 more months. That aid had expired Nov. 30. Up to 2 million unemployed people would have run out of benefits by year’s end. economists note that cutting Social Security taxes and extending unemployment benefits are among the most effective ways that policymakers can energize the economy. Both steps free up more cash for low- and moderate-income families that are most likely to spend it.
The one-year reduction in Social Security taxes amounts to a cut in the rate from 6.2 percent of gross income to 4.2 percent. A worker earning $40,000 a year would receive an $800 windfall. Someone earning $100,000 would take home $2,000 more. The activist group Citizens for Tax Justice estimates that the plan would save the average taxpayer just under $3,000 next year. The top 1 percent of earners would save nearly $77,000 on average. And the poorest 20 percent would get an average tax break of just $396.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A contingent of U.N. peacekeepers is the likely source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed at least 2,000 people, a French scientist said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux concluded that the cholera originated in a tributary of Haiti’s Artibonite river, next to a U.N. base outside the town of Mirebalais. He was sent by the French government to assist Haitian health officials in determining the source of the outbreak, a French Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
Bomb kills toddler in india holy city claimed responsibility for the blast in an e-mail to several media outlets. Authorities were working to verify the validity of the letter, allegedly sent by the terror group indian Mujahedeen. PTi reported the e-mail was sent from a computer in a Mumbai suburb, and police were rushed to the area after the blast. The indian government issued a nationwide alert. in March 2006, twin bombings blamed on a Pakistan-based islamic militant group tore through a train station and a temple in Varanasi, killing 20 people.
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witness, ramatama Srivastava. Srivastava — who spoke by telephone from Varanasi, which is about 180 miles southeast of the Uttar Pradesh state capital of lucknow — said he noticed the foreigners were watching the Hindu prayer ceremony and taking photographs. The ceremony is a daily ritual in Varanasi, the holiest city in the Hindu religion, during which priests and others light oil lamps, ring bells and chant prayers to worship the Ganges. The Press Trust of india reported a Muslim terror group allegedly
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official Brij lal. The explosion set off a stampede, and 19 people, including four foreigners, were wounded, lal said. it was not immediately clear how many were hurt in the blast and how many in the subsequent chaos. A 2-year-old who had been sitting on her mother’s lap when the bomb went off died in a hospital, lal said. Her mother and two others, including one of the foreigners, were in serious condition. The force of the explosion ripped away a metal railing and damaged stones up to 200 feet away, said a
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Fear in the dark recesses of the mind
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The last few weeks in world politics are like scenes from a bad movie. WikiLeaks began releasing U.S. diplomatic cables while claiming they had been filtered to ensure that no one was put in danger. World governments, however, responded with a call to arrest WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-thief Julian Assange, who has recently been charged with rape, unlawful coercion and molestation in Sweden. Assange said he would release all cables unfiltered if he had to face authorities, while claiming innocence to Swedish allegations. Monday, WikiLeaks went back to protecting lives by releasing the location of critical U.S. security sites. Yesterday, Assange turned himself in to Scotland Yard, the Greater London area police force, excluding the City of London. That doesn’t make things better. To prove that his arrest doesn’t stop information from being released, WikiLeaks posted more classified documents yesterday. In a letter to an Australian newspaper, The Australian, Assange calls all releases a new kind of journalism. The truth is: It isn’t. Journalists are trained to work by specific standards. Thousands of journalists around the world regard the Society of Professional Journalists as an ethical resource guide in reporting news. Specifically, the organization finds it to be immoral to obtain information by illegal means. “Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information except when traditional open methods will not yield information vital to the public. Use of such methods should be explained as part of the story.” In the case of the “Wikidumps,” it is vital to the public that some information remains confidential. The U.S. Department of State stated that even though information has been made public, it is still considered confidential and that the data was stolen. Journalists are provided a specific hierarchy to follow to obtain information. The Freedom of Information Act gives journalists the opportunity to request data, which can then be turned into a news story. WikiLeaks likes to call itself a whistleblower news site, but doesn’t write news stories. It releases confidential documents that have been obtained through illegal channels. The Code of Ethics also instructs journalists to avoid bias or the appearance of bias. In his letter to The Australian, and in other various instances, Assange blasts the U.S., thereby portraying an anti-American government bias. Combine these facts with his attempt to blackmail world governments and you will find one truth: Julian Assange is not a journalist; he is a thief and publicity hound. Whether you support WikiLeaks or not, don’t call them journalists.
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ranklin D. Roosevelt once said “...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Saying it is easier than applying it. People are defined by actions guided by hopes and fears. You don’t speed because you fear the punishment, and you seek higher education because you hope for a better life. Some fears are justifiable and rational fears. A hostage in a robbery might fear for his or her safety and would have good reason to. Even though soldiers are trained to be fearless, I would imagine fear would be an appropriate response when being fired upon. There are also irrational fears. For example, alliumphobia is the fear of garlic. Unless you’re a vampire — not the shiny, sparkly kind of vampire, but the more classic diein-the-sunlight kind — of vampire or allergic to garlic, this is a fairly irrational fear. If you are deathly afraid of belly buttons, then you would have omphalophobia. Are you afraid of beautiful women? Then it’s likely you have venustraphobia. We start fearing the moment we start understanding, which makes fears and phobias deeply programmed in our psyche. When I was 5-years-old, my parents bought me a swing set and put it in the backyard. The first day I went out to enjoy it a wasp stung my head. It’s one of my earliest and most painful memories. For years, I feared wasps. Sometimes, we don’t even understand our own fears or know what they are until someone opens our eyes. There may not be a memory or many chances to recognize them. I always thought of myself as fear-
JOE YOUNGBLOOD Youngblood is a marketing alumnus and guest columnist for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. less. I would boast at job interviews that my only fear was failure. That all changed on Oct. 29. I met someone whose view on life would drastically alter mine. The next morning I found myself pondering about my life so far, and the decisions I made. I repeated our conversation over in my head. The next time we met I began to realize I had far more fears than I imagined. My commitment phobia had been balanced out by monophobia — the fear of being alone — for years, and I had never noticed it until that evening. As we talked, I realized I had slight cacophobia, homophobia, athazagoraphobia and cacomorphobia my entire life and had been oblivious to it. These fears shaped my personality, my actions and my attitude for years. I had never noticed. Recognizing the fears and becoming cognizant of them gave me the time to realize just how ridiculous they were. In an instant, those fears seemed to wash away and were replaced with hope. The unfortunate part is that I never had a chance to thank that person, and now I am afraid I never will. Sometimes it takes just a moment to realize you are stronger than your fears, to find the courage to admit them to yourself and conquer them. You may not know it now, but you are more powerful than your worst fear. So get out and live. Take life one day at a time and enjoy the little things, enjoy the company of others and shrug off the bad things. There is nothing to fear.
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The Social-less Network Log off Facebook and actually talk to someone “My mom has cancer...ugh...sucks” “I can’t believe I escaped pregnancy again!” “The news is so depressing. Facebook makes everything better!” These are updates I pulled from my Facebook news feed. I am one of the millions of people connected to the matrix of liking, poking and adding. By looking at these status updates, one might think I’m friends with the human manifestations of the seven deadly sins or the “Jersey Shore” cast. When my “friends” are out in public, they probably seem like normal 20-somethings. Take my friend Bob. In high school he was a giant, pale, 6 feet 6 inches tall, with dark brooding eyes and always wearing a “Slayer” T-shirt. Sounds like the typical high school anarchist, right? I now find him posting at least 20 updates a day, ranging from how he would love to bang Angelina Jolie to wall posting with a fellow classmate, an excheerleader, about the color of her kid’s poop. It’s the same juvenile delinquency, but now our collective flaws are communal. We pass viral venereal diseases like wildfire. As I drive to school each morning,
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I prepare for the Indiana Jones death trap. Swerving cars veer into my lane because of the driver texting. I’m tired of having to honk at students walking, because the sign clearly says “Stop,” but they’re not done telling the Facebook world how much English class sucked. People need to realize that there are more important things than social networks. Sites such as Facebook are desensitizing people to issues by cheapening them into trendy fundraisers. The recent Facebook trend of changing your profile picture to your favorite cartoon character to raise awareness for child abuse, dilutes the cause into a frivolous activity. What do we do about this 21st century ecological genocide? We start a Facebook group. Start with a picture of a starving child, preferably African. Because that’s the trendy philanthropic hot spot thanks to Bono, Gap and Angelina Jolie. Then try to recruit as many Facebook friends as possible. The dilution of information on social networks strips issues of their importance. Which means when I sign in today, I have three event requests waiting for me. “Kevin’s Kegger and Beer Pong Party” on Saturday, “Hood Rat Records Party at Club
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LEE ESCOBEDO Escobedo is a journalism senior and reporter for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. Dro” on Sunday and “Kelsey Dropped Her Phone in the Toilet Last Night After Puking and Needs Your Numbers!” A huge network has been created that shares our most private thoughts and candid feelings. Unfortunately, those seem to be the most primal of topics, food, drink and sex. Sadly, this huge network has also become a caricature of reality. It separates us further from critical thinking and empathetic interaction. Human beings weren’t created to communicate this way. We were created to embrace and exchange fluids, grapple on the dirt and throw fists. We like to think of ourselves as better than animals all the while we seem to embrace the most primal of urges instead of self awareness. We like to think of ourselves as post-humans, living in a symbiotic relationship with technology that improves our lives and erases the lines of racism and difference. In reality, we’re just living in a simulacrum of stupidity.
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ABOUT SPORTS Sam Morton, editor sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Sports publishes Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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Tennis national champion Malcolm Wright juggles both tennis and basketball BY TRAVIS DETHERAGE The Shorthorn staff
If Movin’ Mavs junior Malcolm Wright had to choose one sport to play at UTA — without hesitation — he would pick basketball over tennis. But fortunately for Wright and The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard the Movin’ Mavs, he doesn’t have to choose between the two sports. Undeclared junior Malcolm Wright catches a pass during practice Tuesday in the PhysiBefore the basketball season cal Education Building. Wright is also national champion in wheelchair tennis. started, Wright, who is in his first year on the Movin’ Mavs basketball team, was crowned the national tennis and football. MOVIN’ MAVS “One of the instructors at the champion on the Movin’ Mavs tennis team that competed at the sports camp told me he liked the UPCOMING GAMES United States Tennis Association/ way I hit the ball and how I poUTA vs. Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks Intercollegiate Tennis Association sition my chair,” he said. “I just 11:30 a.m. Saturday National Collegiate Wheelchair kept on playing tennis. The more I Physical Education Building Tennis Championships in Mobile, played tennis, the better I got so I got a pretty good overall knowledge Ala. UTA vs. Houston But tennis is just one of his of the game.” 1 p.m. Saturday Wright achieved several accomloves. He has a lot more love rePhysical Education Building plishments in tennis and basketball served for a different one. “Basketball is my passion,” he before he went to the Movin’ Mavs. UTA vs. Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks said. “It’s a thinking game on and He was the MVP for the Rancho 2:30 p.m. Saturday Renegades basketball team muloff the court. From jokes in the Physical Education Building locker room to last second plays, tiple times and was a member of the game just makes me think thor- the 2006 under 20 U.S. wheelchair Pick up Sports on Thursday for a oughly. From that, I’m a better per- basketball team that competed for Movin’ Mavs tournament preview. son and a better basketball player.” a world title in Australia. Wright won a tennis championWright, a Los Angeles native, started playing basketball as ship in singles and doubles while a 10-year-old. His first team he competing in the C-Division and to seeing more of his talent.” Senior James Patin, Wright’s played basketball for was in a chal- was ranked No. 3 in the Junior lenger league for people with dis- Division with the Rancho Ren- basketball teammate, said Wright egades. Between the has shown great improvement in abilities, but he grew two sports, Wright playing his position. tired of that league “I’m not worried about his progsaid tennis is tougher because they didn’t “Basketball is my ress in the years to come because I to play. keep score. passion. It’s a “Tennis is men- know that he’s shown the drive to “They really did not have a winner or thinking game on and tally tough, because succeed by working hard in both you have no one to sports as well as being a student a loser, and every- off the court.” blame but yourself,” which is tough,” Patin said. “That thing was just a tie he said. “You really alone should tell you that he’s a because it was just for Malcolm Wright can’t play the blame determined individual.” the love of the game,” Movin’ Mavs junior Even though Wright already game when playing he said. “I told my tennis, because the won a national championship in parents that I did not want to play in that league any- more you get down on yourself, the tennis, he said he would trade that more, because I was a competitive worse you’re going to be when com- in for a Movin’ Mavs basketball peting. When playing basketball, national championship in a heartperson, and I wanted to win.” His parents heard him loud and there are nine other people on the beat. “That’s the ultimate goal I want clear, and soon found him a spot court you have to deal with.” to achieve while playing here,” he Jeff Sale, Movin’ Mavs wheelon the Rancho Renegades, a sports program within a national reha- chair tennis head coach, said said. “Win the title for the basketball team and get our team picture bilitation center in Downey, Calif. Wright can excel in both sports. “Malcolm has potential both in the hallway of the P.E. Building.” for people with disabilities. He was able to play competitive basketball, on the tennis court and basketball but the Renegades also had a vari- court,” Sale said. “He is a great stuTRAVIS DETHERAGE sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu ety of sports to choose from — like dent-athlete, and we look forward
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Team looks to find first winning streak against TCU Coming off an 81-72 win over UTPan American on Saturday, the women’s basketball team will look for its first win streak of the season against TCU on Wednesday in Fort Worth. Senior Tamara Simmons recently had an 18-point performance and is looking to get her team on a roll with only four more games until conference play begins. Simmons and senior Shalyn Martin have only played TCU once in their careers and lost 70-45 in the November 2008 game, so they hope to leave with a win in their senior season. Martin is making sure she’s worried about the team’s direction this season, not just in this game. “We just need more overall focus in practice and games,” she said. The team has stuck to the same practice plan, trying to improve in the rebounding and turnover categories. “We are preparing for TCU,” head coach Samantha Morrow said. “But we’re still focusing on the areas we are trying to improve.” TCU is coming off a tough 75-72 loss to Fresno State. The Horned Frogs
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let a 14-point lead disappear in the second half. That loss brought them to 4-4 on the year, but they’re led by guard Emily Carter, who’s averaging 22.5 points per game this season. Simmons said the Mavericks need to take care of the ball when playing the Horned Frogs. “Executing the offense is key,” she said. “So is reducing our turnovers.” The Mavericks bench is improving every game and seeing more production from freshman guard Michelle Rodriguez, an outside shooter who has connected on a pair of threes in both of her last two games.
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UTA Keys to the Game Big-Time Player: Tamara Simmons scored 30 points against a big school, Oklahoma State, this season. She needs another big night against another big school.
SAM MORTON Morton is a journalism senior and sports editor for The Shorthorn.
Join the discussion It’s been quite some time by commenting at since the Texas Rangers have theshorthorn.com. had so much at stake during the Winter Meetings. For so long, the Rangers have been on the Rangers moving to outside looking in, while the ESPN 103.3 FM East Coast teams bolstered their The Texas Rangers and ESPN already solid rosters with lavish 103.3 FM and 1540 AM ESPN Despending. portes agreed to a four-year deal But only one month ago, the that will make ESPN the new flagRangers represented the Ameriship radio station, beginning in 2011. can League in the World Series Eric Nadel, Dave Barnett and and now find themselves at the Eleno Ornelas will all return to the forefront of the biggest story of booth, so the change in dial is the the offseason — Cliff Lee. only change listeners will experiThe postseason demigod ence. Reports say there is interest holds the key to the entire offin bringing back pre-and-post-game season, depending on where he show host Bryan Dolgin as well. signs. The Rangers and Yankees In case of conflicts, games will are the two favorites to receive be switched to KSKY 660 AM, which his services, but the Angels, Nais also 92.9, 95.5 and 99.9 FM. tionals, Red Sox and a “secret” The deal ends a 15-year relateam that apparently offered the tionship between the Rangers and Arkansas native a seven-year, KRLD. $20 million-plus a year contract are also in the mix. While these other teams have a level of interest in the ace, his due diligence in talking with most of them only serve Lee’s every interested club and listenagent, Darek Braunecker, in ing to all offers, so there’s more bloating the asking price to en- to the process than just saying sure his client gets the best pos- “I’ll give you this” — “OK, deal.” sible deal. They don’t all have a It’s a process that takes time for fighting chance. But the Rang- Lee and his agent to figure out ers do. In fact, the team has a the best option for him and his lot to offer the man who carried family. I think it’s Texas, and I think the team to its first World Series berth. Let’s start with the non- he does too. But in case I’m wrong, what happens if the contractual positives. Yankee fans harassed and Rangers don’t re-sign him? They’ll certainly be looking spit on Lee’s wife, Kristen, during the American League Cham- for another ace to replace him, and the popular pionship Series name available (classy, right?). Tell us what you think at is Kansas City’s Cliff said that TheShorthorn.com Zack Greinke, wouldn’t play a who had a phefactor in his denomenal 2009 cision, but any season before remarried man will warn against underestimating gressing below his career norm in 2010. the referent power of his wife. The Royals are apparently Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is only a 300-mile drive asking for a package similar to from Lee’s hometown of Benton, the famed “Teixeira trade” in Ark., while Yankee Stadium is 2007. I don’t believe the Rangfour times as far. Lee can go ers want to commit to that conhunting far more often in Texas sidering his Cy Young season remains a statistical outlier in than in the Big Apple. Plus, the entire Rangers his career. A better option would be fan base knows that Lee is the most important thing to grace Tampa Bay’s Matt Garza, who a Rangers uniform since Nolan shut down the Rangers in Game Ryan. In New York, he’d be just 3 of the American League Dianother guy in a long line of vision Series and threw a nopin-striped pitchers, with every hitter last season. He doesn’t media outlet in New York wait- have as much upside as Greinke, ing to write some “not worth the but he’s more consistent and has money” columns if he slumps a track record of playoff success. The Rays are looking to next season. And don’t even give me the cut payroll, so it’s not out of the “his friend CC Sabathia plays question. Other names like Carl Pathere, he’ll want to go play with him” argument. Lee is 32 years vano, Jeff Francis and Brandon old, you don’t go play with your Webb are too risky for my liking but available nonetheless. friends when you’re 32. All points aside, the entire But the biggest snag in the contract negotiation process has Rangers offseason hinges on the been the issue of years. Going decision of Cliff Lee. If they lose into the Winter Meetings, the out on the sweepstakes, they’ll Rangers were hoping they could undoubtedly scramble to pick offer him five years and $120- up the pieces. There will be options but also plus million, but the Yankees are reportedly offering six (and that tough decisions. If Lee stays in Texas, he’ll just make life here a “secret” team offering seven.) Braunecker has been doing little easier.
Middle Force: Shalyn Martin needs to bring her defensive game as she’s done all year and create big turnovers for her team on the road. Sixth Lady: The Mavericks bench has played a big part of the team’s recent success. It’ll be especially needed against a fast TCU team. TCU Keys to the Game Emily Carter: The Horned Frogs need to get leading scorer Emily Carter hot from the floor. She’s coming off an 18point game against Fresno State. Not in Our House: Getting to the Mavs early on their home court will do wonders for TCU. UTA has only won once on the road this season. Shutdown Seniors: TCU must contain Simmons and Martin. Both girls step up against big teams.
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Texas Rangers’ Cliff Lee pitches against the New York Yankees in the seventh inning of Game 3 of baseball’s American League Championship Series in New York. Lee is the biggest target during this offseason’s Winter Meetings in Florida.
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Plagiarism reports rise from last year at UT-Dallas who was accused for a scientific paper written in which she used definitions of terms similar to scientific textbooks. Oliver’s writing strategy is quotBY RACHEL SNYDER ing her sources then explaining The Shorthorn senior staff their relevance to her paper to The Student Conduct Office has avoid plagiarism. “You have to give credit where reported more than 100 cases of plagiarism this semester and ac- credit is due,” she said. Lucinda Channon, English cused students may face probation graduate teaching assisor suspension. tant, said she sees one or Plagiarism increased “You have two cases of plagiarism in from 91 cases in the last class per semester. academic year to 111 cases to give Channon said plagiaso far this year. Student credit rism is more common in Conduct Director Heather English 1302 since the Snow said she sees many where course requires students to reports of plagiarism cases credit is pick their own topic for during the end of a semes- due.” papers and English 1301 ter when students rush to is based on writing about finish papers and tests that Ashley Oliver students’ personal experiare due at once. nursing ences. The student code of con- sophomore She said plagiarism duct defines plagiarism as punishments on campus “the unacknowledged incorporation of the work of another mirror those in the workforce. “If you lift it from the Internet, in work that is offered for credit.” English 1301 is the most com- they’ll know how to spot that, and mon class for plagiarism violations you’ll lose credibility,” Channon since it’s students’ first experience said. with college-level writing. Faculty are adamant about reporting plaRACHEL SNYDER giarism to the Student Conduct news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Office, Snow said. Peggy Kulesz, freshman year HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM English interim director, said first • Allow enough time to go back year English instructors are dediand make sure papers are cited cated to reporting plagiarism and correctly adhering to university procedures. • Use the Library website, referIt’s easier to notice plagiarism in ence desk or other websites classes that require a lot of writing, to learn how to properly cite like English 1301, since instructors sources can better recognize changes in • Get help if needed when an asthe writer’s voice and formatting signment is given and pre-write changes, she said. to make the writing process “Students aren’t typically misquicker and easier takenly plagiarizing, they’re run• Cite if you’re unsure if something ning out of time,” she said. is common knowledge Snow said the most common Source: Heather Snow and the UTA way students plagiarize is copying library webpage and pasting paragraphs from the Internet. Students reported for plagiaPLAGIARISM BY THE rism are put on disciplinary proNUMBERS: bation for the first violation and suspended from the university after • 2009 – 2010 academic year: 111 the second. cases Nursing sophomore Ashley Oli• 2008 – 2009 academic year: 91 ver has taken English 1301, 1302 cases • 2007 – 2008 academic year: 97 and is taking American literature cases this semester. Oliver said she hasn’t been acSource: Heather Snow cused of plagiarism but has a friend
Many cases include first-year English students with no experience in college writing.
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The College Park Center, located between Pecan Street and Center Street, will be a setting for concerts, sports and other events. The center is set to open by the end of 2011.
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overhead screens are located to the right. The éno board displays images via a projector and features six channels to allow users to showcase different content. The two overhead screens can display different channels at the same time. Because the board controls the screens, while class notes are displayed on the two overhead screens, the user can surf the web from the éno board. The user can write class notes on one of two white boards on the entrance wall, which have cameras attached. The cameras take photos of the notes that can be sent to students’ e-mails. Gonzales said this setup allows the instructor to use more imagination. “In other classrooms the instructor paces like a lion in a cage,” he said. “This room allows the instructor free reign everywhere in the class. And no matter where you
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they were pouring concrete.” Thapa, who now lives on the northern part of Arlington hall, said it was her personal preference to move because it was a distraction to study and rest. She said the construction should not occur late at night so residents are not disturbed. AMANDA GONZALEZ news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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sit you have the best seat.” Dana Arrowood, curriculum and instruction assistant professor, teaches Technology Application for Classroom Teachers in Room 111 and said her students love it. She said it’s important for her students to be familiar with technology because it may be similar to what they will use in classrooms as teachers. “I love the layout because all of the students stay involved and it’s so easy for them to collaborate with one another,” she said. “We need to prepare our students for their careers and when they get into their own classrooms they will be expected to know how to use this stuff.” Kelly Whitehead, early childhood education junior, said the classroom is easy to work with and feels it is preparing her for a second grade classroom of the future. “It’s a really good way to present,” she said. “The different screens help a lot.”
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other residents, he is a heavy sleepier, and therefore the noise is present but not a major issue. He said the College Park Center is a great addition to the university because it shows the growth of the campus. The $78 million facility, located between Pecan Street and Center Street and north of W. 3rd Street, will provide a venue for concerts, sports games and special events, and is scheduled to open by the end of 2011. Brackett said he is fascinated by the progress of the building’s construction. Construction crews will continue building the foundation of center concourse, upper levels and event level throughout December. “I remember, in the summer, it was a hole in the ground, and then I left for Thanksgiving and came back in a couple of days and a whole new story was on top,” Brackett said. Other residents living in Lipscomb Hall, Arlington Hall and in homes along Center Street said the construction is noisy but will help
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develop the university and Arlington. Arlington resident Jasmine Flores said, while the completed project will not have a direct impact on her life, she is gaining money from the construction of the building. Flores said she allows some construction workers to park their cars in her driveway for a fee of $20 for two weeks. She said the noise from the construction is sometimes bothersome because it occurs late at night. “I am OK as far as improving the school, but them working at 3 a.m. is kind of difficult,” she said. She said she misses the 7-11 that use to be located at the site but understands that College Park will provide venues similar to a convenient store. Undeclared freshman Arbeena Thapa, who lives in Arlington Hall, said shes a light sleeper and she decided to change rooms because of the noise coming from the construction site. Thapa said her original room was directly in front on the site and she could hear drilling and other noises throughout the day and night. “I would describe the noise as constantly happening, really disruptive and at times intolerable,” she said. “It was difficult to sleep especially when
Maurice Leatherbury was in retirement for 17 days before beginning as senior adviser for technology. Leatherbury, who previously served as information technology vice president and chief information officer at the University of North Texas, will serve as interim vice president for the information technology until a replacement is found. Suzanne Montague, the office’s current vice president, will retire after 28 years of service before next semester. Leatherbury will begin his duties on Monday. Leatherbury retired from UNT on Oct. 1, and received a phone call from Montague offering him an opportunity for the position at UTA a couple weeks later, he said. “I thought I could come help at UTA just while they’re looking for
ic background, which makes him somebody,” he said. Leatherbury said he hasn’t had valuable to an institution like UTA enough time to garner the strengths to be able to understand the acaand weaknesses in the office at demic mission of the university and how it relates to IT,” he UTA. said. “The goal is to find what Baczewski added that students need and meet Leatherbury has plenty those needs,” he said. more to contribute to the Philip Baczewski, UNT field, and the informaacademic computing and tion technology staff at user services director, wrote UNT wishes him well an article titled “Reflections with the opportunity. on Maurice Leatherbury’s Wayne Pirtle, EnterIT career at UNT” in which prise Information Serhe recalls personal experivices director, said findences with Leatherbury and Maurice ing a replacement for his accomplishments while Leatherbury Montague will be a long at UNT. process. “I wanted to acknowl“Maurice is here to edge what I had observed as his contributions here,” Baczewski help us through this time it will said. “His experience at UNT will take to find a replacement,” he said. Leatherbury said the time it will make a good contribution at UTA.” Baczewski worked under Leath- take to find a new vice president erbury for 15 years and said he held is very unpredictable and can take a variety of positions while at UNT anywhere from three to 12 months. and has a broad range of experience in information technology. BRIANNA FITZGERALD “He has a very strong academnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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OIT hopes students with handheld technology will see improvements. BY ASHLEY BRADLEY The Shorthorn staff
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The computer controls the functionality of all equipment in the room. The whiteboard has a stylus that acts as a computer mouse and a digital marker that is used by a professor to write notes, save images and browse the computer.
The Office of Information Technology has budgeted $250,000 to improve and upgrade the campus’ wireless connection next semester. Maurice Leatherbury, senior adviser for the Office of Information Technology, said the university is working toward an entirely wireless campus. He said though the university has aimed to possess a complete wire-free property, there have been some areas with problems. “There are some spots around campus that we’ve heard don’t work very well,” he said. In spring 2010, the Committee on Student Technology conducted a survey on how stu-
dents think the wireless Internet performs. The report showed students have trouble accessing wireless in certain areas of buildings and experience slow connections in others. Based on the survey results, the office plans to integrate an updated wireless system that will improve signal strength. Even though Leatherbury is new to his position, he said he has noticed more of a presence of handheld devices. “In my estimation, from a student’s point of view, the migration is moving toward portable technology such as iPads and laptops,” he said. Accounting junior Yinka Odeyemi said he loves his iPad. He said the only reason he still uses desktop computers is to print essays — the iPad doesn’t offer a way to print. Odeyemi said iPads are faster,
easier and compares it to a “little book.” Medical technology freshman Ivan Portorreal said he brings his laptop to campus every day. He said it’s easier to bring his own laptop than trying to fight for a desktop computer in the library. He said the reason he chooses a laptop over an iPad is because of the USB ports available. “I’m sure by next year Apple will come out with an iPad with USB ports, then they will become more popular,” he said. “That’s what the campus should be preparing for.” Leatherbury said the entire wireless project could cost a total of $5 million. Right now, they are planning to start low to see what student demands are in the future. ASHLEY BRADLEY news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Student Congress members had their final chance to pass resolutions for the fall semester Tuesday night. At the semester’s last meeting, resolutions were discussed and voted on or pushed to the spring semester. The Congress passed four support resolutions and one resolution to extend Thanksgiving break for upcoming years. The support resolutions, which support current actions already being taken on various issues, include one that requests more vending machines that accept debit cards, another that calls for more bicycle racks, one that calls for more recycling bins and one that allows a pathway for bicyclists on campus. All of the resolutions will be pushed to next semester. Liberal arts senator Aya Hosch asked for an amendment to Resolution 10-36 , which calls for recycling bins that hold plastic, aluminum and paper be placed near trash cans on campus, to expand the recycling options by adding glass. “When I get a SoBe from the market that’s in a glass bottle, I don’t want to carry [the empty bottle] around all day, but I don’t want to throw it in a trash can,” the political science junior explained. The amendment was eventually added to the resolution, along with an one stating what specifically can be recycled. Resolution 10-32 calls for an extended Thanksgiving break, beginning the Wednesday preceding the holiday. Alaina Cardwell, Student
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Proposed 11-16 – “Getting to Tier One: It’s all in your head!” – The creation of an imaging center on campus for science and engineering research to take place in Arlington. Proposed 11-02 – “Memorial on Campus” – Installation of a UTA memorial honoring Veterans Proposed 10-19 – “Tortoises Are People Too” – Allowing tortoises to be housed in on-campus residence halls. Proposed 10-19 – “My Exercise Will Go On” – Disallowing conferences to be held in the same area of the MAC as the pingpong tables to prevent the frequent moving of the tables. Proposed 10-19 – “Freeloaders Not Permitted” – UTA apartments with a leaseholder and occupant make it a requirement to have all persons living in the house on the lease. Proposed 10-07 – “Empty Stop” – Alter the route of the shuttle so that it only stops by the Social Work Complex by request to eliminate the length of the route. Proposed 9-21 – “I don’t carry cash” - The installation of a register at the Post Office that accepts debit/credit cards. Proposed 9-21 - “Give Students Proper Recognition” - To offer graduation recognition to students that graduate with one of the three honors: Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude, or Cum Laude. Source: Student Congress resolution database
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PROTECTED AREA Arlington City Hall approved a zone around Cowboys Stadium that city councilmembers hope will prevent ambush marketing and public intoxication. The Clean Zone becomes effective Jan. 23.
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If vendors decide to sell outside the area, they can do so as long as it doesn’t violate city laws, he said. “The more broad the area is, the harder it is to keep a control,” Yelverton said. “[The area] we have right now is pretty reasonable. We want to make sure the area is protected from activities that are not part of it.”
Councilman Gene Patrick said the Clean Zone would set new conduct standards for peddlers. “This will definitely clean up the image of this worldwide event,” Patrick said. “We want to present our best foot forward. This is not unusual, and I’m sure most people in Arlington want us to put our best foot forward when it comes to the Super Bowl.” NATALIA CONTRERAS
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Public relations senior Rebekah Karth and political science junior Aya Hosch discuss recycling issues at the Student Congress meeting Tuesday evening in the Student Congress Chambers.
boxes. The police department would not have to pay for all of the expenses for the expansion, Gomez said. “There will be some costs that we incur, but for some things like the cameras, it’s
a joint venture with the departments who are going to be using them,” Gomez said. Gomez also said the cost of the new substation was included in expenses for the district and would not come from the police budget. However, despite budget cuts not being official, the administration asked departments to find ways to scale back on spending, uni-
versity spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said. “All of the university’s divisions and units have been asked to look critically at their expenses, spend conservatively and identify any areas that could be trimmed,” she said via email. TAYLOR CAMMACK news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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