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Wednesday April 13, 2011
Volume 92, No. 104 www.theshorthorn.com
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Bass Hunters
Cutting funds, adding years
The once 3-member bass fishing team now boasts 15 members and took third place in March tournament. SPORTS | PAGE 3
Columnist: Cutting summer Pell Grants would put graduation plans on hold. OPINION | PAGE 4
ENGINEERING
University releases candidate names Tier One remains a top priority in selecting a new engineering dean. BY JOHN HARDEN The Shorthorn senior staff
Engineering chairmen and professors originating from universities with annual research expenditures between $300 and $700 million make up the remaining candidates applying for engineering dean. Mechanical engineering professor Theodore Bergman at the University of Connecticut, civil
engineering chairman JeanPierre Bardet at the University of Southern California and geological engineering chairman Craig Benson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are the candidates whose names were released on Tuesday. One of the main challenges facing the next dean is leading the college’s efforts to achieve Tier One research status by working to meet all required criteria, including increasing research funding and expendi-
ENGINEERING DEAN CANDIDATES The candidates will conduct forums at 2 p.m. on different days in Nedderman Hall Room 100. David Peters went first on Monday.
Theodore Bergman, University of Connecticut mechanical engineering professor
Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California civil engineering chair April 18
April 21
Craig Benson, University of WisconsinMadison geological engineering chair April 25
DEAN continues on page 4
Public relations senior Brandon Hurtado runs a resume critique business to help students get hired
David Peters, Washington University engineering professor
Monday. Read about it at theshorthorn.com.
EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Exercise classes decreased for fall semester years. Priority must be given Department chairwoman to academic majors, Louise Fincher said approxisays kinesiology adviser. mately 36 sections, 18 in fall BY CHRIS BATES The Shorthorn staff
The Department of Kinesiology is cutting exercise classes because of an increase in enrollment and lack of part-time faculty to compensate. The department is reducing the number of classes from 51 this semester to 20 in the fall. The department has gradually reduced the number of courses during the past two
2010 and 18 in spring 2011, have been cut during this academic year. Fincher said the reasons for the cuts are twofold. “First, we’ve had a steady increase in the number of kinesiology majors,” she said. “Secondly, we’ve had a reduction in part-time faculty dollars.” Fincher said the cuts have CLASSES continues on page 6
STUDENT GOVERNANCE
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Public relations senior Brandon Hurtado runs his own resume critique company through his home. Hurtado said he charges a fraction of the price of most resume critique companies because he really wants to help other people.
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A public relations senior is helping students prepare for careers after college with his resume critique business. Clearwater Consulting is a full-service resume development company that critiques, constructs and recreates resumes. Brandon Hurtado has helped more than 367 job seekers to date. “The company’s core values are to help students and working professionals develop a resume that highlights who they are, without breaking the bank,” he said. Hurtado charges $50 for a resume consultation and revision. The company started in 2009 after Hurtado attended a Public Relations Student Society of America “speed meet” for jobs.
“I knew that my resume was decent, but after interviewing with a hiring manager from Chesapeake Energy, I was blown away at the inconsistencies in my paper,” he said. “He completely butchered my resume with red ink.” Hurtado said he knew if he was going to be a successful communications major, he would have to research what hiring managers were looking for on his own. After attending several job fairs and hiring conventions, Hurtado felt he had a better grasp of what hiring managers were looking for. “After visiting several Wordpress sites, blogs and even other resume consulting services,” he said, “I was able to combine a
SC launches new Maverick Discounts Program website Improvements include categories on the main page to sort discounts. BY BIANCA MONTES The Shorthorn senior staff
Student Congress officially unveiled the new face for the Maverick Discount Program website Monday. The program provides a minimum 10 percent discount to the UTA community for services, including
travel and entertainment to restaurants and retail. SC senators took notice of a need to redesign the website last year when previous parliamentarian Marcia Vasquez was in office, said parliamentarian Timothy Johnson. “The original website wasn’t organized, and it wasn’t user-friendly,” Johnson said. DISCOUNTS continues on page 6
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ARLINGTON
Arlington rakes in revenue from Super Bowl Mayor Cluck expects an Super Bowl XLV, and the are still coming in. even larger increase with numbers April Nixon, Arlington the Rangers in full swing. chief financial officer, said the BY ALI AMIR MUSTANSIR The Shorthorn senior staff
Arlington officials are happy with the 4.4 percent increase in tax revenue from
city made $139,000 more than when the city hosted the NBA All-Star game in February 2010. Nixon said the city has seen a revenue increase for
the fiscal year as well. She said revenue is up by about 1.1 percent than budgeted for the first five months of the fiscal year, from October 2010 to February 2011. “We are about $200,000 better than budget at this point,” she said. Deputy city manager
Trey Yelverton said looking at sales tax revenue alone doesn’t completely show if the city earned what it expected from the event. He said everyday purchases, like groceries, might not be from Super Bowl traffic. SUPER continues on page 6
The Shorthorn: Daniel Molina
WORKING THE WALL Tad Loftis, aerospace and mechanical engineering sophomore, scales a rock wall on Tuesday at the Maverick Activities Center. Loftis said he loves climbing because “it’s addicting and it’s free.”