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Student could take 8 weeks to recover The Shorthorn staff

As of 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, the pre-nursing junior struck by an SUV was in sta-

junior Cameron Abelson, 21, was arrested.

Barajas’ sister, Lorena Leon, said Barajas was moved to her own room in the hospital today. The past two days Barajas was in the intensive care unit.

Leon said Barajas, mother of two, has been on high doses

of morphine and hydrocodone, and hospital staff lessened them today, enabling Barajas to eat and converse with visitors.

Leon said her sister had fractures to her right leg, left wrist and one or two bones of the spinal cord.

“She has had surgery for

UTA wins its first SLC championship in 6 years

her leg and hand, and a brace on her upper torso to stabilize the spine,” she said. “The recovery period is expected to be well over eight weeks.”

The family intends to press charges against Abelson, she said.

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ble condition at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.

Graciela Barajas, 30, was hit by a Ford Explorer at the intersection of South Nedderman Drive and Planetarium Place Monday on her way to class.

She was taken to the hospital, and the driver, finance

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Pedestrian had surgery for her leg and wrist, a brace for her spine.

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CRIME

Funeral held for counselor’s husband today Steve McIntosh died of multiple gunshot wounds Friday evening.

BY SARAH LUTZ The Shorthorn staff

The funeral service for the husband of a UTA counselor is at 3 p.m. today at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 5725 Colleyville Blvd. in Colleyville.

Belo Corp. executive Steve McIntosh died Friday night of multiple gunshot wounds according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner report. Police found his body with business senior Antonio

Garcia’s lying in the parking lot of an Arlington day care where McIntosh was picking up his 3-year-old daughter.

Garcia shot himself and died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the report. Police are still investigating the motive.

Garcia had received counseling from McIntosh’s wife, Adria Villarreal, assistant director of Counseling Services and licensed psychologist.

There isn’t an indication that her relationship with Garcia was anything but professionFUNERAL continues on page 8

ARLINGTON

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The UTA golf team congratulates each other on the 18th green of Waterchase Golf Club after winning the Southland Conference Championship on Wednesday. The win qualifies them to play in the 2011 NCAA Division-I Championship next month in Stillwater, Okla.

STROKE OF GLORY

BY CHARLIE VANN The Shorthorn staff

Coming into the final round of the Southland Conference Championship on Wednesday, UTA couldn’t rest easy with only a onestroke lead.

But as senior Wes Worster approached the 18th green at Waterchase Golf Club in Fort Worth, there was no doubt that UTA had clinched its first SLC Champion-

ship in six years.

With a nine-stroke lead, Worster birdied the 18th hole as his teammates ran down to join him in celebrating their title victory.

“I feel great, it’s a great win for the team,” Worster said. “It’s fantastic.”

Excitement filled the air as coach Jay Rees fought back tears while GOLF continues on page 4

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UC Palo Duro Lounge will be a polling place from Tuesday-Thursday.

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Registered Arlington voters can begin choosing their next city government representatives on campus Tuesday morning.

The university will host an early voting center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge.

Early voting in Tarrant

County begins Monday and different locations will be open at different times.

During early voting, residents can vote for their district at any voting location in Tarrant County. On Election Day, they would have to vote in their district, said Arlington City Secretary Mary Supino. During last year’s election, nearly half of the counted votes were placed during the early voting period.

“A lot of people take

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Diggers celebrate lease extension on Saturday The event costs $10, money will fund a museum for the fossils.

BY ASHLEY BRADLEY The Shorthorn staff

Before sunrise, at about 4 a.m., Euless resident Arthur Sahlstein took walks around the hillside behind his house.

As the reflection of the moon hit the top of dirt, he admired twinkling lights that hit what

he thought were just rocks.

After church one morning in 2003, his 6-year-old daughter Olivia asked to see where he went each morning.

As they wandered through the open space, hoping to find arrowheads and talking about survival skills, Olivia sat down for a break.

“What is this?” she asked her father.

She then pulled up what would be, arguably, the first

dinosaur vertebrae found at the Arlington Archosaur Site in North Arlington.

Derek Main, geology lecturer and site director, obtained the site for UTA for his Ph.D project in 2007. Because the site has uncovered two new species so far, and is working on a third, Huffines Communities – the owners of the property – will renew UTA’s lease for a ARCHOSAUR continues on page 3

VOTING continues on page 7

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Electrical engineering sophomore Syahirah Rahman puts a hijab, or Islamic head wrap for women, on anthropology senior Cassandra Valencia for Islamic Awareness Week on Wednesday on the Central Library mall. “I really wanted to know what it felt like. And, since I am an anthropology student, we are taught to accept different cultures and get out of our comfort zone. And this is definitely out of my comfort zone,” Valencia said.

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Sunny • High 75°F • Low 55°F

Girls Gone Riding: 5:30 p.m. Start at Maverick Bike Shop, 4-5 mile bike ride.

Free. For information, check Facebook event: Girls Gone Riding or contact Sarah Lutz at 817-301-2795.

Sustainability-Focused Literacy Instruction in K-12 Classrooms: 9:3010:30 a.m. Trimble Hall Room 115. Free.

For information, contact Jeff Howard at howardj@uta.edu or 817-272-5119.

Exposure: Photos from the Second Battle of Fallujah: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information contact Erin O’Malley at omalley@uta.edu.

Magnificent Sun: 6 p.m. Planetarium. $6 for adults, $4 for children. For information, contact the Planetarium at planetarium@uta.edu or 817-272-1183.

Department of Biology Colloquium Series: 4-5 p.m. Life Science Building Room 124. Free. For information, contact Linda Taylor at lktaylor@uta.edu or 817-272-2872.

Combat Narratives: Stories And Artifacts from UT Arlington Veterans : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information contact Erin O’Malley at omalley@uta.edu.

UTA Symphony Orchestra Concert: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Irons Recital Hall. $5 for public, $3 for students and seniors. For information, contact the music office at music@uta.edu or 817-272-3471.

Off-Campus Maverick mixer: 5-7 p.m.

BlackFinn American Saloon, Arlington Highlands. Free. For information, contact Brian Joyce at offcampus@uta.edu or 817-272-3213.

Spring TheatreFest: 8 p.m. Fine Arts Building Studio Theatre. $10 for public, $7 for UTA community and senior citizens. For information, contact the UTA Theatre Arts Box Office at 817-272-2669.

TODAY

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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 Suspicious Person Officers responded to a report at 8:44 p.m. that an unknown person had jumped, fully-clothed, into the pool at the Physical Education Building, 801 Greek Row Drive.

Warrant Service During a routine traffic stop at 6:44 p.m., a student was arrested at 200 Third street, near Arlington Hall, in connection with outstanding warrants out of the Duncanville Police Department.

Welfare Check At 3:41 p.m., officers were dispatched to Misty Brook apartments, 905 Misty Brook Drive, near the Sonic on Cooper Street, to conduct a welfare check on a student. The student’s professor asked for the check because he had not been attending class. The student told police that he was OK. Vandalism Officers responded to a report at 2:30 p.m. of a driver side mirror on a university vehicle that was missing and a rear driver-side tire that was flat. Police found that a large nail flattened the tire of the vehicle, which was parked in the parking lot at the Watson Building, 219 Main St. The case is active.

PERSONAVACATION by Thea Blesener

CORRECTIONS In Wednesday’s story “Police: Suspect followed counselor Thursday evening,” Adria Villarreal’s name was misspelled.

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What You Wish the World Could Be: Early Years of Six Flags Over Texas : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information contact Erin O’Malley at omalley@uta.edu.

FRIDAY $2 Movie - Tangled: 5:30 p.m. Planetarium. $2. For information, contact

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Faculty Vocal Recital: 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Irons Recital Hall. Free. For more information contact the Music Department at music@uta.edu or 817-272-3471.

SATURDAY Animal Shelter Volunteering: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet at the Mav Express office at 8:30 a.m. Free, but must register. For information, contact UTA Volunteers at utavolunteers@uta.edu or 817-272-2963.

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April Van Rader, her daughter Khalilah Johnson bond over tea

BY VALLARI GUPTE The Shorthorn staff

April Van Rader goes to school with her daughter every day.

This month, Van Rader was recently accepted to Sigma Alpha Lambda, an honor society that encourages students to engage in community service and expand their knowledge of philosophy.

Van Rader, a philosophy junior, said she wants to be like her daughter by the time she graduates.

Her daughter, public relations senior Khalilah Johnson prepares to graduate next month and has made the dean’s list the past three semesters. She plans to go to law school after graduation and is intensely studying for her LSAT exams.

The lively pair catches up on daily events while drinking cups of hot tea accompanied with a lot of chatting at their home.

“We blow off steam, unwind from the daily grind,” Van Rader said. “We talk about everything. Everything.”

Van Rader and Johnson discuss class work and proofread each other’s papers in between their hectic schedules.

Johnson said she is blessed to have a mother who understands the stressful and fun-filled college life.

“I already have a job, but getting my degree would open doors of opportunities,” Johnson said.

Johnson said her mother and she planned their schedules carefully so they have time for work, assignments and each other.

“We go to school on alternate days. One’s on and one’s off,” Van Rader said.

Initially, she began college in 1973, but left to take care of her children. In 2008, she decided to invest time in herself and return as a fulltime student.

“When my youngest graduated, I decided to come back. I was done raising children. It was time for me to finish what I started so many years ago,” she said.

Johnson said her mother being in school motivated her. She said

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Philosophy junior April Van Rader (left) and public relations senior Khalilah Johnson are mother and daughter and go to school together. Van Rader said they don’t see each other very much because of their hectic schedules, but they find time to get together. “It’s a cool experience. It’s unique. Not everyone gets to experience this. I feel lucky,” Johnson said.

she wholeheartedly supported her mother’s decision to return to school.

“Her coming back to school is a motivator for me,” Johnson said. “Her decision just shows that life is not over because you are at a certain age.”

Van Rader is passionate about her education and wants to earn a doctorate in philosophy. Currently, she is a local pastor and works as a support specialist in Carlisle Hall.

She said her daughter’s moral support helped her stay focused on

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her studies when she felt like giving up on school.

Van Rader raised five foster children, along with three daughters and one son.

“My mother, before she gave birth to me, was a foster mom,” Van Rader said. “We’ve always had a lot of children in our family.”

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Van Rader’s first daughter, Tanja Johnson Vinegar, looks forward to coming back to Texas from Ohio for her sister’s graduation and for the famous tea time with her mother.

“Tea time is the best, we connect, we bond,” Johnson Vinegar said. “I am still bonding with my sister and mother at 38.”

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Archosaur fourth time in May. The lease will be renewed for a year and there will be a fundraising event Saturday celebrating it.

“Just like your talents are resources you have obtained, we have obtained that land,” said Robert Kembel, Huffines Management Partners President. “We are all about being good shepherds. It was there before we had it. Other species of animals obviously walked on it.”

Kembel said though Huffines only renewed the lease for a year, they plan to continue a relationship with them for a long time.

“Putting them on a short lease encourages discussion between us,” he said. “We like to be educated about the findings. It’s been a real adventure.”

Main recently gave Kembel a list of resources the site could use. The list is still being looked over and considered.

“I like to under-promise and over-deliver,” Kembel said. “We’re still looking over our annual budget, but would like to help them anyway we can, whether we are giving them tools, dollars or fencing.

We haven’t decided what yet.”

Currently, Main and his team are trying to uncover a dinosaur skull. The vertebrae and other bones found point to a new species of dinosaur, but the skull is what would prove it.

The team needs to find the skull because it could be a Protohadros, which has already been discovered by Southern Methodist University.

“As a scientist, I have to compare what we have to Protohadros to know for sure,” Main said. “If I start to name this dinosaur without new skull material, my peers will be very critical and question how I know that I don’t have a Protohadros.”

Main said he wouldn’t be surprised if the dinosaur is a new species because of the new species they’ve found already.

UTA research assistant Brad Carter found teeth of

Courtesy: Derek Main

a new lungfish species while randomly going through loose particles in 2007.

Austin Motheral, Richland High School junior, uncovered fossils of a new species of crocodile on accident when moving dirt piles with a tractor in 2009.

In 2010, dig site volunteer Darlene Sumerfelt came across a population of turtle fossils while digging in a random area. Because they show evidence of crocodile teeth marks, she jokingly called the area the “Turtle Buffett” and it stuck.

“I started to get so tired,” Sumerfelt said. “There was so much coming out of that hillside I started to think ‘I can not pull out another bone. It’s too much.’”

Main said he’s been constantly surprised at what the site has uncovered. He always tries to plan, but it never works out.

“It’s never me who finds these things,” he said. “People don’t understand the impor-

Courtesy: Derek Main

When Main and Sahlstein first looked at the site, it was never imagined what would be found.

“I had never really looked down when I was out there,” Sahlstein said. “If someone told me then that site would still be finding stuff today, I’d call them crazy.”

tance of these fossils. This will put UTA on the geological map forever.”

The fundraising event on Saturday costs $10. Main said this money and other funds that people have donated have been put aside to have a museum for the fossils. Once the fund reaches $1 million, the fossils will be on display.

“The site speaks for itself,” Main said. “It’s historic.”

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BELOW: Austin Motheral, Richland High School freshman, accidently discovered fossils of a new species of crocodile while moving dirt from an area of the Arlington Archosaur Site in 2007. Site director Derek Main will name the crocodile after Motheral.

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Luminant Energy is presenting a check for $30,000 to the College of Education and Health Professions for its graduate student workshops dealing with geology, biology and environmental science.

The donation will fund the 2011 Energy and Environmental Science Education Summer Institute, held by Luminant. The event teaches graduate students about the link between the energy needs of humans and the environment. The check presentation will take place at 10 a.m. Friday in the Davis Hall University Club, and the week-long workshop will be held in June.

Luminant communications coordinator Caroline Atkins said a highlight of the UTA workshop is a multi-day stay at Luminant’s Big Brown Conference Center, where teachers experience hands-on activities, including tours of the Big Brown coal-fueled power plant, mine and reclaimed areas.

Ann Cavallo, associate dean for teacher and professional education, said this donation is the highest yet, and Luminant has been sponsoring the workshop for more than 10 years.

“Typically, we receive anywhere from $27,000 to $30,000 in donations,” she said. “The program is a summer course for graduate students, who spend a week at Luminant Energy Minefield in Fairfield, Texas.”

Cavallo said these teachers learn about geology and how electricity is generated.

She said at the end of the trip, teachers take home

a module of what they learned to teach students.

This summer, Cavallo said the program will be adding a new element to the week by going to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.

Jeanne Gerlach, College of Education and Health Professions dean, said the donation will help to ensure their summer program will continue to grow.

“It benefits students because it allows them to participate in the program by registering online, and it enhances their learning in science and education,” she said.

Atkins said Luminant sponsors teacher-education programs each summer in partnership with UTA, Stephen F. Austin State University and the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association.

Atkins said last year, 14 teachers from the Mesquite, Fort Worth, Venus, Grand Prairie, Mansfield and Joshua school districts attended the trip. Cavallo said this year, 17 teachers will be attending from schools in the Cedar Hill, Hu r s t - E u l e s s - B e d f o r d , Burleson and Fort Worth school districts. The teachers come from all levels of teaching, from middle school to high school.

Atkins said Luminant hopes to continue to sponsor these teacher workshops.

“Continuing education to our state’s educators is a powerful way of ensuring that knowledge is shared with our youth,” she said.

“We strongly believe in the benefits of education, and are proud to support programs which will help teachers explain the important role of energy in our country even better to our students.”

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the softball leader is focused on winning the Southland Conference. and academics, winning the Southland Conference crown is the final accomplishment on her list.

“It would mean the world to get first place,” Collom said, sporting a big smile while talking about it. “I don’t even have words. I would be ecstatic.”

By Randy McVay The Shorthorn staff

“Yeah baby, yeah!” “that a kid!“ “Whooooo, Striiiike!” on paper, the words above might look like a jumbled mess of incomplete sentences.

In reality, these are a small sample of in-game phrases shouted by senior first baseman rebecca Collom, the captain and vocal leader for the UtA softball team.

“I just want to win,” Collom said. “I’m very competitive, and I always have been.

Whatever I do, I want to do my best and help the team win. It’s just in my heart.”

A quick look at the stat sheet says she can play. She holds the UtA all-time record with 35 career home runs, her .348 batting average leads the team, and she only has 10 errors in 199 career starts at first base.

While numbers don’t lie, they certainly don’t tell the whole story of “Becca” Collom.

Head coach Debbie Hedrick and Collom’s teammates have mentioned how friendly and personable she is. When she isn’t raising havoc on the field, odds are she will be smiling or laughing.

“She is almost always upbeat and positive. She always has something good to say, and she’s always happy,” Hedrick said. “It rubs off on everybody. She’s just an outstanding person and a great softball player. She’s a competitor.”

Small Town Hero the competitive spirit started when she was just a child living in the small town of New Boston, located near texarkana.

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Senior first baseman Rebecca Collom holds the school record with 35 home runs and will finish her UTA career as the captain of the softball team. Collom said it would mean the world to her if UTA wins the Southland Conference this year.

her growth as a person and softball player.

“I have the best family,” Collom said. “My brother is an amazing person, and I couldn’t have modeled myself after a better person. My mom, my dad, my grandparents, I couldn’t have had better people around me.”

Collom’s parents got her involved with sports at a young age, and she instantly fell in love with competition.

Her mom encouraged her to have fun but stressed the importance of giving it everything she had.

She became a four-sport star at New Boston High School, and by her senior year had Division-I scholarship offers for softball and volleyball.

Hedrick’s father was Collom’s pitching coach in high school. After visiting the campus and spending time with Hedrick, she said UtA felt right.

Now, four years later, she is one of the best hitters in school history and has the Mavericks making a run at the Southland Conference title.

After earning all-SLC accolades for on-field performance

the kinesiology major acknowledged the hard work she’s put in to earn a 3.6 GpA while playing softball. She has a very structured schedule that includes morning classes, softball practice, and time slots blocked off for studying and school work.

Junior Courtney Enocksen, who has started three years at shortstop for UtA, said Collom will be missed.

“Becca’s always been there for me, on and off the field,” Enocksen said. “I’ve really learned a lot from her. I’ve never played without her on the field, so it will be different.”

Although she won’t be on the field for the Mavericks, she won’t be too far away. Collom will be a graduate assistant for Hedrick next season, helping out the team as a coach. Her brother, who is a Yale graduate, has been an inspiration for her to keep following her dream.

But right now, she’s focused on the next few weeks, especially with the Southland Conference tournament just two weeks away.

“Fun. Awesome. Its been great,” Collom said. “the teammates I’ve had from day one, until now, have been amazing. It’s been absolutely great, and this season has been the best of all.”

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expressing his feelings on winning the title he has been waiting to win for so long. “the last time we won it was six years ago,” rees said, wiping the tears out of his eyes. “this team might be one of the best group of guys we’ve ever had.” the team shot a 289 in the final round to blow past Lamar and Southeastern Louisiana, who struggled with the windy conditions. the wind conditions were back and forth. Between holes 12 and 14, the wind would pick up, but got calmer on holes 15 to 17. “the wind blew 20 to 25 [mph] to the north,” Worster said. “But we’re used to the wind.” the home course also played to UtA’s advantage. the team practices on it daily and knew its toughness, especially the water-filled 17th hole, one of the trickiest on the course. “the golf course set up is challenging,” rees said. “But it’s fair.”

By winning the SLC Championship, the team automatically gets a bid to play in the 2011 NCAA Division-I Championship next month in Stillwater, okla.

• BASEBALL HEADS TO NACOGDOCHES FOR CLASH WITH TOP SLC TEAM The baseball team has won five of their last six games and risen their way into a tie for third place, but this weekend will be the biggest test of their Southland Conference clout.

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Worster, who led the heap yesterday, ended up in a tie for third place alongside UtSan Antonio’s ryan Werre.

Worster shot a 74 in the final round to finish with a twounder par 214.

Senior Zack Fischer also had a great day, finishing in a tie for fifth place. Fischer finished a stroke back of Worster with a one-under 215 after shooting a 71 on Wednesday.

“I’ve been waiting three years for this,” Fischer said.

“It’s amazing. I can’t even explain how I feel.”

Freshman Carson Kallis had a great final round, shooting a 72 after struggling in the early rounds. He shot an 81 in round one and a 75 in round two. “the first two days, I shot on the greens but couldn’t convert,” he said. “overall, it’s really exciting.”

Kallis expressed his confidence in the team looking ahead to next year without its key seniors.

“We got a really talented young team,” he said. “We’re going to be just as good, if not better.”

For the younger guys coming into next season, rees knows that the competition level is high. “the guys coming in know the bar is set high.”

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Maverick tennis teams set sights on Southland Championships Men enter as underdogs

Perfect season, chance to bring home title

The Mavericks enter the Southland Conference Tournament in San Antonio at the UTSA Tennis Center with a reasonable chance of making it into the championship game — all they have to do is beat UT-San Antonio.

Having won their last three conference games, all the No. 3 seeded Mavericks have to do is beat the No. 2 Roadrunners at 9 a.m.

Saturday and they are in the championship.

Since there are only six men’s tennis teams in the SLC, only the top four teams make it into the tournament, giving UTA a fighting chance.

Head coach Diego Benitez liked how his team competed down the stretch and is hoping to get into the title game.

“It was a great way to finish conference play, with three straight consecutive wins,” Benitez said. “We played very good tennis, and we are looking forward to the Southland Conference tournament.”

UTA will need to find success against teams they struggled against earlier this season. The Mavericks lost to UT-San Antonio 4-3 on March 6, and lost to top-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi by a score of 5-2 on March 28.

The Mavericks will take their perfect conference record into the Southland Conference Tournament this Friday at the UTSA Tennis Center in San Antonio, led by their top player, senior Daiana Negreanu.

Negreanu was named the 2011 SLC Player of the Year on Wednesday after finishing 10-1 as the No. 1 player for the undefeated Mavericks.

Entering as the top-seeded team, the Mavericks open up the tournament at 1 p.m. Friday against the No. 8 seed, McNeese State, who the Mavericks already beat 6-1 on March 12.

Even though the Mavericks finished the SLC play with a record of 11-0, it isn’t a guarantee that they will come out of the tournament as champions.

Head coach Diego Benitez doesn’t want his team to be over-confident going into the tournament.

“We are glad to be named Southland Conference regular season champions, but there is still a lot of tennis to be played and more objectives to achieve. This group is ready and eager to perform at a top level,” Benitez said.

If the Mavericks get by McNeese, they will play the winner of Texas State and Stephen F. Austin at 3 p.m. Saturday.

— Travis Detherage

2011 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT UTSA Tennis Center | San Antonio 1 UTA: They should win the tournament given the fact that they finished SLC play with an undefeated record. The Mavericks outscored conference foes this season by a score of 71-6 and are the heavy favorite entering the weekend.

— Travis Detherage

2 Lamar: A senior-laden team and the biggest threat for the Mavericks will be the Cardinals, who have three seniors with a combined 58-2 overall record in singles play. The only thing holding the Cardinals back are the doubles teams, who have a sub-par record of 34-26, while the Mavericks have a doubles record of 43-16.

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2011 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Senior Daiana Negreanu was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year after going 10-1 as UTA’s top player. Negreanu leads the Mavericks into the Southland Conference Tournament this weekend in San Antonio.

UTSA Tennis Center | San Antonio 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: The Islanders finished conference play with a record of 5-0, so compared to the other teams in the tournament, they’re most likely to win the title.

2 UT-San Antonio: They have the home-field advantage and went 3-1 at home in conference play. Their lone loss came against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, who won 4-3.

3 UTA: The only team in the tournament the Mavericks beat was Lamar, so beating the top two seeds in two days seems tough to overcome.

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4 Texas State: They also closed the season hot by winning their last five games to finish with an overall record of 11-5 but look to be just a pretender in this tournament.

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5 Stephen F. Austin: They once had an overall record of 14-1, but they lost three out of the last six to finish with a record of 19-4 — their best record in program history.

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4 Lamar: They finished with a 2-3 conference record and an overall record of 9-11. They may likely get bounced out of the first round by the Islanders.

3 Northwestern State: Along with Stephen F. Austin, the Lady Demons are a darkhorse in this tournament with a conference record of 9-2 and an overall record of 16-5.

The doubles team is second-best in the conference with a 45-17 record.

8 McNeese State 5 Stephen F. Austin

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6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: They closed out the season by winning four straight games, but they are merely a pretender in this tournament.

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7 Sam Houston State: Along with Nicholls, the Bearkats fall under the category of “just happy to be in the tournament.” They finished with an overall record of 7-8 and a conference record of 4-7.

8 Nicholls: They barely squeezed into the tournament with a conference record of 3-7.

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According to the Arlington Police Department, Abelson was booked for driving while intoxicated and on intoxication assault.

He was released from Arlington Jail on Monday with bonds of $1,000 for the DWI and $3,000 for the intoxication assault.

Abelson said he did not wish to comment on the incident without consulting his lawyer, but said he was not drunk. His lawyer could not be reached for comment.

“My utmost condolences to the girl involved,” he said.

Student Conduct Director Heather Snow said she could not speak to this particular incident, but that

UTA has standard procedures to deal with such cases.

“Any case that the police deem to be a violation of federal, state or local law, they report it to our office within seven days,” she said.

“In a DUI situation, the student might get a punitive sanction, such as probation or suspension.”

Within three days of receiving a referral, the Student Conduct Office sends a summons to the student for an administrative hearing.

Students are typically given seven days notice.

At the hearing, the student can accept responsibility to avoid a hearing with a hearing officer.

“Most of the time, students will accept responsibility because the evidence is clear or they don’t want to

go through the trial process,” she said. “About 5 percent go on to the actual hearing.”

After receiving the referral from the police, the office conducts an investigation concurrent with local police, Snow said.

The Hearing Officer lets the student and a representative for the Office of Student Conduct make opening and closing statements along as well as present witnesses.

If found responsible, the same penalties are applicable regardless of whether the student accepts responsibility or not, Snow said.

After the trial, the office has 10 days to give a decision.

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advantage of it,” she said.

“There are more opportunities than just one day.”

Jennifer Fox, recently elected Student Congress president, said SC took on the job of publicizing the event. She said banners have been put up, and yard signs will be placed Tuesday to let students know they can vote starting that day.

Fox said local elections usually don’t bring the same number of people as midterm, which happened in November, and presidential elections.

“Last semester, we had over 1,000,” she said. “We were very pleased,” adding that the gubernatorial race drew more people.

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SC passed out voter registration forms on campus leading up to the last day of registration, which was April 14, Fox said. Of those handed out, about 50 came back to her office to be mailed, but others could have mailed it themselves, she said.

“Local election is possibly more important than others,” she said. “Students can make an impact in Arlington and let people know how we feel.”

Liberal Arts Senator Jerry Ferguson said apathy toward local elections is because city councils tend to do a better job than state or federal governments, so people don’t

notice them as much. He said their jobs aren’t any easier.

Instead, they are less influenced in a particular direction and less likely to be corrupted.

“It’s a lot of work, and these guys aren’t paid very well,” he said. “They do it for the good of the community.

It’s easier to be a good person in local government.”

Ferguson said students should be active in local government, if not in Arlington, than in their hometowns. He said a lot of people think the decisions made by a council don’t often affect students living on campus, but a council member’s attitude toward the university can have major effects on students.

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“Who knows when the next wedding of a future monarch will take place?” said Catie Anchin, a 29-yearold fan who arrived with her husband from Washington D.C. on Tuesday. “This is my chance to see history happen in the flesh.” As the tourists scoped out the best spot to stand, they worriedly asked how exactly they could beat the roughly 1 million other well-wishers expected to line The Mall on Friday for Prince William’s marriage to Kate Middleton.

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Officials said it would be the last. By Wednesday, Obama had his copies, releasing them to dispel questions from so-called “birthers” and some Republicans who believe he wasn’t born in the U.S. and therefore is ineligible to be president.

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For Fed chief, no news makes for a successful day WASHINGTON — The script was repetitive. The lines were delivered without emotion. There wasn’t even a twist. The reviews for Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke’s unusual press conference Wednesday would have sunk a Hollywood blockbuster. As the head of the famously vague central bank, though, he nailed it. In an hour-long give-and-take with reporters — the first press conference by a Fed chief in almost 20 years — a relaxed Bernanke delivered little new information and said nothing to spook investors who were hanging on every word.

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al, according to a press release

by Arlington Police Department.

Villarreal took a leave of absence and her clients are being handled by other people in the university, university spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said. Sullivan said she did not know who Villarreal’s clients are being referred to, but that they are being helped. She did not know when Villarreal would return.

The Counseling Services removed the webpage from the University College site with Villarreal’s photo and background, a l o n g with several other Steve McIntosh, husband of UTA members counselor Adria of the Villarreal Counseling Service staff, Wednesday. Sullivan said they did it out of concern for the privacy of the staff because the page included photos and professional background.

She said she did not know if other pages on the website would be removed.

Garcia, 22, transferred to UTA from Dallas County Community College District in fall 2009, Sullivan said.

Garcia enrolled at the Eastfield campus in 2007 and attended until the summer of 2009, said Pat Mirtz admissions and records assistant at Eastfield. She said he was a good student and made A’s and B’s.

According to a report filed

by Villarreal with the Colleyville Police, Garcia followed her as she drove home from UTA the night before he died.

Villarreal filed a report with the UTA police Friday morning by suggestion of the Colleyville Police.

SaraH lutz news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Profits will pay for the school’s annual trip to Austin for Advocacy Day.

By Edna Horton The Shorthorn staff

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catcHing a BrEak Architecture junior Matt Seager, right, misses a catch thrown by architecture junior Matt Lopez Wednesday afternoon in the Architecture Building courtyard. After staying an entire night in the Architecture Building to work on their final projects, Seager and Lopez used a game of catch as an opportunity to take a break from their work.

The School of Social Work wants students to come to the lot to see what they’ve got.

From 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 7, the School of Social Work will hold its Extravaganza Sale in Lot 36 on the corner of Abram and Cooper streets. Proceeds will send social work students to Student Advocacy Day in Austin.

Every other year, students from the school travel to Austin for Student Advocacy Day, where they lobby for issues that affect the community. To raise funds for the trip, the school is having an Extravaganza Sale of gently used items next Saturday.

Social work senior Kwinetta Simien is helping plan the event. Simien said she would not be able to pay for the trip on her own, and she hopes they raise enough.

She said she wants the sale to help bridge the gap between the School of Social Work and

the rest of the campus. Social work students lobby for things at Advocacy Day that affect everyone, not just social work students, she said.

Donations can be clothes, kitchen items, appliances, toys and furniture. Clothing items should be sanitary, and no swimsuits or lingerie.

Beth Amey, School of Social Work assistant professor and faculty adviser for the constituency council, said the day-long trip costs between $2,000 to $3,000 dollars. She hopes to raise about $5,000 from the garage sale.

In the past, she said funding for the trip has been provided by UTA, however because of budget cuts, the university has cut the funding.

She said most students think of them as the school across the street. She hopes that by holding the garage, students will know more about the school.

“It’s a way for students here to show other students what we do, and students here can also learn more about events on the other side of the campus,” Amey said.

Social work senior Cyntea-

sia Echols said they want to get as many students involved as they can.

Echols said she would donate some things she doesn’t need anymore. She said they think now is a good time to have the sale because students will move out of dorms and will have stuff they don’t need.

“I’ve been telling people, I will come and get it from your house if you need me to,” she said.

The extravaganza sale is the largest fundraiser this year for the School of Social Work.

Amey said if they don’t raise enough from this sale, they will have to do more in the fall.

“This is our big one,” she said. “The students have been thinking of creative ways to raise money, like a car wash in September, but we hope this one will raise enough money for the trip, as well as other events we would like to hold.”

Donations can be made at Social Work building A from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. May 2 to May 5. Friday donation times are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Edna Horton news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Burger Burn to unite current and former faculty, students Friday’s event will offer students a chance to socialize before finals.

By kEvin croucH The Shorthorn staff

In the middle of building models and finalizing projects, architecture students will get a chance to relax with friends and alumni during a cookout in the Architecture courtyard.

The Burger Burn, an architecture tradition, will include food, drinks, live music and

time to mingle with students and staff. Unlike past Burger Burns, former students and faculty have been invited to meet current students and reconnect with old classmates and professors. The event will start at 5 p.m. Friday, before project reviews begin next week.

Architecture Dean Donald Gatzke said it will be a good chance for students to get away from their projects. He said that tensions are high as the end of the semester looms.

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riod for the students,” he said.

“It’s nice to take a break.”

Drew Martin, Alumni Association Architecture Chapter president, said Burger Burns have been a tradition in the School of Architecture even before he started at UTA in 1991.

“This is the first one where we’ve tried to go out and recruit former students and faculty,” he said.

Martin said Burger Burns used to have different themes and would include events like T-shirt contests for the school.

He said they were student run and offered a chance for students to have fun, despite being separated from the rest of campus by Cooper Street.

Architecture senior Mark Lakins said it will be nice to have his projects done and be able to unwind in the courtyard. He said he will be very busy with his projects leading up to the event.

“I probably won’t go to bed until after the Burger Burn,” he said.

Lakins said the Burger Burn

will be a time to get out of the studio.

Architecture junior William Rojas said getting out of the studio in the open courtyard will help relieve some of the tension that comes with spending a lot of time on projects.

“Stress is a constant at this school,” he said. “It will be nice to have a time in a nice environment when we don’t have to worry about the stress.” kEvin croucH news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu