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By Dustin L. DangLiThe Shorthorn staff

Health Services released a handout Monday outlining swine flu symptoms and how to prevent the disease, in light of the current worldwide situ-ation.

According to an Associated Press story, the respiratory disease has already killed more than 100 people in Mexico and two cases have been confirmed in Texas with another eight wait-ing for confirmation. A Monday Dallas Morning News story said Canyon Creek Elementary School in Richardson was shut down after a student test-ed positive for swine flu. A Fort Worth Star-Tele-gram article Monday said health officials are inves-tigating the first prob-able case of the disease at McLean Middle School in Fort Worth.

Bob Blum, Health Services director, said his department and the university are prepared to handle the swine flu.

“We just successfully got through the flu sea-son,” he said. “There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to handle this.”

Its first step was to release the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout, which is available in the Health Services medical clinic and possibly later around campus, Blum said.

Symptoms are similar to the flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

University prepared for swine flu, officials say

HeaLtH services

If students are confirmed to have the disease, they will be treated and sent home to avoid more exposure, but UTA is also ready for a pandemic.

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saraH LutzThe Shorthorn staff

University officials and com-munity members discussed the university’s preliminary parking plan and how to best reduce its effect on the environment, specifically the addition of tem-porary Lot 54, southeast of Lot

49, Friday.Hosted by the Environmental

Society, a student organization, the forum consisted of a panel including John Hall, Adminis-tration and Campus Operations vice president, David Hopman, landscape architecture assistant professor, and John Darling, Arlington Conservation Council president.

Vinodh Valluri, environmen-tal science graduate student and parking forum event organizer,

said Lots 49 and 50 are current-ly highly utilized, but until stu-dents start using Lot 51, he does not consider the lot justified.

“We don’t need to spend mil-lions on various projects,” he said. “Maybe it’s more about edu-cating students and trying to use the resources we already have in a more resourceful manner that will save us money, make things look green and help students live

Parking discussed at Friday forumFaciLities

The Environmental Society-hosted discussion focuses on green concerns and tactics.

By JoHnatHan siLverContributor to The Shorthorn

Pastries? Check.Certificates? Check.Students? …More than 500 students

missed a meet and greet with

the Liberal Arts dean and fac-ulty last Wednesday during a continental breakfast to honor academic excellence.

The college used mass e-mail invitations to be environmental-ly conscious, said Eric Bolsterli, Liberal Arts assistant dean. But students didn’t receive the mes-sage.

Technology problem foils Academic Excellence event

LiBeraL arts

The first year the school sends invitations only through e-mail, students didn’t receive them.

The women’s tennis team completed its perfect conference season by sweeping the No. 3 seeded UTSA Roadrunners 4-0 at the Southland Conference Tournament Championship in Corpus Christi on Sun-day.

UTA took home its fifth conference title, the first since 2004, by going 12-1 in match play throughout the weekend. The Mavs await their first-round opponent for the NCAA Regional Tournament.

PERFECTION Undefeated tennis team looks to clench regionals

Courtesy Photo: Southland

The Mavericks took home their fifth Southland Conference Women’s Tennis Championship title Sunday at the H.E.B. Tennis Center in Corpus Christi. The team went undefeated, wrapping up the conference with a 4-0 win over UTSA and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The men lost to No. 5 Southeast Louisiana 4-1 in the first round.

14-0Looking BackQuarterfinalsNo. 1 UTA 4, No. 8 Stephen F. Austin 1

SemifinalsNo. 1 UTA 4, No. 4 Southeastern Louisiana 0

finalsNo. 1 UTA 4, No. 3 UTSA 0

The Shorthorn: Michael Rettig

kickin’ BrassMusic education freshman Josh Stover practices his trombone after class Monday in Irons Recital Hall. Stover and his class will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the UTA Band Awards Concert, also at the hall. The concert will feature performances from the three concert bands and a solo performance by Jonathan Schmittou, the recipient of the Susan Lichtenwalter Memorial Scholarship.

tHe associateD PressAUSTIN — Seven universities

in Texas may soon be competing for money to help them become major research centers under a bill approved by the House on Friday.

The measure would create three potential funding pools for “emerging research universities” — but only if the Legislature puts the money into the program.

The House unanimously voted to send the measure to the Senate.

Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, the author of the measure, said 10,000 students a year go out of state be-cause there aren’t enough major research universities in Texas.

“We’re losing $2.7 billion a year, and we’re running some of our

best and brightest out of the state,” Branch said, adding that Texas needs to catch up to other large states like California, which has nine Tier One research universi-ties.

Texas currently has three na-tionally recognized Tier One schools — the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University and Rice University.

Under the bill, seven schools identified as emerging research centers by the Texas Higher Edu-cation Coordinating Board — in-cluding Texas Tech University and the University of Houston — could compete for research funding.

In the past, schools struggling to gain a national research reputa-

tion had individually sought fund-ing without much luck.

“Once you try to do that, then the other people say ‘Hey what about us?’ ” Branch said. “So this is a way to set up a competition for everyone to participate.”

The bill creates three possi-ble ways for schools to compete. One of the pools would distribute money based on the amount of research a school does. Another would partially or fully match pri-vate donations to the schools with state money.

Funding will not automatically bring the schools up to a nationally recognized level but the competi-tion aspect allows the schools to prove themselves, officials said.

House approves efforts to grow research universities in Texas

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swine FLu Protection tiPs

1. Wash hands regularly2. Avoid touching the face — especially the eyes, nose and mouth3. Cover nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing4. Avoid contact with diseased people5. Distance yourself if you’re sick

Source: http://www.uta.edu/healthservices/

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Women’s tennis team 2008-2009

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Framing Their FutureGraduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students will showcase their work on campus this May.

2008 Best Daily College newspaper in TexasThe Shorthorn won the award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors on Saturday.

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An Office of Information Tech-nology survey said a majority of students who took the sur-vey did not find laptops as a distraction in class. An April 8 story was incorrect.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009THE SHORTHORN

Today50% Chance of T-Storms• High 78°F• Low 68°F

Wednesday30% Chance of T-Storms• High 82°F• Low 66°F

ThursdayPartly Sunny• High 83°F• Low 68°F

— National Weather Service at www.weather.gov

For the full calendar, visitTHE SHORTHORN .com

TODAY

Fort Worth Artists Art Exhibition: noon-8 p.m., Santa Fe Station. Free. For in-formation, call Christina Graves at 817-272-5988.

Matinee: 1:30-2:30 p.m., Plan-etarium. A different show each week. $5 for adults and $4 for children. For information, con-tact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or [email protected].

UTA Volunteers Meeting: 2:15-3:15 p.m., University Center Student Congress Chambers. For information, contact Allison Bailey at 817-272-2963 or [email protected].

Spring Meeting of the Univer-sity Faculty and Associates: 4-5:30 p.m., UC Bluebonnet Ballroom. For information, con-tact Vice Provost David J. Silva at 817-272-2103 or [email protected].

UT Arlington Night with the Rangers: 7:05-9:30 p.m., Texas Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Texas Rangers vs. Oakland. $5 for block seats. Tickets are available at www.utatickets.com.

Vocal Jazz & Jazz Combo I Recital: 7:30 p.m., Irons Recital Hall. A recital featuring solo and ensemble performances by the UTA Vocal Jazz Singers and the Jazz Combo I. Free. For information, contact the Music Department at 817-272-3471 or [email protected].

WEDNESDAY

Study Abroad Info Session: Focus on Intern/Volunteer/Work Abroad: noon-1 p.m., UC Blanco Room. For information, contact Blake Hart at 817-272-1120 or [email protected].

Fort Worth Artists Art Exhibi-tion: noon-8 p.m., Santa Fe Station. Free. For information, call Christina Graves at 817-272-5988.

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.

POLICE REPORT

FRIDAY

Injured person medical assistance

An officer responded to an injured person at 8:39 p.m. to the Fine Arts Building, 700 Greek Row Drive. The student had tripped over the edge of a stage and was transported to the hospital.

SATURDAY

DisturbanceOfficers responded to a loud

noise disturbance at 4:19 a.m. at Arlington Hall, 600 S. Pecan St. Students were singing too loud and agreed to stop.

Injured person medical assistance

A student fell on the floor and injured her right leg at 12:17 p.m. in the Connection Café, 300 First St.

SUNDAY


noise disturbance at 12:49 a.m. at Legacy Heights apartments, 415 S. Oak St.


noise disturbance at 3:22 a.m. at Timber Brook apartments, 410 Kerby St.

Minor in possession, alcoholPolice issued a citation

for consumption of alcohol by minor and also a disciplinary referral to a student at 5:16 a.m. at Kalpana Chawla Hall, 901 Oak St.

Accident, hit and runA student reported a hit

and run accident at 11:40 a.m. in Lot 55, 100 W. Mitchell St. No injuries were reported.

TheftA student reported her

bicycle stolen at 11:22 p.m. from Forrest Glen apartments, 412 S. Cooper St.

MONDAY

Accident, minorOfficers responded to a minor accident and found that a student had struck a pole at 2:47 a.m. in Lot F10, 500 Nedderman Drive. There were no injuries.

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BY CAROLINE BASILEThe Shorthorn staff

After what may seem a long semes-ter, students, faculty and staff are in-vited to the fifth annual “UT Arlington Night with the Rangers” at 7:05 p.m. to take a seventh-inning stretch from the semester.

The university purchased a block of 950 seats. Bonnie Rodriguez, Student Activities support specialist, said about 500 tickets are left and will be on sale until 3 p.m. today.

They’re available for $5 online at www.utatickets.com or in the lower level of the University Center. If tickets ordered online aren’t picked up by 3 p.m. today, they will be available at the will call ticket window at the ballpark.

Before the Rangers play the Oak-land Athletics, university President James Spaniolo will throw out the first pitch for the fifth year in a row. Maverick mascot Blaze and the uni-versity color guard will liven up the crowd with Rangers mascot, Rangers Captain, before the game. The UTA Symphonic Winds will perform the national anthem.

Nursing and Spanish senior Sam Kidane said she is attending the game

because she’s a Rangers fan.“It’s a way to support the home team

and show UTA spirit,” she said. “And it’s a great way to have fun and relieve stress before finals week.”

According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for game time is mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. The Rangers rainout policy states that if the game is postponed or resched-uled as a day/night split doubleheader or on an off-day, the ticket is still valid. If it’s rescheduled as a traditional doubleheader, the ticket will need to be exchanged.

“This is an opportunity for the UT Arlington family to get together for a night at the ballpark,” Kristin Sullivan, media relations assistant vice presi-dent. “And we’re all hoping it doesn’t get rained out.”

Student Activities assistant director Brian Joyce said there will be an e-mail sent to ticket holders if there is an up-

date concerning the weather forecast.

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SHARING IS CARINGBiology senior David Trump and junior Hillary Boylan share the shelter of an umbrella while on their way to a study ses-sion Monday at the University Center. The National Weather Service forecasts thunder storms through Sunday evening and into next week.

The Shorthorn: Rasy Ran

President James Spaniolo looks onward before taking the pitcher’s mound dur-ing UT Arlington Night with the Rangers in 2007. Spaniolo will throw the opening pitch tonight during the Texas Rangers game against the Oakland Athletics at 7:05 p.m. at this year’s annual event.

TICKET INFORMATIONAbout 500 tickets will be on sale until 3 p.m. today. Buy them for $5 online at www.utatickets.com or the University Center lower level. Tickets ordered online that aren’t picked up by 3 p.m. today will be available at the will call ticket window at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

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Man gets 13 years in human trafficking caseHOUSTON — A man accused of luring Central American women and girls to the United States and forcing them to work at cantinas and restaurants has been sen-tenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.7 million in res-titution to his victims.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas says Maximo Mondragon was the last of eight defendants sen-tenced in connection with the scheme. Authorities say the ring in the Houston area threatened victims and their families with harm if they attempted to leave before working off their smug-gling debt.

in the nation

NYC mayor: 28 swine flu cases from 1 schoolNEW YORK — Twenty-eight people connected to a private New York City high school have confirmed cases of swine flu, and 17 more probably have it, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday as officials tried to assure resi-dents that the situation was far less serious than Mexico’s deadly outbreak.

“There are no other clusters evident in New York City,” Bloom-berg said. “We have seen the kind of flu that does not seem to grow and in a few days, the symptoms seem to be going away.”

in the world

Quake jars nervous Mexico City residentsMEXICO CITY — A strong earth-quake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and sending office workers into the streets.

The quake rattled nerves in a city already tense from a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nation-wide.

“I’m scared,” said Sarai Luna Pajas, a 22-year-old social ser-vices worker standing outside her office building moments after it hit. “We Mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening — the economic crisis, the illnesses and now this — it feels like the Apocalypse.”

Co-worker Harold Gutierrez, 21, said the country was taking comfort from its religious faith, but he too was gripped by the sensation that the world might be coming to an end.

“If it is, it is God’s plan,” Gutierrez said, speaking over a green mask he wore to ward off swine flu.

— The Associated Press

US responding as if flu will be pandemic

Swine flu deaths reach 149 worldwide

health

health

the associated PressWASHiNGToN — Con-

firming 40 cases of swine flu in the U.S., the obama ad-ministration said Monday it was responding aggressively as if the outbreak would spread into a full pandemic. officials urged Americans against most travel to Mex-ico as the virus that began there spread to the United States and beyond.

President Barack obama urged calm, saying there was reason for concern but not yet “a cause for alarm.”

Yet just in case, admin-istration officials said that they were already waging a vigorous campaign of pre-vention, unsure of the out-break’s severity or where it would show up next.

U.S. customs officials began checking people en-tering U.S. territory. Mil-lions of doses of flu-fighting medications from a federal stockpile were on their way to states, with priority given to the five already affected and to border states. Feder-al agencies were conferring

with state and international governments.

“We want to make sure that we have equipment where it needs to be, people where they need to be and, most important, informa-tion shared at all levels,” Janet Napolitano, head of the Homeland Security de-partment, told reporters.

Her briefing came short-ly before the World Health organization raised the se-verity of its pandemic alert level to four from three on a six-point scale. level four

means there is sustained human-to-human spread in at least one country. level six is a full-fledged pan-demic, an epidemic that has

spread to a wide geographic area.

“We are proceeding as if we are preparatory to a full pandemic,” Napolitano said.

the associated PressMeXiCo CiTY — omi-

nous developments Monday in the swine flu epidemic — a jump to 149 deaths and more signs that the virus can jump repeatedly from human to human — prompted the World Health organization to raise

its pandemic alert level, and governments around the world were taking tougher measures.

The virus has already spread to at least a half-dozen coun-tries and half of Mexico. Try-ing to eliminate crowds, the Mexican government canceled school nationwide and consid-

ered closing the capital’s subway system. Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said 20 deaths have been confirmed to be from swine flu and test results were pending on the others.

“We are the most critical moment of the epidemic. The number of cases will keep ris-

ing so we have to reinforce preventive measures,” Cordo-va said at a news conference that was briefly shaken by an earthquake centered in south-ern Mexico.

WHo said the new phase 4 alert means sustained hu-man-to-human transmission

is causing outbreaks in at least one country, signaling a sig-nificant increase in the risk of a global epidemic, according to Mexico health department spokesman Carlos olmos. Phase 4 doesn’t mean a pan-demic is inevitable, but many experts think it may be im-possible to contain a flu virus already spreading in several countries.

Cordova said 1,995 people have been hospitalized with se-rious cases of pneumonia since mid-April, of whom 1,070 have been released. The gov-ernment does not yet know how many were swine flu.

Cordova also suggested an earlier timeline for document-ed swine flu cases inside Mex-ico. The first death confirmed by the government involved a woman who succumbed from swine flu on April 13 in south-ern oaxaca state. But Cordova said tests now show that a 4-year-old boy contracted the disease at least two weeks ear-lier in neighboring Veracruz state, where a community has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm.

The farm is run by Gran-jas Carroll de Mexico, a joint venture 50 percent owned by Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, inc. Spokeswoman Keira Ullrich said the compa-ny has found no clinical signs or symptoms of the presence of swine influenza in its swine herd or its employees working at its joint ventures anywhere in Mexico.

AP Photo: Craig Ruttle

George Koutsothanasis, 18, a senior at St. Francis Preparatory School in the Queens borough of New York, comments about getting tested for swine flu Monday. Koutsothanasis says he felt ill last week and has been taking the antiviral drug Tamiflu while waiting for the test result. At least eight stu-dents at the school were confirmed to have contracted the illness.

AP Photo: Enric Marti

Mexican army soldiers wearing protective masks arrive at army barracks in downtown Mexico City, Monday. Mexico’s government is ordering closed schools nationwide as the suspected death toll from swine flu climbed to 149.

GM to cut 21,000 US jobs, shed Pontiaceconomy

the associated PressdeTroiT — General

Motors Corp. could be ma-jority owned by the federal government under a massive restructuring plan laid out Monday that will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the storied Pontiac brand.

The plan, which includes an offer to swap roughly $27 billion in bond debt for GM stock, would leave current shareholders holding just 1 percent of the century-old company, which is fighting for its life in the worst auto sales climate in 27 years.

GM is living on $15.4 bil-

lion in government loans and said Monday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and ex-change Commission that it envisions receiving an ad-ditional $11.6 billion. But if GM’s restructuring plan can’t satisfy the government by June 1, the struggling compa-ny could go into bankruptcy protection.

GM said that it will ask the government to take more than 50 percent of its com-mon stock in exchange for canceling half the govern-ment loans to the company as of June 1. The swap would cancel about $10 billion in government debt.

AP Photo: Mark Hertzberg

This Oct. 9, 2002 photo shows the hood ornament of a 1967 Pontiac GTO in Sturtevant, Wis.. General Motors Corp. could be majority owned by the federal government and the United Auto Workers under a massive restructuring plan laid out Monday that will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the storied Pontiac brand.

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“Microsoft Outlook has a limit on the number of e-mails that it can send out at once,” he said.

The Office of Informa-tion Technology is trying to determine the maxi-mum number of e-mail re-cipients per message, said Kristin Sullivan, media relations assistant vice president. OIT believes the maximum is between 125 and 150 e-mail addresses. The e-mail system is creat-ed this way to avoid spam.

“Our Office of Informa-tion Technology is working closely with The College of Liberal Arts to make sure

that it can e-mail large numbers of students effec-tively in the future,” Sul-livan said.

The College of Liberal Arts Academic Excellence Breakfast was scheduled from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in 205 University Hall. The breakfast was to honor University Scholars in the President’s Convo-cation for Academic Ex-cellence, Liberal Arts’ Fall 2008 Dean’s List students and Liberal Arts scholar-ship recipients.

Trish Mann, a Univer-sity Scholar and philoso-phy and Russian senior, changed her mailing ad-dress and thought her invitation was lost in the mail.

“I didn’t know no one showed up,” she said. “It

would have been nice to have known about the continental breakfast. I thought it would have been a more intimate set-ting to speak with fellow students.”

Letters were sent in the past, but this is the first year invitations were sent exclusively by e-mail, Bol-sterli said.

The breakfast will not be rescheduled, he said. The college will mail out booklets containing the names of honored students and issue an apology by mail.

“If we can’t get a satis-factory solution from OIT, we will go back to hard mail,” Bolsterli said.

Johnathan [email protected]

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AUSTIN — The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors named The Short-horn Daily College Newspa-per of the Year on Saturday night in Austin at the Texas APME’s annual convention.

The Shorthorn has re-ceived the award for six con-secutive years. The Texas APME organization com-prises newspaper editors from around the state and recognizes journalistic ex-cellence at professional and student levels.

Joan Khalaf, The Short-horn editor-in-chief, said winning the award reinforc-es the paper’s significance among staff members and readers.

“I think this award shows my staff and the community that the hard work we do every single day is so impor-tant and worthy,” she said. “I am proud to work under The Shorthorn’s name, and I know that with or without awards, the staff will con-tinue to do its best work.”

— Emily Toman

The Shorthorn named Daily College Newspaper of the Year on Saturday

Student PublicationS

After a week of interview-ing, the Division of Student Affairs named Brian Joyce as-sociate director of orientation.

Joyce, Student Activities assistant director, accepted the offer Friday. To accept the new position, Joyce stepped down as assistant director.

“I’m excited about work-ing with other departments on campus for orientation,” he said. “Orientation is a first impression of the university,

for new students at UTA to see and know what we have available and to help them make a successful transition.”

Joyce applied for the po-sition in March and went through a phone interview and then an extensive in-person interview, spending a day with the committee that chose the next associate director.

He said his work with EXCEL and Student Activi-ties prepared him for the

position, especially working with students and event plan-ning.

Mike Knox, Student Af-fairs assistant vice president and New Maverick Orienta-tion director, said Joyce will start May 18.

“I’m thrilled to have him in our department,” Knox said “He has a lot to bring from his work in Student Activi-ties. His planning skills from working there will come in handy. ”

— Caroline Basile

Brian Joyce chosen as associate director of orientation, begins job in May

Student affairS

by Shambhu SharanContributor to The Shorthorn

The School of Social Work earned the distinction of being the largest Texas social work program, Social Work interim dean Philip Popple told guests during the 40th anniversary Night of Excel-lence on Friday evening.

The event is intended to celebrate student, faculty and staff accomplishments throughout the year. Attend-ees included 142 School of Social Work students, alum-ni, faculty, staff and distin-guished guests at the ceremo-ny held at the Hilton hotel in Arlington.

The future program goals include development in the areas of collaboration with other schools at the univer-sity, funding and service proj-ects, Popple said.

“External funding is in-creasingly important to the well-being and reputation of a school,” he said. “In this area, the school is making progress. This year, the school has at-tracted $4.25 million in fund-ing — including a five-year

grant to develop and operate the Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Center and a Hogg Founda-tion grant to Dr. Jaimie Page for mental health.”

James Petrovich, a new research faculty associate, helped students provide as-sistance to homeless people on the streets of Arlington and Fort Worth. Other fac-ulty members supervise and give consultation to families, children and women.

Field instruction director Ellen Murphy said students work as interns with the non-profit agencies, hospitals, nursing homes and child wel-fare centers to get some expe-rience as part of their course work.

Between 170 to 225 stu-dents serve each semester in eight to 12 counties in the Metroplex, Murphy said.

Next year, the social work Freshman Interest Group will work with the College of Education to provide fresh-men with opportunities to find and share a ready-made group of friends with whom they will share classes and activities, he said.

Shambhu [email protected]

Night of Excellence celebrates 40 yearsceremony

The event recognizes advancements made in social work education.

by Shambhu SharanContributor to The Shorthorn

The College of Education is celebrating its 10th anni-versary since being named a School of Education in 1999, but the dean said the future will see more changes than the last decade.

Sharon Robinson, presi-dent and CEO of the Ameri-can Association of Colleg-es for Teacher Education (AACTE) in Washington D.C., will present challenges facing the education’s future from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today in the University Center Rio Grande Ballroom.

The school began within the College of Liberal Arts as the Teacher Education Sec-tion of the Department of Psychology in 1963, but be-came a school in 1999 and a college in 2003.

“We have grown 700 percent [since 1963],” said Jeanne Gerlach, College of Education dean.

To move into the future, Gerlach said the goal is to expand the college’s focus.

“We need to focus on global education, which is the future goal,” she said. “We incorporate knowledge of culture in society — we want to incorporate knowl-edge from all over the world.”

In addition to incorpo-rating global knowledge, the college will focus more on creativity than memorizing, Gerlach said. She said she sees higher education ex-panding its distance learn-ing classes around the globe. The recent economic down-turn is not affecting higher education and the College of Education enrollment has increased, she said.

Gerlach said she’s looking

into ways to make it easi-er for students to become teachers like increasing on-line classes and distance learning.

“We are looking into non-traditional way to certify teachers,” she said.

Distance education in the college began in 2000, Se-nior Associate Dean Perry Schoon said.

The College of Education will offer a master’s degree in 18 months, using multi-media via DVDs, video con-ferencing and online classes, Schoon said.

The college is the first col-lege in the UT System to be accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The col-lege received the accredita-tion in April 2009, which will last for the next seven years.

Shambhu [email protected]

decade of direction

The College of Education celebrates its 10th anniversary

The Shorthorn: Shambhu Sharan

Philip Popple, School of Social Work interim dean, delivers a speech among faculty, students, alumni and guests at the 2009 Night of Excellence in the Grand Ballroom at the Hilton hotel in Arlington on Friday. The ceremony celebrated the 40th anniversary of the School of Social Work through fundraising for the Honored Faculty Scholar-ship Fund and prospects for the school’s future.

yearS PaStSome of the highlights the Col-lege of Education has experi-enced over the years: History of the College of Education 1963 — Established in the Department of Psychology/College of Liberal Arts1978 — Established the Center for Professional Teacher Education1999 — Awarded status as a School of Education2003 — Became College of Education

Source: Donna Chandler, College of Education development

director

Brian Joyce, named associate director of orientation

The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams

triumPhant embraceNonstudent Ronnie Smith embraces Alannah Autrey of Central High School in Keller, after coming in first place in the 50-meter run Saturday at Maverick Stadium. Smith was one of approxi-mately 1,000 athletes to compete in the Special Olympics spring games.

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Painting senior cecil Touchon leans over a table in the Studio Arts center, tearing and peeling pieces of artwork apart. He glues them back together and places them on multiple square canvases. These will hang as a grid to form a single piece of art that he will show in the largest Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition ever.

Touchon’s work will join 74 other graduating seniors’ work May 4-16 at The Gallery at UTA. The exhibit will include pieces from all areas like ceramics, met-als, painting and graphic design.

Benito Huerta, The Gallery at UTA director and exhibit cura-tor, said he loves the increase in students’ artwork in the exhibi-tion, but he’s concerned about the space.

“It’s a good and bad problem having so many students,” Huerta said. “If this trend of increased students continues, we will have to expand somewhere.”

Student Art Association pub-lic relations officer Dia Peterson said the event represents a major step in students’ studies at the university.

“The BFA is like the climax of an art student’s career at UTA,” she said.

The biannual exhibition allows students to reflect on their time at the university. Painting senior Jon Ramon’s self-portrait depicts an upward shot of his penis and lower body. The color choices of green, blue and orange give the painting a vibrant and almost psy-chedelic aesthetic.

“I wanted it to be the most meaningful piece for myself that I created,” Ramon said. “Painting is the most concept-driven medium. So, there is a lot to choose from when you’re selecting your piece.”

The students submitted work to their advisers and teachers to help select the piece that most accurately represents the artists’ work.

Painting senior Lee Peterson’s painting depicts an open box of 12 chocolate doughnuts in three rows of four. This painting leaves room for interpretation rather than being obvious.

“I was torn between the one that is being shown and anoth-er,” Peterson said. “We decided to choose the more ambiguous one so it would hopefully impact a

larger audience.” Graphic design senior Katie

Gorman said she wanted to dis-play more art, but she can’t due to the amount of students showing this semester.

“I struggled to choose some-thing particular because there is so much,” Gorman said. “I only have two pieces in, and the seniors last semester had sometimes five or six pieces in the BFA.”

Graduating art students in fields like graphic design could get jobs designing the creative as-pects of ads campaigns or major companies, while others choose to stay independent and show their work in galleries.

“I want to stay as far away from commercial activity as possible,” Ramon said.

Huerta’s advice for graduating students is to stay true to them-selves and enjoy life.

“My advice would be to work hard and have fun,” he said. “It’s very competitive, and if you’re not having fun then there is some-thing wrong. If you’re an artist, it’s not just a career, it’s a lifestyle.”

Michael [email protected]

Off the WallSemester’s fine arts exhibit

brings array of entrants

Bachelor of fine arts exhiBitionWhen: May 4-16Where: The Gallery at UTA, Fine Arts BuildingGallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturdaystudent reception: 5–7 p.m. May 8

student art saleThe Student Art Association and FOCUS: The Photographic Fine Arts Associa-tion will have a student art sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 5-7 at The Gallery in the University Center. Students from all mediums and levels can place their work for sale. The proceeds that FOCUS earns goes to the photographers. A large portion of SAA’s profits also go to the student artists.

PHoToS By MIcHAeL ReTTIG

Top Left: Painting and ceramics senior Lisa Andresen will show works from both mediums in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition May 4-16 at The Gallery at UTAin the Fine Arts Building. Top Right: Painting senior Lee Peterson stands by his piece “Donuts.” Peterson says that his work is meant to be open to personal interpretation. Bottom Right: Painting senior Jon Ramon stands by his untitled piece for the BFA Exhibition. The painting is a nude self-portrait in vibrant green and orange colors. Bottom Left: Painting senior Cecil Touchon works on his BFA presenta-tion. The finished piece will be a series of square collages made from paintings and found works like old wrestling posters.

”“It’s very competitive, and if you’re not having fun then there is something wrong. If

you’re an artist, it’s not just a career, it’s a lifestyle.Benito Huerta, The Gallery at UTA director and exhibit curator

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better on campus.”Hall said the university

will add the new lot to the southern campus and ex-pand lots 50, 51, 52 and 47. The additional lot and ex-pansions will compensate for the planned elimina-tion of the Arlington Hall and Lipscomb Hall north lots and lots 40, 43 and 42 on the campus’ east side. The lots are being demol-ished to make room for the special events center and two parking garages.

Lot additions and ex-pansions on the campus’ south side will begin this sum-mer. Lots on the east end of cam-pus will close b e g i n n i n g in summer 2010. The south garage will open in 2011, and the north garage and special events center will open in 2012.

D a r l i n g said the uni-versity is still using the mulch from 32 trees lost in the gas well con-struction. Two red oaks and some pecan and hack-berry trees grow in the space allocated for the lot, he said.

“It is a very limited kind of habitat for the most adaptable suburban birds and mammals,” he said. “Just what you would ex-pect — blue jays, squirrels, cardinals, chickadees, field mice and what seemed to be a fairly large number of feral cats, operating against what aggressive-ly determines what wild

species we may still have there.”

Hopman said there are some low-impact develop-ment techniques that can save vegetation or lessen the impact on the environ-ment. A root ventilation system could save trees that have roots next to the pavement.

“I think one of the keys to developing a parking lot like this is to try to figure out what our goals are,” he said. “Do we want the parking lot to be, for example, an educational source that will teach stu-dents about alternative choices for parking lots? Do we want mixed use in

the sense that it can be a park-ing lot, but then maybe it can be something else?”

Hall did not mention the root ventilation system specifi-cally but said the university is considering a permeable pav-ing that would allow vegetation to grow through designated gaps and water to filter into the ground. The university has already used a similar product in the fire lanes on Greek Row.

“The pre-liminary idea at

least is that the drive lanes may be a hard surface, but then all of the other area would be constructed in this material, and then the idea would be to save the trees that are down there in that area as well,” he said. “Again, we have not finalized any of our plans. We want to continue to monitor this in the fall and then we’re certainly open to any and all ideas.”

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Blum said nothing sug-gests that swine flu is more dangerous than the normal flu, and the problem stems from the disease not com-monly present in humans.

“People have not had this flu before,” he said. “So there is no resistance.”

Health Services is pre-pared to see and test stu-dents who feel they may have swine flu, Blum said.

If students are confirmed to have the disease, Blum said Health Services would give them the appropriate medication and send them home. He said they want to limit the amount of expo-sure of the disease.

If the swine flu becomes a p a n d e m i c , the univer-sity has a plan ready, Blum said.

Business management sophomore Robert Maddox said the best thing the university could do is to inform stu-dents.

“You can’t protect your-self if you don’t know about it,” he said.

Emergency management coordinator Cindy Mohat didn’t return phone calls by press time. University Police Assistant Chief Rick Gomez declined to comment.

Biochemistry sophomore Kara Marquis said she has done the usual to protect herself like washing her hands frequently, avoiding shaking hands with others and not touching her face.

Blum said focusing on hand hygiene could help students prevent the swine flu from spreading. He said they could also pro-tect themselves by avoiding people who may be sick.

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The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley

Civil engineering junior Scott O’Brien pushes his edible model car toward the finish line Monday during an Introduction to Engineering class project in the Nedderman Hall atrium. The goal of the project was to teach students how to collaborate as a group while experimenting with edible materials.

sweeT ride

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“Maybe it’s more about educating students and trying to use the resources we already have in a more resourceful manner that will save us money, make things look green and help students live better on campus.”

Vinodh Valluri,environmental science graduate student and parking forum event organizer


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have become pregnant as a result, theyoung man in question certainly has noobligation to marry her, either legally ormorally. But I don't know whether mypersonal opinion is going to be enough toconvince the young lady's mother,

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The women’s tennis team continued its Southland Conference dominance Sun-day, sweeping UTSA 4-0 in the conference champion-ships and winning its fifth SLC tournament title — the first since 2004, when UTA swept McNeese State 4-0.

The Mavericks finished undefeated in conference play this season at 14-0 with an overall 17-6 record.

Head coach Diego Benitez said the team’s regular sea-son success put them in a good position for the confer-ence championships and the regional tournament.

“It paid off in a great manner being undefeated,” he said. “We cannot ask for a better scenario.”

In the first round of the conference tournament, No. 1 UTA faced No. 8 Stephen F. Austin and beat the La-dyjacks 4-1. It was the only point the Mavericks surren-dered in the tournament, as they outscored their oppo-nents 12-1.

The lone point given up by the team came in the sec-ond singles flight against SFA.

In round two, the team’s 4-0 sweep over the No. 4 Northwestern State Lady Demons put UTA in position for the title match Sunday against the Roadrunners.

Sophomore Daiana Ne-greanu and junior Klara Jagosova got the first team win Sunday in doubles play, beating UTSA’s senior Karen Scida and freshman Micae-la Silva 8-0. In the second doubles match, Maverick freshmen Maria Martinez-Romer and Nikola Matovi-cova defeated senior Monika Drabkova and sophomore Caroline Dedering 8-2.

The third doubles team of sophomore Monika Hadvig-erova and freshman Kata-

rina Micochova didn’t play, as the team got the doubles point after winning the first two matches.

In singles play, Hadvig-erova won the first match 6-2, 6-4, beating Scida. Jag-osova beat sophomore Holly Phillips 6-0, 6-4. Martinez-Romer defeated Dedering 6-2, 6-2, and Matovicova was leading Silva 6-7 (3-7), 3-2 before the match was called.

“We’re a good team,” Had-vigerova said. “I think we deserve it. We were the best team for sure.”

The men did not have as much success in the confer-ence tournament. No. 4 UTA fell to No. 5 Southeastern Lou-isiana 4-1 in the first round.

All three doubles matches were lost to the Lions. Fresh-man Mindaugas Celedinas and senior Dmitry Minkin lost 8-6 against Southeast-ern’s junior Benjamin Enke and sophomore Stepan Siska. Junior Gonzalo Bien-zobas and sophomore Brieuc Hamon lost 8-4 against the duo of freshman Jan Bezdec-ka and senior Guillaume Ca-povin.

In the third slot, UTA’s freshmen duo Adam Srkala and David Subirats lost 8-1 against Damien Cordoba and Julien Roussel.

UTA’s only men’s victory came from Celedinas, who beat Siska 6-2, 6-4.

The women continue play May 8 in the NCAA Regional Tournament. A host city has yet to be determined.

This is the Mavericks’ fifth NCAA bid, and they have yet to earn a first-round win.

“We are very confident,” Negreanu said. “UTA has never had a team to advance past the first round. We’re confident we will be good.”

Cory [email protected]

SPoRTSabout sports

Stephen Peters, [email protected]

Sports publishes Tuesday through Friday.

rememberCheck Wednesday’s page for an update on the men’s golf team at the Southland Conference

Tournament in Kerrville, Texas.

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TuesdayBaseball vs. Oklahoma StateTime: 6:30 p.m. Place: Stillwater, Okla.

Men’s golf at SLC ChampionshipsTime: All dayPlace: Kerrville, Texas

WednesdayMen’s golf at SLC ChampionshipsTime: All dayPlace: Kerrville, Texas

ThursdayTrack at UNT Invitational Time: All dayPlace: Denton, Texas

FridayBaseball vs. Texas A&M-CorpusChristiTime: 6:30 p.m.Place: Clay Gould Ballpark

nUmBers gAme

0-3The baseball team’s record against Stephen F. Austin this weekend in

Nacogdoches, Texas.

softBAll

Game versus North Texas canceled

Due to inclement weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the mid-week, non-conference game between the softball team and the North Texas Mean Green has been canceled.

The game was slated for 6 tonight at Allan Saxe Field, the last scheduled home game of the year.

The two teams played earlier this year in Denton with UNT defeating the Mavs 8-1.

Looking ahead, the Mavs finish out the regular season against Southeast-ern Louisiana this weekend in Ham-mond, La.

As it stands now, the team is tied for fifth in the Southland Conference standings. The top six teams make it to the conference tournament, which is May 7-9 at McNeese State in Lake Charles, La.

For UTA to clinch a berth in the playoffs, the team must take two of three from Southeastern Louisiana.

— Stephen Peters

Women sweep final, win fifth SLC tournament title

tennis

By stephen petersThe Shorthorn sports editor

A two-hour rain delay couldn’t hold off the men’s golf team from making its way to the top of the lead-er board on day one of the Southland Conference Championships at The Club at Comanche Trace in Ker-rville, Texas.

Before the rain, UTA was in third place with a team score of six shots over par. once the weather cleared, the Mavericks shot a com-bined 10-under-par to move into first at 4-under.

Head coach Jay Rees said the team played some of its best golf of the season after the storms cleared.

“When this team is on, it can do great things,” he said.

“our goal was to have the low round of the day, and we were able to accomplish that goal.”

UTA (-4) is the only team to shoot under par for the day and has a six-stroke lead on the defending champion Lamar Cardinals, which shot 2-over-par.

With six birdies and only one bogey to his credit, soph-omore Zack Fischer sits on top of the individual leader board with a 5-under-par 67 after day one.

It was Fischer’s lowest round of his career, Rees said.

“I went with him today, and he did outstanding,” Rees said. “He played basi-cally flawless, mistake-free golf.”

Junior Bobby Massa trails his teammate by three after shooting a 2-under-par 70.

Rees and the Mavs were in a similar situation last sea-son after the first day. The

team led after day one then lost its lead to Lamar by the end of the tournament.

The Mavericks are look-ing for their first conference title since winning the SLC in 2005.

“We haven’t won any-thing,” Rees said, trying to keep his team focused and playing as well in today’s round. “They have to real-ize that it’s a marathon, it’s a grind. They’ve got to go out and take it one shot at a time.”

Junior Michael Van de-Venter starts day two for the Mavs when he tees off at 9:20 a.m. Junior Bryce Easton fol-lows at 9:28 a.m. and senior Kevin Carrigan at 9:36 a.m.

UTA’s leaders, Massa and Fischer, tee off at 9:44 and 9:52 respectively.

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Men lead after day one of SLC Championship

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UTA is the only team to shoot under par on the tournament’s first day.

Sophomore Monika Hadvigerova helped in solidifying the women’s tennis undefeated Southland Conference run Sunday in Corpus Christi. Hadvigerova won her singles match over Karen Scida 6-2, 6-4. The Mavericks will continue their season as they head to the NCAA Regional Tournament May 8 at a time and location yet to be determined.

Individuals 1. Zack Fischer (UTA) -52. Bobby Massa (UTA) -2T3. Kyle Collins (UTSA) -1 T3. Justin Hardin (Lamar) -1 Three players tied for fifth E

Teams 1. UTA -42. Lamar +2 3. Southeastern Louisiana +4 4. Central Arkansas +8 5. UTSA +10

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“I think we deserve it. We were the best team for sure.”

monika hadvigerova,sophomore tennis player

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