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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
ThursdayNovember 18, 2010
Volume 92, No. 49www.theshorthorn.com
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BY AMANDA GONZALEZThe Shorthorn staff
Economic development ex-pert Richard Florida will be on campus tonight to discuss his two-year research involvement with the School of Urban and
Public Affairs.Florida is the founder of Cre-
ative Class Group, an economic advisory firm. Florida and his as-sociate, Steven Pedigo, research and community director, will serve as visiting scholars to aid research related to urban and economic development in North Texas.
Barbara Becker, School of Urban and Public Affairs dean,
said the collaboration with Flor-ida and the group will generate research pushing UTA and the North Texas economy forward.
Becker said Florida is meeting with faculty and students today to begin planning research proj-ects.
She said Florida and Pedigo’s involvement with the university will benefit research and enhance the learning experience students
receive.“This type of visibility in ad-
dressing urban issues is a win for this university. Our work that we are already doing will be better known,” she said. “For the cam-pus as a whole, this is exciting.”
University spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said universities bring in internationally known leaders in economic development to help crystallize research. She
said they enter communities to discuss how to shape and drive them.
“Florida and Pedigo provide a framework of how the university can do this research to shape the economy for the future,” she said.
Sullivan said bringing in these types of scholars is a hallmark of Tier One.
Economics expert joins UTAURBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Richard Florida will work with faculty and students to plan research projects.
FLORIDA continues on page 7
BY ALYSIA R. BROOKSThe Shorthorn staff
A yearlong Food and Drug Administra-tion investigation of caffeinated alcoholic beverages resulted in action yesterday.
The FDA sent warning letters to four beverage manufacturers stating they have 15 days to reformulate their drinks or face possible seizure.
The investigation was spurred by the hospitalization of college students in Washington and New Jersey after con-suming caffeinated malt beverages last October.
United Brands Company Inc., Charge Beverages Corp., New Century Brewing Co. and Phusion Projects produce Four Loko, Joose, Max, Core High Gravity and Moon-
Popular drinks receive warning
NATION
The FDA warned four alcoholic energy drink manufacturers to reformulate their drinks within 15-day time limit.
LOKO continues on page 7
BY BRIANNA FITZGERALDThe Shorthorn staff
A three-way tie at Most Awesome Extreme Challenge forced competing teams into an extra challenge, extending the last Asian Heri-tage Month event of the year for a few more minutes.
The final challenge consisted of an obstacle-course race between teams Dumo Dragons, Victorious Secret and Club Adventure. Dumo Dragons came out on top, Victorious Secret and Club Adventure placed second and third, respectively. Each team received trophies.
Sixteen teams competed in a series of events including jousting, sumo wrestling and a rac-ing game titled chopstick challenge.
The event started off later than scheduled because Bounce & Slide City, the company that brought the inflatables used during the chal-lenge, arrived late.
Organizations and students joined together in teams of seven to celebrate the final event of Asian Heritage Month, the third annual Most Awesome Extreme Challenge, giving students
a chance to blow off some steam as the semes-ter draws to a close.
More than 150 people stopped by the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom on Wednesday. Some watched as students com-peted, while others had hopes of walking out with a trophy in hand.
Phillip Truong, accounting junior and Asian Heritage Month chairman, said the celebration of heritage months enables people that are unaware of other cultures to learn about them by participating in the culturally-charged events.
“Our campus is so diverse as it is, and not so many people are aware of their culture,” Truong said. “I think that’s why a lot of people appreciate the heritage months that we have.”
Thuc Do, a member of team Club Adven-ture, was on the team that came in first place last year and competed again in hopes of re-gaining his title.
“I like to win,” the finance junior said. “It’s good bonding with the team, but I also like to compete and have fun.”
Dragons burn competitors
Most Awesome Extreme Challenge sends off Asian Heritage Month
The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
Criminal justice senior Daniel Moreno wins the inflatable joust battle as education junior Paige Dang falls at the Most Awesome Extreme Challenge on Wednesday in the Bluebonnet Ballroom. Other challenges included sumo wrestling and an inflatable obstacle course. All proceeds from the event benefit the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund.
The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
Business freshman Lan Doan crashes through the final barrier of the inflatable obstacle course at the Most Awesome Extreme Chal-lenge on Wednesday in the Bluebonnet Ball-room. The event is a part of Asian Heritage Month.
BY NATALIA CONTRERASThe Shorthorn senior staff
A proposal to change Abram Street from four to two lanes is on hold by city officials until January for further analysis of the Thoroughfare Development Plan.
The development plan, which outlines future street improvements, identifies the location and type of roadway facilities that are needed to meet projected long-term growth for the next 20 years. The change from four to two lanes would be between Collins and Cooper streets.
Alicia Winkelblech, city chief transportation planning manager, said the city wants to make sure it knows the pros and cons of making major changes to the roads. If a recommendation to change Abram Street to a two-lane street is determined, the plan, which would cost about $4.9 million, will be before the city council for approval next year.
“We want the street to stay as it is,” Winkel-
City halts lane-plan changes
ARLINGTON
The proposed plan would change Abram Street from four to two lanes between Collins and Cooper streets.
ABRAM continues on page 5
BY J.C. DERRICKThe Shorthorn senior staff
One year after President James Spaniolo announced a to-bacco ban and enforcement of
the existing policies, students on campus still have differing opin-ions about the issue.
Regardless of the opinions expressed, UTA will become a tobacco-free campus next fall and the 35th Great American Smokeout observances today are designed to help students kick the habit.
“We do this to educate ev-eryone about the harms of to-bacco and also help the ones that would like to stop,” said Donielle Smith, health promo-tion and substance abuse coor-dinator.
Some of the planned activities are a mini Relay for Life walk, a luminary ceremony and games,
including “cold turkey bowling.” Smith said all of the games will be geared toward education.
The smokeout is an impor-tant day in the battle against lung cancer, said Greg Cameron, American Cancer Society mar-keting strategies director.
Smokeout says lights out to cigarettesHEALTH
Great American Smokeout challenges smokers to kick the habit for 24 hours.
SMOKE continues on page 7
Richard Florida, economic development expert
Learn how you can make a difference by volunteering and donating for the holidays. PULSE | SECTION BLearn how you can make a difference by volunteering and donating Learn how you can make a difference by volunteering and donating
Season of givingThe volleyball team hopes to kill in the win-or-go-home SLC Tournament this weekend. SPORTS | PAGE 8
The volleyball team hopes to kill in the win-or-go-home The volleyball team hopes to kill in the win-or-go-home
It’s tourney time
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The MyMav system student informa-tion system outage that was scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed.
During the outage MyMav was going to undergo a system upgrade, which will now happen at a later date.
Another day for the outage has not been set, but the Office of Informa-tion Technology is looking into the first weekend of December, said Keith Hal-man, Information Technology application development manager.
Halman said the upgrade was post-poned so the system administrators can be trained.
After the upgrade, students will no-tice a few changes like different naviga-tion and search buttons, he said.
Over time, MyMav is going to de-velop and become a more modern system to increase the level of service provided to students, Halman said.
— Amanda Gonzalez
UTA and the surrounding communi-ties have the opportunity to meet Santa Claus, sip on hot cocoa and ma ke crafts on Saturday.
The Freshmen Leaders on Campus will host a Holiday Extravaganza from 10 a.m. to noon in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge, said Jenni-fer Fox, the group’s student adviser.
Participants can make cotton ball snowmen, have their face painted, design Christmas ornaments and write a letter to
Santa, to name a few of the activities.Carter Bedford, Student Gover-
nance and Organizations director, said he took his son to the event last year.
“My son was a little less than a year old then, and it was the first time he saw Santa,” he said.
Bedford said the extravaganza is a great way for the university community to come together as it embodies the spirit of the season.
Fox said Freshmen Leaders on Cam-pus members consider the event to be among the most memorable of their college experience.
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WEDNESDAYDisturbanceAt 1:06 a.m., officers went to Centennial Court apartments at 801 Bering Drive after receiving a loud noise disturbance report. The case was cleared.
TUESDAYInjured Person Medical AssistAt 8:58 p.m., a nonstudent fell and in-jured her left leg while walking down a set of bleachers in Texas Hall at 701 W. Nedderman Drive. She was transported to Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth. The case was cleared.
Lost and FoundAt 8:35 p.m., a small plastic bag contain-ing an unknown substance was claimed as found property after the bag was found by a student in the Maverick Park-ing at 700 Planetarium Place. The case was cleared.
HarassmentOfficers received a report at 700 S. Davis Drive of online harassment from a male student at 3:03 p.m. The student reported the harassment first began a month ago and continued. The case is active.
TheftAt 2 p.m., an officer was sent to Mead-ow Run apartments at 501 Summit Ave. after a student reported she had parked her vehicle in the lot at about 9 a.m. When she returned to the lot at about 2 p.m., her vehicle was missing. The case is active.
Minor AccidentA student reported a minor accident at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday in Lot 47 at 800 S. Oak St. near Pickard Hall. There were no injuries. The case was cleared.
Welfare ConcernAt 9:07 a.m., officers were sent to Uni-versity Hall at 601 W. Nedderman Drive on a welfare check of a student after a call from the student’s concerned mother. The case was cleared.
TODAYIntramural Table Tennis entries due: All day. Maverick Activities Center. For more information, contact the Maver-ick Activities Center at 817-272-3277.
Great American Smokeout: All day. Maverick Activities Center. For more information, contact the Maverick Ac-tivities Center at 817-272-3277.
Asian Heritage Month: All day. For more information, contact Leticia Mar-tinez at or 817-272-2099.
Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies Maps 1600-1900: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free and open to all. For more information, contact Erin O’Malley at 817-272-2179.
Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Gallery at UTA. Free and open to all. For more information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658.
“Flats and rounds” exhibit: 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. Gallery 76012 Free. For more information, contact Corey Gossett at 817-272-0365.
Fall Food Fair: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Center mall. For more in-formation, contact Lauren Cutcher at [email protected].
Holiday Safety Tips: Noon to 1 p.m. University Center Guadalupe Room. Free. For more information, contact Ron Cook at 817-272-3902.
Exhibiting Artist Talk by Seiji Ikeda: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Fine Arts Building Room 148. Free. For more information, contact Patricia Healy at [email protected] or 817-272-5658.
Study Abroad Panel “Tales from Abroad”: 3:30-5:30 p.m. University Center Red River Room For more information, contact Kelsi Cavazos at [email protected].
Department of Biology Colloquium Series: 4-5 p.m. Life Science Building Room 124. Free. For more information, contact Esther Betran at 817-272-2872.
Planetarium show: Stars of the Pharaohs: 6-7 p.m. Planetarium. $6
for adults, $4 for children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183.
Deck the Mall: 6:30 p.m. Central Library mall. Free. For more informa-tion, contact EXCEL Campus Activities at 817-272-2963.
Planetarium show: Spacepark 360: 7-8 p.m. Planetarium. $6 for adults, $4 for children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at [email protected] or 817-272-1183.
Fall Jazz Concert: 7:30-9 p.m. Texas Hall. $5 for general admission, $3 for students and seniors. For more infor-mation, contact the Music Department at 817-272-3471.
Tragedy: A Tragedy: 8 p.m. Mainstage Theatre. $10 for the general public, $7 for students, faculty, staff and senior citizens. For more information, contact Lisa Marie Holley at 817-272-2669.
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BY RACHEL SNYDERThe Shorthorn senior staff
Business management fresh-man Allison Hayes learned how to budget her expenses in advance of taking responsibility of all of her own bills next year.
Hayes said she plans on keep-ing track of her spending by writ-ing down and budgeting all of her expenses, a tip she learned at the Get a Grip on Your Finances work-shop Monday.
“I learned the importance of having a budget and nickel and diming,” Hayes said.
Hayes, who pays her rent, car and gas bills, was one of approxi-mately 13 students that learned how to plan budgets during a pre-sentation on financial planning for college students by Sherry Inman, money management international education specialist.
Inman said it’s important for students to look at where their money is going and make sure it’s being put to the best possible use.
She said it’s important to keep track of where money is being spent because it’s easy to fall into the habit of buying a quick break-fast at a fast food restaurant or a coffee at Starbucks every day and not think about the impact of those habits on available spending money.
Writing down transactions on a budget helps prevent small daily expenses from adding up and draining students’ wallets, she said.
She said many students would be surprised if they found how much fast food expenses can add up if they buy fast food on a daily basis.
Inman also advised students to check with their bank if they have debit cards to see if the card comes with overdraft fees or if the card will simply be declined if there’s no money in the bank account.
She asked various students about how much they spend on things like rent, food and en-tertainment and compared that amount to the amount that’s avail-able to spend monthly.
Inman also advised students to avoid getting a credit card because it’s common for the credit card payment and interest to add up and for students to buy things on impulse and not worry about pay-ing for it later.
However, she said most stu-dents owe more money for student loans than for credit card debt.
“I hope I gave students an awareness of the money they have and exactly where it’s going,” Inman said. “I feel like we had good interaction and that I was
able to provide some helpful infor-mation.”
Sociology freshman Raquel Sanders said she has a part-time job off campus and pays about $600 for her rent and phone bill.
Sanders said the presentation made her aware of her spending habits such as buying fast food on a daily basis.
“I realized that those spend-ing habits will add up if you keep doing it,” she said.
RACHEL SNYDER [email protected]
Getting a grip on moneySTUDENT SERVICES
Students attend a workshop to learn about budgets and good spending habits.
SHERRY INMAN’S TIPS FOR MONEY MANAGEMENT1. Know where the money is going2. Keep track of spending on little things including soda and snacks3. Keep track of how much money is available for specific things.
The Shorthorn: Alese Morales
Sherry Inman, money management international education specialist, delivers a presentation on money management Wednesday afternoon in Ransom Hall. She gave tips on how to save and handle finances.
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By Edna HortonThe Shorthorn staff
Linda Gonzales never thought she would be without a roof over her head, but in an instant, she and her four children were left without a home.
Ten years ago the undeclared freshman was kicked out of her apartment by her landlord, who said her four children were too noisy to live there.
“I was living with my boyfriend in a rent-by-the-week apartment,” she said. “It was on the second floor and the kids would jump around, so the landlord said he could stay, but we had to go.”
Gonzales went to a local shelter where she stayed for the next month. She would walk three of her four chil-dren to day care then spend the rest of the day looking for a job on foot.
Eventually, Gonzalez was given a housing voucher and moved in to an apartment. At first she had no furniture and sometimes no electricity, but Gon-zalez was thankful for what she had.
“Even when it was nothing, when we didn’t have any furniture, we still didn’t have to sleep outside,” she said.
Tuesday night, students slept outside the Central Library with nothing but cardboard boxes to shield them from the 5 to 10 mph winds and blankets to keep them warm on a night with a low of 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
The event One Night Without a Home, hosted by UTA Volunteers, al-lowed students to see what it’s like to sleep outside.
Architecture freshman Chris Huskey wore a heavy jacket, two pairs of pants and had one blanket. He said he had a good time, until it was time to go to sleep.
“I didn’t get a box to sleep in, so another student and I shared our blankets,” he said. “We slept on one and covered up with the other.”
Huskey said last night was an eye-opening experi-ence and made him understand what the homeless go through.
“I can’t believe some people do this every night. I have more respect for them now,” he said.
Guest speaker Lylette Pharr, a homelessness coordi-nator for Fort Worth, told students that there are 2,181 people in Tarrant County who are homeless, 25 percent are children. She said usually they are families or people who have had something catastrophic happen to them and it takes time to recover.
“There are 12 million renters and homeowners in America who spend 50 percent of their wages on hous-ing. The average person earning a minimum wage in-come can not afford housing,” she said.
Pharr said through Directions Home, an organization in Fort Worth, the city addresses the issue of housing the homeless. The program has found 280 people in their outreach services. Of that number, 190 received housing vouchers, and the program has an 88 percent retention rate.
Gonzalez found a job, and is now resuming her col-lege career. She wanted to let students know they should be grateful for everything they have.
“Don’t ever think it can’t happen to you,” she said, “because one day you could lose your job and that’s it.”
Edna Horton [email protected]
Homeless for one nightStudEnt organizationS
UTA Volunteers uses the Central Library mall to bring awareness to the many people in the region who have nowhere to sleep.
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Undeclared freshman Linda Gonzales participates in One Night Without A Home Tuesday evening on the Central Library mall. Gonzales, who was homeless for a month with four children 10 years ago, now has a job and has resumed her col-lege career.
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Biology freshman Cameron Brewer, left, and business freshman Clint White play cards while sitting in boxes during One Night With-out A Home. UTA Volunteers hosted the event Tuesday evening on the Central Library mall. Volunteers slept in cardboard boxes and on newspapers to experience homelessness for a night.
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Lylette Pharr, homelessness coordinator for the city of Fort Worth, speaks on Tuesday on the Central Library mall about homelessness and its effects. According to Pharr, 2,181 people in Tarrant County are currently homeless.
“Even when it was noth-ing, when we didn’t have any furniture, we still didn’t have to sleep outside.”
Linda gonzalesUndeclared freshman
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Associated Press
SAN FrANCiSCo — Police arrested and pepper-sprayed University of Cali-fornia students during a vio-lent protest Wednesday over a proposed tuition increase that left three officers injured.
Thirteen people, includ-ing 10 UC students, were taken into custody during the demonstration at UC San Francisco, where the Board of regents was meeting, said campus police Chief Pamela roskowski.
one student was arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after a campus police officer was hit with his own baton, ros-kowski said.
The officer was struck in the head after a group of pro-testers surrounded him in a parking garage and grabbed his baton, she said. The of-ficer drew his gun in self-
defense and called for assis-tance.
“it was an angry and un-ruly and aggressive crowd,” roskowski said. “He had drawn his weapon to protect himself. He was very con-cerned about his safety.”
The names of the suspect and officer were not immedi-ately released.
Campus and San Francis-co police used pepper spray to disperse protesters who tried to cross a police bar-ricade and enter the building where the regents were meet-ing. About 15 people were exposed to the pepper spray, roskowski said.
Another officer was in-jured when students disman-tled one of the barricades and used it as a weapon, she said. Campus police will investi-gate the incident, but ros-kowski believes the officers showed restraint in handling
the demonstrators.About 300 students and
workers participated in the demonstration ahead of Thursday’s expected board vote on an 8 percent tuition hike, which would follow a 32 percent fee increase this year.
“We’re paying so much more for our fees, but we’re getting so much less in re-turn,” said Jonathan ly, 19, a sophomore majoring in po-litical science and economics at UC Merced. “Class sizes are increasing. We’re not get-
ting enough classes.”Under the plan, student
fees for California residents would increase by $822 to $11,124. The figure doesn’t include individual campus fees or room and board. The increase would go into effect in fall 2011 and raise an es-timated $180 million in an-nual revenue, with $64 mil-lion set aside for financial aid.
UC officials said the fee hike is needed to maintain student enrollment, courses and services to offset unprec-edented cuts in state funding
that have led to faculty fur-loughs, course cutbacks and enrollment reductions at the 10-campus system.
The regents are also scheduled to vote on a plan to expand its financial aid program, called the Blue and Gold opportunity Plan, so students from families earn-ing less than $80,000 an-nually would not have to pay any tuition if they qualify for state and federal aid. The program currently covers families earning less than $70,000.
Police clash with students in Californiatuition hike
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CHiCAGo — A taxi driv-er turned prominent busi-nessman in Chicago’s South Asian community is among three people indicted for de-frauding hundreds of Muslim investors out of $30 million, in part by promising that in-vestments complied with is-lamic law, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Salman ibrahim, 37, who vanished in 2008 after al-legedly persuading hundreds of Pakistani and indian im-migrants to contribute their savings and mortgage their homes to finance real es-tate deals, is believed to be abroad, possibly in his native Pakistan, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago said.
one alleged victim, Fazal Mahmood, said he lost more than $200,000, some of which he intended to use to put his two daughters through college.
“i will never trust anyone with my money again,” the 54-year-old told The Asso-ciated Press. “i’m a Muslim and he’s a Muslim. i was al-ways taught ... a Muslim will never cheat another Muslim.”
The other two men indict-ed were Mohammad Akbar Zahid, 59, who investigators believe also fled the U.S., and Amjed Mahmood, 47, of des Plains, a Chicago suburb. Mahmood, who isn’t related to Fazal Mahmood, has not been arrested but is expected to be arraigned soon, U.S. Attorney’s office spokesman randall Samborn said.
Prosecutors allege that ibrahim, the majority owner of the now-bankrupt Sun-rise equities inc., along with Zahid and Mahmood, who were part owners, told inves-tors they would not be paid interest, which is prohibited by islamic law.
instead, they were told
they would share profits from real estate projects, according to the indictment.
More than 300 investors nationwide fell victim and three banks lost more than $13 million after the alleged Ponzi scheme collapsed in 2008, the indictment alleges. Such schemes use new inves-tors’ money to pay previous investors.
ibrahim and Zahid face bank fraud and other charg-es, while Amjed Mahmood is charged with conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. each fraud count car-ries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.
The indictment also seeks forfeiture of more than $43 million.
The indictment accuses ibrahim of misusing inves-tor money to, among other things, operate an islamic school to enhance his reputa-tion in the community.
during a 2008 meeting, ibrahim told investors that his Chicago-based Sunrise equities needed more than $1 million to continue. They knew at the time that Sunrise had expended nearly all in-vestor funds and couldn’t re-cover more than $40 million owed to investors, according to the indictment.
“He said, ‘Trust me, trust me,’” Fazal Mahmood, one of the victims and a Pakistani immigrant, recalled. “And people were willing to help.”
Mahmood said he first in-vested $50,000 after a friend vouched for ibrahim, and for three years received an 18 percent return. in 2007, Mahmood said ibrahim persuaded him to borrow $200,000 against his home in return for an unsecured promissory note that was never paid.
Those who knew ibrahim said he put himself through
college by driving a taxi. He graduated from Northeast-ern illinois University in Chicago with an accounting degree in 1997.
ibrahim was a member of the Shariah Board of Amer-ica, a group of islamic cler-ics in the Chicago area that advises Muslim investors. The board certified Sunrise equities as conforming to an islamic law, or Shariah, that prohibits Muslims from earning interest on invest-ments.
What irks Mahmood the most is not that ibrahim could, if he’s never found, evade justice in the U.S. it is that some of the rumors swirling in his old Chicago neighborhood.
“Some people say he is liv-ing well somewhere, maybe in dubai or Pakistan,” he said. “it makes me angry that he might be living a good life somewhere.”
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HOUSTON — According to the Houston Chronicle, a suburban Houston couple found a dead newborn boy on their doorstep about 9 p.m. Tuesday just outside northwestern Houston. Harris County sheriff’s deputies say the two had been away from their house for about two hours when they returned and saw something on their front porch. The dead newborn was wrapped in a blanket with his umbilical cord still attached and tied off with a string. Har-ris County medical examiners are performing an autopsy.
JUNEAU — History, the GOP, the tea party, Sarah Palin and her own mouthful of a name worked against her. Republi-can Sen. Lisa Murkowski con-quered them all Wednesday, becoming the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in cam-paign. The victory is a remark-able comeback for Murkowski, who lost to political newcomer Joe Miller in the GOP primary, and a humbling moment for Palin, the former Alaska governor, 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate and Murkowski nemesis whose support was not enough to get Miller through an election in her own backyard.
LAGOS — A person in-volved with negotiations to free hostages in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says 19 people held captive have been released after a military operation. The negotiator, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of ano-nymity, said Wednesday that the military operation freed workers kidnapped from an Exxon Mobil Corp. platform this week, as well as expatri-ates seized in an attack on platform working for London-based Afren PLC. Militants in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta have been attacking oil plat-forms and kidnapping workers since a low-level insurgency began there in 2006.
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A police officer uses a baton to fend off protesters attempting to enter a University of California regents meeting on Wednesday in San Francisco. UC spokesman Pete King says police arrested at least 16 protest-ers who tried to cross a police barricade at the building where the regents were meeting.
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FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 18, 2010
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 18, 2010
ACROSS1 Encircled by6 Persian faith
11 One with a cover14 More of a novice15 Lunch hr. end,
often16 Avictory may
break one17 Marx as a Druid?19 Rio hello20 PD precinct boss21 Chants of a
lifetime?23 Works26 Cell component27 Lift with effort28 Win by __29 Built up charges31 Parts of personal
music libraries33 Musical intervals36 ASCAPrival37 First rabies
vaccine creator39 Interior
decorator’sconcern
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42 Certain counter’swoe
44 Iron supplementbrand
46 Spread out47 Memo opener49 Bengals, on
scoreboards50 Noble address51 Question of
advisability53 There are pins at
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Landers55 Well-dressed
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nemesis62 Stravinsky and a
lab assistant63 Barcelona bear64 Bright65 Not schooled in
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Hollywood3 Athena’s
attendant
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chess opponentin Bergman’s“The SeventhSeal”
6 Nuclear NobelistNiels
7 Prefix with gram8 Author Wouk9 Paraphernalia
10 “That’s my cue!”11 Godfather
portrayer turnedshop owner?
12 Dinner side,perhaps
13 It can raisedough
18 Vinyl successors,briefly
22 Chiang Mairesident
23 Ewe kids24 Asian cartoon
genre25 Beatle in a bout?26 Fortification29 Musical seconds30 Not charging for32 Safe place with a
counterintuitivename
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38 Like a USNvolunteer
41 Parakeet’s eats43 Distance on a
tank45 __ del Fuego47 Its southern
border is aboutseven timeslonger than itsnorthern one
48 Prohibitions50 Bad start?52 HQs for B-2s53 Not leading
anyone56 Highest
Russian territory,once?
57 Kerfuffle58 Grille cover59 From Essen
to Leipzig, locally
Wednesday’s Puzzle SolvedBy John Doppler Schiff11/18/10
(c)2010 Tribune Media Services, Inc.11/18/10
Dr. ruthQ: My boyfriend and I have been together for quite some time now, and he doesn’t want to perform oral sex on me. Or rather, he doesn’t like the taste, so he’ll start, but he won’t fin-ish. Oral sex is an im-portant part of arous-al and orgasm for me, but even if I managed to get him to keep go-ing, I wouldn’t enjoy it as much because I know that he doesn’t like it. What should I do?
A: We all do things for our partners that we don’t necessarily like, but maybe there’s a way of solv-ing this besides getting him to grin and bear it. First, he may not like the taste, but it also may be that he doesn’t like the idea more than the taste, and one reason could be because of his idea of cleanliness, and this could be subconscious as well as conscious. So see if taking a bath or shower to-gether, or just letting him wash your vagina with a washcloth,
helps the situation. And while you can’t change your natural taste, you could add some-thing else that would have the
same result. There are products sold for just this purpose, or else perhaps a drop or two of honey would do the trick. Talk about this, and explain that you want to accom-modate his needs, but at the same time let him know how vital oral sex is to your sexual satisfaction.
Q: My husband and I love having sex, but we are worried about the children seeing
us with nothing on. What should I do?
A: I haven’t checked in a while, but it used to be that a simple hook-and-eye lock for your bedroom door cost less than a dollar. Add one of those, and then your children won’t be able to barge in on you.
Dr. RuthSend your questions to Dr. Ruth Westheimer c/o King Features Syndicate235 E. 45th St., New York, NY 10017
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The Metroplex is running low on water – but don’t shut off your water hose just yet. Texas has a plan to meet the demand for water as the population continues to grow in the next 50 years.
The Texas Planning Develop-ment Board created 16 regional planning groups across Texas to plan for future water demands in the state.
Arlington and Fort Worth fall under Region C, and were listed as two of the top 10 biggest cities running out of water by en-vironmental research and sustainability group Ceres.
“All of the water provid-ers of region C have devel-oped a 50-year water plan,” said Denise Hickey, North Texas Municipal Water District PR coordinator. “Each plan will ultimately become one big water plan for Texas, which will be approved in 2012.”
The 50-year plan in-dicates that 23 percent of future water needs will come from water conservation and re-use through practices that include closer monitoring of resources.
This week, Tarrant Regional Water District approved a $1.6 bil-lion pipeline that will bring in more water from East Texas, said planning director Wayne Owen.
The water district supplies are supposed to meet area water de-mands until the year 2030, Owen said. The district wants to get water resources from the Red River after the year 2030 to meet the increas-ing water demand.
Arlington’s current water sup-plies include the water district and Lake Arlington, said Julia Hunt,
Arlington Water Utilities director. “There is not an average of how
much water the city of Arlington uses per year,” Hunt said. “It de-pends on the driest months that include July, August and Septem-ber.”
Owen said the pipeline does not mean more water for North Texas, but it will complement a project to encourage bringing water from areas like Oklahoma and Louisi-ana.
“We want this to work as an example on how to do business
jointly with other cities,” Owen said.
The district filed a law-suit against Oklahoma that created an embargo against the sale or trans-fer of its water resources. This embargo is uncon-stitutional under the Commerce Clause and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Owen said.
“There are eight mil-lion acre-feet of water that flow out of the Red River unused, we want to use less than 10 percent of that water,” he said.
Tarrant County’s current population is 1,800,069, which has a
water demand of 423,553 acre-feet, or 138 billion gallons, a year. The population is projected to increase to 3,353,509 in 2060, increasing the water demand to 763,750 acre-feet, or 248 billion gallons of water, a year.
Arlington’s estimated water demand for the year 2060 will be 92.008 acre-feet, according to the Region C Water Plan. Rec-ommended water supply strategies for Arlington include Water Treat-ment Plant expansions, additional water district supplies and Fort Worth District reuse.
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blech said. “We want to do some more in-depth analysis before the plan is adopted in January.”
Some residents and students, favor turning Abram into a two-lane street.
Economics senior David Stark and other students developed the Friendly Arlington Neighborhoods and Streets group to support plans like the one proposed for Abram Street.
“Currently Abram Street is not hos-pitable for anyone that doesn’t have a car and most UTA students who ride their bike to school,” Stark said. “Turning the street into a two-lane would make it better for bikers and pedestrians. Its sidewalks are not con-sistent right now, some are bigger than others.”
People opposed to the plan said the change will affect businesses nega-tively by reducing traffic, Stark said.
“Driving by doesn’t result into more customers,” Stark said. “Those businesses are successful because of their reputation.”
Others disagree and believe fewer lanes will reverse city development.
Councilman Gene Patrick, who represents District 8 at large, said fewer lanes on the street do not help venues like Cowboys Stadium.
“Things have changed,” Patrick said. “We now have two major league sports facilities, and to narrow down the street is not a good solution.”
Winkelblech said the plan would be revised and analyzed before it is presented again to the city council on Jan. 18. If the plan is approved, work could begin in 2015.
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The Metroplex could see a water shortage in its future unless a plan can be made.
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APARTMENT LOCATIONLegacy Heights apartments will be torn down and turned into parking lot 38, which will include 145 parking spaces for Arlington Hall residents.
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PRE-EXISTING PLANS FOR WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENTRegion C Plan recommendations for Tarrant Regional Water District Conservation• Develop additional capacity in the pipeline from Richland-Chambers Res-
ervoir to Tarrant County • Develop the Eagle Mountain Connection to allow water to be transferred
among the parts of the water supply system (done)• Develop the proposed reuse project to pump water from the Trinity River
into• Cedar Creek Reservoir and Richland-Chambers Reservoir to supplement
yields• Develop a water supply from existing water sources in Oklahoma• Develop a third pipeline from Cedar Creek Reservoir and Richland-Cham-
bers Reservoir to Tarrant County• Other alternatives for Tarrant Regional Water District include the develop-
ment of Lake Tehuacana and obtaining water from Lake Texoma
WATER CONSERVATION AT UTA INCLUDES (SOURCE: MEGHNA TARE, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR)• Low flow shower heads in the residence halls and apartment complexes• The incorporation of a 28,000 gallon rainwater collection system for the
Engineering Research Building and the development of Center Street Green project
• The rainwater collection system will retain approximately a one-inch rain-fall on site as well as the ability to capture condensate water from the air conditioning system’s summer operation. This water will be used on site for irrigation purposes. Center St. Park project incorporates several sustain-able features that are covered more thoroughly under another work group highlighting a rill garden, which filters storm water prior to it leaving the site.
• Center Street project, which is a sustainable landscape project with native plants (which requires less water)
• Trayless dining in the Connections Café, which reduces the use of water for washing the trays
• Sensors on sprinklers so that they are not on when it is raining
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By Rachel SnydeRThe Shorthorn senior staff
Biology freshman Keaton Parker designed a poster for his English 1301 class using Adobe Photoshop and two photos – one of a cemetery and one of himself and some friends.
Parker used the theme of remembrance in his project and designed the poster to remind him and others to not take their college years for granted.
Parker’s poster was one of about 20 selected for a poster competition. A poster will be given for the best poster in the categories of creativity, research and audience favor-ite.
Parker said he transposed the image of him and his friends over the photo of the cemetery using Photoshop to create the poster.
“I want it to remind peo-ple to appreciate life and not
take it for granted,” he said. The poster competition
will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge. The event is free and open to all students.
The posters will be show-cased in the OneBook poster competition, in which stu-dent’s posters will be dis-played and judged. The posters will be based on this year’s OneBook theme of re-membrance. The OneBook Program selects a book and theme for discussion in Eng-lish 1301 classes.
Christopher Conway, OneBook program faculty co-chairman, will serve as a judge of the posters. The posters will be judged based on their effectiveness in pre-senting their argument, cre-ativity and representation of the theme.
He said this is the second annual poster contest, and with the theme of remem-brance, the posters will be more personal to the stu-dents.
The other judges on the
panel are University Col-lege executive director Dawn Remmers and Senior Vice Provost Michael Moore.
English graduate teaching assistant Lucinda Channon is Parker’s English 1301 in-structor.
Channon said Parker was the only student from her class to be selected for the competition.
She said one of the as-signments was to write an idea for a poster based on the theme of remembrance. However, submitting the proposal to Conway for award consideration was voluntary.
Channon said she looked for the quality of the re-search and argument pre-sented in the poster as well as creativity and represen-tation of the theme when looking at the poster pro-posals.
“Students seem to connect with the theme of remem-brance,” she said.
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The Military Service department trains students with replica weapons to prepare for service.
We took a look at the results of Sigma Chi Fight Night.
One Book author Dana Canedy spoke about love and loss.
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Although some of the events were brought in to reflect Asian culture, others were brought in just for fun, Truong said.
In the chopstick challenge, for example, rather than using an egg in a spoon and racing around barriers, the challenge was to hold a fortune cookie between two chopsticks.
In the sumo matches, competitors were dressed up in costumes that resembled the body of a sumo wrestler. Because of the cos-tume’s thickness and padding, participants needed an extra hand getting back up every time they got knocked down.
The objective was to push the opponent out of the circle on the square mat. At the event, participants were mostly pushed off of the mat and into the surrounding crowd.
The final sumo match came down to film freshman Jimmy Nguyen from Dumo Drag-on, and biology sophomore Johnny Huynh from Victorious Secret, with Nguyen taking the win.
“I’m a competitive Asian,” Nguyen said. “If I were to see an Asian better than me, I would hate myself.”
All of the proceeds from the event benefited the Asian and Pacific Islander American Schol-arship fund.
BRianna FitzgeRald [email protected]
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Communications junior Alfredo Benitez jumps at biology junior Andre Yu during a sumo match at the Most Awesome Extreme Challenge on Wednesday in the Bluebonnet Ballroom.
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In addition to visiting the campus, Flor-ida will spend part of the day with Arling-ton Mayor Robert Cluck and other city of-ficials and tour some of the entertainment districts in the area.
Pedigo will also visit different areas of Dallas and Fort Worth, including the Oak Cliff community.
Deputy city manager Trey Yelverton said the city of Arlington will assist Florida in his efforts to conduct research in the North Texas area.
He said the university’s initiative to have Florida contribute to research demon-strates its commitment to Tier One status.
“Making these kinds of contributions to
the community is helping in those efforts,” he said. “We welcome this and many other outgrowths that come from it.”
Yelverton said Florida will significantly contribute to the economy and how the city is situated.
“I think there are tons of things we can learn and benefit from as [Florida] moves forward,” he said.
Becker said the initial meeting with Florida will spur more in depth discussions in the future.
She said the work done with Florida will ultimately be a large collaboration be-tween the university and the North Texas area to create relevant research.
“Everyone will come out with some-thing that is of value,” she said.
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shot caffeinated alcoholic drinks.
In the warning letters, the FDA said though there isn’t a specific sanction against mix-ing alcohol with caffeine, a sufficient number of experts have concerns about the ef-fects.
Phusion Projects announced Tuesday it will decaffeinate its popular drink, Four Loko. The company is the first to an-nounce reformulation of their drinks to avoid possible legal penalty.
Four Loko contains 6 to 12 percent alcohol content, the equivalent of up to three or four beers.
On college campuses na-tionwide, a common nickname
for the drink is “blackout in a can.” The product has been banned in Michigan, Washing-ton, Utah and Oklahoma, and other states are making moves toward a ban.
FDA media spokesperson Michael Herndon said Phu-sion Projects is moving in the right direction by reformulat-ing Four Loko.
“The FDA is still waiting on how the company will re-move its product out of cir-culation and replace it with the reformulated product,” he said. “We will continue working with each company to make sure they meet all of our safety and health require-ments.”
Michael Michail, United Brands Company Inc. CEO and president, said in a Tues-day press release that his com-pany disagrees with the FDA’s decision.
“We have seen no known re-ports of any health or safety in-cidents involving our products, and will continue to produce quality products that meet the demands of our loyal adult consumers.”
Rhonda Kallman, New Century Brewing Co. CEO and owner, said she was stunned to receive a warning letter from the FDA concerning her com-pany’s beverage Moonshot. She said the other companies’ beverages are full of artifi-cial ingredients and she does not consider Moonshot in the same category.
“Americans drink caffeine every day,” she said. “Caffeinat-ed alcohols have been around a long time. I’m trying to get my head around what the FDA’s concern really is.”
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“I think alcohol in general is harmful to your health, so if they are going to do something, hopefully it will be
drastic.” Seema Gandhi, undeclared sophomore
“I can see how it can be a problem because a lot of young people drink it, but I think as long as they have a warning it’s
not that big of a deal.” James Seward, communication sophomore
“Smoking remains the most prevent-able cause of death in our country,” Cam-eron said. “If a person can give up ciga-rettes for one day, perhaps they can do it for a lifetime.”
The smokeout challenges smokers to quit for at least 24 hours. Political science junior Jeremy Johnson does not have plans to join in.
“I’m going to continue smoking — maybe even more,” he said. “It’s my choice.”
Johnson said outdoor smoking isn’t a public health problem and has no in-tention of complying once the ban takes place.
Accounting sophomore Fraileer Alma-guer said he wishes smokers would be more considerate.
“I just don’t like it when you walk past
somebody and they blow smoke at you. It irritates me,” he said. “They smoke right in front of the entrance, blowing smoke right in the door.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 percent of Americans smoke. Cameron said that number is down from about 40 percent when the smokeout started 35 years ago.
Communication senior Matthew Wal-lace said the event is a positive for stu-dents.
“It’s good because hopefully it will re-duce their risk for health problems if they can quit sooner,” he said.
Health Services will occupy booths be-tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today at the University Center with the Relay for Life walk to follow from 2-3 p.m. Human Resources also will have a booth with in-formation for faculty and staff.
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“I think it’s a great idea, putting a stimulant with a de-pressant can have really bad effects. It would be a good thing if
those drinks got banned.” Clint Fuller, music education freshman
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The Shorthorn: Michael Minasi
Sophomore middle blocker Charae Grosser participates in a drill during practice Wednesday afternoon at Texas Hall. The Mavericks are scheduled to play Sam Houston State starting on Friday in Huntsville in the Southland Conference Tournament.
BY JESSE DETIENNEThe Shorthorn staff
It was only four weeks ago when the Mavericks dropped their fourth straight match and sunk to the bottom of the SLC standings.
But things turned around. The volleyball team won its final seven games and now finds itself as the fourth seed and the hottest team in the conference.
They drew the Sam Houston State Bearkats, and face them at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in Huntsville’s Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum, the Bearkats home court. During the regular sea-son the two teams have already seen each other twice this season and split the series at one.
The Bearkats have won three straight and swept two playoff teams in Lamar and McNeese State. But the Mavericks are winners of seven straight and swept the second-seeded UT-San Antonio on Saturday.
Junior outside hit-ter Amanda Aguilera was named First Team All-SLC and said the Mavericks are ready for anything that comes their way.
“I have a really good feeling about the tourna-ment. It helps that we have been on a winning streak, not only against easier teams but top teams,” she said. “I feel like we are going in confident and that it will be a dog fight, but we’ve got it in us to win Friday and just keep it going throughout the weekend.”
The Mavericks are confident in the success they’ve had as a digging team. Although junior libero Alicia Shaffer was snubbed of Libero of the Year (UT-San Antonio’s Kelsey Ja-wasko won it), she did finish with the most digs in conference play and was Defensive Player of the Week for the past three weeks. Shaffer said they just have to go out and execute.
“It will take an optimum performance by the team all around to get to the championship and win it,” she said.
But one thing the Maverick defense has to deal with is Bearkats outside hitter Carli Kolbe, who finished third in the conference in kills with 3.61 per set and also recorded 2.86 digs per set. She’s a do-it-all type player that could cause prob-lems for the Maverick defense.
“We’ve got to keep our focus on what is coming up,” junior outside hitter Tara Frantz said. “Then when we do win, we can focus on our next competitor.”
The Bearkats excelled in service aces and blocks during the regular season, finishing first and second in the conference.
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1. Central Arkansas Sugar BearsRecord: 26-7, 15-1 SLC
Top Player: Jessica HaysWhy they’ll win: They’re 15-1 in SLC play and come into the tournament as the team to beat. Featuring the do-everything SLC Player of the Year Chloe Smith (388 kills, 103 assists, 207 digs, 76 blocks) and sensational fresh-man setter Marissa Collins, the Sugar Bears will have a target on their heads all weekend.
2. UT-San Antonio RoadrunnersRecord: 19-11, 13-3 SLC
Top Player: Kendra RowlandWhy they’ll win: They have the Libero of the Year and Rowland, who averages 3.17 kills per set this season. Along with sophomore setter Kelsey Schwirtlich, the Roadrunners prove to be a force in the SLC West, but they need to get on track after losing to Texas State and UTA to close the season.
3. Texas State BobcatsRecord: 19-11, 12-4 SLCTop Player: Amber Calhoun
Why they’ll win: They’re rolling at the right time with victories over UT-San Antonio and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and have a dangerous trio to be dealt with. Senior hitter AJ Watlington, freshman setter Amari Deardorff and Calhoun are All-SLC players, and they all fill different roles. Their balanced attack will be tough to beat.
4. UTA MavericksRecord: 16-14, 10-6 SLCTop Player: Amanda Aguilera
Why they’ll win: Winners of seven straight, the once-underachieving team has found its rhythm. Led by junior libero Alicia Shaffer, arguably the best defender in the SLC, Aguilera and se-nior hitter Bianca Sauls, the Mavericks are peaking at the right time. If they limit their errors, they’ll go as far as they want.
5. Sam Houston State BearkatsRecord: 15-16, 9-7 SLC
Top Player: Carli KolbeWhy they’ll win: The Bearkats have won three straight, including sweeps of both Lamar and McNeese State and eight of their last 12. They’re led by junior hitter Carli Kolbe, who had 401 kills this season and finished third in the SLC. They’re also the host of the tournament, giving them home-court advantage.
6. Lamar CardinalsRecord: 12-15, 8-8 SLCTop Player: Jayme Bazile
Why they’ll win: Despite dropping their final two matches of the regular season to Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, the Cardinals’ sophomore blocker Jayme Bazile led the SLC with 114 blocks and 1.21 blocks per set this season and is also the team’s leading scorer with 263 kills. The Cardinals will go as far as she takes them.
7. McNeese State CowgirlsRecord: 14-17, 8-8 SLCTop Player: Becky Bekelja
Why they’ll win: The Cowgirls finished in a tie for second-place in the SLC East with Lamar and are making their 26th tournament appearance, second behind UTA’s 27. Sophomore setter Becky Bekelja had 10.21 assists per set and can make a run if sophomore hit-ter Priscilla Massengale gets hot.
8. Nicholls ColonelsRecord: 14-15, 6-10 SLCTop Player: Danielle Daigle
Why they’ll win: They’ll be playing the underdog role and can find solace in the fact that the No. 1 seed has only won the SLC Tournament once in the past 15 years. They play good defense behind junior libero Danielle Daigle, and sophomore middle blocker Jessica Addicks is their top scorer.
2010 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL TEAMSPlayer of the Year - Chloe Smith, Central ArkansasLibero of the Year - Kelsey Jewasko, UT-San AntonioFreshman of the Year - Marissa Collins, Central ArkansasSetter of the Year - Marissa Collins, Central ArkansasNewcomer of the Year - Christina Hobbs, LamarCoach of the Year - Steven McRoberts, Central Arkansas
First Team School Pos. Class.Chloe Smith Central Arkansas RS Sr.Kendra Rowland UT-San Antonio OH Sr.Jessica Hays Central Arkansas OH Jr.AJ Watlington Texas State OH Sr.Carli Kolbe Sam Houston State OH Jr.Kelsey Jawasko UT-San Antonio L Jr.Marissa Collins Central Arkansas S Fr.Emma Ridley Texas A&M-Corpus Christi OH Sr.Jayme Bazile Lamar MB So.Kelsey Schwirtlich UT-San Antonio S So.Amari Deardorff Texas State RS Fr.Amanda Aguilera UTA OH Jr.
Second Team School Pos. Class.Alicia Shaffer UTA L Jr.Amber Calhoun Texas State MB Jr.Bianca Sauls UTA OH Sr.Cristin Curl Central Arkansas L Jr.MC Bottles Stephen F. Austin MB Jr.Danielle Daigle Nicholls L Jr.
FINAL SLC STANDINGSEast Overall SLCCentral Arkansas 26-7 15-1McNeese State 14-17 8-8Lamar 12-15 8-8Nicholls 14-15 6-10Northwestern State 13-16 4-12Southeastern Louisiana 10-23 1-15
West Overall SLCUT-San Antonio 19-11 13-3Texas State 19-11 12-4UTA 16-14 10-6Sam Houston State 15-16 9-7Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12-18 5-11Stephen F. Austin 12-19 5-11
FINAL SLC TEAM STATSKills K K/Set1. Central Arkansas 1,528 13.642. UT-San Antonio 1,542 13.293. Texas State 1,439 13.204. UTA 1,449 12.825. Stephen F. Austin 1,522 12.376. McNeese State 1,398 12.377. Nicholls 1,353 12.308. Sam Houston State 1,348 11.939. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1,293 11.8610. Lamar 1,216 11.81
Digs D D/Set1. Nicholls 1,925 17.502. UT-San Antonio 1,994 17.193. UTA 1,901 16.824. McNeese State 1,827 16.175. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1,737 15.946. Stephen F. Austin 1,898 15.437. Sam Houston State 1,713 15.168. Northwestern State 1,557 14.289. Central Arkansas 1,597 14.2610. Texas State 1,529 14.03
Blocks B B/SET1. Sam Houston State 258.0 2.282. UT-San Antonio 260.0 2.243. UTA 246.5 2.184. Texas State 234.5 2.155. Lamar 221.5 2.156. Stephen F. Austin 258.5 2.107. Northwestern State 223.0 2.058. Central Arkansas 228.0 2.049. Nicholls 201.0 1.8310. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 197.0 1.81
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No. 2 UT-SA
No. 7 McNeese
No. 3 Texas State
No. 6 Lamar
No. 1 Central Arkansas
No. 8 Nicholls
No. 4 UTA
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Match 55 p.m. Saturday
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Championship match3 p.m. Saturday
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THE REGULAR SEASON WRAP-UP
THE FINAL EIGHT THE BRACKET
After UTA’s 40-point blowout of UT-Tyler on Tuesday, junior for-ward Bo Ingram enjoyed the victory with some post-game cookies when freshman guard Darius Richardson emerged from his locker and saw him with his mouth full.
“Bo, you eat all the cookies?” Richardson said.
Ingram looked at Richardson and mumbled “Mhhm,” with his mouth filled with cookie.
It’s about the only thing the Mav-ericks aren’t sharing this season. UTA has spent the first three games this year passing the ball and getting open looks for the entire team.
Head coach Scott Cross said his team has more shot-creators than last year.
“We got three really good point guards in Shaq [White-Miller], Bry-ant [Smith] and Cam [Catlett],” he said. “They do a really good job cre-ating others. It’s good to see.”
It’s definitely a different offense
so far from last year. While it’s only three games, UTA has assisted on 30 percent of its field goals this year, compared to last year’s 20 percent.
White-Miller is leading the team with 19 assists as the primary point guard, but no one is immune to sharing the ball or passing up a shot for another teammate.
“No one’s worried about stats,” junior forward LaMarcus Reed said. “We know that if I make this extra pass to you, you might make the extra pass to me. It’s a give and take.”
Cross said before the season he wouldn’t be surprised if he saw five players in double figures in points on any given night. That was an anomaly last year, with only Mar-quez Haynes and Brandon Long av-eraging double-figures in points.
So far, the Mavericks are prov-ing Cross right. Currently four play-ers are averaging double-digits in points and sophomore forward Jor-dan Reves is close with nine points a game.
“Any given night, someone could step up,” Cross said. We have a little bit of depth this year. There’s not much of a drop-off at all with the bench.”
— Josh Bowe
Team learns that sharing the rock leads to points
MEN’S BASKETBALL UTA AT HOUSTON BAPTISTWhen: 7:30 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Frank and Lucille Sharp Gym-nasium, HoustonRadio: KVCE 1160 AM
TALE OF THE TAPEUTA Stat HB 80 Points per game 86.549.4 Field goal percentage 44.542.6 Three-point percentage 3140 Rebounds per game 4015.7 Assists per game 15Reed Leading scorer Gonzalez
The women’s basketball team is looking to bounce back Saturday after two road losses last weekend, when they dropped both matches by a combined 198-106 score.
“Our inexperience and youth killed us,” head coach Samantha Morrow said. “Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes and con-tinue to work hard.”
— Brian Nephew
Team hopes to recover from shaky first weekend
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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KEYS TO THE GAMEUTA Keys to the Game• Hold onto the ball - They need to
reduce the 35 turnovers they had against Houston.
• Starters gotta stay clean - Jasmine Smith and Shalyn Martin were in foul trouble against Oral Roberts, reduc-ing their minutes in the second half.
• Strong Simmons - Needs to keep it up after a 20-point game against Houston.
UM-Kansas City Keys to the Game• Pressure play - UTA has shown to
be turnover-prone. Pressuring them is key.
• Force fouls - Getting to the paint is a strength of the Kangaroos. Forcing fouls would make them even better.
• Get veterans rolling - Once four returning players from last season’s NCAA playoff run get hot, look out.
UTA AT UM-KANSAS CITYWhen: 4 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Swinney Recreation Center, Kansas CityRadio: www.umkckangaroos.com
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