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Volume 69, No. 4 September 20, 2012
Pages 4-5
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Art Auction
Twin Shadow
Photo gallery of Sept. 17 concert
An inside look at student athletes’ lives
Research, high school outreach program receive funding
Grants Galore
Meet the Broncs
Peace & Coffee raises money for local Rainbow Room
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Dr. Robert S. Nelsen
UTPA President Robert Nelsen may have inadvertently caused a stir when he announced last month he would donate his bonus to the University.
Nelsen told The Texas Tribune that he would give any money he earned through
the UT System’s incentive plan to an UTPA account.
The incentive plan was pro-posed at the Board of Regents meeting Aug. 22-23, and would reward presidents of UT academic and health institutions, as well as the seven vice chancellors, up to 10 percent of their salary if they met a set of short-term and long-term goals for
their universities. “Because reaching
the goals will be a team effort, I will
donate what-ever incentive
pay that I r e c e i v e
to Pan A m ,”
Nelsen said in a statement via email.Nelsen is the lowest paid university
president in the UT System with a salary of $300,000 followed by David Watts at the University of Texas of the Permian Ba-sin with a salary of $302,628 and Juliet Garcia at University of Texas at Browns-ville, who makes $304,179 a year. And both of those universities have total en-rollments below UTPA’s 19,000 number. UTB has 13,019 students while UTPB has about 3,600.
Nelsen told the Tribune that he would donate the possible money into a UTPA account that funds student trips and brings events to campus.
That wish, however, may violate the intent of the incentive plan. The in-centive plan document states, “incen-tive awards … are non-assignable and non-transferable.”
According to Jerry Polinard and James Wenzel of the Political Science Depart-ment, the section might be problematic.
“It seems to say that Nelsen wouldn’t be able to just sign the check over to the University,” Polinard said.
However, Nelsen could find a loop-hole in the incentive pay rule.
“If Nelsen deposits the check into his account and then donates the same amount to the school, there’s no way to claim that (rule),” Wenzel said. “Once the funds have co-mingled, then you can get
around it.” Pedro Reyes, executive vice
chancellor for academic af-fairs for the UT System,
had no comment on the matter.
‘i will donate’By Karen AntonacciThe Pan AmericanUTPA President
says his bonus pay belongs to University
I’m a journalist. And I say that proudly. I realize it’s not the most glamorous of jobs nor is it the easiest. It’s a field that goes unappreciated, but it’s this road that I’ve chosen to walk on.
I just turned 20 and I’m coming up on my one-year an-niversary with The Pan Ameri-can, where I’ve recently become the Arts & Life editor--a title that I don’t take lightly.
Over the summer, a friend told me that my line of work is a joke. That he could do my job easily. After giving it some thought, I could see how they came to that conclusion.
Yes, it’s easy to talk to some-one, write down what they say and slap it on a piece of paper with a few filler paragraphs here and there. Anyone can do that.
Now try doing it with a little heart--actually caring about the story and person who is in it, while presenting it in a creative yet understandable manner.
Journalists care. We have to. If we didn’t care enough to tell the story, no one else would.
I initially joined the Arts & Life section because I wanted to be around the music scene, go to concerts and interview art-
ists. As time went on, I realized the best part was just telling the story of the “average Joe,” the person that passes us on the sidewalk or stands in front of us in line. It’s not just about the major events with the “A” list people. It’s the beauty in the
everyday person’s story that drives me to work that much harder on my articles.
I’m not going to lie, it’s absolutely exhausting put-ting a paper together every week. Sleep is no longer a necessity, meals are few and far in between and each day I wake up with a deadline looming over my head. But each day I wake up loving what I do.
I dare anyone who isn’t a journalist to do our job with even half the heart and effort we put into it.
2 editorial
University students will get a crash course on the progress of science when Michio Kaku kicks off the 2012-2013 Distinguished Speakers Series on Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fieldhouse.
He will also be delivering keynote addresses and a speech presenting a central theme at UT-PA’s yearly Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology week, or HESTEC.
Kaku will deliver the keynote addresses at HESTEC’s Educator Day Sept. 24 at 12:45 p.m. and Student Leadership Day Sept. 25. The time for the Sept. 25 is still to be announced.
“He is known as the ‘popular-izer of science’,” said Edna Zam-brano, the director of the Student Union. “We chose Michio Kaku because he is a leader in the field of science. Kaku makes topics like String Theory more understand-able to larger audiences.”
Kaku will present on the im-portance of science in many fields such as space exploration, bank-ing and commerce. The physi-cist will discuss topics based on medicine, quantum physics and
computers in his speech titled “Physics of the Future.”
He currently holds the Henry Semat Chair and is a professor in theoretical physics at the City College of New York, and . He has
also taught at Harvard and Princ-eton University.
Best known for hosting his own weekly radio program that airs in 130 cities in the United States, Kaku has appeared on many television programs such as “Nightline,” “60 Minutes,” BBC-TV and CNN and has work pub-lished in The Wall Street Journal, New Scientist Magazine and Time Magazine.
Kaku has authored several international non-fiction bestsell-ers such as Hyperspace and Vision:
How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Physics of the Fu-ture: How Science Will Shape Hu-man Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100.
He is also known as the co-
founder of String Field theory, which is a new approach to String Theory. The latter is a description of the universe being made up of small strings or lines which form the gravitational, electromag-netic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear forces, better known as the four forces, by vibrating in different ways.
Kaku is continuing Albert Einstein’s search to assemble the four forces of nature into one single theory that will sum up all the physical laws of the universe.
Zambrano, along with the Distinguished Speakers Com-mittee, which consists of eight students, two faculty and two staff, has been going through the process of organizing the current Speakers Series.
“The organizers of HESTEC were very excited that he accepted our invitation. His visit during HESTEC is going to be mo-mentous,” Zambrano said. “His words can reach college students and young kids.”
Future presenters for the Distinguished Speakers Series have not been announced yet.
“We plan the series the school year before,” Zambrano said. “However, for this year, we
have not finalized all of the speak-ers.”
The presentation is free and open to the public. Faculty and staff will be admitted at 7 p.m with a valid University ID. Entry for the general public will begin at 7:20 p.m. Seating is limited.
“His perspective on the future of our civilization will astound the attendees,” Zambrano said.
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Photo of the Week
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The Women’s UTPA Volleyball team practices at the Wellness and Recreational Sports Complex while the Fieldhouse is under preparation for next week’s HESTEC events. Every Wednesday the volleyball team holds themed practices, which includes this week’s mustache theme.
Lea Victoria JuarezArts & Life Editor
Why I do What I do
By Jaime LealThe Pan American
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku to speak at UTPA
November 10, 2011 news
His perspective on the future of our civilization
will astound the attendees.
- Edna ZambranoStudent Union Director
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Speaker Series Speech
“Physics of the Future” by Michio Kaku
Sept. 24 7:30 p.m.
UTPA Fieldhouse
Comic
Letter to the Editor
Keynote AddressesHESTEC Educator Day
Sept. 24 at 12:45 p.m.UTPA Fieldhouse
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Hoping for more unityBy Daniella DiazThe Pan American
news 3September 20, 2012
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-Matthew GarciaSGA President
One of the things I really want to get
across is the power of a question; don’t be afraid to ask questions. You don’t have to be 100 percent satisfied with what you have.
Members of the Universi-ty community flowed into the Student Union Theater Sept. 18 to attend the 8th Annual State of the Student Body Ad-dress, hosted by the Student Government Association.
The audience of about 200 people was made up mostly of athletes.
Last fall, then-SGA Pres-ident Stephanie Corté and then-vice president George Galindo announced they would be pursuing spirit, growth, accomplishment and expansion at the University.
This year, SGA President Matthew Garcia, a pre-med major from McAllen, went in a different direction.
THE FIRST TIMEGarcia and other members
of the organization made the decision to “change things up a bit” by featuring four other student organizations in the conference.
For the first time ever, the leaders of Greek Council, Uni-
versity Program Board, Resi-dence Housing Association, and the Sexual Health and Alcohol Awareness Group stepped up to the microphone and presented their goals for the 2012-2013 school year.
The organizations all seek to have more Bronc pride, stu-dent outreach, leadership and unity at the University.
Garcia, who was the last speaker at the address, spoke the longest.
SGA is an organization that exists to help students solve University-related issues, Garcia said.
“Our goal is to make sure you have the best experience that you can,” he told the au-dience. “The Student Gov-ernment Association tailors to you.”
Garcia reiterated the goal of promoting unity within the University, the goal he and his vice president Yadira Me-jia based their campaign plat-form on.
“One of the things I re-ally want to get across is the power of a question; don’t be afraid to ask questions,” Garcia
said. “You don’t have to be 100 percent satisfied with what you have.”
Garcia also briefed the audience about some of the things SGA is addressing. Tra-ditionally on campus, to pro-mote their organization, stu-dents apply through the Office of Student Involvement to paint one table or bench on campus.
In June, however, the Uni-versity administration sent a memo to the organizations stating they would no longer be able to paint the bench-es and tables. SGA members spoke to the administration about the new policy, and were able to reinstate permission for organizations to paint.
Franchesca Simon is a se-nior pre-med major on the women’s basketball team. It was not mandatory for ath-letes to attend the address, but it was recommended to go, she said.
“I thought it was helpful for students, especially if some have questions about how campus works,” the 22 year old said. “I didn’t know about the
benches, so it’s great that SGA did something about it.”
The address lasted for 45
minutes, and ended with one last note.
“If you want to see change,
you have student government,” Garcia said. “That’s what we’re here for.”
State of the Student Body Address kicks off new school year
Adrian Castillo/The Pan American
THE PAN AMERICANTHE PAN AMERICAN September 20, 2012 September 20, 2012 Page 5Page 4
Meet your BRONC Athletes
Although Bronc athletes only represent 0.86 percent of the 19,050 students on campus, they serve as the face of the University in national tournaments, games and matches; yet few students know who they are. Of the 164 student athletes, 99 are from Texas and 54 are specifically from the Valley. We
house athletes from 20 other countries. Together, they have 44 different majors, the most popular kinesiology, followed by undeclared, with 18.18 percent and 10.7 percent respectfully. Here’s an inside look at the busy schedules of student athletes, where the teams are from and some candid photos.
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8 a.m.Hitter’s meeting9 a.m.Breakfast
7:45 - 9 a.m.Class Breakfast to go
6 - 8:10 a.m.PracticeBreakfast to go
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.Practice11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Weights
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Training room
8:45 - 10:35 a.m.Class
1:10 - 2:25 p.m.Class
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Practice 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.Weights
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.Practice12 p.m.Lunch
2:25 - 5 p.m.Study Hall5:45 - 7 p.m.Class
2:35 - 3:50 p.m.Class
2:35 - 5:15 p.m.Class
4 - 6 p.m.Study Hall
5:15 - 10 p.m.Dinner, home-work, free time
7 - 8 p.m.Online home-work
6 p.m.Dinner
35 U.S.
Photos by: Norma Gonzalez Design by: Erick Gonzalez
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5 - TX 4 - HI 1 - FL
1 - CA 1 - German 92%
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11 - TX 2 - CA 1 - MO 1 - AZ 1 - OR
16 - TX 1 - France 1 - Kenya
30 - TX 1 - IO 1 - CA
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1 - Mexico 1 - The Bahamas
1:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Lunch
3 - CA 1 - AZ 3 - FL 1 - NY
1 - OK 1 - NE 25 - TX 2 - Australia
1 - MO 1 - FL 2 - KS 2 - CA 4 - LA
7 - IL 10 - TX 1 - Norway 1 - Finland 1 - Puerto R.
2 - TX 1 - GA 2 - Brazil 1 - Belgium 1 - India 1 - France 1 - Russia 1 - Germany
1 - Canada 1 - England 1 - Sweden 1 - Greece 1 - Czech R. 1 - Bulgaria 1 - The Netherlands
THE PAN AMERICANTHE PAN AMERICAN September 20, 2012 September 20, 2012 Page 5Page 4
Meet your BRONC Athletes
Although Bronc athletes only represent 0.86 percent of the 19,050 students on campus, they serve as the face of the University in national tournaments, games and matches; yet few students know who they are. Of the 164 student athletes, 99 are from Texas and 54 are specifically from the Valley. We
house athletes from 20 other countries. Together, they have 44 different majors, the most popular kinesiology, followed by undeclared, with 18.18 percent and 10.7 percent respectfully. Here’s an inside look at the busy schedules of student athletes, where the teams are from and some candid photos.
37Total Players
30Total Players 17Total
Players
12Total Players
16Total Players 18Total
Players
34 Total Players
8 a.m.Hitter’s meeting9 a.m.Breakfast
7:45 - 9 a.m.Class Breakfast to go
6 - 8:10 a.m.PracticeBreakfast to go
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.Practice11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Weights
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Training room
8:45 - 10:35 a.m.Class
1:10 - 2:25 p.m.Class
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Practice 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.Weights
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.Practice12 p.m.Lunch
2:25 - 5 p.m.Study Hall5:45 - 7 p.m.Class
2:35 - 3:50 p.m.Class
2:35 - 5:15 p.m.Class
4 - 6 p.m.Study Hall
5:15 - 10 p.m.Dinner, home-work, free time
7 - 8 p.m.Online home-work
6 p.m.Dinner
35 U.S.
Photos by: Norma Gonzalez Design by: Erick Gonzalez
27 U.S.
03 U.S.
11 U.S.
16 U.S.
16 U.S.
32 U.S.
25 TX
10 TX
02 TX
05 TX
11 TX
16 TX
30 TX
02 Intl.
03 Intl.
14 Intl.
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5 - TX 4 - HI 1 - FL
1 - CA 1 - German 92%
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11 - TX 2 - CA 1 - MO 1 - AZ 1 - OR
16 - TX 1 - France 1 - Kenya
30 - TX 1 - IO 1 - CA
89%
94%
11%
6%
1 - Mexico 1 - The Bahamas
1:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Lunch
3 - CA 1 - AZ 3 - FL 1 - NY
1 - OK 1 - NE 25 - TX 2 - Australia
1 - MO 1 - FL 2 - KS 2 - CA 4 - LA
7 - IL 10 - TX 1 - Norway 1 - Finland 1 - Puerto R.
2 - TX 1 - GA 2 - Brazil 1 - Belgium 1 - India 1 - France 1 - Russia 1 - Germany
1 - Canada 1 - England 1 - Sweden 1 - Greece 1 - Czech R. 1 - Bulgaria 1 - The Netherlands
The University is featur-ing an exhibit from Sept. 10 to Sept. 28 in the Library’s first floor art gallery to repre-sent Iraqi women. The “Iraqi Women of Three Generations: Challenges, Education, and Hopes for Peace” is a 23-pan-el exhibit with pictures and de-tailed stories about the female perspective in the Middle East.
“U.S. media has been full of negative stereotypes of Iraq, so a lot of people have grown up not knowing these people,” said Martha Ann Kirk, one of the exhibit presenters. “How do we move beyond these ste-reotypes? How do we try to understand each other as hu-man beings?”
The Gülen Institute at the University of Houston pro-vided grants to Kirk and the other exhibit presenter Patri-cia Madigan, to help reach out to other women around the world. Both have visited the Middle East during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the Iraqi War in 2003. According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, at least 943 women
were murdered due to “honor killings,” and 93 of these wom-en were minors in Iraq.
In their visits to the re-gion in the summers of 2010 and 2012, Kirk and Madigan were inspired by the attitude of the women there and collected stories and pictures from Iraq by interviewing students and teachers from schools, parents and Ministry of Education of-ficials.
“The young women were very impressive with their de-sire to overcome all the disrup-tion in their lives, the obstacles which they and their fami-lies had encountered and how they developed themselves for the good of their families and their society,” said Madigan, director of the Dominican Centre for Interfaith Minis-try, Education and Research in Sydney, Australia.
The Gülen Institute’s goal is to promote positive social change. It is influenced large-ly by Fethullah Gülen, a Turk-ish writer and pro-democracy advocate who started the Gül-en movement, a group that has become an international pres-ence.
“It makes a big differ-
ence when someone from the Middle East is educated, they believe in basic things like human rights,” said senior bi-ology major Antony Sebastian, who moved from South India to Texas nine years ago. “That is foreign to someone who is uneducated, [they] think of the world in construed extrem-ities.”
Wandering through the ex-hibition, one student found out about the “honor killings” of women, which occurs when a woman is given as a sacrifice to respect the death of anoth-er; it usually happens when a group or family member has brought dishonor to another by murdering someone.
“The exhibit brings a whole new point of view to this cul-ture...over here we have guar-anteed education,” said fresh-man Silas Nieto, who looked at the exhibit. “The story that touched me was the one about the woman who was given as a sacrifice due to a murder.”
ON CAMPUSKirk arrived Sept. 10 to
speak to a woman’s literacy class taught by Caroline Miles. Professor Stanley Gonzalez al-
so took his class to the library to view the exhibit.
“The exhibit reminds me that women all want the same thing,” said sophomore Eng-lish major Jannesa Campbell. “They want the best for their families, and they want them to be safe and grow.”
Miles, who specializes in women’s literature and gender studies, also found the displays informative.
“The exhibit was a power-ful representation of the wom-en from the Middle East and tells a narrative against the usual stereotype U.S. media tend to portray,” she said.
The project was previously displayed in Austin at St. Ed-wards University last year and will be going to the Silkroad Festival in Houston Oct. 5-6 once it leaves UTPA.
“I hope that the pictures
and stories help students here get to know students there as human beings very similar to us,” said Kirk, a professor of religious studies at the Uni-versity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. “Through this exhibit, may we under-stand more of the peace build-ing work done by Muslims and show women’s resilience and courage.”
September 20, 2012 arts & life6
By Xander Graff SpekterThe Pan American
Library hosts exhibit on Iraqi women
How do we move beyond these stereotypes? How do we try to under-stand each other as human beings?
- Martha Ann KirkExhibit presenter
Adrian Castillo/The Pan AmericanThe first floor of the University Library will feature the “Iraqi Women of Three Generations: Challeng-es, Education, and Hopes for Peace,” until Sept. 28. The exhibit includes 23 panels of stories from Iraqi women.
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7September 20, 2012
MEN’SAfter being delayed on
Day One due to “darkness,” according to the Athletic Department news release, the men’s golf team finished fifth at the Moe O’Brien Intercollegiate with a final round score of 291 on Tuesday afternoon at the Koasati Pines Resort in Kinder, La.
The Broncs ended their night 21 strokes behind tournament champion Houston Baptist, which finished with a total score of 564. Senior Kevin Kirakossian, who hails from Tualatin, Ore., was on his “A” game for the Broncs as he posted a final round score of 69, the second lowest score in the round. He had a two-round score of 145 which put him in a tie for 11th with freshman teammate Ricky Solis who shot a 75 in the final round.
Mathew Charles, a Corpus Christi native, posted a score of 74 in the final round to finish in a tie for 21st while Chris Felix finished in a tie for 25th with a final round score of 73.
The Broncs will swing back into action on Oct. 9
when they visit Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.
WOMEN’SAfter ending the first round
in a four-way tie with North Dakota, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Southern Illinois, the Broncs sneaked up one spot to take eighth place at the CSU Cougar Classic at the Harborside International Golf Center in Chicago.
The Broncs shot a final round score of 324 Tuesday afternoon and jumped over Eastern Illinois to snatch eighth place finishing with a two-round score of 649. They finished only 18 strokes behind tournament champion Indiana State University who shot a final round score of 316.
Junior Elena Arroyo finished in a tie for sixth after scoring a final round of 80 and a two-round score of 155. She was just 11 shots behind leader Kelly Voigt of Valparaiso, who had a two-round score of 144.
Senior Sarah Kothny and Samantha Parrao finished tied for 36th place after scoring a two-round score of 165. Kothny scored an 85 in the second round while Parrao had
an 11 stroke improvement from round one as she shot a 77 in the final round.
Sophomore Blake Peterson, from Roseville, Calif., finished tied for 43rd place with a two-round score of 166 while teammate Marisa Canales finished tied for 61st with a two-round score of 171.
The Broncs will head off to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa on Oct. 1 for their next match.
The University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams competed and succeeded at Corpus Christi in the Marco & Catering Islanders Open last weekend.
Junior Sebastien Job, from Belgium, won the men’s finals singles match against teammate Alejandro Sanoja, from Mission, (6-1, 6-2) and, along with his doubles partner Ricardo Hopker from Brazil, finished runner-up in the doubles matches.
“It was a good tournament for us to play at the beginning of the year,” Job said. “I was just ready for this tournament and even more ready for the tournament this weekend, which is going to be bigger. It’s going to be pretty much harder than this past weekend.”
Also holding her own was Didi Fatchikova, the freshman newcomer from Bulgaria, who won her first three matches, advancing to the final round. However, due to lack of courts, the women’s singles final match was called a draw.
“I was nervous at my first match, but I am pretty much
satisfied with my results, and coach is happy too,” Fatchikova said about her performance at
the tournament.Both teams’ coaches feel
this was a strong start to the
season, but understand there is always room for improvement.
“Obviously I wish a couple of points went our way and we won our matches in the main draw on second round of singles, but we’re still a young team and need more experience,” Stephanie Vallejos, women’s head coach, said. “We still do need to work on our doubles. In our singles, we’ll have a strong team this year.”
Men’s head coach Paul Goode was admittedly surprised by some of his players’ performances last weekend. They were a little
better than he thought they would be, and he reckons they have a good chance for a conference win.
“It’s going to be tough, but our chances are definitely there,” he said. “None of the teams are unbeatable. So if we continue to improve and continue to do the right things every day I think that our chances are good.”
The men’s team will spring back to action this weekend, Sept. 21- 23 at the H-E-B Invitational in Waco and the women will continue Sept. 28-30 at the UTSA Roadrunner Fall Tournament.
By Jonathan Salinas The Pan American
Photo and Story by Norma Gonzalez The Pan American
Golf teams capture top ten finishes in first tournaments
BETTER THAN
EXPECTEDMen’s tennis wins singles match, second place in doubles and Women’s tennis draws for first place
It was a good tournament for us to play at the beginning of the year, I was just ready for this
tournament and even more ready for the tournament this weekend, which is going to be bigger. It’s going to be pretty much harder than this past weekend.
- Sebastien JobBusiness Management Major
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