BY RON FOURNIER AP Political Wr i te r

John Kerry cemented the Democratic presi-dential nomination, driving rival John Edwardsfrom the race with a string of Super Tu e s d ay tri-umphs that left the Ma s s a c h u s etts senator st a n d-ing alone against President Bush.

“I hope we can have a great debate about the fu-ture of our country and the direction our nat i o nneeds to go ,” Kerry told The As s o c i ated Press be-fore declaring to supporters, “Tonight, the mes-s a ge could not be clearer all across this country :Ch a n ge is coming to America.”

K e r ry won 24 of 27 elections in ev e ry region ofthe nation since the primary season began sixweeks ago. In st ate after st ate, Democrats saidtheir top priority was a candidate who could def e atBush. Kerry, a decorated Vietnam vet e ran, won ano v e rwhelming number of their votes, and nowleads a relatively united party against Bush.

Calling Kerry “my friend,” Edwards told sup-p o rters, “He’s run a strong, powerful campaign.He’s been an ex t ra o r d i n a ry advocate for causest h at all of us believe in.”

Edwards is on top of many Democrats’ list to beK e r ry ’s vice-presidential candidate, a topic thatK e r ry didn’t touch Tu e s d ay night.

“I have great respect for how he did and whathe did and what he accomplished throughout thisc a m p a i g n ,” Kerry said of Edwards. “He’s a tremen-dous competitor and a great voice for our party.”

K e r ry rolled up huge victories in New Yo r k ,Ohio, Ma ryland, Connect i cut and Rhode Is l a n dand his home st ate of Ma s s a c h u s etts. The four-term senator was also favored in the late-poll clos-ing st ates of California and Minnesota. Ge o r g i awas too close to call, and Vermont went to Ho w a r dDean, the st at e’s former governor who droppedout of the race last month.

Quickly pivoting toward a ge n e ra l - e l e ct i o nfight, Kerry took a congrat u l at o ry call from Bush.

“You had an important vict o ry tonight,” thepresident told Kerry, adding that he looked for-

ward to a “spirited fi g h t .”Exit polls showed Kerry dominated among De-

m o c rats. His support came from men and women,blacks, whites and Hispanics and voters of all ageand income groups.

His poll ratings slipping, Bush begins a multi-million-dollar TV ad blitz Th u r s d ay designed tob o l ster his political fortunes. Kerry is prepared todip into Democratic Pa rty coffers to pay for hisown ads.

He said sev e ral of his former rivals had off e r e dto help raise money.

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BY JOSIE GA R C I AC o n t r i b u tor to The Short h o r n

Three solicitors seeking per-sonal information for either mag-azines sales or credit card applica-tions were arrested in front of Pre-ston Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

No r m a l l y, solicitors withoutvalid permission are asked to leavethe campus, but the policespokesman said two of them werea r r e sted for outstanding tra ffi cwarrants and the other for provid-ing false identification.

As s i stant Police Ch i ef Ja m e sFerguson said he had not seen ther e p o rt and did not immediat e l yknow details of the arrests. But hesaid his officers confront unautho-

rized solicitors on campus at leastonce a day.

“We have no way of knowing whois trying to rip peopleo ff and who is legiti-m at e ,” he said.

He said campuspolice were called tothe scene after theyreceived a complaint.

The trio appearedto be collecting stu-dents’ informat i o n ,he added, but Fergu-son did not knowwhat company they represented.The three were taken aw ay bycampus police in handcuffs.

Ferguson said students shouldbe aware of solicitors because theyare not permitted on campuswithout permission. Giving outpersonal information could leadto identity theft.

“A lot of times they ’re [solicitors]out there ripping students off,” he said.“The bad guys don’t always have ‘b a d

guys’ written on theirf o r e h e a d s ,” he said.

Student Go v e r-nance Director JeffSorensen said st u d e n t scan usually identifyvendors who hav ebeen approved by Stu-dent Governance.

According to theUT System Board ofR e gents’ regulat i o n s ,

p e r m i tted vendors can only be oncampus during the fall and springA ctivities Fairs. While on campus,c o m p a ny representatives must ber e g i stered with the Student Go v e r-nance Offi c e .

These vendors usually hav esigns identifying what organiza-tion they are with, he said.

People randomly asking st u-dents to fill out forms to buy itemsshould be a red flag, Sorensen said.

“I wouldn’t give anything tojust anybody walking around oncampus unless you know them,”he said. “If I was a student, Iwould be really hesitant givingthat information to anybody.”

Kent Gardner, vice presidentfor student affairs, said there havebeen times when the personclaims they are a UTA student. Hesaid students should not be fooled.

“A lot of the times it ’s a scam orbogus,” Dr. Gardner said.

If students see any suspiciousvendors, Sorensen advised st u-dents to call Student Governanceat 817-272-2293 or campus policeat 817-272-3381.

JOSIE GA R C I Ajxg3460@exchange.uta.edu

As s o c i at ep r o f es s o rd i es ofc a n c e r

2 proposalson ve n d i n g ,r e g i st rat i o naccepted

O B I T UA RY

STUDENT GOV E R N A N C E

BY CAREN M. PENLA N DThe Shorthorn staff

Spanish associate professor Bart Lewis died ofcancer Sunday evening in the Medical City DallasHospital. He was 57 years old.

D r. Lewis was hospitalized in mid-Ja n u a ry fort r e atment of non-Ho d g k i n’s Lymphona and wasu n d e r going chemothera p y. Hi sr e l atives say he passed aw ayaround 6 p.m. Sunday. Th e r ewill be a visitation today from 6to 8 p.m. in Rhoton Fu n e ra lHome, 1511 N. In t e r st at e - 3 5 Ein Carrollton. The funeral serv-ice will be 2 p.m. Th u r s d ay atthe same location.

S a rah Jackson, Lewis’ olders i st e r, said he concealed his ill-ness from students and facu l tybecause he did not want themto perceive any weakness inhim. She said he wanted to con-tinue his work as long as possi-ble and that such an act wastypical of her brother.

A n t o i n ette Sol, Modern La n g u a ges gra d u at estudent adviser, recalls a time two years ago whenshe accompanied Lewis to a conference in New Or-leans to interv i ew candidates for a facu l ty position.She said he was always st raight-laced when it cameto appearances, but he spilled coffee on his tie. Hewent in search of a new one in the French Quart e r.

She said she had to laugh when she saw him.“ He was wearing this tie with a giant dancing

c raw fish on it,” she said. “I asked him what he wasthinking and he said he couldn’t find anything else.I think it amused him. And we never let him forgetabout that .”

Lewis’ office is next to hers, and she said she’l l

BY JOEY OW E N SC o n t r i b u tor to The Short h o r n

The Student Congress Academic Affairs Com-m i ttee unanimously passed a proposal Tu e s d ay thatwould request that the UT System add a waiting listoption to regist rat i o n .

Tabitha Padilla, Student Con-gress Vice President, said morepeople try to register for classesas enrollment for the universityincreases. She said it would bemore convenient to give st u-dents the option to be put on awaiting list without having tocheck online to see if space be-comes available in a full class.

“ From this, the universitycould possibly take a look at in-creasing the number of sect i o n sbased on the students’ request s ,”Padilla said.

C o m m i ttee chair Bryan Shaner said he would liketo see the plan developed as soon as possible so st u-dents can register and get on a waiting list before theu n i v e r s i ty president implements a new student in-f o r m ation system. The system holds private st u d e n ti n f o r m ation including Social Secu r i ty numbers ando fficials say a new one is needed to help safeguardstudent data. Up g rading the system, which has beenput on hold for the president’s approval, would make

SC committees hope to cre ate policiesfor re g is t ration waiting lists and to makes c a n t rons available in more locat i o n s .

Some say Bart Lew is hid his disease fro mm a ny so he could continue to te ach here .

“As soon ashe settled in,he became awonderfulmentor toour assistantand adjunctprofessors.”

Ray ElliotModern Languageschair

Police arrest 3 solicitors

VENDORS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

Every day campus police findunauthorized vendors oncampus harassing students.

P R O P O SA L S continues on page 5

L E W I S continues on page 5

The Shorthorn: Brandon Wade

Three solicitors selling magazines and taking possible credit card applications were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon for traffic warrants and lying about identifica-tion. Campus police warn students to be wary of people asking them to fill out forms with personal information.

“Tonight, the message could not be clearer all across this country: Change is coming to America.”

Sen. John KerryDemocratic presidential hopeful

“We have no wayof knowing who istrying to rip peopleoff and who is legitimate.”

James Ferguson Assistant Police Chief

Bryan Shaner, SCacademic affairscommittee chair,supports waitinglists for full classes.

K e r ry dominates Super Tu e s d ay elect i o n sMany say the most important factor intheir voting was a candidate’s chancesof beating President Bush in November.

2004ELECTION S

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

We d n e s d ayMarch 3, 2004

Pledged delegatesDecided so far in primaries and caucuses.*

John Kerry

Howard Dean

John Edwards1219

409

182

ONE NIGHT,1,151 DELEGATESWith nearly one-thirdof the delegates for theJuly convention atstake, March 2 was thebiggest day yet in thefight for the Democratic nomi-n ation. To the right are the 10s t ates voting and the number ofd e l e gates from each that we reup for gra b s .

Vermont15

Massachussets93

Rhode Island21

Connecticut49Maryland 69

Ohio140

Georgia86

Minnesota72

California370

NewYork236

*As of 11:30 p.m. Based on projected results

Number of delegates needed to win: 2,161

States won by:*

John KerryJohn EdwardsHoward Dean

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TWO-DAY FORECAST

POLICE REPORT

Tech industry’s influenceon economy focus of talk

A computer and te l e c o m m u n i c ations exe c u t i ve will speak on how high tech indus-t ry fuels economic development at 7 p.m.to d ay in 101 College Hall. Mat t h ew Blanto n ,c h i ef exe c u t i ve officer of STA RTech, is thefo u rth lecturer in the Business MillenniumD is t i n g u ished Speaker Series, sponsored bythe College of Business.

B l a n to n ’s pre s e n t a-tion will focus on ther is ks specific to te c h n o l o gy - ba s e ds t a rtups and dis c u s sthe STA RTech modelfor nurturing newbusinesses in thesec o m pa n i e s .

B l a n ton was a Re s e a rch and Deve l o p-ment Lab Manager fo rH ewlett Pac ka rd ’s HighEnd Server Divis i o n-B l a n ton has also heldpositions in pro d u c tmanagement, m a r keting and

engineering at Siemens, IBM, Rolm, Dat aG e n e ral and NASA manned Spac e c ra ft C e n ter at Housto n .

— Brad Rollins

Schools, colleges to holdgraduate forums today

Four schools and colleges will hold forums on their grad u ate pro g rams to d ay.

• The School of Arc h i te c t u re forum is5:50 - 7 p.m. in 201 Arc h i te c t u re Building.D avid Jones, an associate dean and grad u atead v is o r, will host the info r m ation session. Fo ri n fo r m ation, call 817- 272 - 231 3 .

• The College of Science forum is 6:30 - 8 p.m. in 112 Chemis t ry Re s e a rch Building. Info r m ation will be available on then ew master of arts in inte rd is c i p l i n a ry sci-ence degree, designed for te ac h e rs of sci-ence in secondary schools or for te ac h e rswho wish to be cert i fied to te ach in scienced isciplines. For info r m ation, call 8 1 7- 272 - 5344.

• The School of Urban and Public Re n ewa lforum is 6 - 7 p.m. in 523 Unive rsity Hall.Dean Richard Cole will provide an ove rv i ewof the school and its fac u l t y, re s e a rch and f acilities. Bre a kout sessions with grad u atead v is o rs will fo l l ow. For info r m ation, call 8 1 7- 272 - 3 071.

• The UTA- Fo rt Wo rth campus forum is 6 - 7 p.m. in the UTA / Fo rt Wo rth audito r i u m ,7300 Jack Newell Bo u l eva rd South. Grad u atep ro g rams offe red on this campus include theac c e l e rated MBA, ac c e l e rated health caread m i n is t ration, master of science in engi-neering management and the master of edu-c ation in educational lead e rship and policystudies. For info r m ation, call 817- 272 - 59 8 8 .

— Brad Rollins

CAMPUS BRIEFS

TO DAYCare Package give aw ay :noon, Unive rsity Cen-te r. Pac kage includesf ree pencils, pens,s c a n t rons, etc .S p o n s o red by theAlpha Ka p pa Alpha

Zeta Mu Chapte r.

In t ra m u ral Outdoor Soccermanager’s meeting: 6 p.m., Lo n eStar Au d i torium, Activities Building. Entries are due, andp l ay will begin March 7. Cost is$20 per team. For info r m at i o n ,call Campus Re c re ation at 8 1 7- 272 - 3277.

16th Anderson Sports Pe rformance lecture: n o o n ,Lone Star Au d i torium, Ac t i v i t i e sBuilding. His to ry chair Donald

Kyle will speak on AncientOlympics and their re l evance tothe Modern Olympics. Free andopen to the public.

The Development of Smart Skin:7-8 p.m., Rady Room, Nedderman Hall. The College ofEngineering and the MidCitiesTe c h n o l o gy Club presents Dr.Zeynep Celik- B u t l e r, interim d i re c tor of UTA’s Nanote c h n o l o-gy Re s e a rch and Te aching Fac i l i t y. Breakfast will be p rovided free for members and$10 for ot h e rs. Re s e rvat i o n sa re re q u i red and can be mad et h rough rsv p 2 m c tc@cs.uta.edu.

Alpha Pi Mu presents: n o o n ,Woolf Hall 402. RFID-ba s e dO p e rational Improvements fo ri nve n to ry management in

g ro c e ry supply chains, by Dr.G reg Fra z i e r. Free snac ks willbe prov i d e d .

Volunteer Fa i r: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.,U C. Rain site: Palo Duro Lo u n g ein the UC. Sponsored by theU TA vo l u n te e rs.

N o o n d ay Free Lunch: B a p t is tStudent Cente r.

“Encounter” Praise and Wo r s h i pBible St u d y : 7:30 p.m., Tr i - C .

Student Peace Action Netwo r k :noon, 6th floor Central Libra ry.P re pa ration for “Bo o ks notBombs” on March 4th.

T H U R S DAYFree Wo r ko u t :8:30 p.m., Ae robics

Room, Activities Building.Come wo r kout with the AKA’s .For info r m ation, e-mail ze t a m u 0 8 @ ya h o o . c o m .

Books not Bombs: 5-6:30 p.m.,C e n t ral Libra ry mall. Demon-s t ration for the end of o c c u pation in Iraq and the endof pre e m p t i ve use of the m i l i t a ry for false ac c u s ation ofweapons of mass destruction.For info r m ation, e-mail the Student Pe ace Network atj m d 31 32 @ exc h a n g e . u t a . e d u .

Visions of Flight! Concert :8 p.m., Irons Recital Hall, FineA rts Building. A pre - c o n c e rtA rt Gallery showing and reception begins at 7 p.m. Con-c e rt and the unive rs i t y’sband pro g ram will play.

Ad m ission is free, butt i c kets are re q u i red. For re s e rvations, call 817- 272 - 2 53 3 .

Romancing the To n e : 8 p.m.,Lamar Baptist Church, 1000 W.Lamar Blvd. in Arlington. NewSy m p h o ny of Arlington p resents violinist Caitlin Tu l l y.For info r m ation, call 8 1 7- 3 8 5 - 0 4 8 4 .

International Night: 7 p.m.,B a p t ist Student Cente r. Fre efood. For info r m ation, call B a p t ist Student Ministries at 8 1 7- 277-41 9 5.

CALENDAR

Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817- 272-3661 or log on to www.t h e s h o rt h o r n . c o m /c a l e n d a r. h t m l .

We d n e s d ayMarch 3, 2 0 0 4

CAMPUS NOT E B O O K

T h is is a pa rt of the daily activity log p roduced by the unive rs i t y’s Police D e pa rtment. To re p o rt a criminal incident on campus, call 817- 272 - 3 3 8 1 .

“A lot of timesthey’re

[solicitors]out there ripping

students off.The bad guysdon’t always

have ‘bad guys’written on their

foreheads.”- James Ferguson

Assistant police chief, on

unauthorized solicitors on

campus

See page 1.

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BY SEBASTIAN FUENTESC o n t r i b u tor to The Short h o r n

Fraternities and sororities ush-ered in the second day of GreekWeek despite rain, moving theircanned food sculpture show intofour of the Greek houses.

Tu e s d ay night’s event, which wasscheduled to take place in the GreekRow parking lot, was relocated tothe Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma PhiEpsilon, Pi Kappa Phi and FIJIhouses due to the weat h e r.

Tw e n ty-six fraternities and soror-ities banned together to collectcanned goods for Mission Arlingt o n .Chapters moved among the housesin a parade of spirit that flowed fromone house to the next.

“ It’s a great way to give back tothe community,” said Sara Brown, abusiness senior and Delta Zet am e m b e r. She added that the event isa fun way to unite Greeks and hav ea friendly competition for a go o dc a u s e .

Brown said this was her secondyear of part i c i p ating in this ev e n tand that she’s enjoyed it both times.

Jill Franklin, the Greek Lifeg ra d u ate assistant, called the ev e n t“a chance for Greeks to come t o gether for a fun service contest ,which will build a st r o n ger r e l ationship between each frat e r n i tyand sorority ”.

Pa rt i c i p ating groups includedAlpha Chi Omega, Kappa AlphaO r d e r, Omega Delta Phi, Pi KappaPhi, Kappa Delta Chi, SigmaGamma Rho, Omega Psi Phi, DeltaZeta, Sigma Chi, Delta AlphaOmega, Alpha Tau Omega, OmegaPi Epsilon, Zeta Phi Beta, AlphaKappa Alpha, Delta Delta Delta,FIJI, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Th et aPhi, Th eta Chi Omega, Zeta Ta uAlpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Bet aTh eta Phi, Sigma Lambda Bet a ,Alpha Sigma Kappa, Sigma La m b d aGamma and Lambda Th eta Alpha.

In each house, frat e r n i ty ands o r o r i ty members cheered eachother on, and at times, long silencesfell over the crowd as members triedone combination of cans after another for their creations. Eachteam was given about two hours toc r e ate canned food art, and at 8 p.m., a panel of outside judge s

chose the winners, which won’t beannounced until the end of thew e e k .

Aaron Ma e stas, FIJI member,said that in limited time, his group

got to work with other Greeks,s o m ething they normally wouldn’tget the chance to do.

S E B ASTIAN FUENTESsmf5745@exchange.uta.edu

Greek organizations unite to build canned-good s culptures for charity

Canning It Up

The Shorthorn: Mark Roberts

Nursing freshman Caslyn Alexander colors in the tops of several cans Tuesday in theAlpha Tau Omega fraternity house. Wet weather caused the can sculpting competition tomove indoors to four fraternity houses.

Police are investigating a pos-sible case of harassment af ter awoman said Saturday that shehad been receiving unwantedphone calls.

An officer responded to a re-p o rt S at u rd ay that windows hadbeen bro ken out of a vacant apa rt-ment at 509 Summit St. Police arei nve s t i gating the criminal tre s pa s s .

A woman said Sa t u r d ay thather drive r’s license was mailed toh e r, but she never re c e i ved it. Thesubject contac ted the post offi c eabout the lost pro p e rt y.

A subject reported that her cellphone was taken from her bac k-pack Fr i d ay. Police are inve s t i gat i n gthe theft .

A student was in the HealthCenter on Friday complaining ofchest pains. The doctor requestedEmergency Medical Services totransfer the subject.

Matthew Blanton,chief executive offi-cer of STARTech,will speak on tech-nology and theeconomy.

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EDITOR IN CHIEFAmber Ta f o y a

E - M A I Le d i t o r. s h o rt h o r n @ u t a . e d u

The university ’s colleges and

schools have had a hard time coping

with budget cuts, but that hasn’t

stopped them from fulfilling their

commitment to students in va r i o u s

w ay s .

The College of Liberal Arts has

hired four new “top-notch” facu l ty

members despite only being able to

o ffer them delayed benefits and low

e n t ry - l evel salaries. Liberal arts

o fficials used other resources to help

p a rtially remedy their facu l ty short-

a ge while dealing with budget cu t s .

The hires came as the number of

l i b e ral arts majors grew 11.3 percent

over last year and will likely continue

increasing. The new facu l ty will be

helpful in accommodating this en-

rollment increase, so they could not

h ave come at a better time.

The new facu l ty said they were

won over by the college’s plans to

expand programs and the chance to

teach gra d u ate courses. The new

hires also saw the adva n t a ges of living

in the Met r o p l ex and the lack of a

st ate income tax. For example, one of

the new hires, medieval specialist

Dan Hobbins, is a published hist o r i-

an and has had a successful teaching

career at Notre Dame Un i v e r s i ty but

will only be paid $40,000 annually.

The chance to teach gra d u ate

students pushed him to take a job

here. This shows that pay is not

a l w ays a priority for our teachers and

the university can att ra ct facu l ty in

other ways that ensure qualified and

p a s s i o n ate teachers.

The College of Liberal Arts is a

good example of how the university

can att ra ct experienced facu l ty

despite not being able to offer as

much in pay and benefits as some

other potential employers. This

c o l l e ge should be praised for its

r e s o u r c efulness and commitment to

finding the best facu l ty to provide

their students with the best learning

experience possible.

Despite budget cuts, a college is able to offer att ra ctive opportunities to prospective facu l ty

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A Cut Above the Rest

EDITORIALROUND-UPThe issue: The Collegeof Liberal Arts hiredfour new faculty mem-bers despite budgetcuts.We suggest: The college’s resourceful-ness in these accom-plishments should bepraised in its commit-ment to bringing quality faculty to theuniversity.

f it’s not one sport, it’s another. Eachs p o rt seems to have its handful ofcriminals. Ev e ry day there seems to beanother at h l ete reported to be on trialfor a crime.

I could easily fill up a paper off the top ofmy head with names of at h l etes who hav ekilled, raped, abused their wives or take ndrugs sometime in their lives. Here are a fewto refresh ev e ry o n e’s memories: Mi ke Ty s o n( c o nv i cted of rape), Kobe Bryant (cu r r e n t l yon trial for rape), Jayson Williams (shot hislimo driver), Michael Irvin (drug use), Dar-

ryl Straw b e r ry (drug use and solicit-ing a prostitute), etc. What do allthese at h l etes have in common?

Well, for the most part, their crimesseem to be condoned by their team-m ates, coaches and fans. Their sup-p o rters do not even question whet h e rthose accused could be guilty. In-stead, sports fans go to the games andb oxing matches and support those ac-

cused or conv i cted players by cheeringthem on and buying ticket s .To these people, it rarely seems to matt e r

w h ether these players have committed somehorrible crime. Maybe it’s because these s u p p o rters simply don’t care or they are soused to it. This type of behavior has becomeacceptable to them. To these loyal support e r s ,it only matters whether their team wins. We l l ,now it has hit closer to home since it’s hap-pening continually in some of this country ’suniversities. The constant excuses that hav ebeen made for professional at h l etes have cre-ated college at h l etes who have the same ideasabout how to behave themselves. Th ey hav ethe false impression that this criminal behav-ior is acceptable and that they will be given afree pass. Th ey see it happen in professionals p o rts, so why not st a rt early in college? Ma ny

football players see their sport as onet h at exploits women as sex object s .Th ey see the Super Bowl halft i m e

shows where a pop star violently rips off partof a woman’s shirt to expose her breast. Th ey

see how those sleazy alcohol companies sponsor the Super Bowl. Th at’s the footballculture, and it’s not a pretty sight. It’s no surprise that it has spread to universities.

R e c e n t l y, a disturbing news st o ry aboutthe Un i v e r s i ty of Colora d ohas uncovered that sixwomen have accused s ev e ral football players ofrape. It was reported thatthe Un i v e r s i ty of Colora d oat h l etic department hadgiven the impression to re-cruits that sex would beprovided to them if theyp l ayed for the u n i v e r s i ty. Football coachG a ry Barnett is being in-v e st i g ated and has been put on paid leave byu n i v e r s i ty President Elizabeth Ho ffman for making improper commentsconcerning some of the rape victims. He issaid to have made the following st at e m e n tabout a former Colorado female place-kicke rwho had accused a teammate of raping her:“ K aty was not only a girl, she was terrible.”

In a police report, Barnett was said to hav etold another rape victim that he would sidewith the player “100 percent” if she pressedc h a r ges. I wouldn’t be surprised if Barnett isallowed to continue coaching football. Th at’show precious football is viewed to be by thege n e ral public. It’s more important thansomeone who has been victimized. Also,q u e stions have been raised as to whether at h l etic departments at other universities arei nvolved in similar circu m stances. All of thisj u st shows how prevalent violence againstwomen is in this culture. Similarly enough,the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springshad problems with male recruits ra p i n gwomen so this issue is not an isolated case.It’s a serious problem that needs a permanents o l u t i o n .

—Dara Nienstadt is a mathematics junior.

DARA NIENSTA DT

Crime is not a ga m eThe problem of violence in sports needs serious att e n t i o n

G U E ST COLU M N

The Shorthorn: Ryan Hartsell

Students should registerto vote Bush out of office

Fellow students: I’m asking youto register to vote and help to oustBush and allow this country toprogress by standing up againsthim.

Let me specify. He professed taxcuts that would help av e ra ge Ameri-cans but his tax cuts only serve therich. From his doing, we save intaxes $100 to the millionaires’$ 92,000. This happens while themiddle class is collapsing, and thep o o r e st people are st r u ggling tokeep their heads above wat e r. Yet

the world’s wealth is concentrat e dhere — a country where 13,000 ofthe wealthiest families earn morethan the bottom 20 million families.In fact, 35 million people in Ameri-ca live in poverty.

Bush will not mention them thise l e ction year, or ev e r. Nor will hemention the millions of singlewomen who are supporting many ofour poverty - st r i c ken families. Hewill only mention how the war onterrorism will go on indefi n i t e l y, andh e’s content with that. So get in-formed, and register to vote.

Let’s const r u ct our future nowand direct our taxes toward

c r e ating a pra ctical world — a worldwhere our wealth is used to create abalance in our lives and not onewhere our brothers and sisters aresent off to a dangerous batt l efi e l dbecause of weapons of mass dest r u c-t i o n .

—Victor Estrada is

an English senior.

Men and women should be equal and different

Re: “W h at is feminism becom-ing?” Feb. 27

Kudos to Jessica Smith for a co-

gent article regarding the eff e cts offeminism on femininity. Althoughmen and women should have equal-i ty of opport u n i ty, that equalityd o e s n’t tra n s l ate to equality ofbeing. Simply put, men and womenare different — which is probablyw hy we have so much trouble un-d e r standing each other. As a 26-year-old male gra d u ate student, Iam often amazed by what womenwear in public — either throughlack of shame or lack of self-est e e m .If a woman displays herself as ano b j e ct, rightly or wrongly she willo ften end up being treated that way,w h ether through reputation or ac-

tion. In my own experience, my fi-anc�e is a woman who acts like al a d y, dresses like a lady, and as a re-sult, myself and others treat her likea lady. I love her for who she is, andI appreciate that she respects herselfand knows better than to flaunt her-self to the world. If love, respect and a d m i ration have become blas� to thecurrent champions of feminist ide-o l o gy, then so be it. Ho w ev e r, thoseideals still mean something to me,and I thank Ms. Smith for conv ey-ing what being feminine is all about.

—Chris VanderBeek is an economics graduate student.

L E TT E R S

CLARIFICATIONIn Fr i d ay’s column “W h at is fe m i-n ism becoming?” there we re sev-e ral phrases and topics similar topieces published at t o w n h a l l . c o mFeb. 17 and Feb. 24 by sy n d i c ate dc o l u m n ist and talk show host Den-n is Pra g e r. A sentence in the origi-nal ve rsion that said Prager hadi n s p i red the column was re m ove dduring the editing pro c e s s .P ra g e r’s wo rds and exa m p l e sshould have been better at t r i b-u ted in the printed ve rs i o n .

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Q: My girlfriend and I haven’t been gettingalong very well lately. She seems to think thatI am not worthy of giving her my input on theproblems I see. Is there any way I can get herto understand that I deserve the respect of ahuman being and that she shouldlisten to and take what I have tosay to heart. She is 22, and I justturned 19. One of the reasons, tome, is because of my age. I’vebeen in very serious relationshipsbefore, and I’ve never beentreated in this manner. Is itbecause of the age difference, oris it deeper than that? I love her todeath, but I don’t know how muchmore I can take of this. It’s almostas if she it trying to control me,whereas I am trying not to becontrolled. She wants to be incharge of the relationship, but asa member of it, I feel it’s my rightto have a say in what goes onwhile we are together.A: Of course you have every rightto be an equal partner in thisrelationship, and she is not somuch older than you that it should make adifference. I think you should put your footdown when she starts to act controlling andlet her know that you won’t stand for it. Ofcourse, she might decide that she doesn’twant to be in a relationship where she’s notin control, but since that’s not the type ofrelationship you want to be in, the sooner youdiscover the truth, the better off you’ll be.

Q: This is a really serious problem. I have

been seeing a girl for about six weeks. Ourrelationship is going very well. I see herevery night and miss her like hell all day.She is a very quiet and shy person. I have noproblem expressing myself to her; it’s great.

But I think she finds it difficult totell me what’s on her mind. Shetold me that I’m great because Iam not pushy like all the otherguys she’s been out with.

I am 20. She is 17 and stillliving at home. The problem isthat I am constantly fighting abattle with my hormones! I wouldvery much like a sexualrelationship with her, but I feellike any advances in thatdirection would spoil what wehave and could even scare heroff. What do you suggest?

Cold showers don’t work, andwhen we kiss, I find it easy to getcarried away by the moment.A: I believe in gut reaction, and ifyou think that you would scareher off by being pushier, thenyou’re probably right. So my

advice is to be a little more patient. If youthink she’s really special, then she’s worthwaiting for. And, of course, at her age, sheshouldn’t be pushed into a sexualrelationship in any case. She probably needsmore time, and you shouldn’t pressure herinto doing something she’s not ready for oris not even sure she wants. And while coldshowers might not work, you couldmasturbate in order to ease the sexualtension you are feeling.

DR RU T H

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miss his frequent visits to get acup of coffee from her machine.His jokes and funny stories spilledout into the hallway, she said.

His students say he pushedthem hard but that he light-h e a rtedly brought criticism andl eft them feeling appreciated.

Erica Hernandez, a Spanishg ra d u ate student, remembers herfi r st class with Lewis fondly. Shesaid she came to the universityfeeling a little out of place ando v e rwhelmed. She turned in herfi r st essay and it came back “withso much red on it you could hard-ly read it.”

She spoke with him later andcame aw ay feeling an urge tostudy harder and prove herself.

“Then, at the end of the se-m e st e r, he told me ‘You hav eshown so muchprogress in threemonths. I’m proud ofy o u ,’ ” she said. “Th atwas such an impor-tant moment for me,so wonderf u l .”

She said he be-came her mentor andencouraged her totravel places andlearn things shemight not have beenable to otherwise.Since then, she’s beento Brazil, Paraguayand Mexico, learningPo rtuguese along thew ay.

Lewis began hisr e l ationship with theu n i v e r s i ty communi-ty about three yearsa go. He showed up in Mo d e r nLa n g u a ges chair Ray Elliot’s of-fice one day in summer 2000.

D r. Elliot said he had placedan ad in the local papers seekinga part-time Spanish inst r u ct o r.

Lewis came in with a list of cre-dentials including experience as atenured professor at two major

universities — Tex a sA&M Un i v e r s i ty andCalifornia State Un i-v e r s i ty, San Ma r c o s .Elliot said he had tohire him as a visitingprofessor — hec o u l d n’t bear to allowLewis to work onlyp a rt - t i m e .

“I was floored thathe would even comeh e r e ,” Elliot said. “Itwas like a blessingt h at fell from the sky.As soon as he sett l e din, he became a won-d e rful mentor to oura s s i stant and adjunctp r o f e s s o r s .”

It turns out, hesaid, that Lewismoved here to take

care of his ailing mother in Dal-las. While living here he was ableto accomplish three major feat s ,Elliot added.

Lewis published a book inS e p t e m b e r, The Miraculous Lie:

Lope de Aguirre and the Searchfor El Dorado in the Latin Amer -ican Historical Novel, after yearsof research. He also traveled toPa ra g u ay so he could meet an au-thor he had researched.

Mo st import a n t l y, Elliot said,Lewis finally bought his dreamhouse in Arlington in August. Itwas decorated just like one wouldex p e ct it to be — with tons of re-search material, books and ob-j e cts he collected from his trav e l sto Spain and South America.

Jackson said her brothern ever married because he en-joyed the solitary life, though hehad four nieces and a nephew.She said the family is disappoint-ed that he will not be able toshare his adventures with thema nymore.

“But this wasn’t a surprise, hewas suffering for a long time,” shesaid. “We’re all going to miss himv e ry much. He was loved verymuch. He was the baby.”

Lewis is also survived by hissecond sister Na n cy Fonntag.

CAREN M. PENLA N Dcmp7381@exchange.uta.edu

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IN THE NEWS TO DAY

Philippe Says he’sHaiti’s military chief

P O RT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Re b e ll e ader Guy Philippe declared him-self the new chief of Haiti’s military,which was dis banded by ouste dP resident Jean-Be rt rand Aris t i d eand pledged Tu e s d ay that re b e lfo rces will disarm. Philippe thensaid he would arrest Prime Minis te rYvon Neptune on corruptionc h a rg e s .

Iraq blasts kill 143 onShiite holy day

BAG H DA D, Iraq — Suicideb o m b e rs set off simultaneous at-t ac ks on Shiite Muslim shrinesc rowded with pilgrims in two Iraq icities Tu e s d ay, killing at least 143people and turning the holiest dayon the Shiite calendar into thebloodiest since the fall of Sad d a mHussein. Unofficial casualty re-p o rts, howeve r, put the toll in Bagh-d ad and Ka r bala as high as 223. Atleast 430 we re wounded. Au t h o r i-ties said there we re about a doze nb o m b e rs in those cities as well asin Basra, seve ral of whom we rec a p t u red befo re they we re able tod e to n ate their ex p l o s i ve s .

s e rvices such as regist ration andadvising more effi c i e n t .

“When the new syst e mcomes, we want the waiting listoption to be an alreadyi n t e g rated feat u r e ,”Shaner said.

The Academic Af-fairs committee hopesto implement the pro-posal, “Waiting is theHa r d e st Pa rt ,” for fall2004 or spring 2005.Shaner said the com-m i ttee will take itspassed resolution to theSC ex e cutive meet i n gTu e s d ay to be voted onby the senat e .

In other business,the Community Aff a i r sC o m m i ttee is research-ing a resolution thatwould add scantrons h e et vending machines similarto the snack vending machineson campus.

James Urban, chairman forC o m m u n i ty Affairs, said cost ef-f e ctiveness and feasibility is theonly problem with the proposal

called “Daddy, I Don’t Wa n tC a n d y.” He said that based onthe feedback he received fromJohn Hall, interim Vice Pr e s i-dent for Administ ration andCampus Operations, the univer-s i ty would have to increase itssales of scantrons to off s et thec o sts of implementing the pro-

g ra m .Urban said a resolu-

tion involving scantronvending in 1998 waspassed by the commit-tee and congress, butthe program was nev e rimplemented becauseno one followedthrough with it.

“Right now, we arewaiting to see howquickly the resolutionpasses because, since ithas been passedthrough congress be-fore, we plan to st ay onthe ball and make sureev e rything go e st h r o u g h ,” Urban said.

He said the next step will befinding and talking to the ven-dors to see if they think the pro-posal is feasible.

J O EY OW E N Sjro2513@exchange.uta.edu

Lewiscontinued from page 1

Proposalscontinued from page 1

Spanish professorBart Lewis washospitalized in mid-January for treat-ment of non-Hodgkin’s Lym-phoma and diedSunday evening inthe Medical CityDallas Hospital. Hewas 57 years old.

IN MEMORYOF BART LEWISFac u l t y, students andfriends can maked o n ations in BartL ew is’ name in lieuof fl owe rs. • The Bart Lew isMemorial Sc h o l a r-ship, Unive rsity ofTexas at Arlingto n ,P.O. Box 19557, Ar-l i n g ton, Texas 76 0 1 9• Carro l l ton PublicL i b ra ry, Attn: LusilleD ade, Hebro nB ranch Libra ry, 42 2 0J o s ey Lane, Carro l l-ton, Texas 75 0 1 0

v e ry good defensive plays be-hind solid pitching,” she said. “Itw a s n’t Ji l l’s best for sure, but st i l lo v e rall, she didn’t throw bad.O ffensively though, I think thatif we could’ve turned three hitsinto six, then we could’ve wonthe ballgame.”

Hedrick said the offense is outof sync, causing problems for thet e a m .

“A few of us need to step it upa little bit and make our gameo ffensively a little bett e r. We st i l l

h ave a couple of kids whoh av e n’t found their groove andare st r u ggling a little bit up tothis point. When those kids canfind their groove, I think thatwill turn some things around foru s ,” she said.

B aylor (15-5) led 1-0 throughm o st the game after a Kelly Os-burn solo home run in the fourt hinning. The Lady Bears added ani n s u rance run in the seventh in-ning as catcher Erin Sheek sin-gled, scoring Stephanie Po m e s .

Garro said she tried to workthrough her problems but st i l lc o u l d n’t find her groove.

“I wasn’t hitting my spots likeI normally do. I was a little off

tonight — and giving up a homerun, you never feel very good af-t e rw a r d s ,” she said. “I st ay e dwith it and tried to st ay at ituntil the end.”

U TA hosts Texas A&M today,with the fi r st pitch set for 5 p.m.

D U STIN EBERHARTsports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Softballcontinued from page 6

The Shorthorn: Courtesy photo

BAYLOR 2, UTA 1Bears 000 100 1 — 2 8 0Lady Mavs 000 000 1 — 1 3 1

HR — Osburn, Petrino (1). SB — Luce. CS — Fortune WP — Ferguson (6-1) LP — Garro (6-5) S — None. PB — Arnold.LOB — Bears 8, Mavericks 2.T — 1:36. A — 57.Records — UTA (6-10-1), Baylor (15-5).

“When thenew systemcomes, wewant thewaiting listoption to bean alreadyintegratedfeature.”

Bryan ShanerSC academic affairs committeechair

5The number of consecutive ga m e s

the Mave r i c ks ba s e ball team has wo na gainst the Unive rsity of Oklahoma.

BY DUSTIN EBERHARTThe Shorthorn staff

Sophomore pitcher Mark Lo w ek n ew his assignment as he ran fromthe bullpen to the pitchers mound inthe ninth inning of Tu e s d ay ’s gamea g a i n st the Un i v e r s i ty of Oklahoma.

His mission was to retire two ofthe next three batters and seal a 5-4U TA vict o ry. Th at’s what he did.

A fter senior Mi ke Snapp allowedtwo runners in the inning with onlyone out, head coach Jeff Curtis calledon Lowe, a decision Curtis made ina d vance if a runner were to reachscoring position. With runners onfi r st and second, Lo w e’s fi r st pitchwas bunted for a hit to advance therunners. He struck out the Sooners’n ext batt e r, leaving three on basewith two outs. OU’s last chance wasw a sted when sophomore Ru s s e l lR a l ey swung at the fi r st pitch he saw,grounding out to fi r st and endingthe game.

Lowe said he did what was ex p e ct-ed of him and what he pra cticed for.

“Th at’s what we want to do, theright-hander said. “Coming into thegame in these types of situations isw hy we play baseball.”

He went on to say preparing men-tally and phy s i c a l l ywas import a n t .

“I threw in the penfor about two inningsto make sure I wasloose. I came in andg ave it all I had, andluckily the ballbounced our way thist i m e ,” he said. “Wegot the job done. Itwas a big win for usto get us going on the right tra c k .”

Trailing by one with one out inthe seventh, senior rightfi e l d e rK a s ey Baker doubled down the leftfield line. After an OU pitchingc h a n ge, junior short stop AaronB atlle singled, putting UTA ahead 5-4. The win is UTA’s fi fth st ra i g h ta g a i n st the Sooners, snapping OU’seight-game winning st r e a k .

“ Its a big self-esteem boost for ev e ry-b o d y,” Curtis, who is now 5-0 againstO U, said. “Th ey [Oklahoma] came inra n ked 16th nationally and on an eight-

game winning streak, so it was impor-tant for us to do well because we didn’tp l ay very well this weeke n d .”

U TA (5-6) got on the board fi r stwhen junior Ryan Nelson hit his sec-

ond home run of theseason over the rightfield wall, scoringjunior Daniel Ma c h a ,who reached base ear-lier off the game’s fi r sthit. The Sooners (8-2)and the Mavs went onto exc h a n ge leadsuntil the seventh in-ning when UTAwould go up for go o d .

With much more baseball to bep l ayed, Curtis said this is just a st a rtfor UTA.

“ It’s a long season. We just have tokeep working and make sure wed o n’t make the same mist a kes overand over again and try to work a lit-tle harder in pra ctice, which we’v ebeen doing,” he said.

The Mavericks host St. Jo h n’s at6:30 p.m. Th u r s d ay.

D U STIN EBERHARTsports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

SPORT SABOUT SPORTS

B randon Sc h u b e rt, edito rs p o rt s - e d i to r. s h o rt h o r n @ u t a . e d u

S p o rts is published Tu e s d ay through Fr i d ay.

REMEMBER The men’s and wo m e n ’s ba s ke t ball te a m shost Sam Houston St ate tonight, with the

L ady Mavs starting at 5:45 and the Mavs at 8.

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Mavs halt OU comeback

B AS E B A L L

O ff e n s i v est r u gg l e skey in loss

S O F T B A L L

The Shorthorn: Brandon Wade

B aylor’s Harmony Schwethelm tries to beatL ady Mav Dee Jay Nelson’s throw to fi rst ba s eTu e s d ay night at Allan Saxe Field. Sc hwe t h e l mwas out on the play. The Lady Mavs lost 2-1 .

BY DUSTIN EBERHARTThe Shorthorn staff

Sophomore Autumn Pet r i n o’s homerun in the bottom of the seventh provedto be too little too late as the Lady Mav s( 6 -1 0 -1) lost 2-1 to Bay l o rUn i v e r s i ty Tu e s d ay night.

A fter collecting back-to-back hits in the fi r st in-ning, the Lady Mav swould go hitless through18 batters before Pet r i n o’shomer in the final inning.Lady Bear Lisa Fe r g u s o npitched a complete gameto collect the win, st r i k i n gout five batters, allowingthree hits and giving upone run — her fi r st run al-lowed in 25 innings ofwork. Sophomore Ji l lGarro picked up her fi ft hloss of the season, send-ing her to 6-5 as she gav eup eight hits and collected two st r i ke o u t sin a complete game perf o r m a n c e .

Coach Debbie Hedrick said UTA’slack of offense lost the game.

“I told my girls after the game that wefought back at the end and made some

O k l a h o m aSooner JeffScuderi tagsback up on fi rs tbase just be-fo re Mave r i c kR yan Nelsonc atches at h row from thep i tcher Tu e s d aya fternoon atC l ay Gould Ball-park. The Mav-e r i c ks beat theS o o n e rs 5-4 .

UTA 5, OU 4Sooners 002 200 000 — 4 8 0Mavericks 021 001 10x — 5 12 2

2B — Baker (3); Lewis (2). HR — Nelson (2)SB — Pence (3). CS — Avants 2 (2) SH — McGuire, A. (2).WP — Baxter (1-2) LP — Swindell, M. (1-1) S — Lowe (2). PB — Stinson, J. (2).DP — Sooners 1. LOB — Sooners 7, Mavs 5.T — 2:27. A — 289.Records — UTA (5-6), OU (8-2).

B AS K E T B A L LS LC MEN’S STA N D I N G S

CONFERENCE OVERALL W-L Pct W-L Pct

SE Louisiana 11-3 .786 19-6 .760UTA 10-5 .667 15-11 .577UT-San Antonio 9-5 .643 15-12 .556Stephen F. Austin 9-6 .600 18-8 .692Texas State 8-7 .533 13-13 .500Louisiana-Monroe 8-7 .533 12-17 .414 Sam Houston St. 7-7 .500 12-13 .480Northwestern St. 7-8 .467 10-16 .385Lamar 5-9 .357 11-16 .407McNeese State 5-9 .357 9-16 .360 Nicholls State 1-14 .067 6-20 .231

S LC WOMEN’S STA N D I N G SCONFERENCE OV E R A L LW-L Pct W-L Pct

Northwestern St. 14-1 .933 19-6 .760 Louisiana-Monroe 12-4 .750 16-10 .615 UTA 10-5 .667 16-11 .593 UT-San Antonio 8-6 .571 12-13 .480Stephen F. Austin 8-6 .571 8-17 .320 McNeese State 7-7 .500 9-16 .360Texas State 7-7 .500 7-17 .292Sam Houston St. 6-8 .429 6-19 .240 SE Louisiana 6-9 .400 12-13 .480 Lamar 1-13 .071 4-20 .167Nicholls State 1-14 .067 2-23 .080

B AS E B A L LS LC STA N D I N G S

CONFERENCE OVERALL W-L-T Pct W-L-T Pct

SE Louisiana 0-0-0 .000 4-2-0 .666Texas State 0-0-0 .000 8-5-0 .615Lamar 0-0-0 .000 6-4-0 .600Louisiana-Monroe 0-0-0 .000 5-4-0 .556UT-San Antonio 0-0-0 .000 5-4-0 .556Nicholls State 0-0-0 .000 4-4-0 .500McNeese State 0-0-0 .000 6-7-0 .462 UTA 0-0-0 .000 5-6-0 .455 Sam Houston St. 0-0-0 .000 4-5-1 .444Northwestern St. 0-0-0 .000 4-5-0 .444

S O F T B A L LS LC STA N D I N G S

CONFERENCE OV E R A L LW-L-T Pct W-L-T Pct

Texas State 3-0-0 1.00 16-5-0 .762UT-San Antonio 3-0-0 1.00 11-6-0 .647Sam Houston St. 3-0-0 1.00 10-10-0.500UTA 2-0-0 1.00 6-10-1 .375 SE Louisiana 1-1-0 .500 7-11-0 .389Nicholls State 1-4-0 .200 3-9-0 .200Northwestern St. 0-0-0 .000 9-7-0 .562McNeese State 0-2-0 .000 8-13-0 .381Stephen F. Austin 0-3-0 .000 5-10-0 .333Louisiana-Monroe 0-3-0 .000 2-13-0 .133

A last-inning home run was toolittle too late for the Lady Mavs.

U TA ends the Sooner’s 8-ga m ewinning streak with a 5-4 win.

S O FT B A L L continues on page 5

D o w nt h eL i n e

“A few ofus needto step itup a littlebit andmake o u rgame offe n s i ve l ya little better.”

DebbieHedrickCoach

The Shorthorn: Brandon Wade