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Police look for drunk drivers

BY NICOLE AUDET Contributor to The Shorthorn

The holiday party season may bring some good fun and cheer for Arlington residents.

However, for the Arling-ton Police De-partment’s an-nual DWI Task Force, the sea-son brings long, cold nights spent searching for intoxicated drivers.

The task force began the m o n t h - l o n g hunt Wednes-day night. After being briefed by Sgt. Mike Hol-guin, 12 officers headed out in marked and unmarked patrol cars.

“The goal of this task force is to educate the public and po-tential violators,” said Holguin, who leads the group. “We want to deter drunk and aggressive driving behavior to keep Ar-

lington roadways safe for ev-eryone.”

Between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday nights between Dec. 1 and Jan. 2, up to 15 officers are dedicat-ed to locating any intoxicated drivers by aggressively enforc-ing traffic laws.

Officer J.B. Brown, an ac-cident investigator, is entering

his eighth sea-son on the task force.

To begin a 10-hour shift, Brown rode around the i n t e r s e c t i o n of Interstate 30 and North Collins Street on Wednes-day in an un-marked gray

Ford Crown Victoria looking for speeders. He said Sherlock’s Baker Street Pub and Grill in the area is a typical hot spot.

Brown said he still issues routine traffic citations during the month, but he keeps his eyes peeled for suspicious, po-

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ATHLETICS

Officers hope increased holiday vigilance will lessen fatal car accident numbers.

Expansion will not conflict with Title IX regulations

BY MELISSA WINN AND MARTI HARVEYThe Shorthorn staff

While many details sur-rounding the proposed sports expansion remain uncertain, Athletics Director Pete Carlon says his department’s compli-ance with Title IX will be a sure thing.

Carlon said the Athletics De-partment has done a good job balancing men’s and women’s sports, including using roster management and would con-tinue to do so if the expansion became a reality.

“We meet with all of our coaches and go over the amount of women and men they are al-lowed on their respective teams,” he said. “In instances where we don’t have a comparable male or female program, like volleyball and golf, we compare the two.”

Title IX is the law prohibit-ing sex discrimination in feder-ally-funded education programs and activities. The law applies to, among other things, admis-sions, recruitment and housing, but its application to sports gets the most national attention.

There are three ways to satisfy Title IX requirements, one of which is committing to

The Athletics Department will maintain balanced funding for both genders.

ARLINGTON

Parade features UTA float

New arena evaluated

POLICE continues on page 3

The Shorthorn: Awais Ikram

Students held candles as Texas Girls Choir sang Christmas carols at the tree lighting ceremony on the Central Library mall Thursday night.

COWBOY CHRISTMAS

BY PRINCESS MCDOWELLContributor for The Shorthorn

Student Development Specialist Seth Ressl, along

with 10 others, is hard at work trying to defend a title held by UTA for the past two years. He admits last year’s entry was good but said he is confident that this year UTA will walk away with the best commercial float title.

The Downtown Arlington

Parade Committee will hold the third annual Arlington Festival and Parade of Lights at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The parade, consisting of 61 en-tries including lighted floats and antique cars, will begin and end in front of City Hall. A familiar rosy-cheeked man

will bring up the rear of the procession.

Last year, EX.C.E.L. Cam-pus Activities won best com-mercial float with an entry titled How the Grinch Stole Christmas, complete with

BY ROBERT KLEEMANThe Shorthorn staff

President James Spaniolo said he expects to have a report regarding a multipurpose building toward the beginning of the spring semester.

The proposed facility would house sporting events, convocations, graduations, major speakers and other special events.

Spaniolo said the report would be based on a study of the feasi-bility of an all-event center.

“The question is whether we can come up with an affordable plan in a reasonable amount of time,” he said. “We wouldn’t be looking at this if we didn’t think it was necessary.”

He said he would prefer an on-campus facility. The building would only be off-campus if there was no other way to put together a funding package, he said.

Student Congress President Casey Townsend said the university would probably look at outside funding sources before asking stu-dents for more tuition or fee increases.

Townsend said that though plans to build the facility are not

Saturday evening’s event downtown will include a tree lighting and fireworks.

PARADE continues on page 10

“We don’t have enough money for other departments. In the long run, having football and sports expansion would be nice, but we need to do justice to other de-partments who need more funding.”Chirag Pungaliya,biochemistry sophomore

“UTA is a glorified community college. We have a football field. Why not use it? If we had a football team we could lessen the commuter school image and have better motivation for school spirit. Right now we’re just lame.”Claire Tomiak, business freshman

“As long as I’m not paying for it, I don’t care. I need my money to pay for school. When you have trouble with people showing up for class, academics should be the main focus. Students didn’t come here to see a foot-ball team; they’re here to learn.”Michael Christopher, math senior

“If the benefits outweigh the cost, then we should institute the program. Spaniolo needs to make a deci-sion based on the cost to students. I would go to the games if we had football. I think every college needs a football team.”Misty Pegue, visual communications junior

— Compiled by Robert Kleeman

STUDENTS ON THE SPORTS EXPANSION

“We want to deter drunk and aggressive

driving behavior to keep Arlington roadways safe

for everyone.”

Sgt. Mike Holguin, Arlington Police Department traffic

unit supervisor

Some say the addition of a multipurpose facility could give the university a more traditional atmosphere.

ARENA continues on page 3

EXPANSION continues on page 3

The Shorthorn: Chris Fox

Social anthropology professor Tomas Calvo Buezas gives a lecture over immigration to Spain in the University Center on Thursday evening. Buezas is from the School of Political Science and Sociology at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.

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College hosts final graduate forum for business students

The College of Business Administra-tion will host its last graduate forum of the semester for business students from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in 147 Business Building. Today is the deadline for reserv-ing a spot.

Alisa Johnson, graduate business servic-es director, will speak about the graduate programs offered, admissions procedures and provide information on careers and course waivers. Students will also meet the graduate advisers and other faculty and staff.

A continental breakfast will be provided. For information, call Administrative Secre-tary Teresa Phillips at 817-272-3005 or visit http://grad.uta.edu/leftmenupages/forums/business.asp for reservations.

— Jessica Smith

Organization hosts speaker on volunteer opportunities

The International Student Organization will host an early Christmas party from noon to 1 p.m. today in the University Cen-ter San Jacinto Room.

Candice Smith, Helping Our Pupils Excel Tutoring Center at Arlington co-ordinator, will speak about volunteering opportunities. The center provides free tutoring for students in fourth through eighth grades from low-income families during the school year but needs volun-teers all year long. Volunteers only work one hour per week.

Free food and drinks will be served, and everyone is welcome.

— Jessica Smith

Step show offers students break before final exams

The National Pan-Hellenic Council will host a step show, Jam B 4 U Cram, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Activities Building Lone Star Auditorium. General admission is $5 and $3 for fraternity and sorority members wearing their Greek letters.

All six of the council’s organizations will perform, including a local high school team.

“Students will have a chance to see the Greeks perform and have fun before they cram for finals,” council secretary Bryant Robertson said.

Sororities and fraternities will each compete for a $200 cash prize. Perfor-mances are rated based on precision, content, ability to stay within time limit and costumes, and each organization’s adviser judges the show.

The difference between this step show and others is that the participating councils perform the unity strut, a type of dance unifying all the councils.

“It shows that we can compete, but in the end, it’s all about love,” Robertson said.

— English Young

CAMPUS BRIEFS

TODAYFree Lunch: noon, Tri-C.

Chemistry and Biochem-istry Seminar: 2:30-3:30

p.m., 114 Chemistry Research Building. Professor Harry W. Gibson will speak on “Pseudorotaxanes Self-Assembled from Molecular

and Macromolecular Building Blocks.”

Teacher Certification Infor-mation Session: 3 p.m., 101 College Hall. College of Educa-tion hosts this event.

Nuestra Navidad: 7-9 p.m., University Center Rosebud The-

atre. For information, call Casey Gonzales at 817-272-2099.

Friends of the UTA Libraries: 7:30 p.m., 6th floor Central Library. The A Cappella Choir will perform many favorite holiday songs. For information, call Betty Wood at 817-272-7421.

Dance Ensemble Fall Concert: 8-10 p.m., Mainstage Theatre, Fine Arts Building. The concert will feature a variety of dance genres that have been cho-reographed by UTA students, faculty and alumni. Tickets

will be $5 for students, $7 for adults and free for children

under 12. For information, call 817-272-3288.

SATURDAYParade of Lights: 6 p.m., Down-town Arlington. All friends of the

UTA community are welcome to attend and partici-pate in this parade. Any

individuals wishing to participate are expected to purchase a T-shirt for $10. For information, visit http://www.arlingtonparad-eoflights.com.

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This is a part of the daily activity log produced by the university’s Police Department. To report a criminal incident on campus, call 817-272-3381.

“I think that the season brings out

more than just the Christ-

mas spirit. For some inter-

national stu-dents, such as Muslims, this

is our first time to see deco-rations and

things like this celebrated.”

Waqar Ghani, information systems sophomore,

on the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony.See page 3

An officer responded to a hit and run accident Tuesday at 500 S. Nedderman Drive in lot 10. An offense report was filed, and it is under investigation.

An officer investigated a broken entrance gate arm at Trinity House on Wednesday at 800 Greek Row Drive. An offense report was filed, and it is under investigation.

A parking sign was found laying on the curb, with the pole broken at the base Wednesday at 700 S. Nedderman Drive in lot 9. An offense report was filed, and it is under investigation.

An officer responded to a distur-bance at Kalpana Chawla Resi-dence Hall on Thursday at 901 S. Oak St. An incident report was filed, and a disciplinary referral was issued.

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Separating SpainBY TRISTAN VAWTERS

The Shorthorn assistant news editor

A visiting Spanish anthropolo-gist's fervent words expressed the social turmoil arising from Spain's recent immigration phenomenon.

Speaking to about 50 people in the University Center on Thursday evening, Tomás Clavo Buezas ex-claimed, “Some people are sensitive and good to the people coming in, but there are some with mistrust who have racial hatred and xenopho-bia. There have been beatings and killings.”

The event, organized by the Cen-ter for Mexican American Studies and the Anthropology and Political Science departments, focused on the social unrest dividing a country Bue-zas said was traditionally known for its homogenous makeup.

The professor from Madrid's Com-plutense University said that many Spanish immigrants come from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa, seeking pay that, while low, is better than the same labor in their native countries. Eighty percent of

the jobs obtained by immigrants are jobs Spaniards do not want, such as manual labor, domestic service and picking crops. However, the majority of the immigrants are women who find more job opportunities than the men, he said.

According to Buezas, the racist attitudes toward immigrants stem from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist at-tacks and the March 12 massacre in Madrid.

“The Moroccans are hated the most because they’re Muslim,” Buezas said. “Jews are also highly discrimi-nated because of their religion.”

Skin color and economic class are also bases for discrimination in Spain, he said.

“All the surveys [taken] by adults and students show that there is more of a dislike of darker-looking Latin Americans than light,” Buezas said. “The rich Arabs that go to Spain — there’s no discrimination toward them.”

Spain itself has had a long history of its citizens leaving the country to seek better opportunities in other

parts of Europe and in the Americas, according to Buezas. Spain was the first country to develop a colony in the Americas, going back to Span-ish seafarer Christopher Columbus’ sometimes-disputed discovery of America, he said.

In 1975, Spain’s 165,000 inhabit-ants were mostly tourists. By 2000, the population had mushroomed to 923,879. Today, it is 3.5 million, in-cluding illegal immigrants, he said.

“Spaniard society has been very similar in everything, so we didn’t have any occasion to be prejudice,” he said. “The phenomena of immi-gration is new in Spain, which has caused some racist attitudes.”

Amidst Spain's changing social outlook, Buezas is optimistic.

“I believe a multicultural society is good for the economy,” he said. “But coexistence is a challenge. It’s like a man-and-woman relationship, when both have to put aside their differences and come together.”

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Guest lecturer discusses the unrest immigrants cause

tentially intoxicated behavior. If he sees a car making ex-cessively wide turns, follow-ing other vehicles too closely or failing to stay in one lane, the officer follows for a block or two to observe the driver’s behavior.

Near the 100 block of North Collins Street, Brown kept a finger on his Prolaser II, the newest speed clock, waiting to catch the first speeder. Catch-ing speeders is his favorite part of the job, he said, because cars can travel at dangerous speeds, and if alcohol is involved, not only can crashes cause severe damage but also fatalities.

About 10 minutes into the shift, Brown made his first stop.

He clocked a vehicle travel-ing 51 mph in a 40 mph zone. Brown immediately turned on his lights and siren.

The driver had not realized how fast she was traveling. After issuing a citation, Brown was back to cruising the streets looking for violators.

Then, around midnight, Brown arrested an intoxicated

driver.After his shift’s end a few

uneventful hours later, Brown joined the pre-dawn proces-sion of officers submitting doc-umentation of their citations

or arrests.All together, the task force

issued 171 citations and made 15 arrests with a total of 21 charges. Ten of the arrests were alcohol-related, six for driving

while intoxicated and four for public intoxication.

Sgt. Jeff Pugh, who also leads the task force, said having so many arrests the first night is very successful, especially

because it was a Wednesday night.

“As we see an increase in holi-day parties during the next few weeks, we also tend to see an in-crease in alcohol-related motor vehicle collisions,” he said.

In the task force’s month of duty last year, officers arrested more than 248 offenders for drug and alcohol violations and issued 3,278 citations.

During the holiday season, many more commuters shop, travel or head to parties. Not only does this mean more al-cohol-related incidents could occur, but a greater amount of “road rage”-related incidents are also likely, Holguin said.

Holguin, a UTA alumnus, encourages holiday partygoers to designate responsible drivers and help prevent unnecessary problems or fatalities.

“We are not trying to keep people from having a good time,” he said. “Parties will hap-pen; people will drink. If you are going to drink, have a des-ignated driver.”

He said it is the task force’s sincere desire to voluntarily prompt drivers to comply with city traffic.

“Otherwise, our message is loud and clear: If you drink and drive in Arlington, you will go

to jail,” Holguin said.

NICOLE [email protected]

The Shorthorn: Mark Roberts

Though he demonstrated no signs of driving under the influence, Ivan Mireles, 20, gets searched by Arlington police officer J.B. Brown after getting pulled over for speeding Wednesday night on North Collins Street.

Friday, December 3, 2004 Page 3THE SHORTHORN

Let There Be Christmas LightsHundreds gathered around the tree holding candles and singing holiday songs

Decked in little white boots and cowboy hats flecked with a sprig of

mistletoe, the Texas Girls Choir gathered spectators on the Cen-tral Library mall as they sang carols like “I’ll be home for Christmas.”

The 21st annual Tree Light-ing Ceremony took place Thursday as a crowd of about 200 students crowded around a Christmas tree.

Wax candles were distrib-uted and students leaned close

together to light them as frigid cold winds extinguished many lit wicks.

President James Spaniolo opened the ceremony by wish-ing students a happy holiday and good luck on final exams.

Spaniolo introduced the pine tree on the mall as the “Christ-mas tree whose light would brighten the entire university.”

“This little tree will shine as a symbol of the holiday sea-son,” he said as he lit the tree, transforming it into a spectacle

of colorful lights and shining ornaments.

The Christmas ornaments had been collected from years passed, said Stephanie Reetz, EX.C.E.L. Campus Activities traditions director.

As the Texas Girls Choir sang carols, a student became so distracted that his paper wax catcher nearly

caught fire.He blushed as he stamped

the paper out, and the festivities car-ried on.

After the carol-ing, the crowd gath-ered in the Universi-ty Center Palo Duro Lounge for refresh-ments such as egg nog and star-shaped cookies — each dec-

orated with colored frosting and sprinkles.

Live jazz entertainment was provided by Gloria D’Arezzo & Friends as students took turns sitting on Santa’s lap and ask-ing for gifts such as cars or good grades on their finals.

Reetz said she believes events such as this help the university’s goal to become a more tradi-tional campus.

“I see a lot of things as be-coming traditions,” Reetz said. “There are more committees that do the same thing each year.”

For information systems sophomore Waqar Ghani, the event was a first brush with Christmas holiday traditions.

“I think that the season brings out more than just the Christmas spirit,” Ghani said “For some international stu-dents, such as Muslims, this is our first time to see decora-tions and things like this cel-ebrated.”

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Policecontinued from page 1

“With this facility, we’d be able to attract big name college basketball teams like the University of Kentucky.”

Casey Townsend, Student Congress president

definite and no time line has been given, he expects Spaniolo to approve the measure.

“I believe President Spani-olo will do everything in his power to make sure there is

a new arena on campus,” he said. “With this facility, we’d be able to attract big name col-lege basketball teams like the University of Kentucky. Having bigger sports programs come to play here would turn us toward being more traditional.”

The possibility of attracting prestigious speakers would give the university greater visibility,

Townsend said. Texas Hall is not big enough to hold some events that are staples of four-year universities, such as grad-uations, he said.

Undeclared freshman Simu-kayi Mutasa said Texas Hall is a sufficient venue to enjoy basketball games. Constructing a multipurpose building would not create enough excitement

to fill up the seats, he said.Marketing senior Shammah

Chapinduka said she welcomes the idea of a new facility, espe-cially for basketball.

“I’ve never had school pride because when I want to support my school teams there’s no ad-equate facility,” she said. “Texas Hall is a horrible place to play basketball — the worst ever. It’s

like they’re performing because they’re on a stage, and it makes other teams look down on us.”

For a university, the event facilities could use a lot of up-grading, and having a better place for basketball games would attract even more qual-ity players, she said.

Spaniolo said he hopes the possibility of a new multipur-

pose facility will not affect school spirit.

“I hope students will fill Texas Hall and support our excellent men’s and women’s basketball teams regardless of where they’re playing,” he said.

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Arenacontinued from page 1

equal opportunity in men’s and women’s sports. If the expan-sion is approved, two female sports, golf and soccer, as well as men’s football would be added. This would leave UTA with nine women’s sports and eight men’s

sports, which appears to satisfy the commitment.

Carlon said UTA has never had a complaint filed question-ing its Title IX compliance. How-ever, if one were filed, he said the investigators would audit the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act report filed federally each year by UTA. The report would show that the amount of fund-ing spent on women’s sports is

substantially more than what is spent on the men’s programs.

“What riles up the supporters of Title IX more than anything is the amount of money that is spent on men’s football versus the other opportunities avail-able for women,” Carlon said.

He also said while most be-lieve that compliance means the university must meet the proportionality requirements,

that’s not necessarily the case.“The women’s sports we

sponsor financially by compari-son are better funded than the men’s teams,” Carlon said.

He pointed out that the uni-versity spends $125,000 more in women’s scholarships and about $230,000 more overall than men’s programs.

“I feel confident that what-ever direction we go in will be

good for the university,” he said.However, some say the wom-

en’s sports here have not come to the forefront.

Charles Biel who works in the Office of International Edu-cation said he sees more atten-tion paid to men’s sports than women’s.

“That’s just because I attend more men’s games,” he said. “But all-in-all men get the most

attention.”Dhaval Desai, a biomedical

graduate student, said he was not aware of golf and soccer being added with football.

“I think both men’s and women’s sports deserve an equal chance,” he said.

MELISSA [email protected]

BY THE NUMBERSStudents make up a large number of

alcohol-related victims.

2.1 million students between the ages of 18

and 24 drove under the influence of alcohol in 2002.

1,400college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from al-cohol-related unintentional injuries,

including motor vehicle crashes.

500,000students between the ages of 18 and 24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol each year.

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pressure for greater democ-racy in Russia.

The Supreme Court is con-sidering an appeal by Yush-chenko’s campaign to invali-date the result of the runoff, which the Central Election Commission said Yanukovych won by about 900,000 votes. The appeal centers on claims of widespread violations across the prime minister’s strongholds in the east and south, near Russia.

The 18 red-robed justices began hearing final argu-ments but adjourned hours after dark without a decision.

If the court sides with Yushchenko, it would put him in a strong negotiating posi-tion with Kuchma to schedule a repeat runoff. If the court

rules against Yushchenko’s appeal, Kuchma’s administra-tion might seek to inaugurate Yanukovych or schedule new elections with a more attrac-tive candidate.

As the court edged toward a ruling, Kuchma flew to Rus-sia and won Putin’s support for his proposal to hold an en-tirely new election — not just a repeat of the runoff.

“A revote could be con-ducted a third, a fourth, a 25th time, until one side gets the results it needs,” a grim-faced Putin said in televised comments from the meeting in a sparsely decorated, par-quet-floored room at the gov-ernment’s Vnukovo-2 airport outside Moscow before leav-ing for India. He said anoth-er runoff would likely “yield nothing.”

Kuchma derided the idea of rehashing the runoff, say-ing that “I don’t know a single

country that has such a legal norm as a revote.”

Yushchenko criticized Kuchma’s trip to Russia, say-ing “the source of power is located in Ukraine — it’s the Ukrainian people.”

Yushchenko pressed his po-sition in an address to sup-porters after the court ad-journed, saying he would not take part in any negotiations on settling the crisis if they included talks on starting an election from scratch.

“If a revote date isn’t set quickly after the Supreme Court’s ruling, we will take ad-equate steps against the gov-ernment,” Yushchenko said.

Kuchma appears to hope a new election would enable him to field a more popular successor as his government scrambles to stay in power with his 10 years in office run-ning out.

Ukrainecontinued from page 8

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AP Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko carry a huge sheaf of orange balloons during mass rally in downtown, Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday. Opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko scores a landmark victory with his allies in parliament voting down his rival’s Cabinet, while visiting European mediators try to broker a compromise.

“This little tree will shine as a symbol of the

holiday season.”

James Spaniolo, president

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Q: I recently lost my virginity to mylongtime boyfriend, but a rift is developingin our relationship. During sex, I lose con-trol of my bladder. I don't realize what'shappening until it's over. We are trying towork through this, but he feels hurt, andI'm humiliated. What can I do to stop thisfrom happening?

A: What I would adviseright now is to stop having sex— not because of what hap-pened but because it doesn'tseem like this relationship isready for sex. You have aslight problem that can proba-bly be resolved, maybe by see-ing a urologist. And as long asyou urinate before you havesex, you're not going to losemore than a few drops ofurine, which a towel could eas-ily soak up, so it's not that bigof a deal. Two people wholove each other should be ableto work this out. So the factthat your relationship is suffer-ing tells me that the relation-ship itself has problems. I sug-gest you take a deep breath,take a few steps back, and startto work on that relationship. Ifyou can make those tiesstronger, I don't believe themechanical difficulties you arehaving will loom so large as a problem.And if you can't strengthen it, then maybethe two of you don't belong together.

Q: Just about every girlfriend I havehad has treated me terribly. Every one hascheated on me and just left me in the dust,like we never had anything. My last girl-friend was always so nice, and I seriouslythought that she loved me. We dated forabout 10 months, and we were very sexu-

ally active, too. All of our friends thoughtthat we were the perfect couple, too. Butone weekend I gave her a diamond ring totell her that I loved her and all that goodstuff, and three days later she dropped me,and she was with another guy like sixhours later. I don't think she had been

cheating on me, but there wereno warning signs to tell methat things were wrong. Nowshe is a big slut, and she issleeping with a different guyeach week. I almost feelresponsible for the way she isnow, since we were so active.Is there anything I can do tolook for the right girl? Whatare some warning signs thatour relationship is doomed?

A: You could simply behaving a run of bad luck, ormaybe you are choosing thewrong women to date. Youdon't say how many there havebeen, but if you think that yourchoice in women is at leastpart of the problem, thenmaybe you should see a thera-pist for a couple of visits.Maybe there is something inyour personality that is leadingyou to choose the wrongwomen, and until you can fig-ure out what that is, you might

keep doing it over and over. It doesn'tsound like the last one was your fault atall, but maybe there were warning signsthat you didn't see, and the ring ended uppushing her away instead of drawing hercloser. But you would need to do a lotmore exploring than can be done in aforum such as this one, so make anappointment with a relationship therapistand see if a couple of visits don't bringyou some needed insight.

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The Shorthorn: Brandon Wade

Movin’ Mav players Joe Burmania, left, and Chris Kommer formed a friendship when Burmania lost his leg to cancer. Kommer had already lost his leg and visited Burmania in the hospitial.

SPORTSABOUT SPORTSBritney Tabor, editor

[email protected] is published Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.

REMEMBER Log on to http://utamavs.collegesports.com/ for recaps of Mavericks and Lady Mavericks

basketball action over the winter break.


DowntheLineBASKETBALL

Doubleheader to fill Texas Hall on Saturday

Fans will get a doubleheader with the Mavericks and Lady Mavericks playing at Texas Hall on Saturday.

The Mavericks will take the court at 3 p.m. against the West Coast Ath-letic Conference’s San Diego Toreros for the first time ever. If the Maver-icks win, they will tie their best start in 20 seasons. The Toreros (2-2) have lost 21 straight road games with their last road win in February 2003.

The Mavericks are led by junior forward Steven Thomas, who is averaging 17.4 points and eight rebounds this season, and junior guard Brady Dawkins, who averages 5.3 assists per game. The Mavs also have the help of five freshmen players. Combined the freshmen five have averaged 30.6 points, 14 rebounds, 4.8 assists and two steals this season.

The Lady Mavs will take the court at 7 p.m. hosting New Mexico State. This is the home opener for the team, which has played five games on the road. The Lady Mavericks (3-2) finished a three-game road trip Monday where they lost the first two games and won the third 62-55 over Southern Utah University.

This is the first meeting in 21 years for UTA and New Mexico. The New Mexico State Aggies (2-3) enter Saturday’s game off a 74-59 win over Western New Mexico.

Averaging 16.6 points and 7.6 rebounds a game this season, senior forward Rola Ogunoye leads the Lady Mavs.

Lady Mavs coach Donna Capps said she is excited about Saturday’s opener and hopes to see a good crowd at Texas Hall. Fans will be pleased by the improvement in de-fense this season, and the team is looking forward to concentrating on its offensive execution, she said.

“I think we’ll have an exciting game with a lot of action,” Capps said. “We’ve had some success on the road, and playing those teams has really made us turn the notch up on our game.”

— Britney Tabor

Two Left FeetBY MELISSA WINNThe Shorthorn staff

Best friends usually have something in common.

For Movin’ Mavs Joe Bur-mania and Chris Kommer, that something is the loss of their right legs.

Burmania and Kommer grew up three miles away from each other in Byron Center, Mich., but were only acquaintances until bone cancer forced amputation of Burmania’s right leg in No-vember 1996. Kommer, who is four years younger than Burma-nia, lost his leg in July 1995 after a boating accident.

During rehabilitation, Kom-mer began sharing his experi-ences with potential amputees at local hospitals. He was formally introduced to Burmania on one of these visits.

“When I was in the hospital, people who had gone through what I was going through came and talked to me, and it made me feel better,” Kommer said. “That’s why I decided I would do the same thing.”

The pair became fast friends, and shortly after Burmania’s am-putation, Kommer introduced him to wheelchair basketball. Kommer was 10 years old and in his second year of playing for their community team, the Grand Rapids Junior Pacers. The two have been teammates ever since.

At a tournament in Stillwater, Okla., Burmania was recruited by Movin’ Mavs coach Jim Hayes, who offered him a full scholar-ship to UTA.

“I had never really thought anything about college before then,” Burmania said. “I was working at a tool and die dur-ing the summers making some pretty good money, but I decided

to take the scholarship.”As often happens with friends,

Kommer worked with Burmania at the same company. After Bur-mania left, the two kept in con-tact, and when Kommer gradu-ated from high school, Hayes was ready to offer him a scholarship.

“I was scared of college, so it took a lot of thinking to get me here,” he said. “But I knew that if I was going to college, this was my best option because Joe makes me stronger.”

Burmania said he never pushed Kommer into coming to UTA and jokes that if he had known Kommer would “own the couch” at his apartment, he would’ve talked him out of it.

“He’s always over at my place,” Burmania said. “He answers my phone, and people think he’s me.”

Kommer admits that Burma-nia has “shown him a thing or two,” but they both agree that they bring out the best — and worst — in each other.

“If I’m in jail, he’ll be right there next to me,” Burmania said.

When they go home for the winter break, Kommer and Bur-mania will probably still see each other a few times. They have a lot of the same friends, but both said they want to focus on spending time with their families and at-tending parties.

“The great thing about going to college is that you get going-away parties when you leave home and coming-home parties when you get back,” Kommer said.

And, both said, it’s great to have each other to share these memories with.

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This comfortable pair’s journey continues 1,200 miles from home

OPINIONABOUT OPINIONKaty Williams, editor

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Merry Christmahanukwanzaka, everyone!

This time of year inspires gener-ous inclinations in students of all backgrounds, and the Arlington region needs charitable souls for the holiday season. However, con-trary to popular belief, charities and shelters do not all close their doors at the end of the holidays. So look for opportunities to volunteer in and around campus, and don’t pack your generous spirit away with your ornaments and decora-tions.

Too stuffed on turkey to look for charities where you can commit your time? Never fear — there’s an

organization right here on campus that’s done all that for you. The UTA Volunteers, based in the Stu-dent Activities Department, has made getting involved hassle-free. They find the charities and plan the events, and all you have to do is show up. You can give them a call at 817-272-2963, or if you’re looking for some really hardcore contribu-tion, you can apply for full-fledged membership.

If the original recipe doesn’t suit your fancy, and you prefer your charities with a distinctive Christian flavor, perhaps you’ll find Mission Arlington more to your liking. It serves up benevolent aid by mixing

equal parts Gospel and generosity. Mission Arlington is located at

210 W. South St., just a couple of blocks from campus. They’re cur-rently looking for volunteers for many positions as well as donations such as warm winter clothes and canned meats and vegetables.

There are many other ways to help. For instance, at a Goodwill donation drop-box just west of the intersection of Fielder Road and Arkansas Lane, you can drop off clothes and household items for the needy. As you’re cleaning out your closet to make room for new winter clothes, remember those who have less than you do.

If you don’t happen to pass a bell-ringer outside retail stores this season, The Salvation Army’s Web site, http://www.salvationarmyusa.org, has details on where to send monetary donations to the organi-zation, which provides charitable services.

When that old holiday spirit strikes this season and you get the sudden urge to help those less for-tunate, remember that there’s no shortage of places in need of money, supplies or even the occasional helping hand. But there’s also no reason that your generosity has to end when classes start back up again.

The giving spirit should continue throughout the whole year

EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW

EDITORIAL ROUND-UPThe issue: It’s the season for giving. We suggest:It’s ALWAYS the sea-son for giving.

Commit to Caring

As a young boy, I was taught well by my parents.

“Never stand in the middle of the road when a car is coming,” they said.

“It might hit you and cause injuries.”While this childhood anecdote seems practi-

cal to most people, the politicians in our gov-ernment have no problem ignoring it.

As historian James Barber once said: “You can’t destroy the thread of politics. It weaves a sneaky web.”

How long can America survive when its leaders are the flies in the control of the politi-cal spiders?

Every sane politician strives toward one goal — to get elected to office.

Politician X knows as a consequence of his/her running for office, every word he ut-ters during the election process can and will be used against him by a journalist with an agen-da or the opposing party — whether true or taken out of context. Therefore, X has no de-sire to say anything that might enrage a group of his potential voters or give them reason to question their vote. “Group A is in the bag.”

In layman’s terms, actually addressing policy issues would be political suicide and might cost that politician — gasp — a chunk of votes!

While this sidestepping may prove our government has more dance moves than Rick James, it doesn’t say much for its ability to lead the strongest nation in the world.

This year’s big avoidance was illegal im-migration. John Kerry and George W. Bush, both Yale alumni, are far from idiotic and understand that this controversial issue is a staple of “divided America.”

Should we let more immigrants in? Decrease the quota of the number we let in? Abolish quotas? Stack the borders with clones of Arnold Schwar-zenegger?

Both candidates knew that an extreme or definite stance on the issue would have been a self-inflicted wound to the head. They didn’t want to deal with it because not enough voters could agree on how to deal with it.

Who will be the first politician of the new millennium to address issues firmly and disre-gard the hunger for more votes? Does a politi-cian like this even exist?

While these questions may recall the fond vocabulary triplets Carter, Iran and disaster, I believe in hope and the imminence of over-hauling what elections are about.

We’re spending more time discussing can-didate Y’s driving record 20 years ago rather than figuring out how health care for the staggering number of incoming immigrants would be financed or whether such a dream is feasible. The perception of the current popula-tion’s size is not the issue. What matters is the imagination lacking in our government leaders to anticipate the future.

Let’s face it — politics are here to stay, and it’s about time to decide which kid is giving up their room to make accommoda-tions. The average Amer-ican lives poli-tics on every four-minute car trip, with every footstep and every tune butchered in the shower William Hung-style.

Every posted road sign, speed limit marker, toy disclaimer and critical re-view of Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana” has a political reason for being there. It’s an item on

somebody’s agenda.Unfortunately, our system preach-

es that the majority must dictate pol-icy, even when the majority doesn’t have much of an opinion.

If Bush were to come out and say “let’s lower the quota and crack down on illegal immigration,” what would Democrats and minorities be charging within 10 minutes of the speech? Racism.

Is Bush really being racist here? Opponents would say yes because the payoff would be a voter heist, but

in all truth, this is the kind of policy directness this nation so sorely needs.

It seems the words “avoid” and “manipulate” are in the job descriptions for politicians.

But please don’t hate them for their issue ambivalence — they’re just trying to get elect-ed.

— Robert Kleeman is an undeclared freshman and reporter for The Shorthorn

Students should complain to someone who can enact change

To those who are constantly criticizing the increasing costs of public education: Write your state legislators!

Instead of merely griping to a Shorthorn reporter about how much it costs to go to school and how unfair it is that we pay so much for our college experience, try writing your state representative or state senator. The Texas government needs to know how

unhappy its constituents are with the way they currently fund education.

Another note to those students who think the state of Texas should compensate them for the TEXAS Grants they lost: You lost the grants because the state doesn’t have the money to fund your grants. Again, the only advice I can give you is: Write your state representative and vote. Voting unre-sponsive legislators out of office is one cer-tain way to make sure your voice is heard.

— Megan Rorie is an architecture senior

Majority rules, even when it doesn’t have much of an opinion

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The national Christmas tree is seen in The Ellipse in front of the White House after the annual tree lighting ceremony in Washington D.C. on Thursday.

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OFFICER RESIGNS AMID PIZZA SCANDAL

FORT WORTH — A Fort Worth police officer has resigned three months after being accused of offering a pizza delivery driver a break on a traffic ticket in ex-change for pizzas.

Officer David Towson, who had been on the force five years, resigned in October after administrators recommended an indefinite suspension, which is the equivalent of being fired, police Lt. Abdul Pridgen said Wednesday.

Towson, who was assigned to the traff ic divi-sion, was placed on restricted duty in July after a pizza driver told internal affairs investigators that Towson offered to not write her a ticket if she would take pizzas to a certain address, Pridgen said.

Towson admitted to investigators his part in the agreement, Pridgen said.

BUSH REJECTS POSTPONING IRAQI ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON — President Bush said Thursday that Iraq’s elections must not be delayed from their scheduled date of Jan. 30, rejecting calls from more than a dozen political parties there to postpone them until security at the polls can be ensured.

“It’s time for Iraqi citizens to go to the polls,” Bush told reporters in the Oval Office at the start of a meet-ing with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

FDA ADVISERS VOTE AGAINST NEW SEX DRUGWASHINGTON — A hormone patch that works to re-

store a woman’s sex drive should not be approved until more studies are completed to determine the drug’s risks, federal health advisers said Thursday.

The advisers voted not to recommend approval, with several of them saying they were not satis-fied with the number of women studied so far, the length of the studies and the possible benefit of the drug.

BUSH CHOOSES SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

WASHINGTON — President Bush on Thursday se-lected Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, a Republican attor-ney who grew up on an Iowa dairy farm, as Secretary of Agriculture to oversee the nation’s farm and food programs.

Bush said Johanns was “an experienced public ser-vant from America’s agricultural heartland” with a long record of being “a faithful friend to America’s farmers and ranchers.”

METHODIST JURY CONVICTS LESBIAN MINISTERPUGHTOWN, Pa. — A jury made up of United Meth-

odist Church clergy convicted a lesbian minister Thurs-day of violating church law by openly living with her partner in a committed relationship.

The Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud could be de-frocked as a result of the ruling, which came on the second day of her church trial. The same 13-member jury was set to meet Thursday afternoon to decide her penalty.

— The Associated Press

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Push is on for lawmakers to record votes

BY KELLEY SHANNON Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN — How your Texas legislator voted on requiring chil-dren to say the Pledge of Alle-giance and observe a minute of silence at school is in the state record.

But if you’re checking how a state House member voted on parts of a homeowner insurance bill — or how a senator stood in banning off-road vehicles in river beds — it gets trickier.

Perhaps impossible.In Texas, the Legislature gen-

erally is not required to record how each lawmaker voted on a bill in the full House or Senate. Individual votes are recorded if representa-tives and senators de-cide to do so. Dozens of civic, public interest and political groups are pushing to require lawmakers to record individual votes at cer-tain stages in the Leg-islature.

“It seems to us so basic to good govern-ment,” said Linda Camin of Dallas, chair of the Sunshine Com-mittee on Recorded Votes for the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Texas. “Your constitu-ents should know how you vote.”

Texas is one of 10 states that doesn’t require a recorded, or roll-call, vote on final passage of every bill in either legislative chamber, according to the Na-tional Conference of State Legis-latures and research by The As-sociated Press.

Texas lawmakers might hold a “voice vote,” meaning they shout out yes or no on a bill, without any record of how each person voted. In a “division vote,” there’s a brief show of how the majority stands — House members, for example, push their electronic voting buttons — but there is no final record of individual votes.

A Texas Poll conducted this fall by the Scripps Research Center found that 88 percent of the 1,000 people polled agreed legislators should be required to record their votes. Eighty per-cent supported a constitutional amendment requiring such vot-ing.

Among the organizations supporting a recorded vote re-quirement are AARP; the Free-dom of Information Foundation of Texas; the Greater Dallas As-sociation of Realtors; Campaigns for People; the state Democrat-ic and Republican parties; the

Texas Daily Newspaper Association; and the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

Some Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature have filed bills for the 2005 legis-lative session that would require more recorded votes. But lawmakers have varying views on how far to go.

“I strongly agree with the argument that all the votes of the Texas Legislature should be both public record and easily accessible,” said

state Sen. John Carona of Dallas, who proposed a constitutional amendment requiring certain re-cord votes.

Carona tried unsuccessfully to pass a similar measure last year.

“To me, it’s like motherhood and apple pie,” said state Rep. Dan Branch, a Dallas Republi-can. “It’s very difficult to say, ‘Hey, I’m against recorded votes.’“

But Branch, who also has filed a recorded votes bill, cau-tioned against “simplistic, broad change.”

Roll-call votes on simple pro-cedural questions would slow down the Legislature’s work dur-ing its 140-day biennial session and cause more votes to be used out of context in election season, Branch said.

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BY ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer

Hundreds of mourners were ex-pected at a Killeen church Friday for a memorial service for the seven soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed shortly after leaving Fort Hood.

The group, assigned to the 4th In-fantry Division, was en route to Texar-kana on Monday morning to inspect 225 Iraq-bound Humvees being re-paired at the Army depot.

The Black Hawk was flying through thick fog that obscured all but the low-est few hundred feet of a TV transmis-sion tower, whose red warning lights had been knocked out in a storm last week. The UH-60 hit the tower’s support cables and went down near Bruceville-Eddy.

Fort Hood officials said they expect a large crowd at the Friday morn-

ing service at the Christian House of Prayer, which seats 2,100 people. The service was to feature speakers, the singing of hymns, scripture readings, a silent tribute, the playing of taps and a 21-gun salute.

“This tragedy has hit the whole community,” Fort Hood spokesman Dan Hassett said.

Killed were Brig. Gen. Charles “Ben” Allen, 49, of Lawton, Okla.; Col. James M. Moore, 47, of Pea-body, Mass.; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Douglas V. Clapp, 48, of Greensboro, N.C.; Capt. Todd T. Christmas, 26, of Wagon Mound, N.M.; and Spc. Rich-ard L. Brown, 29, of Stonewall, La.

Also killed were the pilots, Chief Warrant Officer 2 David H. Gardner Jr., 32, of Mason City, Iowa, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark W. Evans Jr., 27, of Jacksonville, Fla.

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Russian, American tensions mountBY ANNA MELNICHUK

Associated Press Writer

KIEV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin in-jected himself directly into the election crisis in this former So-viet republic Thursday, strongly attacking the opposition’s cen-tral demand for a new presi-dential runoff.

Tens of thousands of opposi-tion supporters waving Ukrai-nian flags and wearing orange armbands, sweaters and scarves rallied for the 11th straight day in Independence Square. While awaiting a Supreme Court rul-ing on whether to throw out the results of the disputed elec-tion, they listened to rock bands and watched large-screen tele-visions broadcasting the court sessions.

Putin, hosting Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, again issued a warning to the West.

“Neither Russia, nor the Eu-ropean Union, nor internation-al organizations will solve the problems,” he said outside Mos-cow. “They all can play the role of mediators, but the Ukrainian people have the last word.”

Following Putin’s remarks, President Bush issued a warn-ing that appeared to be directed at Russia. If there is to be a new election, it “ought to be free from any foreign influence,” Bush said in comments that were consid-ered more forceful than those he has made in the past.

Putin had openly support-ed Prime Minister Viktor Ya-nukovych in the election. The Kremlin fears that a victory by opposition leader Viktor Yush-chenko, who favors closer ties with the West, could drag this country of 48 million out of Moscow’s orbit and generate

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its own grinch. This year’s float, Winter Wonderland, will have an ice-skating rink and a little forest in-cluding icicles and snow-flakes.

“Our floats have won in our division in these last two years, so we’ve gotta defend our title,” Ressl said.

Paula Hightower-Pier-son, Downtown Arlington Parade Committee chair-person, said the parade would feature a group of entries with something for everyone.

“We have a Hispanic lowrider group with danc-ing cars, real Chinese lions with Taiwanese lanterns and lighted covered wag-ons from Tempe, Arizona,” she said.

Hightower-Pierson said musicians will line the pa-rade’s route, and people will be handing out popcorn, hot chocolate and cider. At City Hall, a Christmas tree will be lighted, and patrons can watch a laser fireworks show in the building’s parking lot immediately after the parade.

She said she expects this year’s event to draw more than last year’s esti-

mated 20,000 spectators because of the amount of available activities.

Donna Darovich, for-mer UTA public affairs director, who heads the parade committee’s pub-lic relations, said students could expect something they have never seen be-fore.

“A parade held at night in itself is something you don’t see every day,” she said. “This is something they won’t see anywhere in the area.”

Hightower-Pierson said the committee planned the festival again this year in order to do something special for the downtown area.

“We think it’s important as a community to have a town center and town ac-tivities,” She said. “The fes-tival is like a beautiful, big city but yet with a home-town feel.”

Ressl said the event is not too much of the cliché, “fun for the whole family.”

“It’s the kind of thing that really is meant to be just relaxed — a fun, en-tertaining event for every-body,” he said.

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— James McGarrigle contributed to this story

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ON LEAVE FROM STUDYINGMechanical engineering sophomore Byron Rose takes a break from studying Thursday on the University Center mall. With the start of December, much of Mother Nature’s color has disappeared.

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