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Learning to FlyStudents fly planes with a U.S. Marine Corps flight program. Check www.theshorthorn.com for a photo gallery of the event.
Takes Two to TangoGo online for a feature about Hispanic Heritage Month’s last event, Dancing with Mavericks.
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BY JASON JOYCEContributor to The Shorthorn
University officials increased the qualifying income level for Maverick Promise from $40,000 to $65,000.
The financial aid package provides tuition assistance for undergraduate students.
Financial Aid director Karen Krause said the increase will raise participation in the program by about 125 students when the change takes effect next fall.
Much of the package is funded through federal, state and institu-tional grants, and a portion of tuition revenue pays for the rest. With the increased cap, the university expects to spend about $500,000 from tu-
ition funds set aside for institutional aid for the program for the 2009 aca-demic year, Krause said.
As long as students meet the pro-gram’s criteria, the university will cover all tuition costs left after other grants have been awarded, she said.
The program requires students to
Mav Promise raises income requirements
TUITION
The financial aid program covers all tuition costs left over from other grants received.
PROMISE continues on page 6
Assessing the College Blues
Free and private screenings give students an outlet to report depression
BY MARK BAUERContributor to The Shorthorn
Juan Williams believes Ameri-cans are in for a change.
But things aren’t evolving for change’s sake.
Immigration is at an all-time
high, the political analyst said. A quarter of the U.S. population is under 18. More women are tak-ing leadership roles in business, schools and government. Soon, whites could be the minority as Hispanics have surpassed Blacks
as the majority minority. More people are working well beyond the retirement age, he said.
It’s the “fast-changing face of America”, Williams said Tuesday
Be the Change
WILLIAMS continues on page 6
BY MARK BAUERContributor to The Shorthorn
Covering issues from depression to gambling addictions, students can take advantage of a mental health screen-ing today at the Univer-sity Center Palo Duro Lounge.
As part of Mental Health Awareness month, Counseling Services will partner with Mental Health Services to provide free screenings.
Pam Demone, Mental Health Services director, said the student population should be more aware of mental health issues that directly effect them and shouldn’t fear the screenings.
“Just because they have a screening doesn’t mean anything is wrong with them,” Demone said.
In 2004, the American College Health Association reported that more than half
of college students said they had experi-enced some degree of depression, ranging from mild to severe. At the worst, some students had difficulty functioning.
Although students have outlets for seeking help, only a small percentage report feelings of depression, according to the same study.
Counseling Services provides one such outlet. While the center focuses primarily on develop-mental issues, like stress and fitting into college life, the services are free
to students.If a student requires additional help,
Counseling Services might recommend the student to Mental Health Services where sessions will continue for a nomi-nal fee. The first session is free.
Demone said the organizers chose the location because the open setting attracts more students. In previous years, only a handful came for the screenings held at the Mental Health Services clinic. Once they moved it to a more open area, the turnout increased to more than 75.
“It was having it in a more visible place,” Demone said. “Now, we’re testing for a lot more different things.”
While the screenings’ setting is more public, the sessions and interviews are sectioned off. Demone said background music will drown out any outside ears from overhearing private facts.
Mike Knox, Student Affairs assistant vice president, said students shouldn’t be concerned over privacy. He said the services adhere to strict, federal privacy laws — even going above and beyond what is required.
“The screenings are in public. Obvi-ously, by being there students are dis-closing information,” he said. “Today’s students are much more open. People are less stigmatized, and that’s a good thing.”
Students unable to attend the screen-ings in person can access them for free at the Counseling Services Web site.
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BY MICHELLE LEVERETTContributor to The Shorthorn
Undergraduate students inter-ested in attending graduate school can speak with local and national graduate school representatives at Thursday’s Grad Fest at the Univer-sity Center.
Graduate Recruiting director Alisa Johnson said the graduate and professional fair will allow stu-dents to weigh their post-gradua-tion options.
“A master’s degree makes em-ployees more competitive, less like-ly to get laid off and quicker to get hired,” Johnson said. “Think of it as an investment. The cost of graduate
education contin-ues to increase, and waiting may mean it will cost more later. You have to weigh all of those things. The job market is not too good right now, and grad school may be more beneficial in the long run.”
The event caters to undergraduates seeking more in-formation on graduate and profes-sional degree programs, financial aid and prep-test sessions.
Career Services director Barbara Peet said this year’s event will in-
clude a round table and panel discus-sions. The panel discussions will cover information about admissions and financial aid. At the round table, graduate students will speak about their experiences.
“This year we have fine-tuned the event so that it’s applicable to all students, not just students interested in grad school,” Peet said. “We have included a vari-
Looking at the Bigger Picture
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The Shorthorn: Michael Rettig
Fox News political analyst and National Public Radio correspondent Juan Williams speaks Tuesday night at Lone Star Auditorium. Williams spoke on racial and cultural barriers facing the nation on the eve of the 2008 election.
Photo Illustration: Monica Lopez
Mental Health Services and Counseling Services will host a mental health fair today in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge. Free screenings are provided to students for issues, including depression and anxiety.
WHEN AND WHEREWhen: A mental health screening will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today
Where: University Center Palo Duro Lounge
Students learn about grad school at event
“If you wait for the politicians to change things, you’re going to be disappointed. You have to get in the ring yourself and make the case.”
Juan Williams, FOX News and National Public Radio commentator
WHEN AND WHEREWhen: Grad Fest ’08 will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday
Where: University Center Palo Duro Lounge, and the upper level Concho, Guadalupe, San Saba and Palo Pinto Rooms.
WHO CAN APPLY?Students applying for the Maverick Promise must:
• Be an undergraduate student• Be admitted to the university by April 1, 2009 and apply for aid by that deadline• Have family income of $65,000 or less• Be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant• Maintain a 2.0 GPA
Source: UTA’s Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships Web site
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Grad school entry program to have open house today
The McNair Scholars Program will host an open house at noon today at 122 Hammond Hall for its annual recruitment. Students can meet program staff, faculty mentors and students.
The program works with qualifying undergraduates wishing to pursue grad school, a doctorate or a job as a first generation university professor.
Thirty students are accepted each year and must have at least a 2.9 GPA and be a U.S. citizen to join. Science and engineering majors are preferred. Freshmen aren’t eligible.
Benefits include one summer of funded research, work with a faculty mentor, a three credit hours scholarship over the summer to assist the research and travel money to visit grad schools.
The program encourages low-income students or a family that hasn’t sent anyone to grad school before to join.
The application deadline is Nov. 5.
— Alanna Quillen
SOAR’s book fair funds scholarships for women
With the help of the Arlington American Association of University Women, SOAR Learning Services will host its 26th Annual Book Fair fundraiser for scholarships Oct. 22-25.
The scholarships are for female upperclassmen who are a Texas residents or permanent residents. No minimum GPA or specific major is required.
The scholarship amount and number awarded depends on the book fair’s success.
Around 35,000 books are for sale ranging from collectors and antiques.
The event takes place Wednesday and Friday 5 -8 p.m. and Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at St. Stephen United Methodist Church on Randol Mill Road in Arlington.
A $2 donation is required on Wednesday, but admission is free the other days.
Profits also support Arlington’s Reading Is Fundamental program.
— Michelle Leverett
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Special Collections: Revisualiz-ing Westward Expansion: Mondays 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Tuesday–Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free. For informa-tion, contact 817-
272-3393 or [email protected]
Art Exhibition: “Steve Brudniak and Cameron Schoepp”: noon–5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or [email protected].
Elections Exhibit: All day, Central Library. Free. For information, contact Eric
Frierson at 817-272-7517 or [email protected].
Study Abroad Information Ses-sion: noon–1 p.m., University Center Blanco Room. Free. For information, contact Courtney Bauman at 817-272-1120 or [email protected].
Hispanic Heritage Month Awards Banquet: noon, UC Car-lisle Suite. RSVP required. For information, contact Multicul-tural Affairs at 817-272-2099 or [email protected].
International Education Fee Scholarship Workshop: noon–1:30 p.m., UC Guadalupe Room. For information, contact Court-ney Bauman at 817-272-1120 or [email protected].
Focus on Faculty: “McCain or Obama — Predicting the Win-ner”: noon–1:30 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free and open to public. For informa-tion, contact Tommie Wingfield at 817-272-2658 or [email protected].
Walk-In Resume Critiques: noon-1 p.m., Science and En-gineering Library, Nedderman Hall basement. Free. For information, contact Career Services at 817-272-2932 or [email protected].
Selling Me to Employers Workshop: 2–3 p.m., 216 Davis Hall. For information, contact Career Services at 817-272-2932 or [email protected].
Resume/Interview Workshop: 2–3 p.m., Swift Center. Free. For information, contact Ca-reer Services at 817-272-2932 or [email protected].
Career Services for International Students: 2–3 p.m., 125 Swift Center. Free. For information, contact Career Services at 817-272-2932 or [email protected].
Nanopatterned Photonic Resonant Sensors for Biochemical Screening: 2:30–3:30 p.m., 601 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information, call Samir Iqbal at 817-272-0228.
Gehry’s Ostrannenie: Morphology of the Architect’s Actions: 4 p.m., 204
Architecture Building. For information, contact Robert Rummel-Hudson at 817-272-2314 or [email protected].
Dancing with Mavericks: 6–10 p.m., Maverick Activities Cen-ter. To register a team and for complete details, visit http://www.uta.edu/multicultural. For information, contact Multicul-tural Affairs and the Division of Student Affairs at 817-272-2099 or [email protected].
Presidential Election Debate Series: 7 p.m., Central Library mall. Free. For information, contact Travis Boren at 817-272-0556 or [email protected].
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WednesdayOctober 15, 2008
Campus Notebook
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.
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A student reported his bicycle stolen Monday at Lipscomb Hall.
A student reported his vehicle had been struck while it was parked Monday at Lot 47.
A faculty member requested his university key and USB pen-drive be retrieved from class for safekeeping Monday at the Architecture Building.
An officer was dispatched regarding a loud noise complaint Tuesday at Meadow Run apartments.
An officer determined underage residents were drinking alcohol Tuesday at Kalpana Chawla Hall.
Bring factual errors to The Shorthorn’s attention via e-mail to [email protected] or call 817-272-3188. A correction or clarification will be printed in this space.
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Undeclared sophomore Jole Schiffer looks out the Beechcraft King Air passenger plane window during an orientation flight with the Marine Corps on Tuesday afternoon. Schiffer said his interests might lead him to a career with the Marines.
Soaring HighStudents learn about aviation from Marine pilots
by JasoN JoyCeContributor to The Shorthorn
The skies above North Texas and the controls of a Beechcraft King air airplane took the place of classrooms and lectures for a day.
about eight university students participated in the Marine Orientation Flight program and spent several hours at Fort Worth alliance airport learning about the career path and benefits of Marine aviation from Capt. Rick “Hansel” Birt, an Ea-6B “Prowler” pilot. They took turns at the controls as the plane flew over Possum Kingdom Lake.
The program allows college stu-dents interested in Marine aviation to have questions answered by Ma-rine aviators and officers.
Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Dahlia Garcia, a recent alumna and hopeful Marine aviator, shared experiences with participants.
“I couldn’t see myself in the
corporate world,” Garcia said. “I went through the Platoon Leader Course and fell in love with the traditions of the Marines.”
Garcia believes that compared to other branches, the Marine program offers “a chance to get your feet wet” without any military obligation.
“There’s no commitment or obli-gation up until you tell them you’re ready to commission,” she said. “The option’s always there to walk away if it’s not right.”
Marine Capt. Jesse Pletts, assigned to the arlington Officer Selection Station, said the program offers a U.S. Marines Corps commission with a contract to attend flight school.
“Right now, we’re the only ones that can offer that,” Pletts said. “I can
guarantee a young man or woman that they will have a flight slot as long as they are physically and men-tally qualified.”
That’s a definite selling point for undeclared sophomore Joel Schiffer, who participated in the program.
“It’s something I’d possibly be interested in,” Schiffer said. “That they mentioned guaranteed aviation is a plus.”
Public relations senior Meagan White isn’t quite ready to sign up.
White said she’d known Garcia for a while and was invited to participate in the orientation flight. For her, the Marines are “just another option” to be considered.
The reason for participating was much simpler for criminal justice senior J.D. Morris.
“I mainly just want to fly,” Morris said.
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Russian Soyuz, US space tourist docksKOROLYOV, Russia — A Russian spacecraft carrying an American computer game designer and two crewmates has docked with the international space station.
The Soyuz TMA-13 is delivering Richard Garriott for a 10-day stay on the station. The paying space tourist says it is a lifelong dream for the first child of a U.S. astronaut.
The Soyuz automatically latched onto the station a few minutes ahead of schedule Tuesday after a two-day journey from Earth.
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dallas’ Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones suspended again
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the associated PressNeW YorK — The govern-
ment’s efforts to crank open the credit markets have led to some mild improvements in lending rates and Treasury bill yields. But it will probably take months, and perhaps a few years, before lend-ing returns to healthier levels.
it was clear Tuesday that there is still plenty of fear in the lending business — one indica-tor, the difference between the rate at which banks lend to other banks and the rate at which they buy U.S. government debt re-mains near a 25-year high.
But analysts believe that as long as conditions keep improving, the economy should be able to grow.
“i don’t think we need to have credit conditions come back to
normal before we see signs that the economy is recovering,” said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at the economic outlook Group. He said he believes the financial system won’t be fully restored until at least 2010, but that he expects the economy to turn around in the second half of 2009 after the housing market bottoms.
The problem is that the health of the economy and the credit markets is intertwined: The health of the economy relies on credit, and the willingness to lend depends on the economic outlook. As a result, the econo-my’s recovery might be jagged and gradual, as lenders incre-mentally loosen up as they grow more confident that borrowers
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Confidence in the lending business grew a bit Tuesday as the U.S. government said it would spend $250 billion of its $700 bailout plan on buying stock in nine major banks, after european governments announced a similar move Monday.
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Bad information, poor communication costs students time, money, stress
As students go back to school this week, campus security will again be an issue.
Recently, The Shorthorn reported that crime had risen from last year’s data.
So it will not be surprising that campus security will again come to the fore, especially when it comes to guns.
Most of us remember the incident involving a student allegedly carrying a gun in his car last semester, which revived talks of gun-friendly policies on our own campus. The memory of Virginia Tech is still fresh in our
minds.It is to avoid such violence that the Harrold
school district, a small district near Wichita Falls, has, with Gov. Rick Perry’s support, passed a decision that makes Harrold the first school district in the nation to pass such a measure.
The resolution, passed last week, allows teachers to carry guns at school if they have a state permit and district authorization.
The logic behind the decision is simple: If licensed teachers carry weapons, defense against a potential murderer will be made easier and quicker.
But, the very fact that guns are now allowed in schools, where our children theoretically receive the education they need to be a part of society, is worrying — even scary.
Only Thailand and Israel have policies allowing armed protection in schools.
In Thailand, it is to defend students and faculty against Muslim separatists who have been waging a bloody war since 2004. In
Israel, armed guards are employed to potentially fend off terrorists from Israeli schools. In both countries, the necessity of these measures is imposed by a state of war that involves potentially serious attacks on civilians.
If the U.S. now also resorts to such extreme defense measures, should we then understand that the nation is at war? I mean, at war with itself.
If this is the case, then guns will not solve the
war, and only deep reflections on society will help. If it is not the case, then arming everybody may backfire.
A professor trained to shoot and licensed to carry a gun may himself become a weapon if he turns mad.
The fact that citizens have to provide for their own defense points to a failure of the law to do it. The problem now becomes to create better laws. If
not, every one will enforce his own law, and the Constitution itself will be the final victim — it will become useless.
Possessing a weapon is not in itself deadly, neither is shooting it for fun. But when guns are associated with madness and lack of self-control, they become deadly and no one can predict madness.
The question to ask should be: Why are there school shootings in America?
In Switzerland, where every single household owns a weapon — every person is a citizen-soldier, no such shootings are reported. The problem then lies in the heart of American society.
If schools, which were founded to make better citizens, are themselves victims of social violence, then they have failed in their role. School shootings and violence are the most dramatic symptoms of a deeper illness. And guns are not the cure.
Only a deeper analysis of the roots and conditions of social violence will provide an explanation and shape better, long-term policies.
And America will avoid an undeclared, underground civil war.
— Sylvain Rey is an anthropology senior and columnist for The Shorthorn
SYLVAIN REY
The Wrong AnswerArming teachers fails to address the deeper problem
Nontraditional students attest to the value of post-secondary education. A degree
can mean the difference between retirement or pushing the tea cart at Luby’s Cafeteria. Younger people with degrees are far more likely to get three or four jobs in their careers that
include annual vacation time and health care, rather than two or three job changes per year with no paid vacation while enduring fixable health problems that worsen from neglect.
A degree is a profound benefit in America. Sadly, formal education is primarily found in academia — an
institution that has a venerable and deserved reputation for incompetence.
One example is the ridiculous UTA financial aid system.
Students typically plan their semesters far in advance. Many are required to get advising before registering, then they must do so well in advance of the start of the semester. Students decide if they can afford to be full or part time, then make job decisions accordingly.
Before financial aid decisions are made,
students sign up for a certain number of class hours, and the result is posted in the university system.
Financial aid, however, does not consult the documented plan of the student and base disbursement decisions on this information. Rather, the system assumes a full course load and awards grants, scholarships and loans to cover the maximum possible expenditure of a full-time student. The most likely logic for this is to make certain that the full-time student has every centime available to get his or her semester rolling.
If a student has chosen not to attend full time and made the decision clear by registering for less-than-full-time hours, he or she is still issued the full-time funds, and when financial aid decides to do its homework after the fact, it discovers that it has fully funded a part-time student and snaps the money back again.
Financial Aid Office notifies the Bursar’s office of the award amount, and the Bursar withholds owed tuition and fees and only disburses the remaining amount to the student. When a pupil gets that lovely, life-saving check, he or she can reasonably assume that tuition and fees are covered, and must budget the check received for a semester’s worth of books, rent, ramen soup, etc.
Regretfully, the financial aid process is
slower than most students are, and the Bursar’s office is less than diligent about skimming off the university’s percentage before sending the leftovers to the eager student.
Standing in line at the start of a semester at the Bursar’s office, or sitting with a “now serving” number slip in hand at the Financial Aid office, reveals that this flawed concept frustrates the best plans of the most-prepared and forward-thinking student.
Nontraditional students often have much more experience in the private sector than in academia and other government bureaucracies. For many, it’s quite a culture shock to see how lenient university administration is toward mediocre, and worse, performance.
One of the most important lessons a student can get at a university is the collateral education of example, poor and good. Before launching into the private sector, be certain to know that this management style is only effective in the specialized bubble of academia.
And if you want a career where incompetence is not grounds for dismissal, steer clear of the private sector and get a cushy position in an institution of higher education.
— Cliff Hale is a film junior and a copy editor for The Shorthorn
Heaps of HypocrisyStudents must be diligent and forward-thinking to succeed, but the
favor isn’t always returned
CLIFF HALE
Students who applied for on-campus housing ran into problems this semes-ter — there wasn’t enough to go around. University Housing should be more or-ganized and accountable for its mistakes.
More than 4,000 students live in campus residence halls or apartments. With enrollment increasing, housing will remain an issue.
The reported waiting list numbers weren’t concise — some students took apartments off-campus and didn’t in-form housing so the list was incorrect, said Matthew Hendricks, Housing Op-erations assistant director.
He said the list now comprises fewer than 100 students, and housing is still available at Centennial Court and John-son Creek apartments.
Hendricks said his department “will continue to monitor demand for hous-ing and make decisions about building more housing based on the number of
students inter-ested in living on campus.”
Some stu-dents felt the department gave them the run-around. At ori-entation in July, one freshman, who asked not to be named, was told by a receptionist that no wait list ex-isted at all.
She was given a letter that said to show up on
the first day of classes to attempt to grab a dorm room from no-show stu-dents on a first-come first-serve basis. This seems like a chaotic situation — show up, wait around and get assigned to a room if someone doesn’t show up.
She settled for an off-campus apart-ment, living alone, which is more expensive. She said she feels less safe than she would on campus. But at least she found a definitive solution instead of just showing up the first day and hoping she got a spot.
Some students who decided to stay at home and commute are suffering from gas prices, and the inconvenience of a commute.
Confusion like this could have been avoided if housing communicated with students more efficiently.
The lack of communication creates a negative experience for incoming freshmen and other students living on campus. Accountability for mistakes made will give the University Housing more credibility when trying to diffuse the situation.
Better communication and more proactive measures in anticipation of such a scenario will make the back-to-school transition much easier.
— The Shorthorn editorial board
EDITORIALROUNDUPThe issue: Students on wait-ing lists weren’t in-formed of housing availability and had to find other places to live.We suggest:University Housing should commu-nicate better with students to prevent confusion in the future.
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EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW
Developing a Better Image
Plans for new businesses around campus provide students with more choices
This may be one of the most democratic elections in our nation’s history in terms
of voter registration and participation. Espe-cially significant, the election will depend on
the vote of our emerging Millennial generation.
With the importance of the youth vote in this race, we must make an in-formed decision, take each candidate’s proposals seri-ously and uphold our duty as citizens to elect the per-son who will lead us for the next four years.
The first day of early voting on campus and a week before the election,
UTA students will debate at noon on Oct. 27 at the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom to present the two major candidates — Barack Obama and John McCain — positions on the issues.
The Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society will coordinate the debate with the participants being the University Democrats
and the College Republicans. Since planning the debate, one participant, the College Re-publicans, dissolved and a new organization, the Young Conservatives of Texas at UTA, took its place.
The YCT are not the College Republicans. In fact, they disassociate themselves from the Republican Party as much as they can. Al-though CR worked with an organization aim-ing to register only Republican voters, YCT actually claims to be non-partisan. In meet-ings, they reject the GOP elephant because they say it does not represent them, they are not Republican. Torches are their symbol.
The question is — why don’t they want to present themselves as Republicans? It would seem that if the members identified their political philosophies as conservative, they would represent the Republican brand and party on campus. Instead, they choose to re-ject the Republican image and hoist the YCT banner.
What reputation does YCT chapters hold on Texas campuses? While autonomous, they are best known for their “Affirmative Action Bake Sales,” “Catch an Illegal Immigrant”
days and wedding ceremonies with animals to represent gay unions.
In a debate, goals should be to maintain objectivity, balance and have both sides rep-resented equally. With this situation, we are having a debate between the Democratic or-ganization and a non-partisan student group. No side in the debate is willing to present the Republican platform or John McCain’s pro-posed policies.
The purpose of the student debate is not an excuse for arguing or for people to give their personal opinion. It is to help student voters make a decision that affects our country and hear from fellow students the issues and rea-sons why one candidate should be trusted to lead this nation.
The YCT does not want to associate them-selves with the Republican Party or its can-didate.
Are they ashamed of their candidate? Or his positions? Or both?
— Gabriel Rivas is an architecture junior and the University Democrats president.
Two Sides to Every StoryStudents should be presented with both parties’ positions during the debate
The university will partner with the city to expand the edges of the campus to give the area a “college town” makeover with more restaurants, nightlife and shops.
When accomplishing this goal, the uni-versity should remember our students’ di-versity and ensure the additions will benefit everyone.
Developing more restaurants and night-life would increase pedestrian traffic, offer-ing more options like coffee shops or pubs, Communications Vice President Jerry Lewis said.
President Spaniolo also wants to bring a supermarket closer to campus, Lewis said.
Lewis said private developers see more growth opportunities with students spend-ing more time on campus at night and on weekends. He said opening the new Levitt Pa-vilion last weekend showed a mix of university and com-munity residents. Where many people walked to the event.
The university is gravitating toward a more traditional university, losing the commuter school image. New businesses on the campus’ outskirts will provide more choices for students on campus over nights and weekends, or those who don’t have cars to drive wherever they want to go.
Our high numbers of international stu-dents, including many who don’t own cars, would benefit from more options within walking distance.
Non-traditional students, older students and those with families may benefit if there are more job opportunities closer to campus.
Lewis said the majority of the land being considered is along Abram and Division streets, where many small parcels of land are available to private developers.
He also said the changes will happen sooner rather than later.
“In the next three to five years, expect to see some pretty dramatic changes,” he said.
This venture will benefit those connected with the university and the residents living in the surrounding community, giving ev-eryone more options for entertainment and restaurants within walking distance.
The university and the city are taking the right step in developing a college town envi-ronment. It will offer more jobs and options for students and the community and provide a different image for a city that has been considered the midpoint between Dallas and Fort Worth. This endeavor will benefit all students, faculty and staff with more options for activity and job opportunities.
— The Shorthorn editorial board
EDITORIALROUNDUPThe issue: President James Spaniolo and Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck want to integrate the university and the city into more of a “college town.”We suggest:These efforts should preserve the interests of all students, traditional and nontraditional, to benefit everyone.
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Shouldering the BlamePlacing guilt on victims does nothing to solve the problem
In The Shorthorn’s Oct. 2 article about the increase in crime on campus, Assistant Police Chief
Rick Gomez was interviewed about the rise of sexual offenses on cam-pus.
While addressing the issue of date rape, he said, “Women need to be smarter about who they date and be care-ful about what they drink, so that they’ll have their senses about them so things like that won’t
happen.” He goes on to say, “But as far as women just walking out around campus and being raped by a stranger — that’s not happening.”
In other words, if women were more discriminating and didn’t drink so much, “things like that won’t happen.”
Women need to be prepared to protect themselves if a man tries to rape or assault them (whether they know the man or not), but the logic of Gomez’s statement is not the logic of “just in case” but the logic of causality: if they “have their senses about them,” are s m a r t e r and behave
themselves, then they won’t be as-saulted.
After all, they’re not assaulted when doing something innocent, like walking across campus, he notes. It’s true that most sexual assault and rape is perpetrated by someone the victim knows, but that doesn’t indicate that the victim made a bad decision in getting to know that person (rapists don’t wear signs) or that the victim invited the assault. Instead, it indicates something about the sexual offender.
This blame-the-victim mental-ity is not new. It surfaces repeatedly in our culture. It says that child molesters can accuse 5-year-olds of seducing them and be believed - women who wear miniskirts or Victoria’s Secret under-wear are “asking for it,” not saying “no” is the same as saying “yes” or, worse, that saying “no” but not force-
fully enough, is equivalent
to a “yes.” After all,
“her lips
say ‘no,’ but her eyes say ‘yes.’ ”Ultimately, despite many of its
proponents’ claims to the contrary, this mentality provides no real help for women. I have little doubt that Gomez was trying to do his job — protecting UTA students, both male and female.
However, telling women that the
responsibility for their victimiza-tion belongs to them does no
more than exac-erbate the guilt and
shame women who are sexual assault victims already feel. It does not
prevent men who are willing to
sexually assault their acquain-
tances from doing so.
Instead of insist-ing that w o m e n p r o t e c t t h e m -
selves by developing the ability to pick out date rapists from a crowd and being perfectly and constantly vigilant against all men, women would be better served, in the short term, by increased availability of self-defense training. Instead of a passive defense of avoidance and the mere hope that they are not attacked, they will have at their disposal a method of active defense that will be able to deter an attacker (at least until help arrives).
In the long term, women will be helped by a shift in cultural at-titudes that eliminates the sense that some women are just “asking for it” and place the blame where it truly belongs.
— Christy Tidwell is an English Department graduate teaching
assistant.
CHRISTY TIDWELL
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said, “Women need to be smarter about who they date and be care-ful about what they drink, so that they’ll have their senses about them so things like that won’t
happen.” He goes on to say, “But as far as women just walking out around campus and being raped by a stranger — that’s not happening.”
In other words, if women were more discriminating and didn’t drink so much, “things like that won’t happen.”
Women need to be prepared to protect themselves if a man tries to rape or assault them (whether they know the man or not), but the logic of Gomez’s statement is not the logic of “just in case” but the logic of causality: if they “have their senses about them,” are
that doesn’t indicate that the victim made a bad decision in getting to know that person (rapists don’t wear signs) or that the victim invited the assault. Instead, it indicates something about the sexual offender.
This blame-the-victim mental-ity is not new. It surfaces repeatedly in our culture. It says that child molesters can accuse 5-year-olds of seducing them and be believed - women who wear miniskirts or Victoria’s Secret under-wear are “asking for it,” not saying “no” is the same as saying “yes” or, worse, that saying “no” but not force-
fully enough, is equivalent
to a “yes.” After all,
“her lips
However, telling women that the
responsibility for their victimiza-tion belongs to them does no
more than exac-erbate the guilt and
shame women who are sexual assault victims already feel. It does not
prevent men who are willing to
sexually assault their acquain-
tances from doing so.
Instead of insist-ing that w o m e n p r o t e c t t h e m -
the mere hope that they are not attacked, they will have at their disposal a method of active defense that will be able to deter an attacker (at least until help arrives).
In the long term, women will be helped by a shift in cultural at-titudes that eliminates the sense that some women are just “asking for it” and place the blame where it truly belongs.
— Christy Tidwell is an English Department graduate teaching
assistant.
CHRISTY TIDWELL
The Shorthorn: Eduardo Villagrana
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No32%
Yes68%
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qualify for the Pell Grant because there is no specific income cut-off to determine eligibility. Instead, the grant uses a formula to de-termine how much a family is expected to contribute to educa-tion costs.
The decision to increase the income level requirement came after several weeks’ delibera-tion between President James Spaniolo and Provost Don-ald Bobbitt on the program’s feasibility, Communications
vice president Jerry Lewis said.“We want to do our share to
make higher education more affordable and accessible for a greater number of people in this region,” Spaniolo said in a press re-lease. “We hope more students will be encour-aged to pursue their dreams at UT-Arlington be-cause of the Maverick Promise.”
Arriving at the final number for the income cap wasn’t sim-ple, Krause said. University of-
ficials had to balance allowing more students into the program
with the higher cost to the uni-versity.
“We wanted to go as high as we could af-ford,” she said.
The package is one of three university aid programs in the state offer-
ing free tuition to students.
Jason [email protected]
Promisecontinued from page 1
night at Lone Star Audito-rium.
“You get the sense of how we remain apart,” he said, “so much anxiety about Ameri-can identity.”
Williams challenged the audience to pay attention, or else they might miss “this amazing transition.”
“Close to 90 percent think the country is heading in the wrong direction,” he said about a recent poll.
He said the democrati-cally controlled Congress and President Bush’s approval ratings, which hover close to Hoover’s during the Great Depression, have never been so low. He also said not to wait on politicians, as much as they boast, to usher in the change.
“If you wait for the politi-cians to change things, you’re going to be disappointed,” he said. “You have to get in the ring yourself and make the case.”
Before the speech, Presi-dent James Spaniolo de-scribed Williams as a true maverick and someone un-afraid to speak against the
status quo.Williams voice sticks out
and provides “perspective and context” and that’s what is missing form the political commentary, Spaniolo said.
Williams, who has a commentary on both FOX News and National Public Radio, said he believed the audience consisted mainly of members who watched him.
“I don’t understand why it’s never both,” he asked about his fans preference to watching FOX or NPR.
Williams asked the audi-ence if they understood the power they have to promote change.
“You have the ability to truly put America on the right course,” he said.
Electrical engineering freshman Jasmine Pankratz said she thought the lecture did exactly as the title stat-ed, “break down barriers.”
“Now is a time that I can really get involved and make change happen,” she said. “He talked about stuff I haven’t really thought of and put it in perspective.”
Mark [email protected]
Williamscontinued from page 1
ety of professional schools such as SMU Law School, Baylor College of Medicine and UT Southwestern Allied Health.”
Johnson said students find it easier to continue to graduate school without stopping so they don’t lose study habits.
“There is certainly value to work-ing a couple of years and then going to graduate school, but then you have to make some sacrifices,” Johnson said. “Sometimes those sacrifices are more challenging when you have lived a dif-ferent lifestyle. You are used to making more money and going back to living like a student again may not always be
desirable.”Timothy Caldwell, Graduate Student
Senate vice president and marketing research graduate student, will par-ticipate in the round table discussion. Caldwell worked for two years so he could gain experience and then attended grad school because he wasn’t happy with his job.
Johnson said the fair will also give perspective for new graduate students.
“Since these grads have only been here for 6 weeks, they still have a lot to learn, and it might be beneficial to attend ... to see if they are overlooking any source of funding that’s out there,” she said.
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Q&a with Juan williaMsHow do you feel about current campaign tactics of both parties?
Historically it’s a mole hill. I think it has its roots in the kind of tactics that we saw back in 2004, with the swift boating of John Kerry. Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a civil rights hero and a black man, made an incredible statement about McCain and Palin running a campaign that reminded him of George Wallace — which is just so over the top. At Palin-McCain rallies, some of them have become so frenzied that people yell things like ‘cut off his head,’ ‘kill him’ and stuff like that. So the question is: at what point is a candidate responsible? The fact is that I don’t think this campaign has been nearly as dirty as I thought it would be.
What about the allegations against Barack Obama and his association with Bill Ayers, even though you said it’s a relatively cleaner campaign from McCain?
When media groups have studied the advertising and fact checked the allegations that each makes against the other, they found that Obama has been more negative than McCain in terms of the ads. Obama has run a lot of ads that talk about Mccain as an erratic person. So that to me is pretty underhanded stuff, but it’s not dirty.
And the “terrorist” allegations against Barack Obama?They can make the case that Obama knew Bill
Ayers of the Weather Underground. There are legitimate lines of connection to be made between Ayers and Obama, but I don’t think ... Obama shares any of Ayers’ values. I don’t think anybody would say that Obama has ever demonstrated any interest in attacking American institutions. I think that’s an unbelievable stretch.
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UTA alumnus Evan Page practices
his guitar Tuesday night in the
University Center Red River Room.
Page is part of Trae Castles
Band and has recorded an
album, Giving Up.
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