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Celebrating black historyBY JOAN KHALAF

The Shorthorn senior staff

Alaina Cardwell said she couldn’t hear herself speak Saturday.

The undeclared freshman’s new Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters chant-ed, screamed and jumped at the bottom of the center bridge, waiting for Cardwell to join them. High-pitched yells echoed off the walls as a sea of students in red waved signs cheering on new members. W h e n it was her turn, Cardwell ran to-ward her future.

She’s been waiting several months for this day.

Cardwell was one of 68 students to declare which Panhellenic Council sorority they were pledging Saturday at Bid Day. Potential sorority members went to Preference Night on Friday and filled out a form with up to two sororities they would accept bids from. Sororities then give bids, or invitations to join a Greek organization, the next morning.

The day allows new members to an-nounce to the Greek community who they want to be a part of, said Julie Murphy, Greek Life and University

Sororities welcome new members

GREEK LIFE

Over 60 girls declare what sorority they were pledging to during Bid Day on Saturday.

BY DUSTIN L. DANGLIThe Shorthorn news editor

EXCEL Campus Activities kicked off this semester’s run of Movies Without Borders on Monday night with a screening of Precious.

Movies Without Borders, a pro-gram starting it’s fourth semester, is a series of films aimed in contrast to EXCEL’s Friday Night Movie series, which showcases blockbuster films.

John Hillas, Student Activities assistant director, said Movies With-out Borders shows independent films or movies shown at theaters

like the Angelika Film Center.“My hope is that students who

normally wouldn’t watch one, will, and get a taste of something differ-ent,” he said.

Precious follows the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, who grows up illiterate and in a broken home where she is raped by her father and abused by her mother. With the guidance of a teacher and other mentors, Precious attempts to make a better life for herself.

Theater arts freshman Stacia Gulley attended the showing. She said she saw a flier for the screening in the University Center that caught her attention, but the topics covered in the film drew her in.

“I’ve heard that there’s a lot of

emotion to it and I like movies that get me emotional,” she said.

Jasmine Brown, Movies Without Borders committee member, said she saw Precious and really pushed to have it shown.

“It shows the amount of abuse she goes through and how important

Movies Without Borders kicks offSTUDENT LIFE

Program begins it’s fourth semester of showing “eclectic” movies with the film Precious.

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BY JOAN KHALAFThe Shorthorn senior staff

The story of black history has al-ways been told inaccurately — that they couldn’t hold their own, alumnus Rob Abram said.

“But it was far from it,” he said. “We had an upper class, a middle class and a lower class. We were solid and totally self-sufficient.”

Some of the works of Abram’s grand-father, Calvin Littlejohn, were displayed Monday night in the University Center Carlisle Suite for a Night at the Gallery, the first event celebrating Black His-tory Month at UTA. Littlejohn’s photos of key moments in black history were displayed on easels around the dimly lit room.

The photos are part of a larger collec-tion available at the Doph Briscoe Cen-ter for American History at UT-Austin. Abram travels showing the images that documented moments in black history, including the segregation period, Mar-

UPCOMING BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS

A Crystal Stair: “Journey Through Oppression”When: 6:30 p.m., Feb. 4Where: UC Bluebonnet Ballroom

A Place at the Table for Minority Students at Traditionally White InstitutionsWhen: noon, Feb. 12Where: Central Library sixth floor

The African-American Experience PanelWhen: noon, Feb. 17Where: UC Concho Room

Empowering Our FutureWhen: 8 a.m.-noon, Feb. 20(deadline for volunteering sign-up: today)Where: University Hall

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Undeclared freshmen Alaina Cardwell talks to the other sorority sisters on the center bridge during the sorority’s Bid Day, which took place Saturday morning. Cardwell was one of 68 students to declare which Panhellenic Council sorority they were pledging Saturday at Bid Day.

NEXT SHOWINGS

Pan’s Labyrinth - March 1City of God - April 5

All films are shown at 7 p.m. in the Lone Star Auditorium for free.

The Shorthorn: Michael Minasi

Film freshman Felipe Monjaras, left, and visual communications freshman Camille Salazar wait for the EXCEL Campus Activities presentation of the movie Precious Monday night in the Lone Star Auditorium. The Golden Globe award-winning film, star-ring Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique, is the first in EXCEL’s Spring Movies Without Bor-ders. “I heard it was produced by Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey so I have a feeling it has a lot of hard drama but hopefully some light moments too,” Monjaras said.

Across the pondAndrea Silvers kicks off her Study Abroad blog with a trip to the golden arches.

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Perceptions Out of the classroom and into the gallery.

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UTA alumnus Ron Abram speaks about his grandfather’s photographs Monday during Night at the Gallery in the University Center Carlisle Suite. The photo-graphs that Abram displayed depict the life and culture of African-American communities in North Texas through five decades of social change.

The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley

Musician Matt Skates plays upright bass at the Night at the Gallery on Monday evening in the University Center Carlisle Suite.

Alumnus Ron Abram shows photos from the past, such as the segregation

period and famous fi gures.

GALLERY continues on page 3

BY ANDREA SILVERSThe Shorthorn staff

“Are you excited about school starting?” This is the third time I’ve heard that question in 30 minutes. I’m currently standing in a flat (they have flats here, not apartments) in one of London’s trendier districts called Brick Lane.

I picked London to study at for three main rea-sons. First, the program I ap-plied for with the American Institute for For-eign Study offers a three-month internship in my chosen field while I’m here, so I can get a chance to work in a foreign country. Second, there’s not a language barrier and since I’m currently enrolled in Spanish II, that was very appealing. Third, several of my friends have recently gotten jobs in London, so I already know people to hang out with.

I smile and give my standard an-swer about being really excited but mostly nervous — which is true — while trying to make eye contact with my friend Josh to alert him it’s time to go. It’s a little after 4 a.m., the ice in my rum and Coke has long since melted, leaving it unpalatable, my heels are killing my feet and my jet lag is threatening to render me useless.

Josh catches my eye and immedi-ately goes to collect two of our friends, Yuta and Eva who are visiting from Germany, from their position on the small patch of wood floor being used as a dance floor.

After we’ve made our way out of the party and hailed a cab, I collapse in the backseat exhausted. I’m just about to close my eyes and surely pass out when I see it just up ahead, lit in all its yellow and red glory — a McDonald’s.

“Oh my god, can you pull in there right now?” I say leaning forward toward the cabbie. The driver throws me back an odd stare and gingerly pulls the cab into the parking lot. “Through the drive-through?” I say as I start searching my pockets for pounds. To this the driver ut-ters something unintelligible through the security plastic separating us and stops the cab rather abruptly.

“There’s no way he’s going to take us through the drive though, he will probably wait though,” Josh said. Let’s

just go in.” Slightly dumbfounded I crawl out of the cab while he takes orders from Yuta and Eva and follows me inside.

Right when the doors open I’m greeted with a familiar smell. I rush up to the counter and the man stand-ing behind it has barely asked if he can take my order before I’m speak-ing.

“I want two hamburgers, a large order of fries an—“

“Miss, you need to order off the menu.” I blink a few times. I take a step back and try to orient myself. Did I have more to drink than I thought? Have I wandered into a Taco Bell or a Kentucky Fried Chicken without realizing it? Seeing the golden arches in front of me, I try again.

“I just want a couple of hamburg-

ers.”“We have a late-night menu, you

have to order from that,” he said pointing behind him at a small board that contains four items. A quarter-pounder meal, a six-piece nugget meal, a fish sandwich, and some sort of curry wrap I’ve never heard of before.

“Ok, I guess I’ll get the quarter-pounder meal but without cheese.” He turns to look back at the kitchen and then at the four or five other people standing scattered behind me looking at the menu (to which I want to inform they’re looking at the wrong one).

“Yeah, we have the ability to do that, but it’s busy so I’m not going to ask them to, so it’s going to come with cheese.”

“What the he—“ At this he turns and starts collecting the food as the cooks set it up on the shiny metal counter. I turn to Josh, utterly help-less. He shrugs.

“Welcome to London.”

London 11, Andrea 0

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Greek Life Recruitment: All Day. For information, contact Robert-Thomas Jones or Julie Murphy at 817-272-9234 or greeklife@uta.edu

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BUST-A-MOVEComputer science sophomore Jonathon Griffin begins to perform a breakdance technique called a “Halo.” Griffin has practiced breakdancing for about 5 to 6 years. “It’s really challenging and it keeps me in shape too,” he said.

Welcome to LondonAndrea Silvers travels to England to study abroad and blogs about her experiences at work and play.

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THE KEY PLAYERSPeople You Need To KnowJosh: American, my best friend, cur-rently working in LondonYuta: Japanese, living and working in Germany with his girlfriendEva: (pronounced Epha) German, in her last semester of college in Germany

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By Johnathan SilverThe Shorthorn senior staff

Students interested in getting a behind-the-scenes look at campus leadership can sign up for a chance to follow student leaders for an entire week.

During Shadow a Student Leader Week, up to two stu-dents will follow a student leader to their meetings, stay with them during office hours and be with them at general body meetings. Some student leaders that can be shadowed come from the Freshmen Leaders On Cam-pus, UTA Ambassadors and EXCEL Campus Activities. Registration began Monday and lasts until Wednesday, Feb. 10. All interested stu-dents may sign up. Students start shadowing Feb. 15. Loretta Pequeño-Griffin, Leadership Center assistant director, wanted to shift the traditional Bring Your Child to Work Day into something that could highlight student leader-ship.

“When you go to meetings, you don’t know the prepara-tion that went on prior to the meeting,” she said. “It’s a good idea to know about everything that takes place, when it comes to running an organization.”

Students have the whole week to attend at least two required meetings with their student leaders. This helps students understand the time commitment to lead-ership positions, Pequeño-Griffin said.

“It’s a lot of fun,” she said. “You learn about yourself, you make new friends and it’s learning a set of skills that

will assist students in future endeavors.”

Student Congress Presi-dent Kent Long signed up to be shadowed. In 2006, he shadowed the SC parlia-mentarian Holly Lortie. The experience exposed the com-mitment and structure that a student leader’s job entails, he said.

“It really led me to where I am today,” he said. “It gave me appreciation for that or-ganization right off the bat.”

Students shadowing Long will see him preside over SC meetings, participate in ex-ecutive board meetings and attend other meetings he’s committed to.

Long said that he doesn’t necessarily want future Kent Longs out of his shadows, but hopes they decide to par-ticipate in student govern-ment.

Freshmen Leaders on Campus President Jeff Ha-

z e l r i g s , an un-declared freshman, said he’s interested in shad-o w i n g a n o t h e r s t u d e n t l e a d e r . The newly sworn-in SC sena-tor said

the experience will help him as he advances to future lead-ership positions on campus.

“A lot of people on cam-pus, particularly freshmen, want to get involved but don’t know how or where to do it,” he said. “By shadow-ing a student leader, they’re going to know what it means to be a leader.”

At the end of the week, the center will host a recep-tion for participants to voice their experiences.

Johnathan Silvernews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Registration begins for ‘shadow’ week

Student organizationS

Participants can follow student leaders as they conduct business.

Events assistant director.“It’s a ceremonial event

for the current members,” she said.

Cardwell said she was relieved to be able to declare herself a sorority member.

“I’ve heard about Bid Day, but there’s nothing compared to seeing it,” Cardwell said. “It’s just so overwhelming. I don’t even know what I’m feeling at this moment.”

Undeclared freshman Jeff Hazelrigs said he came to support Cardwell, his friend.

“I came out to support her on her Bid Day and hopefully she’ll do the same for me,” Hazelrigs said.

After officially pledging, Cardwell and others who joined the sorority rode in the back of a truck to the so-rority house on Greek Row where new members received flowers and gifts.

From there, new members receive a big sister, or a men-tor throughout their pledging semester. For the next eight weeks, new members will spend time getting to know the organization better, said Alpha Chi Omega co-recruit-ment adviser Kara Shuror.

“I think people find some-thing they didn’t even know they were looking for,” she said.

Cardwell never imagined that she would be joining a sorority. She said after mov-ing around for most of her life because of her father’s jobs, she wanted friends that could

be there for a long time.“I only kept one or two

best friends my whole life,” she said. “I know that in join-ing a sorority, I can keep these friends no matter where I go.”

Cardwell is a Coordinated Admission Program student, or a student that spends their first year at UTA in hopes to transfer to UT-Austin. How-ever, she decided to stay at UTA because of the people she’s met.

“I’d rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond,” she said. “I don’t need UT or football to make me happy.”

Joan Khalafnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

greeK informationInterfraternity Council

orientation was Monday. Multicultural Greek Council orientation is Wednesday, and National Pan-Hellenic Council orientation is Thursday. Admis-sion is $5 for MGC and NPHC orientations.

Mandatory orientation con-sists of an explanation of poli-cies and each organization’s presentation.

This week represents the beginning, said Robert-Thomas Jones, Greek Life and Universi-ty Events program coordinator.

“This is your first dose of Greek Life,” he said. “It’s about starting your journey.”

For IFC, Rush Week contin-ues with social events and ends with Bid Day at noon Saturday on the center bridge, where potential members receive and accept invitations to join fraternities.

MGC’s showcase, where new members accept invita-tions to join, is April 22.

education is,” the psychology sophomore said.

Hillas said a committee made up of EXCEL mem-bers and other students se-lected this semester’s films. He stressed that Precious is the only American film being shown. He said the committee brainstormed and watched several film trailers to come to a deci-sion.

“We settled on the three that were most eclectic,” Hil-las said.

The other movies select-

ed for this semester are a Brazilian film City of God and Pan’s Labyrinth direct-ed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.

Each screening has no admission costs and pop-corn is free. Drinks and snacks will be sold through EXCEL.

In previous Movies With-out Borders screenings pa-trons were invited to a dis-cussion after the showing, but Hillas said there won’t be any panels or discussions this semester. He said the age of the films were a factor in the decision.

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tin Luther King, Jr. and other famous figures.

“This is my duty and my life’s work has been all about what my granddad did,” he said.

The event also included a live jazz band and spoken word, or poetry performance.

Academic adviser Rhonda Hudson said she came for spoken word.

“I like to see it if it’s done with passion,” she said. “I don’t even know why you would do it if you didn’t have passion.”

Theatre arts junior Eric Johnson was asked to per-form on a whim, but he hap-pened to have written some-thing before he came. He shared a story about his sis-ter’s abuse by his father and how he never wanted her to grow up thinking that it was OK.

“I want her to know that there is one man in this world that won’t lay a hand on her,” he recited to the audience.

“That’s me.”Alumnus Michael Guinn

asked everyone in the room to say a word, which he then made a poem out of. Words like “believe,” “momentum,” and “achievement” made it into his improvised poem.

“Spoken word is a way to share my innermost feelings in a creative way,” he said. “It speaks deeper from your soul.”

Black History Month chair Tim Johnson said he liked the event because it was differ-ent from other events — like pageants — held previously during the month’s celebra-tion. Although about 20 peo-ple attended, Johnson said he thought people still enjoyed themselves.

“There could have been more,” he said. “But I’m glad that the ones who came did.”

Eric Johnson said he want-ed to come to the event be-cause it’s important to focus on roots.

“You have to be true to who you are,” he said. “It’s a shame to proclaim a race and not even know where you came from.”

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Contact Leadership Cen-ter assistant director Lo-retta Pequeño-Griffin at 817-272-9220 or e-mail her at lgriffin@uta.edu.

Deadline – Wednesday, Feb. 10

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

The Alpha Chi Omega girls celebrate their new sisterhood with one another in front of their sorority house on Saturday afternoon.

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Left: Undeclared Freshman Alaina Cardwell runs to her new sorority sisters Saturday morning on the center bridge. Of the four sororities, Cardwell rushed Alpha Chi Omega.

Above: Undeclared freshmen Alaina Cardwell rides in the back of a pick-up truck with her new sorority sisters to their house Saturday afternoon. After the girls chose which sorority they wanted to join, they traveled to the sorority houses.

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Undeclared freshman Alaina Cardwell and biology freshman Robin Berkner, along with the other new sorority members, take group photos in front of the sorority house.

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

The girls of Alpha Chi Omega celebrate with the new members during the sororities’ Bid Day on Saturday. Although the weather was cold, the girls remained energetic throughout the day.

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Alpha Chi Omega sorority t-shirts for the spring 2010.

“I’ve heard about Bid Day, but there’s nothing compared to seeing it. It’s just so overwhelming. I don’t even know what I’m

feeling at this moment.”

alaina Cardwell,undeclared freshmen

Robert Hower, Art and Art His-tory chair, stands in a specific spot near the reception desk,

looking at another wall in The Gallery at UTA.

“This is the only place where you can see both sides,” he said.

Once standing in the chosen place, it becomes apparent. Six poles pierced through a thick wall — one of the many illusions in Hower’s exhibit.

The Art and Art History Department gives new faculty the chance to show off their work in the gal-lery, located across from the Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Fine Arts Building. It gives them a chance to show students what they’re proud of and where their talents lie.

Though Hower and Robert Grame, visual communication associate profes-sor, worked in the Art and Art History Department for five and three years respectively, it’s their turn to display pieces that make them proud. The Prime Perception exhibit is open until March 6.

Hower focuses on illusions of space with 3-D and lenticular, lens-shaped pieces. Grame displays a comprehen-sive look of graphic design.

“It’s a nice match up,” curator Benito Huerta said.

Hower explained his pieces in detail.“I usually work on several concepts

simultaneously,” Hower said. “In this exhibition, I have created site-specific temporary installations, digital prints,

lenticular lens presentations and video projections.”

His lenticular pieces, such as “Por-tal” and “Mantel Space,” plays with per-ception and depth.

“It’s like watching a 3-D movie,” Huerta said. “You don’t know if it is coming out or 2-D.”

The image visitors see is an inter-pretation of lines, Hower said. It’s not a static image.

One of his 3-D pieces, “Shield,” gives the illusion of poles going through a thick gallery wall, and an-other, “Pierce-Brace,” can be viewed in two ways, Hower said. It

can be perceived either in a positive light, like the wall is being held up and supported, or negatively reflected by the poles piercing through the wall.

“My 3-D work is carefully lit to, in effect, paint with light,” he said. “It enhances the materials that are used to create the work and suggests illusions due to the use of intensity, light and shadow.”

He said he wants to have students question the experience, spend some time evaluating the space and under-standing the meditative quality of each work.

“The exhibit concepts are conveyed through the use of form, light, space and the creation of optical illusions,” he said.

Grame has a very different collec-tion in the gallery. He has a background in graphic design and looks at core

components and the layout of those components.

“I use these building blocks to con-struct something meaningful,” he said.

Painting senior Francisco Moreno said he has gone to The Gallery at UTA receptions, like the one last Friday, since he has been at the university.

“I get to talk to the professor who you don’t always get to take or study under,” Moreno said.

He said he enjoyed Hower’s digital prints and Grame’s conceptual idea of visual design.

“Art is problem solving,” Moreno said. “Instead of solving a conceptual problem, he’s solving a practical one.”

Grame’s pieces include two works for clients, the Prairie Gateway Chapter

of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the College of Liberal Arts, and more experimental work, such as an animation piece.

“It has 13 different types of mod-ules,” Grame said. “13 colors. 13 spaces. It’s looping through that experience.”

He slightly modifies the animation piece weekly.

“The idea of visual arts are becom-ing more important,” Huerta said. “You look at technology, they have become more visual. Art is an older version of visual stimuli.”

Prime Perception runs until March 6. Though Hower already had his gal-lery talk, Grame’s will be Feb. 24.

“Art,” Moreno said. “It’s not some-thing that is so defined.”

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Each week, Scene gives Mavericks a platform to voice their thoughts, feelings and opinions.

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Jason WallaceAthletic training freshman

What’s your idea of the perfect super Bowl watch party?“Just me and a bunch of guy friends and a bunch of finger food.”

What movie are you excited about seeing?“Legion – went and saw that last week. It was a good storyline.”

Jacqueline LandrethEnglish junior

What’s your idea of the perfect super Bowl watch party?“All of my nerdy, snarky friends and I watching and making fun of the bizarre culture.”

What movie are you excited about seeing?“Alice in Wonderland. I’m a huge Tim Burton fan.”

Every week Scene picks a differ-ent student whom exemplifies a dedication to fashion or unique wardrobe choices.

Ben MuirSpeech communication junior

shirt: A red button-up of Arrow brand, fitted for taller, skinnier guys.Pants: Simple black, part of a suit borrowed from his father.Belt: Muir went for versatility with the belt. It’s reversible, with both a black and brown side.Tie: It features the color red with black diagonal lines, which is why Muir chose it, he said. “I like black and red a lot.”shoes: “Nothing special – pretty old actually.”Fashion philosophy: Being this dressed up isn’t the norm for Muir, he said. “I like to be com-fortable. Athletic gear usually.”estimated cost: $50-$100

PulseThursday’s Pulse is all about the big game, Super Bowl XLIV. Learn where to watch the game on and off campus, plus student tips on throwing the perfect watch party.

Top 101. “TiK ToK” – Ke$ha2. “Today Was A Fairytale” – Taylor Swift3. “Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga4. “Bed Rock” – Young Money featuring Lloyd5. “Baby” – Justin Bieber featur-ing Ludacris6. “Replay” – IYAZ7. “Sexy Chick” – David Guetta featuring Akon8. “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys9. “Hard” – Rihanna featuring Jeezy10. “Hey, Soul Sister” - Train

— Billboard.com

When and WhereWhen: Open now. Ends March 6Where: The Gallery at UTAPrice: Free The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Interior Design seniors erica Dugdale and Alejandro cardenas examine the new art being displayed in the Gallery at UTA Monday afternoon. The gallery features the art of Rob-ert Hower and Robert Grame and will be on display until March 6. Admission is free.

The Prime Perception exhibit allows guests to view the different works of two active designers.

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Top: robert Grame, visual communication associate professor, stands in front of his projected video, “Typographic Modu-larity,” in a joint show with Robert Hower, Art and Art History chair, named Prime Perception. Grame, whose work focuses on typography and design, will discuss his work Feb. 24 at 12:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. The show runs until March 6.

Bottom: robert Hower talks about his display at the reception Friday night in the Gallery at UTA. The exhibit will be up until March 6 and admission is free.

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DR. RUTH Q: I am a male and would like to know what type of STDs can be transmitted in either direction while performing oral sex on a female, and what precautions should be used, if any.

A: There are plenty of STDs that can be trans-ferred via oral sex. The likelihood of transmis-sion usually is less than through intercourse, but oral sex is not 100 percent safe. And since you are asking specifi cally about performing oral sex on a female, where condoms don’t apply and dental dams or plastic wrap are not all that effective, I would say the only true protection would be to have both you and this woman tested for all STDs, and then hope that she doesn’t cheat on you and catch something right after she takes the tests. Oral sex offers 100 percent protection against pregnancy, but it does not offer any such level of pro-tection against STDs.

Q: I have been losing my sex drive drastically. Just a few weeks ago, I wanted (and received) sex daily; now whenever my boyfriend gets that look, all I can think is, “I hope this is a quickie.” I still like touch-

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By Clint UtleyThe Shorthorn sports editor

Although the men’s basketball team has won two games in a row, head coach Scott Cross offered a piece of advice on his team’s recent success.

“Proud peacock today, feather duster tomorrow,” he said, refer-encing UT-Austin’s head basketball coach Rick Barnes. “You’re only as good as your last game.”

The Mavericks went down to San Marcos to face Texas State University on Saturday. They came back victori-ous. Four players scored in double figures to lead the Mavs over the Bobcats in an 82-78 victory.

UTA shot 72 percent from the free throw line compared to 57 per-cent from TSU. The Mavericks held the Bobcats to 35 percent shooting from the floor while shooting 45 percent as a team.

Senior guard Marquez Haynes paced UTA with 21 points and five assists while playing 34 minutes. The other three players with 10 or more points — all seniors — were guard Dwight Gentry, forward Tommy Moffitt and guard Brandon Long.

The win gave the Mavericks a 10-9 overall record with a 2-4 re-cord in the Southland Conference and evened the season series with the Bobcats. In the two teams’ first meeting this season at Texas Hall, TSU was victorious 64-60.

Cross said the shared offensive production is a positive.

“Any time we can take some pres-sure off of Marquez and B-Long, I think it’s going to help us out tre-

mendously,” he said.Moffitt registered his first points

since returning from injury last week against Houston Baptist University.

“I had to,” Moffitt said about get-ting on the stat sheet after not scor-ing a point against HBU. “That hurt. Zero for 6. Can’t play like that if you want to win.”

Haynes said the wins against HBU and TSU have increased the team morale after starting 1-4 in conference.

“Any time you can get two in a

row going and finally see some of the stuff we’ve been working on finally paying off, it definitely lifts the spirits of the team,” he said.

That payoff will be tested Wednesday night in Texas Hall when the Mavs host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Senior guard Kevin Palmer leads the Islanders with 20.3 points per game. Haynes said Palmer isn’t the only threat the Islanders possess.

“Rebounding is going to be the issue. They’re big, big on the perim-eter,” he said.

TAMCC is 11-9 this year with a 5-1 conference record. Palmer has scored in double figures in 41 straight games. Cross said Palmer resembles a player on the Mavericks’ roster.

“He’s another guy that has talent like Marquez,” he said. “We’re not going to hold him to a goose egg. We just got to make everything he does, tough.”

Clint Utleysports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Talk Mavericks triumph over Texas Statemen’s BasketBall

After losing to the Bobcats once, the Mavs overcome with an 82-78 win on the road.

Mavs grind out 71-59 win over Bobcatswomen’s BasketBall

Meghan Nelson continues to put double points on the board as the Mavs go 2-3 in conference play.

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Head coach Scott Cross runs through a play with freshman center Jordan Reves on Monday evening in the Physical Education Building. The team prepares for the upcoming game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Texas Hall.

By travis DetherageThe Shorthorn staff

Senior guard Meghan Nelson overcame foul trouble and scored 28 points to help the Mavericks grind out a victory against Texas State 71-59 Saturday afternoon at Texas Hall.

Nelson committed her third foul and had to be taken out with 13:43 left in the game. TSU was able to take advantage of that and overcame a five-point deficit to get within one.

Head coach Samantha Morrow had enough and put Nelson back into the game. Nelson started a 9-0 run by scoring four straight points

to give the Mavericks the largest lead of the game 60-50. TSU got within five with 1:10 left, but the Mavericks held on. After the game, Morrow talked about Nelson’s play.

“She just doesn’t need to foul,” Morrow said smiling. “She could have played 37 minutes instead of 29. Come on she could have got 30 points but we’ll take 28.”

Nelson had an explanation for her number of fouls.

“I tend to get overly aggressive so I tend to pick up cheap fouls here and there,” she said. “I just got to keep focus and keep telling myself don’t be greedy and take what they give you.”

Sluggish play by the Mavericks to start the game enabled the Bobcats to keep the game close throughout the first half. The Bobcats were only behind by one with 3:49 left in the first half, but the Mavericks closed

out the first half going on a 11-4 run. Morrow said her team played slop-pily to start the game.

“We can’t have that,” Morrow said. “We should have been ahead 8-0 to start the game.”

The Bobcats were able to get back into the game due to the Mavericks shooting just 31 percent from the floor in the second half as opposed to the 51.7 percent the Mavericks shot in the first half. Morrow said her team came out struggling in the second half.

“We struggled,” she said. “I let them get back into it. We had a nice little lead and we were thinking we were going to come back out there and shove it down their throat and we didn’t.”

Junior guard Tamara Simmons continues to be a force after scoring 14 points to help lead the offense when Nelson was on the bench.

Although Simmons picked up the slack, she said it’s easier to play when Nelson is on the court with her.

“It takes the stress off her or my-self because we know we can rely on each other,” Simmons said. “Its not just one person who has to get all the points and have to make every-thing happen. We can just rely on each other.”

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sports Quoteworthy

“We want to do everything we possibly can to make an experience of being at a rangers’ game memorable. We want to be absolutely obsessive and passionate about going to bed every night with the idea that we want to be better when we wake up. that means getting ideas from fans, media, players, elected officials, business partners. If there’s an idea that can make us better, we want to hear about it. We don’t think we have a monopoly on wisdom. We’ll embrace the opportunity to get better,”

prospective texas rangers owner Chuck greenberg on his philosophy and direction for the baseball club.

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Southland Conference announces Preseason All-Conference Softball Teams

Two UTA softball players, senior catcher Samantha Chumchal and senior outfielder Heather Fortenberry, were named to the 2010 Preseason Southland Conference team. The seniors were automatically selected as a result of making the 2009 All-Conference teams. Chumchal hit .327 with nine homeruns and 23 RBI last season. Fortenberry hit .303 with six homeruns and 20 RBI.

Uta sports CalenDar

Men’s Basketball7 p.m. Wednesday at Texas Hall against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Dollar Hot Dog night)

7 p.m. Saturday at Texas Hall against Northwestern State

Women’s Basketball7 p.m. Wednesday at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

2 p.m. Saturday at Northwestern State

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3Men’s basketball rank in scoring offense in Southland Conference

10Men’s basketball rank in scoring

defense in Southland Conference

“Proud peacock today, feather duster tomorrow. You’re only as good as your last game.”Scott Cross, men’s basketball head coach

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