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BY J.C. DERRICKThe Shorthorn senior staff

Provost Donald Bobbitt said myriad changes could be in store as the university attempts to reach the Texas Higher Education Co-

ordinating Board’s standard for classroom efficiency beginning this fall.

Among the immediate chang-es, classes that meet only on Mon-day and Wednesday will be elimi-nated.

“The university is growing and I can’t predict all the ways in which using our classrooms more efficiently will permeate the uni-

versity,” Bobbitt said. According to the Board’s re-

port, UTA currently has an overall weighted score of 134 and needs

to reach 150 before being deemed acceptable. The Board examines two primary metrics, including the number of hours a classroom is in use and the number of seats used by students during class.

UTA’s classrooms are in use 67 percent of the time. Bobbitt said this is because of departmental

University to eliminate most Monday/Wednesday classes

ADMINISTRATION

Provost Bobbit says exemptions include labs and studio courses.

BY JOHN HARDENThe Shorthorn senior staff

The engineering dean informed stu-dents on the state of the college during a forum Monday after news of another round of campus-wide budget cuts were announced last week.

Engineering Dean Bill Carroll said he wanted to make sure students in the College of Engineering were well-informed of the current situation and of what they can ex-pect in the coming months.

“I want to make sure you all have the right information,” he said to students. “I hate to talk to you about this, but I think you need to know what’s hap-pening in the college right now.”

Two weeks ago, the college was told to cut $45,000, or 5 percent, from its maintenance and operations budget, which includes office supplies and travel.

“It doesn’t seem like a lot but it’s a further limitation on what we can spend,” he said. “Budget cuts are a con-

Dean talks to students about cuts

ENGINEERING

“The cuts don’t seem like a lot, but it’s a further limitation on what we can spend,” dean says.

BY VIDWAN RAGHAVANThe Shorthorn staff

Jeanie Mills rolled her chair back from her desk without looking away from her computer.

She reached over to throw away a banana peel, only to realize there was no trash can.

The special assistant to the educa-tion and health professions dean said she’s used to having a trash can and its recent removal was inconvenient.

Her wastebasket was removed as a part of an initiative by Facilities Man-agement and the Sustainability Office.

Don Lange, Auxiliary Operations and Logistics director, said the goal is to reduce waste on campus and baskets should be removed by the end of the month.

“It’s about people seeing what they’re throwing away,” he said. “People might decide to bring a Tupperware or reus-able cup rather than use a disposable one.”

Mills said the initiative might have

Faculty, staff feel effects of trash can reductions

SUSTAINABILITY

The university removes trash cans from buildings to help reduce wastes and promote recycling.Dressing for the job

ONLINEWhat do you think about eliminating most Monday/Wednesday classes? Tell us what you think online at theshorthorn.com

The Shorthorn: Daniel Molina

Marketing senior Kara Jenkins has been the owner of Ella Bella since February, but has worked there as a manger since October 2007. Jenkins comes from a family of entrepreneurs, and says she has always wanted to be her own boss.

STUDENT LIFE

BY CHRIS BATESThe Shorthorn staff

One year shy of graduating, a marketing senior at UTA is already working her dream job.

As owner of Ella Bella, a children’s boutique in Arlington, 21-year-old Kara Jenkins went from being store manager to owner in a two-year span.

“I always wanted to be an entrepreneur and own my own business,” she said. “I won’t have to look for a job outside of college now.”

Jenkins said she wanted to become the owner for job secu-rity and lack of a boss.

On Friday, with a ribbon cutting ceremony inside her store, she celebrated her Feb. 1 ownership. Family, friends, staff and District 4 Councilwoman Kathryn Wilemon attended the event.

Jenkins said it’s hard to balance going to school and own-ing her own business.

“I have to study late at night to keep up with schoolwork,” she said.


Ella Bella Children’s Boutique special-izes in providing designer clothes for children. Brands sold at the store in-clude Little Mass and Ralph Lauren.

ABOUT ELLA BELLAHours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, and Sunday by appointmentCost: Clothes range from $50 to $100.Contact: 817-483-4222

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BY EDNA HORTONThe Shorthorn staff

There are more of Henrietta Lacks’ cells living around the world than were

ever in her body while she was alive.The Immortal Life of Henrietta

Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is the nonfic-tion story of a black woman who died in 1951, but whose cells have been used for research around the world without her family’s consent.

Lacks’ cells were different from regular cells because when they were

grown in a laboratory, they grew rap-idly. Scientists did not know the reason for this and they still can’t explain why, 60 years later, they are still replicating.

The book is the OneBook selection for the 2011-2012 academic year. The OneBook program highlights a book that is taught in all English 1301 class-es. The program also aims to continue

the discussion university-wide beyond that course.

Dawn Remmers, University Col-lege executive director, said she nomi-nated the book for selection to the OneBook committee.

“I was interested in finding a book

‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ named next OneBookONEBOOK

The 2011-2012 OneBook discusses issues of medical consent and race in the 1950s.

ABOUT THE BOOKTitle: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Author: Rebecca Skloot

Student buys a boutique and lives her dream

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SUNDAY

Disturbance At 8:31 p.m., a Forest Glen apartment resident reported a male and female were arguing and causing a disturbance at 412 S. Cooper St. An officer made contact and determined that no criminal offense was made.

DisturbanceTwo students were issued campus cita-tions for causing a loud noise distur-bance at 2:20 a.m. at Centennial Court apartments, 819 Bering Drive.

SATURDAY

Disturbance Officers were dispatched at 1:25 a.m. to Centennial Court apartments, 702 Mitchell St., for a possible disturbance. Five females were identified as causing the disturbance.

DisturbanceA loud noise disturbance was reported at 1:25 a.m. at Arbor Oaks apartments, 1008 Greek Row Drive. The officer was unable to hear excessive noise.

Injured Person Medical Assist At 3 p.m., a pregnant female was nause-ated and an officer was dispatched to Pickard Hall, 411 S. Nedderman Drive.

InvestigationA resident assistant reported smelling marijuana at 11:36 a.m. at Arbor Oaks apartments, 1002 Fourth St. The officer did not find anything in the residence.

Simple AssaultA student reported being assaulted by another student at 5:15 a.m. at the Maple Square apartments, 400 S. Oak St. The officer did not make any arrests.

Criminal Mischief VandalismAt 5:29 a.m., officers investigated a report of graffiti on the retaining wall between Preston Hall, 604 W. Second St., and the Chemistry Research Build-ing, 501 W. Third St.

Noise DisturbanceOfficers investigated a loud noise re-ported at 12:22 a.m. at Timber Brook apartments, 408 Kerby St. The two students were asked to keep the noise level down.

SHAC Fun in the Sun Health Fair: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Center mall, Bluebonnet Ballroom and Palo Duro Lounge, and Central Library mall. For information, contact Donielle Smith at [email protected] or 817-272-2771.

Official Maverick Ring Sales: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. UC. For information, contact Zack Kulesz at [email protected] or 817-272-5126.

Women’s Tennis vs. Xavier: 11 a.m. UTA Tennis Center. Free. For informa-tion, contact Kristyna Mancias at 817-

272-2213.

Men’s Tennis vs. Xavier: 2 p.m. UTA Tennis Center. Free. For information, contact Kristyna Mancias at 817-272-2213.

Violent Universe: 6 p.m. Planetarium. $6 for adults, $4 for children. For in-formation, contact the Planetarium at [email protected] or 817-272-1183.

Music Honors Recital: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Irons Recital Hall. Free. For informa-tion, contact the Department of Music at [email protected] or 817-272-3471.

Exposure: Photos from the Second Battle of Fallujah: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Erin O’Malley at

[email protected].

What You Wish the World Could Be: The Early Years of Six Flags Over Texas: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For informa-tion, contact Erin O’Malley at [email protected].

Combat Narratives: Stories and Ar-tifacts from UTA Veterans: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Erin O’Malley at [email protected].

Art Exhibition in The Gallery: “Se-drick Huckaby & Barbra Riley”: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Gallery. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at [email protected] or 817-272-5658.

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The Maverick Bike Shop is holding an open house for the university community from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.

Interdisciplinary studies senior Eleonor Hernandez said the open house is a chance for the community to see the bike shop.

“I’ve had a lot of cases of people not knowing where it is or even that there is a bike shop on campus,” the bike mechanic said. “It’s also a chance for students to meet other bicyclists.”

The shop will help fit riders’ body type and riding style to assist in choosing the right bicycle, in addition to free tune ups.

“Tubes and tires seem to be the biggest problems,” Hernandez said.

The shop doesn’t charge for labor or tune ups, just for the parts replaced.

Hernandez said they will also show visi-tors how to use gears correctly to make the best use of their bikes.

The shop opened on Jan. 31 and is lo-cated at the corner of UTA Boulevard and S. Cooper Street in Cooper Chase apart-ments number 109.

— Vidwan Raghavan

The deadline for six Department of Ki-nesiology scholarships is Friday.

The scholarships are open to any kine-siology undergraduate with a minimum 2.75 grade-point average.

The scholarships range from $250 to $500, said Cindy Trowbridge, kinesiology associate professor and clinical education coordinator.

“All of the awards are meant to recog-nize outstanding kinesiology students,” she said.

The scholarships are the R.A. “Bobby” Lane Scholarship, the Mary Lou D’Esposito Achievement Award, the Judd Ramsey Me-morial Scholarship, the Hugh and Anne Sim-mons Scholarship, the Eugene W. Anderson Memorial Scholarship and the Ben Hogan Institute Scholarship. All the scholarships are named after former faculty members and are geared toward students interested in physical education and athletic training.

More information for these scholarships can be found online at http://www.uta.edu/coehp/scholarships/

— Chris Bates

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Opinions expressed in The Shorthorn are not necessarily those of the university administration.

By Bianca MontesThe Shorthorn staff

Invisible Children was at the University Center’s Rosebud The-atre Monday night asking for stu-dents’ help.

The Baptist Student Ministry hosted a screening of Tony, a film by Invisible Children document-ing three young filmmakers from Southern California who went to Africa in 2003 in search of a story and found a state terrorized by reb-els engaged in an armed rebellion against Ugandan government.

Invisible Children, a non-profit organization out of Southern Cali-fornia, came to campus to ask stu-dents for their help with efforts to end the invisible war in Africa. The rebels use children for their religious and political agenda by forcing them to kill others and use weapons.

In the documentary, the film-makers met children called ‘night commuters’ who were sent to the city at night to sleep in order to hide from the rebels so they wouldn’t be abducted. One child in particular stood out, Tony Bazilo.

“I told them not to forget about us because too many journalists have in the past,” Bazilo said to the crowd of 75 attendees.

Attendees participated in a Q-and-A session with Bazilo, a former night commuter.

Students asked Bazilo if he was immune to the effects of war, what he plans to do with his future and if he was able to watch the docu-mentary.

“It’s so hard for me to watch it,” he said. “It’s so hard because I lost my mom – so I don’t watch it.”

English freshman Nicolette Ric-ciuti said what she saw in the film was not what she expected.

“I cannot say that I enjoyed it,” Ricciuti said of the documentary. “How can you enjoy something like that?”

The organization has witnessed the end of the longest running war in Uganda, but told students their job is not done.

“It is so important that we reach college-age students because we are counting on this generation,” In-visible Children roadie Kateland Gough said.

Film freshman Nate Kantor said he came to the screening because of his background in film. He said in high school, a lot of his friends were involved with Invisible Chil-

dren and he used to think he was knowledgeable about their mission.

“I knew there was stuff going on in Africa,” Kantor said. “I just didn’t realize what Invisible Children was doing to stop it.”

The organization set up a schol-arship program for Ugandan chil-dren to get an education and be-come self-sustainable.

They are currently focusing on a three-part protection plan to as-sist in The Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan.

“A lot of people in the Congo do not understand what is going on,” Gough said.

Gough said citizens don’t know what is going on because they lack channels of communication.

“Invisible Children is a call for action,” Gough said. “If Invisible Children is what moves you, get in-volved. But if it’s not and you know about another issue in the world that drives you and moves you to take action, then do that. Think outside of yourself.”

For more information on the Speak Out, Without Speaking cam-paigns visit www.invisiblechildren.com/25.

Bianca [email protected]

Film campaigns for student support

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Don’t forget about us, the film’s subject, Tony Bazilo, said to crowd of 75.

when and whereWhat: Free bicy-cle tuneups and bike advice When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Today Where: Cooper Chase Apt# 109, next to Nanofab centerCost: Tune up, free. Tubes $5, tires $10 and brakes are $1 each.Contact: [email protected]

The Shorthorn: Daniel Douglas

Invisible Children roadie Kateland Gough, left, holds a question-and-answer session with Tony Bazilo on Monday night at the Univer-sity Center Rosebud Theatre. The film Tony focuses on Bazilo’s experiences living in Uganda and the struggles of child soldiers.

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By Joel CooleyThe Shorthorn staff

Kevin Jacobs, philosophy and art senior, visited the art display in University College last Monday to discover that his artwork had been dam-aged by a volunteer’s mis-take.

At the beginning of the semester, Jacobs was asked by his professor to enter some of his artwork in the gallery.

The piece of art he en-tered was a paper collage on top of acrylic paint on a wooden panel titled “Space Mountain.”

After having his art on display for a couple of weeks, Jacobs visited the display and noticed that some of the pieces had stick-ers on the framework dis-playing his name and title of the piece.

Upon noticing the sticker on his artwork, Jacobs at-tempted to remove the stick-er, which resulted in a piece of the collage being ripped from the piece.

“i saw stickers on some artwork and i had a dis-couraging feeling,” Jacobs said. “That’s not supposed to happen, you just don’t touch artwork.”

After seeing this on his artwork, Jacobs immediately e-mailed robert Hower, art and art history chair, to alert

him of this. Jacobs was re-imbursed by the art depart-ment for damage done to the piece.

Jacobs declined to say how much money he re-ceived.

He said he was told a vol-unteer from University Col-lege placed the stickers on the artwork.

University College offi-cials declined to comment.

Hower said in an e-mail this was the first time an incident like this had oc-curred and that all measures to prevent this again would be taken.

Jacobs removed his sec-ond piece from the gallery.

Joel [email protected]

Sticker removal damages art displayed in University College

Student life

A student is reimbursed by the art department to replace his loss.

The Shorthorn: Sandy Kurtzman

Chop StiCkSMusic education juniors Darriel Montgomery (left) and Mark Fennell practice their drumming chops Fri-day by the Fine Arts Building. Fennell said the term ‘chops’ refers to working on playing something very difficult and fast and used the analogy of an athlete developing stamina by working out.

As a Zeta Tau Alpha so-rority member, she bought the business from the previ-ous owner and sorority sis-ter, Kendra estrada, because estrada didn’t have time to manage the business.

Jenkins said since decem-ber 2010, she tried to get loans from different banks 11 times but was unsuccess-ful because of the economy. She was eventually able to get estrada to do owner finance.

Jenkins said she enjoys working with kids, and that is where she also gets her motivation.

“i love dressing kids,” she said.

The boutique has upscale

clothes and shoes for chil-dren and sizes vary based on the individual child. outfits range from $50 to $100.

J e n k i n s said one of her goals is to ex-pand the store to locations throughout Texas.

Samantha Baxley, soror-ity sister and best friend, said she is excited for Jenkins and knows she will be successful.

“i am so proud of her for accomplishing her goals,” Baxley said. “She has a good head on her shoulders, and i really think she’s going to take the business to the next level.”

Jenkins said they get cus-tomers from all over Arling-ton, Fort Worth, rendon, Mansfield and Burleson

by word of mouth alone.

Wilemon said Jenkins is exactly what the city coun-cil is looking for in young Arlington citi-zens today.

“i think it’s very excit-ing,” Wilemon said. “We

want to see young people who have grown up in Ar-lington to stay here and start businesses. They are the fu-ture of Arlington.”

ChriS [email protected]

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World

Against Libya’s rebels, Gadhafi controls the skiesRAS LANOUF, Libya — Repeated airstrikes by Libyan warplanes on Monday illustrated the edge Moammar Gadhafi holds in his fight against rebel forces marching toward the capital: He controls the air. After pleading from the uprising’s leaders, Brit-ain and France began drafting a U.N. resolution for a no-fly zone in Libya that could balance the scales. President Barack Obama warned that the U.S. and its NATO allies are still considering military options to stop what he called “unacceptable” violence by Gadhafi’s regime. NATO decided to boost flights of AWACs surveillance planes over Libya from 10 to 24 hours a day, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder said.

Egypt swears in new post-Mubarak CabinetCAIRO — Egypt’s military rulers on Monday swore in a new Cabinet that includes new faces in key ministries, responding to protesters’ demands that the new government be free of stalwarts of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The new Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, a U.S.-educated civil engineer, is expected to be met with the ap-proval of the pro-reform groups that led the 18-day uprising that forced Mubarak to step down on Feb. 11.

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Warner: Sheen fired from ‘Two and a Half Men’LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen was fired Monday from “Two and a Half Men” by Warner Bros. Televi-sion following repeated misbehavior and weeks of the actor’s angry, often-manic media campaign against his studio bosses. The action was taken after “careful consideration” and is effective imme-diately, the studio said in a statement. No decision has been made on the show’s future without its star, said Paul McGuire, a Warner spokesman.

Scientists skeptical of meteorite alien life claimWASHINGTON — NASA and its top scientists are distancing themselves from a space agency researcher who concludes that he found alien bac-terial life in meteorites that were collected many decades ago. Richard Hoover of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., claims that he found fossils that look like the remnants of bac-teria in at least two meteorites. His research paper, published online Friday in the Journal of Cosmology, concludes these must have come from outer space.

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2 men charged in Texas pas-tor’s slaying, robberyARLINGTON — Two men accused of killing and robbing a Texas pastor inside his church have been charged with capital murder. Steven Lawayne Nelson and Anthony Gregory Springs were charged Monday by Arlington police following their weekend arrests. Both men also were charged with at-tempted capital murder in connection with the rob-bery and beating of a NorthPointe Baptist Church employee in last week’s crime. Arlington police say tips from the public led to the break in the case. Police documents say two women told police the men started laughing and making inappropriate comments while watching news reports about the pastor’s death. Police obtained a store’s surveil-lance footage showing both men using the victims’ stolen credit cards. And authorities say Springs later led them to the church employee’s stolen car.

Saudi suspect in terror bomb plot waives hearingLUBBOCK — A Texas student from Saudi Arabia accused of trying to build a bomb with chemicals and equipment ordered online has waived his right to a detention hearing. Defense attorney Rod Hobson filed the document Monday that waives 20-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari’s (al-daw-SAW’-reez) scheduled Friday detention hearing. The document states Aldawsari can later request a pretrial detention hearing. Aldawsari was arrested Feb. 28 on a charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Court records show federal agents had traced his online purchases, found extremist posts he’d made on the Internet and secretly searched his apartment, computer and e-mail accounts. The records show one of his alleged targets was the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.

Ex-DA pleads guilty to misusing seized drug moneyALICE — A former South Texas district attorney has pleaded guilty to misappropriating money seized in drug trafficking cases. Joe Frank Garza entered his plea in a state district court in Alice on Monday. The state attorney general’s office, which is handling the prosecution, is seeking a six-month jail stay for the former district attorney of Jim Wells and Brooks counties in return for probation. A statement from the attorney general’s office says Garza has agreed to pay $1.16 million in res-titution to the counties and a $10,000 fine, as well as surrender his law license. State District Judge Thomas Greenwell scheduled sentencing for May 6 in Alice. A special grand jury had indicted Garza in August, accusing him of misappropriating more than $2 million from the counties’ asset forfeiture funds.

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Traders work in the oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange in New York, Monday. Unlike an iPhone or a pair of jeans or a Big Mac, oil and gasoline are commodities whose prices can change every second.

Gas prices about more than just oilGas prices rise when oil prices rise, and fall when oil prices fall — except when they don't. What you pay at your filling station depends on an array of factors, from what happens on an exchange in New York to what the competi-tion is charging. This can ran-kle drivers, especially these days. Gas reached a national average of $3.51 a gallon on Monday. That's up 14 cents, or 4 percent, over the past week. The week before, the average rose 20 cents, the steepest increase since September 2008. A year ago, the price was $2.75. The average is the highest it's ever been this time of year.

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DR. RUTHQ: I’ve been married for almost fi ve years. Our sex life was always hot, but after my second pregnancy I started having diffi culties getting aroused and having orgasms. I can’t get to the point of having an orgasm. I have tried creams, and it doesn’t work. I tried masturbat-ing once, and it worked, but I really don’t want to depend on that. I want to be able to have that with my husband. He has been really understanding.

A: What you have to do is show your husband what worked when you masturbated. If you were able to have orgasms just from inter-course before you had your children, maybe that’s not possible any-more, but as long as he can give you orgasms, that’s all that counts. And it’s also possible that once he can give you orgasms by stimulating you with his fi ngers or tongue, you might have orgasms again during intercourse. So take the experience of masturbating and transfer what you learned from

it to your husband. If necessary, try masturbating a few more times on your own so that you can tell what sensations work best for you.

Q: Is it normal for a man to want his nipples licked and sucked?

A: Another person to use my least favorite word: “normal.” Let’s say he was the only man in the world who enjoyed having his nipples licked and sucked (and he’s not). What difference would it make, if it was giving him pleasure? Normal has nothing to do with it. And if you hated doing this but every other couple in the world did this, then again, normal would have nothing to do with it -- you just shouldn’t do it.

When it comes to sex, people should put that word out of their head and listen to what their own brain is saying, and not worry what the rest of the world would be saying if by chance they could peek into your bedroom.

Dr. RuthSend your questions to Dr. Ruth Westheimer c/o King Features Syndicate235 E. 45th St., New York, NY 10017

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“I always wanted to be an entrepreneur and own my own busi-ness. I won’t have to look for a job outside of college now.”

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SCENEABOUT SCENE

Lee Escobedo, [email protected]

Scene is published Tuesday.

REMEMBERThursday’s Pulse lists what to do near and off campus during spring break including

35 Conferette, formerly North by 35.

THE SHORTHORN

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

SCENEYOUR

What are you doing for spring break? “Work and go home to see my family in Port Arthur.”

Is spring break about hooking up? “It can be...It is the mo-ment, the halfway point where we get to take a break from all the studying and all those tests and being on campus 24/7.”

What are you doing for spring break? “One of my friends is moving to Mexico, and I’m hoping to go down there for a couple of days. Then I’ll be back up here most of spring break to try and hang out with my family because I haven’t seen them that much. I spend most of my time here on campus.”

Is spring break about hooking up? “ I guess it depends, but from my point of view it’s about having fun and relaxing, and having a break from all the stress we have had throughout the semester. By the time we get to spring break, we’re totally ready for a vacation.”

This week’s mixtape features songs that remain hidden on iPods and MP3 players: The songs you love to hate. Enjoy the mixtape online at theshorthorn.com and comment with additional choices. Next week’s mixtape theme is folk music. Submit your songs to [email protected].

Love to Hate Mix1. Miley Cyrus – “Party in the

U.S.A.”2. Sisqo – “Thong Song”3. Shaggy – “It Wasn’t Me”4. Aha – “Take on me”5. Spice Girls – “Wannabe”6. Limp Bizkit – “Nookie”7. Katy Perry – “California

Girls”8. Wham – “Wake Me Up Before

You Go-Go”

Here are some to-do events on campus to hold you over until Thursday’s Pulse.

Fifty Years of LasersWhen: 6 p.m. Wednesday Where: Nedderman Hall Room 100Cost: FreeContact: 817-272-3679

UTA Percussion Ensembles Cham-ber ConcertWhen: 7:30 p.m. WednesdayWhere: Irons Recital HallCost: FreeContact: 817-272-3471

This is the last week to check out the Ball Game exhibit at Dallas’ Dunn and Brown Contemporary gallery. Running until Saturday, the exhibit features a diverse group of artists including, photographer Luis Gispert, installation artist An-nette Lawrence and painter Da-mien Hirst. The exhibit explores sports imagery through painting, video, photo and sculpture.

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.Where: Dunn and Brown Contem-porary5020 Tracy St.Dallas, 75205Cost: FreeContact: 214-521-4322

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Cesia Rodriguez, interior design junior

BY TORY BARRINGERThe Shorthorn staff

Weeks before her independent directorial debut at South by Southwest, alumna Julie Gould, who gradu-ated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in spring 2010, finds herself in an awkward position. Already uncom-fortable with showcasing her work, she’s preparing to screen her most personal story at the festival.

The short film, titled 8, is about how Julie and daughter Logan me-morialize the death of Clay Gould, Julie’s husband and Logan’s father. Clay, a former UTA baseball coach, died of colon cancer in 2001, when Logan was 10 months old. The name of the film comes from Clay’s jersey number, which was retired after his death.

Julie said making 8 was a benefi-cial experience.

“It was my therapy,” she said. “It was something I had to do.”

Julie said the story was one she needed to “get out of the way” before moving on to future films.

After leaving UTA in 1992 to care for an injured relative, Julie returned in 2008, at age 36, to finish her degree. She said the stories she had to tell were different from those of the younger students. She said Bart Weiss, art and art history associate professor, inspired her to make 8.

“Bart urged me to do it,” she said. “Since I was older than the other students, I had different perspectives and experiences.”

Weiss, who saw the short, en-dorsed it further.

“She had a deep story to tell,” he said. “It really powerfully tells not only the story of her husband, but it’s really about the mother-daughter relationship.”

Ya’Ke Smith, art and art history assistant professor, gave Julie the film class project that eventually be-came 8. Smith said he was glad to see her project evolve into what it is now.

“There’s a lot of heart,” Smith

said. “I’m glad she made it. I hope that it helps her and her daughter heal a little more.”

Co-director and alumnus Daniel Laabs assisted Julie with the pro-duction. Julie said working with someone else on such a personal story was odd, but they managed to avoid stepping on each others’ toes.

“He related to the movie more than I thought he would,” she said.

Laabs said it helped that the two directors have similar styles. He said

the biggest complication was in the editing process.

“It didn’t really hit me how ex-tremely close this was to Julie until we were editing,” Laabs said. “Every-thing was vital, and how do you edit

out something that is vital?”Julie described the film as an “ex-

perimental documentary.” She and her daughter play themselves in a narrative about their story.

“We already know each other,” she said. “We already know this con-versation. We already know these scenes, so I just thought she and I should get in front of the camera.”

TORY [email protected]

BY TESIA KWARTENGThe Shorthorn staff

Born into a family of singers and musicians, public relations senior Griffin Jackson began singing in church at the age of two. His first single, “How You Love Me” released today on iTunes and his debut album, Self Titled, releases in August.

He said his father was an intricate part of his development as an artist. During his youth, his father exposed him to different musical instruments and Jackson began piano lessons when he was five.

“My dad would play recordings of the gospel song, ‘Order My Steps,’ and the Charlie Brown theme song and I would ask him to show me the chords,” he said. “I still think about him playing those old records.”

Gospel and rhythm and blues singers including Tank, Luther Van-dross, Kelly Price and Karen Clark Sheard had an influence on Jackson’s soul sound. While he has an extensive background in gospel and soul, he didn’t limit himself to it.

“Singing is just pleasurable for me,” Jackson said. “I’ve done a little bit of everything from house, pop, R&B, jazz, gospel and classical.”

A Tennessee native, Jackson pre-viously attended The University of Memphis. He studied classical voice and sang in several ensembles includ-ing Sound Fuzion and the Gospel Voices of Memphis and toured in Japan and China.

Through Sound Fuzion he met

Dimitri Turner, who produced the instruments on his first single “How You Love Me.”

“When I would perform the single, the response was so great, so I went and recorded it,” he said. “I hope with the rest of the songs I can present the raw sound that’s coming back. I want to get away from the overproduced sound that’s popular now.”

Jackson said response from the single during live performances and the song’s message contributed to its release.

“No matter who you are, where you are, God loves you,” he said.

Communication lecturer Geoff Campbell noticed Jackson’s talent and humbleness in his writing for mass media and reporting classes.

“He tends to be quiet and reserved, but not in a standoffish or haughty sort of way. Rather, he just strikes me as one of those people who is com-fortable with his gifts and doesn’t feel he has to flaunt them,” Campbell said.

He asked Jackson to sing for his reporting class and said his singing sent chills up his spine.

“The man has pipes,” he said.Claudia Melton, House of Blues

Underground producer, met Jackson at a studio session at her house a year ago.

“He sat down at my piano and started playing and singing, and I was amazed,” she said. “He has such a unique talent that I haven’t seen in a while.”

Melton said Jackson is fun to work with, extremely humble and has a gift not many people have in the industry.

“He sings songs that are inspira-tional, that can touch people from all walks of life,” she said. “They move your heart and speak to your soul.”

During the past, Jackson has re-corded singing background for gospel artists including Glen Jones and his aunt Sharon Jackson, and is excited to do his first solo project. He hopes listeners walk away knowing there’s hope no matter what they’re going through.

“God’s love inspired me,” he said. “I know that in spite of everything, his love will always be there for me.”

TESIA [email protected]

He’s got soul

Alumna Julie Gould showcases fi lm at

South by Southwest

Long-time musician Griffi n Jackson will release his fi rst album, ‘Self Titled’

8Director: Julie Gould and Daniel Laabs Premieres: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Rollins Theatre in Austin


Public relations senior Griffin Jackson released his song “How You Love Me” today on iTunes after working on it for two years. Griffin grew up the son of a pastor and says the song is about how God’s love will never go away. The complete album will be avail-able in August and features both secular and religious tracks.

The Shorthorn: Sandy Kurtzman

Alumni Julie Gould and Daniel Laabs took a break from the final edit on Gould’s short film at a coffee shop in Dallas last Friday. Gould and Laabs are co-directors on her experimental documentary set to debut at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Rollins Theatre during the South By Southwest annual music, film and interactive conference and festival in Austin.

Courtesy: Julie Gould

Julie Gould and daughter, Logan Gould, perform in a scene from Julie’s film, 8, which is screening at this year’s South by Southwest.

FILM THERAPY

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 The ShorThorn

By Ali Amir mustAnsirThe Shorthorn senior staff

While the Texas Legis-lature mulls over distracted driver legislation, Arlington City Councilman Robert Ri-vera is pushing for the city to adopt new policies regarding one major distraction: texting.

The District 3 representa-tive said the idea came from concerned citizens who un-derstand the risk of driving while texting, reading e-mails or surfing the web on a cell phone. He said the council would hear a presentation on the issue in the next few weeks.

“It’s in the best interest for those who travel in Arlington to have [a texting policy] in place,” he said. “There is no guarantee [Legislature] will pass anything.”

Rivera said texting and driving is more dangerous than drunk driving and will carry a fine if passed. He said that is not the only important part.

“More important than the fine, is that you raise aware-ness of the issue,” he said. “It’s a matter of life and death.”

In a 2009 study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, it founded that those who text and drive are 23.2 times as likely to get into a wreck.

The policy would be sim-ilar to ones passed in Aus-tin and San Antonio, which banned texting while driving Rivera said, however, e-mail-ing or web surfing would also be banned.

“Anytime you are punch-ing buttons to communicate, that’s texting,” Rivera said.

History junior Ruth Zamo-ra said she used to text while driving until seeing more about the dangers on news about car accidents involving college age individuals. She said she likes the idea, and that if it takes legislation to solve the issue, then it is worth it.

“[The topic has] already been spread about, and people still do it,” she said.

If an officer notices some-one driving poorly, there may be a safety concern and he or she should pull them over, Zamora said.

Corey Whitley, political

science and sociology sopho-more, said he is certain every-one has texted while driving, including himself. He said it upsets him when he sees peo-ple on the phone while driv-ing.

“If I see someone swerving, I say ‘pull along side them,’” he said, adding that most of the time the person is on the phone.

Whitley said it bothers him most when he sees people using their phone in a school zone despite the existing ban, but still thinks new legislation would be effective. He said po-lice officers who see someone looking at their phone should have probable cause to pull someone over and could make a decision what to do from there.

“If they have Bluetooth or can show they weren’t texting, they should be fine,” Whitley said.

Rivera said police officers are already enforcing the ban in school zones based on eye-sight. He said it wouldn’t be difficult for them to do the same thing everywhere.

Zamora said talking is preferable to texting and has a Bluetooth device in her car so she can keep both hands on the wheel. She said some peo-ple still get distracted by the conversation using Bluetooth.

City council staff is expect-ed to present the proposed ordinance to the city coun-cil, Rivera said. If the council passes it from the afternoon work session, it would then go to a vote during the evening session.

Ali Amir [email protected]

Councilman pushes ban on in-vehicle cell phone usage

Arlington

Study shows wrecks 23.2 times more likely to occur while driving and texting.


in your fAceMusic education sophomore Damian Najera, left, creams music education freshman Eddie Rojas with a shaving cream pie during Kappa Kappa Psi’s fundraiser Friday on the University Center mall. Kappa Kappa Psi is a band service fraternity on campus and is raising money for “future endeavors.”

scheduling, which is done without a view of the needs of the entire university.

“The result is that you end up picking classrooms that are very, very, very close to offices of faculty. As a con-sequence of that, you may see mismatches,” Bobbitt said. “There are situations where you have a classroom that may seat 50 or 60 and the class enrollment tops out at 20.”

Bobbitt said barring an exemption, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., all Monday/Wednesday/Friday classes will be 50 minutes and all Tuesday/Thursday classes will be an hour and 20 min-utes.

Bobbitt said some ex-emptions granted include labs, studio courses and some courses in the Educa-tion and Nursing colleges.

“Obviously, laborato-ries have to be scheduled. They’re very specialized spaces so they can’t be part of the inventory,” he said.

Bobbitt also said exemp-tions are available anytime they benefit the students.

“Anytime that faculty have made coherent argu-ments that it would benefit the educational purpose of the class to have a non-tra-ditional meeting time, and it’s supported by the chair and the dean, we grant those exemptions,” he said.

Communication chair Charla Markham Shaw said

classrooms can be used more by eliminating Monday/Wednesday classes, which currently occupy two-hour blocks.

“Now I can use two class-es for three hours, mean-ing six total, instead of just four hours a week,” she said.

Ma r k h a m Shaw said classes for-merly lasting an hour and 50 minutes will be adjust-ed to include more outside work.

While matching expected enrollment with classroom size may cause more travel-ing for some classes, she said it will have the opposite ef-fect on the Communication Department.

“This year we have four classes outside of the [Lib-eral Arts] Building,” she said. “This fall we have none.”

Political science chair Re-becca Deen said she searched for ways to keep the classes on Monday/Wednesday by holding them after 3 p.m.

“We’re shifting some of those classes later in the day so that they are ac-ceptable. We’re very sensi-tive to scheduling classes at the times when enrollment would be highest,” she said. “There’s been a demand for that Monday/Wednesday time slot.”

Deen said the majority of political science courses will be unaffected.

Chemistry and Biochem-istry chair Rasi-ka Dias said his department will experience a minimal differ-ence because it is already highly efficient.

“We are try-ing to maximize the room we have to maxi-mum efficien-cy,” he said.

Despite the changes, Bob-bitt said UTA’s classroom effi-ciency may get

worse before it gets better. The Engineering Research Building, which was dedi-cated last week, adds 22 new classrooms to the univer-sity’s available instruction space.

“It’s going to cause us to dip a little bit,” Bobbitt said. “It’s just logical.”

Bobbitt said it’s impor-tant to serve students bet-ter while preparing for the future.

“Last year was a record number of students and a record number of applica-tions,” he said. “Believe it or not, applications are up this year over last year pretty significantly. Rather than waiting until the students get here, we need to become more efficient.”

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your view

what do you think about a potential city

wide ban on texting and e-mailing while driving?

“I think it’ll be hard to enforce, but it’s a good law.”

Bret Kenney, mechanical engineering sophomore

“I think it should happen. I had a friend who died in an accident while the other driver was texting”

Kara Hunt, inter-disciplinary stud-ies junior

“I think it’s gonna make a lot of people really unhappy. It’s too imposing.”

Dennis Alberto, biology junior

survey sAys...According to a 2010 nationwide survey by Consumer Reports National Research Center:

• 63 percent of respondents under 30 years old reported using a handheld phone while driving in the past 30 days.

• 64 percent of respondents said they had seen other drivers texting using a hand-held device in the past 30 days.

• 30 percent of respondents under 30 years old said they had texted while driving in the past 30 days.

— U.S. Department of Transportation website

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The Alumni Association will sell rings for the spring 2011 Ring Ceremony from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Wednesday in the Univer-sity Center.

The Maverick Ring was developed in 2009 and is for undergraduates who

have com-pleted 60 credit hours, g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s who have c o m p l e t e d 15 credit hours and alumni, said Zack Kulesz, membership and market-ing assistant director.

“There was not an of-ficial ring for the campus and a lot of other universi-ties have one,” Kulesz said. “We decided that it was time to bring one to campus so Mavericks can show their pride.”

The Maverick Ring is de-signed to showcase all the trademarks associated with the campus, like Blaze the Maverick, Cooper Street bridge, two Carlisle Can-nons and the Central Li-brary mall.

Students and alumni who have purchased their ring are invited to the spring 2011 Ring Ceremony during which Provost Donald Bob-bitt will present each Mav-erick with their ring, said Kulesz.

Ring prices range from $335 to $1,115 and are made of premium silver, gold or white gold. Payments can be divided into a six-month payment plan.

— Bianca Montes

Maverick Rings go on sale starting today

Alumni AssociAtion

Chi Alpha Christian Fel-lowship and the Arling-ton Hall Council will host a freshly made Mardi Gras dinner tonight with music and activities.

The food will be set up at 6:30 p.m. on the University

Center mall. Both par-ties are col-l a b o r a t i n g to provide c r a w f i s h , gumbo and other Cajun food at the ragin’-Cajun dinner.

T h e Mardi Gras

dinner is a regular event at Arlington Hall, said Brian-na McDade, residence hall association representative.

“It’s tradition here,” Mc-Dade said. “It’s to educate other students about the Mardi Gras culture, or ex-actly what Mardi Gras is.”

McDade said there will be Cajun music and an ac-tivity where students can decorate their own Mardi Gras masks. In the past, Chi Alpha has taught partici-pants Mardi Gras dances.

She said the event will continue “until everybody’s fed.”

– Melanie Gruben

Groups to throw Mardi Gras bash

student life

caused her to recycle less.“I used to be really good

about recycling,” she said. “I feel like I don’t recycle as much anymore because we end up using the recycle bin as a trash can.”

She empties the trash into the main bin at the end of the day.

Recycling coordinator Becky Valentich said she hoped people would not use recycling bins for trash.

“I’ve got a few complaints where they’re using the blue one with a liner in it as a trash can. That just sends the wrong message,” she said.

Lonny Harrison, modern languages assistant profes-sor, said it was not a major issue and his department had found a way to deal with it.

“I’m not saying the univer-sity has an obligation to take out my trash. I am capable of taking out my own trash,” he said.

L a n g e said an-other rea-son for the purge was the retire-ment of 11 staffers from Cam-pus Custodial Services. The department has not been able to fill the vacant positions de-spite having the budget for it.

“Plus, we have the new Engineering Research Build-ing,” he said. “We’re trying to do the best we can with our staff and the funds we have.”

Mills said she understands the financial issues involved but doesn’t like how they are dealing with it.

She said, however, that it’s more of a temporary inconve-nience rather than a perma-nent issue.

“It’s just going to take some getting used to,” she said.

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The Shorthorn: Aisha Butt

pRActice mAkes peRfectMusic sophomore Taryn Denton practices Mozart’s “Requiem” for the Faculty and Friends Chamber Orchestra Monday afternoon in the Fine Arts Building. Denton says she practices at least three to four hours each day.

that would tap in to the sci-ences and Lacks’ story did that in an interesting way,” Remmers said.

She said the book has issues related to medical ethics as well as a beautiful historical context. She said it documents the plight of black people and their dif-ficulty in receiving adequate health care in 1950s.

Remmers said at the time of Lacks’ death, in-formed consent was not what it is today. Lacks’ family was not completely informed of their rights or what testing was being done and why.

She said Lacks’ cells, called HeLa cells, are being used on campus for re-search. The committee is planning events now, but hopes to have faculty mem-bers who have conducted research with Lacks’ cells share their research.

“I’m really excited about all the discussions related to this book. There is a lot of great potential for good discussions about ethics,” she said.

OneBook faculty co-chair Christopher Conway said the theme for the year’s

events is ethics. He said the events and programs re-lated to the book are going to be student-centered with more events than lectures.

Conway said they will have student debates and activities like creating post-ers based on the book’s themes instead of lectures.

He said he hopes people outside of the English 1301 class will be intrigued by the book and take part in the yearlong discussion.

“People think reading is a solitary act, but in general, it is a communal activity,” he said.

Information literacy li-brarian Evelyn Barker said the book was one of the Mavs Book Club books dur-ing the fall semester.

Barker said it was a book with broad appeal that dis-cusses topics of race, class and medical ethics.

She said the discus-sion on ethics centered on whether it was right for doctors to take Lacks’ cells without her knowledge, and whether race was an issue.

“It is an interesting look into current science and what happens to tissue samples that are taken from your body, like when you donate blood,” she said.

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cern because it limits things like classroom handouts and other supplies you may use in classrooms and of-fices.”

Other departments across campus were told to make similar 5 percent cuts, which equates to about $2.4 million in funds for UTA.

Coming into the year, de-partments were told to cut 3 percent from their bud-gets, which totaled about $730,000 for engineering. Four staff positions were eliminated as a result of the initial cuts.

Carroll said the college will likely use tuition dol-lars to absorb the recent

cuts and prevent any nega-tive results from the loss in revenue.

“Tuition dollars are a steady stream of funds and that contin-ues to increase,” he said. “That money is pretty much the only flexibility we have with cuts coming from several places.”

He said the college will con-tinue making sure students have sufficient teaching and ac-ademic support by making sure services are well-funded.

Electrical engineering sophomore Anh Nguyen said he feels the cuts are

getting deeper and wonders how long the university can avoid cutting teaching and academic services.

“I’m guessing tuition is keeping the university above water, but for how much longer?” he said. “Hope-fully, Austin will see the kinds of sacrifices we’re having to make and continue to fund the uni-versity appro-priately.”

P r e s i d e n t James Spani-olo and Provost Donald Bob-bitt held a town

hall meeting in February to address budget concerns from faculty and students.

Although the university has yet to address its latest round of cuts, the president and provost said they are confident the university will not suffer.

“The budget bills were worst case scenarios,” Span-iolo said at the meeting.

He said it’s important for the university commu-nity to keep in mind that the legislative process is still unfolding and not to make any assumptions.

Carroll, along with other university officials, expects further reductions for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, which begins Sept. 1.

“We’re not sure what’s coming up next year,” Car-roll said. “Hopefully, the legislature will keep the cuts as small as possible.”

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“Hopefully, Austin will see the kinds of sacrifices we’re having to make and continue to fund the university appropriately.”

Anh nguyenelectrical engineering sophomore

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