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By TaIBa ShEErIN ahmaDContributor to The Shorthorn
Students can now pick a single SAT sitting to submit to universities, but some admis-sions officials say this could hurt rather than help their chances.
According to www.colleg-eboard.com, the official SAT registration Web site, begin-ning this semester, students will have the choice of either sending test scores from a
specific test date or all of the scores to their prospective uni-versities. This option, called Score Choice, is available for students who have registered for the March 2009 test ad-ministration or later test dates.
But not all universities have to accept this kind of submission. College Board al-lows schools to set their own test requirement policies.
According to Yale Daily News, some universities, like Yale, Stanford and Cornell, will not allow prospective stu-dents the Score Choice option. These require the students to send in all their scores. UTA will not.
“When the College Board opens up the Score Choice op-tion with the March 2009 ad-ministration, UTA will allow students to use this feature,” Admissions director Hans Gatterdam said.
For the university’s admis-sions, submitting all scores should not hurt anyone be-cause only the highest scores
Students can submit certain SAT scores
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Collegeboard.com’s Score Choice allows students to send their best score.
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Tier one continues on page 3
By JaSoN JoycEContributor to The Shorthorn
University Police will soon have much less paper to handle when completing their reports.
Instead of the paper forms the department has officers complete after responding to incidents, the University Police will switch to a new electronic records management system, Assistant Police Chief Rick Gomez said.
The switch to the new sys-tem was initially supposed to
happen Monday, Gomez said.“We’re now planning to
change to the new system on Thursday,” he said. “We’ve en-countered a few glitches, but we’re working it out with [In-formation Technologies, Inc.]”
The new system, purchased from Missouri-based ITI, will provide the department with an integrated system for man-aging the reports generated on a daily basis.
According to ITI’s Web site, departments nationwide ad-opted the system, and it won industry accolades due to its integration of electronic record
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University Police implement new system that aims to reduce officer paperwork.
By BryaN BaSTIBlEThe Shorthorn staff
The university could be closer to finding out if it will get Tier One status after Friday’s Texas Senate com-mittee assignments, but the odds aren’t certain.
To reach Tier One status, a lawmaker writes a bill ask-ing for a specific school to be named a Tier One school, then it goes from a Senate committee to a House com-mittee, or vice versa. Then, if passed, it goes before Gov. Rick Perry. He either signs it, vetoes it, or it could pass without his signature, said UTA Governmental Rela-
tions director Kate Kettles.Though there is not a con-
crete definition of Tier One status, some of its character-istics include having 1,000 or more tenure-track faculty, annual research expendi-tures of more than $100 mil-lion and a large undergradu-ate population.
The university has some
Possibility of Tier One status uncertain lEgISlaTurE
A Tier One bill must enter committee before a decision is made.
By DuSTIN l. DaNglIThe Shorthorn staff
Connor O’Brien and his team, The Fighting Pickles, tin-kered with their robot at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Fifteen team tables laid barren in the early morning on the Maverick Activities Center basketball courts, except for one table in the far corner.
The Fighting Pickles’ robot, affectionately called “The Pickle,” competed in the Southwest Championship Tourna-ment of the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Tech Challenge.
The College of Engineering hosted the event where high school students from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana pitted robots against one another in a game of skill to move on to a national competition in Atlanta.
“You know, like killer robots — just not killer,” O’Brien said.The teams spent months prepping for the day’s game: Face
Off.Eight trays, four for each team, were placed around a
12-square-foot field of foam tiles. The trays held eight pucks for teams to grab and use to score.
The teams combine at random in the qualifying rounds to make two-on-two matches and try to get plastic pucks onto scoring platforms. The higher the platform, the higher the score.
Each team’s robot was built for a specific strategy in mind.Last year’s winning team, Hammered Steel, walked in
confidently.“It’s child’s play,” Hammered Steel member Andrew On-
orato said.The team’s strategy was to go big and score high, said Chris
Overton, Hammered Steel captain and driver. The Ham-mered Steel robot had a basket to scoop up the pucks it would then dump onto the five-point goal swiftly and repeatedly. The strategy allowed the team to win this year’s tournament, its third in a row.
The Fighting Pickles’ robot used an arm scoop with a pulley system to pick up pucks and then dump them into the three-point circle. This strategy took the team to the semifinals.
With their bright yellow shirts and a large banner display-ing sponsors, Warriors turned heads.
No Blocks Were
Knocked OffHigh school robotic battles
strategic, nonviolent
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The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
Home school student ethan Bender makes a final adjustment on his robot before the preliminary round of the Southwest Championship Tournament FIRST Tech Challenge on Saturday morning in the Maverick Activities Center.
roBoTS continues on page 8
muSIc maNUT Arlington building
attendant robert ritz plays the harp, or har-
monica, Monday out-side the Architecture
Building. Ritz’s skills have been featured in Manamal Productions’
entry, “Schaden-freude,” in the Video
Association of Dallas’ 2008 24 Hour Video
Race showcasing select films from students.
Comeback ScENE | PagE 5
A photography senior suffers a stroke, but returns to finish her degree.
“I thought it’d be really cool to make a robot, you know. It’s every kid’s dream to make one.”Connor O’Brien, The Fighting Pickles team member
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Art Exhibi-tion — Michelle Dizon/Vincent Valdez: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or [email protected].
UTA Volunteers Meeting: 2:15–3 p.m., University Center Student Congress Chambers. For information, contact Allison Bailey at 817-272-2963 or [email protected].
The Link Info Session: 6 p.m., Swift Center. For information, contact Julie Holmer at 817-272-2355 or [email protected].
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Student Alumni T-Shirt Day: All day, campus wide. For information, con-tact Tega Edwin at 817-272-2594 or [email protected].
Wind Power Generation — A prominent form of renew-able energy: 7–8 a.m., 601 Nedderman Hall. Light breakfast provided. Reser-vations, please. For infor-mation, contact Roger Tuttle at 817-272-3682 or [email protected].
Liberal Arts Employer Panel: 11:30–1:30 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Career Services at 817-272-2932 or [email protected].
Habitat for Humanity: noon–1 p.m., UC Bluebonnet Ballroom. Free. For informa-tion, e-mail [email protected].
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Burglary of a habitation
A student at Centennial Court apartments, at 700 W. Mitchell Circle, called police to report his laptop stolen Friday morning.
Criminal mischief or vandalismPolice took a report of vandal-ism at 500 S. Cooper St. The
reporting individual discovered that someone had defaced brick pedestrian bridge exterior with graffiti.
Criminal trespassPolice were called to Centennial Court apartments at 2:13 a.m.
for a disturbance in the laundry room. The responding officer is-sued a criminal trespass warning to a nonstudent.
SATURDAY
Burglary of a habitationA resident at Centennial Court apartments called police to re-port a theft at 4:30 p.m. When po-lice arrived, the student told them property had been taken from the apartment.
BY SOHANA KUTUBContributor to The Shorthorn
Greek organizations began “rush-ing” pledges for the spring semester Monday and will continue recruiting the rest of the week.
Julie Murphy, Greek Life and Uni-versity Events assistant director, said she thinks Greek life can really help students find their niche at the uni-versity.
“It can help to introduce you to a diverse group of students that can re-ally enhance your college experience,” she said.
The Interfraternity Council’s orien-tation began Monday in the University Center Red River Room in two parts.
The orientation allowed prospec-tive members to learn about what the fraternities and Greek life stand for. Prospective members could also tour the houses.
Sigma Chi member Sergio Smal said prospective members must attend the orientation to rush with the IFC.
“Each chapter has their own events planned, most of those events being pretty informal in order to get to know the guys,” he said. “After the guys at-tend the orientation, it is their choice which fraternity they want to hang out with.”
Smal said prospective members who found a good fit will receive bids
Saturday.Ashley Washington, Delta Zeta
membership vice president, said there is no orientation for the sororities this spring because it is too expensive to hold a formal orientation for just a few girls, but each sorority will hand out flyers about their own recruitment events at the Activities Fair.
“Spring recruitment is very differ-ent than the fall,” she said. “It’s a lot less formal and not as structured as the guys’.”
Smal said sororities have a member-ship cap because the fraternities are run under different councils with their own policies.
SOHANA [email protected]
Fraternities begin recruitment with orientation MondayGREEK LIFE
Individual fraternities will be host-ing separate events leading up to bid day Saturday.
The Shorthorn: Michael Rettig
Alumnus Kendall Farrell speaks to students interested in joining a fraternity during rush week orientation. The orientation included expectations of potential pledges and information about hazing prevention.
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of each section are taken into consideration, he said. So the student could wind up with the best of each section, even if taken at different test dates.
The Score Choice option offers to send only the scores from an entire SAT test (criti-cal reading, writing, and math-ematics sections), and will not allow for sending scores of in-dividual sections from different sittings. This option was in-
troduced to reduce stress and improve test-day experience, according to College Board. The alternative is offered for both SAT and the SAT Sub-ject tests.
International Admissions counselor Julie Russell said it’s also best for international ap-plicants to send all their scores.
“What if a student does best in math in one sitting and does best in another section in an-other sitting?” she said. “I don’t think this option really helps in this case.”
The new option comes with no additional cost. According
to College Board, there is no extra charge to send one, mul-tiple or all test scores to a col-lege on a single report.
But, despite Score Choice being a disadvantage, the school shouldn’t consider pro-hibiting it like some Ivy League schools do, said Dale Wasson, Student Enrollment Services associate vice president.
“The SAT tests are the stu-dents’ property,” he said. “They should be allowed to do what-ever they want with them.”
Taiba Sheerin [email protected]
SATcontinued from page 1
by mark bauerThe Shorthorn staff
Students should be leery of magazine solicitors on campus, University Police said.
A student called police after he observed solicitors attempting to sell magazine subscriptions to students on the University Center and Central Library malls Monday afternoon. He also witnessed students giving a salesman personal checks.
By the time police arrived on the scene, the individuals were gone, Assistant Police Chief Rick Gomez said.
“Like any other situation, just be very cautious, main-tain a safe distance and re-port it, just so we’re aware this is going on, on cam-pus,” he said. It was unclear whether the solicitors were selling legitimate magazine subscriptions, but the uni-
versity maintains strict poli-cies concerning who is al-lowed on campus, and solici-tors are not.
“There are special rules for who can be on campus,” said Jeff Sorensen, Student Affairs assistant vice presi-dent. “Everyone else who wants to be on campus has to be invited … and magazine sales are not allowed.”
The student, interdisci-plinary studies senior Jesse Reyes, who reported the salesman, said he didn’t re-alize they were soliciting at first. He originally thought they were part of a religious group, until he overheard them talking about “points” — a technique he said so-licitors use to scam students into subscribing.
The solicitors pitch a story about earning points to take a trip overseas, and each subscription is worth additional points.
Reyes, who used to work in sales, said there are no points, the solicitors are just interested in the money.
“[Students] think they are helping someone out, but they are actually being taken advantage of,” he said.
Sorensen warned stu-dents to be cautious about who they buy from.
“When purchasing goods and services from someone who doesn’t have a perma-nent location, it’s good to walk away with something tangible,” he said. “Peo-ple might assume because they’re on campus, they’re le-gitimate, and that’s a false as-sumption because they aren’t allowed on campus.”
The university does issue permits to vendors interest-ed in setting up merchandise booths inside the UC. So-rensen encouraged any stu-dents unsure about a booth or other types of solicitation on campus to contact the Student Governance offices or University Police at 817-272-2293 or 817-272-3381, respectively.
mark [email protected]
Magazine solicitors seen on UC, Library malls
SafeTy
University Police warn about giving money to unauthorized sellers.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst officially named the state Senate committee members Friday.
Sen. Chris Harris, R-Ar-lington, who represents Dis-trict 9, where the university is, was selected as a mem-ber on the Senate Commit-tee on Finance, the Senate Jurisprudence Committee and the Senate Committee on State Affairs. He was also selected as chair of the Sen-ate Committee on Economic Development and as vice chair for the Senate Commit-
tee on Business and Com-merce.
Governmental Relations director Kate Kettles said Harris’ most important ap-pointment would be as a member on the Senate Com-mittee on Finance.
“He’s a very powerful and influential senator as evidenced by his appoint-ments,” Kettles said.
University alumnus Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, was selected chair of the Senate Committee on Intergov-ernmental Relations and as
member on the Senate Com-mittee on Education, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen-ate Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
In the House of Repre-sentatives, the speaker of the House will pick the com-mittee members and decide who goes where. Committee appointments for the House are expected to be released within the next few days.
— Bryan Bastible
legiSlaTure
Texas Senate committee members named Friday by Dewhurst
of those characteristics, in-cluding $66.6 million in re-search expenditures last year, up from $39.6 million the year before and has an under-graduate population of about 25,000.
The university has become one of the top seven emerging research institutions in the state, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinat-ing Board, but the school’s odds to get picked out of those seven remain unclear.
Other Texas universities seeking to reach the status include UT-San Antonio, UT-Dallas, UT-El Paso, the University of Houston, the University of North Texas and Texas Tech University.
Development Vice Presi-dent Jim Lewis said he be-lieves the university has a good chance to be selected.
“We are marching ahead to become a major research
university of national distinc-tion,” he said. “We are mov-ing rapidly in that direction if someone calls us that or not.”
President James Spaniolo said he doesn’t think the odds are clear yet.
“It’s not clear at this point, which institution is best pre-pared to be a major nation-ally recognized research uni-versity,” he said. “But I think it will be clear within a few years — and this is a process that is going to take a year or more of sustained funding for any institution to become what we call a so-called Tier One institution.”
UT-Dallas President David E. Daniel said at a Senate Higher Education Subcom-mittee and Senate Finance Higher Education Joint Sub-committee hearing on July 23 that Dallas-Fort Worth is the fourth most populous and fifth most economically productive area in the U.S. that doesn’t have a Tier One university.
In that same hearing, ac-cording to an oral testimony
outline, Spaniolo said the state would need more Tier One institutions to compete with California and other states.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told the Dallas Morning News that creating Tier One-level institutions would take sev-eral years, so the process could start this year with a combi-nation of state aid and money raised by any selected school.
Spaniolo called Dewhurst’s comments encouraging.
“The important thing is for the state to make a com-mitment to provide some additional funding that insti-tutions can earn to have a chance to become a Tier One institution,” he said. “And I think that UT Arlington is well positioned to be a very competitive institution in that regard.”
The current Tier One uni-versities in Texas are Rice University, Texas A&M and UT-Austin.
bryan baSTible [email protected]
Tier Onecontinued from page 1
The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams
The harmonieS of liberTyCommunications senior Adrienne Barnes sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Negro Na-tional Anthem, on Monday, kicking off Black History Month in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge.
The AssociATed PressWASHINGTON — Waste
and corruption that marred Iraq’s reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan un-less the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bureaucracy man-aging tens of billions of dol-lars in infrastructure proj-ects, government watchdogs warned Monday.
The U.S. has devoted more than $30 billion to rebuilding Afghanistan. Yet despite the hard lessons learned in Iraq, where the U.S. has spent nearly $51 billion on reconstruction, the effort in Afghanistan is headed down the same path, the watchdogs told a new panel investigating wartime contracts.
“Before we go pour-ing more money in, we re-ally need to know what we’re trying to accomplish (in Afghanistan),” said Ginger
Cruz, deputy special inspec-tor general for Iraq recon-struction. “And at what point do you turn off the spigot so you’re not pouring money into a black hole?”
Better cooperation among federal agencies, more flex-ible contracting rules, con-stant oversight and experi-enced acquisition teams are among the changes urged by the officials in order to make sure money isn’t wasted and contractors don’t cheat.
Cruz, along with Stuart Bowen, the top U.S. official overseeing Iraq’s reconstruc-tion, delivered a grim report to the Commission on War-time Contracting. Their as-sessment, along with testi-mony from Thomas Gimble of the Defense Department inspector general’s office, laid out a history of poor planning, weak oversight and greed that soaked U.S.
taxpayers and undermined American forces in Iraq.
Bowen, who has made 21 trips to Iraq since he was appointed in October 2004, said the U.S. has financed a wide array of projects in Iraq
— from training the Iraqi army and police to rebuild-ing the country’s oil, electric, justice, health and transpor-tation sectors.
Some of these projects succeeded, Bowen told the
commission at its first public hearing, but many did not. Violence in Iraq and constant friction between U.S. officials in Washington and Baghdad were also major factors that undercut progress.
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in TexAsParents on trial for starving daughter GONZALES — Jury selection is under way in the South Texas trial of a cou-ple accused of starving their 8-year-old adopted daughter to death.
Steve and Bettie Ramirez are charged in Gonzales County with mur-der in the 2007 death of their 45-pound daughter Crystal, who authorities say was bound to her bed, suffered from malnutrition and was beaten.
in The nATionDaschle apologizes for failing to pay taxes WASHINGTON — Trying to salvage his nomination, Tom Daschle apolo-gized Monday for delinquent tax pay-ments as President Barack Obama and a top Senate chairman stood by him as the choice to lead the Health and Human Services Department.
Following a weekend of revela-tions about taxes and potential ethi-cal conflicts, Daschle expressed remorse to the Senate Finance Committee, the panel that will de-cide his fate, saying he was “deeply embarrassed and disappointed” about failing to pay more than $120,000 in back taxes — a lapse he said was “unintentional.”
in The worldChina: Up to 26 million migrants now jobless BEIJING — The global economic crisis has taken hold deep in China’s impoverished countryside, as millions of rural migrants are laid off from factory jobs and left to scratch a liv-ing from tiny landholdings — creating unsettling prospects for a govern-ment anxious to avoid social unrest.
With demand for Chinese toy, shoe and electronics exports evaporating overseas, as many as 26 million of China’s estimated 130 million migrant workers are now unemployed, the government an-nounced Monday. A day earlier, Bei-jing warned of “possibly the tough-est year” this decade and called for development of rural areas to offset the economic fallout.
— The Associated Press
Obama says differences shouldn’t delay stimulus economy
The AssociATed PressWASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Barack Obama said Mon-day that “very modest differ-ences” over a massive package to revive the economy should not delay its swift passage, a fresh appeal to Congress as the nation dealt with another dose of dire financial news.
Obama teamed up with Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, as he sought bi-partisan backing for the stim-ulus legislation. An $819 bil-
lion version passed the House last week, without a single republican vote. The Senate took up their $900 billion version on Monday.
GOP lawmakers argue that the plan is too expensive and doesn’t include enough tax cuts.
“If I were writing it, it might look at little different,” said Douglas, who sat at Obama’s side in the Oval Office. “But the essence of a recovery package is essential to get the nation’s economy moving.”
Douglas is among sever-al GOP governors who are
breaking with their republi-can colleagues in Congress to ask for approval of the plan. Douglas is in Washington to lobby the Senate.
Obama said that those who really know what is needed around the country — gover-nors — have been asking for help from Washington since he was elected in November.
“With very few excep-tions, I heard from republi-cans and Democrats the need for action, and swift action,” Obama said.
Obama and Vice Presi-
dent Joe Biden were sched-uled to meet at the White House Monday afternoon with Democratic congressio-nal leaders about the stimu-lus package.
Obama’s appeal came as the Commerce Department reported that personal spend-ing fell for the sixth straight month in December by 1 per-cent. Analysts had predicted a decline of 0.9 percent. In-comes also dipped, and the personal savings rate shot higher, a sign that consum-ers remain extremely nervous
about the economy.The department also
said construction spending dropped by 1.4 percent in De-cember, slightly worse than the 1.2 percent decline econo-mists expected.
earlier Monday, Obama promised to establish a re-view board to oversee the government’s separate $700 billion financial industry bailout program. Aides said later that he meant to refer to a oversight board for the stimulus package, as is called for in the legislation.
AP Photo: J. Scott Applewhite
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen appears Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Wartime Contracting Commission hearing to give his account of the Bush administra-tion’s blunders in post-war reconstruction efforts.
Gov’t watchdogs warn of waste, fraud in Afghanistan
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On July 18, Paige Moore’s life changed forever.
“They said it’s not like someone getting struck by lightning. It’s like someone getting struck by a me-teor,” said her father, Tom Moore.
The 29-year-old photography senior suffered an acute stroke inside her Dallas apartment, where she lived alone. Po-lice found her alive 24 hours later after her parents became worried.
That night, a surgeon performed a craniotomy to save her life, and Paige lay in a coma at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas for one month. The surgeon said she had a slim chance for survival.
“He said at that point that we might be looking at turning off the machines – very hard for parents to hear,” said her mother, Sharon Moore.
Over the next three months, Paige recovered rapidly beyond the doctors’ expectations. She is now learning how to speak again and walk without assistance.
“She’s coming back,” Sharon Moore said. “They’re pretty certain that she can get most everything back.”
Meanwhile, photography senior Dia Peterson took Paige’s place as president of the university photography club, Focus, and spent last semester planning an exhibit in her honor.
“I’m inspired by her constantly,” Peterson said. “She doesn’t even know.”
Peterson met Paige in an intermediate photography class in spring 2007, and they became friends after spending hours in the dark room together. Peterson described Paige as honest, sweet, in-dependent and self-taught.
The exhibit “Return to Grace” showcases Paige’s previous work, including photographs from a class trip to Italy in summer 2007. Photography professor Kenda north said that her work has devel-oped considerably since then with richer image projections layered on different surfaces.
“You could see them and say, ‘That’s Paige’s work,’ ” she said.north recalled a slice of Paige’s positive personality while in Italy.
The class would visit a place, and Paige would say, “This is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.” Then they would go somewhere else, and she would say, “This is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.”
Peterson said that after the stroke, Paige received an immediate outpour of support from friends, many from the university’s pho-tography program.
Sharon Moore, who never left her daughter’s side, kept a tablet. everyone who came to visit Paige in the hospital signed it and wrote
words of encouragement. The book is now almost full.
The doctors, therapists and nursing staff built a personal relationship with the Moores during Paige’s six months of recovery.
“It’s a very wonderful family here,” Sharon Moore said. “even the reception-ist got to know us.”
The stroke paralyzed Paige’s right arm, and occupational therapist con-nie Thomason said she’ll never be right-handed again. She took photos for the first time two weeks ago with her left hand.
“She’s got to learn how to adapt,” Thomason said. “We need her to buy into that she’s a different person now. I don’t know if she’s accepted it.”
Paige finished her last day in outpatient therapy Friday at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and began treatment Monday at Pate Rehabilitation in Dallas, where she received a three-month scholarship.
Peterson said Paige, now 30, plans to return to school next fall and finish her degree. She would have graduated this semester.
“She’s going to have to work harder than she ever has before,” Peterson said.
Seeing Paige’s experience has changed Peterson’s outlook on life.“I look at all my friends differently,” she said. “It makes you put
a closer tie to people. I don’t think we’re indestructible anymore.”
A photography student’s recovery from an acute stroke displays perseverance and positive outlook
STORY bY eMIlY TOMAn | PHOTOS bY RASY RAn
“RetuRn to GRace”When: 6-8 p.m. Saturday
Where: Irving Bible Church, 2435 Kinwest Parkway
Focus president Dia Peterson curated the exhibit, which features Paige Moore’s photography over the past year. Artist proofs and prints are for sale as well as prints by request. All proceeds go toward Paige’s college fund. The exhibit is free, open to the public and runs through Feb. 28.
New hope, new beginning
Physical therapist Christine Mahler guides photography senior Paige Moore during her last physical therapy session on Friday at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Moore suffered an acute stroke on July 18 and has been rebuilding her motor skills. She began further treatment on Monday at Pate Rehabilitation in Dallas, where she was awarded a three-month scholarship.
Moore waits for her ride Friday at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas after her physical therapy session.
Courtesy Photo
Paige Moore at age 29, before the stroke.
online exclusiveFor an audio slideshow of Paige’s emotional last day in out-patient therapy at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, go to
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Texas A&M Corpus Christi vs. Sam Houston Statethe two hottest teams in the south-land Conference squared off with sam Houston state ending texas A&M Corpus Christi’s undefeated reign in conference play. Bearkat preston Brown led all scores with 21 points and extends his team’s winning streak to five straight. sam Houston state’s win pulls the team even with texas A&M Corpus Christi for a first place tie in the West Divi-sion.
Central Arkansas vs. Northwestern StateDamon Jones scored a career-high 36 points to lead North-western state past Central Arkansas. the conference run-ner-up a season ago ended its 8-game losing streak and se-cured its first victory in confer-ence play. Junior guard Marcus pillow and junior forward Mitch rueter each scored 18 in the loss for the sugar Bears.
Nicholls State vs. Southeastern Louisianathe Colonels forced 15 south-eastern Louisiana turnovers and outrebounded the Lions 28-17 to assure their fourth-straight conference victory, the first such winning streak since 1997-98. senior forward ryan Bathle scored 25 to lead Nich-olls state, which made 21-of-32 free-throw attempts in the sec-ond half.
McNeese State vs. Stephen F. AustinIn a typical low-scoring contest, the stephen F. Austin extended its winning streak to four with the win over the Cowboys. Both teams shot less than 28 percent and scored a combined 37 points in the second half. senior forward Matt Kingsley led sFA with 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting. the Lumberjacks stay one game up in the East Division with the win.
UTSA vs. Lamarsenior forward travis Gabbidon tipped in a missed shot as time ex-pired to lift UtsA over Lamar and secure its second-straight win. Ju-nior guard Morris smith IV led all scores with 23 and senior guard Kenny Dawkins led the Cardinals with 21. smith IV’s 3-pointer, with 10 seconds left to play, rimmed out and the tip-in attempt from junior forward Josh Bonney missed, but Gabbidon was all alone to follow that miss and seal the victory.
around the southland
Bearkats 72 Islanders 51
Demons 80 Sugar Bears 64
Colonels 68 Lions 65
Lumberjacks 43 Cowboys 41
Roadrunners 67 Cardinals 66
By stephen petersThe Shorthorn sports editor
texas state’s leading scorer didn’t have to score much throughout the game — only when it mattered most.
the Mavericks held senior guard Brent Benson to just eight points, but none were bigger than his 10-foot floater, with 15 seconds left, giving the Bobcats (9-11, 2-5) an 80-78 lead and victory saturday at texas Hall.
Junior guard Marquez Haynes, who scored 19 in the game, was able to square up and attempt a 15-footer at the buzzer to try and force the game into overtime, but his shot hit the back of the rim, ending the Mav-ericks’ chance at an undefeated home record this season.
Head coach scott Cross said the last play was originally designed for senior forward Anthony Vereen to take advantage down low, but texas state’s defense sagged down on Ver-een — a common theme throughout the night — forcing the Mavs to a take an outside shot.
”We didn’t get there quick enough. We didn’t set a good enough screen, so the play broke down,” Cross said.
After playing from behind all sec-ond half, Vereen, with a game-high 25 points, scored on a layup and hit the following free throw to give the Mavs a 78-76 lead with 1:32 to play.
the three-point play gave the Mavs their first lead since 30-29 with 1:29 to play in the first half.
“I take full responsibility for this game,” Vereen said. “As a leader of this team, I should have had us more ready to play.”
Bobcat senior guard Corey Jef-ferson sank two free throws to tie the score at 78 — UtA had a chance to regain the lead, but Haynes traveled with 55 seconds to play and gave texas state the ball back and an op-portunity to retake the lead.
UtA had 17 turnovers in the game, resulting in 25 texas state points. the Bobcats also had 18 second-chance points compared to the Mavs’ four.
“those are the two stats you have to look at,” Cross said. “You are not going to win many games when you allow that many second-chance points and turn the ball over that
much.”on the ensuing possession, the
Bobcats missed a jumper and three Mavericks got a hand on the ball, but the rebound bounced to an open Ben-son, who drove the lane and made the game-winning shot.
“I thought I had it,” Vereen said. “I thought I grabbed it. It just went between my hands.”
the loss was the first of the season at home for UtA.
Both conference wins for texas state have come at the hands of the Mavericks. texas state was previously winless in road games this year, and this victory snapped the Bobcats five-game losing streak.
UtA has dropped two straight games since a 3-1 start to conference play.
the Mavericks face the West Divi-sion co-leading texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the American Bank Center in Cor-pus Christi.
A&MCC is 5-3 all-time against UtA, including 3-1 at home.
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Mavs fall to texas state againMen’s BasketBall
Bobcats 80 Mavericks 78
uta sports Calendar
Wednesday
Women’s basketball vs. Texas A&M Corpus ChristiTime: 7 p.m. Place: Texas Hall
Men’s basketball vs. Texas A&M Corpus ChristiTime: 7 p.m.Place: Corpus Christi
Saturday
Men’s tennis vs. New OrleansTime: noonPlace: UTA Tennis Center
Men’s basketball vs. Northwestern State Time: 2 p.m.Place: Natchitoches, La.
Women’s basketball vs. Northwestern StateTime: 4 p.m.Place: Texas Hall
southland ConferenCe
Men’s StandingsEast SLC OverallStephen F. Austin 6-1 14-5Nicholls State 5-2 12-8Southeastern Louisiana 3-4 9-11Central Arkansas 2-5 9-11Northwestern State 1-5 9-12McNeese State 1-5 7-12
West SLC OverallSam Houston State 5-1 11-8Texas A&M Corpus Christi 5-1 11-10UTSA 4-2 13-6UTA 3-3 10-9Lamar 2-5 11-9Texas State 2-5 9-11
nuMBers gaMe
7Number of double-doubles this year
by senior forward Candice Champion
6.78Cordero Gray’s 60-meter dash time at Houston Inivitational on Saturday
10-1Combined Texas Hall record for
men’s and women’s teams
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Junior forward Tommy Moffitt gets up after the final buzzer sounds at UTA’s 80-78 loss to Texas State on Saturday. It was the first loss at home this season for the Mavericks.
TXSTPlayer FG-FGA REB PTS MINBowman 4-9 2 9 20Jefferson 2-5 3 6 40Bush 5-8 9 19 35Johnson 4-8 1 13 17Rybak 6-12 6 18 35Jackson 0-2 1 0 5Benson 3-9 2 8 20Gough 1-2 0 2 5Sloan 1-2 4 3 17Moseley 1-1 1 2 6Totals 27-58 35 80 200
UTAPlayer FG-FGA REB PTS MINHaynes 5-8 5 19 34Parker 2-2 5 5 18Long 2-12 4 8 30Reed III 0-4 2 0 10Vereen 7-8 5 25 35Guignard 4-8 2 14 26Moffitt 4-5 4 9 22Smith 0-3 0 0 25Totals 24-50 30 78 200
Records: Texas State (9-11, 2-5), UTA (10-9, 3-3)
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Q: During my former marriage, myhusband transmitted to me chlamydia andhuman papillomavirus. He was very con-trolling and quietly intimidating. I wastreated for the STDs for 10 years, endingwith a hysterectomy. I finally left for mysafety. I have been in therapyto get a hold of and move onwith my life. Now, two and ahalf years later, I feel he shouldcompensate me for the majorloss to my body. What should Ido about accomplishing this?
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Q: I was involved with one of the bestfriends I have ever had for 10 1/2 months.Then problems hit and we broke up. Sincethen, we have stopped speaking, for somepetty reasons. Like, she was talking behindmy back about me, and I got mad and wefought and just have stopped talking! Wewere friends and sort of seeing each other
for two years prior to our relationship. Imiss her not only as a lover, but moreimportantly, as a friend! I know that hav-ing her back in my life is no longer a pos-sibility, but I do wish that I could have thefriendship we once shared. I love her now
and forever, and I would like tokeep out of that at least afriendship! The biggest prob-lem is that we both go to thesame college, and the campusis very small, so we do run intoeach other from time to time,but all I receive are cold glares.I don't like this, and it hurts me.I would appreciate any insightyou have on this problem.
A: I don't know if you'llever be friends, but at this pointI think she's doing you a bigfavor. If you remained friends,based on what you've written,my guess is that you'd be verymuch involved with her emo-tionally, even if she didn'treturn the feelings. Andbecause of that emotionalattachment, you wouldn't beable to move on to form a newromantic relationship. So fornow, I think the best thing for
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University Police responded to a call at Centennial Court apartments on Wednesday that left an individual involved facing three misdemeanor charges.
According to statements made by Lt. Jonathan King, the incident involved a man and cabin fever brought on by the wintery weather. That man was identified through police records as Parker Moore, an undergraduate business major.
The incident resulted in three separate charges filed against Moore — public in-toxication, reckless damage and simple assault for shoving a bystander, said Rick Gomez, assistant police chief. All three are misdemeanor charges.
A neighbor in the build-ing said she initially thought the banging was a resident slamming cabinet doors. She then heard a man and woman screaming at each other.
After the screaming began, she called police at around 5:55 p.m. to report the disturbance, then peeked out the door to get a better look.
The neighbor said she heard glass breaking and saw a pool of blood appear after Moore put his fist through an apartment window.
King said police were able to restore some calm to the sit-uation. Moore was taken into custody and transported to Ar-lington Memorial Hospital for treatment to a gash on his arm.
What sparked the dispute remains unclear to police, and they won’t continue an investi-gation or pursue other charges, Gomez said.
Moore wasn’t available for comment at press time.
Jason [email protected]
Student charged in Centennial Court disputecrime
The business major received three charges, one included reckless damage.
The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
A University Police officer walks outside an apartment building where a dispute took place Jan. 28 at Cen-tennial Court apartments. Business undergraduate Parker Moore was charged with three misdemeanor offenses after punching through a bedroom window during the dispute.
The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard
The Metal Militia team robot drops pucks into the goal to earn points at the First Tech Challenge Southwest Regional Championship Tour-nament on Saturday afternoon at the Maverick Activities Center. The team with the most points at the end of the match wins.
Last year, they made it to the finals, but lost to Ham-mered Steel. They repeated that fate this year.
Warriors captain Ciara Waldron said this competi-tion’s robot was more of a sec-ondary project. They focused on a larger robot for another competition and didn’t have much time to work on this competition’s machine. The robot experienced technical problems throughout — ul-timately losing in the semi-finals.
The Fighting Pickles saw controversy when their robot failed to respond to the driver’s controls and also lost in the
semifinals.Team adviser James Wil-
son told his team not to be angry but to find out what went wrong so it doesn’t hap-pen again in a later tourna-
ment.O’Brien said the tourna-
ment went well for his team, and it taught a lot for the next tournament. His team went home with the Inspire award for its “gracious professional-ism” and overall work ethic with other teams.
Even though he didn’t win, O’Brien said he was happy to fulfill his dream.
“I thought it’d be really cool to make a robot, you know,” he said. “It’s every kid’s dream to make one.”
Dustin L. [email protected]
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management and ability to reduce the burden of produc-ing annual reports required for the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report statistics.
Instead of returning to the department to complete separate paper reports for incident and daily activity reports, the system will give officers the ability to com-plete an electronic version from computers installed in their patrol cars, Lt. Jona-
than King said.“They’ve spent the last
week training on the new system,” King said, “So far [the system] looks good, but we’ll see how it works
when the change happens.”While reducing paper
waste is nice, the most sig-nificant advantage the sys-tem offers to the department is that officers are no longer tied to using the computers in the report writing room for completing reports, King said.
Jason [email protected]
Paperlesscontinued from page 1
