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BY ARIONNE WELLSThe Shorthorn staff

Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson are former presi-dents that Morris Dees referenced to illustrate the re-spect that citizens held for them amidst disagreements.

Civil rights attorney Dees stressed that intolerance and dis-respect stemmed from subconscious bigotry during his lecture Wednesday night to a crowd of roughly 500 students, faculty and staff in the University Center Rosebud Theatre.

Dees said he shed some tears the night President Barack Obama was elected - but said the love fest the nation had “has now turned into a bloodbath.”

Dees said there are people who do not believe that an African-American citizen is fit to lead the country.

He referenced the interruption of Obama’s congressional address about health care when Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., pointed at the president and shouted, “You lie!”

The Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder intertwined stories from the Bible, the struggle of Martin Luther King Jr. and from his life into his address that lasted nearly an hour.

Dees, whose campaigns and court cases against white supremacist groups were made into a television movie, gave the audience several personal stories about his beginnings in Alabama.

His teacher, Vera Belle Johnson, who taught in a three-room schoolhouse in Shorter, Ala., encouraged him to be a good person overall. Ms. Johnson, as he referred to her, taught her students to use restraint against vices — especially drink-ing. Dees recalled the day he challenged her with the story of Jesus turning water into wine.

“Yes, Morris,” she retorted. “But we would have thought more highly of Jesus if he hadn’t done that.”

Equally memorable to Dees were Johnson’s efforts to con-

vince her pupils of the value of the words: “one nation, indivis-ible, with liberty and justice for all.”

“She wanted us to grow up to be good people,” Dees said. He interpreted the Old Testament story of the prophet

Amos who warned the citizens of Bethel, in ancient Palestine, that many great nations have crumbled because of greed and injustice.

He said this generation has the duty to bridge the divide

It’s Our Turn

Morris Dees shares life tales to inspire the new generation to step forward with love and respect in order to promote tolerance and equality.

BY ANDREW PLOCKThe Shorthorn staff

Rain can’t stop him. In fact, it only makes his team stron-ger.

Child development sophomore David Hernandez helped prepare his team for Bed Races with the precious extra days he got after the event was postponed a week.

The annual event, origi-nally scheduled for Oct. 1, was postponed due to inclement weather. Activities begin at 7 tonight at Maverick Stadium.

“The extra week really al-lowed us to get to know each other,” Hernandez said. “Be-fore, it was hard because of schedules, but we’ve figured out who is going to be on the bed and who’s pushing.”

A combination of women and men, Hernandez’s team, the Fluffy Couch Potatoes, is one of the teams competing in the event sponsored by EXCEL Campus Activities and the Cam-pus Recreation Department.

During the almost 30-year-old tradition, teams of five push a wheeled bed about 50 yards down the field at Maver-ick Stadium. Teams spice up the competition by dressing in costume.

Hernandez said he wants to honor that tradition. “We’re going to wear pillows under our shirts,” he said.The team will attempt to take home the win as Hernandez

said they’re the event’s “underdog.”Along with the races, Angie Mack, EXCEL Campus Tradi-

tions director, said they developed this year’s theme, Running of the Beds, by adding a mechanical bull and a new contest, PJ Caliente, in which contestants will race to change their pajamas the fastest.

Bungee games, food and at halftime, a chance to break the record for largest Texas collegiate pillow fight are all planned under the night sky.

John Hillas, Student Activities assistant director, said he hopes to beat the typical turnout of 1,000 as long as the rain stays away.

Teams check in at 7 p.m., the captains meeting is at 7:45 p.m. and the races begin at 8 p.m.

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Rain extends training time for Bed Races

TRADITIONS

Teams like the Fluffy Couch Potatoes have utilized the extra available days for practice to develop their strategy and costume designs for the annual event.

DEES continues on page 6

The Shorthorn: Chris Hudson

TOO HOT TO HANDLEUTA alumnus and Omega Psi Phi fraternity member Jason Hamilton grills up hamburgers and hot dogs as part of a fundraising barbecue on Wednesday at the Central Library mall. The fraternity partnered with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People UTA chap-ter to raise money for Crayons For Kids, an organization that provides school supplies to needy children and their teachers.

The Shorthorn: Rasy Ran

The 33 News photojournalist Michael O’Donnell, not pictured, interviews Morris Dees, Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder and chief trial counsel, during a press conference Wednesday at the University Center Carlisle Suite. Dees later spoke to a full house in the Univer-sty Center Rosebud Theatre about racial discrimination in the past and present.


Eunice Currie, assistant vice president for human resources man-agement and development, reacts Wednesday at the UC Rosebud Theatre as Morris Dees describes his experience when working on a case with discriminated Vietnamese fishermen. Currie said she was very familiar with his work and teaches a Welcoming Diversity course at the university.

WHEN AND WHEREWhere: Maverick Stadium

When: Team check-in: 7 p.m.Captains meeting: 7:45 p.m.Unleashing of the beds: 8 p.m.

BY TEMICCA HUNTERThe Shorthorn staff

Dining Services issued a survey to get feedback from students, faculty and staff to see what improve-ments they would like to see.

Participants can take the two-week Talk Shop sur-vey online until Oct. 23.

Several surveys have been conducted over the years to get student input on Dining Services. Student comments and feedback resulted in bringing in res-taurants such as Subway Restaurant, Panda Express and other dining areas on campus said David Ok, Dining Services marketing manager.

“The survey we are running now is to see how we

are doing,” he said. “We do surveys to find out what students want.”

Ok said the surveys are marketed in various ways, including information sent out though listservs, word-of-mouth and on the Web site.

Laptops will also be set up at several locations on campus to promote the survey. At each location, students will be given incentives just for filling out the survey.

Dining services issues survey to get feedback for improvement

TALK SHOP SURVEYWeb site: www.college-survey.com/utaOn campus locations: Mavericks Activities Center, University Center and Central Library

Students will be given incentives like nutrition bars, water bottles and coffee vouchers to complete questionnaire at campus locations.

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“I think it’s really important for students to participate in the surveys, because we really take the surveys to heart. The survey tells us exactly what students want.”

David Ok,Dining Services marketing manager

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Make a Splash: 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., River Legacy Parks Living Science Center. Environmental awareness event. Free. For information contact UTA Volunteers at 817-272-2963 or [email protected]

Engaging Students: The Process and Product of Ac-tive Learning 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Red River and Concho rooms, University Center. Free. For information contact David J. Silva at 817-272-2103 or [email protected]

Art Exhibition in the Gallery at UTA: Tommy Fitzpatrick/Margo Sawyer: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or [email protected]

Interventional Cardiology: 11 a.m.-noon, 307 Preston Hall. Free. For information contact Jian Yang at 817-272-0562 or [email protected]

Healthy Relationships: Noon-1 p.m. 216 Davis Hall. Free. For information contact Counseling Services at 817-272-367.

Toward Zero Emission Coal-to-Electric Power Genera-tion Systems: 1:30-2:30 p.m., 105 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information contact Debi Barton at 817-272-2500

“Stars at Night are Big and Bright”: 2- 3 p.m., the Plan-etarium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni, and $2 for UTA students. For information contact the Planetarium 817-272-1183 or [email protected].

Jazz by the Boulevard: 5-11 p.m., 3401 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. Tickets are $5.

Opening Reception for the Gallery at UTA Art Exhibition: 6-8:30 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or [email protected]

African American Faculty Staff Association Meet-And-Greet: 6 p.m. Rio Grande Ballroom, University Center. Free. For information contact Eddie Freeman at 817-272-2106 or [email protected]

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Tuesday’s Morris Dees article should have stated the lecture is part of the Diversity Lectures. It also should have included the Division of Student Affairs as a sponsor.

The first sentence in the story on Paul Varghese’s speech in Wednesday’s paper was incorrect. It should have stated “Just in time to relieve midterm stress, Paul Varghese delivered a laugh to more than 400 students.”

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DisturbanceSomeone complained of a woman with a cry-ing baby on Central Library’s second floor.

Officers investigated the noise disturbance at 7:35 p.m. at Central Library but never found it.

Vehicle, TowA vehicle was towed from Lot 31 at 8:56 p.m. at 600 Summit Ave. at the request of the Parking Office after discovering 18 outstand-ing citations had been given to the vehicle.

Accident, MinorA staff member reported an accident involv-ing a student driver hitting the side mirror of a university shuttle bus at 9:11 p.m. at 800 S. Oak St. The student was issued a citation.

BY CLINT UTLEYThe Shorthorn sports editor

Students received a motivational lesson from former professional bas-ketball player Stephen Bardo at noon Wednesday in the University Center Rosebud Theatre.

Bardo, now a college basketball analyst for ESPN, spoke to students about dealing with adversity and the importance of leadership in his lec-ture, “Transferring Leadership off the Court.” The lecture was part of the Department of Kinesiology’s Eugene Anderson Sport Performance Lecture Series. The Leadership Center spon-sored this year’s presentation.

Leadership Cen-ter director Stepha-nie Brown, who grew up with Bardo in Carbondale, Ill., said she hoped students took Bardo’s mes-sage to heart.

“I hope that stu-dents, particularly our student-athletes, heard him talk about the importance of leadership skills for life,” she said. “A lot of times we think about leadership for the purposes of ath-letics or our careers,

but leadership skills are critical to be successful in your life.”

Bardo’s message was simple: life will have setbacks but leaders find a way to excel. He attributed his achievements to a phrase his father instilled in him at an early age, “Don’t let the stone stop you.” Bardo experienced challenges during his 10-year basketball playing career – he was cut, waived or released from teams 16 times.

“We don’t live long enough to make all the mistakes,” Bardo said.

He encouraged his audience to take his and professors’ advice. He lives by a five-points leadership game plan that he shared.

Bardo spoke of his own hardships in life and how he used a “leadership game plan” to rebound from those experiences. He reached a common ground with attendees by opening up about his struggles such as playing with

injuries and his divorce in 2004.Kinesiology sophomore Andres

Lopez said the lecture was helpful for his coaching aspirations.

“It was very inspirational,” Lopez said. “I especially liked the five points. He’s been through a lot of adversity. I’m more inspired to do what I want to do [coaching].”

Tomas Lobo, aerospace and mechan-ical engineering sophomore and Movin’

Mavs guard, said Bardo’s willingness to share his life-story was interesting.

“He had his ups and downs, yet he’s still here,” Lobo said. “He got cut from a bunch of teams but he kept trying. Most people won’t admit their own failures.”

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Leaders Find a WayESPN college

basketball analyst speaks to students about overcoming

adversities

BARDO’S LEADERSHIP GAME PLAN1. Assess your current situation.2. Create a vision.3. Develop your game plan.4. Be process-oriented.5. Celebrate.

The Shorthorn: Tim Crumpton

Stephen Bardo, ESPN college basketball analyst, mimics the iconic Muhammad Ali victory pose that gave him inspiration throughout his basketball career. Bardo spoke Wednesday in the University Cen-ter Rosebud Theatre, encouraging students, faculty and staff to set goals and never stop working toward them.

“We don’t live long enough to make all the mistakes.”Stephen Bardo, ESPN college basketball analyst

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sportsabout sportsClint Utley, sports editor

[email protected] publishes Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

rememberThe Movin’ Mavs season begins at 1 p.m.

Oct. 24, 2009, against the Dallas Mavericks in the Maverick Activities Center.

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Campus recreation and the Movin’ Mavs have combined forces to create UtA’s first ever Intramu-ral Bocce Night, offering students with and with-out disabilities a chance to participate in the intramu-ral game.

the event is open regis-tration and will take place at 6 tonight downstairs in the physical Education Building gym. the event was created for students with disabilities to come out and have an oppor-tunity to try an olympic

sport. the sport of Bocce Ball takes on the same rules and equipment as the game lawn bowling, but this event will be held in-doors. Non-handicapped students are encouraged to play, but they will be placed in adapted equip-ment so all teams will have equal advantages.

the night will kick off with a brief clinic to teach participants how to play the sport. After the clinic, the people will be split up into two-person teams and participate in the tourna-

ment. the teams will com-pete for awards.

Doug Garner, Movin’ Mavs head coach, has been involved with planning the event.

“My hope for this tour-nament is that it will cre-ate more awareness for sports and recreation to all students at UtA with disabilities and encour-age them to look into dif-ferent activities that they can participate in,” Garner said.

– trevor Harris

By Travis DeTherageThe Shorthorn staff

the Movin’ Mavs basket-ball team played a two-game scrimmage against the Dal-las Mavericks wheelchair team Wednesday evening at the physical Education Building.

the teams split the two scrimmages with the Dal-las Mavericks winning game one 70-60 and UtA winning game two 62-59. the teams will each play one more pre-season game, against each other, oct. 24 in Arlington. Doug Garner, Movin’ Mavs head coach, said his team played well for an early oc-tober game.

“these games give us confidence,” Garner said. “We wanna take this and build and get ready for this year; and the Dallas players are great. they are teaching our guys and they want our guys to look good because the better we are, the bet-ter competition we are [to] scrimmage them. It’s good for us, it’s good for them and it helps our guys get ready for the season.”

senior guard and team captain James patin didn’t play due to an illness, so other players had to contrib-ute more. senior forward David Wilkes had 21 points in game one and 16 points in game two. Junior guard Ian pierson had 16 points in the first game and in game two had 12 points. pierson said it helps to play against Dal-las, who he thinks is the best

team in the nation.“Last year, we weren’t

even able to beat these guys,” pierson said. “And to beat them by three and be up by 18 and 20, shows lots of im-provement from last year.”

Both teams went back and forth during game one as Dallas led at halftime 30-26. UtA took the lead 34-32 with 16:50 left to go in the game. Dallas then took the lead back and was up by one with 8:30 left in the game. From that point on, Dallas held on to the lead and won the first scrimmage. Dallas was able to overcome a com-bined 22 points from Wilkes and pierson in the second half.

Game two belonged to UtA as they were up 34-26 at halftime and were able to extend the lead to 14 points with 6:40 left in the game. Dallas then started a come-back and was able to cut the lead to two points with 6 seconds left.

Aaron Gouge, former Movin’ Mavs player who currently plays for Dallas, had a chance to tie the game after making the first of two free throws to put Dallas within one, but couldn’t make the second foul shot to tie the game. UtA held on to the win.

Junior forward Josh rucker, who had 10 points combined, didn’t come out for a single second during both games. Garner said the team’s fitness is better.

“the school supported us with a trainer this year and he’s gotten them in shape,” Garner said. “they have been listening to him and working with him and

they’re excited to start the year.”

Freshman guard Jorge sanchez, who also had 10 points combined, said the Movin’ Mavs played well as a team.

“this game helps us a lot and we want to get prepared for the top team, Illinois,” sanchez said. “It was a good team we played tonight and we played real good togeth-er.”

Travis [email protected]

Movin’ Mavs top Dallas in second gamewheelchair BaskeTBall

Team lost the first scrimmage but returned strong and won 62-59.

The Shorthorn: Meghan Williams

Movin’ Mavs junior guard Ian Pierson lines up a shot Wednesday during a scrimmage against Dallas Maver-icks Wheelchair Basketball player Danny Fik. After the double header in the Physical Education Building, both teams were able to claim a victory.

By Trevor harrisThe Shorthorn staff

the men’s golf team battled through cold, rainy and windy conditions to capture a fourth-place fin-ish in the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic on Mon-day and tuesday in south Bend, Ind.

After enduring the weather conditions on Day one, the team was tied for 10th place with Cincinnati in the 15-team field. the team shot a 38-over-par 598.

Although the tourna-ment was a small, non-conference stop in its schedule, head coach Jay rees used the slow start to the tournament as motiva-tion for the team’s future.

“I just told the guys that we are running out of time,” rees said. “If you want to win a con-ference championship and

get back to the NCAAs, then you’re going to need a sense of urgency to go out and make this happen.”

His team responded in the final round on day two. the Mavs shot a 5-over-par score of 285, which was the second best total of the day. the strong finish raised the team six spots as they finished the tournament in fourth place. Notre Dame won the tournament at home, but the Mavs’ experience and heart helped them play well on the Warren golf course, said junior Zack Fischer.

“the course was brutal and it was tough on ev-eryone,” Fischer said. “But that’s why I think we did well because our team is mentally tough enough to get through conditions like these compared to other teams.”

Leadership for the Mav-ericks came out the second day as they got key contri-butions from their go-to players. senior Bobby

Massa bounced back from scores of 85 and 74 on the first day, to shoot a 67 in the final round. With rees following him on the sec-ond day, Fischer chipped in with a 69 in the final round, giving him a team-leading 217 in the tourna-ment.

senior Bryce Easton had an overall score of 219. Junior Donald Dowie shot a 227 and freshman Hunter Brown rounded out the scores with a total of 235.

Brown, one of the new-comers to the team, said he knows his team needs a better start in tourna-ments to be successful.

“I think we just need to play like we did in the last round,” Brown said.” “We have to play consis-tently and have a high level of play the whole way through.”

Trevor [email protected]

Men place 4th in Fighting Irish Gridiron tourney

golf

The team improved after tying for 10th place on the first day.

sTuDenT life

First ever Intramural Bocce Night available for all students

Finance graduate student Al Woolum hands math junior Katie Fleming a UT Arlington Mavericks hat Wednesday during the Movin’ Mavs game. Woolum, the owner of Lonestar Lids, gives away hats at many university sporting events.


“We wanna take this and build and get ready for this year.”

Doug garnerMovin’ Mavs head coach

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By Rachel SnydeRThe Shorthorn staff

The School of Social Work Community Ser-vice Clinic does work with SafeHaven, a shelter for victims of domestic violence, and the Tarrant County criminal court to create a treatment pro-gram for domestic violence offenders.

The Tarrant County Domestic Violence Di-version Program gives domestic violence offend-ers the option to have their record cleared if they successfully complete the 12-month treatment program.

Peter Lehmann, social work associate pro-fessor and Community Services Clinic clinical

supervisor, does psychological analyses of the of-fenders to recommend a treatment plan.

Lehmann said the victim goes to SafeHaven and signs a consent form to let their partner go through the program.

Lehmann said he does a psychological analy-sis to assess the offenders’ level of danger and sends the findings and recommendations to the Tarrant County court.

The treatment recommendations include the batterer intervention program, the drug and alcohol treatment program, one-on-one mental health training and pair training for men and women, he said.

Program manager Sally Smith said the pro-gram began and received its initial grant in June 2000.

Smith works with Judge Jamie Cummings to manage the program.

The rate of repeat offenders who go through the program is 2 percent, she said.

“They learn they have a choice to not fight,” she said.

She said that the district attorney reviews each case and determines if the defendant could be a candidate for the program.

Program candidates are usually first-time of-fenders who didn’t commit a very severe act of violence, Smith said. The defendant must enter a plea and complete the program as a condition of bond, she said.

She said defendants are required to attend night court and to report once a week to their case manager, who oversees the individual needs and cases, for the first 30 days.

From Sept. 1, 2008 to Aug. 31, 141 defendants were placed in the program, 79 defendants suc-

cessfully completed it, and 28 were terminated from it, according to an informational packet about the program.

Cummings is the head of the diversion de-partment and developed the innovative new night court, which educates offenders about ac-countability.

“The program does a good job and it changes their lives,” she said.

Most domestic violence is a result of the envi-ronment the offender grew up in, she said.

Cummings said some go jail, some go through a probationary period and some need the extra time and attention offered through the program.

“The change in their attitudes and relation-ships is amazing,” Cummings said.

Rachel [email protected]

Domestic violence offenders can be clearedaRlington

With a 12-month program in Tarrant County, steps can be taken to get treatment, like mental health training.

The Shorthorn: Tim Crumpton

cRocodile hunteRPsychology junior Cale Davis slips ‘n’ slides on a chilly Wednesday morning to entertain and draw the at-tention of passersby on the Central Library mall. The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity is taking donations of cash and candy to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth. On Halloween, they will dress up in costumes and take the candy to children that cannot go trick-or-treating.

Derek Main of the Archosaur dig site discussed the uniqueness and prehistoric past of the local area.

By Johnathan SilveRThe Shorthorn senior staff

More fossil, university and media expo-sure will come in the next year for a local prehistoric excavation site.

During a Wednesday lecture, Derek Main, the Arlington Archosaur site direc-tor, said he and volunteer diggers will be featured in “Prehistoric America,” a Dis-covery Channel series set to air in spring 2010. Main also gave updates on findings at the area in North Arlington and briefly discussed the history of the project and other prehistoric research.

Many cities have remains beneath in-frastructure that can’t be accessed, Main said. Arlington has much untouched land which is strange for a metropolitan area, he said.

“Arlington is the entertainment capital of North Texas,” he said. “You can go watch football and dig up dinosaurs.”

Fossils and sediments can be anywhere it’s looked for, he said. One example in-

cluded a dig site volunteer finding lungfish remains behind a McDonalds restaurant.

Main, who is also an earth science graduate student and lecturer, will use the dig site results for his doctoral thesis.

The College of Engineering and the Ar-lington Technology Association sponsored the lecture.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Ross Eric said he liked the comparison be-tween Arlington’s dig site and other states with ongoing excavation projects.

“It looked like an interesting talk and it fit into my schedule out of the events this week, plus I live in Arlington,” he said. “Good stuff to know. It’s something that I’d like to know more about.”

Alan Davis, electrical engineering as-sociate professor, said prehistoric times talk is not the norm for most speeches he attends.

“It was a little bit different,” he said. “It’s something most of us don’t think about.”

Johnathan [email protected]

Local dig site to be featured on Discovery Channel, speaker says


Site director Derek Main speaks about the Arlington Archosaur Site on Wednesday in Nedderman Hall. Main hypothesized that millions of years ago Arlington was on a coastal peninsula due to the facts that the fossils of fish, crocodiles, and sharks were found at the Arlington site.

Participants can go to the Maverick Activities Center to fill out the survey and will receive free bottled water and nutri-tional bars. They can also fill out surveys at the Central Library and receive a free coffee voucher. At the University Center by the Connection Café, participants will be given free candy bars.

“I think it’s really important for stu-dents to participate in the surveys, be-cause we really take the surveys to heart,” Ok said. “The survey tells us exactly what students want.”

Once the survey ends, Aramark will randomly pick three people for prizes. The grand prize is a $250 Best Buy gift card which will go to one student; two other students will be selected to receive $25 Best Buy gift cards.

Journalism senior Ashley Johnson-Lightey said the gift card motivates her to take the survey.

She said as a public relations minor she frequently has to distribute surveys, so she always tries to help people out with surveys as much as she can.

Communication technology senior David Dowell said he usually eats at Panda Express, Pizza Hut and Chick-fil-A. He said he eats at various restaurants in the dining area because he likes to mix it up. Dowell said he would be taking the survey because of the gift card incentive.

Journalism senior Kisha Gaspard said she would not take the survey online be-cause she does not have any complaints or comments to make about the dining area.

“I already like the food services that are offered on campus,” she said. “I usually eat at the Subway all the time.”

Gaspard said she also eats at the Con-nection Café and usually gets a salad.

“I find it really convenient because I don’t like to cook or go to Wal-Mart all the time,” she said.

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“It was a little bit different. It’s something most of us don’t think about.”

Alan Davis, electrical engineering associate professor

aRlington

“I already like the food services that are offered on campus. I usually eat at the Subway all the time.”

Kisha gaspardjournalism senior

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Thursday, October 8, 2009 Page 5A

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 8, 2009

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(c)2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 10/8/09

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 9,2009

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Thursday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Dan Naddor10/9/09

(c)2009 Tribune Media Services,Inc.10/9/09

Dr. ruth Q: My wife and I are curious about watersports. We have seen a few movies about this, but we would like to know what health risks are involved, if any. Can a woman get an infection from a man urinating into her va-gina? Will swallowing it make you sick? We would appreciate your com-ments before we proceed. Thank you.

A: Let me say that sex-ual activities involving urination are not my cup of tea, but if doing some-thing Ò forbiddenÓ is sex-ually exciting to the two of you, then thatÕ s a per-sonal decision. But why do you have to go so far? You can safely urinate on each other and then take a shower, but while urine is not as dirty as people seem to feel, I wouldnÕ t engage in ac-tivities where the urine is placed in the mouth or vagina. That is one of the dangers of trying something new: You open the door a crack, and the next thing you know, itÕ s wide open to anything. So while IÕ m for trying new things, my ad-vice is to keep a chain on that door so you indulge only a little to get that added amount of excitement but donÕ t go so far as to engage in risky behavior.

Q: In a recent column, you ad-vised a young person who wasnÕ t sure whether he was gay to talk to his high-school counselor. I am a high-school counselor, and the

problem is that I know that most of us havenÕ t had the training to deal with this, and would have no idea what ad-vice to give. I know that we should be trained in these issues, but in many states, the legislatures actually forbid it. So while your advice should be appropriate, sadly, in far too many cases itÕ s not.

A: I understand and accept what youÕ re say-ing, and I agree that it is sad. However, if a coun-selor of any sort cannot

handle a particular case, their duty is to help the person who came to them find a counselor who can help them. That happens to me all the time. People come to me with a sexual problem and I donÕ t have the expertise in that area to help them, but I recommend other therapists. So I would hope that any school counselor who ran into a problem that they werenÕ t equipped to deal with would have the resources to help the young person get the needed help elsewhere.

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

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that separates the wealthy and the poor.

Psychology graduate stu-dent Wen Cheng said the speech was cool.

“I think that more mi-norities should be in the fold versus the majority, sooner rather then later,” she said.

Students like Cheng were among those who stayed after the lecture for the book signing.

Dees book, A Lawyer’s Journey: The Morris Dees Story, sold out at before the lecture began, said Multicul-tural Affairs director Leticia Martinez.

Dees said that while he doesn’t have the magic for-mula for equality, a key is to respect and love one another.

“Don’t be satisfied until justice rolls down like wa-ters, and righteousness like a mighty stream,” he said.

Eddie Freeman, Equal Opportunity Services direc-tor, echoed Dees sentiment.

“I learned the struggle is not over,” Freeman said. “The opposition President Obama

faces is a big distraction for us all, and unless we can pull together, we have a long way to go.”

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By JohnAthAn silverThe Shorthorn senior staff

Engineering students in professional attire waited in lines, handed out resu-més and networked dur-ing the Engineering Co-op and Internship Job Fair Wednesday.

Some attendees said the economy played a factor in student and employer turn-out. Carole Coleman, Engi-neering Co-op and Intern-ship coordinator and event creator, said she was happy with student attendance, although she didn’t know the exact number that at-tended.

“The turnout was excel-lent,” she said. “Everyone was busy the whole time.”

Coleman said that while the fair is geared toward current students, some alumni attended the fair in search of opportunities.

Electrical engineering senior Eniola Iwanefun said he would have liked to see more employer turnout. This year, 21 prospective employers came compared to nearly twice as many in 2007. If the economy recovers, more companies and opportunities might be at the next fair, Iwanefun said.

“Last semester, every-where was full. Maybe it’s because of the economy, but so far so good,” Iwanefun said. “I was able to turn in

10 resumés.”Most of the recruiters

were nice and friendly, said electrical engineering se-nior Diana Asaolu. Experi-ence matters more than just the name of the company, she said.

“I don’t really go to look for big companies,” she said. “I go to those I don’t know about that well because there will be less competition. You’ve got to start somewhere,” she said.

Lisa Burton-Cole, a se-nior human resources ana-lyst, focused on recruiting civil engineering students. She represented the City of Fort Worth Engineer-ing Cooperative Education Program, which is under the Transportation and Public Works Department.

Students recruited by the Transportation Depart-ment garner experience overseeing projects from “cradle to grave,” mean-ing students would work a project from its conception to its completion, she said. College fairs are the best places to recruit students, she said.

“It allows students to network with employers in one central location,” Cole said. “The college campus is safer for students because employers want to recruit students, and it’s bet-ter than being thrown out there and having to look for a job.”

JohnAthAn [email protected]

Fewer employers at job fair, attendees blame economy

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Steve Bond, president of

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civil engineer-ing graduate student Leila Sadeghian at the Engineer-

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afternoon in Nedderman

Hall. Twenty-one employ-ers attended

the fair.

The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard

By JohnAthAn silverThe Shorthorn senior staff

Wednesday’s presenta-tion by the former President’s Sustainability Committee co-chairman called for experts and non-experts to unite in order to solve the global en-vironmental crisis, which left some attendees satisfied and others want-ing more.

Jeff Howard’s talk, Sustainabil-ity and the Crisis of Expertise, fo-cused on how a wide range of ex-pert opinions have contributed to the problem known as the Great Col-lision, how exper-tise is received by society and how, through a joint effort, experts and non-experts can work toward a solution. The Great Collision is a term coined by author James Gustave Speth, which reflects the depletion of nat-ural resources, increase in paper usage and vehicle pro-duction, and other resources used daily by society.

“When things crash – cars, space shuttles, buildings, bridges – we generally want to know who’s responsible for the problem,” said Howard, School of Urban and Pub-lic Affairs assistant professor. “We have to ask the same question for the Great Col-lision.”

Howard projected an image that listed profession-als responsible for the cur-rent environment. The list included job descriptions like engineers, lawyers, pundits, lobbyist, public relations spe-cialists, stockbrokers, teach-ers, journalists, scientists and others. He also intentionally left spaces blank and told the audience that the blanks were for them to fill in.

“We need more science, more efficiency and smarter technology,” Howard said.

“It’s time for some global-scale engineering projects.”

Leila Ahmadi, an environ-mental science graduate stu-dent, said that the talk should have focused more on envi-ronmental education.

“In Arlington, there is no public transportation because people don’t know how driv-ing in personal vehicles af-fects the environment,” she said.

Ahmadi suggested that the city impose public transporta-tion.

Howard refer-enced a series of dia-grams also used by Speth, who is Dean of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The dia-grams labeled popu-lation growth and the increased natural resources use, which has contributed to

the Great Collision.Michan Connor, inter-

disciplinary studies assistant professor, said he liked the talk and thought it was pro-vocative.

“Dr. Howard did a good job of introducing a very complex set of problems that affect our society,” he said. “Without the participation of the wider public, experts are liable to create problems or make existing problems worse.”

Nursing freshman Anh Dang said she and fellow English 1301 classmates were required to attend Howard’s lecture.

“The information was kind of hard to understand,” she said. “I’m glad I went though. It wasn’t a waste.”

English chair Wendy Faris said Howard gave a good talk.

“It’s hard trying to have these experts get more input from society because we don’t feel like we know what’s going on. But he’s saying too bad,” she said. “He’s saying that we’ve got to have a consen-sus.”

JohnAthAn [email protected]

Talk explains Great Collision

speech

Jeff Howard, former President’s Sustainability Committee co-chairman

Workers continue to re-roof the lower deck of 108 University Hall this week after being halted by the rain.

“It slows us down, but it’s not leaking currently,” said Jeff Johnson, facilities management associate di-rector.

The hole, which appeared in the ceiling after heavy rains the second weekend in September, was patched the last full week of September.

“It is repaired so it should not leak,” he said.

The cost for the re-roof-ing of the lower level deck is $57,622, which came from

Facilities Management De-partment.

The hole has been cov-ered with plaster on the inside, but will be paint-ed over during the winter break.

The wait is because the university originally planned to paint the ceil-

ing and will wait until the break.

He said that all other previous leaks across cam-pus have been addressed.

The National Weather Service predicts thunder-storms all day Thursday.

—Bryan Bastible

FAcilities

Ceiling hole patched, classes resume, re-roofing continues at UH after rain delays

security heiGhtened For lecture

Security for the Diversity Lectures event was tightened by request of speaker Morris Dees, said Rick Gomez, police assistant chief.

Gomez said the biggest change to security was using metal detectors. He said it is the second time the metal de-tectors have been used in the three and a half years he has been at UTA.

UTA Police would offer the same security for any major event, Gomez said.

“We are taking necessary precautions to make sure this is a successful event for the people who are putting this on,” he said.

UTA Police also searched belongings such as purses.

– Ali Mustansir

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Wednesday marked the first day to file for the fall 2009 Student Gov-ernance elections, with about five students already filed.

Students have until Oct. 30 to file. Open positions include Student Congress senators, Homecoming court and UTA Ambassadors.

“Students should look at it as an opportunity to get their voices heard,” said Carter Bedford, Student Governance and Organizations as-sociate director.

Students can file for the positions by going to the Student Governance office located in the University Cen-

ter lower level, look at the require-ments for each position and fill out the forms.

Hillary Green, student gover-nance and organizations secretary, said that Wednesday several stu-dents had come by and requested information.

“You don’t have to be involved — it’s a way to get involved,” she said.

— Bryan Bastible

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Last day to file for Student Governance elections Oct. 30

Student attendance was strong despite the low turnout of hiring outlets.

The discussion involved sustainability and how experts can’t fix it alone.


Morris Dees signs a copy of his book, A Lawyer’s Journey: The Morris Dees Story, for Keisha Ware, attorney for the students, Wednesday at the UC Rosebud Theatre.

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