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BY VIDWAN RAGHAVANThe Shorthorn staff

The College of Liberal Arts is working to raise $2 million to establish a pre-

law center by next spring.The department is cur-

rently looking to alumni for donations. The center will provide information and resources for students in-terested in law school after graduation.

Myke Holt, Liberal Arts development director, said

the department wants to raise the money rather than depend solely on the uni-versity.

“We’re going to raise money so that we don’t have to worry about funding,” she said. “I’m hoping our alum-ni base rises to it.”

Holt said the response

from alumni has been good so far.

“I’m confident we’ll get the money,” she said. “We have a huge need, and it’s a great value for UTA.”

The center will advise students who are applying to law schools and getting law internships.

She said the department organized a committee of deans, departmental chairs, faculty and alumni. The committee concluded that there was a need for a pre-law center that caters to stu-dents regardless of major.

“One of the alumni sug-gested we have a student

focus group,” she said. “We got a very good cross section of students from a variety of majors.”

Students in the focus group detailed needs for a pre-law center. Holt said the students agreed they

Students could get pre-law centerLIBERAL ARTS

College of Liberal Arts hopes to raise funds to establish the center.

BY TAYLOR BELLThe Shorthorn staff

Whether hurling into the wastebasket next to the exit of The Titan, taking a jerky ride on the Texas Giant, or watching a penny levitate as the Wildcatter plunges 10 stories straight down, there is always a story to tell.

2011 marks Six Flags’ 50th Anniversary, and UTA and the theme park have teamed up to create the Cen-

tral Library’s new exhibit, What You Wish the World Could Be: The Early Years of Six Flags Over Texas. Open-ing Feb. 7, the exhibit will explore the history and first 25 years of the theme park’s

Six Flags history on exhibition

LIBRARIES

The exhibit will look back on the theme park’s first 25 years.

BY ASHLEY BRADLEYThe Shorthorn staff

A python that was frozen, skinned and picked cleaned by dermestid beetles in 1995 is scheduled to hang on display in the Life Science Building.

Biology sophomore Nata-lie Wagener spent 80 hours reassembling the reticulated python in the Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Re-

search Center. “I’ve always been a puzzle

person,” Wagener said. “I thought, ‘wow, what a great puzzle to put together’.”

In 1995, Carl Franklin — then a biology student, now the center’s biological cura-tor — skinned the python, which was attained from the Fort Worth Zoo.

“The intention was to have a clean skeleton for reference,” Franklin said. “While you’re doing it you think, ‘oh, it would be cool to

Fifteen feet of bones will decorate display

SCIENCE

Life Science Building will showcase 16-year-old python skeleton.

BY JOHNATHAN SILVERThe Shorthorn Opinion editor

Brrr – the sound many might hear this week when braving the Arctic front in North Texas.

The National Weather Ser-vice is projecting snow this afternoon. The temperature is expected to slowly decrease with northwest winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour and an 80 percent chance of rain. Snow and sleet could blanket the Metroplex up to three inches. The temperature is expected

to be at a mid-20 degree high.The outlook for the rest

of the week appears to be the same: cold.

Wednesday will have a high in the lower 20s with wind chill readings as low as six below zero to 11 below zero in the morning. Thurs-day and Friday could bring a low of 16 and in the mid-20s, respectively.

Senior administrators determine UTA’s closure by monitoring the weather close-ly, university spokeswoman

Kristin Sullivan said. UTA closed at 3 p.m. in spring 2010 but continued with for-mer basketball player Magic Johnson’s lecture scheduled

months in advance for that day. In spring 2009, the uni-versity also closed because of weather.

The university dissemi-nates information through multiple outlets: the univer-sity website, UTA’s Facebook and Twitter, UTA e-mail ac-counts, local broadcast sta-tions and University Commu-nications listservs for faculty, staff and students.

JOHNATHAN SILVERnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Teeth-chattering front drifts in this weekWEATHER

Rolling through the streets

The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson

Interdisciplinary studies senior Eleonor Hernandez leads fellow students around campus to help bring bike awareness around campus.

“Biking around campus is extremely dan-gerous, especially on Cooper Street,” said mechanical engineering sophomore Cezanne

Narcisse. Two public hearings regarding bike trails in Arlington will be held today and March 1.

Psychology sophomore Matthew Taylor was on hand to help promote the bike trails Monday on the University Center mall. Taylor works as a mechanic for Maverick Bike Shop and is a big supporter of the bike trails.

With the petition, supporters on campus hope the city takes notice and establishes bike trails for biker safety around campus, as well as the city.

— Jacob Adkisson

The Shorthorn: Daniel Molina

The Maverick Bike Shop provides free bike repairs, except for the cost of parts, for students, faculty and staff. Biology

sophomore Natalie Wagener stands next to the skeleton of a 15-foot python that she assembled in the Amphibian And Reptile Diversity Research Center. The whole process took roughly 80 hours to complete with the use of a hot glue gun.

The Shorthorn: Allyson Kaler

PRE-LAW continues on page 6

SIX FLAGS continues on page 3

PYTHON continues on page 5

WHEN AND WHEREWhen: Feb. 7 – May 14 Where: Central Library sixth floor, Special CollectionsWhat: Artifacts such as a restored carousel horse, photos and maps.

?Questioning a celebrationThe UTA community discusses whether Black History Month should be more than just a month. SCENE | PAGE 4 ?

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THREE-DAY FORECAST

CORRECTIONSIn Monday’s story “Arlington athletes’ concussions researched,” the last sentence of the fourth paragraph should have stated the program gives him a picture of where athletes are cognitively.

SUNDAY Minor in Possession - AlcoholAt 3:26 a.m. officers issued two Arlington citations for consump-tion of alcohol by a minor when investigating a loud noise complaint at Meadow Run apartments on 507 Summit Ave.

Minor in Possession - AlcoholAt 1:07 a.m., police issued five cita-tions to two students and three nonstudents for consumption of al-cohol by a minor at Centennial Court Apartments, 700 West Mitchell Circle.

SATURDAYFireworks At 10:25 p.m. a nonstudent was is-sued an Arlington citation for using fireworks on UTA property near Centennial Court apartments, 815 Bering Drive.

Warrant Service, Misdemeanor An officer pulled over a nonstudent at 2:45 a.m. in a routine traffic stop on 1000 S. Cooper St. The person was arrested for outstanding war-rants out of Arlington.

FRIDAYCredit Card AbuseAt 12:59 p.m., a student reported credit card abuse at Meadow Run apartments, 507 Summit Ave.

Criminal Mischief / Vandalism At 7:56 p.m., graffiti was reported on trash cans and doors around Science Hall, 502 Yates St. The case is still active.

Minor AccidentAt 1:21 p.m., a minor traffic accident occurred at 900 Greek Row Drive. No injuries were reported.

TheftAt 11:50 a.m., a student reported her laptop stolen from the University Center Food Court, 300 W. First St. The case is still active.

TheftAt 12:30 p.m., an officer investigated a theft in the UC Palo Duro Lounge, 300 W. 1st St. The case is still active.

Support The Big Event: Hot Dog Sale: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Central Library mall. For more information, contact the UTA Volunteers at 817-272-2963.

Thesis & Dissertation PREP: Noon- 1 p.m. Davis Hall, Room B17. For more information, contact Michael Saenz at 817-272-2315.

Violent Universe: $6 for adults, $4 for children. 6 p.m. Planetarium. For more information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183.

Faculty Jazz Recital: Free. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Irons Recital Hall. For more infor-mation, contact the Music Department at 817-272-3471.

WEDNESDAY

Global Connections Drop-In Table: Free. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Center. For more information, contact Lauren Cutcher at lcutcher@uta.edu

Black History Month Kick Off: Free. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. University Center Palo Duro Lounge. For more informa-tion, contact Multicultural Affairs at 817-272-2099.

Food for Thought: Organic Foods: Free. Noon to 1 p.m. Maverick Activities Center. For more information, contact Jeremy Roden at 817-272-2023.

Study Abroad Info Session: Europe: Free. Noon to 1 p.m. University Center Sabine Room. For more information, contact Kelsi Cavazos at 817-272-1120.

Thesis and Dissertation Formatting: 3-5 p.m. University Hall Room 004. For more information, contact Michael Saenz at saenz@uta.edu.

$2 Movie - Inception: 5:30 p.m. Plan-etarium. $2. For more information, con-tact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183.

Lecture by Pascal Quintard Hofstein: Free. 6 p.m. Architecture Building, Room 204. For more information, contact Robert Rummel-Hudson at 817-272-2314.

Women’s Basketball vs. UT-San Anto-nio: Free for students. 7 p.m. Texas Hall. For more information, contact Jason Chaput at 817-272-7167.

THURSDAY

Department of Biology Colloquium Se-ries: Free. 4-5 p.m. Life Science Building Room 124. For more information, con-tact Linda Taylor at 817-272-2872.

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BY EDNA HORTONThe Shorthorn staff

The School of Social Work and Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc. are helping promote financial independence to refugees through the Worn project.

Diane Mitschke, School of So-cial Work assistant professor, said the Common Threads project, also known as Worn, aims to enhance the financial stability of Bhutanese refugee families through education.

The project is one of five that re-ceived funding through a $300,000 grant awarded to the School of So-cial Work by the Amon G. Carter foundation last fall.

Mitschke said they are work-ing with Catholic Charities and 30 Bhutanese women. She said they are teaching the women to knit scarves that will be sold to local boutiques.

“Many refugees experience post-traumatic stress disorder and feel like here, they don’t have a place,” she said. “We hope that the women will be able to talk about their con-cerns with one another and eventu-ally be able to become financially stable.”

Abbi Martin-Ice, Worn project manager, said they saw a need for something like this in the com-munity, because the people who come here from another country don’t know what it is like to live in America.

She said the project would teach

the women how employment in America works, and that they can work outside the home and still have a sense of family. She said giv-ing them a way to make money will teach them how to set up a bank account and what credit is, which is something most don’t know upon coming here.

Martin-Ice said www.wornforpeace.org will be active Feb. 14 and will have pic-tures of the refugees with the scarves and display their experi-ences.

She hopes that eventually the scarves will be sold in stores like Anthropologie.

“The brand name of the scarves is Worn, and the big pie-in-the-sky plan is to sell them through retail-ers like Nordstrom or Barneys,” she said.

Martin-Ice said working with UTA on the project will help with its development, because they will see what impact it has on the community. She said the pilot project worked with two women last February, and the results were positive.

“We haven’t been able to see yet the full impact equipping them with financial skills will have, but with research we will be able to come back next year with proof and say ‘this works,’” she said.

Martin-Ice said all the proceeds would come back to Catholic Chari-

ties. She said it will not only go to paying the ladies who create the scarves but to all the programs the charities offer to the community.

“These profits that go back to the community will serve the 111,000 people we currently support,” she said.

Kelly Rand, social work gradu-ate student, said she will work on the project as part of her internship. She said she is develop-ing the financial literacy curriculum.

She said they would work with 30 Bhutanese refugees. One group will be the knitting circle, and the other will partici-pate in financial literacy classes.

Rand knits and said she is excited to teach the women how to knit and what to do with the proceeds they receive.

“I want to teach the women we work with the first step in develop-ing a business and seeing

that business growing in the future,” she said.

Rand said the opportunity to work on this program is great be-cause she gets to do something that has never been done before.

“I’m really excited to be able to explore social enterprise, which is a business model that is becoming more and more popular, and it’s right here in Fort Worth,” she said.

EDNA HORTONnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

School’s grant helps to teach knitting, fi nance

SOCIAL WORK

The program aims to educate refugee families on being financially stable.

The Shorthorn: Sandy Kurtzman

TRINITY HOUSE PARTYResident assistants kinesiology sophomore Vanessa Romero, nutrition sophomore Hope Seggelink and philosophy and history senior Jennifer Cortez plan a residence hall event Monday night at Trinity House. The RAs are hosting mini ‘meet and greets’ in their rooms tonight and will offer snacks for residents.

“We haven’t been able to see yet the full impact equip-ping them with financial skills will have, but with research we will be able to come back next year with proof and say ‘this works.’”

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operation, through Special Col-lections on the Central library sixth floor.

“The title comes from a publicity slogan from the early 1970s,” said evelyn Barker, in-formation literacy librarian and head designer of the exhibit.

Barker expressed excite-ment about one of the exhibit’s centerpieces.

“We have a restored horse from the Silver Star Carousel, which was originally built in the 1940s and later brought to the park,” she said.

The exhibit features about 90 photos, small artifacts and maps, said erin o’Malley, ex-hibit and outreach assistant.

Another one of the exhibit’s main attractions is a ‘spee-lunker’ from an early raft ride in the park called, “Spee-lunk-er’s Cave,” dressed in an Abra-ham lincoln costume.

“A ‘spee-lunker’ is a 4 foot tall, funny-looking little thing,” said o’Malley.

one of the exhibit’s main contributors is Alan Cochrum, english graduate teaching as-sistant, who worked at the park as a ride operator from 1978 to 1980. one of the items he con-tributed is a “gimme cap.”

“it was given to employ-ees to celebrate our making it through the very hot summer season of 1980.” Cochrum said.

Attendees can also learn some interesting anecdotes about the way the park used to look and feel.

“Apparently, they used to keep live alligators in a pen,” Barker said. “But then they started multiplying, and it got a little dangerous.”

Taylor Bellnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Six Flagscontinued from page 1

The Shorthorn: Sandy Kurtzman

Information literacy librarian Evelyn Barker displays a sample of Six Flags Over Texas memorabilia in the Central Library Special Collections Monday morning. The free, interactive exhibit honoring the 50th An-niversary of Six Flags Over Texas opens Feb. 7 in the Central Library.

By John hardenThe Shorthorn senior staff

Computer science ju-nior Andy Velasquez has built and designed his per-sonal computers for the last seven years.

Velasquez is trying to make each design smaller than the next, but the gen-eration of heat and emis-sions grows as each com-puter shrinks.

“excessive heat can slow the performance and ef-ficiency of any device,” he said. “i find myself run-ning out of ideas on how to control the heat. it’s an ongoing battle.”

engineers around the world are tackling a simi-

lar problem as devices con-tinue to shrink to micro-scopic levels, said Univer-sity of Toronto’s Cristina Amon.

The Faculty of Applied Science and engineering dean spoke on the chal-lenges of managing heat generation in devices.

“To remove excessive heat from generated de-vices and possibly convert that into energy means creating more efficient de-vices,” she said.

Amon spoke to more than 200 students, faculty and visitors as part of the College of engineering’s distinguished Speaker Series. The college’s fac-ulty uses the series to in-vite engineers from across the country to speak on changing and reoccurring themes in engineering.

“As we continue to work with nanomaterials and construct smaller devices, the negative effect that heat has on their perfor-mance increases,” she said.

To understand and ma-nipulate the properties of materials at the mi-croscopic level is to un-derstand how heat affects them, she said.

“right now, my team is conducting computer sim-ulations to find ways to either convert excess heat to energy or remove it,” Amon said.

Heat has become one of the most important limit-ing factors toward increas-ing performance and reli-ability of modern electron-ic devices, she said.

Amon said that her re-search team is still in the early stages of understand-

ing heat transport, and many universities are con-ducting similar research to solve the problem.

in attendance was Phil Gillespie, co-developer of Newsoft, a computer soft-ware development com-pany.

He said many industries are relying on universities to solve the challenges that are limiting the perfor-mance of many products.

“The research done by students and faculty across the country is amazing,” he said. “if the heat prob-lem is ever solved it will be done at the university level. They have so many resources to solve everyday problems.”

John harden news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Engineers spoke on heat transport as part of the speaker series.

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

FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 1, 2011

ACROSS1 One in charge5 Ticketless rail

rider9 Resell at a major

markup14 Pirate’s syllables15 Bean product?16 More virtuous17 Coach’s pregame

lecture19 University of

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buyer’s short-term loan

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68 Fruit served inballs

69 Way to store pix70 Prepare for a shot71 Speak at length72 Soup veggies73 Job opening

DOWN1 How many city

folks travel

2 Fireworkswatcher

3 Puppeteer Lewis4 Three-

dimensional5 Wallop6 Harem room7 Attorney Melvin8 Like wine barrels9 Pampered

10 Mangy mongrel11 Rice-__12 Bolshevik leader13 Plug projection18 Tapped barrels22 ’60s-’70s service

site, briefly25 Certain Caltech

grad: Abbr.26 Envelope parts27 Desert mount30 Well-chosen31 Fish-fowl

connection32 Bygone intl.

carrier33 Jerk35 Instinctive, as a

feeling36 Company with a

web-footedspokescritter

38 Short relative?

39 Recede40 Change, as one’s

locks?42 Elect to a Hall of

Fame, say43 Nina of

“Spartacus”48 “What did I tell

you?”50 Disorderly

mound51 Women’s mag52 Put into words

53 African virus54 “Hop __”: Dr.

Seuss book55 ABC’s Arledge56 High-fives, e.g.57 Divided Austrian

state58 Joe’s “Midnight

Cowboy” pal59 Up to this point64 Subdivision unit66 Andean tuber67 Mormons’ gp.

Monday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski 2/1/11

(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 2/1/11

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

FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY1, 2011

ACROSS1 One in charge5 Ticketless rail

rider9 Resell at a major

markup14 Pirate’s syllables15 Bean product?16 More virtuous17 Coach’s pregame

lecture19 University of

Maine town20 Raptor’s roost21 Late-night Jay23 Diarist Anaïs24 Home seller-and-

buyer’s short-term loan

28 TV revue since’75

29 Acting instructor’sdeg., perhaps

30 Start to knock?34 Pop music’s Lady

__37 Surround

securely41 1929 women’s air

race, as dubbedby Will Rogers

44 Rail rider45 1944 invasion city46 Spot for a hoop47 WWII espionage

gp.49 Oktoberfest cry51 Production

number director’scry

60 Gambling letters61 Gambling city62 Assumed identity63 Absolut rival, for

short65 Summer shindig,

and a hint to thestarts of 17-, 24-,41- and 51-Across

68 Fruit served inballs

69 Way to store pix70 Prepare for a shot71 Speak at length72 Soup veggies73 Job opening

DOWN1 How many city

folks travel

2 Fireworkswatcher

3 Puppeteer Lewis4 Three-

dimensional5 Wallop6 Harem room7 Attorney Melvin8 Like wine barrels9 Pampered

10 Mangy mongrel11 Rice-__12 Bolshevik leader13 Plug projection18 Tapped barrels22 ’60s-’70s service

site, briefly25 Certain Caltech

grad: Abbr.26 Envelope parts27 Desert mount30 Well-chosen31 Fish-fowl

connection32 Bygone intl.

carrier33 Jerk35 Instinctive, as a

feeling36 Company with a

web-footedspokescritter

38 Short relative?

39 Recede40 Change, as one’s

locks?42 Elect to a Hall of

Fame, say43 Nina of

“Spartacus”48 “What did I tell

you?”50 Disorderly

mound51 Women’s mag52 Put into words

53 African virus54 “Hop __”: Dr.

Seuss book55 ABC’s Arledge56 High-fives, e.g.57 Divided Austrian

state58 Joe’s “Midnight

Cowboy” pal59 Up to this point64 Subdivision unit66 Andean tuber67 Mormons’gp.

Monday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski2/1/11

(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.2/1/11

Dr. ruthQ: Are there any foods that when digested could be good or bad for a person’s sex life? Also, any food items that make for good or bad sex toys for men or women? Have you ever had to treat anyone with an injury or ailment related to a food item going somewhere that it shouldn’t have?

A: Your most important sex organ is your brain. So if you be-lieve that a certain type of food makes you feel sexy, then consuming that food can make you feel sexy. You and your partner should just make up your own aphrod-esiac, and I am sure that you can make it work. (How fun might it be to order onion rings with your burger and only the two of you would know that these rings had a special significance for you?) As far as using vegetables or fruits as a dildo, it might be safe, but it also might not, so why take the risk? Instead, buy something online or at a sex shop that is made for that purpose, make sure you keep it absolutely clean, and then you’re unlikely to run into any problems.

Q: When my husband and I make love and he orgasms inside me, how do I keep it from running out of me? We are trying to get pregnant.

A: If you’ve been trying for only a few months, don’t worry about it. Plenty of sperm will swim up through your cervix, no mat-ter how much of his ejaculate drips out of your vagina. If you’ve been trying for, say, six months, then you might want to place a pillow underneath your bottom and lie there for five minutes. The pillow will change the angle so that the ejaculate won’t run out quite so quickly. If you’ve been trying

unsuccessfully for a year, then it would be time to see a doctor. The first test that will be per-formed will be on your husband’s ejaculate, to determine how many sperm he is producing and their condition. This is a simple enough procedure and will determine what your next steps should be. But again, if you are only just beginning this process, you don’t have to worry that his ejaculate runs out of you after you have intercourse.

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

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Army promises no force against protesters

CAIRO — Egypt’s military pledged not to fire on protesters in a sign that army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unraveling on the eve of a major escalation — a push for a million people to take to the streets Tuesday to demand the authoritarian leader’s ouster. More than 10,000 people beat drums, played music and chanted slogans in Tahrir Square, which has become the epicenter of a week of protests demanding an end to Mubarak’s three decades in power.

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Judge rules health care law unconstitutional

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida ruled Monday that President Barack Obama’s entire health care overhaul law is uncon-stitutional, placing even noncontroversial provisions under a cloud in a broad challenge that seems certain to be resolved only by the Supreme Court. Faced with a major legal setback, the White House called the ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson — in a challenge to the law by 26 of the nation’s 50 states — “a plain case of judicial overreaching.” That echoed language the judge had used to describe the law as an ex-ample of Congress overstepping its authority.

Ambassador Huntsman to leave China post

WASHINGTON — U.S. ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, a Republi-can with potential presidential ambitions, submitted a letter of resigna-tion to the White House on Monday announcing he intends to leave the post April 30, a senior administration official said. Huntsman, a former governor of Utah, was appointed ambassador by President Barack Obama in 2009. Huntsman’s plans have generated considerable atten-tion in political circles because his foreign policy experience could stand out in a crowded GOP field.

NYC mayor conducts gun-sale sting in Arizona

NEW YORK — Weeks after the shooting in Tucson, sellers at an Arizona gun show allowed undercover investigators hired by New York City to buy semiautomatic pistols even after they said they probably couldn’t pass a background check, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. “After Tucson, you would think that people, particularly at a gun show in Arizona, would have been much more careful in enforcing the law,” he said. “That unfortunately in some cases wasn’t the case.”

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Napolitano touts safety of border communities

EL PASO — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Mon-day that U.S. communities on the border with Mexico are safer than most Americans believe, but also warned Mexican drug cartels they’ll be “met by an overwhelming response” should they move north. Na-politano told an audience at the University of Texas at El Paso — just across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez and the unprecedented wave of drug-fueled violence engulfing it — that it’s “inaccurate to state, as too many have, that the border is overrun with violence and out of control.’”

— The Associated Press

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SCENEABOUT SCENE

Lee Escobedo, editorfeatures-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Scene is published Tuesday.

REMEMBERCD reviews have moved to Thursday’s Pulse. This week has reviews on WOW Gospel 2011 and Cloud Nothings debut.

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BY TORY BARRINGERThe Shorthorn staff

Biology senior Amanda Meredith thinks Black History Month gets lost between the tragedy and prominence of headline news. When Morgan Freeman, an Academy Award-winning black actor, said in an in-terview on “60 Minutes” that Black History Month was “ridiculous,” she was empathetic.

“It kind of seems like people go through the motions,” Meredith said. “We don’t really understand that it wasn’t always like this for us. Not so many people understand the mes-sage anymore.”

Meredith said if the focus was on more recent events, people might recognize the significance of Black History Month. As it is, she said she couldn’t see the point in having an entire month set aside.

The necessity of a month specifically dedi-cated to black history is a topic of debate. Several black students and leaders at UTA feel Black History Month is a time for Amer-icans to honor the leaders who paved the way for black Americans today. Meredith echoed that sentiment but said that apathy for Black History Month stems from an ignorance of how things have changed for today’s black youth.

Opinions vary, alumna Eleanor Khonje said one month is hardly enough time to delve into the accomplishments of historical black figures. Though Khonje said she ap-preciated Black History Month as a celebra-tion, she felt that it wasn’t a solution for the lack of knowledge of black history. According to her, Black History Month should be a time used to inspire black Americans with their history.

“It’s about helping everyone come to-gether to understand,” Khonje said. “We have come this far, but we still have a long way to go.”

The answer too her is to integrate more black history into America’s history pro-grams in schools. Sociology assistant profes-sor Jason Shelton agreed.

“I think a lot of young people aren’t sure why we study these things ... Young stu-dents haven’t spent enough time reflecting on those things,” he said.

Shelton put responsibility in the hands of the parents to teach their children about the issue of race. Shelton said 30 percent of parents don’t talk to their kids about race re-lations. He acknowledges that better cover-age of black history in school would do away with the need for a month to honor historical black figures. He said the issue is that people are afraid or just unwilling to address topics of race.

Shelton said society should do more to inform youth about black history beyond the most well-known figures, but he said the lack of knowledge could be a measure

of how much progress has been made. Shel-ton said as minorities start mixing into the mainstream culture, they begin to lose their loyalty to their own societies. The fact that black youth are unfamiliar with their history, Shelton said, is proof that they feel welcome in the larger history of America, calling it a “sign of progress in a backwards way.”

Carter Bedford, Student Governance and Organizations director, agreed that educa-tion is key to developing a greater apprecia-tion for black history. The problem, he said, is that the full spectrum of black history is too vast to incorporate into a general history course.

Instead of briefly mentioning historical black figures in class, Bedford feels that stu-dents should be encouraged to find out more for themselves. With the Internet as an avail-able resource, he said students have the tools they need to conduct their own research and learn about black history.

“Education is so much more than what you get in the classroom,” he said.

Bedford said it doesn’t matter whether the celebration is a month or longer, just as long as there is one.

Public relations junior Tierra Chat-mon is the chair of this year’s Black His-tory Month celebration on campus. She said events include a screening of film assistant professor Ya’Ke Smith’s short film Katrina’s Son and an overview of the evolution of hip-hop with live disc jockeys and freestyle rap battles. Chatmon said planning for the event was “a privilege” for her. She embraces Black History Month as a celebration of the progress made by black Americans but ad-mits that an everyday embrace of diversity is the ideal.

“We should celebrate all the races on a daily basis,” Chatmon said. “It should be something we do in general.”

For someone who lectures on societal issues in the classroom, Shelton believes di-versification may not be as difficult as some people think.

“People used to face significant disadvan-tages based on their race,” he said. “More and more families are now living in suburban areas. The safety and quality of life that they enjoy allow children to grow together and get along like they never have before.”

Shelton also expressed his belief that working the issue of race into our nation’s education would probably bring people clos-er together.

“I believe when we address these issues we actually see what we have in common,” Shelton said. “Our national mythology is that we’re a melting pot. What are we melt-ing into?”

TORY BARRINGERfeatures-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

SCENEYOUR

Each week, Scene gives Maver-icks the chance to be heard by voicing their thoughts, feelings and opinions.

What’s the most annoying thing in pop culture right now?“Hipsterites because all the cool kids shop at Lula B’s in Dallas and I’m the scene queen.”

Who is the best professor you have this semester?“Sally Pinon. She’s dynamic and keeps us all engaged.”

What’s the most annoying thing in pop culture right now?“Justin Bieber. That kid is only 16, and he has more girls than me.”

Who is your fa-vorite artist?“Oasis. They come from [my] hometown of Manchester, Eng-land.”

It was reported on Reuters that four in five women and three in five men, said they believe that social meda and texting causes couples to have sex sooner.

Two questions immediately come to mind. Is this a trend for UTA students? And is this a good or bad trend? Let us know by commenting on The Shorthorn Facebook wall.

Next week, Scene will post a Maverick Mixtape compiled by students. The theme of the mix will be “love and sex” in advance of Valentines Day. E-mail song choices, including title and artist, to features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu, and it could be included in the track list. The mix is eight songs, so just send the songs that best fit the theme of the compilation. Try to be as creative as possible with the song choices-the more eclec-tic the better.

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

TodayGrab a hot dog at the Central Library Mall in support of The Big Event Committee.

WednesdayBest Picture nominee Inception is playing at the Planetarium for $2 movie night.

Pascal Quintard Hofstein will lecture on “The Booziotis and Company Endowed,” part of the Spring 2011 Lecture Series at 6 p.m. in the Architecture Building Room 204. For more information, call 817-272-2314.

Thesis and dissertation formatting class at 3 p.m. in the University Hall Room 004. For more information, contact Michael Saenz at saenz@uta.edu.

Pillow Talk has moved to Pulse, so put on your pj’s and hop into bed Thursday with the Scene critics, as they discuss the un-sexiness of The Rainy Day Fund.

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Hannah Knight, communication senior

David Kingori, civil engineering junior

Heritage and history in 28 daysMembers of the black community debate the signifi cance of Black History Month

Should Black History Month be a month?

“I think you need one specific month to raise awareness about black history. Making it year round is like making the Fourth of July a daily thing and being pa-triotic everyday.”

Barbara Quaye, biology junior

“I think a month is good because we’re not the only race here, there are a bunch of other cultures. Everyone needs their month.”

Colby Henderson, excercise science sophomore

“I like that we take a specific month to focus on it, but I do not think it should be only a month, it should always be in people’s thoughts.”

Elias Ramos, mathematics freshman

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Martin Luther King Jr. is shown in an undated file photo.

AP Photo/Robert Haggins, File

Malcolm X is pictured at a rally in the Harlem in 1963.

AP Photo

Rosa Parks smiles at the Ellis Island award ceremony in New York City, Oct. 28, 1986.

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put this back together.’ I didn’t have any clue that it would ever get done.”

He said the python took about three days to skin be-cause it came off in strips. After skinning, he then tried to separate the muscles from the bones. He got dermestid beetles to finish cleaning the muscle from the bones be-cause he couldn’t finish the job completely. Several labs use beetles to pick bones clean, he said.

It was after noticing the current display case for her-petology, the study of reptiles and amphibians, was getting dusty that Franklin decided to update the area.

“Natalie and I thought, ‘Let’s church this thing up, make it look nice. If we’re going to do anything with a skeleton, let’s make it big and interesting.’”

Franklin then thought of the python he skinned 16 years ago, pulled out the three shoe-box-sized containers it was in, and asked Wagener if she wanted to assemble the skeleton.

Wagener agreed and said the easiest part to assemble was the vertebrae, or back-bone, and the hardest to place was the rib cage.

“I had to go through and compare them,” she said. “I

compared some to books, looking at skeletons. We just went along based on size.”

When preparing to rebuild the animal, Wagener and Franklin decided it would be good to use a base four inches high to show how thick the snake is.

“We wanted to have it more round so you could really see the size of this animal when it was alive,” Wagener said.

The python’s mouth isn’t attached from left to right. Franklin said this is because a snake’s mouth isn’t attached by bone, but by cartilage.

“If you can imagine – like a rubber band between either of the jaws, “ said Franklin.

When the python is hung in the display case, Franklin and Wagener plan to illustrate

where the legs would have been located on the body, since they are attached by muscle.

They said most people aren’t aware that these snakes have legs, but they aren’t used for movement.

“It’s used more during epi-sodes of courtship,” Franklin said.

Jon Campbell, biology chair and professor, said the reticulated python is one of the largest snakes, and he is surprised to see it put together.

“I can’t believe they went through and rearticulated the specimen,” he said. “I think people will be interested to see such an interesting specimen.”

Ashley BrAdleynews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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The Shorthorn: Allyson Kaler

The Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center was offered the body of a 15-foot python from the Fort Worth Zoo. The skeleton showed that the python had managed to live with four broken ribs due to their curved appearance.

As of Friday, tickets to MLB Hall-of-Famer Cal Rip-ken Jr.’s lecture, “The Keys to Perseverance,” have sold out.

On Jan. 18, 2,700 tickets were made available for the event scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in Texas Hall.

Ripken, a Hall-of-Fame infielder who holds the re-cord for most consecutive games played, will not be speaking at any supplemen-

tal events on campus, said Danny Woodward, special assistant to the president. He said in the past, speak-ers would give a small lec-ture, but Ripken’s schedule wouldn’t allow it.

Students who did not re-serve a ticket to the event may arrive early to obtain a seat if there are no-shows.

— Joel Cooley

Cal Ripken Jr. speaker series tickets all gone

MAverick speAkers series

Campus Recreation will host the third off-campus Trivia Bowl tonight at Maver-icks Bar and Grill.

Registration is from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and the competi-tion starts at 7 p.m.

The competition consists of teams of up to five players that will cover sports trivia. Tournament champions will receive intramural champion-ship T-shirts. Entrance into the establishment is restricted to those 18 and up.

Cell phones, Internet and television use will not be al-lowed. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community Cam-pus Recreation members are all eligible to participate in intramural sports.

Psychology senior Mo

Awadalla thinks Trivia Bowl is a great event for Campus Recreation to start.

“I hope campus rec does more events like this in the future,” he said. “Doing it off campus is a really good idea. I’ll definitely be attending but only to watch, as I don’t have the best sports knowledge.”

— Chris Bates

Trivia Bowl to tests sports knowledge

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UTA Volunteers will be serving hot dogs to raise funds for the Big Event, which will be held April 16.

“Last year, UTA Vol-unteers partnered up with the EXCEL group and put money together to put on the Big Event,” said biol-ogy freshman Jonathan Lim. “This year, EXCEL has another event that they are doing. So, UTA Volun-teers has to raise our own money.”

From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday, UTA Volunteers will be serving $3 hot dog combos on the Central Li-brary mall.

The combos will include a hot dog, chips and drink.

“We are just hoping to get as much money as pos-sible so that we can help out as many projects as possible with the profits that we make,” Lim said.

In 2010, more than 800 participants volunteered 3,600 hours to community services at 54 project sites.

UTA Volunteers has es-timated 1,000 volunteers will participate in the Big Event this year.

— Bianca Montes

Volunteers use wieners to raise funds for Big Event

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Neeralee Patel, philoso-phy and art junior, partici-pated in the focus group. She said it was important to

have an organized depart-ment for students interested in law school.

She said the plethora of information on the Internet was confusing, and she felt the need for human guid-ance.

“There are no set guide-lines for getting into law school,” she said. “It’s im-

portant that we’re offered human assistance rather than Google assistance.”

She said an advising cen-ter should help with net-working opportunities and getting internships.

“I went to a political sci-ence professor to get help with internships because we were on good terms, not

everyone can do that,” she said.

A pre-law center would make such information and prospects available to who-ever needed them, she said.

Anne Dutia, UT-Dallas pre-law advising and re-source assistant director, said it was important to have a pre-law center.

She said the center at UT-Dallas helps prospective students, freshman, transfer students and alumni with law school applications and whatever else they need.

“I have worked in law school admissions at the University of Michigan, and if UTA is getting a pre-law center it is a great idea,” she

said.Holt said the pre-law

center at UTA would have a director to network with law schools in Texas and run the center to ensure students get into the law school of their choice.

Vidwan RaghaVannews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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mtvU returns to University Center

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By KeVin CRouChThe Shorthorn staff

After a semester-long hia-tus, mtvU has made its re-turn to the University Center. Two flat-screen televisions, provided at no cost by MTV, were installed on the right side of the food court last Friday after being removed in sum-mer 2010.

Programming on the chan-nel includes music videos and mtvU shows, and features stu-dent-generated content. Short infomercials also run, encour-aging involvement in causes like sustainability and peace in Sudan.

David Albart, University Center operations director, said the original TVs were re-moved because the contract would not allow other stations to broadcast in the same area. He said mvtU approached UTA with a new agreement to allow more flexibility with the types of programming in certain areas.

“The new contract allows us to have other TVs in the UC, as long as they are not on the same side,” he said.

Student Congress passed a resolution during the fall 2010 semester supporting the re-turn of mtvU programming to campus.

Student Congress Presi-dent Aaron Resendez said he feels students will find the channel entertaining when they get used to the new pro-grams being in the UC, but it may not be immediate as the TVs were just installed.

“It will take a while for stu-dents to notice them again,” he said.

Kinesiology senior Rami Kaskas said he doesn’t feel people come solely to watch TV.

“It’s lunch time and peo-ple are eating,” he said, “They probably don’t care what is on TV.”

Philosophy senior Derek Histen said he wasn’t very ex-cited about the mtvU content and music videos.

“It’s not something I would have on at home,” he said, “It’s kind of dull.”

Along with mtvU’s pro-gramming, the Office of In-formation Technology airs warnings about dangerous habits like storing personal information on computers or not guarding against internet viruses.

KeVin CRouChnews.editor-shorthorn@uta.edu

mtvU TVs were re-installed after being removed for a semester

ABOVE: Students participate in Delta Xi Nu sorority’s $100 musical chairs competition Monday on the Central

Library mall. The multicultural sorority hosts the event to recruit new

members.

RIGHT: University studies senior Richard McDonald, above right, fights for his

seat during Delta Xi Nu sorority’s musical chairs competition Monday on

the Central Library mall. McDonald went on to win the $100 prize. He said he’ll

spend the money on textbooks for this semester.

Musical MayhemThe Shorthorn: Daniel Molina

The Shorthorn: Daniel Molina

what’S onmtvU airs music videos, shows, student-generated content and infomercials encouraging involvement in issues.