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BY JOHNATHAN SILVER, JOAN KHALAF AND MICAELA TITUSThe Shorthorn senior staff

Authorities are searching for Pankaj Joshi, who they believe fled the country after being charged in September on one count of claiming a lottery prize by

fraud, a crime pun-ishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Multiple media outlets have depict-ed the accused Joshi as a current UTA student. University spokesperson Kristin Sullivan said some-one with the same name as Joshi’s is a UTA alumnus.

“We had a per-son by that name, and that person was roughly the same age reported in the

media,” she said. “That person graduated in Decem-ber of 2008 with a bachelor’s [degree] in manage-ment information systems.”

Joshi, a 25-year-old of Nepalese descent, worked as a clerk in Grand Prairie’s Lucky Food Store. Media

Police say clerk stole $1M lotto winnings

TEXAS

Authorities believe the Grand Prairie worker didn’t inform the rightful owner of the ticket’s worth, then claimed the money for himself.

OPTIONS continues on page 6

ARIONNE WELLSThe Shorthorn staff

Homesick students will have a chance to briefly reunite with their families this Saturday and Sunday.

Division of Student Affairs will sponsor the annual Parent and Family Weekend. It will feature several tours, exhibits and a dinner with university President James D. Spaniolo.

Frank Lamas, student affairs vice president, said so far about 600 people have registered, which al-most doubles last year’s 330. He said this is the larg-est enrolment of the three years that the annual event has been happening.

Registration for parent weekend almost doubled

STUDENT LIFE

The event, with activities like billiards and a concert, increases attendance for its three years in existence, student affairs vice president says.

LOTTERY continues on page 3

BY BRYAN BASTIBLEThe Shorthorn senior staff

A Student Congress resolution calls for vegetarian food options for uni-versity events geared toward new and prospective students, such as Maverick Mania and Preview Day. Dining of-ficials say those choices are already in place.

The resolution, “I May Have to Eat Out” sits in the research stage with the SC Community Affairs committee. The information is due next week, but the committee will not be able to look at the research until its meeting on Nov. 10.

Prospective or new students at uni-versity events may be upset to not have vegetarian options, according to the resolution.

Honors College senator Michelle Farrell, said she got the idea to author the resolution from an instance at

Maverick Mania. A hamburger and hot dog cookout took place, but no vegetarian option was available, she

Resolution requests meat-free optionsSERVICES

It is geared toward events for incoming and prospective students who are vegetarian.

David Gergen drew parallels between Presi-dents Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy during his speech Thursday night, saying

both inherited conflicts, testing their term in of-fice.

The CNN senior political analyst spoke in a nearly packed University Center Bluebonnet Ball-room. The 1,000 available tickets available were sold out, but a few seats were not filled. Gergen is a speaker taking part in the Maverick Speakers Series during its second season at the uni-versity.

Obama is a calm, articu-late and patient leader, he told The Shorthorn.

“I think this is the most important presidency of our adult lifetime,” he said.

Gergen told The Short-horn that he hopes the pres-ident will grow on the job to face his inherited chal-lenges, like the economy. He mentioned Kennedy and the Russian missile crisis as a similar, daunting obstacle.

Gergen also urged the university to give back to the community and help students find a place in the workforce.

“It’s not about gender or age,” he said. “It’s about everyone being able to get an education.”

In addition to his CNN work, he also works as a public service professor and director of the Cen-ter for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also the editor-at-large of U.S. News and World Re-

Witnessing PoliticsCNN analyst compares experience to current events

GERGEN continues on page 4

CNN senior political analyst David Gergen addresses his concerns about political discourse Thursday during the Maverick Speaker Series at the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom. Gergen also spoke about how journalism looks at the smaller picture, how a president’s fear works, and how the American pride should be unified.

Political science graduate student William Knisley asks the first question of the night to Gergen on Thursday at the UC Bluebon-net Ballroom. Knisley asked for Gergen’s opinion on unitary executive theory, a theory about American constitutional law where the president holds control over the executive branch, with Gergen responding that through habeas corpus, the presi-dent should decide quickly if law violations are involved.

TO READ SC RESOLUTIONSTo read “I May Have to Eat Out” and other resolutions visit: http://www.uta.edu/studentgovernance/sc/database/

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ALL BUNDLED UPBiology junior Faviola Gutierrez fights the 50-degree weather Thurs-day outside the Smart Hospital on her way to Trinity House. Gutierrez said “It makes me sad that there’s nothing to do when it’s cold.”

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Truly SustainableDoug Fine talks about his move from city life to an environmentally-friendly living style.

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Block-busterMavs remain undefeated in conference on home court.

WEEKEND continues on page 3

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’RE A WINNERLottery terminals produce a sound when tickets are scanned. Sounds play when a scratch-off or online ticket is scanned for validation or inquiry.

Get a printed list of winning num-bers and compare for yourself.

Source: Texas Lottery Commission

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ABOUT DAVID GERGEN• CNN senior politi-cal analyst• Adviser to presi-dents Richard Nixon, Ronald Regan, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton• Editor-at-large at U.S. News and World Report• Public service professor and direc-tor of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Govern-ment at Harvard University

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BY ALI MUSTANSIRThe Shorthorn senior staff

OneBook speaker Doug Fine gave up his city lifestyle to try and help the world, he said.

Fine reported for The Washington Post, Salon, U.S. News and World Re-port, National Public Radio and wrote the book Not Re-ally an Alaskan Mountain Man before starting Funky Butte Ranch in New Mexi-co. The book Farewell, My Subaru recounts his experi-ence. Fine spoke about his book and his ranch for a OneBook event Thursday.

Rosebud Theatre became so crowded that event staff had to asked those standing to leave.

Fine began by calling the audience the last generation. He said it is the bottom of the ninth with two strikes, and the decisions the audi-ence makes will determine if humanity will survive.

“That is the only scary environmentalist thing I am going to say,” he said.

Fine said he struggled in his lifestyle change. His city background required him to learn to deal with goats, which he said are like dogs, without the desire to please. Fine said he got his goats through Craigslist, an online classifieds site.

Home insurance was another challenge, he said. His insurance company per-formed a secret inspection and canceled his policy be-cause it didn’t believe a fire truck could get to his house, he said.

Fine said a thing he fo-cuses on is reducing carbon miles, which is the amount of carbon produced to trans-port products. He used the example of an apple grown in New Zealand. In the off-season, apples have to be transported thousands of

miles, which uses oil, he said. He said he reduced carbon miles by removing them from his comfort food — ice cream. Fine found a substitute sweetener, agave, for the dessert because cane sugar would cause carbon miles.

“Don’t let anyone tell you, ‘You have to give up the good life due to sustainabil-ity,’ ” Fine said.

Undeclared freshman Rachel Woodlee said she read part of Fine’s book in her English class and was interested in hearing Fine speak. She said she was sur-prised by the ease of living sustainably.

Fine said his goats, Nata-lie and Melissa, provide or-ganic milk, which is used for his dairy products.

“This sustainability thing is not really about tree hug-ging,” Fine said. “It’s about the economy.”

Music composition soph-omore James Talambas said he liked learning about solar panels and eating local foods and Fine had good ideas.

“I already buy organic, but to hear some say it back to you is good,” he said.

Through the OneBook program a book is chosen annually for freshmen and beginning English classes to be analyzed throughout a semester, and the university brings speakers in that add to a selected theme. This year’s book is Deep Econ-omy: The Wealth of Com-munities and the Durable Future.

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Speaker says conservation can be easyONEBOOK

Fine discusses giving up the city lifestyle to help the environment.

WEDNESDAY

TheftA student reported his laptop stolen at 7:30 p.m. at 702 Planetarium Drive when he walked away to speak to an-other student. Police are investigating the case.

Burglary, VehicleA student reported someone had broken her driver-side front door and stolen her purse from her vehicle at 12:30 p.m. in Lot 47, 901 S. Oak St.

TheftA student reported her textbook stolen at 5:20 p.m. from the Central Library . She told police she had for-gotten her book on a desk. It was missing when she later returned. The case is still active.

TheftA student reported his textbook stolen at 3:50 p.m. from the Central Library . He said someone stole his book from the fifth floor when he left it unattended. The case is still active.

Injured Person MedicalAn officer responded to a call of a student in the Life Science Building who had injured and possibly sprained her foot. Emergency Medical Services

responded to the scene at 2:30 p.m. The student refused to be transport-ed to the hospital.

Accident, MinorA student reported that he and anoth-er student were involved in a minor accident at 2:15 p.m. in Lot 49, 1101 S. Cooper St.

Vehicle, TowA parking spot owner requested at 1:20 p.m. a vehicle be towed from faculty Lot 12, 400 UTA Boulevard, for parking in the owner’s space without permission.

Vehicle, TowAn officer took report of a vehicle parked in a reserved space without

permission at 12:38 p.m. in faculty Lot 7, 500 S. Cooper St.

Accident- Hit and RunA student reported that a classmate witnessed a vehicle back into his company vehicle. After striking the vehicle, the driver left the scene at 12:05 p.m. at 140 E. Mitchell St.

Suspicious CircumstancesResidents of the Phi Gamma Delta fra-ternity house, 1111 Greek Row Drive, called police to escort several non-students from the house at 12:01 a.m.

POLICE REPORT

This is a part of the daily activity log produced by the university’s Police Department. To report a criminal incident on campus, call 817-272-3381.

For a crime map, visit THE SHORTHORN .com

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Author, journalist, and self-proclaimed goat herder Doug Fine speaks about living a sustainable life on Thursday in the Rosebud Theatre. Fine talked about his book Farewell, My Subaru as part of the One-Book program.

SUSTAINABILITY TIPS• Eat locally-grown foods• Switch to solar power• Convert your diesel engine to run on vegetable oil

Source: Doug Fine

Parent & Family Weekend: All day. Free for UTA students and children under 10, $25 for all others. For information contact Cheyenne Hernandez at 817-272-2128 or [email protected].

Downtown Arlington Farmers Market: 9 a.m., 215 E. Front St. For information contact 817-303-2800 or [email protected].

Susan G. Komen on the Go Trailer. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Central Library mall. Free. For information contact Donielle Smith at 817-272-2771 or [email protected].

Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: “Faculty Biennial X”: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For informa-tion contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658.

A Game Theoretic Framework for Cognitive Radio Networks: 11 a.m., 413 Woolf Hall. Free. For information contact Sajal Das at 817-272-7405 or [email protected]

“Microcosm: The Adventure Within”: 12:30-1:30 p.m., the Planetarium. 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 at 817-272-1183 or [email protected].

The Leadership Academy: 1-2 p.m., Student Congress Chambers, University Center lower level. For information contact Loretta Pequeno-Griffin at [email protected].

International Spouses Club: 1:30-3 p.m., Swift Center. Free. For information contact Office of International Educa-tion at 817-272-2355 or [email protected].

Keep track of Doug Fine’s efforts on his blog at www.dougfine.com.

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A $25 registration fee per person includes all meals dur-ing the weekend, activities included on an itinerary and admission for students of par-ticipating parents and children less than 10 years old.

Cheyenne Hernandez, Par-ent and Family Center coordi-nator, said it’s not too late to register.

“While all participants are welcome to attend, but to en-sure any special accommoda-tions please register as soon as

possible,” she said.

T h e event will begin with a compli-m e n t a r y B o w l i n g and Bil-l i a r d s event at 1 p.m. Fri-day. Fol-lowing the event, a w e l c o m e

reception will commence with snacks and jazz music provided by university students at 6 p.m. in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge.

Campus tours and lectures by faculty professors will be held Saturday following a 9 a.m. breakfast with Lamas and Donald Bobbitt, provost and vice president for academic af-fairs.

Several features have been added to this year’s events, Lamas said.

“We’re really excited about the Fall Festival,” Lamas said. “And the Movin’ Mavs basket-ball game has been a recent addition to the itinerary.”

The weekend will conclude on Saturday with dinner at the UC Bluebonnet Ballroom and the Fall Festival and a concert at 7 p.m. in the University Cen-ter mall.

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reports say he attended UTA dur-ing his employment. An Austin Police Department press release states that Joshi stole a custom-er’s winning ticket, gave his two weeks’ notice, and then traveled to Austin to claim the $1 million prize. After a grand jury indict-ment, Joshi’s bail was set for $10 million on the warrant.

Store manager Masudur Rah-man said the winning ticket being printed at his store is good for business. Rahman added that Joshi committed the crime, not the store.

“We know that people have taken little things before, but we didn’t expect him [Joshi] to do something like this,” he said.

It’s against policy to go into the specifics of the Joshi case be-cause it’s still ongoing, said Rob-ert Heith, Texas Lottery Com-mission media relations director. But, Heith said players should practice the commission’s Sign Your Ticket campaign, which is a movement to get ticket buyers to sign the back of their lottery tick-ets after purchasing them.

“We need participants to be

sure to sign the back of their ticket,” Heith said. “By doing so, it is very difficult, if not almost impossible, for someone else to claim the ticket. If there is no name on it, they [someone else] could pick it up and sign it them-selves.”

To avoid future cases like Joshi’s, Heith suggested that when lottery players go to conve-nience stores or other Texas Lot-tery retailers, they get a printed list of winning numbers and com-pare for themselves.

JohnAthAn silver, JoAn KhAlAf And MicAelA titus

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The University Center was evacuated during lunch Thursday after a fire alarm.

A burning cup of Kraft Easy Mac ignited in a microwave trig-gering a fire in the Housing Of-fice located between the Connec-tion Café and the UC food court.

Broadcast junior Rhett Swarb works in the Housing Office and witnessed the incident.

“It was a defective container of Easy Mac that caused the fire alarm to go off, not the micro-wave itself,” he said. “The micro-wave was used with no incident right before the Easy Mac was put in.”

No property was damaged in the Housing Office as Swarb said the microwave was in working order before and after the inci-dent.

Students were let back into the building shortly after the discov-ery of the fire’s source and no fire-fighters were called to the scene.

Nursing freshman Candace Turner, one of the evacuees, said the evacuation was an inconve-nience.

“I was in the Freshmen Lead-ers on Campus office making phone calls when the alarms went off,” she said.

Others such as industrial engi-neering graduate student Sand-eep Krishna thought the fire alarm came at good time since it gave him a time away from his job at the post office in the UC.

“It was busy and we had lines,” he said. “It was like giving us a break.

— Andrew Plock

Easy Mac fire sparks UC evacuation on Thursday

sAfety scheduleFriday, Oct. 23

1-6 p.m. Complimentary bowling and billiards, Bowling and Billiards, Uni-versity Center

6-8 p.m. Check-in, Campus Informa-tion Center, UC

6-8 p.m. Parent and Family Weekend Welcome Reception with snacks and student jazz, Palo Duro Lounge, UC

7 p.m. Baby Steps Step Show, Rose-bud Theatre, UC

8 p.m. Department of Theatre Arts presents Noises Off, Mainstage The-atre, Fine Arts Building (Tickets must be purchased separately.)

Saturday, Oct. 24

8 a.m. Check in, Campus Information Center, UC

9-10 a.m. Breakfast with Provost Donald Bobbitt and Frank Lamas, student affairs vice president, Rio Grande Ballroom, UC

10 a.m.-noon Smart Hospital Tours, Smart Hospital

10 a.m.-1 p.m. Library Open Houses Architecture and Fine Arts Library - 104 Architecture Building,Central Library second floor,Science and Engineering Library - B03 Nedderman Hall,Special Collections - Central Library sixth floor

10-11 a.m. Last Lecture with political science associate professor Allan Saxe about the importance of scien-tific thinking, Carlisle Suite, UC

10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Faculty Biennial X – Department of Art and Art History Exhibit, UTA Art Gallery

11 a.m.-noon Maverick Parent and Family Association meeting, Red River Room, UC

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Residence Hall Tours, all residence halls

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch, Connection Café

1-2 p.m. Maverick Activities Center tours 1-3 p.m. Movin’ Mavs game, MAC

1-4 p.m. Glass blowing demonstra-tion, Studio Arts Center

1-6 p.m. Complimentary bowling and billiards, Bowling and Billiards, UC

2 p.m. Faculty Spotlight: Douglas Klahr will speak on sustainability and Robert Woods will speak about the UTA Formula SAE Racecar competi-tion, Carlisle Suite, UC

2-3 p.m. Planetarium show, “Unseen Universe: The Vision of SOFIA,” the Planetarium, Chemistry and Physics Building

3-4 p.m. Planetarium show, “IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System,” the Planetarium, Chemistry and Physics Building

3-4:30 p.m. “Survey Says” Game Show, Rosebud Theatre, UC

3 p.m. Volleyball game vs. Nicholls State, Texas Hall

4 p.m. Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Ramon Lopez will speak about changes in the space environment and Dr. John Stickels will speak on the UTA Inno-cence Network, Carlisle Suite, UC

4-5 p.m. Planetarium show, “Micro-cosm: The Adventure Within,” the Planetarium, Chemistry and Physics Building

5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. President James Spaniolo will have dinner with par-ticipants, Bluebonnet Ballroom, UC

7-9 p.m. Fall Festival and concert featuring cover band Velvet Lovebox, UC mall

8 p.m. Department of Theatre Arts presents Noises Off, Mainstage The-atre, Fine Arts Building (Tickets must be purchased separately.)

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“We’re really excited about the Fall Festival. And the Movin’ Mavs basketball game has been a recent addition to the itinerary.”

frank lamasstudent affairs vice president

“We need participants to be sure to sign the back of their ticket. By doing so, it is very difficult, if not almost impos-sible, for someone else to claim the ticket. If there is no name on it, they [someone else] could pick it up and sign it themselves.”

robert heith,Texas Lottery Commission media relations director.

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port.Gergen has worked for four

presidents. He served as di-rector of communications for former President Reagan and held positions in the adminis-trations of former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He also served as a counselor for former Presi-dent Bill Clinton during his presidency.

Graduate management student Pakorn Sujchaphong said he hasn’t read Gergen’s book Eyewitness to Power yet, but is considering reading it

when he has time. He said he attended the speech to learn about the country’s politics.

“I just want to know about American politics,” he said.

Several professors were also in the crowd. Civil engi-neering professor Siamak Ar-dekani brought his daughter along to hear the speech.

The speech ended with a Q-and-A session, which cov-ered topics including the health care situation and the economy.

A copy of Gergen’s book was on sale for $17 and he signed books after the speech.

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“ It’s not about gender or age. It’s about everyone being able to get

an education.”David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst

Freddie Bustillo, Gilbane Build-ing Company district man-ager, center, shakes hands with CNN senior political analyst David Gergen Thursday during a book signing outside the UC Bluebonnet Ball-room. Bustillo heard of Gergen through a Mav-erick Speaker Series e-mail list and said the speaker “tran-sitioned from topic to topic easily, with no notes.”

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Opinion is published Wednesday and Friday.

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A necessary cutSummer commencement moves in with fall

commencement

Recently, our university decided against holding summer commence-ment, due to low attendance, giving graduates the option to go to walk the stage the following fall or spring semes-ter.

Making this decision is a smart move for the university. it is a great way to save money and the labor that it takes to assemble a commencement ceremony that accommodates less than half that of spring and fall commencements.

Across the country many universities practice this policy, benefitting students, faculty and staff in the end.

The number of students awarded de-grees for the 2007-2008 school year was 3,925 bachelor’s, 1,694 master’s and 153

doctoral degrees. This is far more than the statistics for all degrees in summer 2008 and summer 2009, which were 804 and 754, respectively. These statistics are only for the degrees awarded, not the number of students who actually attended commencement.

not having a summer commencement at UT Arling-ton is not unique to Texas universities either. At least five universities in Texas operate without a summer commence-ment: UT-Dallas, UT-Tyler, UT-San Antonio, UT-Austin, and Tarleton State University in Central Texas.

At UT-Austin,all commencements are performed in the spring for all gradu-ates.

The university is working on ways to communicate the change in ceremonies to students. The cancellation had too short of a notice to plan changes for those whose families are travelling from all over the world.

Attendance, labor and costs are defi-nitely good reasons to stop the summer commencement, more action to notify those who were planning on the com-mencement this summer should have been made sooner so they could have changed costly travel plans.

We look forward to larger attendance at the fall and spring ceremonies, and starting a new practice that will benefit the university and the students since lowering costs goes back to the students in some way.

—The Shorthorn editorial board con-sists of Marissa Hall, Mark Bauer, Jason Boyd, Dustin L. Dangli, and Cohe Bolin

Editorial rounduPThe issue: Summer commence-ment ceremonies are discontinued.

We suggest:Now that this has been announced, do your best to make plans to accommodate your guests and family. Many colleges forego sum-mer commencement, due to cost and lack of attendance.

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GuEst column

We have all heard quite a bit about Tier One sta-

tus over the past year, and now we have the chance to put forth our efforts to help attain that status. We can lend our voice to this process by casting a simple vote.

next week, the University Center Palo Duro Lounge will be transformed into an early voting site that will allow students, faculty and all other Tarrant County registered voters to exercise their right to vote to show our lawmakers that UT Ar-lington is a voice to be heard.

At the polling stations, voters will find ballots with a constitutional amendment titled Proposition 4. What is Prop 4, and why should stu-dents be so excited about it?

State Proposition 4 is “The constitutional amendment

establishing the national Research University Fund to enable emerging research universities in this state to achieve national prominence as major research universi-ties and transferring the bal-ance of the Higher Educa-tion Fund to the national Research University Fund.” What does this mean to UT Arlington?

if passed, Prop 4 may pro-vide the financial support that will open the door for the seven designated emerg-ing research universities in Texas, including UT –Arling-ton. The university would be able to compete to become a national research institution and gain Tier One status.

Most appealingly, Propo-sition 4 will not create any new taxes and no bonds will be levied. Basically, Prop 4 will move money that is cur-rently not used to support

Texas higher education and move it into the hands of emerging research universi-ties providing numer-ous opportunities for students.

i cannot stress enough how impor-tant it is to vote. Stu-dent Congress has worked hard to reg-ister our students to vote; you can complete this initiative by going to the polls. This is perhaps the best way to enrich UT Arling-ton’s future and the fu-ture students that will walk in your steps. Our university does what it can to support us, now it is time for us to support UT Arlington. in the recent presidential elections, the UT Arlington community went to the polls and cast their votes in record num-bers, i know we can do the

same for these elections. i encourage you all to be the Mavericks you are and cast

your vote. You can vote from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday next week in the Palo Duro Lounge.

To read Proposition 4, or House Joint Resolution 14, or find more infor-mation on Tier One status or any of the other is-

sues on the ballot this year, visit www.sos.state.tx.us, or visit Student Congress in the University Center lower level.

-Kent Long is an organi-zational communication se-nior and Student Congress president

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it’s noon, your friends are texting you. You read, “Anyone up for lunch,” “What do i

feel like eating today? i’ve had the double cheeseburg-er, four tacos and that huge burrito this week already.”

At lunch time, the only thing on students’ minds is what they are going to eat. Most will go for the easiest thing without thinking of the 1,800 calories they will consume in the next hour.

Students are busy with tests, meetings, extracurricular activities, class and work. When it comes to eating the easiest thing is to pick up something at the near-est Jack in the Box, McDon-ald’s, Wendy’s or Taco Bell.

But if you skip on the mayo and the super-sized combo, making good decisions even

with few on-campus options is possible.

Limited options on cam-pus and the high prices of the healthier cafeteria food

leads students to the nearest dol-lar menu, versus a $7 or $8 healthy meal or even pre-paring one at home.

not only is it cheaper, but fast food is avail-able not only for lunch. it’s there in the middle of the night and for breakfast— giving

students more opportunities to add those daily calories. A snack at 3 a.m. is just a crav-ing and reward for studying. it may be a reward to you, but calories are added, leading to more unhealthy choices.

it doesn’t help that Univer-sity Center plaza food court

has one entity that is consid-ered healthy and three that are not.

You can’t go to Subway five days a week; you would simply get tired of it.

The Chick-fil-A may not be one of the healthiest options, but there are choices you can make to reduce you calorie intake. You can always go with a grilled chicken sandwich, choose mustard rather than mayonnaise, and instead of greasy French fries with a 24 oz soda, choose a fruit cup and a bottle of water.

Pizza Hut is not the health-iest food choice. it’s full of cheese and bread. But since the pizzas are small, one wouldn’t hurt every once in a while.

Panda Express can ease healthy decisions. Pick smaller portions and go with the white rice instead of the fried.

Choosing healthier food options helps in the long run. Living in the world of “Have

it Your Way” does not have to reach the extreme — spoil-ing yourself and grabbing ev-erything in sight — up-sizing things you order simply be-cause you can.

it’s understandable that the Connection Cafe, which of-fers healthier options, is often overlooked as an option be-cause of its high prices. Stu-dents may cringe at paying $8 to dine; no one wants to spend that much every day for one meal. But if you get the chance, they offer healthy food options, like sandwiches and wraps, vegetables and chicken.

Choosing healthier food options from the ones avail-able can be difficult, since stu-dents are tempted to run for that treat, but by making it simple you can avoid stacking on the calories.

-Fabiola Salinas is a public relations senior

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said.She said the vegetarians

were told to eat lettuce.Brittney Joyce, New

Student Welcome Center manager, said rainy weath-er caused the cookout to be moved inside and ruined the vegetarian food.

“Mav Mania was an iso-lated incident last spring,” she said. “We were limited to what we could do to sal-vage the meal.”

Joyce said during the registration process, stu-dents are asked about di-etary needs, such as veg-etarian meals. She said at Preview Day a continental breakfast with bagels and doughnuts is provided.

“We always provide to vegetarians and vegans what we can,” she said.

Science senator Natalia Vargas sponsored the reso-lution.

“I know that food may not seem like such a big issue but when you’re in that position, you’d feel left out,” she said. “Those little details make the dif-ference,”

Vargas, not a vegetar-ian, said she empathizes with her vegetarian friends when they have to eat just bread or salad at events without meatless options.

“Sometimes students — especially internation-al students — might be drawn to this campus be-cause of its diversity,” she said. “They might feel left out.”

Dining Services director Elizabeth Cheong said that when they discuss event food options with clients, they ask about vegetarian meals. She said about 90 percent ask for a vegetar-ian choice.

“We will provide vege-tarian options to any group dining or eating with us on campus,” she said. “If there’s a request not asked

ahead of time, we usually still accommodate them.”

She said she has not heard about the instance at Maverick Mania but said she will check with her managers.

A recent poll by peta2.com, a youth animal-rights group’s Web site, listed the top 10 vegetarian-friendly universities in the country.

They included Indiana University-Bloomington, Yale University, New York University, University of California-Berkeley, Uni-versity of Pennsylvania and University of Florida. None of the schools named were in Texas.

“I don’t know if the res-olution was needed, it’s not like we don’t provide meals with previous offers of a vegetarian or vegan meal option, because that’s not the case,” Joyce said. “We do.”

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Two former students received criminal tres-pass warnings after the Arlington Hall residence director discovered them staying in a dorm room without being on a lease.

Upon investigation, one of the two former students was arrested for outstanding warrants, according to UTA Police reports. The first found student received a crimi-nal trespass warning and was asked to leave cam-pus.

“The two nonstudents were living with [a] student as guests,” po-lice assistant chief Rick Gomez said. “Now that they’ve been issued of-ficial warnings, if they show up on campus they are subject to arrest.”

According to UTA Po-lice policy only the chief of police can excuse a criminal trespass warn-ing, provided someone wants to be reconsidered for enrollment at the university.

“All [criminal tres-pass warnings] are good for six months,” Gomez said.

Chief Robert Hayes would evaluate a student and decide whether or not he wants to excuse the person of a criminal trespass warning, Gomez said.

“This is the first time I’ve seen this,” Gomez said.

Lisa Mowery, Arling-ton Hall residence direc-tor, did not want to com-ment at this time.

— Nicole Hines

Police remove two nonstudents for illegally occupying

arlington Hall (Left)Caelum Moor stands in Richard Greene Linear Park located between the Cowboys Stadium and the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington as the sunsets on Thursday evening

(Below)Caelum Moor sculptor Norm Hines describes his history and experiences with the commission with Caelum Moor. Hines now resides in Fiji working on granite sculptures.

“3, 2, 1, flip the switch,” counts down Mayor Robert Cluck during the lighting of the Caelum Moor sculptures Thursday evening at Richard Greene Linear Park. City Coun-cil members, the Parks and Recreation Board, along with family and friends of Jane Mathes Kelton and Norm Hines attended the lighting and dedication ceremonies.

Caelum Moor is a five-piece freestanding pink granite set of stone sculptures that span from 8 feet to 30 feet high. Sculptor Hines was commissioned by Kelton in 1984 to create Caelum Moor to be reminiscent of Scotland’s Stonehenge. The 4-arce piece once stood where what is now the Arlington Highlands.

The sculptures were dismantled in 1997 because of developments of Arlington High-lands and have been stored at the city’s water treatment center until its current resting place at the park located between the Cowboys Stadium and the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

A New HomeCaelum Moor revealed once again

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Friday, October 23, 2009

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

FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 23, 2009

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Thursday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Merle Baker 10/23/09

(c)2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 10/23/09

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

FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 24,2009

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Friday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Thomas Heilman10/24/09

(c)2009 Tribune Media Services,Inc.10/24/09

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By Clint UtleyThe Shorthorn sports editor

Texas Hall continues to be the volleyball team’s fallback option in Southland Confer-ence play this season.

Although the team is 0-4 on the road in conference, its home court has helped the team to win all four matches in Texas Hall. The Mavericks (8-12) defeated Southeast-ern Louisiana in three sets Thursday night at Texas Hall, but needed extra points in the third set to seal the match.

“It was not pretty at all,” head coach Diane Seymour said. “It wasn’t pretty, but we won.”

Thursday was the team’s Dig Pink Night, designed to raise funds and promote awareness for breast cancer, in which every dig or pledged donation benefitted the Side-Out Foundation.

The Mavs relied on their blocks rather than their digs. The team totaled 15 blocks compared to the Lady Lions’ five. Sophomore middle blocker Emily Shearin had four total blocks and her fel-low middle blocker, sopho-more Christy Driscoll, had five block-assists and one solo block.

“We work pretty hard on it [blocking], we have some kids that are very natural at it,” Seymour said. “On nights like tonight, if your offense isn’t really clicking, it is very helpful to be able to stop their offense with a few key blocks.”

The Mavs got in an early hole in the first set at 0-2. The score was tied 8-8 before

a block-assist from Driscoll and sophomore outside hitter Amanda Aguilera sparked a 7-1 run and the Mavs finished the set 25-19.

Aguilera and junior out-side hitter Bianca Sauls led the Mavs with three kills each in the set. Junior setter Rae-gan Daniel had seven assists. The team totaled six blocks in the first set.

The Mavs were only able to add two more blocks in the second set but contributed in other areas. Sophomore libero Alicia Shaffer had nine digs and Aguilera had five by herself. Daniel put down four kills and started a 9-3 rally with a kill that gave the Mavs an 18-10 lead on their way to a 25-17 victory.

Driscoll noted her team’s improvement from last year to now.

“We played that team last year and lost in three [sets] and played a bad game,” she said. “Now we can play a bad game this year and beat them in three [sets]. That shows improvement on our part.”

Another slow start set the tone for the third set that re-quired extra points. A back-and-forth set saw the Lady Lions get a lead at 25-26.

A solo block from Agu-ilera followed by a Driscoll kill ended the match. Shaffer followed her nine-dig second set with seven more in the third.

Shaffer said her team’s mindset in the final points was all or nothing.

“Tie it up and get this last point and nothing hits the floor,” she said. “We go hard for everything. Don’t second-guess yourself.”

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After a tough road loss, the team returned strong Thursday to Texas Hall.

Playing some of the best teams in Texas would worry most schools, but this weekend the men’s tennis team has intended to reach its peak and challenge opponents in the ITA Regional Championship.

The tournament will begin Sat-urday in College Station with the men’s singles and doubles opening round matches. UTA will head to the tournament with an eight-

man team that will contend in a field of more than 100 partici-pants.

The four-day tournament will feature some of the best players from Texas universities, and assis-tant head coach Marco Matteucci said he knows his team will be tested this weekend.

“I’m hoping to see some good results out there, but I can’t really

speculate on how well they will do,” Matteucci said. “Regionals are never easy and we’re in a pretty tough region with Baylor and the University of Texas.”

The men have been out of ac-tion for almost a month due to the cancelation of the All American Tournament in early October. The team has only two tournaments left this season, so the shortened fall semester play will be coming to an end after this tournament.

The tournament will end on

Tuesday with the doubles and sin-gles championship matches. Mat-teucci said he knows how tough the competition is, but said that the tournament would be a suc-cess if his players reached the later rounds.

“It would be good if we had a couple of our guys in the quarter-finals or semi-finals,” he said. “But a good weekend for us would be to get to Monday.”

—Trevor Harris

Men’s tennis heads to Regionals to battle top Texas schools

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Red shirt sophomore middle blocker Christy Driscoll, left, and sophomore outside hitter Amanda Agu-ilera, attempt to block the ball during the Maverick’s 3-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday at Texas Hall. Aguilera and Driscoll combined for six blocks during the game.

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