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Research budgets slashed following sequestration cuts

Sequestration cuts for � scal year 2013 will have impacts both nationwide and locally; speci� cally, these cuts will a� ect UTD’s research grants from the National Institute

of Health.� e sequestration order was put into place March 1 as a result

of the Budget Control Act of 2011. To delay reaching the debt ceiling, funding to certain categories of federal spending was cut. Eighty-� ve billion dollars of the federal government’s budgetary resources were canceled, including cuts in Medicare and other non-exempt defense, nondefense and nondefense mandatory programs.

In total, $1.2 trillion will be cut in 10 years, according to CNN. � e cuts made to the budget of the National Institute of Health, or NIH, a� ects the university because a signi� cant por-tion of UTD researchers’ funding comes from NIH.

Michael Kilgard, a Brain and Behavioral Sciences professor, has a standard large NIH grant, RO1, that extends over a � ve-year period to study autism using rats.

In two years, he will have to renew his grant if he wants to continue getting funding from NIH for his research. Kilgard submits a proposal every year to renew his grant, which is non-competitive until the � ve years are over. After that, he will have to submit a proposal explaining what he did with the money he was given and what he wants to accomplish with more funding.

With more people applying for the same amount of money, Kilgard said, it will be more di� cult to get his project renewed. NIH gives him the largest portion of his funding, he said, along

McDermott mentor, former professor passes awayWorsfold, 69, worked at UTD for 38 years, university opens memorial fund in his nameLAUREN FEATHERSTONEManaging Editor

Victor Worsfold, a retired UT Dal-las professor, associate dean and active leader for the McDermott commu-nity, passed away on April 21 at the age of 69.

Worsfold had been involved at UTD for 38 years. He was a philosophy professor at the university from 1975-2001, after which he retired. During

that time he also served as Master in the School of Human Development (now Behavioral and Brain Sciences), assistant to the vice president for Aca-demic Affairs and associate dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. He also was the recipient of the University of Texas Chancellor’s Council Outstand-ing Teaching Award in 1989, and the A&H outstanding faculty and teaching awards were named in his honor after his retirement.

For the last 12 years, Worsfold en-gaged the McDermott Scholars com-munity with his opera lectures, friend-liness and Scottish charm.

Dennis Kratz, dean of Arts and Hu-manities, said he had known Worsfold from the time Kratz arrived at UTD in 1978 and that Worsfold had even been one of the people who interviewed him. He said that Worsfold’s love of philosophy could only be matched by his love of the opera.

“He could teach opera in a way only could be taught by someone who had his combination of expertise and pas-sion,” Kratz said. “Cause he didn’t just know opera, it was a part of him.”

Worsfold lectured McDermott Scholars prior to the start of each season with exten-sive informa-tion about the world of opera — only ever w i t h h o l d i n g the ending of the opera to be viewed.

He also at-tended the McDermott freshmen Santa Fe trip each year, where his open personality and genuine conversation

started many friendships.“He was magical. He had a twinkle

in his eye,” said McDermott Program Coordinator Kim Flicker. “He got ex-cited about a lot of stuff, but he could get you excited about stuff, too. That made him a really good teacher; it also made him a really good listener and friend.”

Having no children of his own and living in nearby Plano, Worsfold fre-quently met with students over coffee who would talk with him about any-thing — from academic troubles to philosophical interests.

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Research budgets slashed following sequestration cuts

BBS earns high rankingAudiology, speech pathology programs gain nat’l attentionSAMANTHA LIMMercury Sta�

� e university’s Behavioral and Brain Sciences school ranked third nationwide in graduate audiology and 11th nationwide in speech pathol-ogy according to the U.S. News 2012 rankings.

Dean of Behavioral and Brain Sciences Bert Moore said the speech pathology

and audiology programs are among the most competitive graduate programs within the Behavioral and Brain Sci-ences, or BBS, school. One in eight applicants are accepted into the speech pathology program, he said, and one in 12 into the audiology pro-gram.

� e Callier Center, which

Pair advances in ‘Shark’ castingVIVIANA CRUZMercury Sta�

Two students advanced to the second round of the cast-ing call for the ABC reality TV series “Shark Tank” on April 20 at the American Air-lines Center.

“Shark Tank” o� ers the opportunity for aspiring en-trepreneurs to pitch their

business idea to a group of high-pro� le investors, or “sharks.” If an investor is in-terested in a venture, the en-trepreneur can make a deal on the show; however, if none of the investors are interested, entrepreneurs leave the show without a deal.

Representatives from the

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Story by Samantha Lim

Illustration by Josh Carter

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Police perform sting as burglaries, thefts increaseJOSEPH MANCUSOMercury Sta�

UTD Police put an end to a string of on-campus thefts April 2 when an under-cover operation resulted in the arrest of two females.

� e operation stemmed from the ef-forts of ATEC sophomore Carrie Crossley after her apartment was broken into and four laptops were stolen. � e day after it was stolen, Crossley found her laptop on a Craigslist advertisement.

“I sent out a text to the number (on the listing for the laptop) and was like ‘Hey, can you send me a few pictures? I’m in-terested in buying it but want to see it � rst,’” Crossley said. “� ey sent pictures back, and there were a couples scratches and dents on the laptop that told me it was almost certainly mine.”

When she was sure that the person on Craigslist had her stolen laptop, Crossley contacted UTD Police, who advised her to stay in contact with them.

By the time police had begun to de-vise a plan, Craigslist strangers informed Crossley that her laptop had already been sold.

“When I asked if they had any other computers for sale, they replied with a make and model number that were ex-actly the same as the laptop my roommate had stolen from her,” Crossley said. “� at was when we knew that this is de� nitely the person we were looking for.”

Police then worked with Crossley to ar-range a meeting with the Craigslist sell-ers. Detective Stacey Rotunno of UTD PD planned to take Crossley’s place at a local co� ee shop, where additional police o� cers would be waiting undercover for backup in the event that the suspects did not cooperate.

When Rotunno met with the sellers, police managed to con� rm through the serial number on the laptop that it was one of the laptops stolen from Crossley’s apartment. Rotunno and other police of-� cers then confronted and arrested the

two women, who initially denied any wrongdoing.

“By recovering that laptop and some of the other belongings that they had on their person, we were able to solve four of our cases,” Rotunno said. “With the help of the student, we did some pretty good work.”

� e two women involved in the theft of Crossley’s and her roommates’ laptops had a criminal history. Before stealing the laptops, they had broken into other apartments during the night and stolen wallets and credit cards, according to po-lice. O� cers managed to pull surveillance photographs from when the stolen credit cards were used and matched them to the women.

“One of the subjects had just got out of prison not too long ago for aggravat-ed robbery, which means robbery with a gun,” Lt. Ken MacKenzie said. “� e other one … had just got out a couple months ago in January for doing the same thing. She had just done three years.”

Police said one of the suspects was fa-miliar with the UTD area because she attended classes at the nearby ITT tech building.

Crossley’s incident is re� ective of a larger problem of theft on campus. Most

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The graph indicates the number of speci� c crimes on campus during this year and the past three years. All information was found from UTD PD’s website and the Clery Report.

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Student Government an-nounced additions to The Pub’s menu and concluded its activities for the 2012-2013 term at the final meeting of the semester on April 16.

• Student Affairs chair Liz Sohns announced the results of The Pub survey. The survey revealed the preferred price point for students ordering a combo meal is $5-$6, with 37 percent of respondents, and an appetizer at $3-$4, with 44 percent of respondents. Breakfast foods were a popu-lar suggestion in the survey with many students asking to have them available during the extended hours. Students also requested vegan and gluten-free options as well as keeping the kitchen open un-til 1 a.m. instead of closing at midnight.

• In response to the student

feedback, milkshakes are now available at The Pub during the extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays, and breakfast burritos are available dur-ing extended hours Monday through Thursday. The ex-tended hours will end on May 3. New fall hours will be an-nounced closer to the start of the new school year.

• Residential Student Af-fairs chair Tammy Nguyen reported that 3,000 cans were raised in the Raising Cans event benefiting the Comet Cupboard.

• Comet Cupboard pro-gram coordinator Hillary Campbell shared the organi-zation’s goals.

“We hope to be an immedi-ately recognizable resource for all the student organizations at UTD,” she said. “When-ever any of them think to hold a food drive, for example, the Comet Cupboard should be the first they think of to facili-

tate and support that process.”• Nguyen also announced

that starting in the fall semes-ter the res halls and University Village will have different-colored parking passes and that by the third week of May, more stop signs will be added to Lot J to clear up right-of-way confusion.

• SG President Raj Dwivedi motioned to allow the presi-dent to appoint students to senate over the summer so they would have a chance to run for Executive Commit-tee in the fall. The motion passed.

• In closing the last meeting of his term, Dwivedi thanked the senators for all their hard work and support this past year.

“Being SG president has been a really special time in my life; nothing else in college quite beats it,” Dwivedi said.

• Senate will resume meet-ing once a month over the summer term.

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“I’m not close with my grandparents … and so for me in a lot of ways he filled that role in my life,” said mathematical sciences junior and McDermott Scholar Nate Fairbank. “He retained an incredible passion for the arts. I heard more about what the operas were, and in a way that really opened me up to a world that I’d never really explored before.”

A memorial will be held for Worsfold at 2 p.m. on May 14 in the Jonsson Performance Hall.

Fairbank initiated an effort to raise $10,000 to dedicate a magnolia tree on the mall and create a permanent endowment for campus en-hancement in Worsfold’s name.

Donations can be given by check, made out to “The University of Texas at Dallas” for the Victor Worsfold Memorial fund and sent to the Office of Development.

Information can also be found online at https://alumni.utdallas.edu/SSLPage.aspx?pid=611.

To donate on the website, select “Other” un-der “Donation Information” and enter “Cam-pus Enhancement;” under “Tribute Informa-tion” enter “Victor Worsfold.”

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thefts on campus are not forced or violent but instead occur because victims make it easy for or present op-portunities to the thieves, according to MacKenzie. Many students often leave their belongings unattended and many on-campus residents don’t lock their doors as often as they should.

“�ere are too many doors un-locked, these people don’t have to climb up over a balcony,” MacKenzie said. “If I had my officers go around checking doors (to apartments), prob-ably 50 percent of them aren’t locked.”

�e problem is most prevalent among apartments with multiple roommates. Residents will often leave their doors unlocked, thinking that ei-

ther their roommate will lock the door behind them or that the apartment will not be burglarized if a roommate is home. According to police, some thieves walk door-to-door testing the locks on apartments and, if one is open, will enter to try and steal from the residence.

MacKenzie described such a situa-tion.

“A student was rushing out the door to go to class, and as he’s go-ing to grab his door, it’s opening and there is (a stranger) standing there get-ting ready to walk in,” he said. ‘“Oh, my bad, I got the wrong apartment.’ �at’s what they’ll tell you; if they walk in and someone is in (the apart-ment), they suddenly got the wrong apartment.”

Students can prevent theft by lock-ing their doors and securing unat-

tended items. Lockers are available free of charge in the Activity Center and the library, two hotspots of theft. In the event that items are stolen, free tracking software is available for most major smartphones and the university offers LoJack tracking for laptop com-puters at a discounted rate. Bicycles, another one of the most stolen items on campus, can have identi�cation etched into their frame. Free etching services are available via UTD PD.

“I was mad at myself not to be safer in my own apartment. It was definite-ly weird to think that someone could have come in with a gun and done a lot worse than steal a computer,” Crossley said. “UTD is definitely a very safe campus compared to a lot of other places, but that doesn’t mean that things can’t happen. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.”

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“I mostly get linked to stories and news through friends, but I am sure they get them from Reddit. I trust my friends and I trust Reddit.”

Nick GonzalesElectrical engineering sophomore

“I use my phone to check news sites frequently to try to get up-to-date information.”

Adam HarahushMarketing graduate student

“A lot of my updates come from Facebook. A couple friends posted links to the live feeds, and I just kept revisiting those pages.”

Sereena JohnSpeech pathology freshman

“Whenever there is breaking news, how do you keep up with the lastest updates?”

“I follow a lot of news sources on Twitter and keep up with them throughout the day.”

Eric MartinezEMAC sophomore

“I use Facebook for breaking news. Everyone updates their statuses so quickly.”

David TrinhMechanical engineering sophomore

I’m not a sappy guy.So when it came time to

write my farewell column — this is my last time writing for The Mercury — the last thing I wanted to do was pour out my heart and soul. So instead I’ll start with a story.

I sat in Fair Park last week watching “Wicked” with a friend of mine. I’m shameless. I was raised on “The Wizard of Oz,” so I had to check it out. “Wicked” is the story of an off-putting green-skinned accident, Elphaba, accepting what makes her special, while her friends, including future “Good Witch” Glinda, solve their own young-adult prob-lems.

Throughout the entire play and into the next week, I kept finding myself drawing paral-lels between the story and my time at UTD.

When I came to UTD in 2009, the university was nothing more than a mound of dirt. (Seriously: What is now the beautiful mall was, at the time, a field of dirt and ditches. Telling these stories makes me feel old.) What is now the ATEC site was a sin-gle apartment-sized building containing two or three small shops. During the first week of RHET 1101 (now UNIV 1010), I learned what Brutal-ism is.

UTD was wicked ugly. It had some growing up to do. But so did I.

In a completely gender-independent way, I was Glin-da, and the same can be said for each of the freshmen that year. (Glinda went by “Guh-linda” until midway through the play. Dropping the “Guh” was a huge personal accom-plishment for the heartbroken then-student.) I was studious, relative to my high school self, but I was still just a baby. I lived in an apartment with three other 18-year-old dudes, and we had fun. We made friends. Fill in the blanks.

By a clerical error and some bad luck, Glinda and Elphaba are forced to live together. Sure, I had the choice to at-tend UTD, just as each of you did, but like so many of the fellow freshmen I met at Comet Camp, it seemed the generous scholarship was the No. 1 reason we chose to come here. In 2009, agreeing to at-tend UTD felt like being part of an arranged marriage. It felt like being forced to live with someone (or something) I didn’t completely understand: UTD was flawed — not mis-understood, because that re-quires it be understood in the first place — and Elphaba was green and frustrated.

Halfway through my sopho-more year, it was time to grow up… OK, OK, I still had a lot of fun. But it was time to become a man. It was time to drop the “Guh.”

Glinda and Elphaba even-tually grow into their own. Glinda becomes a perceived freedom fighter. I fight for journalistic integrity, whatev-er that means nowadays.

Elphaba becomes the Wick-ed Witch of the West, but that label was cast upon her by those who didn’t or couldn’t accept what she had become. She was anything but wicked. Elphaba fights for a cause most can’t comprehend in an effort to better life for every-one in Oz. Oh, hey, UTD is still chasing after Tier One.

At the end of the play, we find the two main characters unsure of whether their meet-ing was good or bad. (“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?” they ask.) The weeks leading up to gradu-ation aren’t the best to sit around reminiscing about the past. I have enough things to worry about, and I’m gener-ally confused about life.

One thing I’m completely sure of, though, is that I’m completely unsure of whether UTD was the right choice for me. Ironically, Glinda com-pares meeting Elphaba to “a comet pulled from orbit.” (I can’t even escape cheesy space puns when I watch plays about a made-up universe. It’s really

time to say goodbye.)I learned a lot and did a lot

at the university, just as many of you have in years past and in those to come. A decade from now, I don’t know ex-actly how I’ll feel about my time here. UTD will be totally different in 10 years, just as it has endured massive recon-struction during the past four. Declaring our diplomas to be a valuable, maturing stock is easy and probably accurate, or at least that’s what I’ve heard. Hopefully one day UTD will be considered the best univer-sity in the state, and by then Comet Town will be around, and more apartment buildings will have sprouted up, and the student body will be more ac-tive, and the parking situation will either be solved or merely a dead issue. (My money’s on the latter.)

But that doesn’t mean any-thing to me right now.

I guess it’s impossible for us to fully understand every de-cision we’ve ever made. I was pulled from orbit due to mon-ey and location. Some come here for the academics. Some come for other reasons. Heck, most of you are probably satis-fied with your college experi-ence. That isn’t to say I’m not.

UTD has changed me, and my hope is that I’ve at least in some way changed it. Gradua-tion is just around the corner, and in the years that follow I’ll know for sure just how much it changed me. And whether it’s good or bad.

In the meantime, I’ll con-tinue to grow into myself — just like UTD, just like El-phaba, just like the “Guh”-less Glinda. UTD is anything but wicked, and I’m everything but the studious student the university craves. We’re an odd couple today, but in five years, or 20, or one, maybe we won’t be.

Maybe I’ll regret coming here, maybe my choice to commit to UTD will end up being the best I’ve ever made. Time will tell.

Until then, all I’ll know is that I am who I am because I came here. And UTD is get-ting even greener.

BOBBY KARALLACOMMENTARY

It’s up to Americans to aid the citizens of Iran

Every day I wake up and I take a thousand things for granted. I forget that not everyone ev-erywhere is free, like I am, to think, say, and do whatever they wish. The main purpose of this ar-ticle is to enlighten those here in the U.S. about the plight of the real victims with respect to the Iranian regime’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. I am a person who feels things very acutely, and I am not exaggerating one bit when I say that it breaks my heart to see the great and noble people of Iran subjected to such hardship due to the actions of an evil regime which rules over them with no re-gard for their safety, happiness or well being. It is my opinion that the Iranians are a great and wonderful people, highly skilled, incredibly in-telligent and oh so nice.

I live and work closely with many Iranians and have had a lot of time to build relationships with some of them over the last few years. Two in particular are from Iran but living in the U.S. legally. That is all that I can divulge about their identities for fear of what might happen to their friends, families and loved ones should someone back home find out about their involvement in this article.

“(Family members) are forced to pay fines and imprisonment costs, if the individual is executed they are charged an enormous sum of money to pay for the bullet that was used to execute their loved one,” one said. “The fear is very real and very effective at keeping people quiet.”

Despite the government’s horrible practices and President Obama’s willingness to bring atten-tion to the problems in Iran, the sanctions being placed on the country are not entirely beneficial to the country’s population.

“The current sanctions basically block any and everything from being exported or imported into

the country,” the other said. “A business needs to import many things to be successful.”

The best way to aid citizens of Iran is to pro-vide them with the information so many of us take for granted. The Iranians I spoke with said they are not provided with access to unbiased media. The only information they see is given to them by the corrupt government that spends its time working to acquire nuclear weapons, a prac-tice the Iranians I’ve spoken with do not support.

“If it were up to the population of Iran there would be no such quest,” one said. “The people of Iran are not interested in war and weapons, but in peace and prosperity.”

One purpose of this article is to give two indi-viduals a chance to enjoy a small taste of what we as the American people cherish so much and hold so dear that it was the very first addition that We the People made to our beloved constitution. Freedom of Expression is not something to be taken lightly. Over 200 years ago we, a fledgling young nation of rag-tag misfits and rebels, had to stand up and fight the single greatest power that the world had yet seen in order to get ours. Today there are many places where billions of people hold their tongue lest it be cut from their mouth. One such place is the country of Iran.

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News WWW.UTDMERCURY.COM THE MERCURY n APRIL 29, 20134TEDx event to examine ways in which gathering information have changedStudent organization to put on ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ on April 30

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TED, a nonpro�t devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” by bringing together in�uential thinkers and doers, will come to UTD on April 30 as part of the TEDxUTD club.

�e event’s 100 tickets were quickly reserved by students less than 24 hours after the event link had been posted on-line. �e enthusiasm and warm recep-tion from students was encouraging for the club, said TEDx coordinator and economics junior Annabella Cavello.

�e event’s theme “In Our Hands” will explore how recent cultural and technological shifts have empowered people all over the world to gain access to more information and change their communities. �e talk will begin at 4 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room in the Jindal School of Management, or JSOM.

“We asked (our club members) to submit topic ideas, and we posted them on Facebook for a vote,” Cavello said. “In Our Hands stood out to us because we feel there’s a strong trend right now that asks ‘how can individuals make more of a di�erence?’”

Bringing Ted Talks to UTD had been on Cavello’s to-do list since the day she arrived to campus as a freshman. With the help of administrative coor-dinator Michelle Abuda and strategic coordinator Annie Liu, the club began to take shape in the past three months.

�e TEDxUTD team reached out to people from UTD and across Dallas, looking for speakers that could contrib-ute to the “In Our Hands” conversa-tion. One organization that the team approached was Dallas Makerspace, a nonpro�t that operates as a community workshop and laboratory, where artists, engineers and inventors can access tools and resources to use for their creations.

Matt McCoy from Dallas Makerspace will speak at the event.

�e speaker line-up also includes computer science freshman Justin Ehlert, Dale Brimer — a UTD alum-nus who holds eight master’s degrees from the JSOM — and Michael Sevoie, director of the Center for Information Technology and Management.

“Technology is evolving at such a rapid pace, and many of us have yet to understand the power and implication of these changes,” Liu said. “Hopefully this talk will open up students’ eyes to the possibilities that didn’t exist before and begin dialogues that will empower the UTD community.”

One thing that Cavello said will be important for expanding TEDx-UTD in the future is sending a faculty member to an o�cial TED confer-ence, which takes place every spring

and summer both on the West Coast and in Edinburgh, Scotland. Organiz-ers of TEDx events, the independently organized TED Talks, are limited to 100 audience members unless the orga-nizer has attended an o�cial conference themselves.

“We’d like to have a faculty advisor attend a conference so that we can have a legacy of larger events,” Cavello said. “We plan to host several more events in the upcoming semesters so that stu-dents who didn’t have the chance to make it this time can get another op-portunity in the future.”

More than 1,400 TED Talks are available for free on the TED website, with topics that include everything from philosophy to technology to eco-nomics. One of Cavello’s favorite talks was given by social psychologist Amy Cuddy called “Your body language

shapes who you are.” �e talk describes how simply assuming a “power pose” can change other people’s perceptions and our own body chemistry.

“It’s about a simple life hack that you can do by simply changing your posture to change your con�dence level,” Cavel-lo said. “I think the message of ‘fake it till you make it’ is something that a lot of people can bene�t from.”

Ultimately, Cavello, Liu and Abuda hope that students will be inspired to learn more about di�erent subjects, even ones they didn’t know they would be interested in.

“�e great thing about TED is that they present things in a compelling format so that people who are not at all familiar with a topic can get into it,” Cavello said. “It encourages people to branch out, and that’s what we want to do with TEDxUTD.”

Deans dine with students for last time this year April’s ‘Dine with the Deans’ also Piñeres’ final at UTDSHEILA DANGMercury Sta�

Sheila Piñeres, dean of undergraduate education, held her last “Dine with the Deans” event on April 17 as she prepares to depart to become vice president for academic a�airs at Austin College on June 1.

�e event was held on the mall area between Green Center and Founders. Students lined up to receive chips, cookies and a hot dog grilled by Piñeres and Gene Fitch, dean of students.

“�e food was really great, and I think it was a nice send-o� for Dr. Piñeres before she leaves,” said chemistry senior Alexander Burns.

Piñeres said she would miss having a monthly Dine with the Deans and joked about her long-term work relationship with Fitch.

“We’ve been doing this for three years now,” Piñeres said refer-ring back to their �rst event in 2010. “�at’s a long-term relation-ship among (the student) age group.”

�e �rst Dine with the Deans event took place in September 2010 in �e Pub. Both Piñeres and Fitch hoped that a meal would create an informal atmosphere where students could voice their ideas and concerns about the university.

Every month for the past three years, the two deans have used the event to poll students about everything from parking and gradua-tion to on-campus resources and dining hours.

“One of the best ideas was that students graduating in the sum-mer would be able to participate in the honors convocation,” Pi-ñeres said. “We also did a lot of polling about the week-long fall break, and we got a lot of positive feedback about that.”

Piñeres said she also received many comments from students over the years urging an end to �nal exams on Saturdays. �e Academic Senate voted on April 17 to end the practice starting fall 2013.

Other changes on campus that have been the result of student initiative or feedback at Dine with the Deans include moving the Student Success Center to the basement of the library to provide more study space and extending the hours of the dining hall and �e Pub.

While both Piñeres and Fitch have heard good suggestions throughout the years, they have also heard a few unreasonable ones.

“One person wanted free parking,” Piñeres said. “�at’s just not going to happen.”

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TEDxUTD (members pictured above) is putting on a TEDx talk titled “In Our Hands” on April 30. The event will feature speakers who will discuss cultural and technological shifts have empowered people across the globe.

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Options for going Greek on campus are opening up as UTD is now expecting Delta Tau Delta to join the Interfraternity Council, or IFC, as their sixth traditional, social men’s frater-nity, quickly after the place-ment of Pi Kappa Phi last year.

Delta Tau Delta is expected to join the ranks of Kappa Sigma, FIJI, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chi Phi and Pi Kappa Phi in Sep-tember 2013. In order to facili-tate the rapid expansion of both the campus and incoming fresh-

men classes, UTD has adver-tised the need for more Greek life in a bulletin to the Interfra-ternal Council. Delta Tau Delta has answered that request and begun to pitch themselves this past month as a beneficial addi-tion to the university.

Graham Reeves, a 2012 grad-uate from Case Western Reserve University and a Chapter Lead-ership Consultant for Delta Tau Delta, is responsible for as-sisting the development of the chapter on campus. In choosing UTD as the 133rd site for the newest Delta Tau Delta chapter, Reeves highlighted the benefits

of a strong alumni group in the Dallas area, the academic achievements of our university, the strong community feel and the extensive philanthropy as reasons for wanting to make a home here.

Reeves pitched his fraternity to the Expansion Committee, a board made of both students and faculty, and set up a time in fall to meet with potential new members.

Delta Tau Delta has a strong academic focus and is highly values-based. The fraternity goals include providing life skills and career related connec-

tions to members. “The main reason you go to

college is not just to get a de-gree, but to learn,” Reeves said.

He wants this new chapter to facilitate that goal in an aca-demic sense while also provid-ing a well-rounded experience to prepare the men for their futures.

Reeves said he has a vision of a Delta Tau Delta chapter here that works collectively with ev-eryone in the community, in-cluding all the fraternities on campus whether they be IFC, National Pan-Hellenic Coun-cil or United Greek Council.

Part of its involvement will re-volve around its philanthropic interest in the Juvenile Diabe-tes Research Foundation. It is a strong goal of all chapters of Delta Tau Delta to raise money for this organization in order to eventually find a cure for Type I diabetes.

Reeves said he plans on con-tinuing to get a feel for the cam-pus, meet Student Government, create relationships with peer advisors and find a group of men to carry on the Delta Tau Delta name and traditions.

In finding men to become part of the new chapter, Reeves

and two other chapter leader-ship consultants from the frater-nity will take recommendations from sororities, administrators and other campus groups or individuals to help shape the group. Although these consul-tants have an influence in set-ting up the chapter, they will only oversee the development for the first four weeks before continuing their travel as they work with other Delta Tau Del-ta alumni and undergraduates.

“The men get to have the leg-acy (of creating a new chapter), it’s a matter of what they want to create,” Reeves said.

predates the university, is one of the largest speech and hearing clinics in the country. Moore said it was un-usual that the center became part of the university when it opened. �is played a huge part in increasing the BBS school’s reputation, particu-larly in the speech pathology and audiology �elds.

“Callier’s always been a promi-nent component of the university, and the people who arranged for Callier to become part of the uni-versity were very committed to its excellence and wanted it to be a prominent place,” Moore said. “In the last �ve to seven years, we’ve attracted a number of top-ranked faculty. We hope that the rest of the school will be similarly recognized.”

As a young university, UTD has a more di�cult time achieving high rankings. U.S. News partially bases its rankings on programs’ reputa-tions as well as quality. Moore said he wants to see other programs be-come highly ranked as well.

“We’re continuing to move up in other programs too in the school,” he said. “�e way to do it is to give

a good education to students and to have a research-active faculty that’s recognized around the country for their excellence in research con-tributions. �e formula’s kind of simple, but it’s hard to do. It’s hard to attract the people who are really going to enhance your reputation.”

Staying highly ranked can be more di�cult than achieving a high ranking for the �rst time, Moore said, and the way to stay up on the charts is to continue hiring new faculty and to maintain a high level of performance.

�e psychology program is also moving up the rankings, from 132nd to 117th out of hundreds of universities from 2012 to 2013. �e University of Houston, Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and 12 other universities’ psychology programs are tied for the same ranking as UTD.

“It helps students (when they) come from a program that’s well-recognized,” Moore said. “We don’t say we’re just going to focus on the research because that’s where pres-tige comes from. Our faculty are very committed to teaching and instruction. Our vision really is that excellence is true across all the en-deavors of the school.”

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show extended an invitation to UTD’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, or IIE, to encourage students and alumni to attend the casting call. Jackie Kimzey, executive director of the IIE, said shark and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s involvement with the show and interest in UTD led the recruit-ment speci�cally of UTD stu-dents.

Marketing senior Mindy Tiu and alumnus Cory Egan shared their experience attending the casting call and advancing.

Egan is co-founder and CEO of iLumi Solutions, a company that produces multi-colored LED light bulbs that are con-trolled wirelessly through an iOS or Android application. �e company was born out of the IIE Business Idea competition in fall 2010.

“I went into the casting call with an open mind,” Egan said. “From all the business competi-tions and the like, you learn how to tell your story e�ciently and

excitingly. So by now, the intro ‘elevator speech’ is pretty locked down.”

Egan also recalled some mem-orable moments at the casting call in which participants were allowed only one minute to pitch their idea to a producer of “Shark Tank.”

“One of the amazing things that struck me is that hundreds of people with most likely bril-liant ideas will go to share their story and business, which is re-ally inspiring and encouraging to see,” he said.

Tiu is co-founder of YouPark, which also utilizes an app as its product. �e YouPark app allows users to check for parking spac-es at places like universities or sporting arenas and reserve them in real time, all from their smart-phones. To prepare for the cast-ing call, Tiu watched episodes of “Shark Tank” to give her an idea of what the producers were look-ing for, and YouPark’s consultant Michael Savoie gave Tiu advice on how to answer questions.

“�e pitch was not as formal as I thought it would be, very informal actually,” Tiu said. “It is important to have an open

mindset going into the cast-ing call so you can convey that you’re really into your idea. We weren’t nervous, and that helped us perform well.”

Tiu plans to work hard with her team to prepare for the video round that YouPark has advanced to. �e YouPark team will have to submit a �ve-min-ute video presentation to answer additional questions about its business idea. Tiu is excited to show more of the team’s energy and personality during the video round and to have help from an ATEC friend in creating it.

For Tiu, being on “Shark Tank” would o�er the YouPark team credibility when forging partnerships with other inves-tors.

“If we could say that Mark Cuban or another shark thought our idea was good, then it really is a good idea,” Tiu said.

An appearance on “Shark Tank” would also give the YouP-ark team leverage when compet-ing with other entrepreneurs for funds, such as at the UT Hori-zon Fund Investment Compe-tition in which YouPark is cur-rently a �nalist.

Kimzey spoke of his hopes for student participation in the casting call and Cuban’s involve-ment with the university.

“We’re proud of our student teams, and we are trying to en-courage some of our promising ventures to go for it,” he said. “iLumi would be a good �t for that type of venue. In our busi-ness idea competition they were probably the most developed; they are now at the prototype stage.”

Cuban donated $20,000 to UTD’s annual Business Idea competition and has spoken to the Entrepreneurship Club@UT Dallas. Cuban’s fall 2010 appearance had the highest at-tendance of any IIE event. Kimzey said Cuban’s interest in UTD would motivate students to see that he has a heart for this university and wants to see it do well.

Egan said he hopes to see more entrepreneurs and more avenues for bringing good ideas to light in the near future.

Tiu is looking toward a stable job in corporate marketing after graduation and plans to contin-ue developing her business.

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with the Michael J. Fox foun-dation for Parkinson’s research, UTD, endowment from the Callier center, private indus-tries and others.

Current research projects are mostly unaffected by the cuts. However, if a researcher’s proj-ect is in the process of review, he or she is less likely to receive funding.

The cuts were made in the middle of a fiscal year, which requires more funding to be cut in a shorter amount of time.

One immediate impact of the cuts is that there is now 15 percent less money to pay for materials and hire students and researchers, Kilgard said.

That is the cost of a gradu-ate student and all their equip-ment for a year.

The paper this student would have written could get delayed or never be finished

due to the cuts. Long-term, the impact of these cuts will be even stronger.

“A lot of agencies are trying to take cuts from other areas such as vacations for their em-ployees, managers and reduc-ing the number of conferences they can support,” said Bruce Gnade, vice president for re-search. “But at some level they will have to not support as many new programs.”

While restricted research ex-penditures are key to achieving Tier One status, Gnade said his department can work past the cuts.

The funding has been cut across the board by about 5 to 6 percent, reducing the $36 million of federal expenditures by $1.5 million.

Until next year’s federal bud-get is signed, it is unknown whether these cuts will con-tinue.

Gnade said he still expects to see smaller percentages of people able to receive funding because the number of grants

does not increase at the same rate as the number of people applying for them.

Gnade said more private money is available than there was in the past, and his depart-ment will still continue to re-ceive funding from a number of other corporations.

Researchers may also have to submit their proposals to more places in order to receive fund-ing.

Targeting the right agencies with the right ideas is key to receiving funding, he said.

“If we have great faculty, they will get support for their work,” he said. “Good propos-als get funded. They might have to work a little harder, maybe submit it twice instead of once and take the comments and work on it more. If we re-ally want to get to the level we aspire to, we will need faculty that can be competitive in that market. We’ll have to work hard, but I don’t think it’ll keep us from going where we want to go.”

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BattleBots team reaches international quarter�nals

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�e UTD BattleBots team made it to the quarter�nals of the 120lb class in the 10th-annual Ro-boGames.

�e tournament was held April 19-21 in San Mateo, Calif. and included teams from all over the world, from Portugal to South Korea.

�e robot the team entered, named “�e Blender,” survived several rounds before an equip-ment failure left both �e Blender and its opponent without working weapons.

“One of our motors burnt out. It essentially became a pushing match,” mechanical engineering senior Stuart Yun said. “�e prob-lem was that our wheels were not

designed to push another robot. We eventually burned down the wheels so much that we got stuck.”

RoboGames rules state that in-activity of a robot for 10 seconds or more constitutes a knockout. With the wheels gone and the robot un-able to move, �e Blender lost the match.

�e Blender’s primary weapons are four hardened steel blades that spin around the robot at speeds of over 100 miles per hour.

“�ere are di�erent types of robots out there,” mechanical en-gineering sophomore Nusha Laleh said. “�ere are wedges, bar-spin-ners, lawn-mower blades, �ame throwers … anything you can think of.”

BattleBots is a group that is open to all students but only has limited room for team members.

Members design and build combat robots from scratch, including cre-ating their own parts.

While many of the skills that students apply in the organization are from the �eld of mechanical engineering, BattleBots welcomes applicants from all areas of study.

“We’re not an o�cial student organization because there would be too many restrictions on com-peting,” Yun said. “We have to work outside of that bubble.”

Funding for the group comes from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Sci-ence as well as various private part-ners.

�ose interested in joining BattleBots can email UTDBattle-Bots@gmail.com. More informa-tion can be found at UTDBattle-Bots.com.

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The Blender , UTD’s BattleBots team’s robot, battles another robot at the RoboGames, an inter-national competition, during the weekend of April 19. The team advanced to the quarter�nals.

Team takes student-crafted robot to California

Allez cuisine!

Staff members put their culinary skills to the testMEERA IYENGARMercury Sta�

At around 2 p.m. on April 18, ta-bles in the faculty-student dining hall were moved aside. Residential Dining Hall faculty brought in piles of raw food, stoves and utensils as the man-agers ran from one side of the room to another to make sure everything was running smoothly.

By 5:15 p.m., a beautiful food dis-play was set on a table and two cook-ing stations were ready. �e second annual Iron Chef competition was about to begin.

“Last year we did it in �e Pub, and it was so successful that we really needed to move it into a larger space,” Director of Residential Dining Ser-vices Amy Huhner said.

Five members of the international services department (orange team) and �ve from the multicultural servic-es department (green team) faced o� in a 40-minute cooking competition.

Before the competition, the teams brainstormed about possible dishes to make with Executive Chef Gene Christiano and Executive Sous Chef Dustin Davidson. Although the chefs

didn’t cook, they supervised and guid-ed the teams as to what would taste good.

After Huhner welcomed everyone to the Iron Chef competition and in-troduced the teams, SUUAB director Jonathan “GNO” White, the emcee of the program, took over.

Ready to begin, both teams stood on the platform.

Both teams had to make an ap-petizer, entree and dessert course that contained a secret ingredient in 40 minutes.

“And the secret ingredient is … mango!” White said.

�e two teams rushed o� the po-dium to the food display and grabbed ingredients for their dishes.

Chef hats on, knives and spatulas in hand, the cooks concentrated on the task at hand. But despite the pressure of time, the participants joked around and had fun while they cooked.

White updated the audience on the progress of each team’s dishes, while Temoc moved around interact-ing with spectators as they grabbed free snacks and drinks.

Team orange �nished with �ve minutes remaining. At the other end

of the platform, with food still cook-ing on the stove, the green team was scrambling to �nish, but they did moments before White called time.

Among other things, the orange team made tortilla soup with celery and parfait. �e green team made pork tenderloins crusted in bread and mango sorbet.

At 6:40 p.m., the dishes were brought one at a time to �ve judges from �ve di�erent departments, who were chosen to reduce bias, Huhner said.

After tasting the food, the judges rated the food based on its taste, pre-sentation and use of mango.

Suspense built as the judges tast-ed the �nal dish and tallied up the points. �ey gave a card to White, who stood up and said, “And the win-ner is … the green team!”

�e green team let out a big yell and ran to hug each other.

“It was absolutely fantastic,” green team member Carrilaine Schneckner said. “Getting up to the competition was stressful, but once you were in it, it was like go, go, go. We managed to make �ve dishes. Winning was great, and we had a lot of fun.”

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Sta� members compete in the second-annual Iron chef competition on April 18 in the dining hall.

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SERIES RIGHT: UTD students celebrated Earth Week by touring the campus on their bikes on the afternoon of April 18. Pedal for the Planet: Bike Across Campus was an event sponsored by Stu-dent Government and the O� ce of Student Volunteerism. SG and the OSV hope that students consider bikes as an environmentally friendly way to get around and commute to campus as part of UTD’s ongoing sustainablity e� orts.

SERIES LEFT: Fraternity and Sorority Life sponsored the Greek Fair on April 16 as one of the many events that marked Greek Week 2013. Greek life students raised money for their organization’s philan-thropic causes by selling cheesy nachos, corn dogs and candy ap-ples. Radio UTD was on the Plinth providing entertainment during this lunchtime event.

SERIES BELOW: The UT Dallas Dance Ensemble was featured in this eclectic blend of faculty and guest choreography called Spring into Dance, which ran from April 25-27 at University Theatre. Student members of this elite ensemble perform lyrical and contemporary works that include a wide range of music and choreographic styles and in� uences. Pictures shown here are from the opening night per-formance on April 25.

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The University of Texas at Dallas Vietnamese Student Association (UTD VSA), in collaboration with Austin College Asian Student Asso-ciation and in partnership with the UTD Asia Center, presented their � rst Vietnamese Culture Showcase on April 20, 2013. The showcase featured dances, skits and singing performances from UTD VSA, UT Austin VSA, Baylor VSA, University of Houston VSA and UT Austin Half Asian People Association. The showcase was held at the Clark Center. The culture showcase was one of two major events held on campus that weekend. The second, UVSA South Summit, was an event with professional development workshops, panel discussions and a breakout session.

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You “can” help Film falls � at, Firth delivers as lead ‘Newman’

“Arthur Newman” is likeable in what it tries to accomplish and show, but unfor-tunately underwhelms as a movie-going experience.

Directed by relative newcomer Dante Ariola, “Arthur Newman” is about a man named Wallace Avery who is fed up with his boring life and even his girlfriend would characterize him as a boring personality. It’s safe to say that he is unsatis� ed with how his life has ended up. He decides one day to fake his own death and start a new life as a pro golfer named Arthur Newman. Along his drive to the Midwest where his tournament will be held, he meets a woman named Mike and befriends her. � e movie follows Arthur and Mike as we learn about their pasts, why each of them has ditched their previous lives and their blossoming romance.

� e titular character Arthur Newman is played by Colin Firth (“� e King’s Speech,” “Love Actually”). Perhaps this is just part of the character, but Firth doesn’t

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Orgs raise awareness, funds for global problemsStudents donate close to $800 toward causes

Six student organizations hosted One World Festi-val, an event that celebrated world unity by promot-ing six global non-pro� ts on April 17.

� e event raised approximately $800 and was suc-cessful in its objective to spread the word about issues such as poverty, lack of drinking water and medical aid for children around the world.

While the idea originated with the International Political Economy Student Association, or IPESA, all six organizations — which included the Muslim Student Association, Hillel and International Jus-tice Mission, or IJM, among others — participated equally to promote the event.

“I wanted to do something like help out a non-pro� t for something non-scale and really basic and Nada (Alasmi), the president of IPESA, suggested that we invite other student organizations and create

an event,” said IPESA secretary Reed � ompson.Hillel partnered with One Family Fund while the

Muslim Student Association raised money for Is-lamic Relief. Students for Justice in Palestine raised awareness for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and collected money to help provide medical care for orphans in war-in� icted cities.

Organizations set up interactive activities and displays at their booths in the Galaxy Rooms. � e Muslim Student Association painted students’ hands with henna to promote their cause and Students for Justice in Palestine built a model hospital, while Hil-lel handed out baked goods.

Promotion of the event began with � e Mercury putting up a board in the lower level of the SU two weeks prior to the event asking students to answer the question: “What would you do to change the world?”

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Students for Justice in Palestine collect money for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund at the One World Festival on April 17 in the Galaxy Rooms. SJP set up a booth to demonstrate how Palestine citizens have a harder time receiving medical aid compared to Israeli citizens and how the money raised will help orphans.

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Supporting role has better story, dialogues than lead character

In an effort to open up a dialogue about the existence of poverty on campus and in the com-munity, Pi Sigma Alpha, UTD’s political science honor society, hosted Close to Home: Poverty in Dallas on April 16.

Caitlin McKillop, a third-year doctoral can-didate in economics, shared her research con-tributions to the Fair Park Neighborhood Study. Started in 2009 and funded by the National Science Foundation, the project is a longitudinal study of Fair Park, one of Dallas County’s poorest neighborhoods. Faculty members and students in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sci-ences are conducting the study.

“We wanted to study an underserved area in South Dal-las and look at changes over time,” McKillop said. “The goal was to understand how those changes affect the be-havior of residents.”

McKillop said the annual family median income in Fair Park is only $19,939. The 2012 estimates from the Census Bureau put the poverty threshold for an American family of four at $23,634. Approximately 18 percent of Dallas County residents live below this threshold.

In trying to offer a more intimate look into the issue,

Students, faculty and sta� came together on the chilly afternoon of April 16 to collect donations for the Comet Cupboard, UTD’s food bank.

� is event, known as Raising Cans, was a way for all organizations on campus to donate and participate in a competition where groups made artistic creations with the items they had collected from their respective food drives.

Nine organizations par-ticipated in the competi-tion.

� e o� ce of Financial Aid and the women’s bas-ketball team came in � rst for raising the most number of food items from sta� and student organizations.

� e Research Operating Center won � rst place for Best De-sign among participating sta� teams while the women’s basket-ball team won the same award among students.

� e idea, originally proposed by Sheila Piñeres, dean of un-dergraduate education, was quickly put into action by her sta� and a group of very dedicated student volunteers.

“We have around 80 students who are on our volunteering mailing list, and there is a dedicated core group of students who show up to help out,” said Hillary Campbell, program coordinator for the o� ce of undergraduate education.

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The can sculpture entry from McDermott Library’s team “Read” for Raising Cans, UTD’s � rst “Food Drive meets Art Competition,” that was hosted by the Comet Cupboard on April 16 at the SU Mall.

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Colin Firth and Emily Blunt in a scene from “Arthur Newman,” which fails to impress despite good performances from the two actors.

Sexual assault awareness event to take apart mythsChanging mindsets key, focus of assault advocates

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� e Student Counseling Center has teamed up with the United Against Sexual Assault Project to bring a Sex-ual Assault Awareness Month pledge signing to support the resistance of spreading rape culture and myths on April 30.

Jenna Repp Temkin, doctoral psychol-ogy intern at the Student Counseling Center, said the signing will take place from noon to 3 p.m. at a tent outside the SU mall.

“� e whole point of the month is to bring awareness to sexual assault, sexual violence, as well as trying to challenge a lot of language and environments that promote rape and rape myths that are very present on college cam-puses,” she said.

United Against Sexual Assault Project provides the UTD campus and community with a 24-hour, year-round con� dential hotline for students to reach a Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center, or DARCC, sexual

assault advocate for victims of sexual violence.“It’s our way of helping provide students with a

supportive and safe place to go if they’ve encoun-tered any kind of sexual violence, whether it hap-pened on campus or o� ,” Temkin said. “It’s about

helping with personal safety, academic and judicial concern, and to help arrange follow-up counseling if needed.”

Sharon Bowles, campus Sexual Assault Liaison and United coordinator, wrote in an email to � e

Mercury that the Student Counseling Center has set up events like this in the past to bring atten-tion to sexual assaults. Bowles said she hopes to

host more events next April.

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Jenna Repp Temkin, doctoral psychol-ogy intern at the Student Counseling

violence, as well as trying to challenge a lot

assault advocate for victims of sexual violence.

concern, and to help arrange follow-up counseling if needed.”

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While UTD reports very low numbers of sexual assaults ac-cording to the Clery Report, statistics released by DARCC claim 13 percent of college women have been victims of rape.

According to a policy brief released by Texas Association Against Sexual Assaults, more than 10,000 women are as-saulted at Texas universities each year.

Less than five percent of these rapes and attempted rapes are reported.

While the target demo-graphic for the initiative in-cludes any student, faculty and staff member, men are espe-cially encouraged to partici-pate, Temkin said.

Common rape myths preva-lent among college-aged stu-dents include the belief that if

a woman dresses provocatively or is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, she is asking to be assaulted, she said.

“That’s what we’re really try-ing to accomplish — bringing awareness to sexual violence and the idea that these myths are all too common,” she said.

T-shirts will be given out as a parting gift for anyone who signs the pledge to not spread rape culture.

“We hope to grow more campus recognition and inter-est in this important topic in the coming years,” Bowles said.

Similar to April’s Sexual As-sault Awareness month, the Be Project, jointly sponsored by the Family Place and UTD Wellness, will host an event in early May to recognize Domes-tic and Relationship Violence month.

To speak with a sexual as-sault advocate, call United Against Sexual Assault Project at 972-641-7273.

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UNICEF ball raises $1,500Funds will go toward prevention of STDs, sex trafficking, malnutrition

UNICEF at UTD hosted its Hope in the Red Light charity ball to raise funds for a human tra�cking victims rescue group on the night of April 19.

Each semester, UNICEF at UTD aims to bring awareness and raise funds for global issues such as malnutrition, HIV and AIDS, immuniza-tion, education, gender issues and equality.

Student organizations such as International Justice Mission at UTD, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and UNICEF at UTD work together every year during one week in April — Justice Week — to bring attention to human tra�cking, speci�cally the kind that happens in the U.S.

�e event raised nearly $1,500 for Tra�ck 911, a group dedicated to stop the buying and selling of children in the U.S. for human tra�cking.

�rough prevention of entering the business and the rescuing and res-toration of victims, Tra�ck 911 is committed to social justice and human rights, especially for children.

Sara Ho, education and advocacy chair of UNICEF at UTD and biol-ogy sophomore, said the goals of the charity ball were to raise awareness and funds for those a�ected by human tra�cking in red light districts around the world.

As the Activity Center atrium went dark, DJ Ashkan, a student in the FIJI fraternity, set up to bring a festive atmosphere of Top 40 hits for the 80 guests who arrived to dance in sleek ball gowns and sharp blazers.

Food, ra�e prizes and a photo booth were available for patrons of the ball sponsored by local businesses who donated, including Twisted Root, Urban Eatz, Jersey Mike’s, Starbucks, Corner Bakery, Palio’s Pizza Café, Freebirds, Cholula Taqueria and La Madeleine.

Lindsey Speed, a guest speaker from Tra�ck 911, shared stories of vic-tims of human tra�cking that Tra�ck 911 had helped rehabilitate.

Special guest speaker Chong Kim, a human tra�cking survivor from Texas, read an excerpt of her upcoming book “Broken Silence,” in which she details her story of how she entered the human tra�cking business in the U.S. and her struggle to freedom.

�ere will be a �lm named “Eden” based on her story as well.Kim was deceived by her then boyfriend to travel to Florida to meet his

parents, but instead was taken to Las Vegas and forced into the tra�cking industry. In her attempt to escape with no money or identi�cation, she spent her time homeless, traveling through multiple states before meeting a new boyfriend that helped her get back on her feet.

“She is one of the strongest, most resilient and funniest women I know,” Ho said. “It was an honor meeting her, and I hope to have her for Justice Week again next year.”

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that has different responsibilities. With its strong presence and increased use by students over the past few months, the organization hopes to achieve 501 C3 status, which would enable them to become affiliated with the North Texas Food Bank, Campbell said.

The organization hopes to become a fully funded student-run organization soon. For now the office of undergraduate education oversees their operations with students running the day-to-day tasks. The Comet Cupboard is located in the basement of the library past the Student Success Center.

The external marketing group is striving to attract do-nations from corporate sponsors in the local community, which will allow local businesses to contribute to the student community, Campbell said.

“Students find this organization as a great way to give back to the UTD community,” said Sabrika Fawad, the stu-dent coordinator for the event. “It is an easy and accessible way to give back to campus.”

The women’s basketball team has been a strong support-ers of the organization since its inception and was the first group to hold a charity drive last October when the Comet Cupboard was officially unveiled.

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Jazzin’ it up!

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Grammy-nominated sax-ophonist Mack Golds-bury plays on April 19 at the Jonsson Perfor-mance Hall. Goldsbury has played with Stevie Wonder, Cher, the Temp-tations and numerous other notable artists, bands and orchestras in the past. The show was free for UTD students.He has been involved in more than 50 CD pro-ductions and performed at Jazz Festivals world-wide. His recordings have been in the top 10 from Boston to Texas to Berlin. His music is unusual in that it tran-scends the boundaries between traditional jazz and pop.

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�e board was later displayed at the booth during the event.

“I wouldn’t per say change the world because God intended the world for the good of man, but man-kind corrupted the world into what we know as those who hurt and kill those at Sandy Hook Elementary or the Boston, Mass. bombing,” one response read. “I instead would pray for God to intercede on our behalf and rescue us from ourselves.”

IPESA supported �e Water Project, which is a charity dedicated to helping provide clean, safe water to areas where clean water is a scar-city.

To help students understand what people in rural Rwanda suf-fer to gain access to drinking water, IPESA built a tent which displayed information about the various is-sues of poverty, education, sanita-tion and the water problem in Af-rica.

�e funds raised during the event will go toward building a well in Rwanda, Africa.

IJM focused on the upcoming Olympics in Brazil and the forced prostitution that accompany such large events.

�ey also wished to draw atten-tion to problems faced by migrant workers through their booth.

“�ere (have been) times when workers’ IDs have been taken by the employer and not returned and (these workers) are then threatened with deportation,” �ompson, also

associated with IJM, said. “�is goes on a lot in the U.S. and most of us (think) such things don’t hap-pen.”

�e Mercury collaborated with Reporters Without Borders, an or-ganization that supports the free-dom of information for journalists to educate the students about the various problems faced by journal-ists around the world.

It raised money to free Mazen Darwish, a journalist described by Reuters and Associated Press as one of Syria’s most prominent activists.

Darwish was arrested in February 2012 along with 15 other journal-ists and activists, including his wife, journalist Yara Badr.

�e Mercury also set up a game where students were asked to rank the countries on freedom of infor-mation. Additionally, it set up a video booth where students could talk about any world problem for a minute.

Radio UTD provided music while Kasra Persian restaurant ca-tered Middle Eastern food for the event.

Josette Rophael, an International Political Economy freshman, said she was impressed with the organi-zation of the event, but had a few thoughts on improvements that could be made for next year.

“I think we should get more or-ganizations involved. �is year we had six (organizations), next year we should expand and get 10-12. We should have it outside in the mall area, so more people can come and see,” Rophael said.

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shine in this role the same way he does in “�e King’s Speech.” He is supposed to be a boring character, but he doesn’t come o� as very en-dearing either. �e audience can tell that Newman is a good person, but other than the fact that the audience views this movie through his journey, there isn’t a good reason why the au-dience should be interested in him.

�e bland Newman character is highly contrasted against Mike’s char-acter, played wonderfully by Emily Blunt (“Looper,” “�e Adjustment Bureau”). She really shines in this

movie. She plays a role reminiscent of the one played by Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook.”

�is isn’t to say that it is derivative in any way. Blunt provides the en-ergy, verve and charisma this movie desperately needed. Her backstory, pains and charm keep the audience watching a movie where not much else happens. It’s odd at �rst why her character would become emotionally attached to someone like Firth, but there is enough chemistry present for us to believe it. Just barely, though.

It’s interesting that Ariola would cast two British actors to play two very American characters. Blunt does a good job hiding her accent and de-livering on the role, but Firth sounds

a little o�. �is might be due in part to the fact that his role in “�e King’s Speech” was so iconic and based on his voice that in this movie it just seems odd.

However, not much happens in this movie, and in that sense, it is very typi-cal of the independent movie that it is. Neither director nor writer (Becky Johnston) has many credits under his or her name. �ere is a subplot in the movie about Firth’s estranged son that doesn’t add much to the story, other than forecast how the movie will most likely end. Without this, the movie could have been a bit stronger.

�e script comes o� as bland. Blunt’s character is very interesting and Firth’s is watchable because it’s

played by Colin Firth. �e cinema-tography is also very conventional. It doesn’t foreshadow where a scene is going, but doesn’t lend much energy and direction to it either.

�e one great takeaway from this movie, though, is the score. �e string quartet that plays the theme of the movie is beautiful. It is haunting and emotional and Jon Ong deserves credit for it.

If this movie were about Blunt’s character, it probably would have been much better. Her character be-comes much more interesting than Firth’s halfway through the movie. And in her limited role, Blunt keeps this movie a�oat.

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Blunt and Firth in “Arthur Newman.” The movie is bland despite a good background score, with a poor script and cinematography.

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the presentation shifted focus from the sur-rounding communities of Dallas to our very own campus.

Courtney Brecheen, assistant dean of Academ-ic Excellence Scholarships and Undergraduate Programs and creator of the Comet Cupboard, segued into a discussion on the increasing need for financial help for students.

“For the last three years, there’s been a conver-

sation amongst administrators about stories of students facing financial difficulties,” Brecheen said. “We have these stories about students that I think aren’t on the surface. It really started challenging my perception of need.”

Brecheen said there are misconceptions about the financial stability of many students, espe-cially international students and those on full tuition scholarships.

“A student’s tuition is paid for, but how does he pay for the $9,000 per year residence hall if he’s from Houston? How does he pay for gas if he commutes from South Dallas?” Brecheen

said. “How does he eat? How does a part time transfer student support his family?”

The need to earn money coupled with the little guidance family members can offer about the university experience leaves little room for error for many students with low-income backgrounds.

The Comet Cupboard has acted as an initia-tive to meet the increasing need for food access for students. In an anonymous survey, more than 68 percent of Comet Cupboard users said they have a genuine need for the service, Brecheen said.

Program coordinator Hillary Campbell said

the Comet Cupboard is working to communi-cate to users and donors exactly what it means to be in need.

Abuse of food services is oftentimes uninten-tional because students might not understand what food insecurity entails.

“Students are busy going to class, studying and getting food every day. It’s very easy for anyone to just focus on what’s directly in front of them. It’s easy to not look people in the eye,” Campbell said. “You can tune out the needs of someone that might be sitting right next to you. You’d have no idea they’re food insecure.”

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Sports WWW.UTDMERCURY.COM THE MERCURY n APRIL 29, 2013 14First ASC playo�s since 2006 season

Comets eliminated from tournament after a 7-1 and 7-6 loss in quarterfinal games

SHAWN CHOSports Editor

�e Comets’ �rst appearance at the ASC Championship Tourna-ment under head coach Brad Pos-ner came to an end at the hands of Texas Lutheran and Howard Payne on April 25 to close out the 2013 season.

ASC West champion and No. 20 Texas Lutheran dominated the Comets (23-18-1), recording 17 hits and seven runs to win 7-1.

“�e losses were tough,” Posner said. “We ran into a hot team in the �rst game … we fell behind

early in the second game.”It was a stalemate through the

top of the fourth inning, but the Bulldogs’ smart base-running, a throwing error and a single helped register two runs to go up 2-0. �e Bulldogs would go on to add two runs in the �fth and three more in the sixth to close out the Comets.

�e Comets avoided a shut-out when Hannah Creech singled up the middle and Avery McHugh came in to score in the seventh inning. However, they had to settle for just one run, while the Bulldogs’ starting pitcher Megan Carmichael silenced the Comets’

bats to record her 14th win of the season.

In the elimination game, which took place right after the �rst game, the Comets su�ered an ag-onizing 7-6 loss to Howard Payne and faced the end of their season.

HPU took an early 5-1 lead through the third inning, but the Comets rallied back in the fourth and �fth, putting up �ve runs to-tal to go up 6-5. HPU bats proved too hot to handle for the Comets as they answered back with two runs of its own to go up 7-6 and close the game.

McHugh went 3-for-4 with

an RBI and a run scored while Jonelle Feikis went 2-for-2.

HPU’s starting pitcher Baillie Trumble picked up the win, and the Comets’ Megan Aragones picked up the �nal loss of the sea-son.

�is was their �rst tournament appearance in eight years follow-ing their second consecutive win-ning season. Even though they bowed out in the �rst round, this year’s appearance certainly won’t be the last.

“�is was a tremendously suc-cessful year in my eyes,” Posner said. “I was so proud of all the ac-

complishments of the team over the past two years.”

Seniors Jeni Olbeter, Britta-nie Knowles, Rachel Riley and Stephanie Harris will be gradu-ating, which leaves positions open for others to battle for next season.

“We are losing some spe-cial people in our senior class,” Posner said. “But the future is bright. We are excited about the future, but also grateful for everything this team accom-plished.”

Comets qualify for the playo�s

Fifth consecutive appearancePARTH SAMPATMercury Sta�

UTD defeated East Texas Bap-tist University in the double-head-er on April 20 to qualify for the post-season tournament.

�e Comets lost the �rst game of the series 6-3 on April 19. �e double-header sweep on the fol-lowing day ensured a No. 3 seed for the team in the ASC East Di-vision and helped them move past the 20-win barrier for the 12th consecutive year.

“It is a tribute to the players to want to carry on the tradition of qualifying for the post season,” head coach Shane Shewmake said.

UTD opened the ASC Cham-pionship Tournament on April 26 in Austin with a three-game �rst-round series, which continued on April 27, against West No. 2 Con-cordia.

Derek Dallas started the �rst game against ETBU strong — taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning — but the Tigers denied

the Comets’ senior a record-tying 20th win by staging a comeback to win the opening game 6-3.

Dallas recorded seven strike-outs in the �rst �ve innings to take the all-time career strikeout record away from Gordon Wal-ters (2002-05). He now has 199 strikeouts as he �nished the 2013 regular season.

�e Comets scored twice in the third inning on four hits and an ETBU error. �e Tigers �nally re-corded a hit in the sixth when Ty-ler Bates led o� with a double to the left-center�eld gap and came home on a two-out RBI double from Jon Burkhart.

�e Comets were still in the game until the eighth when Dallas gave up two hits and a walk after one out to end his �nal regular sea-son game. �e Comets had an op-portunity to rally back in the bot-tom of the eighth when the bases were loaded with one out, but the Comets were unable to capitalize on the situation and ended the in-ning with just one more run.

UTD put up another stellar pitching performance as sopho-more Calvin Campbell limited the Tigers to just three hits in the entire game.

�e Tigers had base runners in each of the last three innings. A double-play got the Comets out of trouble in the �fth, a strikeout killed the threat in the sixth and a strikeout and ground ball ended the game in the seventh with a runner at third.

�e team came from a 2-1 de�-cit in the �fth to equalize in the seventh and �nish the game in the eighth.

ETBU took an early lead in the �rst when Burkhart singled to open the game. �e Comets equalized the score in the fourth but the Tigers snatched back the lead in the �fth when a �elding error allowed Jordan Brewer to reach home.

UTD then tied the score 2-2 in the seventh in a similar fashion.

ETBU slipped up in the eighth as two throwing errors allowed the Comets to snatch the lead. Jake Wyand then shut down the Ti-gers 1-2-3 in the ninth to save the game for winner Ryan Lynch.

�e Comets rank seventh in the ASC in pitching, with a 3.76 team earned run average, while sitting at No. 12 in hitting (.266 team average) and �fth in defense.

“Pitching and defense give us a chance to win every game (in the post-season tournament),” Shew-make said.

Senior Jacob Price is No. 12 in the league with a team-best .358 batting average, and Daniel Saxon with a .311 batting average.

“�at is where recruiting comes in,” Shewmake said. “We will bring some guys in to try and replace those two. We have sev-eral guys on the roster who have a chance to step up and make an impact. Alex Luna, Tim Cole, Pierce Fly to name a few.”

�e winners from the four best-of-three series in the �rst round will advance to the championship round, a double-elimination for-mat to be held May 5-7 at the site of the top remaining East Division seed. �e eventual ASC champion will earn the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Division III men’s baseball championship.

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After a winning season under �rst-year head coach Brad Posner, the Comets marched in to the playo�s with a second consecutive winning season under their belt.

Women’s Tennis�e Comets claimed their

�rst-ever ASC East Division title after defeating East Texas Baptist University in the last conference match of the regular season on April 13.

�ey went into the conference tournament with a �rst-round bye and played the semi�nal match on April 27 against the winner of West No. 2 Texas Lu-theran/East No. 3 Mississippi College match.

With a perfect 6-0 conference record (13-3 overall), the Comets made sure they stayed on top of the standings to claim the divi-sional crown for the �rst time.

After losing the ASC title match last season to UT Tyler, the squad has a chance to advance to its second consecutive ASC ti-tle match, and it could be set up to be a rematch of last year’s �nal.

Men’s Tennis�e Comets headed into their

fourth-straight ASC Tournament on April 26 against West No. 3 Hardin-Simmons in the �rst-round match.

UTD (11-4) �nished second in the standings of the competi-tive ASC East Division with a 4-2 conference record.

Head coach Bryan Whitt’s squad went on a 7-0 run at the start of the regular season before falling 6-1 to NCAA D-I oppo-nent UT Arlington on March 20.

Last season, the Comets lost in the semi�nal match to UT Tyler 5-0.

Men’s GolfUTD �nished fourth in the

ASC Championships held at Crown Colony Country Club on April 15-16 while sophomore Joey Kron was named All-Con-ference Second Team.

Schreiner claimed the team title, UT Tyler second and Loui-siana College third. Schreiner’s Cheyne Kendall captured the in-dividual honors.

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Sophomore right-hander Calvin Campbell pitched a complete game, allowing only three hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts in the �rst game of the doubleheader against ETBU.

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News THE MERCURY n APRIL 29, 2013 WWW.UTDMERCURY.COM16Annual I Heart UT Dallas awareness drive successful

Funds raised for diabetes, dental care patientsMIGUEL PEREZMercury Sta�

Despite chilly weather, students had no problem warming up for the � fth annual I Heart UT Dallas 5K and wellness fair on April 20 hosted by Student Government and Delta Epsilon Psi.

SG started I Heart UT Dallas in 2009 to raise awareness for heart health by o� ering students � tness and nutrition tips. Since then, new organi-zations have joined to raise awareness and funds for di� erent health-related issues.

Students had a chance to brush up on health facts from the booths lining the SU from various organizations, including Circle K International, the Student Counseling Center and the Student Wellness Center.

Delta Epsilon Psi, a service-based fraternity founded in 2002, joined the fair in 2011 with its Dash for Diabetes 5K run.

Deborah Newsome, associate ex-

ecutive director of the Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation and guest speaker, said UTD’s contributions are a great service to the community and to the e� orts in curing, treating and preventing Type I diabetes.

Iraj Ashoori, a member of Delta Epsilon Psi, kicked o� the marathon with a few words.

“As a service fraternity, Delta Epsi-lon Psi prides itself on opportunities to make a di� erence in the community,” Ashoori said. “Dash for Diabetes is an event that the UTD chapter of our fraternity holds to raise awareness and funds for our fraternity’s national phi-lanthropy e� ort.”

A number of activities included the Pre-Dental Association’s Miles for Smiles runathon. � e run, indepen-dent from the Dash for Diabetes run, is a fundraising e� ort for those in need of dental care.

Dallas-based � tness club, Crull Fit-ness, o� ered people a go at a vertical jump test used to check lower body strength, and gym franchise Anytime

Fitness let students try their luck at skee ball.

SG set up camp on the opposite side of the event, o� ering free yoga sessions and directing brave fairgoers to the Red Cross Blood Drive housed in the Activity Center.

“(I Heart UT Dallas) started a couple of years ago to raise awareness about healthy living,” said Jasmine Singh, computer engineering junior and SG senator. “� e newest thing is getting o� -campus organizations (like Crull Fitness) to come and support the event.”

Mechanical engineering freshman Neal Pathak said Delta Epsilon Psi got plenty of positive feedback from par-ticipants and some are already looking forward to next year’s marathon.

“Around 70 people came to help out … including runners and volun-teers. (Delta Epsilon Psi) de� nitely enjoyed the event,” said Pathak. “My favorite part was right before the race began. Seeing everyone ready to dash for diabetes was truly a sight.”

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I Heart UT Dallas attendees prepare for the 5K runathon at 8:30 a.m. on April 20. The annual event is organized by Student Government and Delta Epsilon Psi to raise awareness for heart health.