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Music pumped out of the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom on Thursday night as angels and devils dealt blackjack. A smiling girl with sparkling black wings collected and handed out colored plastic chips at the roulette table. Laughing students, their faces hidden behind masks and paint, laid their chips down and spun the wheel to decide their fates. It wasn’t some haunted gambling house of the damned, but the annual Halloween Casino Night. The event, hosted by EXCEL Campus

Activities and Campus Recreation, featured games including roulette, blackjack, bingo and the “Wheel of Misfortune.” “I really just stick to blackjack,” nursing junior Tiffany Cummings said, “because that’s all I really know how to play.” Students traded their chips for raffle tickets and put the tickets in orange jack-o’-lanterns to be drawn for prizes at the end of the night. The prizes included tickets to the zoo, sporting events, theaters, gift cards and a Nintendo Wii.

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Ahead of the Curve

UTA right behind Rice University with green efforts

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Early Voting: 7 a.m.-7 p.m., University Center Palo Duro Lounge. For information, contact Travis Boren at 817-272-0556 or sc-pres@uta.edu.

One Book Display — The Best Books Never Written: All day, Central Library. Free. For information, contact Joshua Vossler at Vossler@ uta.edu. Art Exhibition — “Steve Brudniak and Cameron Schoepp”: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu.

Special Collections: — Revisualizing Westward Expansion: Mondays 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and TuesdaySaturday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact 817-2723393 or spcoref@uta.edu. Carter Blood Drive: 10 a.m.3:30 p.m., Central Library and UC malls. No appointment necessary. Free. For information, contact Allison Bailey or P.K. Kelly at 817-272-2963 or allison. bailey@mavs.uta.edu. Elections Exhibit: All day, Central Library first floor. Free. For information, contact Eric Frierson at 817-272-7517 or frierson@ uta.edu. Career Exploration Sessions:

noon-12:30 p.m., 216 Davis Hall. Free. For information, call Counseling Services at 817-2723671. Structural Dynamics Functional Overview of Bell Helicopter: 1:30-2:30 p.m., 112 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information, contact Wen Chan at 817-272-5638 or chan@uta.edu. Regulatory Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription: 2:30-3:30 p.m., 114 Chemistry Research Building. Free. For information, call 817-272-3171. Fall 2008 Meeting of University Faculty and Associates: 3-4:30 p.m., UC Bluebonnet Ballroom. RSVP to specialevents@uta. edu. Free. For information, con-

Levitt Pavilion. Free. For information, call Levitt Pavilion at 817-543-4307.

tact David J. Silva at 817-2722103 or djsilva@uta.edu. Asian Heritage Month Kick-Off: 6 p.m., UC Rosebud Theatre. For information, contact Multicultural Affairs at 817-272-2099 or multicultural_affairs@ uta.edu.

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Planetarium Shows: Chemistry and Physics Building. “Seven Wonders” at 7 p.m., “Rock Hall of Fame” at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact Marc Rouleau at 817-272-0123 or planetarium@ uta.edu. Emerald City Concert: 7:30 p.m.,

Planetarium Shows: Chemistry and Physics NOV. Building. “TimeSpace” at 1 p.m., “Seven Wonders” at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact Marc Rouleau at 817-272-0123 or planetarium@ uta.edu.

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Quoteworthy

“I find the project intriguing. It confirms that all humans are connected and are more alike than different.”

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Campus briefs

Aerospace engineering sophomore Mohammed Ahmed hangs onto the trunk of his friend’s car while it was in motion Thursday by the Fine Arts Building. His friend drove around a cul-de-sac 50 times while waiting for Ahmed to return from class.

Vietnamese student group to hold date auction Saturday

Carrie Ausbrooks, College of Education associate dean, on participating in Monday’s lecture with Spencer Wells, a leading population geneticist. See Page 6

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University computers on display in Arlington museum

Planning to Improve

Mostly sunny • High 79°F • Low 59°F

Student project to revitalize a local area wins award

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Mostly sunny • High 79°F • Low 59°F — National Weather Service at www.weather.gov

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.

A vehicle was towed from a reserved space Tuesday in F-Lot 7. A student reported his bicycle stolen Wednesday at Garden Club apartments. A faculty member reported missing inventory Wednesday at the Geoscience Building. A nonstudent was issued a criminal trespass warning following a disturbance Wednesday on the University Center south side. A student reported her credit card stolen Friday at Centennial Court apartments. A loud noise disturbance was investigated Thursday at Centennial Court apartments. A student reported her laptop missing Wednesday.

The Vietnamese Student Association is hosting a date auction at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Mansion Event Center in Dallas. Proceeds will go to The Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Trafficking (VietACT), an organization that raises awareness of human trafficking. The theme for the night is Fire and Ice, and the auction comprises 14 girls and five guys. VSA is encouraging students to “dress to impress.” Some of the people being auctioned are models and pageant winners. The event ends at 10 p.m., with an afterparty after the auction. Cover charge is $10, and VSA will have a donation box. “I want students to come out and support the fight against human trafficking,” VSA president Nathaniel Le said.

Four urban planning master’s students have a vision for Hemphill Street in south Fort Worth. The historic strip south of downtown suffers from low employment, dilapidated buildings and few shopping complexes. The students want to bring community organizations and residents together and create a business corridor that provides more office space, retail inventory and educational systems to help create and maintain jobs. Sounds like a plan. The american Planning association thought so and gave the students its 2008 aPa Texas Chapter Student Planning award. Douglas Cooper, Douglas McDonald, Donna Moore and Christina Sebastian won the award with their project, “InBetween, Connecting People and Places.” “We all took this project very seriously,” McDonald said. “We were creating a plan that affected hundreds of people who lived around the Hemphill area.” The team competed against schools

including Texas a&M and UT-austin for the award. It’s granted to students each year for an outstanding plan or study. The students had to create a plan in their Urban Revitalization class for a one-mile section of commercial strip experiencing economic and physical decline. “We wanted to create a plan for a historic part of Fort Worth that the city could not only implement, but would also set Hemphill Street apart from other revitalized urban areas,” Cooper said. The team spent several days examining the site, taking business inventories and interviewing residents, McDonald said. as aPa members, Cooper and McDonald sent their project to be nominated for the award. “I don’t think we were really prepared to win anything, because it was just for a class project,” McDonald said. “We wanted to be able to showcase it to the state of Texas.” To submit the project, the team obtained letters of recommendation from Fort Worth city officials and the Southside Historical District, along with

several other supporting documents. “I knew our team put together a special plan,” Cooper said. “One that focused on both conventional planning practices as well as creative tools that could help generate redevelopment along Hemphill Street.” The aPa will award the team at its annual conference on Feb. 6 in El Paso. “It was nice to see their work recognized,” said Carl Grodach, School of Urban and Public affairs assistant professor. “I felt the students’ work demonstrated an awareness of the complexity of planning for the different communities that live and work in the project area.” The award also gives the group a chance for the national title and a feature in Planning magazine, the aPa monthly publication. “This is the profession we are all pursuing,” McDonald said. “It is good to know that what we have done here can be used for future projects.” alaNNa QuilleN news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Relics of computer history once displayed in Nedderman Hall are now in the Arlington Public Library. Gil Carrick, who retired from the computer science and engineering department last fall, is now the Arlington Museum of Information Technology director. His museum formed the partnership with the library. He said three computer relics will remain on campus, but some have been moved or still need a home. One reason is decor, but Carrick said he believes the department may think the museum aspect is counterproductive to UTA’s goal of becoming a Tier One research university. The relocated artifacts include the original IBM 5051 personal computer, the Apple Lisa and the IBM PC Jr. The IBM piece shows the company’s first step into the PC foray from the business computer and comes from a time when IBM was the top supplier. The Apple Lisa was the first PC with a graphical user interface or GUI. — Jason Boyd

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UTA’s first Asian Heritage Month aims to celebrate ethnic groups’ differences By AnnA KAtzKovA The Shorthorn staff

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siDe-By-siDe Carbon footprint report UTA: released summer 2008 Rice: Released 1999, a second in 2007, and a third is being conducted

staff. Jeff Howard, President’s SusRecycling Program tainability Committee co-chair, UTA: 14-15 percent diverted from landfill said funds have been approved Rice: 20 percent from landfill for the position and a search is LEED Certified Buildings underway. UTA: Engineering Research Building “Hiring the sustainability coRice: Five under construction. One in design and a series of renovations ordinator, I think, is going to be on residential colleges a big jump forward,” he said. “It’s going to dramatically change the Staff whole complexion of the whole UTA: searching for Sustainability Coordinator program.” Rice: Director of Sustainability hired 2004 Johnson and Howard agree that schools need improvement on the academic side of sustainAnother area where Rice has deal most directly with the susability. Johnson said Rice has an en- tainability and environmental is- excelled is a green cleaning prodvironmental science major but sues that arise in urban context,” uct. Johnson said all the academic buildings have eliminated no department, an environmen- CRCE chair Jim Grover said. Johnson is especially proud cleaning chemicals and use only tal engineering major and department and is working on an of a team of Rice students who one, H2Orange2, which varies interdisciplinary environmental entered the 2009 Solar Decath- in solution. “You can drink it, and it’ll just lon, an annual event in which 20 studies minor. At UTA, the Curriculum, college-student teams compete give you a stomachache. Pour it Research and Community En- to design, build and operate an on your hands and it won’t hurt, gagement work group suggested 800-square-foot solar-powered and we just use that and hot water and steam,” he said. “It’s this month that additions like home. An engineer, architect and environmentally much better. It undergraduate degree programs reduces ordering other chemiin environmental science, envi- social scientists lead the team. “It was probably because of cals, reduces packaging waste, ronmental studies and an environmental studies center would the social scientist that the ap- and it’s cheaper and it does a plication was accepted,” he said. better job.” be appropriate here. “We think that that center “The twist is it will be donated should take advantage of our T:4.25toin a project called Project Row sArAH Lutz location in a large urban area to Houses in inner-city Houston.” news-editor.shorthron@uta.edu

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Accounting junior Peter Dao has high hopes for the university’s first Asian Heritage Month celebration. “It will bring Asian culture to the student population of UTA,” he said before an organization meeting for the event Monday. “It’ll break stereotypes.” Nationally, May has been designated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. To encourage student participation, universities celebrate it in either November or April. Multicultural Affairs director Leticia Martinez said organizers here chose November to better distribute heritage months, two per semester, and because the university already has several April traditions. In the past, scattered Asian heritage events have taken place, and for the first time last year the university recognized an Asian Heritage Week. Martinez said participation doubled at every event last year. Having a whole month will give students a chance to experience the full Asian heritage richness, said organizer Cindy Nguyen, a Vietnamese Student Association member and communication freshman. “Asian heritage tends to be looked down upon. It’s not as well-known,” she said. “Now

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sanctioned within the last two years for alcohol, hazing, drugs, fire or other life safety issues, travel, harassment or sexual abuse violations. The university requires two officers of the tier-one groups to attend the sessions. Exemptions include organizations that meet fewer than three times a year or have no elected officers. Exempted groups must complete tier-two require-

AsiAn HeritAge MontH events: • Cambodian speaker Saroeurn “Sunny” Soeun at noon Wednesday in the University Center Rio Grande Ballroom • Lion and Dragon Festival at noon Friday in the UC Rio Grande Ballroom • Etiquette dinner at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the UC Carlisle • Diversity lecture series speaker Ronald Takaki at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 in the UC Rosebud Theatre • I survived a Japanese Game Show! at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 Lone Star Auditorium

students can have fun and learn about Asian culture.” Martinez said organizers had so many event ideas last year they couldn’t fit them into one week, so they tabled some for this year. The events will fall into six categories — social, cultural, educational, leadership, service and career. Money raised from some of the events will benefit Refugee Services of Texas, which helps refugee students from Asia. Hispanics are listed as the largest ethnic minority on campus at 14.4 percent, followed by African Americans at 13.9 percent, international students at 10.8 percent and Asian students at 10.3 percent. However, Martinez said a large segment of the students in the international bracket are Asian, technically making Asians the largest minority on campus. “We want to recognize Asian, Pacific Asian and Southeast Asian culture, particularly knowing what a large Indian

ments. Advisers are also required to complete an online module, whether they advise tier-one or tier-two groups. Bedford said there are 95 groups classified as tier-one. Tier-two groups must complete an online module. Bedford said a deadline was set earlier this year, but it was removed to be more open to students. None of the tier-two groups are inactive, and instead of punishing them, Student Governance is trying to meet with them individually. “We’re catching them as they come in to reserve

population we have at UTA,” she said. “Same as in Hispanic Heritage Month, we try to highlight the diversity.” Martinez cited the “model minority myth” that Asian students don’t need help adjusting and said the university’s goal to make all students feel welcome calls for understanding Asian culture. “Even if they’re doing fine, don’t we want them to be doing great and have other people educate, understand and celebrate their culture as well?” she said. “Students are interested to see cultures or see their culture celebrated.” Dao, the Filipino Student Association sports chair, urged students to sample the events. “It’ll broaden their horizons,” he said. “If you participate in at least one activity, your point of view will become more diverse.” AnnA KAtzKovA news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

rooms,” he said. Fraternities and sororities are required to participate as well. All attended the mandatory sessions, said Seth Ressl, Greek Life and University Events director. In addition to risk management, the state’s legislation says the Texas Department of Insurance conducts a study on the levels and types of insurance coverage fraternities are required to carry by their charter or national organization. JAson BoyD news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Economy reeling, Obama, McCain seek final votes

Big counties surpass 2004 for early voting

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SArASoTA, Fla. — The election in sight and the economy reeling, Barack obama and John McCain fought over causes, cures and the final votes that will make one of them president. obama tied McCain to President Bush and said Americans are paying a steep price for the partnership, while the republican linked his rival to Big oil and record profits. Aiming to seal the victory and become the nation’s first black president, obama raced into a day that would take him from Florida to Virginia to Missouri, all traditionally republican territory. McCain rolled by bus through battleground ohio five days before the election, struggling to make up ground in a state that

has voted with the winner in every presidential election for two decades. By all available evidence, on the Thursday before election day the race was obama’s to lose. The national polls showed him ahead, he was rated the favorite in a half-dozen states that sided with Bush in 2004, and surveys showed close races in three more. Both campaigns invested heavily in turning out early voters. officials in North Carolina said roughly 30 percent of all registered voters had already cast ballots — about 1.7 million in all — and the Board of elections ordered the state’s 100 counties to keep longer voting hours.

like the opinion polls, the early ballot count favored obama. officials in iowa, Florida, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada as well as North Carolina said more democrats that republicans had cast ballots, in some cases by lopsided margins. democrats, increasingly optimistic about regaining the White House, looked forward to padding their majorities in Congress, too, and then tackling the economy and bringing the war in iraq to an end. But McCain and his aides sought to stoke doubts about one-party government. The campaign challenged obama to say whether he supports a 25 percent cut in defense spending that is advocated by some in his party

AUSTIN — Brisk early voting in Texas has surpassed the state’s 2004 presidential election total of 2.4 million early voters in the state’s 15 largest counties. The Secretary of State’s Office, which tallies the number of early votes in the 15 most populous counties before the election, reported Thursday that in those counties 2.7 million people have cast early ballots.

Airlines cutting fares for holiday travel DALLAS — When it comes to holiday travel plans, good things may come to those who waited. The major U.S. airlines have cut many fares for the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visits the First United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch in Sarasota, Fla., Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO — A California man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters to media outlets was interviewed previously by the FBI after a similar mailing in 2007, but he was not charged.

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iraq government wants all US troops gone by 2012 the associated Press

BAGHdAd — iraq wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops until then, a close ally of the prime minister said Thursday. Those demands, which were presented to U.S. officials this week, could derail the deal — delivering a diplomatic blow to

Washington in the final weeks of the Bush administration. Failure to reach an agreement before year’s end could force a suspension of American military operations, and U.S. commanders have been warning iraqi officials that could endanger security improvements. The current draft, hammered out in months of tortuous negotiations, would have U.S. soldiers leave iraq by dec.

31, 2011, unless the two governments agreed to an extension for training and supporting iraqi security forces. But Ali al-Adeeb, a member of Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki’s inner circle, said the government wants that possibility excluded by language adding finality to the end of 2011 date. “The iraqi side wants to remove any mention of a possible extension of U.S. troops, fearing

that the existing clause might be subject to misinterpretation or could bear different interpretation,” he told The Associated Press. otherwise, he said the U.S. might demand an extension “depending on their evaluation” of the security situation and the state of readiness within iraq’s army and police. U.S. officials have privately suggested 2012 is too early for iraqi forces to be

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truly ready to maintain order. The draft also gives iraqi courts limited jurisdiction over U.S. troops, allowing them to be prosecuted by iraqis only if they are accused of major crimes committed off post and off duty. Al-Adeeb said the iraqis want to add a provision for a joint U.S.-iraqi committee to decide whether U.S. soldiers accused of such crimes were really on authorized missions.

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Attackers kill at least 61 in northeast India GAUHATI, India — Bombs planted in cars and rickshaws ripped through crowded markets in a coordinated attack Thursday in India’s volatile northeast, killing at least 61 people and wounding more than 300. — The Associated Press

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diabetes rate almost doubled over 10 years, US says the associated Press

ATlANTA — The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said Thursday in its first state-by-

state review of new diagnoses. The highest rate was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate is 5 in 1,000.

About 90 percent of the cases are Type 2 diabetes, the form linked to obesity. The findings echo geographic trends seen with obesity and physical inactivity, which are also tied to heart disease. Southern states rank worst

in those measures, too. “it isn’t surprising the problem is heaviest in the South — no pun intended,” said Matt Petersen, who oversees data and statistics for the American diabetes Association.

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OneBook sponsors a lecture by a population geneticist The participants provided two DNA samples by a cheek swab that was sePresident James Spaniolo’s DNA an- cured in a vial and sent to a lab for cestry will be revealed at 4 p.m. Mon- analysis. Del Carmen was born in Nicaragua, day in the University Center Rosebud and because his father’s family migrated Theatre. As part of the OneBook and Con- from Lebanon, he has Middle Eastern versations programs, Spencer Wells, a heritage. “I was impressed with their ability to leading population geneticist and writer trace my heritage,� del Carmen of the award-winning PBS/ said. “Particularly given the fact National Geographic docuI did not provide any informamentary, Journey of Man, tion relevant to my heritage.� will lecture. According to the Geno“This year’s OneBook is graphic Project, it’s the largabout generations and family est study of genetic anthrohistories,� Spanish associate pology ever undertaken. It’s professor Christopher Cona nonprofit organization that way said. “One of the things aims to gather and analyze we wanted to do was have an Spencer Wells, the world’s vast collection of event that tied in with that geneticist and anthropological DNA samples topic.� writer from participants worldwide, Wells will speak about the new tools of molecular genetics that are tracing it all back to Africa — more used to learn how humans populated than 60,000 years ago. “Since Africa is considered the seat the world. He will also discuss the DNA ancestry of Spaniolo, Carrie Ausbrooks, of humanity, I expect everyone starts College of Education associate dean there,� Ausbrooks said. Wells serves as Genographic Project and Alex del Carmen, Criminology and Criminal Justice department chair and director, and since National Geographic and IBM launched the project in associate professor. By alanna Quillen

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about sports Justin Rains, editor sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Sports publishes Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Page 8

remember Check out www.theshorthorn.com over the weekend for live blogs from the volleyball team’s matches at Texas Hall. Friday, October 31, 2008

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After strong showing last weekend, UtA moves on to conference championship

BASELINE “If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance or just finish the race; it’s up to you.” Dave Scott six-time Iron Man triathlon champion

Uta SportS CalenDar Today Volleyball vs. McNeese State Time: 7 p.m. Place: Texas Hall Saturday, Nov. 1 Volleyball vs. Stephen F. Austin Time: 4 p.m. Place: Texas Hall Men’s tennis at the Texas Invitational Time: All day Place: Austin Sunday, Nov. 2 Men’s tennis at the Texas Invitational Time: All day Place: Austin Monday, Nov. 3 Women’s cross country at the Southland Conference Championships Time: 8:30 a.m. Place: Nacogdoches

by ben haUSS Contributor to The Shorthorn

the men’s and women’s cross country teams head to Nacogdoches for the southland Conference Championships on Monday. Coming off what head coach John sauerhage called a national-caliber meet at the Chile pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., the Mavericks will have “quite a challenge going into the conference championships.” the men’s team finished 15th overall in Arkansas, with seniors Idilio Campos and ozie Hood leading the way for the Mavs. Campos finished 41st with a time of 30 minutes, 45 seconds, and Hood finished 84th with 31 minutes, 55 seconds. “We did well,” Hood said. “We finished exactly where wanted, and almost everyone had their best times.” the festival was the only meet so far this season where the men had the chance to run a 10-kilometer race. “our 10k times for the men were as good as they’ve ever been,” sauerhage said. the women’s team finished in 23rd place overall with senior Caroline Erlingson, junior Christina Mose

and sophomore Amanda McMahon leading the pack for the women. “We are mentally and physically ready,” Mose said. “Caroline has been the team leader, and we all look to her for leadership.” Erlingson finished 86th with a time of 22 minutes, 41 seconds. Mose took 120th with 23 minutes, 4 seconds and McMahon came in 125th with 23 minutes, 9 seconds. “We all ran our personal best,” Mose said. “this is the best we have ran in a while considering all the injuries.” sauerhage said the festival is a hard meter to use to see how well a team fares moving forward. “It’s a tough meet to gauge how you stand in the conference, because there is so many good teams there,” he said. the Mavericks went up against some of their conference opponents in the Chile pepper Festival, giving them an idea who they will face this weekend, sauerhage said. “there will be a lot of good competition at the conference championships,” Hood said. “We are ready to compete.” In last year’s conference championships, the men had two top-10 finishes, with

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Members of the UTA men’s cross country team run during a routine workout Thursday down Tucker Boulevard. The team will compete in the Southland Conference Championships Monday in Nacogdoches.

Campos finishing 8th and Hood finishing 9th. overall last season, the men finished last year’s meet in third place, while the women came in fifth. the top returning woman is perri Ford, who finished 36th. Campos and Hood re-

ceived All-Conference honors last year and look to do it again. “Idilio is looking to be in the top five, and I’m looking to be right behind him,” Hood said. the men will have a chance to take down one of their toughest opponents in Lamar,

and the women will take on one of theirs in A&M-Corpus Christi, sauerhage said. the races will start at 8:30 a.m. Monday with the women’s race. the men start at 9:15 a.m. ben haUSS sports-editor@theshorthorn.uta.edu

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Men’s cross country at the Southland Conference Championships Time: 9:15 a.m. Place: Nacogdoches

Freshman outside hitter Amanda Aguilera, who talks ants, eggs and turkey day by the nUMberS: CroSS CoUntry

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Amanda Aguilera, freshman outside hitter

there’s been little to brag about this season for the volleyball team, as it sits three games back of Nicholls state for the final playoff spot with six games to go. the Mavericks (5-19, 1-9) welcome McNeese state (8-13, 4-5) at 7 tonight and stephen F. Austin (16-5, 7-2) at 4 p.m. saturday. one of the few bright spots for the Mavericks has been the quick development of freshman outside hitter Amanda Aguilera as a solid go-to player when the team needs one the most. Aguilera talked with the shorthorn after

practice about life outside of school, literature and texas cities.

The Shorthorn : What is your life outside of class and volleyball? Amanda Aguilera: right now, it’s nothing. It’s volleyball, school, study and sleep. that’s it. TS: Houston or Dallas? AA: Houston TS: Why? AA: Cause … actually neither. Austin, because all my family is there, and I like the atmosphere. TS: And the Longhorns? AA: of course. I’m a big Longhorn fan. TS: Biggest fear? AA: I’m deathly afraid of ants. You can give me cockroaches, spiders or

snakes, anything but ants. TS: What’s the best dinner you’ve ever had? AA: probably thanksgiving. TS: What do you think came first, the chicken or the egg? AA: the chicken, it had to come first to lay the egg. TS: Favorite book you’ve ever read? AA: recently I read “twilight.” TS: Don’t tell me why you read it, tell why it’s your favorite. AA: Because it’s probably one of the only books I’ve ever read — for fun. TS: You’re on the spot, favorite teammate and why you get along with them so well? AA: [pause] … I can’t

GettInG the faCtS... Amanda Aguilera, outside hitter — Leads the team with 2.52 kills per set — Leads the team with 28 service aces — Has a team-high 6 doubledoubles on the season — Second on the team with 2.55 digs per set

answer that. TS: Alright, give me the P.C. answer then, if you want. AA: I love all my teammates [smiles]. Stephen peterS sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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