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Word on Jan. 17 in the UC Bluebonnet Ballroom. The night began with an open mic, where all poets, bystanders and those feeling brave were able to perform. The real event began afterward when each poet had three minutes to perform. Two judges ranked and scored the competitors on a scale of one to 10, POETRY continues on page 4A

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congressman quickly rose to the presidency by perseverance and intelligence. And like Lincoln, Obama will place former political rivals to highlevel positions in his administration like New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Goodwin said at Wednesday night’s lecture in Texas Hall. Students and faculty heard the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-

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Campus Notebook

Thursday November 20, 2008

Today Special Collections — Revisualizing Westward Expansion: Mondays 9 . NOV a.m.-7 p.m. and TuesdaySaturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact 817-272-3393 or spcoref@ uta.edu.

Video Seminar — Pathways to Entrepreneurship: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 100 Nedderman Hall. Free Pizza and drinks will be served. For information, contact Karl Fultz at 817-272-1119 or kfultz@ uta.uta. Wesley Foundation Event: noon, 311 UTA Blvd. Free Food. For

information, contact the Wesley Foundation at 817-274-6282 or wesfnuta@swbell.net. Maversity Workshop: 12:301:30 p.m., UC Concho Room. Free. For information, contact Multicultural Affairs at 817-2722099 or multicultural_affairs@ uta.edu. Self-assembled Nanodevices and Nanosensors: 3:30-4:45 p.m., 105 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information, contact Zeynep Celik-Butler, PhD. at 817-272-1536 or zbutler@uta.edu. Global Grounds International Coffee Hour: 4-5:30 p.m., UC Palo Duro Lounge. Free. For information, contact Julie Holmer at 817272-2355 or jholmer@uta.edu.

International film Festival featuring The Fish Fall in Love: 6:30 p.m., 100 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information, contact Lindsey Zaleski at 817-272-6107 or studentsuccess@uta.edu. TechnoScholar Workshop — Demystifying the Search for Scholarly Impact: 4-5 p.m., 510 Central Library. Free. For information, contact Suzanne Beckett at 817-272-0923 or sbecket@uta;edu. Residence Hall Association Meeting: 4:30-5:30 p.m., UC Student Congress Chambers. Free. For information, contact Erica Weaver at finlan@uta.edu. Second Annual Real Estate Developers’ Roundtable: 5-7 p.m.,

204 Architecture Building. $25, includes DVD of proceedings. For information, contact Anna Peredo-Manor at ampmanor@ uta.edu. Thinking Green — Powering the Future: 5:30-7:30 p.m., 101 College Hall. Free. For information, contact Cathy Prichett at 817-272-7215 or hcc@ uta.edu. Asian Heritage Month Closing Celebration: 6:30 p.m., UC Carlisle Suite. For information, contact Multicultural Affairs at 817-272-2099 or multicultural_ affairs@uta.edu. Choral & Symphony Orchestra Concert: 7:30 p.m., Irons Recital Hall. $3 for students/seniors, $5

general public. For information, contact 817-272-3471 or music@ uta.edu.

Friday International Crime — An Introduction to the MS-13 Street Gang: noon, Central Library sixth floor. Free. For information, contact Lindsey Zaleski at 817-272-6107 or studentsuccess@uta.edu. NOV.

International Spouses Club: 1-3 p.m., Swift Center. Free. For information, contact Julie Holmer at 817-272-2355 or jholmer@uta. edu. Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817-272-3661 or log on to www.theshorthorn.com/calendar

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“Lincoln trusted his own leadership and convinced them to care about the country more then their own beliefs. If they are willing to put the common goals ahead of their own ambitions and work together, then it can work.”

Left: Film and video junior Kevin Ly erases his charcoal drawing during Drawing Concepts on Wednesday at the Fine Arts Building. The class enlarged photographs of human faces through viewfinders.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, during her lecture at Texas Hall. See Page 1

Today Mostly sunny High 62°F Low 37°F

Opening Their Eyes to Reading a service learning project for preschoolers encourages a love for literature by alaNNa QuilleN Contributor to The Shorthorn

Friday Sunny High 55°F Low 38°F

Saturday Mostly cloudy High 63°F Low 49°F

Sunday 20% chance of rain High 68°F Low 54°F

Monday 20% chance of thunderstorms High 65°F Low 42°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.

Two nonstudents were arrested on charges of criminal trespassing Tuesday at 901 Oak St.

Police chief explains how to survive a shooting

Above: Drawing sophomore Kristina Townsend makes an enlarged charcoal drawing of a photograph Wednesday in the Fine Arts Building.

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Campus briefs

“Beginning is half the work.” David Silva believes in this expression, especially when it comes to helping underprivileged children. Vice Provost Silva, education assistant professor Kathleen Tice and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society members created a project that serves children from low-wage, non-English-speaking families at the Open Door Preschool in east Dallas. “These are the working poor,” he said. “We’re talking about folks who make hard decisions every day.” Every Friday for the past four weeks, 36 students in Tice’s Literacy Studies class have been reading selected books to 20 kids at the preschool. after noticing a dramatic increase in vocabulary and reading skills, she believes that the children and her students are benefiting from each other.

“My students are excited about being with the kids, and the children can sense that,” she said. “These children have so much potential, and we focus on what they can do instead of in terms of deficit.” The project began when Phi Kappa Phi members Tice and Silva noticed a literacy grant offered by the society. as a Board of Trustees member at the preschool, Silva suggested using the grant towards the three, four and fiveyear-old underprivileged children to buy books to read aloud to them. “This is education happening out the in the community with the support of a national organization,” he said. “It doesn’t get any better than that.” The project’s final reading will take place Friday morning, where the children will receive a tote bag with six different books the students have read to them. The children will also get a UTa backpack filled with coloring books,

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note pads, crayons and pencils donated from Phi Kappa Phi members. Open Door Preschool director Sandra Thomas said she’s thankful that people want to help her kids. “The kids look forward to Fridays,” Thomas said. “When the students come into the classroom, their eyes light up.” In the future, Tice and Silva want to apply for more funding for similar projects. “We’re capturing them at the beginning and showing them that we care enough to go out and work with them,” Silva said. “These kids won’t remember us, but they’ll remember the experience.” alaNNa QuilleN news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Assistant police chief Rick Gomez will go over a few details students should know to survive a school shooting and when to report suspicious behavior. The presentation is 12:05-1:05 p.m. Thursday during the 2008 Crime Prevention Brown Bag luncheon in the University Center Guadalupe Room. Gomez will have a short PowerPoint and then show the DVD “Shots Fired.” He said this event was created mainly due to the incidents at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois universities. “There are some dos and don’ts every person on campus should know,” he said. The first 45 attendees get pizza and iced tea, first come, first served. Gomez said he’d hate to turn anyone away, but the room can only hold 50 people, so students should come early to save a seat. — Jason Boyd

Planetarium sells Holiday in the Park tickets University students can buy tickets for Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Over Texas in the Chemistry and Physics Building. At the Planetarium, a ticket for a day pass costs $19.99 plus tax. The tickets are good for two weekends in December and can be bought at the Planetarium ticket booth or Planetarium office room 364. Planetarium program coordinator Amy Barraclough said the Planetarium bought about 100 discounted tickets from Six Flags to resell them. The Planetarium sells them $10 cheaper per ticket than front-gate prices. On Dec. 12 the park is open 4-10 p.m., Dec. 13, 2-10 p.m., Dec. 14, 4-10 p.m., Dec. 20, 2-10 p.m. and Dec. 21, 4-10 p.m. At Holiday in the Park, visitors can experience added perks like holiday lights and décor, buy Christmas crafts, slide down a snow hill and watch various holidaythemed shows throughout the park. “Hopefully, this will be just one more service we can do for the public — to keep them interested in the Planetarium and all that we provide,” she said. — Bryan Bastible

CorreCtioNs The “Relevant Fiction” story and caption Tuesday should have stated that The Violet Hour opened in the Studio Theater in the Fine Arts Building. Wednesday’s story, “University limits travel spending,” should have stated that Gov. Rick Perry asked state agencies to look for ways to reduce spending where possible.

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Marriage ban goes to court the estimated 18,000 same-sex marriages that were sanctioned in California before election day. Gay rights groups and local governments petitioning to overturn the ban were joined by the measureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsors and Attorney General Jerry Brown in urging the Supreme Court to consider whether Proposition 8 passes legal muster. The initiativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents had also asked the court to grant a stay of the measure, which

would have allowed gay marriages to begin again while the justices considered the cases. The court denied that request. The justices directed Brown and lawyers for the Yes on 8 campaign to submit arguments by dec. 19 on why the ballot initiative should not be nullified. it said lawyers for the plaintiffs, who include same-sex couples who did not wed before the election, must respond before Jan. 5.

oral arguments could be scheduled as early as March, according to court spokeswoman lynn Holton. Both opponents and supporters of Proposition 8 expressed confidence Wednesday that their arguments would prevail. But they also agreed that the cases present the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven justices â&#x20AC;&#x201D; six of whom voted to review the challenges â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with complex questions that have few precedents in state case law.

AUSTIN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The debate on how to teach evolution in science classrooms heated up in Texas on Wednesday as the State Board of Education listened to public comments on proposed revisions to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s science curriculum. The current curriculum requires students be taught the â&#x20AC;&#x153;strengths and weaknessesâ&#x20AC;? of all scientific theories, wording that some say has been used to undermine the theory of evolution. The proposal being discussed would change the language to say â&#x20AC;&#x153;strengths and limitations,â&#x20AC;? even though a review committee had recommended removing the reference altogether.

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dow slips to less than 8,000 points recession spiral into something worse. The drop illustrated once again how quickly the economic danger can shift in tumultuous times like these. The inflation fears that gripped the nation just a few months ago now seem like a distant memory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consumer price inflation has suddenly screeched into reverse,â&#x20AC;? said Brian Bethune, economist at iHS Global insight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The inflation threat has disappeared from the radar screen.â&#x20AC;? Worried about the economic

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data, a gloomy outlook from the Federal reserve and the fate of the Big Three automakers, investors yanked money out of the stock market. The dow drifted lower for most of the

day, then plummeted in a tumultuous final hour of trading. it crossed under 8,000 in the last minutes before the closing bell and closed down 427 points, or about 5 percent, at

7,997 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; its lowest close since March 2003. The average has dipped below 8,000 on other days since the meltdown began in mid-September but had not closed there.

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dAllAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it seems as if the gracious couple has told the story a thousand times â&#x20AC;&#x201D; how the crack of an assassinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bullet struck the president just a few feet from where they stood. Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reporter or author, but often itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a curious citizen who hopes Bill and Gayle Newman can uncover a sliver of evidence to buttress their own theory about the death of John F. Kennedy.

Who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hear from the couple who were so close to the assassination that is arguably the most scrutinized in American history â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly as the tragic event marks its 45th anniversary on Saturday? â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the time, we were both 23 years old and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize the part in history that we played, because we were the closest people to him when that third shot rang out,â&#x20AC;? Gayle

Newman said in a recent interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now as we have grown older, we do realize that this is something that will be a part of all of our life.â&#x20AC;? The Newmans settled into a spot on the lawn at dealey Plaza â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just below the infamous grassy knoll â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a few minutes before Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motorcade glided by on Nov. 22, 1963. Their two young sons, 4-year-old Billy and 2-year-old Clayton, were in tow.

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interpol to investigate possible information leak in Mexico as part of an investigation of law enforcement officers who allegedly shared police information with traffickers. Gutierrez Vargas directed the international police agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Central Bureau in Mexico, where he had access to interpolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s database of information on suspected terrorists, wanted persons, fingerprints and dNA profiles, among other data, the lyon, France-based agency said.

interpolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site says that officers of the National Central Bureaus are connected to its police communications network so they can share crucial information on criminals and criminal activities daily. Staffers from interpolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Secretariat plan to meet with Mexican authorities and determine if there was any improper use of interpolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s systems. Meanwhile, the agency is stand-

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MeXiCo CiTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; interpol is sending a special investigative team to Mexico to determine whether sensitive information from its database on criminals and terrorists was leaked to drug cartels, the agency said Wednesday. interpol launched the probe after Mexican federal police official ricardo Gutierrez Vargas was placed under house arrest

NEW DELHI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The ship, operating off the coast of Oman in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, was crewed by heavily armed men, some carrying rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Behind it were a pair of speedboats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the sort pirates often use when they launch attacks on merchant ships in these violent seas. What followed, officials said Wednesday, was a rare victory in a sea war against Somalia-based piracy that has become increasingly more violent, and where the pirates are ever more bold. A patrolling Indian navy frigate quickly identified the vessel as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;mother shipâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a mobile attack base used to take gangs of pirates and smaller speedboats into deep water â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and ordered it to stop and be searched. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They responded on the offensive and said that they would blow up the Indian naval ship,â&#x20AC;? Commander Nirad Sinha, a navy press officer, told reporters in New Delhi. Then the pirates opened fire.

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WASHiNGToN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A growing fear of economic deflation helped take the air out of the stock market Wednesday, and another white-knuckle final hour on Wall Street pushed the dow Jones industrials under 8,000 to their lowest close since the financial meltdown began. Consumer prices in october took their biggest monthly plunge in the six decades that records have been kept â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a reprieve for shoppers but a danger sign for the economy because falling prices can make a mild

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galized gay marriage. All three cases claim the measure abridges the civil rights of a vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters alone did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional change. As is its custom when it takes up cases, the court elaborated little. However, the justices did say they want to address what effect, if any, a ruling upholding the amendment would have on

HOUSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The father of a Houston-area teenager who lied about being sexually assaulted was given a six-year prison sentence for stabbing a student who had been accused in the alleged rape. Ruben Cuellar-Romo, 45, was sentenced by a jury on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty two days earlier to aggravated assault, the Houston Chronicle reported on its Web site Wednesday. The victim, 17-year-old Joshua Chapa, recovered from injuries to his chest, abdomen and hand.

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SAN FrANCiSCo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules. The California Supreme Court accepted three lawsuits seeking to nullify Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that overruled the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision in May that le-

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said Michael Guinn, Fort Worth National Poetry Slams founder. The final score combined the sum of both judges’ scores. After the first round, those with the top four scores returned for the finals. They judged the contestants by originality, content and performance. Alumnus Anthony Gordon speculated the way judges scored each artist. “It’s just if the judges feel you,” he said. Gordon came to the competition not only to express himself through poetry, but also to become a member of the Fort Worth Poetry Slam Team. Aerospace engineering freshman Jarred Wright still considers himself a rookie. This was his second poetry slam, the first

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The ShorThorn being last week’s slam at the university. “I have the talent, and I need to express it,” he said. “I’m here to win the prize and get the vibe of the crowd.” James Hawthorne, one of the organizers, said the competition was hosted to get students more involved and give them a chance to express themselves in a new way. “Nowadays, when you have so much negativity in some of the songs, it’s another way to express yourself in a positive way,” he said. “It’s good clean fun.” Although Gordon didn’t win, he plans to continue attending poetry slams. “It’s a release. It’s therapy,” he said. “Poetry is the only thing that’s kept me out of jail. It’s a release.”

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was arrested in his home. “The police car tried to initiate a pursuit with the suspect vehicle. The suspect vehicle fled,” Miller said. “During the pursuit the police car was involved in a three-car accident at Mitchell and Center.” The officer’s marked patrol vehicle caught fire, but the officer was able to escape uninjured, and a citizen was treated at the scene. Miller said the pursuit was headed southbound on Center

Fort Worth poet A J Houston performs “I Can’t Afford Not Knowing, ” a piece about struggling fathers. Houston is also an inspirational speaker and teacher.

Street, but was unable to offer any more details. Miller said there was a driver’s license check going on at Mitchell and Center before the pursuit occurred. He said the checks occur regularly across Arlington and consist of stopping every vehicle or every other vehicle to check for proper driver’s license. Martinez faces a $2,500 bail for evading arrest, $210 for a non-seat belted person, and $477 for a failure to maintain financial responsibility warrant, totaling of $3,187. sarah lutz news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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2009. “I think that’s great,” kinesiology senior Leonard Frank said. “I was just watching the games yesterday, so I’d be looking forward to that. That’s awesome.” Frank is also excited about the possibility of going to the tournament. “I’ve always wanted to go to the Final Four, but it’s never been within distance,” he said. Biology freshman Emman-

uel Bekoe speculates that the Final Four championship will put the city on the map. “It’s one of the best things to happen to Arlington,” he said. He knows tickets for the seats will be pricey, but that won’t stop him from trying to go — especially if his home team makes it to the tournament the same year. “If Texas would be in the Final Four, that would be magical to me,” Bekoe said. “It doesn’t get much better than that.” Mark Bauer news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

“We’re trying to determine what people want and tailor our services to them,” he said. “I don’t want to limit people’s imagination.” By Jason Boyd Campus Recreation direcThe Shorthorn staff tor Doug Kuykendall said The Movin’ Mavs and the department, that wants Campus Recreation will offer to have more comprehensive a survey for disabled students disabled services, hired Garthrough the beginning of ner this semester as assistant January to gauge interest in director for his expertise in disabled sports and recreation this area. opportunities. Kuykendall said he also Choices could be imple- wants to start a class for stumented as soon as dents with disabilispring 2009, said “We’re ties on how to use the Chris Muller, Campus weight machines and Recreation associate trying to other equipment. director. Dianne Hengst, determine Potential programs Students with Diswhat people abilities Office include intramural direcsports like wheelchair want and tor, applauds Gartennis or swimming. ner’s efforts. tailor our It might also in“Individuals with clude educational ser- services to disabilities are a divices for equipment them.” verse group and often use in the Maverick want to participate Activities Center, said chris Muller, in all aspects of proDoug Garner, Movin’ Campus grams, services and Recreation Mavs head coach. opportunities offered The survey opened associate throughout campus,” two weeks ago, and so director she said. far, five disabled stuHengst said her dents have completed office has started to it, Muller said. Sevhelp spread the word enty percent see a need for by e-mailing members and handicap-geared activities in posting the link on their Web Campus Recreation. site. Survey questions ask Muller said his office plans if students would like to on having some new services participate in a recreation in no later than 12 months, activity and what kind of but has told the people inactivity. Options include volved to not get discouraged bowling, tennis, table tennis if the classes aren’t popular and swimming and a write-in at first. option. It asks if students want to Jason Boyd be competitive or just learn news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu personal fitness.

Pulitzer prizewinning author and historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, speaks about her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday at Texas Hall. The lecture was part of the Maverick Speakers Series.

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winning historian’s lecture on the presidential elections and how they relate to her book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin said if there’s one thing Obama takes straight from the book, it’s his desire to surround himself with people who support him. “I would say even more importantly are the temperamental qualities they share because Obama is a rookie, that’s most important,” she said. “Like Lincoln, he thinks things through and tries not to make the same mistakes.” Goodwin said these days it’s more difficult to become a great president. “If someone can take us through a crisis and end in a stronger way, then that might signify greatness,” she said. Goodwin said Obama’s plan to bring rivals into his cabinet is a positive step. “Lincoln trusted his own leadership and convinced them to care about the country more then their own beliefs,” she said. “If they are willing to put the common goals ahead of their own ambitions and work together, then it can work.” Allan Saxe, political science associate professor, said Goodwin’s receiving much attention because her book emphasizes the political adversaries Lincoln accumulated as an unexpected presidential candidate

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— which parallels Obama’s path to the presidency. “It’s not Goodwin’s fault the media is comparing Obama to Lincoln,” Saxe said. “In the sense, [Obama] is looking at Hillary Clinton as a potential cabinet member. Lincoln was not that peculiar, because in the 19th century it wasn’t unheard of for presidents to reach out to former opponents.” He said the media is way off base when they compare the two politicians. “It’s a far stretch to say Obama’s like Lincoln,” Saxe said. “He hasn’t served or appointed anyone to his cabinet yet, and it’s not like Lincoln and his opponents suddenly

became friends after appointing them.” Danny Woodward, communications assistant to the university president, said the lecture was originally intended to for the Maverick Activities Center. That facility could only hold 450 people. 1,814 people attended the lecture. “People from all over were eager to attend,” he said. “All of our lectures have been great because not only do people learn from them, but they bring people to the campus who normally wouldn’t be here.” Michelle leverett news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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ABOUT SPORTS Justin Rains, editor sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu Sports publishes Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Pa e 6

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REMEMBER Read Friday’s Sports page for full coverage of the women’s basketball team’s trip to Fort Worth to face Metroplex rival TCU. Thursday, November 20, 2008

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VOLLEYBALL

UTA freshman makes All-Conference Team Outside hitter Amanda Aguilera becomes the first Maverick freshman on the team since ‘93. BY STEPHEN PETERS The Shorthorn staff

The Shorthorn: Michael Rettig

SMACK DOWN Business management junior Adam Boykin swings at a tennis ball Wednesday night at the UTA Tennis Center. Boykin said he and his friends often meet on the courts at night to play for fun.

After the final volleyball match last Saturday, one player’s season continued with the Southland Conference’s All-Conference Team selections Tuesday. Freshman outside hitter Amanda Aguilera was named to the First Team All-Conference, following a season in which she led the Mavericks in kills per set at 2.85 and recorded 10 double-doubles in 16 conference matches. Aguilera is the first Maverick freshman since 1993 to earn First Team All-Conference recognition and the eighth player overall. “It means a lot — I worked really hard for it,” she said. “My teammates worked really hard for it, and without them, I couldn’t have done it.” Aguilera’s 314 kills and 939 attempts are good for eighth and fifth place all-time in school history by a freshman. She also was 10th in freshman history with 303 digs. Head coach Diane Seymour said there was “no doubt” that Aguilera had the numbers in conference matches to receive the selection. “I was very, very happy to see that other conference coaches saw that she was doing good things as well,” she said. “We needed her to carry more of a load, and that’s what she did.”

2008 SOUTHLAND ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM CONFERENCE AWARDS

Name/School/Position/Year Chloe Smith/Central Arkansas/MB/So. Jessica Weynand/Texas State/OH/Jr. Kendra Rowland/UTSA/OH/So. Lauren Railey/SFA/OH/Sr. Lauren Holdroff/Lamar/MB/Jr. Anna Ferguson/Sam Houston/MB/Jr. Emily Jones Wilkes/Texas State/MB/Sr. Amy Weigle/Texas State/MB/Sr. Robyn Smith/Central Arkansas/S/Jr. Kelsey Jewasko/UTSA/L/Fr. Amanda Aguilera/UTA /OH/Fr. Mary Caitlin Bottles/SFA/MB/Fr.

Player of the Year - Chloe Smith, Central Arkansas Newcomer of the Year - Stefanie Robbins, UTSA Freshman of the Year - Jessica Hays, Central Arkansas Libero of the Year - Kelsey Jewasko, UTSA Setter of the Year - Robyn Smith, Central Arkansas Coach of the Year - Steven McRoberts, Central Arkansas

The freshman recorded a season-high 24 kills against Lamar in Beaumont — the most by any Maverick this year. Against McNeese State, she notched a season-high 23 digs and on two separate occasions scored 5 aces in one match. Aguilera said she knows that with this selection, it’ll make next year that much harder to fly under the radar. “The pressure’s on,” she said. “Everyone knows what I can do, so I either stay there or get better.” Aguilera said she felt a little snubbed by not getting SLC Freshman of the Year. Central Arkansas’s Jessica Hays, who was selected as Honorable Mention All-Conference, took home the award after compiling 2.9 kills per set and 2.85 digs per set.

AMANDA AGUILERA Led the team with: • 314 kills • 2.85 kills per set • 939 attack attempts • 32 service aces

“I’m disappointed because I wanted it,” she said. “I’m sure other people deserved it, too.” STEPHEN PETERS sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

COLUMN

Under Pressure Can the Mavs keep winning when expectations are high?

The team proved it can win the big games when it isn’t supposed to, but can it handle the pressure when the target rests solely on the backs of Cross, Vereen, Guignard and the rest of the 2008 team? P a s t maverick t e a m s never had expectations of this magnitude heaped on them. Prior to last season, the closest the team came to this kind of glory was in the form of a shared

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