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ARLINGTON
Hike and Bike Plan approved day. The plan, which was an alternative to two other possible options, will lead to 16 miles of on-street bike lanes, 43 miles of on-street bike routes, two miles for on-street bikes, 64 miles of off-street trails and 149 miles of sidewalk gaps. The plan recognizes UTA as a key destination in Arlington, and the total cost of the
Plan C, a modest version of the original plan, features UTA as a key destination. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER AND VIDWAN RAGHAVAN The Shorthorn staff
The Hike and Bike Master Plan passed after a 5-3 vote during an Arlington City Council meeting Tues-
plan is $55,260,000. Tuesday’s meeting was the second reading of the plan and second vote on it. Voting for the plan was District 2 Councilwoman Sheri Capehart, District 4 Councilwoman Kathryn Wilemon, District 5 Councilwoman Lana Wolff, District 6 Councilman Robert Shepard and District 7 Councilman
Jimmy Bennett. District 1 Councilman Mel LeBlanc, District 3 Councilman Robert Rivera, and Mayor Robert Cluck voted against the plan. District 8 Councilman Gene Patrick was absent. Greg Collins, Bike Friendly Arlington member, supported the bike plan’s passage.
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Businesses feed college town vibe and appetites Students definitely have an impact on attracting new businesses, says SC president. BY SHELLY WILLIAMS The Shorthorn staff
A line almost stretches out the door at lunchtime. Chatter surrounds the UTA-decorated walls of Fuzzy’s Tacos on Abram Street. An order is ready as someone hollers a number over the loud pop music. The restaurant has been open for three years. Not more than three minutes away on Main Street, the Grease Monkey Burger Shop and Social Club will open this fall, managing partner and alumnus Greg Gardner said. “We have high expectations to not only be a destination as well for the local community, but for the campus, the students and the faculty, of course,” he said. With more than an estimated 6,500 students living on or near campus, both restaurants want to provide opportunities to be part of the college’s growing social life. With new apartments and the College Park Center nearby, the draw to open a business in Arlington may be obvious. “You know, you’ve got your base food business that you’re trying to promote, but college students’ schedules are different,” Gardner said. “You may be eating at 3 p.m. in the afternoon and, obviously, there’s the nightlife aspect as well.” Familiar with UTA life and how Arlington wants to work closely with the university to build the college town, Gardner said that’s why he and his other UTA alumni partners chose to open here. With a garage-themed restaurant, he said he plans to have live music on an open deck, and possibly one evening set aside for something special every week. Old School Pizza and Suds, also on Abram Street, is trying to get a piece of the college-life pie. Only open for about a month now, manager Jen Hilliard said about 80 percent of Old School’s customers are UTA related. Old School even has a supreme pizza named The Maverick. “It’s why we set our prices the way we did and what selection of beers
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“We wish there was more,” the city and regional planning graduate student said. “But this is what we got, and we’re satisfied with what we got.” The next step is working toward the implementation of the plan, Collins said. “It’s about bicyclist education and BIKE continues on page 3
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Tiny $1,488 tooth brings $972 big hopes
Annual spending of college student discretionary money, according to the 2010 College Explorer study:
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$420 entertainment
$384 clothing and shoes
$360 cell phones and/or PDA’s
$288 personal-care products
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Arlington resident Sam Garcia (left) and alumnus Dominique Moore eat dinner on Tuesday evening at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. Many restaurants in downtown Arlington rely on the UTA community for business.
we have,” Hilliard said about the 20 beers on tap and 20 beers from a bottle they serve. “We’re trying to cater to UTA and give the students what they want.” Old School is just starting out, but Fuzzy’s, an established local franchise, has already tasted what being near a college campus is like for business. Manager for two months, Jonathan “Big Jon” Peugh said they have seen students come in between classes all the time. “Being that we serve alcohol, but we’re not a full bar, it works great,”
Peugh said. “The kids can come in for lunch and grab a beer between classes and get some good food in their bellies before they go back to school. Or they can come in and study. We have kids who even come in and practice their presentations.” Peugh said he found his job through his co-worker and wife, who is a UTA student. “Students at UT-Arlington can definitely have an impact on attracting new businesses in the area,” Student Congress President Jennifer BUSINESS continues on page 8
other technology
$108 cosmetics
$492 other items Source: City of Arlington and 2010 College Explorer Study
The fossil gives hope that other teeth and bones of mammals from the Mesozoic Era could be found. BY CHRISTIAN KEITT The Shorthorn staff
The recent discovery of a tooth from a rodent-like mammal at the Arlington Archosaur Site could shed light on an otherwise unknown ancient species of mammals. Found two weeks ago, the tooth is the first and only physical evidence of mammals’s ancient presence at the site. “The tooth itself is very rare,” said Geb Bennett, who helped UTA researchers identify the small tooth. “So far, there have only been four of its kind found in Texas. It’s one of only about a dozen found in all of eastern North America.” Bennett is a microvertebrate specialist, someone who deals with smaller animals. The tooth came from a Multitubercu- Geb Bennett, microvertebrate late, a rodent-like anispecialist mal that dates back to the Mesozoic era, and is among the oldest mammals on the planet, said Derek Main, geology lecturer and Arlington Archosaur Site director. “They went extinct in the Cenozoic when they were out-competed by more modern mammals,” Main said. “The largest was maybe the size of a beaver.” Mammal fossils are rare finds for a dig from the Mesozoic era because few of them lived during that time period. Those mammals that did exist in the Mesozoic were often dominated by the dinosaurs and became extinct, Main said. “Multituberculates, you could say, lived in the shadows of the dinosaurs,” he said. “These tiny, ratlike animals that couldn’t compete with the dinosaurs.” Large mammals didn’t evolve until after the dinosaurs’s extinction, Main said. “Once the dinosaurs went extinct DISCOVERY continues on page 8
FACILITIES
1,089 spaces will open for fall Johnson, maintenance operations The College Park garage is special projects director. slated for completion in August andThe parking garage, located at and will be energy efficient. UTA Boulevard between Pecan BY WILLIAM JOHNSON The Shorthorn staff
University officials confirm the College Park District parking garage to be on schedule for completion. This translates into almost 1,100 new parking spaces for drivers and commuters to the university, starting this fall. “The updated figure for parking is 1,089 spaces,” said Jeff
and Center streets, is set to be completed in two stages. The first is slated to be completed in mid August, with the second set to be complete by August 2012. Excavation for the second portion of the garage began in July, Johnson confirmed. The target date of completion is Aug. 10, with the garage opening to the public on Aug. 22. An estimated 1,800 spaces is
The parking garage is being constructed next to the College Park Center off South Pecan Street and will be finished for the fall semester. The new garage will add 1,089 spaces to ease parking issues on campus.
expected to be available when the entire structure is complete. Members of the First Baptist Church of Arlington will have access to 150 of the parking spaces Monday through Saturday, as well as retaining 400 on Sundays. The new garage is built on land provided by the church. According to a press release from University Communications released Tuesday, residents of Arlington and Brazos Halls will have access to 410 spots on the fourth and fifth levels of the garage. FacPARKING continues on page 5
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seven-day forecast
Police rePort
*Excessive heat warning remains in effect until 9 p.m. Thursday.
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.
**Outside of the warning area, a heat advisory remains in effect today through Monday.
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Hot • High 105°F • Low 81°F
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TueSday assist agency At 7:08 a.m., UTA Police assisted the Arlington Police Department with a possible sexual assault that occurred at the Parkway Inn motel located on Benge Street. Warrant Service- Misdemeanor A nonstudent was arrested at 3:49 a.m. in the Continuing Education parking lot after police discovered the nonstudent had outstanding warrants out of Dallas Police Department. Subject was taken to jail without incident. Public Intoxication At 2:21 a.m., during a loud noise investigation at 1100 Fourth St., police arrested a student on suspicion of public intoxication. Another student was issued a citation for consumption of alcohol by a minor.
— National Weather Service at www.nws. noaa.gov
Hot • High 100°F • Low 80°F
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Bring it on
corrections In the Scene section of the July 27 issue, the album name in Sound Bytes should have been good & Evil, and the image of the CD below should have accompanied it.
university of north Texas kinesiology freshman Carol Thamum (front) leads a cheer camp for middle and high school students Tuesday at the Maverick Activities Center. The University Cheer Association hosts cheer camps across the United States; including two every summer at UTA. Free. For more information, contact Erin O’ Malley at omalley@uta.edu.
calendar Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817272-3661 or log on to www.theshorthorn.com/calendar
Today The development of an arc Flash Safety Standard: 7-8 a.m. Nedderman Hall Room 601, Rady Room. Free for Arlington Technology Association members, students, first-time guests. $5 for others. Light breakfast provided. For more information, contact Roger Tuttle at tuttle@uta.edu or 817-924-1850.
In the July 27 issue, an opinion column stated that Amy Winehouse died on June 23, but she actually died on July 23. In the July 27 story “Two staffers die at hands of relative,” Tran Do’s name was misspelled Tan Do on page 3.
eXCeL Summer activities Board Meeting: 2-3 p.m. Student Congress Chambers (University Center lower level). Free. For more information, contact Julia Landro at excel-president@uta.edu or 817-272-2963. THuRSday Mcnair Scholars Program 2011 Summer Research Presentations: 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. College Hall Room 101. Free. For more information, contact the program at 817-272-3715.
What you Wish the World Could Be: early years of Six Flags over Texas: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, until Aug. 13. Central Library sixth floor parlor. Free. For more information, contact Erin O’ Malley at omalley@uta.edu.
one World, one Sky: 2-3 p.m. Thursdays; 1-2 p.m. Saturdays. Planetarium. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children. For information contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu.
exposure: Photos from the Second Battle of Fallujah: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays, until Aug. 6. Central Library sixth floor.
Ice World: 6-7 p.m. Thursdays; 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sundays, Planetarium. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children. For information contact the Planetarium at
817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu.
Rio – Free outdoor Movie: 9-10:40 p.m. Maverick Activities Center west lawn. Free. For more information, contact EXCEL Campus Activities at 817-2722963. FRIday Texas Rangers discounted Tickets: 7:05 p.m. Rangers Ballpark. Prices vary. For more information, call Rangers Ballpark at 972-RANgERS or 972-726-4377. SaTuRday
nanoCam: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Planetarium. $6 for adults, $4 for children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at planetarium@uta.edu or 817-272-1183.
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Watermelon Wednesday to supply a splash of fun Theme was chosen because it fit well as summer theme, said Jeff Hazelrigs, Student Congress vice president. By vidwan raghavan The Shorthorn assistant news editor
Students can head to the Central Library mall today for a chance to dunk the Student Congress vice president. EXCEL Campus Activities is hosting “Watermelon Wednesday,” which will include watermelon, watermelon candy and watermelon
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“Beat the heat” What: “Watermelon Wednesday” When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Today Where: Central Library mall Food: Watermelon candy, watermelon punch, watermelons Cost: Free
punch. Also, attendees will get a chance to dunk in a dunking booth Jeff Hazelrigs, Student Congress vice president. Hazelrigs was chosen because he is well known on campus, said Julian Russell, EXCEL Campus Activities University Events director. “Jeff just seems like a cool guy. He’s an iconic guy on campus,” Russell said. “Everyone knows him.” Hazelrigs said he is happy to be part of the event. “I’m going to be in a dunking booth and students are going to have an opportunity to dunk me,” he said. “They asked me if I could do it, and I said yes.” Prizes include a badminton racket and a
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shuttlecock, among other things, Russell said. Badminton equipment was included to appeal to international students. The watermelon theme was picked because it fit well as a summer theme, Russell said. “The whole inspiration was that we wanted to do an event that was fun and unique,” he said. “First, we thought of fruit, and we thought watermelons and summer went well.” Russell said the event is also aimed at fostering a sense of community while helping students unwind before finals. “This is the last Wednesday before finals,” he said. “And we figured it would be the best time to do it. It will work as a stress reliever.” Russell said Wednesday was picked because most summer classes meet then. “Basically, it’s like a cool watermelonthemed booth,” he said.” Political science junior Matt Nelson said he thought the event would be a good way for students to relax. “It’s a smart idea,” he said. “It’s been 100 degrees for over a month. This is a good way for people to cool off.”
Injured Person Medical assist An officer was dispatched at 12:09 a.m. to a medical assist at Arlington Hall. A student was reported to be having severe stomach pains and was taken to Medical Center of Arlington for further care. Monday Suspicious Circumstance At 10:21 p.m., officers were dispatched to University Village to investigate a suspicious circumstance. Officers met with Resident Assistance involving the incident. Suspicious Circumstances At 7:09 p.m., a staff member reported that she had been receiving problematic emails from a former student and wanted the information documented. Injured Person Medical assist At 5:27 p.m., a student was transported to Arlington Memorial Hospital for medical treatment with non-life threatening injuries the student sustained at the University Center. Criminal Trespass At 4:40 p.m., a nonstudent that had an active criminal trespass warning but came back on campus was arrested at 140 Mitchell St. and taken to Arlington Police Department jail without incident. Criminal Mischief or Vandalism At 8:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to Lot 38 in reference to a report of reckless damage. The fence in the lot had been knocked down. Case is still active. Misc. At 7:03 a.m., officers were dispatched to Meadow Run apartments in reference to a water flow monitor alarm that had been activated at that location. Environmental Health and Safety arrived on the scene and determined the cause of the activation.
online View an interactive map of today’s crime log at theshorthorn. com/crimemap.
cliche by Rebecca Stephens Girl! Luis has been getting on my nerves!
Well girl there are plenty of fish in the sea!
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Temperatures rise to new records From heat to electricity, Dallas is blazing the way to breaking and making new records. The Associated Press
dAllAS — With deadly temperatures expected to reach record highs in some of Texas’s biggest cities this week, water and electricity usage is soaring and officials are trying to find ways to keep those in the most need cool. Temperatures are expected to surge well past 105 degrees in many cities this week as the unrelenting summer heat continues to blister much of the state. dallas, which by Tuesday afternoon set a new record at 110 and expected to hit record-breaking temperatures the rest of the week, has endured 32 consecutive days of 100-degree and is on pace to possibly break the record of 42 days set in 1980. in dallas, 12 people already have died from the heat, exceeding the nine heat deaths for last summer, said Blanca Cantu, dallas County Health and Human Services spokeswoman. She said that number is far from the 35 deaths recorded in 1998, the latest year she had
data available. Cantu said they are encouraging residents to check on family and neighbors, even neighbors they may not know. “There’s nothing wrong with rolling down your window and saying ‘everything oK? You have an air conditioning unit?’ ” said Cantu, noting that the agency’s hotline that residents in need can call to get air conditioning units has been constantly busy. Big cities, with miles of heat-absorbing concrete, don’t cool down as much at night as rural areas, which denies those without air conditioning much relief even as night falls. “Because it’s storing more heat down at the surface, it just stays warmer overnight,” National Weather Service meteorologist dennis Cavanaugh said. The electronic reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s bulk transmission grid, has requested that customers reduce electricity use this week during the peak use hours of 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Kent Saathoff, erCoT vice president of system planning and operations, said Tuesday that the extreme heat was keeping much of the state on a thin margin
WORLD
Timing of US drone strike questioned
between sufficient power to keep Texans cool and an energy shortage that could mean rolling electric service interruptions. But even with the heat, he said, it likely would take a major event, such as a major transmission line going down, to necessitate rolling blackouts. “Air conditioners are a big demand on electricity and during the summer, those air conditioners are running almost around the clock to keep the house cool, particularly if it’s not cooling down in the evenings,” erCoT spokeswoman dottie roark said. Saathoff said they expected electric demand to approach or exceed record levels each afternoon this week. erCoT on Tuesday set a new electricity demand record with 67,929 megawatts and expects to break the record again on Wednesday. Saathoff said erCoT tries to keep 2,300 megawatts of generation capacity ahead of demand, or the equivalent of maintaining power to about 460,000 homes. He said demand cut into that margin Monday and Tuesday. one megawatt of electricity is enough to power about 200 homes in Texas with air conditioners running in hot weather for long periods of time.
ISLAMABAD — The American ambassador to Islamabad phoned Washington with an urgent plea: Stop an imminent CIA drone strike against militants on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border. He feared the timing of the attack would further damage ties with Islamabad, coming only a day after the government grudgingly freed a CIA contractor held for weeks for killing two Pakistanis.
Tropical Storm Emily moves toward Haiti SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Rain and wind gusts from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico on Tuesday as the storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The rain fell hardest in western Puerto Rico, largely sparing the capital, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries and no immediate demand for the nearly 400 schools that were converted into emergency shelters around the island. Emily had been expected to bring up to 6 inches to the island.
NATION
FAA shutdown to continue as deals fail WASHINGTON — A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach a deal fell through on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., initially told reporters that he would be willing to accept a House Republican bill to restore the FAA’s operating authority even though it contained cuts in subsidies for rural air service that some Democrats oppose. But he later reversed course after a possible deal with House Republicans had fallen through.
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motorist education more than just creating infrastructure,” he said. Vocal bike plan opponent Buddy Saunders and his group, Save our Streets, saw the bike plan as impeding property rights. “We have no objection to bike routes anywhere or paths. We are not against bike lanes, especially on UTA property, if the campus wants them,” Saunders told The Shorthorn in June. “We oppose them putting bike lanes on a street where business owners and homeowners don’t want them or don’t have a say in it.” Saunders was not available for comment immediately following the council’s vote.
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TEXAS
Texas mother charged after child dies EL PASO — Authorities say they’ve charged a West Texas woman with capital murder in the death of her 20-month-old daughter. El Paso police said Tuesday that they arrested 21-year-old Lorraine Lizzette Merjil after her daughter, Desiree Jerjil, died Sunday morning at a hospital of abdominal injuries. Police say Merjil was booked into the El Paso County Jail without bond. Online records have no attorney listed for her.
Religious leaders oppose Perry’s meeting HOUSTON — A group of Houston religious leaders have expressed concern about Gov. Rick Perry’s day-long prayer meeting, saying it excludes non-Christians. Perry has said the Saturday event at Houston’s Reliant Stadium is “about coming together as a state, lifting up this nation in prayer, having a day of prayer and fasting.” But more than 50 Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders signed a statement, saying Perry’s involvement in the event sends “an official endorsement of one faith over all others, thereby sending an official message of religious exclusion and preference to all Texans who do not share that faith.”
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mAvERIck AIR cONDITIONINg Kinesiology senior James Kennemer works on his arms Tuesday afternoon at the Maverick Activities Center. The MAC is Kennemer’s way of staying out of the heat.
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Players keep on kicking The NFL lockout has ended with the 2011-12 season back on track
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e almost had an awful fall ahead of us. The National Football League almost made its fans pay for its greed, which would have unspeakably angered me to no end. They held us hostage with negotiation breakdowns and the threat of the 201112 NFL season being cancelled. They knew they could hold out as long as they wanted to, because we’re always going to come back. No matter how mad at them we’d be for stripping us of the game we love, they knew we’d watch as soon as it came back. Thankfully, it never got that far. And now, the lockout is over. Football is back, having missed only a few minicamps. No games. Technically the Hall of Fame game was cancelled, but nobody cares about that. So how’d they fiSAM MORTON nally end it? It’s complicated, but basically the owners get more revenue money while the players get more benefits. I’m just glad football is back. With the free agency mayhem that’s ensued over the last week with teams not able to make trades or Morton is a sign free agents dur- journalism senior and ing the lockout, foot- guest columnist for ball enthusiasts are in The Shorthorn. offseason heaven right now. Free agents are Join the discussion being signed and play- by commenting at ers are being traded theshorthorn.com. while training camp is underway. It’s a double dose of football news coming from every angle as we prepare our cheat sheets and sniff out our sleepers for fantasy football. But a word of warning: since the advent of Twitter, folks have been given free reign to deliver their thoughts and opinions on whatever they choose. That includes the NFL, which is a hotbed for smart fans and dumb fans alike. That’s right, I said dumb fans. They’re out there, and they have horrible ideas on how to run a football team. Take preseason polls and analysis with a grain of salt, because nobody really knows anything. That’s the key to everything you’ll ever need to know about football and fantasy football. The experts are only making educated guesses, albeit very educated guesses. Remember that every national pundit had the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs last season. Yeah, that 6-10 mess was supposed to be bound for a hometown Super Bowl. This year, the Philadelphia Eagles will be chosen as the team to beat this season after collecting a “Dream Team” of the best free agents this offseason has to offer. People are going to say they’re unbeatable and they’ll be compared to the 2007 New England Patriots, and held to their 16-0 standard all season. And they will fall flat, because nothing turns out as expected in the NFL. There just aren’t any sure things anymore.
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EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW
Policy gives smokers little consideration Ban gives little indication as to what smokers can do in transition Whether you like it or not, as of Monday the university became tobacco free. The university has options for people looking to quit and has made nontobacco users responsible for keeping their campus tobacco free by selfpolicing. But what about the users that don’t plan to quit? Currently, UTA is a smoker-unfriendly university. UTA should do more to help smokers during the transition to a tobacco-free campus, especially as more students, faculty and staff return for the fall semester. The situation is only viewed at the extremes, with hopes that tobacco users quit. The only suggestion in the university’s tobacco-free policy is to smoke off campus or in a personal automobile, with the windows up. That
policy isn’t reasonable, especially for smokers, because it’s asking smokers to lock themselves in a smoke box. The rationale behind the ban is to create a healthy environment, but smoking in one’s car is a hazardous suggestion. A study from researchers at Stanford University shows an increased intake of secondhand-smoke particles from being inside an automobile while someone smokes. By smoking in an automobile with the windows rolled up, smokers are exposed to highly condensed first- and second-hand smoke. The university should give as many options to smokers as they have to nonsmokers by informing the university community about what property is officially off campus, and therefore not under the tobacco ban. Tobacco users may wonder if sidewalks along public
roads are public or university property. At least for the beginning of the semester, community members should be informed about what options they have. Other than the signs on building entrances mentioning UTA’s tobaccofree status, there aren’t any informative signs or posters. The ashtrays around campus are gone, but there’s no indication of where smokers can go. Taking away ashtrays on campus doesn’t make the transition easier for smokers, it’s only taking away smokers’s opportunity to properly dispose of cigarettes. As the fall semester begins, the university should work with smokers rather than just saying no. — The Shorthorn editorial board
YOUR VIEW
Media hype distorts truth
The Shorthorn: Rebecca Stephens
Religion and culture are not to blame for terrorist attacks On July 22, news outlets were flooded by reports of terrorist attacks in Oslo, Norway. About a week later, they were flooded again by news of an AWOL U.S. soldier arrested in Texas in connection with a terrorist plot on Fort Hood. Ninety-two people died in the Oslo attacks, most at an island youth camp shooting and the rest at a government building. It’s impossible to say how many could have died in an attack on Fort Hood. What do these events have in common? Both were, or would have been, the actions of sick and demented men, but the Oslo attacks have a factor not “commonly” seen around the world: Norway suspects the attacks were executed by a man they call Anti-Muslim and a Christian extremist. A fact that was only marginally reported on and is often overlooked when establishing his motive in the media. The soldier arrested in suspicion of a terrorist plot was a Muslim. This fact was made widely known, along with his AWOL status. Almost immediately, comments on news stories about this issue called for a ban on Muslims serving in the U.S. Military or even worse, suggesting that Islam no longer
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be allowed in America. I know that will never happen. Our First
ALI AMIR MUSTANSIR Mustansir is a journalism and political science senior and guest columnist for The Shorthorn. Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com. Amendment protects us from that sort of tyranny. However, media headlines and news stories are becoming less and less neutral in regard to alleged terrorists. A headline can suggest a bias in the story. Regularly pointing out the religious persuasions of an individual who is under suspicion, not conviction, is irresponsible.
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In these situations, the individual is denied their right to a fair trial and are instead tried in the media. These days, everyone with access to the Internet has a platform to blast incorrect information to hundreds of thousands of individuals. Chain emails keep false information alive and start conflicts that are easily disproved. Think about what started the “birther” movement; someone running their mouth on an “issue” followed by a chain email. The basic truth is criminals, murderers and terrorists should be judged by their actions, not their faith. It doesn’t matter if the accused terrorist in Oslo was a Christian or if the suspected potential terrorist in Texas was Muslim. If they did what they are accused of, they are sick, and not likely considered religious by people of their own “faith.” I do not and will not condone terrorist actions, and I fully support the full extent of punishment for AWOL soldiers, but we as a people must stop looking at religious or cultural influences as a cause for suspicion. Instead, we should look at the merits of people different from ourselves or risk becoming another generation of Ku Klux Nazi’s.
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Obama reaches debt compromise We’ve got to do everything in our power to put America back to work, said Obama. The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — With scant time to spare, President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday to avoid an unprecedented national default that he said would have devastated the U.S. economy. But the truce with Republicans that defused the crisis seemed to be fading already. Wall Street crumpled, dismayed by reports of new economic weakness and unimpressed by Congress’ prescription. The Dow Jones industrial average sank by 266 points, its eighth straight losing session, and biggest. The compromise deal to persuade GOP lawmakers to raise the federal debt limit, U.S. borrowing was to collide with it at midnight, will cut federal spending by $2.1 trillion or more over the next decade. But Obama immediately challenged Republicans to accept higher taxes on the wealthy in a second round of deficit cuts this fall. They adamantly refused to accept that idea during the past months’ dispute. A stern-faced Obama said at the White House that action to raise the debt limit had been essential, but
College Park garage vs. other CamPus Parking Part of the College Park garage will have 1,089 spaces open on Aug. 22 Other parking lots on campus Lot 33 – 1,072 spots for students (7 of those are handicap spots) Lot 49 – 1,487 spots for students* Lot 50 – 1,286 spots for students* * Spaces as of December 2010/ Latest numbers available according to University Parking Services Source: University Parking Services
more, and different, steps were badly needed. “We’ve got to do everything in our power to grow this economy and put America back to work,” the president said, arguing forcefully for including revenue increases as well as spending cuts in the next round of efforts to trim huge government deficits. It was the same call the GOP successfully resisted in the bill just approved, and there was little evidence of a change in position. “The American people agreed with us on the nature of the problem. They know the government didn’t accumulate $14.3 trillion in debt because it didn’t tax enough,” said the party’s leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Obama placed his signature on bill in the privacy of the Oval Office less than two hours after a bipartisan 74-26 vote in the Senate. The House approved the measure Monday night on a 269-161 roll call that also reached across party lines. The bill allows a quick $900 billion increase in borrowing authority as well as a first installment on spending cuts amounting to $917 billion spanning a decade. Without legislation in place by day’s end, the Treasury would have been unable to pay all the nation’s
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ulty and staff also will have access to 529 spots in the northern portion of the garage during the week and 279 spaces on Sundays. The number of parking spaces on campus in December 2010 was 14,084. Enrollment between spring 2010 and spring 2011 shot up 17.3 percent to 33,788 students. Both factors increase the need for parking on campus. Facilities Management also expanded and added several small lots to increase total spaces by
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President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday in the White House Rose Garden after the Senate passed the debt ceiling legislation.
bills, leading to a potential default for the first time in history. Administration officials warned of disastrous consequences for an economy that shows fresh signs of weakness on a near-daily basis as it struggles to recover from the worst recession in decades. The White House and congressional leaders said legislation was important to reassure investors at home as well as overseas, and also to preserving the nation’s AAA credit
rating. Following passage of the debt deal, Moody’s Investors Service, one of the three main ratings agencies, said it was retaining its triple-A rating on U.S. bonds but with a negative outlook to show there is still a risk of a downgrade. The bill sets up a powerful 12-member committee of lawmakers with authority to recommend fresh deficit savings from every corner of the federal budget. Politically sensitive benefit pro-
grams such as Social Security and Medicare will be on the table as the panel of six Republicans and six Democrats works against a Thanksgiving deadline. Congress will have until Christmas to vote on the recommendations without the ability to make changes. As an incentive for Congress to act, failure to do so would trigger $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts, affecting the Pentagon as well as domestic programs.
300. Efforts by the university may lead to almost half of the university’s faculty and staff being provided parking at one time. “This should solve several problems,” Johnson said. The university is also using this as an opportunity to address another concern on campus: going green. The new parking facility will be fitted with 500-kilowatt solar panels. This move is expected to increase both the university’s “green” output and parking spaces. Funds for the panels were separate from the project’s main funding, Johnson said. The amount of $1,832,000 came from the State
Energy Conservation Office’s Distributed Renewable Technology grant. The funds from this grant come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The office awarded these funds in 2010 to various state organizations pledging to go “greener.” “The solar panels on the roof are exciting new technology for the university,” Johnson said. The press release from University Communications revealed the solar panels to be a part of a larger “carport-style photovoltaic energy system.” The carport will feature a free charging station for electric vehicles. When complete, the system
is expected to include more than 1,600 solar panels and offset up to 30 percent of the energy use of the College Park mixed-use facility. This system is set to be the largest of its kind in Texas. Finance junior Matthew Johnson said he agrees with the university’s approach to its parking problem. “I think they’re going down the right path, sticking with a parking garage over a parking lot,” he said. “What we need is a denser, tighter campus. We don’t want to be Texas Tech.” William Johnson news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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now that the nFL season is back what team will you be cheering for?
“What we make is entirely based on our mood. today, I am making poop.”
“I don’t really go for specific teams, I go for specific Ryan Wheat, players that business junior I like more. But if I had to choose a team I would probably go with the Cowboys because I live in Dallas. And I don’t feel like being hated on.”
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What are you doing to prepare for the upcoming semester? “Making sure my classes are in order and making sure all my books are ready. Nothing too spectacular, but just making sure I’m ready.” now that the nFL season is back, what team will you be cheering for? “I really have to go for the Saints because Ashley Stevenson, the rest of history senior my family is from there, and they kind of did that huge comeback like last year. And that was pretty bada--.” What are you doing to prepare for the upcoming semester? The Shorthorn: Aisha Butt
“I have six months off then I’m shooting for the archival and research graduate program or graduate certification here at UTA.”
Biology senior Cristy Kha paints a piece of poop she created out of oven-bake clay Friday evening at her sister’s house. Cristy and Cindy Kha’s older sister allows them to have a room in her house to work in.
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cindy Kha and cristy Kha make jewelry for profit in their business and relationship BY BIANCA MONTES The Shorthorn senior staff
Upstairs in their oldest sister’s house, two sisters diligently form jewelry charms from a lump of oven-bake clay. The second-floor bedroom is dimly lit and empty except for a small table in the center of the room. each sister is focused on the art she constructs, and the room is practically silent. The only conversation was when biology senior cristy Kha took one last look at her creation, passed it over to her sister and said, “Put this in the oven for me.”
Her sister, cindy Kha, looked up from her work for a few seconds, put the finished mold into the oven and returned to work. cristy Kha, 21, said this is how she and her 18-year-old sister, cindy Kha, bond. cindy Kha is a student at Tarrant county college. Typically, the two sisters did not interact when they were home together, cristy Kha said while engraving details into a piece of work with an X-acto knife. During the school year, both sisters have heavy course loads and said it is hard to find time
to keep a strong connection. Through jewelry making, the two sisters have developed a hobby to help create a solid relationship. Their mother, Dan Kha, said seeing her two daughters living together and not getting along was hard for her. “If you live together and don’t get along, that’s bad,” she said. Their mother said it has been good to see her daughters spend more time with each other. “Making clay things puts us at the same table and we
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From the moment The Wood Brothers duo from Boulder, colo., echoes from the speakers, it’s easy to not fall in love with their sound. Initially it seems the band is heavily dependent on inspiration from other artists and not bringing anything new to the table. However, fast-forward past the horrible introduction in Smoke Ring Halo, and the blend of the siblings’ voice gives a unique twist to naturalborn harmonies. The album is filled with some hits and misses, but even during its worst moments, the underlying foundation of the musicians shines bright and provides a little bit of everything when it comes to Americana, a mixture of roots music made up of American culture. Although the brothers were both in the same state, each ended up in separate regions of the country later in life. Oliver Wood moved to Atlanta and developed his southern flavor while his brother, chris Wood, moved to upstate new York. Taking inspiration from both backgrounds, the funky harmonies created will inspire feet to tap
just make stuff,” cindy Kha said. “Sometimes in silence. Sometimes we talk.” In the beginning, both sisters said they did not plan for their artwork to be anything more than a temporary solution for being “broke” while in high school. cristy Kha said making jewelry, at first, was to provide christmas gifts for her friends. The first year the girls made small plushies, or small stuffed animals, for friends. Today, the material used to make the clay creations costs less than $20, $6 for a lump of clay and prices ranging from $2-$3 for accessories. Although the activity has become profitable for the sisters, creating a sense of community inside the home has been the most beneficial. “When we sit down and make jewelry, it forces us to talk more because silence is awkward,” cindy Kha said. “We just talk about how our day was or what happened during the day.” She said small conversation helps open the door for the girls to find a common ground, “next thing you know, we are bouncing ideas off of each other.” The two girls sometimes spend hours creating jewelry. A single creation can take moments to create or a whole day depending on the difficulty. When they are trying to create a new object, cristy Kha said the creation is a lot of “hit and miss.” She said she can spend an hour trying to replicate an object only to end up squashing it in her hand. creating their signature pieces, which include sushi, lollipops and the most popular, a poop and toilet paper duo, range in time and difficulty to create.
cristy Kha can roll out several pieces of poop, while her sister will spend over an hour perfecting a piece of sushi. “What we make is entirely based on our mood,” cristy Kha said as she rolled a piece of clay between her palms. “Today, I am making poop.” The sisters giggled. cristy Kha said the poop is actually meant to be a term of endearment. The initial idea came from hearing a friend call her boyfriend “pooh face.” After placing the miniature dropping into the oven, she began its counterpart, a roll of toilet paper. each finished roll has a personalized note at the end. “It is pretty random,” cristy Kha said. “The first note I ever wrote was ‘I love you.’ ” Their obscure jewelry has been a big hit at animation festivals, she said. This summer, they sold out of everything they made for the animation convention A-Kon in Dallas. They spent 12 hours a day for a month creating that merchandise. However, cristy Kha said the best part about making the charms is simply spending time with her sister. “I get to know more about what happens in her life and she gets to know more about mine,” she said. Before, the sisters knew little about each other’s personal lives, but spending hours together creating jewelry has led the two into deep conversations. As cristy Kha shaped her final charm of the day, she said, “Just having her sit here with me is helpful.” Knowing she has someone to share her passion with helps bond the two sisters, cristy Kha said. “I love doing this and I love sharing it with her.” BIANCA MONTES features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
The Wood Brothers fuses regional sounds, from folk music to blues and rock and fingers to snap to the Americana rhythms created by the duo. Simply said, this band needs time to grow on you. Though the album does go on to progress well with its sound, initially it begins with two less-than-desirable tracks. Both introductory songs do very little to justify a second listen to the album. The first song on the album, “Mary Anna,” plays like a bad version of a Bob Dylan cover. Though it is unknown if the ground-breaking artist is an inspiration to the band, there are definitely elements of Dylan in the music, and they are not complimentary. The song is followed by a funky jazz opening, “Shoofly Pie,” which is equally as disappointing as the album opener. everything in this song is wrong, from the boring guitars to the repetitive drumming. The two songs provide about eight minutes of wasted time. However, if the listener manages to make it past the openers, he or she is in for a pleasant surprise. “Pay Attention,” the third song on the album, screams down-home
America, fishing at the lake and late night drives in a chevy. From the moment the harmonica rings in your ears, pictures of country boys dancing in blue jeans fill the mind. The vocals on this selection are slow and drawn-out and melt into the simple instrumentation behind them. This is straight-up feel-good music. each song on the album provides new elements which give a pleasant surprise. The progression from “Pay Attention” to its next song, “Stumbled In,” is one of the most surprising on the album. “Pay Attention” has slow crooning vocals set against a soft background and “Stumbled In” incorporates a sexy “honky tonk” vibe found in the South. Smoke Ring Halo has deep country roots and blends blues, folk and rock music in a seamless style. It’s refreshing to hear the multiple regions blend in the band’s music. From one song to the other, the listener will hear sounds inspired by a little country, a little jazz and a whole lot of funk. BIANCA MONTES features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Kim Tran, alumna and bartender, serves beer at Old School Pizza and Suds on Tuesday afternoon. With the growth of local businesses, more job opportunities have opened up for the downtown Arlington community.
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Fox said. Fox serves on the Downtown Arlington Management Corporation. She said one of the goals of the group is to attract more businesses to downtown Arlington. “We want UTA students to stay in Arlington to shop, dine and just hang out with friends,” she said. According to a 2010 College Explorer Study, college students have an annual spending amount of $19,367 per student, $4,367 of that is discretionary. Multiply the discretionary amount by the study’s estimated 6,554 students that live on or near the UTA campus, and $28,621,318 is what students could be contributing to the growth of Arlington’s college town. “I don’t think people think of this area as much of a college town,
but I think it’s cool that with all the construction and renovations, and new restaurants and stuff, this area is becoming more of a college town,” advertising senior Wesley Albaugh said. “It makes it more of a fun environment and cool to go to school here.” Also, student housing is being absorbed as soon as it becomes available, with approximately 1,500 additional beds being added to the market before 2013, said Andrea Roy, City of Arlington’s economic development specialist. “The additional on-campus student population will result in additional demand for retail goods and services available for downtown Arlington merchants to capitalize on,” Roy said. But the growth in the college social life won’t bring only business to the table. For Gardner, part of the opportunity is about putting UTA students in positions to find opportunities for themselves as servers at the burger shop.
“You’re in front of people who own businesses, you’re in front of people that have opportunities for you. And that’s why I wanted the opportunity to take care of someone who’s kind of just getting started, who’s going to be graduating from school and looking for opportunities,” Gardner said. With the new and established college-oriented restaurants like Old School or Fuzzy’s, North Arlington residents Kathy Black and Judy Riedt said they’re happy to see UTA becoming more than a commuter school. Neither are UTA alumni. “I have no complaints. I’m glad to see that UTA is expanding more and has a little more of a social life to it,” Black said while at lunch at Fuzzy’s on Friday. “I’m tickled that all these are coming in.” “We need more restaurants like this,” Riedt added. shelly Williams news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
after the asteroid impact, the world stage was cleared for other life forms to adapt to this basically empty world,” Main said. “Mammals took over at that point. The Mesozoic is the age of reptiles, and the Cenozoic is the age of mammals for that very reason.” Main also said searching for mammal fossils is very different from digging for dinosaur bones. “People, like Geb, who work with mammals, have a different skill set from the dinosaurs,” he said. “They’re hard to find because they’re so small.” While most paleontologists who work in the Cretaceous are looking for big dinosaurs, fewer scientists work with the remains of ancient mammals, Main said. “You see the massive dinosaur excavations, but this is a different type of work,” he said. Main said he had previously suspected such mammals existed at the site. “[The site] was once a peat bed from the ancient swamps of the Cretaceous,” he said. “There should be all the animals you’d expect from a swamp. Not just the crocodiles and dinosaurs.” Discovering mammal teeth and bones is much more time consuming than finding the remains of larger animals, such as dinosaurs and crocodiles, Main said. First, sediment is collected and sorted into buckets according to where they were found in the site. Then, they are carried down a steep hill to a nearby creek. “We bring them down here [to the creek] and pour water in them and let them soak,” Main said. Then the sediment is screen washed and broken down into smaller particles of sediment. Screen washing is a very important part of the process, Main said. “We’ve been doing screen washing for the past two years now, and gradually we’ve been putting more emphasis on it,” he said. While screen washing isn’t necessary to discover larger fossils and teeth, it’s necessary to find remains of ancient mammals, said Bennett, paleontology curator at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum in Winchester, Va. “Some of the really rare things you don’t find unless you screen wash the sediment,” Bennett said.
Many volunteers, like Melissa Rozakis, help by screen washing sediment. Last Friday was Rozakis’s first time to screen wash in the creek. “Honestly, this is so zenlike for me,” Rozakis said. “I’m a Yankee, so this summer heat in Texas has been pretty rough on me. But this is great because it’s in the shade, I get to play in the water and the mud. This is like going to a spa for me.” Main said even after the sediment has been screen washed, no one can tell whether a fossil or tooth is present. “To us, what looks like a fleck could be a tooth,” Main said. After the sediment has been screen washed, it is taken back up the hill and spread out on a blue tarp to dry in the sun. “We take this back to UTA and spend hours looking at all these little pieces under a microscope,” Main said. Each specimen that Main and his team screen wash can be a tooth or a vertebra, he said. “We look at that through microscopes in the lab, which can take hours and months,” Main said. “Gradually, we find little fossils that we don’t see when we’re out there digging by hand. It’s a lot of work for one little tooth.” Usually, all that’s found of these mammals are teeth because teeth are the hardest, most structurally-preserved part of any animal, Main said. “If the teeth are tumbled around in a stream or eroded, it holds up much better than regular bone,” Bennett said. Main said he plans to publish a paper on the mammal tooth. “We just discovered it not too long ago, so we’ve got to study it and figure out exactly what it is,” he said. “If we’ve got a different tooth from a new animal, that in itself is probably one paper, just one little tooth.” Although mammal bones can prove difficult to find, Main said the discovery of the tooth gives him a reason to search for more. “We’ve got one tooth and we’re looking for more,” he said. “I think it’s possible to find some of the bones, but it’s a long shot.” Main said he’s not sure people will realize the impact of one of his most recent finds. “I don’t know if people will realize how big of a deal it is,” he said. “It’s a big discovery for a very small fossil.” Christian Keitt news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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