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By Johnathan SilverThe Shorthorn assistant news editor

During a candidate forum Wednesday, Student Governance candidates made a final collective effort to rally votes. Campus elec-tions are next week on April 19 and 20.

Candidates for Student Congress president and vice president, and candidates for Mr. and Ms. UTA, were all asked different predeter-mined questions. The floor was open to attendees to ask questions shortly after. Carter Bedford, Student

Governance and Organiza-tions associate director, me-diated the forum.

SC program director Aaron Resendez said that as SC president, he wants Stu-dent Con-gress to be more visible.

“We are here to serve the 29,000 students who go to school here,” he said.

Science senator Brian Ravkind, also running for president, said he would lend an ear to all student grievances.

“I want to make your wildest dreams come true,” he said.

Bedford asked Resendez that since UTA is often used as an early voting site, how can student government in-crease student-voter turn-out for public and on-cam-

pus elections.Resendez

said Student C o n g r e s s created an external rela-tions division of the student

governing body to combat such issues. He said as pres-ident, he would utilize such offices to get UTA students to express opinions about on- and off- campus issues.

Bedford asked Ravkind, an SC presidential candi-date, what are the expecta-

tions of a student leader, and how would he meet them.

“It requires that you can unite the student body and get them interested enough to take action,” Ravkind said.

Some attendees took ad-vantage of the 30 seats set up for viewers and listen-ers while others stood and chanted for their favorite contenders. But Ravkind took notice to the majority of the audience being stu-dents already involved with student activities.

Bedford set the ground rules for what would be ap-propriate questions. Ref-erencing a candidates’ per-

Candidates square offStudent Governance

Student leadership candidates address questions at forum.

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By rachel SnyderThe Shorthorn staff

Students joined the hunt and scouted the various housing options at the 2010 Housing Fair.

The second annual fair was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Uni-versity Center Palo Duro Lounge to help students get information on hous-ing options near campus. New this year was the theme, a jungle hunt.

Many booths were decorated in bright col-ors and makeshift straw in keeping with the theme.

The fair also featured student discounts on move-in and rent costs

at apartments and draw-ings for items such as a TV and iPod Touch.

Mike Love, The Short-horn student advertising manager, organized the event and said there were 33 exhibitors, including apartment complexes, hotels and an insurance company. The fair had less exhibitors than last year’s 38 but had about the same amount of visi-tors, around 2,000.

Biology junior Aji Jaiteh said she came to the fair to look at apart-ment options for the fall semester.

She said proximity to the campus is the de-ciding factor since she doesn’t drive.

I n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y studies junior Alesia

Students hunt for housing

Student life

The Housing Fair brought less vendors, but same number of visitors.

The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley

Jorge G. Castañeda, global distinguished politics professor at New York University, spoke Wednesday in the Central Library on how immigration issues have gone on for the last 100 years but still remain a secondary issue in the United States and Mexico. Castañeda served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from 2000 to 2003 and is a prolific political writer with an interest in U.S.-Mexican relations.

By alySia r. BrookSThe Shorthorn staff

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Jorge G. Castañeda said the U.S. and Mexico need to work together to solve the problems caused in both countries by illegal immigra-tion.

His lecture Wednesday night in the Central Library sixth floor parlor covered the history of Mexican im-migration into the United States, how it has and has not changed over the

years and how both countries need to enact mutually beneficial reforms.

“We are one of the most diverse universities in the nation,” President James Spaniolo said. “At UT Arling-ton, diversity is not a tagline, it is a reality. That’s complimented by spe-cial programs like this.”

Castañeda’s talk, “Ex Mex: Mi-grants to Immigrants” was the Center for Mexican American Studies’ 2010 Distinguished Lecture. The center chose to have him speak because of

his numerous credentials and his ex-perience with the immigration issue in both the U.S. and Mexico.

“It is a rare and precious oppor-tunity to have such a distinguished speaker here,” said center director Susan G. Baker.

Castañeda said immigration from Mexico into the U.S. is nothing new, and for many years it was the policy of both nations to simply look the other way.

CampUseleCtioNsThis story is one in many covering

student governance elections, which take place April 19-20.

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Civil engineering freshman erica Hinojosa talks to a Wells Fargo representative about its accounts during the 2010 Housing Fair Wednesday afternoon in the Palo Duro Lounge.

By John hardenThe Shorthorn senior staff

Tonight the MavsACT program will host the Beer Goggle Bo-nanza, giving participants a chance to expe-rience drunken driving and bowling with-out taking a sip of alcohol.

The Mavs-ACT program is hosting the event to dem-onstrate the dangers of motor skills while intoxi-cated. The event is co-sponsored by the Leader-ship Center, Health Ser-vices and the Counseling Services office.

Excessive alcohol use is the third leading lifestyle-related cause

of death in the U.S., ac-cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention Web site.

According to the site, excessive alcohol con-sumption contributes to more than 4,600 deaths

among youth under 21 in the United States each year.

With the use of specialized goggles that simulate the ef-fects of intoxi-cation, daily ac-tivities become more difficult, said Loretta Pequeno-Grif-fin, Leadership

Center assistant director. “The goggles are de-

signed to illustrate the dangers of drinking while driving,” she said. “We’ll have booths set up in the Rosebud Theatre where everyone can find out all

MavsACT to host awareness event

health

Beer Goggle Bonanza will have goggles to simulate drunken driving.

when and whereWhen: 7 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Today Where: Rosebud TheatreContact: Candice Freeman, 817-272-9220

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Castañeda spoke to a full house on Wednesday in the Central Library sixth floor parlor then fielded questions from students and the media.

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Sharing a Border, Sharing interests

Guest speaker said U.S. and Mexico need to collaborate to solve mutual issues.

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PersonavaCation by Thea Blesener

Yesterday’s main photo of the 2010 Busi-ness Week Executive Dinner misrepre-sented Bruce Tanner, Lockheed Martin Corp. chief executive officer. The person in the photo was Craig Happel, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics deputy to the vice president of business ventures.

Wednesday’s teaser should have said “Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.”

Wednesday’s headline “UTA receives grant for solar panels” should have said “UTA to receive grant for solar panels.”

Wednesday’s story “Bookstore employee arrested for theft,” should have said the arrest was in connection to theft.

In Wednesday’s theft story, UTA Book-store director Bill Coulter said “It’s something you always look for. For the same reason you lock your apartment door or your car.”

Wednesday’s story “Assembly helps UTA conform to state laws,” should have said the university is aiming to meet state guidelines.

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Tuesday

Vehicle TowA student’s vehicle at 9:34 a.m. was towed from a reserved space at Faculty Lot 7, which is located next to the nanofab center, on 500 Cooper St. The case was cleared. Injured Person Medical AssistAn officer participated at 12:24 p.m. in a medical assist of a student at Preston Hall on 604 Second St. The case was cleared. Theftofficers investigated at 2:05 p.m. a

report of a theft that occurred at the Continuing Education and Workforce Development Center on 140 Mitchell St. A staff member advised that a desktop monitor was taken without consent. The case is active. Criminal Trespassofficers were dispatched at 6:53 p.m. to investigate a suspicious per-son at the Central Library on 702 Planetarium Place. The nonstudent was arrested for violating an active campus-wide criminal trespass warn-ing. He was transported to Arlington Police Department Jail and issued another criminal trespass warning. The case was cleared. Theftofficers responded at 10:56 p.m. to a report of theft at Lot 47, which is lo-cated south of the Business Building,

on 800 oak St. A student reported that her vehicle’s rear license plate was stolen. The case is active. Wednesday

Disturbanceofficers were dispatched at 12:04 a.m. on a report of a loud noise disturbance at the Garden Club apartments on 312 UTA Blvd. officers made contact with a student having a birthday party. The student was warned to keep the noise down due to complaints. The case was cleared.

by william johnsonThe Shorthorn staff

University dietitian Brie Woods broke down the effectiveness of organically grown foods Tuesday at the Maverick Activities Center.

“The average household will spend $500 more per year,” she said, regarding costs for eating completely organic. “$700 for fam-ilies in Texas.”

The session explored the pos-sibility of the nation and the world turning solely to organic foods. The nation as a whole, she said, could turn to organic foods. The problem with globalization of the concept is cost. Organic foods re-quire more labor to maintain, as they have less protection from the elements and natural predators.

Woods revealed the real differ-ence between organically grown, pesticide-free food and regular-ly treated foods that advertisers

aren’t required to mention. She also explained the regulations on the use of the terms organic and natural foods.

The use of the word “natural” when adver-tising food isn’t regulat-ed. The reason, she said, is because everything from food to clothing is made naturally. The term “organic,” howev-er, is strictly regulated. For a food to be fully organic, all of the ingre-dients have to be absent of any pesticides and growth hormones. To be referred to as simply organic, 95 percent of the ingredients must be organically grown, and for the title “Made with organic ingredients,” 70 percent of the ingredients must be organic, with strict regulations on the other

30 percent, along with containing no Genetically Modified Organ-isms.

By the end of her presentation, Woods left the choice to the audience. She con-cluded that organically grown food costs more, are not visually appeal-ing and give the same nutritional value. These are the same foods people are eating now without the pesticides and hormones, Woods said.

Education junior Sarah Powell said she came to the session to help herself make a de-

cision on organic foods.“I have a better idea of what to

do for myself,” she said. Powell, a client of Woods, said

she is now considering the advan-

tages of turning to organic foods.After the presentation, Woods

answered questions over the ef-fectiveness of vitamin supplements and pills versus gummy and liquid vitamins and the weight loss prop-erties of calcium in milk.

Kinesiology senior Mary Wiley said she was impressed with the information Woods presented.

“It was nice to hear a profes-sional’s point of view,” she said. “Not somebody trying to sell you something.”

Woods is available to all stu-dents, faculty and staff for con-sultation on a number of topics including weight management, sports nutrition and nutritional values of foods and supplements.

“People ask, ‘Is organic the way to go,’ ” she said. “Maybe.”

william johnsonnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

organic vs. natural Dietitian outlines pros and cons of organic food use.

The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard

Sports dietitian Brie Woods answers questions about organic food Wednesday afternoon in the Maverick Activities Center.

“It was nice to hear a professional’s point of view, not somebody trying to sell you something.”

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By Clint UtleyThe Shorthorn staff

Las Vegas, Nev., is an un-likely destination for NBA hopefuls, but Marquez Haynes knows why he needs to go there.

The Maverick guard plans to head to Sin City at the end of this week to train at Impact Basketball, one of the pre-miere performance training and skill development facili-ties in the nation.

Joe Abunassar, founder and president of the facility, has trained many star basket-ball players, including Orlan-

do Magic guard Vince Carter, Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett, Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups, To-ronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh and Boston Celt-ics guard Paul Pierce.

Haynes said his reason for going to Im-pact prior to this sum-mer’s draft is to stay in top physical shape, as well as sharpening his skills with other NBA hopefuls.

Haynes recently took part in the Ports-mouth Invitational Tournament in Ports-mouth, Va. He aver-aged 10 points per game in three games while playing alongside and against the top seniors in the country.

“I played average, so-so,”

Haynes said of his perfor-mance at the invitational. “I got better as the tournament went along. I got more com-fortable with the other play-

ers.”He said under-

standing how to perform with limit-ed minutes was the biggest adjustment he had to make while at Ports-mouth. He added that the camp wasn’t necessarily a tournament to see who had the best team, but to see who could stay fo-

cused while playing sporadic minutes.

Haynes recently hired an agent, Justin Zanik, to repre-sent him throughout the draft

process.Zanik is vice president of

ASM Sports, a sports manage-ment agency based in Tenafly, N.J. Zanik represents Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea, Portland Trail Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez and Okla-homa City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, among others.

The reason Haynes is at-tending the Impact facil-ity in Las Vegas is to be in a controlled environment with other players that share the same vision: playing in the NBA, Zanik said. He noted that the players focus solely on basketball and are in the gym six to eight hours a day.

“It’s close to the strip, but these guys are too tired to go out after working out all day,” he said, admitting that the fa-cility is in the same vicinity of

the more popular area of Las Vegas.

Zanik said there has been interest from around the league in relation to Haynes, but nothing can be considered concrete this early.

He added that NBA per-sonnel grades players on a number of criteria. College career, pure athleticism, per-sonal team interviews and workouts, performance at the Portsmouth Invitational and what role a player can fill in-stantly all factor into the selec-tion process.

Haynes is entering into what could be the most im-portant part of his NBA quest, and he seems fully equipped to handle the challenge.

Clint Utleysports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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TalkMarquez Haynes goes to VegasMen’s BasketBall

The senior guard will train at Impact Basketball to prepare for NBA draft season.

Marquez Haynes, Maverick guard

By travis DetherageThe Shorthorn staff

Five Movin’ Mavs play-ers have been recognized for post-season honors after a third place finish in the 2010 National Wheelchair Basketball Association Inter-collegiate Division National Championship.

For the second consecu-tive year, senior forward David Wilkes was named first team All-American in the Intercollegiate Division for wheelchair basketball.

Senior captain James Patin earned second team All-American.

Freshman guard John McPhail and freshman for-ward Aaron Patterson were named to the All-Freshman team.

Tim Caldwell was named to the Academic All-America team.

Wilkes had a strong show-ing throughout the season and in the NWBA Intercol-legiate Division tournament. Wilkes had a combined 51 points in the tournament and only sat out three min-utes during the three games combined at the NWBA tournament.

McPhail was inserted in the starting roll midway through the season and was highlighted by the gamewin-ning shot against Edinboro University in the Illinois tournament. In the NWBA tournament, McPhail aver-aged 10 points per game.

In his first year playing for the Movin’ Mavs, Patterson

averaged 12 points per game in the NWBA tournament. During two games in the Missouri tournament, Pat-terson had a combined 22 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists. Patterson also had 18 first-half points against Mis-souri. Garner said Patterson brings intensity to the team.

“Coming in as a freshman, you don’t know what to ex-pect, but he is getting more comfortable with the guys and they are getting more comfortable with him.” Gar-ner said.

Patin averaged 15 points in the NWBA tournament and in his last game, Patin had 15 points against Ala-bama to end his career play-ing for the Movin’ Mavs.

Caldwell, who is co-captain of the team, is also the Graduate Student Sen-ate president. Garner said Caldwell reflects a great stu-dent-athlete on and off the court.

“Off the court, Tim is a great reflection of a student athlete at UTA,” Garner said. “He is on the president’s round table and he repre-sents the university at the board of regents, he is the definition of what a student-athlete should be and that’s the academics, basketball, the community service and being involved on campus, and on the court he is a posi-tive influence toward the team.”

travis Detheragesports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

5 Movin’ Mavs earn honors after season

WheelChair BasketBall

The Mavericks dropped the second game of the midweek se-ries against the Baylor University Bears Wednesday night in Waco, losing 18-8.

The Bears posted 12 runs between the third and fourth innings to elimi-nate the Maver-icks 5-1 lead.

Junior short-stop Jesse Payne posted half of the Mavericks eight hits on the night, going 4-for-5 with two doubles and three runs in the game.

Not one of the four Maverick pitchers al-lowed fewer than four runs in the game, and

every single Bear in the starting lineup recorded a hit.

Junior outfielder Mi-chael Choice hit his 12th home run of the sea-son in his first at-bat, launch-ing a 1-2 pitch over the left c e n t e r - f i e l d wall.

Choice now has 30 home runs in his ca-reer, putting him only one homer shy of Matt Mize’s school record of

31, set in 1998-99. The loss drops the

Mavericks to and 15-19 overall.

— Sam Morton

Pitching misses in Baylor lossBaseBall

Courtsey: The Baylor Lariat, Matthew Hellman

Pitcher Josh Christenson throws during Wednesday’s game agaisnt Baylor at Baylor Ballpark. The Maver-icks lost 18-8, dropping them 15-19 overall.

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“the bulls have disre-spected Vinny Del Negro. the report came out [earlier] this year that they have fired Vinny but couldn’t find a replace-ment, and the bulls didn’t say anything about it. that’s just bull.”

Charles Barkley, turner network television commentator and former nBa player

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2Number of times sophomore

Mindaugas Celedinas has been selected as Southland

Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week.

golf

Mavs clench first tourney of the season

The golf team won their first tournament of the season at the Jim West Intercollegiate Invita-tional in Victoria, Texas.

The Mavericks scored a 22-shot victory and finished with a 13-under par score of 851. Head coach Jay Rees has now won his ninth tournament and the 22-stroke victory was the fourth largest in school history.

“It was a great win, a great record-setting win,” Rees said. “We have 10 more days to get ready for the Southland Confer-ence tournament. It was good to have six guys finish in the top 10 and have Easton win the tourna-ment.”

After the first day of the tour-nament, the Mavericks finished in first place.

Senior Bryce Easton won his first tournament of his collegiate career by shooting a seven-under par score of 209. During the final round of the tournament, Easton shot three-under 69, which is what he finished with on the first day of the tournament.

This is the second time this season that a Maverick golfer won a tournament, junior Zack Fischer previously won first place in the Southland Conference Invi-tational November 3.

Out of the five Mavericks competing, four of them finished in the top 10. Senior Bobby Massa finished in a tie for second place as he shot a two-under par 214. Fischer ended the final round scoring one-under 215 to finish fourth. Junior Wes Worster shot a three-over 219 to tie for ninth.

Next up for the Mavericks is the Southland Conference Cham-pionships on April 26-28 at the Carter Plantation in Springfield, La.

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sonal life would have been deemed inappropriate, he said before the forum.

Questions that addressed issues beyond the scope of Student Governance were not answered. Tier One questions fell into that cat-egory.

Another student asked how the presidential candi-dates feel about the tobacco ban set for August 2011.

Resendez said Student Congress supported in a previous session to enforce the current policy, which prohibits tobacco usage within 50 feet of any build-ings and facilities. He said it was more of an administra-tive question, for which the university president’s office should be consulted.

Ravkind said he didn’t want the ban repealed be-cause he sympathizes with nonsmokers. He would rather see designated smok-ing areas in less populated areas on campus.

He said his only problem was the university pushed for the ban because it was a choice based on health.

Ravkind launched a campaign in October 2009 to ban fast food on campus. During the forum, he said it was a satire campaign in response to the tobacco ban being proposed.

“The administration is telling us that they’re ban-ning tobacco on campus for

our health,” he said. “Re-cently, Arlington, Texas was named the No. 1 most obese city in the United States. And last time I checked, we were not the most cancer-infested.”

Some attendees seized the opportunity to pro-mote themselves for Stu-dent Congress seats they are pursuing. Bedford asked the audience to take notice of others campaigning, who weren’t on stage.

Ravkind said just be-cause more “average” stu-dents weren’t around, it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be consulted in the student political process.

“Your average students are too preoccupied with grades to follow protocol, but should their voices not be heard,” he said. “I don’t think so.”

From the back of the gathered crowd, former SC presidential candidate El-eanor Khonje asked the cur-rent presidential candidates what research have they done from other institu-tions on best practices for addressing students’ con-cerns.

Resendez said he has in-vestigated ways for senators to conduct research when they review resolutions.

“I believe that doing our basic resolution research depends on a case-to-case basis,” he said.

Ravkind said one must understand that each col-lege has different situations.

“UT-Austin – their Stu-dent Congress is amazing,” he said. “Also, they get a lot of more funding than we do.”

Some candidates were asked questions about Mav-erick pride and spirit on campus.

Ms. UTA candidate Nikki Boyd said she has leadership experience and wants to give the UTA Am-bassadors program more visibility, thorough student involvement and activities.

Ms. UTA candidate Miri-am Zehaie said she has pas-sion for the ambassadors and wants to move it for-ward with more input from other students and mem-bers of the campus com-munity.

Ms. UTA candidate Mag-gie Garza said she repre-sents many aspects of the university community since she has a hand in multiple organizations on campus. She said instead of just hav-ing more visibility, the am-bassador program should emanate a presence.

SC recording secretary Annie Liu, running unop-posed for SC vice president,

said students and faculty should work together to achieve goals of the uni-versity.

“We’re all chasing the same thing, but we’re work-ing separately,” she said. “So I would like us to combine forces so that we can push to Tier One together.”

Sole Mr. UTA candidate Ricky Irving said he would like to increase student in-volvement on campus. He said he wants students to lose the notion that UTA is a commuter school.

Johnathan Silver

news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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He said immigration into the U.S. from Mexico has and will continue in spite of the political or eco-nomic situation in either country. The real question is whether this immigra-tion is deemed legal by both nations, he said.

Castañeda said what both countries need is com-prehensive reform of immi-gration policy.

He said the key com-ponents of this reform are amnesty for the illegal im-

migrants already in the U.S., setting up a better system for incoming im-migrants, and after these are in place, implementing strong sanctions on em-ployers and workers who violate the new system.

Castañeda said because of the economic and geo-graphic ties that the U.S. and Canada have with Mex-ico, they should make de-veloping Mexico a priority in order to create a better economic unit.

He said that if measures are not taken soon to enact comprehensive immigra-tion reform, a great oppor-tunity will be lost for both

the U.S. and Mexico, and relations will not improve between the two countries. He said if both countries are willing to work together to enact and enforce im-migration reform, everyone will benefit in the long run.

“I was really intrigued by the different aspects of it that I had never thought of before,” said English junior Serena Ramsey. “I wonder if the politicians have con-sidered these things.”

alySia r. BrookSnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Ministercontinued from page 1

Warner said she is looking for another apartment be-fore her current lease is up in October.

Warner said she found an apartment less expensive than her current residence.

“It’s helpful to have them all here instead of having to drive to all the different apartment complexes,” she said.

Northwood Place apart-ments were featured in the fair for the first time this year.

Northwood Place assis-tant manager Vicki Lamb said the fair provided good contacts and information about the properties to students, and she said she plans to come to next year’s fair.

“It was great, I thought we had a lot of really good traffic and met a lot of really good people,” she said.

Leasing consultant Mel-anie McMaster said Spring-field Crossing Apartments attended last year’s housing fair and had a good turnout of students as a result.

Love said apartments made up a majority of the booths at the fair.

He said the event was started last year to give stu-dents an easier way to find a place to live and plans to continue it next year.

“It’s extremely helpful to

be able communicate one-on-one with apartment complexes,” Love said. “It’s also a time saver, you can visit 30 apartments in an hour when it would nor-

mally take a day to drive to each one.”

rachel Snydernews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Housingcontinued from page 1

the candidateSThe following candidates participated in the forum:

Student Congress program director Aaron Resendez, SC presidential candidate

the information they want on alcohol awareness.”

Another activity is beer goggle Barbie, which will further illustrate the loss of motor skills when a person is drunk, Pequeno-Griffin said.

Business junior Ryan Davis said he will attend the event because he wants to gain a new perspective on the dangers of drunken driving.

“I’ve never been drunk,” he said. “We’re always told what the dangers of drunk driving are, but I think the event is a better way to clearly illustrate what we

have been taught in school.”Davis said he has friends

who drink and who believe they’ll never become anoth-er drunken driving statistic.

“Some people think they’re immune to the ef-fects of alcohol,” he said. “Hopefully, some of those people and my friends will attend the event and gain some sense.”

Pequeno-Griffin said or-ganizers want to give out as much information as pos-sible.

“Drunk driving is one of the leading causes of death in college age students,” she said. “And educating every-one on the dangers can help reverse the trend.”

John harden news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Beercontinued from page 1

The Shorthorn: Will LaVoncher

Criminal justice freshman Kendra Potts receives information about an apartment while she also has her 2010 Housing Fair scavenger hunt card filled out. The fair was sponsored by The Shorthorn and gave stu-dents the chance to see housing options they have in the area.

Students planning to live on campus over the summer have until April 16 to apply for housing.

According to the Housing Department’s Web site, the only residence halls that will be open during the summer sessions are Kalpana Chaw-la Hall and Lipscomb North Hall. Students can choose between double and private regular rooms in KC Hall or a double in Lipscomb North.

Those interested can apply at the Housing depart-ment’s Web site.

KC Hall resident assistant Alexa Alarcon lived on cam-pus last summer and said liv-ing on campus is beneficial to

students who sometimes lose momentum over the summer while waiting for school to start in the fall.

“Summer classes keep you in the groove of your academics,” she said. “Tak-ing summer classes keeps you motivated to keep your grades up.”

The small number of

people on campus over the summer can help students get closer to one another, she said.

“It’s such a small commu-nity of people who stay over the summer,” she said. “So you can make some really tight friends.”

— Lorraine Frajkor

Students have until April 16 to apply for summer housing

reSident life

2009 Summer rental rateS Summer One Summer Two Eleven WeekKC Hall Double Regular $ 405.00 $ 405.00 $ 810.00Private Regular $ 485.00 $ 485.00 $ 970.00Lipscomb North Double $ 360.00 $ 360.00 $ 720.00

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experience Patricia Galloway, Peg-

asus-Global Holdings CEO, speaks Wednes-

day in Nedderman Hall about the importance

of life experience outside the classroom

and how engineers can impact public policy in

a global infrastructure. Galloway was also the first female president of the American Soci-ety of Civil Engineers.

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Science senator Brian Ravkind, SC presidential candidate

Recording secretary Annie Liu, SC vice presidential candidate

Ricky Irving, Mr. UTA candidate

Nikki Boyd, Ms. UTA candidate

Miriam Zehaie, Ms. UTA candidate

Maggie Garza, Ms. UTA candidate

Read their platform statements at

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DR. RUTH Q: Do you think people’s views or attitudes toward sex change signifi cantly after college? And, if so, why?

A: College is a unique time in the lives of students, es-pecially if they live on campus. For the vast majority, this is the fi rst time they are without parental su-pervision, and they are in a place fi lled with other young people and may have lots of free time on their hands. These circum-stances make it easier to, shall we say, play the fi eld. After they graduate, and they’re working full time and taking on all sorts of responsibilities, it’s just so much simpler to have one partner, not to mention that young ladies begin to hear their biological clock ticking. And so, yes, as college students en-ter the real world, their attitudes toward sex are likely to change over time.

Q: How does explicit pornog-raphy factor into a sexual rela-tionship? Does it do more dam-age than good? How can you

use it, and when does it go wrong?

A: While I hesitate to use the word “addic-tion” when it comes to pornography, because it’s not actually a phys-ical addiction, there are people who, once they start to view por-nography, cannot stop themselves, and it can ruin a sexual relation-ship. So, while there are plenty of people who can drink alco-hol and never have a problem with it (other

than the occasional hangover), alcohol can ruin the lives of people who are alcoholics, and the same is true of pornography. The fact that pornography is so readily available on the Internet these days has aggravated the situation, and the truth is, we need to tell young people, espe-cially young men, that looking at pornography does pose some potential risks.

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