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ThursdaySeptember 30, 2010
Volume 92, No. 21www.theshorthorn.com
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BY SARAH LUTZThe Shorthorn senior staff
Tuesday’s events at UT-Austin and the Texas Legislature around the cor-
ner could be the catalyst the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus orga-nization needs to get started, interdis-ciplinary studies junior Kenny Jacobs said.
Jacobs said the group has always been around, but couldn’t make the jump to an official organization. He said the group still needs an adviser
before it can become a university-rec-ognized organization.
Jacobs traveled to Austin in 2009 to lobby for the legislation to allow concealed carry of handguns on col-lege campuses. The bill in the Texas Senate passed but did not make it to the Texas House. He said if it comes up with the Legislature again, it will pass.
“The Speaker of the House was against it,” he said. “So by the power that he had available to him it never got sent to the floor for a vote.”
Jacobs said the events in Austin, though different than the one at Vir-ginia Tech in 2007 where 32 people died, reaffirms his stance on concealed carry on campuses.
“It just proves the point that if someone decided they want to bring a gun on campus, they’re going to whether the law says that they can or they can’t,” he said.
But to industrial engineering fresh-man Harrison Armstrong Tuesday’s
Shooting re-energizes gun debateSAFETY
Proponents of conceal carry on campus say latest incident strengthens their case.
DEBATE continues on page 4
BY TAYLOR CAMMACKThe Shorthorn staff
While the Fall Concert was still in the planning stage, the “up-and-coming” performing artist was touted as “pretty hot right now,” by Mike Taddesse, Greek Life and University Events assistant director.
It turns out, he has a couple No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. The hip-hop artist B.o.B, whose real name is Bobby Ray Simmons, will headline this year’s Fall Con-cert.
The concert, hosted by Stu-dent Affairs, University Events and EXCEL Campus Activities is slated for Oct. 18 in Texas Hall. There will be approximately 2,600 tickets available.
“Nothin’ on You,” the artist’s debut
B.o.B to performon campus
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Tickets to see the up-and-coming hip-hop artist perform at Texas Hall in October go on sale Friday online at www.utatickets.com.
CONCERT continues on page 5
BY BRIANNA FITZGERALDThe Shorthorn staff
Broadcast journalism sophomore Sakeia Anderson likes to eat – a lot.
Or at least Patricia does. Patricia was a Nigerian char-acter portrayed by Anderson in a skit put on by the Af-rican Student Organization Wednesday night.
The setting was a scene at a restaurant where Anderson shows up late for a date, and finds her date flirting with the waitress. The skit was de-signed to show the stereotypes of a Nigerian woman’s temper as Anderson began to order food for numerous other men in her life.
The skit was a part of the African Student Organiza-tion “Date An African” event, designed to discuss dating and relationships in African-Ameri-can culture and address the ste-reotypes between blacks from Africa and blacks from America.
The event featured a question-and-answer seg-ment, a skit performed by the ASO drama department and a mock version of “The Dat-ing Game,” in which an eli-gible bachelor or bachelorette chooses an anonymous date based on a series of questions.
The event drew in about 70 people, ASO programs officer Tesia Kwarteng said.
A judging panel was pre-sented before the crowd, answering questions about African culture. The relation-
Group hostsAfrican loveconnection
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
African student group members turned into love gurus Wednesday.
DATE continues on page 4
BY NATALIA CONTRERASThe Shorthorn staff
Businesses will pitch in to bring life and an economic boost to downtown Arlington that will complement UTA’s development plan, which includes Col-lege Park and the Special Events Cen-ter.
Arlington City Council approved the Downtown Business Improvement District tax, which will provide addi-tional resources to continue the devel-opment of areas within the boundar-ies of Cooper and Collins streets and North and Second streets.
The Downtown Arlington Manage-ment Corporation proposed the new district tax, which was approved Tues-day. Property owners will pay an extra property tax for up to five years, said Downtown Arlington Management
Corp. Ken Devero, interim president and chief executive.
Devero said UTA has always been an important part of the project and the university’s support is an impor-tant asset.
“UTA is already a supporter of the downtown management corpo-ration,” he said. “They provide some funds in assisting this organization, always been a big supporter and will
Arlington City Council approves downtown improvement tax
ARLINGTON
The changes proposed by one group could bring more life into the city and near campus.
CITY continues on page 4
BY AMANDA GONZALEZThe Shorthorn staff
A 22.5 percent increase in the number of women on campus has widened the gap between the number of women and men at UTA.
Women make up 55 percent of the student population creating the big-gest separation among women and men in the last five years.
In fall 2009, there were 14,893 women and 13,192 men on campus,
now there are 18,248 women and 14,680 men.
“One of the explanations is that as the college going population tips toward greater minority population, among minority populations women have a greater likelihood of going to college than the males,” Dale Wasson senior associate vice president and special assistant to the president said.
Wasson said a shift to more women can be seen because of the na-
tional population that is growing, too. “As we look at the demographics
in the state of Texas and all over the southwest and the south, I think we’ll see more of that,” he said.
Wasson said gender is not a con-tributing factor in admission stan-dards because it is illegal for the uni-versity to accept or reject a student based on gender.
WOMEN continues on page 5
DETAILSTickets will go on sale Friday at www.utatickets.com. Stu-dent tickets are $12, faculty and staff are $15 and general public tickets are $25.
Gender gap
Women take fi rst in enrollment with 22.5 percent increase since fall 2009
SOCIAL WORK
NURSINGEDUCATION
ENGINEERING
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and college in 2009.MAJOR DIFFERENCES
The enrollment difference between men and
women in the thousands from 2009 to 2010
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Like he never leftFormer Maverick Mark Lowe returns strong to the Texas Rangers after injury. SPORTS | PAGE 6
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Meet and greet McNair scholars at open house
The McNair Scholars program will start its annual recruitment and open house starting at 11:30 p.m. on Friday in Ransom Hall Room 202.
The program helps soph-omores and up learn about and prepare for graduate school.
McNair Scholars director Joan Reinhardt said the ap-
plication can be down-loaded from the McNair Scholars website or picked up from Ransom Hall Room 202 start-ing Friday. The open house will be from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Reinhardt said students
also can meet current Mc-Nair scholars at the event.
“Our students are our best representatives,” she said.
Reinhardt said the other groups located in University College have assisted in get-ting the word out on their recruitment this year.
She said there are always 30 students in the program so they typically recruit about 12 students each year to replace the students who graduated.
The program includes free tutoring, free tran-scripts, free Graduate Record Examination prepa-ration classes and an oppor-tunity for juniors and seniors to do a research project over the summer with a faculty mentor and a $3,000 stipend.
Applicants must be first generation college students and have a low family in-come or be of a race that is underrepresented in graduate schools which in-cludes African American or Hispanic. Students also must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.9.
— Rachel Snyder
BY ALLEN BALDWINThe Shorthorn staff
Race relations and poverty may be dreary topics, but a student and professor are trying to bring them to light.
Sociology assistant professor Jason Shelton is one of four faculty members in the Liberal Arts department to re-ceive a Smotherman Award, an award given to Liberal Arts faculty members who are helping students work on in-teresting projects, Shelton said.
Other award winners are art as-sistant professor Seiji Ikeda, Librar-ies Dean Gerald Saxon and Natalie Gaupp, theater arts assistant profes-sor.
Shelton helped sociology senior Faye Hanson with her survey of UTA students examining the links between
race and poverty. Hanson said she told students that were taking the survey that it was about opportunity, poverty and work ethic.
Shelton said he was approached by Hanson for help with her project.
“I helped Faye because I knew I wouldn’t have to pull her along. She’s internally motivated,” he said. “If it was most other students, I wouldn’t do it.”
Hanson is part of the McNair Scholars program, which works with 30 students every year, said Joan Re-inhardt, McNair Scholars program di-rector. Reinhardt said often times, the McNair scholar’s research continues on after the summer, as Hanson’s has.
Hanson said she became interested in working with Shelton after attend-ing his class.
“He’s a dynamic speaker and he’s not afraid to talk about hot-button topics,” Hanson said. “My research itself is fairly controversial.”
Shelton said he read Hanson’s
writings and gave her critiques to help her present the best project she could.
“He was very generous with his time and patience,” Hanson said. “He was able to tweak the path a little if I needed to go down a different one in order to find more relevant work for my research.”
Shelton, who began teaching at UTA in 2008, said he was honored to receive the award.
“What professor doesn’t want to be recognized for his teaching efforts?” he said. “This Smotherman Award is a sign things are going well.”
Shelton said he only received this award because of Hanson, and that he was committed to working with her until the project was finished.
“He said he wouldn’t be getting this award if it weren’t for me,” Han-son said. “But make no mistake, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for him.”
ALLEN [email protected]
Professor recognized for involvement in student’s race, poverty project
LIBERAL ARTS
Jason Shelton contributed hisexpertise by helping a senior survey UTA students.
WHEN AND WHEREWhen: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday
Where: Ransom Hall Room 202
The Shorthorn: Jazzmyne Greer
LITTLE DISTRACTIONSPsychology freshman Guillermo Foster begins to fly a miniature helicopter after trying to repair it Tuesday in Bowling and Billiards. He said he likes to fix things like this helicopter, and later a laptop, to get his mind off studying.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 Page 3THE SHORTHORN
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
STEP UPFrom front to back, education junior Miriam Zehaie, finance junior Brittani Turner and Spanish senior Taylor Hewitt strut Wednesday on the University Center mall. Multiple Greek organizations strutted to promote the fourth annual Greek Step Show at 7 p.m. Friday in Rosebud The-atre.
BY ASHLEY BRADLEYThe Shorthorn staff
Education junior Catherine Ellis said she has seen a change in her classroom sizes.
Ellis said her foundations of early edu-cation class has had a hard time locating a permanent room to house the number of students in the class.
“My 4318 [foundations of early educa-tion] class has been in about three differ-ent classrooms,” she said.
The College of Education and Health Professions has seen a 47 percent en-rollment increase since the fall of 2009. Though the growth is predominately in the master’s program, the undergraduate program has seen growth as well.
The master’s program rose from 664 students in fall 2009 to 1,501 students this semester, and the undergraduate pro-gram rose from 1,508 students in fall 2009 to 1,701 in fall 2010.
John Buckwalter, research and gradu-ate studies associate dean and kinesiology professor, said he is happy with the jumps in enrollment at both the undergraduate and master’s levels, explaining them as “healthy.”
“I like that they are both growing,” he said. “It tells you we are serving all com-ponents of the university.”
He said the reason for the large enroll-ment jump in the master’s program is because the classes are mainly online.
“The program has roughly doubled at the masters level,” he said. “You’ve got a trend there that has to do with the implementation of online classes.” John Smith, curriculum and instruction chair-man, said other than changing classrooms
and hoping there are enough desks for students, professors are challenged with using different techniques when teaching.
“More people are getting into the pro-gram and faculty are having to adjust teaching styles based off their larger class-room sizes,” he said.
Ellis said another course she is taking has no empty seats, every single desk is filled. She said her professor thought they were going to have to change classrooms.
Education senior Blanca Olmos said the first day of her bilingual education class was overcrowded.
“They had to separate my 3381 [bi-lingual education] class into two sec-tions because there were more than 60 students,” education senior Blanca Olmos said. “Other lecture classes are normally big, but not classes like that.”
ASHLEY [email protected]
As desks fi ll, some students are forced to change classrooms
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Professors may have to switch up their teaching techniques due to enrollment increase.
WORLD VIEW
A ribbon which banned the ac-cess to the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower was evacuated after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat from a telephone booth.
EPA, Exxon settle hazardous waste case
New Jersey student secretly taped, by roommate, having sex kills himself
Terrorist plot prompts drones
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HOUSTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Exxon-Mobil have settled allegations that the Irving, Texas-based oil giant had illegally stored 1 billion gallons of hazardous waste at a Texas facility.
The EPA announced Wednesday that ExxonMobil will invest more than $150 million to close the impoundments and dispose of the waste stored at Agrifos Fertilizer in Pasadena, about 15 miles southeast of Houston. Agrifos Fertilizer bought the 509-acre site from ExxonMobil in 1998. The site includes a mineral process facil-ity that ExxonMobil must clean up.
The EPA says such facilities generate more toxic and hazardous waste than any other industry. If not properly managed, they can be harmful to human health and the environment.
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — A New Jersey college student jumped to his death off the George Washington Bridge a day after authorities say two classmates surreptitiously recorded him having sex with a man in his dorm room and broadcasted it over the Internet.
ABC News and The Star-Ledger of Newark reported that Clem-enti left on his Facebook page on Sept. 22 a note that read: “Jump-ing off the gw bridge sorry.” On Wednesday, his Facebook page was accessible only to friends.
Tyler Clementi’s driver’s license and Rutgers University ID were found in a wallet left on the bridge on Sept. 22 after two witnesses saw someone jump from the structure, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Two Rutgers freshmen have been charged with illegally taping the 18-year-old Clementi having sex and broadcasting the images via an Internet chat program.
Collecting or viewing sexual images without consent is a fourth-degree crime. Transmitting them is a third-degree crime.
LONDON — Security officials said Wednesday a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that recent CIA strikes in Pakistan were aimed at al-Qaida opera-tives suspected in the threat. The plot was still in its early stages and not considered serious enough to raise the terror threat level, officials said. Still, the Eiffel Tower in Paris was briefly evacuated Tuesday — the second time in two weeks because of an un-specified threat — and French police were on alert.
— The Associated Press
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ships between Africans and African-Americans and the pressure of friends and family in relationships and sex. After the judges gave their input, the crowd got involved and served their own opinions.
When presented with the ques-tion on whether sex makes or breaks a relationship, political science junior Priscillah Kapten said anything ac-cidental can happen in a relationship and could prevent a couple from hav-ing sex.
“If your significant other were in some type of accident, and couldn’t physically have sex, would you still want to be with them?” Kapten said.
During the dating game, biology se-nior Tolu Mudasiru asked three anon-ymous men random questions. The winner, philosophy senior Reginald Davis, won Mudasiru over by making her a promise she couldn’t refuse.
When Mudasiru asked Davis how he would describe himself in one word, he answered with “blessed.”
“Because that’s how you’ll feel when I’m done with you,” Davis said.
Laughs were drawn from the crowd throughout the entire event. Biology senior Elshaddai Tesfaye said the presentation was entertaining, and the turnout was greater than before.
”My favorite part was the skit,” Tesfaye said. “The drama department worked really hard on it.”
Brianna [email protected]
Datecontinued from page 1
continue to support the down-town area.”
Amy Schultz, communica-tions and community relations associate vice president, said the creation of the improve-ment district in Arlington will have a positive impact on UTA students, staff, faculty and the thousands of guests that come to the campus every year.
“It will create a stable fund source for improvements to downtown Arlington which will, in turn, increase the number of reasons for peo-ple to visit downtown,” she said.
More than 500 proper-ties within the district will be billed on their property’s assessed value for five years starting in January. This plan is expected to generate about $145,000 in its first year and $218,000 per year for the next
four years towards the Down-town Arlington Management Corporation.
“We had been working on this for nine months. We had a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the property owners around the district and we sent a request to city council,” Devero said. “This is of great benefit. It will market downtown and bring more life and activity to the downtown area.”
The resources will be used towards economic develop-ment, marketing operations, beautification projects and se-curity of the downtown area, he said.
John Hall, administration and campus operations vice president, said creating a vi-brant downtown district will complement the university’s development plans, including College Park and the Special Events Center a $160 million development project on the east side of campus.
“The university was in-
volved in the formation of the master plan for downtown Ar-lington, as well as, the design standards for the downtown district. UTA has also assisted in the recruitment of other businesses to the downtown district,” Hall said.
Some students would take advantage of the improve-ments to the downtown area by sticking to hanging out in Arlington rather than going else where for entertain-ment.
DeAndra Moore, psychol-ogy freshman and Arlington Hall resident, said she usually goes towards the Addison area to hang out.
“[The Downtown Business Improvement District] would benefit the students by giv-ing them more things to do and more places to go,” Moore said. “If they bring more stores and businesses to Arlington, I would probably stay over here more.”
Schultz said the timing of the Downtown Business Im-provement District couldn’t be better for UTA and the Arling-ton community.
“The recently revitalized Center Street corridor has cre-ated a natural gateway into the heart of downtown Arlington and to the University’s College Park district,” she said.
natalia [email protected]
Citycontinued from page 1
ProPosed PuBliC imProvements• A marketing and promotion program to increase awareness of
the downtown area. • Capital improvements to the streets such as landscaping, signs
and banners. • Advocacy and assistance in obtaining grants or other special
funding to make improvements.
Estimated cost of improvements• The estimated cost of improvements provided by the district
over the initial five-year term is approximately $1,007,383.
The Shorthorn: Michael Minasi
From the left, biology junior Anita Smith, broadcast sophomore Sakeia Anderson, biology senior Elshaddai Tesfaye and biology junior Hameed Bello play a dating game during “Date An African” Wednesday night in the University Center Concho Room. The game entailed the lone player asking three other contestants a series of questions without any visual contact and then picking their date from the three contestants.
event reinforced his belief that firearms should not be allowed on campus.
“We all get angry at some point,” he said.Armstrong said he did not like the idea of a
hot-headed person with a concealed weapon. He would also worry about a gun being left unattended somewhere, he said.
Electrical engineering junior Clayton Smith attends UTA and TCC, where he leads the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus or-ganization. He said he expects the organization to participate in the Empty Holster protest in April, a national event where students wear empty gun holsters signifying their lack of defense, and other events during key periods during the legislative session.
“This issue was an issue at every legislative session,” Smith said.
Broadcast senior Patrick Modrovsky said he joined Concealed Carry on Campus last spring because he thinks it is becoming evident that
people are needing to protect themselves in places they may have never thought of.
“This is not something that I saw myself supporting even as a Republican say five years ago,” he said. “It just seems like every time you turn around, there’s something else like this.”
He said since the idea is frightening, he ex-pects increased interest in the issue.
“That’s a freaking assault rifle here,” he said. “It just scares me that somebody can walk on campus.”
Fine arts freshman Dylan Paul said guns on campuses wouldn’t make them safer.
“I think that’s kind of crazy,” he said. “That’s just asking for a body count.”
The UT-Austin Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, Texas Federalist Society, Libertarian Longhorns and UT Objectivism society had sponsored author and Second Amendment scholar John Lott to give a lecture Tuesday night. His speech, “More Guns, Less Crime,” was moved to an off-campus location , according to the Daily Texan.
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Debatecontinued from page 1
“I don’t think someone needs a weapon, especially one as dangerous as a knife or a gun to protect them-selves.”
Erica Llaca, software engineering junior
students’ reaCtion to the question:
“I guess if they’ve done it the legal way, then it’s their right. On the other hand, you never know who might pass the background check.”
Juan Najera, electrical engineering senior
“People who are going to use them aren’t concealing them. If they are going to use it, they won’t be carrying it for days on end. So I guess yes, I think they should be allowed. I think it
evens the playing field.”
Kenneth Ponitz Jr., kinesiology junior
“You don’t know what they are going to do with the weap-on. It’s not safe.”
Chalita Towong, biology senior
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By Edna HortonThe Shorthorn staff
Health Services rounded up students for their open house Wednesday, in an ef-fort to promote services like immunizations at the health center.
Staff informed students of the center’s offerings while dressed in cowboy hats, boots and vests for the western theme event. Bales of hay, paper saloon doors and bags of fake gold decorated the facility.
Country music played in the background and students were given first-aid kits and free snacks.
Adrian Rodriguez, im-munization clinic admin-istration assistant, said the immunization clinic offers immunizations to students without an appointment and is open during regular Health Center hours and closed from noon - 1 p.m. for lunch.
He said the clinic offers a variety of immunizations,
including meningitis, hep-atitis-B and flu vaccines. He said the immunizations have different prices, and they are offered to all regis-tered students, faculty and
staff.Mental health center di-
rector Marie Bannister said the center offers screenings for mental disorders, evalua-tions, verbal therapies and if needed, medication.
Bannister said the cen-ter offers outreach with the
counseling office at Univer-sity College and free mind-ful moments stress relief ses-sions.
Assistant chief pharma-cist Mary Boateng, and chief pharmacist Jane Gartenhaus,
let students know they can get their prescriptions filled at the pharmacy that have been prescribed at the health center or from outside the university.
Students walking past the center were greeted by phi-losophy and biology junior Martin Obinyan, who wore a cowboy hat and plastic hand-cuffs on his belt loop.
“It’s open house, we’re all dressed like cowboys,” he shouted as students walked past.
Each center was renamed to reflect the western theme. The lobby was renamed the Maverick Express, the phar-macy was the general store, the women’s center was the saloon and the mental health center the OK corral.
Psychology junior Asha Jassani decided to come and take the tour, so she could see what different kinds of ser-vices the center has to offer.
“It’s really convenient they are there,” she said. “You can come in, make an appointment, and get the help you need.”
Edna [email protected]
Western-themed open house promotes wellness
HEaltH
The health center offersservices like immunizations and mental health care.
HEaltH CEntEr• Open from 8:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m. Monday-Friday• Urgent care, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday• Immunization clinic, 8:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed 12-1 p.m. for lunch
single reached No. 1 on both U.S. and U.K. charts in May. B.o.B.’s second single “Air-planes,” featuring Paramore’s Hayley Wil-liams, climbed to No. 1 in the U.K and No. 2 on U.S. Billboard charts.
Taddesse’s hopes for the concert to pack out Texas Hall might bear fruit, as students expressed excitement about B.o.B and sur-prise at the caliber of the artist performing.
“I can’t wait to see him,” business man-agement junior Mieattra Lloyd said. “How did they get B.o.B.?”
Nursing junior Abumere Imoukhuede said it’s awesome that B.o.B will perform.
“With all the hype with his new album, it’s really cool that he’s coming,” Imoukhuede said.
Also performing is Capitol Record’s Cali Swag District, whose single “Teach Me How to Dougie” reached No. 1 after 6 weeks on Billboard charts.
EXCEL and Student Congress members weighed in on the decision of selecting the artists for the Fall Concert.
Maroon 5 performed last year. The sales were comparable to Rihanna’s ticket sales three years ago, which sold out in two weeks.
Previous performers include, Ludacris and Lupe Fiasco in 2006 and 2008, respec-tively.
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“As a public institution, we are not al-lowed to discriminate on the bases of gen-der or ethnicity,” he said. “This is the context in which we are working in and which most of higher education is working in.”
He said the female population being higher than men is a national phenomenon.
“It is not as significant here as it is in other places that are running 60 to 65 per-cent [of women enrolled],” Wasson said.
UT-San Antonio and UT-El Paso have also had more women enroll than men in the last five years.
University spokeswoman Kristin Sul-livan said the competitive world market is driving many woman to attend school.
She said many more women realize they need a college degree to enter the job mar-ket.
Biology sophomore Ryan Martin said he
has noticed in his classes there are usually more women than men.
“[Women] are more willing to pur-sue a higher education than men are,” Martin said. “Women — they have that drive, I guess. They really want to go the distance.”
He said other than in the classroom he doesn’t notice that women outnumber men.
Undeclared business freshman Tierra McCaster said it depends where a student is on campus to see that there is a gap between women and men.
“In [Arlington Hall], I see more girls not guys,” McCaster said. “It’s just different places where you would notice it.”
Wasson said he expects the rise in the number of women at UTA to continue to increase over time.
“I don’t know what the natural balance will be ultimately but this is not the first we’ve seen of this trend,” he said.
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An hour after the texas rangers beat the seattle Mariners 6-5 on Wednesday, pitching coach Mike Maddux strode across the clubhouse to stand next to Mark Lowe.
He wanted to stand next to his new pitcher before he answered questions.
“Well, number one, he needs to shave,” Maddux said with a smile.
It was a light moment indeed after Lowe, making his first appearance since May, played a key role in a come-back win to end a two-game skid.
“It was a lot of fun. It’s good to be back out there,” said Lowe, a former UtA star. “I’ve worked hard to get back this year and it was well worth it.”
Lowe had back surgery in June, but showed no ill effects in his one inning of work. Lowe said he felt no discom-fort while retiring three of the four hitters he faced, in-cluding two set down on strikes.
“I thought he looked pretty good,” Maddux said. “It’s been a long time since he’s been on a major league mound. I was very happy with what we saw.”
Manager ron Washing-ton said Lowe’s health was his foremost concern.
“the most important thing is that he walked off the mound healthy,” Washington said.
With the rangers trail-ing 5-2, Lowe needed only 13 pitches to get through a scoreless eighth inning, set-ting up a game-tying rally in the bottom of the frame.
Lowe consistently hit 94 to 96 mph with his fastball,
firing 10 of his 13 pitches for strikes.
“His command was bet-ter than I expected,” Maddux said.
After striking out Chris Woodward, Lowe faced the top of the seattle lineup. Ich-iro suzuki grounded out on one pitch to second baseman Ian Kinsler, Chone Figgins singled and then Lowe fanned Franklin Gutierrez to end the inning. “His ball was mov-ing, he had guys off-balance,
and he faced the top of their order, too,” outfielder Jeff Francoeur said. “It wasn’t like he faced some [minor league] call-ups.”
Lowe, who pitched at UtA from 2002-04, has a career record of 5-15 with a 3.95 ErA since breaking into the majors with seattle in 2006. He
came to the rangers as part of the Cliff Lee trade in July.
“I don’t know how we were able to pull that off to get him over here in that trade, but it’s pretty impressive,” Kinsler said.
Lowe gives the rangers another power right-hand-er in the absence of injured
setup man Frank Francis-co, who will not be available for the American League Division series. Wash-ington said Lowe will make two additional appearances in
the team’s final four games, after which a decision will be made about the playoff roster.
“Just to get out there was good enough for me,” Lowe said. “All I can do is control what I can control, and give it my best shot.”
When Maddux was asked if Lowe’s stuff could help the team in the playoffs, he didn’t have to think twice.
“Absolutely,” he said.
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Former Maverick vies for playoff spot
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Mark Lowe strikes out two Mariners in first action since May 2.
By matt SneeDSpecial to The Shorthorn
thirty-one players were in uniform of the first day of baseball practice last spring for the Mavericks. For six of those men, it would be their last first day of practice for UtA. Just four months later, Michael Choice, Logan Bawcom, rett Varner and Jason Mitchell, would begin to live their dream and enter into professional baseball.
Four of UtA’s baseball players last year were drafted in the first 17 rounds of the 2010 MLB First Year player Draft held in June. It was a record for UtA to have that many players drafted that high, including a first-rounder in Choice.
But breaking into the major leagues is tough, if not one of the toughest things to do in professional sports, but can be very rewarding. the four players who were drafted out of UtA, signed approximately a collective $2.2 million. of that, $2 million came from Michael Choice’s first-round bonus.
Choice was sent to the oakland A’s short season affiliate, which is located in Vancouver. Choice finished the season bat-ting .284 for the Canadians, adding seven homers and 26 rBIs. He was also named the team’s offensive player of the Year in only 102 at-bats this past season. Choice was unavailable for comment.
the Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Logan Bawcom in the 17th round and he was sent to the ogden raptors in ogden, Utah.
“It’s pretty exciting to see your name on that contract that says ‘Los Angeles Dodg-ers,’” Bawcom said. “realizing that you are now a professional baseball player is really something special.”
Many of the players who sign on the dotted line know that signing the contract is not what’s important, it’s what they do after that really counts. Bawcom’s team was fortunate enough to win both the first and second half of its season.
“Winning the first half of the season and having a party in the locker room, shooting champagne was something that I will never forget,” Bawcom said. “After we won the second half, we were able to go to the playoffs. Being in a playoff atmosphere
with two to three thousand fans there every night was really cool.”
Bawcom fin-ished the season with a 3-1 re-cord with a 4.28 ErA in 27.1 in-nings pitched.
rett Varner, who was draft-ed by the Flor-ida Marlins in the sixth round, was sent to the team’s short-season affiliate, the Jamestown Jammers, lo-cated in James-town, pa. Varn-
er said one of his joys as a player is meeting his new teammates for the first time.
“Meeting all of your new teammates, who come from many walks of life, some of your players graduated from Ut-Austin or oklahoma,” Varner said. “And the facilities we use are actually a downgrade for them, but others who are just coming into the United states, their faces light up when
they see the equipment and their name on a locker.”
professional baseball is not always glam-orous. players often take long bus rides, some of which will last eight to 10 hours, and make about $1,100 a month in the lower lev-els of the minor
league system. After clubhouse fees and the money that teams takes out for living, players only take home about $500 a week.
Varner said it’s difficult for some players to realize that the team they play for also drafted and signed 35 other guys. they
aren’t the only guy the organization has high hopes for.
“A lot of the guys that play pro ball come from teams where they were glorified,” Varner said. “Coming here is a new thing where everyone starts fresh. some can’t handle it. For others, it’s a good thing and being in this atmosphere actually helps and motivates you.”
Varner finished his season with a 4-1 record with a 2.14 ErA in 46.1 innings pitched for the Jammers.
Jason Mitchell was drafted in the 15th round by the Kansas City royals and spent his first professional season pitching for the Idaho Falls Chukars. He shared the same opinion as Varner.
“the biggest difference between college and professional baseball was that in col-lege, when someone messes up, practice slows down and we all have to get it right as a team and then you move on,” Mitchell
said. “In profes-sional baseball, you have to learn from oth-ers’ mistakes, and you better figure it out and catch up.”
Mitchell fin-ished his season 1-2 with a 5.48 ErA in 23 in-nings pitched for the Chukars.
the former Mavericks know they have a diffi-cult road ahead,
loaded with opportunities for failure.there are 750 players playing in the
major leagues and more than 1,500 play-ers are drafted every year, and that doesn’t include international signings.
“Even though we get paid to play the game now, you have to remember, it’s still the same game, it’s just baseball,” Mitchell said.
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the long journey aheadFour Maverick draftees take the next step on the road to the show.
Courtesy photo:: Renee Heacock
Former Maverick Michael Choice (right) signs autographs after a Vancouver Canadians game this summer. Choice was named the Canadians Of-fensive Player of the Year after posting a .284/.388/.627 slash line with seven home runs and 26 RBIs in 27 games.
Logan BawcomOgden Raptors (R)
W-L: 3-1 ERA: 4.28IP: 27.1 Opp. BA: .294SO: 29 BB: 7
Rett VarnerJamestown Jammers (A)
W-L: 4-1 ERA: 2.14IP: 46.1 Opp. BA: .230SO: 33 BB: 14
After last weekend’s road win against texas A&M-Cor-pus Christi, the Mavericks hope to continue that suc-cess with two road match-ups against Lamar (6-8, 2-1) and McNeese state (6-10, 1-2) this weekend.
Against McNeese in Lake Charles, La. on thursday, look for the Mavericks to try and take advantage of flaws in the Cowboys defense. McNeese ranks dead last in opponent hitting percentage with a .249 average, while the southland Conference average is .191.
they’re also second-to-last in blocks, so hitters Amanda Aguilera and Bi-anca sauls will be key.
“Getting our serving solid and working on their offen-sive schemes are some things we are focusing on in prac-tice for these two games,” head coach Diane seymour said.
the game on saturday has two of the top block-ing teams in the conference with the Mavericks against the Lamar Cardinals at Mc-Donald Gym. the Mavericks rank No. 1 in the southland with 2.36 blocks per set, which is 62nd in the NCAA while Lamar is third in the southland with 2.13 blocks.
Lamar defensively is also fourth in holding opponents hitting to .176, and they also bring in blocker Jayme Ba-zile, who ranks first in the conference in blocks with 69.
“It helped we got our first road win at the beginning of conference, unlike last sea-son,” Aguilera said.
You can follow the games on the game tracker on the UtA Athletic site, under the volleyball section. thurs-day’s game starts at 7 p.m.
— Jesse Detienne
VolleyBall
Team hopes to keep winning on the road
lowe’S highIn 2009 Lowe finished third in the American League in appear-ances (75) and fourth in holds (26).
Mark Lowe, Rangers player and alumnus
Jason MitchellIdaho Falls Chukars (A)
W-L: 1-2 ERA: 5.48IP: 23.0 Opp. BA: .302SO: 19 BB: 13