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BY AMANDA GONZALEZThe Shorthorn staff
Move-in into the Engineering Re-search Building will begin Dec. 6
and completed before the first day of classes for the spring semester.
Construction on the ERB, a $126 million and 234,000 square-foot fa-cility, started in the summer of 2008.
The building will house class-rooms, labs, offices and conference rooms for the Colleges of Engineer-ing and Science.
“The move in to ERB is extremely complicated and is a monumental task,” institutional construction di-rector Bryan Sims said.
Construction won’t be complete until Thanksgiving and furniture for the building won’t be installed until mid to late December.
He said the move into the ERB
starts with faculty and staff members packing up all their equipment, then it’ll be moved to its new location by The Andrew Joseph Company, Inc. and finally the faculty and staff will unpack.
Sims said the move will happen in phases and at different times from Dec. 6 to Jan. 7.
From Jan. 10 to Jan. 14, the final unpacking and preparation of class-rooms, labs and offices will occur, he said.
Sims said 80 faculty and staff members and 333 graduate student assistants from eight buildings will
BY TAYLOR CAMMACKThe Shorthorn staff
Sitting alone in a common room on Arlington Hall’s first floor, Ben Foster is a one-man cheering section.
The TV is on, blaring a steady drone of commentary and crowd noise as the broadcast freshman watches the Texas Rangers face-off against the Tampa Bay Rays in the do-or-die Game 5 of the American League Division Series.
The Rangers have---- never advanced further than this series. The team’s last playoff berth in ‘99 ended with a dismal single win against the New York Yankees.
But as he fidgets with his Rangers cap, Foster feels that the drought has lifted.
“It gives fans hope. For 11 years now, they haven’t been here,” he said. “It’s taken a lot of non-believ-ers out, people who said, ‘the Rang-ers will always suck.’ Well, now they
Three-year project nears closeENGINEERING
The $126 million Engineering Research Building move-in will begin later in the semester.
UPDATE continues on page 7
The Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cliff Lee added another impressive line to his growing Octo-ber resume, putting the Texas Rangers on his back and carrying them into the American League Championship Series for the first time.
Lee tossed another postseason gem and Texas won a playoff series for the first time, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Tuesday night in a decisive Game 5 on the legs of some daring baserunning.
Lee struck out 11 in a six-hitter for his sec-ond win over Rays ace David Price in a series in which the road team won every game — a first in major league history.
“It was a lot of fun, I know that much,” Lee said. “We had our back against the wall
today and we came out and performed.”The Rangers will host the wild-card New
York Yankees in the opener of the best-of-seven ALCS on Friday night.
“They’re a great team and that’s why they are where they are,” Lee said. “They’re going to be a good challenge, just like these guys.”
Ian Kinsler hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning for Texas, which had been the only active major league franchise that hadn’t won a playoff series.
Lee improved to 6-0 with a 1.44 ERA and three complete games in seven career post-season starts, striking out 54 and walking six in 56 1-3 innings.
The left-hander, acquired from Seattle in July, threw 120 pitches and walked none. He
Lee pitches Rangers past Rays in Game 5
Fans celebrate the team’s fi rst
playoff series win
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Undeclared sophomore Mary Cooper, left, and visual communications sophomore Hillary Coleman, right, cheer in the University Center food court as the Texas Rangers win their first postseason series in team history Tuesday. The Rangers won 5-1.
BY BRIANNA FITZGERALDThe Shorthorn staff
Biology freshman Hannah Still wore headphones and had her eyes on the television screen while she walked steadily on a pink treadmill to raise money for breast cancer research.
Still is taking part in this year’s 2nd annual Pink Rib-bon Run, a breast cancer re-search fundraiser that allows participants to simultaneously
work out and raise money. The fundraiser is sponsored by fitness company Cybex International Inc.
Two pink treadmills are lo-cated in the Maverick Activi-ties Center. They are designated to raise money for the Breast
Students tread for cancer research
HEALTH
Cybex will donate 10 cents per mile completed on pink treadmills in the MAC.
PINK continues on page 6
BY WILLIAM JOHNSONThe Shorthorn senior staff
Jarrod Harris isn’t afraid to take a few steps away from po-litical correctness – or just com-pletely avoid it.
As the second performer in EXCEL’s One Mic Stand series, Harris joked about little people, ex-girlfriends and the eloquence of NASCAR fans to a room full of students. Harris, after 8 years in the business, isn’t afraid to speak
his mind.His tone took a cynical twist
when he shared the story of how he almost proposed to his then girlfriend.
He had saved up $1,300, he said. Then, Harris found a better deal.
“This motorcycle doesn’t have an opinion,” he said. “And I can ride it whenever I want.”
Nursing sophomore Ify Okonk-wo said she didn’t know what to expect when she arrived Tues-day evening. What she found, she said, was a comedian who spoke about what he knew.
“I’ve heard funnier comedians,
but he was still good,” Okonkwo said. “I liked him.”
Civil engineering sophomore Bradley Thomas said he enjoyed Harris’ impressions of two south-ern guys about to fight. He said Harris’ edgy content was a sur-prise to him, despite enjoying it.
“He came out and he was just completely uncut,” Thomas said. “He was really funny with it.”
Harris said the majority of his comedy routine is drawn from real life occurrences. This in-cludes him having a one-legged stepfather named Skip. These life experiences, he said, are what
Comic’s bluntness about sex, stereotypes a hit with audience
STUDENT LIFE
More than 200 people listened to Jarrod Harris’ life stories and anecdotes Tuesday night.
COMEDY continues on page 6
SAVE A LIFEFor every mile logged on a pink treadmill during the month
of October, 10 cents will be donated toward breast
cancer research.
Still wore headphones and had her eyes on the television screen while she walked steadily on a pink treadmill to raise money for
Still is taking part in this
search fundraiser that allows participants to simultaneously
SAVE A LIFEFor every mile logged on a pink treadmill during the month
of October, 10 cents will be donated toward breast
cancer research.
Rangers overcome postseason woesMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Texas Rangers catcher Bengie
Molina, right, hugs pitcher Cliff
Lee after the Rangers defeated
the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 during
Game 5 of base-ball’s American League Division
Series, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, in St. Petersburg,
Fla. The Rangers advanced to the
American League championship series against the New York
Yankees.
The Maverick Football Club can’t play until it raises $9,400.
SPORTS | PAGE 3
The Maverick Football Club can’t play The Maverick Football Club can’t play
GAME OVER?
RECAP continues on page 3
REACTION continues on page 3
AP Photo/Steve Nesius
LONG, DRAWN HISTORY• 1971: The then Washington Sena-
tors are given the go-ahead to move from Washington, D.C. to Arlington, Texas for the 1972 season.
• 1996: The Rangers play the first postseason game in franchise history with a win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees would go on to win the series.
• 1999: The New York Yankees win their ninth straight playoff game against the Rangers.
• Oct. 12, 2010: The Rangers win their first playoff series in fran-chise history by going 3-2 in a best of 5 against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Source: mlb.com
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Teams will bust a move at the final His-panic Heritage Month event — Dancing with Mavericks.
The event is in its fourth year and be-gins at 6:30 tonight in the Maverick Activi-ties Center Court 133.
Jackalyn Aquino, Dancing with Mav-ericks chair-woman, said it takes eight people from two organiza-tions to form one competing team.
The nursing sophomore said the event was originally in the University Center but was
moved to the MAC to house the larger turnout.
The dancers will perform in front of judges to different types of dances, including a soul train line and basic salsa dancing.
The event has three rounds. The first players compete in an activity, then teams will learn a salsa routine and be graded on performance and the final round is a rehearsed performance.
Teams usually wear spirited outfits and make signs to score additional points.
“People get really competitive,” Aqui-no said. “They make signs for their team, and things get really crazy.”
The teams will compete in dance rounds and marathon rounds. The top three places will receive trophies, Aquino said.
— Brianna Fitzgerald
Today students can get behind the wheel of a vehicle to experience the ef-fects of driving drunk without having a sip of alcohol.
Health Services, UTA Police and Up-ward Bound are co-sponsoring the Save
A Life Tour, a national alcohol awareness pro-gram, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Nedderman Hall.
The program gives students the opportunity to use a multi-screen simulator that looks like an arcade car rac-ing game. Each
level of the simulation increases driving difficulty to show how alcohol impairs a driver’s vision and reaction time, assis-tant police chief Rick Gomez said.
The simulator lets the driver attempt to navigate a virtual course. Even if the student operating the simulator is com-pletely sober, the equipment reacts as if the driver is drunk, Gomez said.
He said UTA Police have partnered with Health Services for the program for about three years.
“It’s very important to us that stu-dents are aware of the effects of alcohol on driving,” he said.
Gomez said nothing is more informa-tive to the students than getting behind the wheel of the simulator and seeing firsthand the consequences of driving while intoxicated.
Admission to the event is free.
— Alysia R. Brooks
PERSONAVACATION by Thea Blesener
Dance competition ends Hispanic Heritage Month
Drunk driving simulator puts students in hot seat
STUDENT LIFE
SAFETY
TUESDAYCriminal Mischief/VandalismAt 11 p.m. graffiti was reported on part of the property at the Centennial Court apartments, 815 Bering St. The case was cleared with no further ac-tion.
MONDAYDemented PersonAt 9:07 p.m. there was a domestic disturbance at 400 Nedderman Drive. A nonstudent was detained and later transported to John Peter Smith Hos-pital for evaluation.
DisturbanceAt 6:51 p.m. there was a domestic dis-turbance at the Cooper Chase apart-ments, 402 Cooper St. A student and four nonstudents were involved. The case is still active.
Vehicle BurglaryAt 6:32 p.m. an officer went to inves-tigate a vehicle burglary in Lot 52, 1101 West St. A student’s car stereo faceplate was stolen. The case is still active.
Vehicle BurglaryAt 5:57 p.m. a student reported the burglary of his vehicle in Lot 50, 1200 West. St. The case is still active. WHEN AND
WHEREWhat: DUI Simula-tor and Save A Life TourWhen: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Where: Nedderman HallAdmission: Free
The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
LOOK MA, NO HANDSGraphic design sophomore Richard Garcia spins on his head Monday night during a break dancing session in the University Center Palo Duro Lounge. Garcia said he tries to dance at least twice a week with his friends.
TODAYPink Ribbon Run: All Day. UTA campus. Free. Find pink treadmills on campus. For every mile ran 10 cents will be donated to breast cancer research. For information, contact Campus Rec-reation 817-272-3277.
Private Collection, Part II: All Day. Fine Arts Building. For information, contact the College of Liberal Arts at 817-272-3291.
Jay Cantrell Exhibit: All day. Architec-ture Building Room 206. For informa-tion, contact Robert Rummel-Hudson at [email protected] or 817-272-2314.
Charting Chartered Companies: Concessions to Companies, Maps 1600–1900: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Special Collections. Central Library sixth floor. Free and open to all. For information, contact Erin O’ Malley at 817-272-2179.
AHA Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED: 9 a.m. - noon. Environmental Health and Safety. 500 Summit Avenue. Registration required. For information, contact Human Resources/ Employ-ment Services at 817-272-3461 or [email protected].
Get Organized: Keys to Everyday of-fice Success: 9–11 a.m. Wetsel Building Room 200. Free. Registration required. For information, contact Human Re-sources/Employment Services at 817-272-3461 or [email protected].
Flu Immunizations Available: 9:30–11:30 a.m. Central Library mall. $15 for fac-ulty, staff, students. For information, contact Health Services at 817-272-2771 or www.uta.edu/healthservices.
GradFest ’10: 10 a.m. –7 p.m. Vari-ous locations. Free. For information, contact Graduate Studies at [email protected] or 817-272-5286 or visit http://grad.uta.edu/gradfest.
GradFest’ 10 – Graduate & Profes-sional School Fair: 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. Uni-versity Center Palo Duro Lounge. Free.
For information, contact the Office of Graduate Studies at 817-272-5286 or [email protected] or visit http://grad.uta.edu/gradfest.
MAE Brown Bag Series: noon –2 p.m. Woolf Hall Room 402. Free. Ramesh Karanth is the guest speaker. For in-formation, contact the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at [email protected] or 817-272-2561.
GradFest’ 10 – Expectations, Opportu-nities, & Tips for Success: noon to 1:30 p.m. University Center Red River. Free. For information, contact the Office of Graduate Studies at 817-272-5286 or [email protected] or visit http://grad.uta.edu/gradfest.
MGC and NPHC Greek Wednesday: noon –1 p.m. University Center mall. Free. Wear your greek letters. For informa-tion, contact Greek Life at 817-272-9234.
Mindful Moments: 12:15–12:45 p.m. Business Building Room 235. Free. For information, contact Marie Bannister at 817-272-2771.
Department of English presents the Hermanns Lecture Series: 2:30–8 p.m. Central Library sixth floor atrium. Free. For information, contact Amy L. Tigner at [email protected].
GradFest’ 10 – Graduate Student/Faculty Mixer: 5–7 p.m. Davis Hall University Club. Free. For information, contact the Office of Graduate Stud-ies at 817-272-5286 or [email protected] or visit http://grad.uta.edu/gradfest.
Making the Metroplex: Trinity River Project Public Works: 6–8 p.m. Archi-tecture Building Room 204. Free. For information, contact Marjorie Dick at [email protected] or 817-272-3301.
New Advisors Training: 6–7 p.m. Stu-dent Congress Chambers. University Center lower level. Free. For informa-tion, contact Greek Life at 817-272-9234.
Dancing with the Mavericks: 6:30–9 p.m. Maverick Activities Center Court 133. $40 per team. For information,
contact Dannie Moore at [email protected] or 817-272-2099.
Presidents’ Workshop: 7–8 p.m. Stu-dent Congress Chambers. University Center lower level. Free. For informa-tion, contact Greek Life at 817-272-9234.
Alcohol Awareness: 7–8:30 p.m. Kal-pana Chawla Hall Classroom. Free. For information, contact Megan Criswell at [email protected].
Talent Show: 8–9:30 p.m. Lipscomb TV lounge. Free. For information, contact Alex Rafiqui at [email protected].
THURSDAYNew Maverick Orientation Leader In-terest Session: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Univer-sity Center Concho Room. Free. For information, contact Brian Joyce at [email protected] or 817-272-3213.
The Longoria Affair: 12:30–2 p.m. Ned-derman Hall Room 106. Free. Presen-tation. For information, contact Alma Rick at 817-272-2933 or [email protected].
Powerful Proofreading Skills: 2-4 p.m. Wetsel Building Room 200. Free. Regis-tration required. For information, con-tact Human Resources/Employment Services at 817-272-3461 or [email protected].
Department of English presents the Hermanns Lecture Series: 2:30 p.m. Central Library sixth floor atrium. Free. For information, contact Amy L. Tigner at [email protected].
GIS Workshop 3D: Flythroughs, Topo, and CAD: 3-5 p.m. Central Library Classroom B20. Free. For information, contact Joshua Been, GIS Librarian at [email protected] or 817-272-5826.
Biology Colloquium Series: 4-5 p.m. Life Science Building Room 124. Free. Yan N. Li is guest speaker. For information, contact the Department of Biology at 817-272-2872.
WHEN AND WHEREWhat: Dancing with MavericksWhen: 6:30 tonight Where: Maverick Activities Center Court 133
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Wed.October
13thGraduate & Professional School FairTime: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lower Level, UC - Palo Duro Lounge
Meet graduate and professional school representatives
Learn about various graduate and professional degrees/programs
Future Graduate Students: Learn about Test Prep, Funding,
Admissions, and Graduate Student Services Round-Table Discussions
Time: 11:00a.m. to 11:45a.m.
Location: Upper Level, UC - San Saba & Palo Pinto
Test Prep - GRE, GMAT and LSAT
Career Services for Graduate Students
Graduate Student Services
Graduate Application and Admission Processes
Funding Your Graduate Studies Without Breaking the Bank!
Expectations, Opportunities and Tips for Success: Graduate student
and alumni panel discuss the reality of life as a graduate student
Time: Noon to 1:30p.m.
Location: Upper Level, UC - Red River
The challenges faced by new graduate students
Understanding graduate academic expectations
Developing mentoring relationships
Balancing it all - school, work, family and life in general
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CAREERSERVICES
By Travis DeTherageThe Shorthorn senior staff
the motto on the Maver-ick Football Club website says Maverick football is back, but the team might not be for some time.
the club was unable to play a season this year be-cause it couldn’t raise the required $9,400 from fund-raisers. However, the team is trying to raise money to play two games this season against southern Alabama and the University of New orleans. It can’t play games or practice until it comes up with $9,400 — the required amount for travel, hotel rooms, equipment and uni-forms.
the club decided not to fundraise this summer be-cause a majority of the play-ers were out of town on sum-mer vacation and there was a lack of support from the community.
there was also a lack of staff members to organize a team in a short period of time. With just a president, vice president, coach and as-sistant coach, the four lead-ers of the club became over-whelmed.
Head coach robert Green said his players were upset when they heard the club would not be returning this season.
“the players were mad, but I warned all the current players and those who were enrolling at UtA by tell-ing them don’t come to this school if you just want to play football,” Green said.
sophomore wide receiver preston Dean, who was going to play his first season with the team, said he was disap-pointed.
“When we were told we would have a season we were all pretty pumped, because we were working out and condi-tioning pretty hard,” Dean said. “But when the season rolled around and nothing happened, it felt like we did all that work for nothing.”
Vice president Kyle Hin-ther said he doesn’t think football will return to UtA.
“I don’t think we can get the money together,” Hinther said. “We are going to have to take a year off to do a lot of fundraising, advertising and getting support from the stu-dent side to get more money.”
Green also said he does not know when the football team will start playing again, but he is trying to organize a golf tournament in the area that will raise money toward the football team.
the plan is to get players, alumni, community members and former players to partici-pate in the golf tournament. But Green would rather start playing as soon as possible.
“I would like to start play-ing now because I have a new roster with 45 to 50 guys that
are willing to learn the game of football,” he said. “I want to start teaching the new guys, and also get out in the com-munity and gain some sup-port for the team.”
Green said he wants to help gain some followers in the area.
“I would like to practice at different tCC campuses to gain volunteers and recruit players and help spread the word for UtA club football,” he said.
Last year, the team played four games and went 2-2. they played semi-pro teams in 2007, but Green said he hated to play them because they played dirty and wanted to fight, he said. they also played other club football teams from around the na-tion like southern Alabama and New orleans.
the New orleans team also loses a rival if the team is unable to raise funds.
“We had a real good rival-ry with them and we had a lot of respect toward each other,” Hinther said. “they are a suc-cess story because they had to overcome Hurricane Katrina to get a club football team, and if they can overcome that and get a club football team then we should be able to do the same thing.”
the UtA club football team was created in spring 2007.
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Football team rushes to keep season alive
CluB sporTs
The team needs to raise $9,400 to play just two games this season.
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Students are gripped to the TV moments before the historical Texas Rangers win Tuesday in the Univer-sity Center food court. Second baseman Ian Kinsler hit a two-run home run to help the Rangers win 5-1.
Reactioncontinued from page 1
Recapcontinued from page 1
don’t.”A Houston native, Foster’s
hometown pride for the Astros dwindled after their blown 2005 World series against the Chicago White sox. His love for the rangers, born by his childhood devotion to rang-ers’ greats like Ivan “pudge” rodriguez, was rekindled.
But his doubts surfaced as the rangers, after winning the first two games in the series in tampa Bay, proceeded to lose the next two in Arlington.
“You can’t not be pissed to drop the last two games,” Fos-ter said. “Hopefully, they’ll be able to recover.”
While people poked their heads in the room to check out the score as the rangers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, he expressed confidence in the strength of the rangers bats.
“When you have players like Michael Young and [Josh] Hamilton, who is probably the best I’ve ever seen, they just have too many bats to silence,”
Foster said.Across the campus in the
University Center Food Court, Clint Fuller watches the game among a wide semi-circle of tables and chairs around one
of the tVs.the music education fresh-
man watched as a Vladimir Guerrero score in the sixth in-ning put the rangers up 3-1, but he remained stolid, still uneasy with the score.
“sure, I’m feeling confi-dent right now, but there’s still room for tampa,” Fuller said. “We don’t want to stop here. It’s not enough that we just got to the series.”
As the innings stretched out, more and more of the people who had previously merely glanced at the score as they walked past filtered into seats and joined in the cheer-ing with the die-hard fans.
As the eighth inning came to a close with the score still 3-1, psychology sophomore russell Burley embraced the thoughts of advancing to the next round.
“It’ll be amazing, if we clinch it,” Burley said. “It’ll boost up this city.”
He anticipated the rangers playing the next series against the Yankees in a bid to exact revenge for being ousted from the playoffs in 1999.
As an Ian Kinsler’s two-run homer in the ninth inning put the rangers up 5-1, Foster maintained his lone vigilance, full of pride for his team’s per-severance.
“Everyone loves under-dogs,” Foster said. “Everyone has counted the rangers out, but now that they’re here, it’s changed everything.”
His optimism paid off. only minutes later, the rang-ers clinched the series, beating the rays 5-1 , advancing to the first division championship se-ries in the team’s history.
As Foster traded high-fives with the people who peeked in to see what the commotion was about, he expressed a sigh of re-lief, a sigh surely echoed across a city that had waited 11 years for its playoff drought to end.
“It’s about time,” he said. “Now if we can only get the Cowboys to start winning.”
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retired his final nine batters and prevented tampa Bay from completing an improb-able comeback after losing the first two games at home.
When B.J. Upton popped out to shortstop for the final out, Lee didn’t even watch the ball drop into Elvis Andrus’ glove. He sim-ply walked toward catcher Bengie Molina and the two hugged as rangers players poured onto the field to mob Lee near the plate.
the rangers said it’s the first time the road team has won every game in a post-season series, according to research by the Elias sports Bureau.
this also was the first time a division series went the full five games since the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees in 2005.
A pair of rangers runners scored from second base on infield grounders — thanks to heads-up baserunning by Elvis Andrus and Vladimir Guerrero.
It’s the first playoff se-
ries victory in the 50-season history of the Washington/texas franchise.
“It’s something we’re proud of,” rangers slugger Josh Hamilton said. “Hope-fully, we can take it to the next level.”
Back in the clubhouse, the first round of celebrating was with ginger ale so that Hamilton, who has battled alcohol and drug addiction, could take part. When he left the room, the rangers brought out champagne.
Jason Bartlett had three hits off Lee, but the rays went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position, with that lone hit being Ben Zobrist’s rBI single that tied it 1-all in the third.
price, a 19-game winner in his first full season in the majors, allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings. the rangers hurt him with two long home runs in Game 1, but did much of their damage this time on ground balls that forced him to cover first base.
Lee went 4-0 with a 1.56 ErA in five postseason starts for philadelphia in 2009. He began this season with the Mariners and was ac-
quired by texas in the hope that he again would make a difference in the playoffs.
the rangers gave Lee an early 1-0 lead, catching the rays napping after An-drus led off the game with a single and stole second base. In the fourth, Nelson Cruz doubled off the wall in the deepest part of the ball-park — narrowly missing his fourth homer of the series. He put the rangers ahead 2-1 when he stole third — with two outs — and con-tinued home on a throwing error by catcher Kelly shop-pach.
An alert play by Guer-rero gave the rangers an-other run for a 3-1 lead in the sixth.
With runners at first and second and one out, Kinsler hit a grounder to peña.
the first baseman fielded the ball and threw to sec-ond for a force out, but the relay throw to price covering first was not in time for an inning-ending double play.
Guerrero took off for home, surprising price, who looked at the umpire for a call, and slid across the plate headfirst to avoid the tag by shoppach.
KABUL —A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, with initial reports saying all eight people aboard were killed, an Afghan airport official said. The plane was flying from Bagram Air Field when it went down east of the capital at about 8 p.m. Kabul Airport Director Mohammad Yaqub Rassuli told The Associ-ated Press. Rassuli said all eight crew members were be-lieved dead. The aircraft was carrying supplies for NATO forces in the country, Rassuli said. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. Weather conditions were clear Tuesday evening.Afghan and NATO troops were conducting a search-and-res-cue mission, the alliance said. Bagram, which lies north of Kabul, is the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
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DALLAS — A utility company has been sued over the 2008 death of a bicyclist who was struck and killed by a speeding Dallas police car. The lawsuit, filed Monday by the parents of Cole Berardi, alleged the absence of street lights con-tributed to the death. Oncor spokeswoman Medan Wright says the company does not feel that the street lights caused or contributed to the accident. Investigators say the boy was riding his bicycle on a poorly lit road when he was struck.
Administration lifts oil drilling freeze
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday lifted the six-month morato-rium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that was imposed after the BP oil spill. The administration has been under heavy pressure from the industry and others in the region to lift the ban on grounds it had cost jobs and damaged the economy. A fed-eral report said the moratori-um likely caused a temporary loss of 8,000 to 12,000 jobs in the Gulf region. While the temporary ban on exploratory oil and gas drilling is lifted im-mediately, drilling is unlikely to resume immediately.
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8 feared dead in Kabul plane crash
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SAN dieGo — A fed-eral judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday immedi-ately stopping enforcement of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, suspending the 17-year-old ban on openly gay U.S. troops.
U.S. district Judge Virgin-ia Phillips’ landmark ruling also ordered the government to suspend and discontinue all pending discharge pro-ceedings and investigations under the policy.
U.S. department of Jus-tice attorneys have 60 days to appeal. Pentagon and de-partment of Justice officials said they are reviewing the case and had no immediate comment.
The injunction goes into effect immediately, said dan Woods, the attorney who represented the log Cabin republicans, the gay rights group that filed the lawsuit in 2004 to stop the ban’s en-forcement.
“don’t ask, don’t tell, as of today at least, is done, and the government is going to have to do something now to resurrect it,” Woods said. “This is an extremely signifi-cant, historic decision. once and for all, this failed policy is stopped. Fortunately now we hope all Americans who wish to serve their country can.”
legal experts say the obama administration is under no legal obligation to appeal and could let Phillips’ ruling stand.
“This order from Judge Phillips is another historic and courageous step in the right direction, a step that Congress has been noticeably slow in taking,” said Alex-
ander Nicholson, executive director of Service members United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and les-bian troops and veterans.
He was the sole named veteran plaintiff in the case along with the log Cabin re-publicans, a gay rights orga-nization that filed the lawsuit in 2004 to stop the ban’s en-forcement.
Gay rights groups warned gay troops not to make their sexual orientation public just yet.
“Service members must proceed safely and should not come out at this time,” Tax said in a statement.
Supporters of the ban said Phillips overstepped her bounds.
“The judge ignored the evidence to impose her ill-informed and biased opinion on our military, endangering morale, health and security of our military at a time of war,” said Wendy Wright, presi-dent of Concerned Women for America, a women’s group on public policy. “She did not do what Congress did when it passed the law and investi-gate the far-reaching effects of how this will detrimen-tally impact the men and women who risk their lives to defend us.”
defense Secretary robert Gates has ordered a sweeping study, due decemer 1, that includes a survey of troops and their families.
Gates has said the pur-pose of his study isn’t to de-termine whether to change the law — something he says is probably inevitable but up for Congress to de-cide. instead, the study is intended to determine how
to lift the ban without caus-ing serious disruption at a time when troops are fight-ing two wars.
Government attorneys had warned Phillips that such an abrupt change might harm military operations in a time of war. The department of Justice attorneys also said Congress should decide the issue — not her court.
Phillips disagreed, saying the law doesn’t help military readiness and instead has a
“direct and deleterious ef-fect” on the armed services by hurting recruiting during wartime and requiring the discharge of service members with critical skills and train-ing.
“Furthermore, there is no adequate remedy at law to prevent the continued vio-lation of service members’ rights or to compensate them for violation of their rights,” Phillips said in her order.
Phillips is the second fed-
eral judge in recent weeks to throw the law into disarray.
The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibits the mili-tary from asking about the sexual orientation of service members but bans those who are openly gay. Under the 1993 policy, service men and women who acknowledge being gay or are discovered engaging in homosexual ac-tivity, even in the privacy of their own homes off base, are subject to discharge.
Judge orders ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunctionmilitary
First of 33 men rescued from Chilean mineChile
AP Photo: Gary Kazanjian
FILE - Former Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq combat veteran who was discharged under the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, appears at an equality rally May 30, 2009 in Fresno, California.
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 13,2009
ACROSS1 Magic amulet5 With 13-Across,
“Lonely Boy”singer
9 UPS deliveriesrequiringpayment
13 See 5-Across14 Ship to
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Dr. ruthQ: Does having too much sex result in an unwillingness to be in a committed relation-ship?
A: I don’t know if too much sex is to blame, or if it’s the too-easy avail-ability of sex. If a couple are in a rela-tionship and have a lot of sex, I don’t see that having an impact on whether they com-mit. But if each half of the couple has ac-cess to sex with many other people, then that could be a wedge that keeps them from uniting. (I know, men seem to have a bigger prob-lem with this, but it does oc-cur among women too, so it’s not only politically correct to put the blame on both men and women, but factually correct, too.)
Q: Why are people reluctant to tell their partner how they feel?
A: You pose that question as if it were a bad thing. I’m not saying that two people
in a relationship shouldn’t share much of what they are feel-ing, but I also don’t believe that you have to share everything. There can be such a thing as too much information. Some-times it’s obvious, like a man who is with his partner shouldn’t show his feelings for a sexy woman who walks by, and certainly not for every woman who walks by. But,
less obviously, if one partner is feeling tired and they’re going out to dinner, that tired partner should keep his or her mouth shut. Don’t spoil the other person’s enjoyment by making a big show of how tired you are. So, how much of your feelings to share re-ally is a matter of discretion, and I’d advise most people to think before they share.
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SAN JoSe MiNe, Chile — The first of 33 men was rescued Tuesday night after 69 days trapped in a col-lapsed mine, pulled to fresh air and freedom at last in a missile-like escape capsule to the cheers of his family and countrymen.
Florencio Avalos, wearing a helmet and sunglasses to protect him from the glare of rescue lights, smiled broadly as he emerged and hugged his sobbing 7-year-old son, Bairo, and wife. He also em-
braced Chilean President Se-bastian Pinera and rescuers.
Also on hand was Avalos’ other son and father.
After the capsule was pulled out of a manhole-sized opening, Avalos emerged as bystanders cheered, clapped and broke into a chant of “Chi! Chi! Chi! le! le! le!” — the country’s name.
Avalos gave a thumbs-up as he was led to an ambu-lance and medical tests after his more than two months deep below the Chilean des-ert — the longest anyone has ever been trapped under-
ground and survived.Avalos, the 31-year-old
second-in-command of the miners, was chosen to be first because he was in the best condition. He has been so shy that he volunteered to han-dle the camera rescuers sent down so he wouldn’t have to appear on the videos that the miners sent up.
Pinera described how lovely it was to see Avalos’ sons greet their father, espe-cially young Bairo.
“i told Florencio, that few times have i ever seen a son show so much love for his
father,” the president said.“This won’t be over until
all 33 are out,” Pinera added. “Hopefully the spirit of these miners will remain forever with us. ... This country is capable of great things.”
Minutes earlier, mine res-cue expert Manuel Gonzalez of the state copper company Codelco grinned and made the sign of the cross as he was lowered into the shaft to the trapped men — ap-parently without incident. He was followed by roberto ros, a paramedic with the Chilean navy’s special forces. Together
they will prepare the miners for their rescue — expected to take as many as 36 hours for all to surface.
“We made a promise to never surrender, and we kept it,” Pinera said as he waited to greet the miners, whose en-durance and unity captivated the world as Chile meticu-lously prepared their rescue.
The last miner out has been decided: Shift foreman luis Urzua, whose leadership was credited for helping the men endure 17 days with no outside contact after the col-lapse.
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EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW
Carrizo should take responsibility if at fault
Taking initiative on air-quality violation allegations would be good for business and might launch new
drilling safety standards
Gas wells have been a point of contention in the region since drilling in the Barnett Shale began.
In June, Arlington resident Sandra DenBraber presented the Texas Commission on Environ-mental Quality with documents signed by her doctor. She said she got migraines, headaches and respiratory issues because of emissions at the UTA drill site, which is 600 feet from her home.
The TCEQ report found ethyl benzene, m&p-xylene, 2-methylpentane and 3-methylpentane in the air near the Carrizo Oil and Gas Inc.-op-erated well. DenBraber’s doctor found the same chemicals in her blood.
Carrizo intends to defend itself against the complaints but is waiting for more details. As a business, this is the right course of action. But what happens after the full investigation? That depends on the outcome. But if the site does have harmful emissions, Carrizo needs to step up, admit fault — if necessary — and correct the problem.
There are still many steps for Carrizo to take in the coming months. University spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said in a previous interview that Carrizo is dedicated to upholding federal, state and local regulations. In past inspections, the company has met all of these standards.
With that in mind, the report could have an impact on the way regulations are set. As a company that provides the drilling service that provides gas to Texas residents, it is their re-sponsibility to ensure they are not endangering the families or students near their wells. The report may give Carrizo an opportunity to set a new standard for drilling and lead the charge for cleaner and safer drilling practices.
The TCEQ has the case under review by its enforcement division and will determine a course of action after investigation. Carrizo cannot be held accountable if the effects of the emissions were unknown, but once the effects are known, they need to rise to the new challenge.
When public safety is concerned, sometimes just meeting the standards is not enough.
If this report proves to be accurate, Carrizo should raise its standards to ensure the safety of the families around their wells and the city — or university — which hosts them.
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DISCOMBOBULATION by Houston Hardaway
Colin Egyed commented at www.theshorthorn.com on the column “As construc-tion begins for College Park students should consider if parking is really an issue”
It’s impossible to find parking after 11:00. So we’re forced to go to re-mote parking. But in the
long term, remote parking is simply a band-aid. If UTA grows by another 2,000 students next year, that’s at least 1,000 more cars that will need a parking spot during this peak time. What happens next year when even remote parking fills up? If you don’t get to your school an hour before your class you might as well just not even leave your house.
It also makes me upset how the university talks about how the utilities management team did such a great job finding enough parking for all students. Obviously not.
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In the media, whenever someone talks of Africa I see emaciated chil-dren, topless women and despicable
dictators; unending wars and good-for-nothing farmers who have no idea of Western “civilization.” I see a suffering continent, with starving children and hopeless mothers.
Then in the background I see foreign heroes; full white hands feeding empty black mouths. That’s such a monochro-matic picture to paint of a continent that has diversity and many colors.
And so does Hollywood and its afro-negative creations. For years, the mov-ies set and produced in Africa seem to have been singularly created to paint the continent black. Remember The Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamond, Out of Africa, Black Hawk Down? All these movies creatively depict Africa as a bot-tomless abyss of lust, greed, poverty and destruction. Few western creations make an attempt to showcase both sides of the African coin. Such single-minded mis-conceptions do no good to the continent and neither does it help in alleviating the problems in Africa.
True, there have been a lot of prob-lems in Africa, and still are: malnutrition and genocide, coup de tats and dictators; however, none of these problems are “uniquely African.” Africa’s problems are the world’s problems. For example, an African coffee farmer is paid less than a dime for every Starbucks cup of coffee sold in the Western world. If this is not neo-colonialism, then it is neo-enslave-ment; just darker and hotter. The same is true for cocoa, tea and flower exports.
Developing democracies take time to flourish. European and American ideas of civilization and democracy are a few hundred years old. Yet Africa is just in the infancy of such modernistic standards of judgment. After all, why is the West so eager to shove the idea of Western democracy down Africa’s throat? During the Rwandan genocide, which was fund-ed by a couple of European countries and watched by the U.N., the U.S. president declared that since it had no interests in Rwanda, it had no business interven-ing in her politics. So much for being a
superpower and invading countries to establish democracies.
Come to think of it, Africa had strong and stable kingdoms with a strongly regarded rule of law until Europeans arrived on the continent, with the Bible in one hand and a gun in the other. The scramble and partition of Africa among European countries led to a massive ex-port of wealth from the continent. It is no surprise that a significant portion of Africa’s wealth is in the Western world. It is unfair, narrow-minded, backward and appalling to attribute singular stories of doom and gloom to Africa.
What of the most colorful World Cup ever held? Why do the media edit such content with an almost anti-African bent? Just by browsing the top media stations, I have not seen the news of the Kenyan who broke the World 800m record twice in one week; I haven’t seen
news on some of the world’s most beauti-ful beaches in the Seychelles, nor have I seen the world’s natural wonders in Tan-zania. What about the gold of Johannes-burg and the copper mining in Zambia?
With so much diversity and beauty, there is absolutely no reason that the Western media is hell bent on painting a grim picture of Africa as the devil’s play-ground. We might not be the Devil; but do give us our due.
Media distorts Africa’s imageYOUR VIEW
The continent has much to offer, but
exploitation, poverty and war crime
depictions don’t speak to its potential
Parking space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the students of UTA. Their semester mission: to ex-
plore strange new lots; to seek out new parking and new parking stripe configura-tions; to boldly go where no student has gone before.
That’s about how I feel about the horren-dous issue that student parking has become.
Earlier this year, the plans were unveiled about the elimination of student parking areas to make way for the College Park Center.
That project is now in full swing. Cranes are up, much of the east-side campus park-ing areas have been razed, students who would normally have parked on the east side of campus to be close to classes in the Business Building, Chemistry and Physics Building and College Hall now have little to no parking options left, aside from Lot 49, the big lot on Mitchell.
Which is where the problem comes into play.
When UTA spokeswoman Kristin Sul-livan outlined plans to eliminate student parking on the east side this past spring, she made no suggestions as to alternative park-ing solutions aside from students will need
to make alternative parking arrangements. What has happened since then is Lot 49 was re-striped to allow for more cars to be parked there. A few other smaller lots were opened and re-striped. But re-striping a parking lot does not replace parking spaces eliminated.
Lot 49 has become nothing but a trap. You can get in, but it is extremely difficult to get out. The main entrance from Cooper Street being blocked off has done nothing but exacerbate the issue. The re-striping of the lot, while providing straight line drives directly to the only two entrances/exits is nice, it is also a huge weakness. The en-trances being on two very small side streets presents a logistical issue. Students trying to get out clog up the entire lot because of a constant stream of students coming in from one direction or another and invariably pre-venting the car in front from going the direction they need or want to go. Normally, it used to take me all of two minutes to get in my car and get out onto Cooper Street from Lot 49. That same feat now takes almost 10 to 15 minutes. All to leave the campus and go about the rest of my day. This isn’t exactly a step forward in progress.
When College Park opens, it will most
certainly add more east-side parking for stu-dents, but at what cost? It has been reported that students are going to see a fee increase in tuition to help offset the operating cost of the College Park Center, and that students will be allowed to use the parking garage when completed. But students already have to pay a fee to use the current, privately-owned, parking garage, so one is left to wonder if this new garage will have a similar fee. Where some see parking convenience, I see extra cost.
Some say the loss of east-side parking shouldn’t be an issue in the future, and on that point I agree. But for right now, the loss of east-side parking is nothing but an issue that is spiraling out of control. For a college known predominantly as one the majority of students commute to instead of live on, the university seems to have gone out of its way to make the commute and parking aspect of campus life as toilsome and unap-pealing as possible.
Parking: The Next GenerationYOUR VIEW
College Park will deliver hundreds of spaces in the future, but students need an immediate solution
Onyango is a biology sophomore and guest columnist for The Shorthorn.
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Exercise science senior Allen Conly runs on a pink treadmill Tuesday in the Maverick Activities Center.
Cancer Research Founda-tion.
“My great aunts have had breast cancer,” Still said. “I walk on these treadmills be-cause I like what the cause is for.”
Lexi Christoules, uni-versity Aquatics and Sport Clubs assistant director, said the university purchased the treadmills from Cybex Inter-national Inc.
Christoules said Cybex International Inc. will come to the university at the end of October and based on the mileage, track how much they will donate.
The treadmills came in late September, so the time to promote the Pink Ribbon Run was limited, Christoules said.
“We got them almost too late to do promotion,” she said. “We didn’t have the promotional material, and we couldn’t collaborate with other organizations.”
Christoules said the Pink Ribbon Run is a collabora-tion between the Athletic De-partment and Zeta Tau Alpha, a sorority that is involved in Susan G. Komen for the Cure fundraisers.
Exercise science senior
Sharif Sayed said the tread-mills could serve as a motiva-tion for people to get fit while supporting breast cancer re-search.
“This active approach can encourage students to donate to a good cause by getting healthy on a brand new, painted treadmill in-stead of an old black one,” Sayed said.
Sayed said lack of public-ity for the fundraiser could be why the treadmills are oc-casionally empty.
“I spend about 80 hours a week here and I just found out about it,” Sayed said. “I think if more people knew about it, they would do it.”
About $25,000 was raised last year nationally, Chris-toules said.
“It’s a national event,” said Christoules. “October is the only month Cybex will do-nate.”
On Thursday, one of the treadmills will be at Texas Hall from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and there will be giveaways from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday downstairs in the Central Li-brary, Christoules said.
Cybex could not be reached for comment.
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Program seeks student leaders
Student Services
The New Maverick Orienta-tion program is on the lookout for new leaders.
Brian Joyce, New Maverick Orientation associate direc-tor, said interest sessions are being held this week to explain leadership positions, benefits and time commitments.
The sessions will be Thurs-day from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the University Center Concho Room and Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the UC Red River Room.
“We’re looking for students with a good grade-point aver-age, have shown leadership on campus and will be available during the summer,” he said. “In general, energetic, moti-vated students who want to work with freshman and help them transition to college.”
Joyce said the application due date and interest sessions are earlier this year than the previous years. He said some students last year lost interest in becoming orientation lead-ers because of the time lapse between the sessions and spring form due date.
Joyce said orientation leaders will be trained every other week in the spring, and they will work at the orienta-tions during summer.
Orientation leaders will be required to be available in the fall 2011 semester to be a familiar face around campus, but there will be no real re-sponsibilities, Joyce said.
This is the second year that interest sessions were held to answer student’s ques-tions about the position.
Applications can be found on the New Maverick Orienta-tion website at http://www.uta.edu/orientation/mav-ol and must be turned in to the Maverick Activities Center Suite 100AA by Nov. 4. Joyce said there will be several group interviews, then indi-vidual interviews after that.
— Allen Baldwin
help him develop the kind of comedy that’s ridiculous but still re-latable.
“It’s funny because I make it funny,” he said. “It’s more therapeutic for me than anything else.”
Performing in Rose-bud Theatre was the kind of experience Har-ris said he enjoys. He said he’s done more than 30 other college shows and the results have var-
ied.“Sometimes you get
stuck in a cafeteria,” Harris said. “But this is good – everyone kind of together in a theater setting.”
In his routine, he made note of a uni-versity’s auditorium that housed 500 stu-dents, but only 30 or so showed up to his per-formance. This wasn’t the case Tuesday night. More than 200 people attended the perfor-mance, a crowd he said he’s pleased with.
“I was so happy,” Har-ris said. “Sometimes you don’t know what you’re going to get with some college shows.”
The show went well, he said. Harris said he’d come back if the univer-sity invited him again. Thomas said he’d defi-nitely be there.
“I’d like to see him again,” Thomas said. “I’d like to see him come back.”
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The Shorthorn: Andrew Buckley
Comedian Jarrod Harris performs a joke about his “redneck” family during One Mic Stand on Tuesday in the University Cen-ter Rosebud Theatre. Harris joked about everything from his first experience at a black comedy club to Skip, his mom’s unemployed, one-legged, snowboarder husband.
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“He came out and he was just completely uncut. He was really
funny with it.”
Bradley thomascivil engineering sophomore
“It is very refreshing to have a brand new build-ing. It’s a new building and new design that looks great, and I am
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Giacomo Ghidinimember of CReWMaN
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move into 192 rooms. “About two months ago I sat
in a room with many of our ad-ministrators and our university president, and he looked me straight in the face and said, ‘Bryan will you have everyone moved into ERB by the begin-ning of the spring semester?’” he said. “And my answer to him was ‘absolutely, yes.’”
Sims said for him to meet his obligation to the presi-dent, all established dates for the ERB move-in must be met.
Throughout the move, they will work to have ev-eryone’s best interest, said Amanda Palmer, The Andrew Joseph Company Inc. move coordinator.
“This is a very detailed move,” she said. “There is a lot that we are trying to take into consideration.”
Giacomo Ghidini, member of CReWMaN, the Center for Research in Wireless Mobil-
ity and Networking, said he is ready to make the ERB his new home.
“It is very refreshing to have a brand new building,” Ghidini said. “It’s a new build-ing and new design that looks great, and I am very excited.”
During December limited access to the ERB will be al-lowed because of safety rea-sons in regards to the equip-ment being moved from vari-ous buildings, Sims said.
“We are going to have a higher level of monitoring
from our police department, Facilities [Management], Environmental Health and Safety and others,” he said.
After the move is com-pleted and the vacated rooms are cleaned, the rooms will be turned over to the provost.
Sims said he is commit-ted to having everyone and everything successfully moved in by the first day of classes on Jan. 18.
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enGineerinG reseArch BuildinG move-in scheduleNov. 15-26: Equipment will be packed for the move-in
Dec. 6-17: Move into “C” Building
Dec. 20-23: Move large equipment into “C” Building
Dec. 27-31: Move specimens to freezers in Engineering Research Building
Jan. 3-7: Move into offices in “A” and “B” Buildings (mainly classrooms and offices)
Jan. 10-14: Unpack offices and prepare for classes
Jan. 18: First day of classes
Jan. 17-21: Surplus old items from vacated spaces
Jan. 24-28: Clean vacated spaces
enGineerinG reseArch BuildinG FActs• Construction on the
ERB, a $126 million and 234,000 square-foot facility, started in the summer of 2008.
• The building will house classrooms, labs, offices and conference rooms for the Colleges of Engineering and Science.
The Shorthorn: Brian Dsouza
Institutional construction director Bryan Sims talks about the move-in schedule Tuesday in Nedderman Hall for faculty and staff to the new En-gineering Research Building. The presentation provided information for faculty on packing and shifting equipment to A, B and C buildings of the Engineering Research Building in time for spring 2011 classes.
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