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BY JOHN HARDENThe Shorthorn senior staff

Laura Garcia uses Univer-sity College’s tutoring resourc-es twice a week to help her with schoolwork.

The nursing sophomore has to maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher to be accepted into the

university’s nursing program and relies on student services to help.

President James Spani-olo said in a university forum Friday that University leaders have made it their mission to keep student services strong, benefiting students like Garcia amidst record enrollment and the unknown future of Texas’ 2012-13 budget.

On Tuesday, the university reported an enrollment record

of 33,788, a 17.3 percent in-crease from spring 2010, a record achieved through in-creased retention and distance education classes, said Provost Donald Bobbitt.

In a statement issued to the State Finance Committee in Austin last Wednesday, Spani-olo said rapid enrollment, re-duced state funding and re-duced financial aid is a toxic combination for students.

However, with the 82nd

Legislature still in session, and the budget projection not def-inite, the university remains optimistic about its enroll-ment growth.

“Enrollment in all class lev-els is up, which is a result of our retention and recruiting efforts,” Bobbitt said. “I don’t know if you’ve ever walked around the campus, but it’s popping.”

Quality upheld despite growthENROLLMENT

Spaniolo: UTA will not compromise resources because of new records.

ENROLL continues on page 3

BY J.C. DERRICKThe Shorthorn senior staff

The Federal Pell Grant program plays a critical role in students’ pursuit of de-grees.

Computer engineering junior Brent Burns said he wouldn’t have been able to enroll at UTA without the help of the grant because his family’s combined income is less than $20,000.

“I think it’s a right to have a free education if your fam-ily can’t afford it,” he said.

Under a new proposal by President Barack Obama, students like Burns may find college education tougher to

fund. Obama introduced his budget draft for fiscal year 2012 this week and includes financial aid reforms that could eliminate summer Pell Grants.

The budget would end a program that subsidizes loans for graduate students. If the proposal is approved, interest would accrue while students complete graduate studies.

“All of this is significant,” said Karen Krause, financial aid executive director. “It’s going to be up to the indi-vidual student, but they’ll have to look at the award we’re able to make and see if [attending summer class-es] is something they feel like they can do.”

Pell Grant availability could see reductions

FINANCIAL AID

Recipients would have to find more sources for education funding.

BY SARAH LUTZThe Shorthorn staff

Every indication shows Gladys Barrientos still lives in her old bedroom on the second floor of her family’s home on Arm-strong Drive. Her dresser drawers remain unkempt, her clothes scat-tered about and her books tucked on the top shelf of her closet.

Her moth-er, Rosa, often spends time there reading the UTA psychology student’s cop-ies of Tuesdays with Mor-rie and Randy Pausch’s lecture series, pulling out

the paper scraps folded be-tween the pages, reading her daughter’s old notes even more carefully than the author’s words.

“Her writing from those books are amazing, and that gives me some com-fort, being in her room gives me peace,” Rosa

Barrientos said. “Little things like that, it’s the only thing we have.”

Among the de-tails of the room, it’s clear that the 21-year-old is not returning to her room or her mother’s life. The emptiness cre-ated by Gladys’ death on Feb. 4, 2010, may never

be filled her, mother said, but she hopes her family

1 year later: Memories and tears

STUDENT LIFE

Feb. 4 marks the anniversary of Gladys Barrientos’ death.

GRANTS continues on page 3

BY JOHN HARDENThe Shorthorn senior staff

When Chaoqun Liu needed help understanding the cause

and effects of turbulence on aircrafts during flight, the mathematics professor sought help from the College of En-gineering.

He turned to the mechani-cal and aerospace engineering department to help fill in the missing details his numbers

could not solve. “Every department has

weaknesses. I’m a numbers man. I know numbers,” he said. “Departments have to rely on another if it wants to fill in missing data.”

Liu is the Center for Nu-merical Simulation and Mod-

eling director, a research group of mathematics, biology, me-chanical and aerospace engi-neering faculty members, that provides services to organiza-tions like NASA, the Air Force and Navy.

Departments collaborate on researchRESEARCH

Proximity of professors will foster cooperation, engineering dean says.

BY BIANCA MONTESThe Shorthorn Staff

With less than 10 sec-onds on the board, Dannie Moore, Multicultural Affairs assistant director, made his last attempt across the court with the ball in his hands. As he went for the shot, busi-ness graduate student Everett Walker stole the ball and the buzzer rang.

Students beat faculty and staff, 32-28, Tuesday night at the Maverick Activities Cen-ter basketball courts as a part of a face-off for Spirit Week.

Zack Kulesz, Alumni Membership and Marketing assistant director, said the game was a good way for stu-dents to get to know faculty and staff.

“It should have been part of homecoming,” said Lauren Miller, conference and mar-keting services coordinator.

Miller, who was joined by colleagues, spent the game rooting for faculty and staff and playing defense from the

Students school faculty, staffStudents win,

32-28, in friendly game

The Shorthorn: Sandy Kurtzman

Traivs Boren, Athletics Marketing and Promotions coordinator, dives to keep possession of the ball in the Faculty and Staff vs. Students Basketball Game at the Maverick Activities Center on Tuesday. The students won 32-28.

Gladys Barrientos, psychology student who died Feb. 4, 2010

MEMORIES continues on page 5RESEARCH continues on page 3

SPIRIT continues on page 5

Easy on the breaksA tax break on textbooks may be helpful, but the state needs the money more, columnist says.

Setting her own coursePublic relations junior Liz Bartelson’s love for volleyball drives her to overcome setbacks and bring back the volleyball club. SPORTS | PAGE 6OPINION | PAGE 4

A GROWING TRENDSpring 2011 enrollment has jumped 17.3% from spring 2010. Provost Donald Bobbitt attributes the growth to in-creased retention and distance edu-cation classes.

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The Shorthorn: Allyson Kaler

Jeff Hazelrigs, Student Congress Program director, right, helps up Melanie Johnson, Student Governance and Organizations graduate intern, at the Faculty and Staff vs. Student Basketball Game on Tuesday evening in the Maverick Activities Center. Students won the game by a final score of 32-28.

“I didn’t know they were going to put up such a fight.”

Everett Walker,business graduate student

WEDNESDAYBlue Out Game: Men’s Basketball vs. Stephen F. Austin• 7 p.m. at Texas Hall.• The UTA Ambassadors will

be decked out in UTA gear Wednesday night at the Blue Out Game in Texas Hall.

• Mr. and Ms. UTA will sing the fight song and pass out free T-shirts to the first 250 students at the game.

THURSDAYMAVmazing Race [Also known as the Amazing Race]• 6 p.m. at The Gallery.• The UTA Ambassadors will

host a race throughout campus, where contestants work their way to the finish

by answering questions about UTA trivia.

• There is no need to sign up, just show up before 6 p.m.

FRIDAYSpirit banner signing• Noon University Center mall.• Students are encouraged to

come out to the University Center mall Friday to add their signature and legacy to the Spirit Banner that will be displayed during Homecoming weekend.

Sources: Mr. UTA Ricky Irving and Ms. UTA Miriam Zehaie

MORE SPIRIT WEEK EVENTS

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FOUR-DAY FORECAST

CORRECTIONSTuesday’s Scene story “A Texas Twain” incorrectly stated Theatre Arts associate professor Dennis Maher’s title as Theatre associate professor.

Tuesday’s story “Candidates can file for city council, mayor” mentioned candidates can file for at large District 8. An at-large voting district representative is elected by the city’s general populace, instead of people from only one district, like districts 3, 4 and 5.

TUESDAY

Injured Person, Medical AssistAt 5:06 a.m. officers responded to a re-port of an overdose at Centennial Court apartments on 820 Bering Drive. The student was transported to the hospital.

MONDAY

Minor Accident At 4:09 p.m. a minor accident involving two vehicles occurred in Faculty Lot 15, which is located north of the Social Work Complex, on 211 Cooper St. There were no injuries and insurance information was exchanged.

Minor Accident At 4:05 p.m. an officer responded to a minor accident involving two students’ vehicles at Lot 49, which is located east of Centennial Court apartments, on 1101 Cooper St. One student received a cam-pus citation for causing the accident.

Hit-and-Run Accident At 2:30 p.m. an officer investigated a hit-and-run accident at Lot 49 on 1101 Cooper St. A student pointed out the left rear bumper had been struck while parked and unattended. The case is ac-tive.

InvestigationAt 12:03 p.m. a student requested a police escort when her ex-boyfriend attempted to talk to her while walking through Lot 49 at 101 Cooper St.

Threat Assault At 11:15 a.m. a student reported that an unknown male made a threat against her while she attended class at the Life Sci-ence Building on 501 Nedderman Drive. The case is active. Intramural outdoor soccer and

tennis entries due: Today. Maverick Activities Center. For more informa-tion, contact the Campus Recreation Department at 817-272-3277.

Resume Critiques: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Center Palo Duro Lounge. Free. For more information, contact the Career Center at 817-272-2932.

Alternative Spring Break Hot Dog Fundraiser: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. University Center mall. For more information, contact UTA Volunteers at 817-272-2963.

National Scholarships Workshop: Noon to 1:30 p.m. Trimble Hall Room 200. Free. For more information, con-tact Kelsi Cavazos at 817-272-1120.

$2 Movie - Easy A: 5:30 p.m. Planetar-ium. $2. For more information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183.

Men’s Basketball vs. Stephen F. Austin: 7 p.m. Texas Hall. Free for students, $8 for public. Wear blue. For more information, contact Jason Cha-put at 817-272-7167.

Guest Brass Quintet Recital: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Irons Recital Hall. Free. For more information, contact the Music Department at 817-272-3471.

THURSDAYLet’s get down to basics - Intro. to

Adobe Dreamweaver: 2-4 p.m. Digital Media Studio. Must register. Free. For more information, contact Central Library at 817-272-3000. TechnoScholar- Stuck in Traffic: Find DFW Roads with High Pollution Levels: 3-5 p.m. Central Library Room B20. Free. For information, contact Joshua Been at 817-272-5826.

Elect Her: Campus Women Win: 4:30-8 p.m. UC, Carlisle Suite. Free. For infor-mation, contact Cheyenne Hernandez at 817-272-2128.

TODAY

Calendar submissions must be made by 4 p.m. two days prior to run date. To enter your event, call 817-272-3661 or log on to www.theshorthorn.com/calendar

CALENDAR

As a part of the Maverick Speakers Series, Bill Nye will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. March 23 in Texas Hall.

Nye is a science educator and come-dian who is best known for his TV show, “Bill Nye the Science Guy.”

Tickets will be available at 8 a.m. Fri-day, the day after Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr. speaks on campus. Ap-proximately 2,700 tickets will be available.

Nye will mark the end of the third season of the Maverick Speakers Series that has included past speakers such as journalist Lisa Ling, chef Rick Bayless and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

Because of the high volume of inter-est in and outside of the UTA community, tickets will go fast, spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said.

“There is a lot of external interest,” she said. “We really encourage people who claim tickets to go to the events.”

Tickets to the event are free and can be found at utatickets.com.

— Joel Cooley

Student Congress’s Concealed Carry Forum will take place Feb. 24.

The forum will start at 6 p.m. in the University Center Rosebud Theatre. At the event, guest speakers will inform the audience about what the bill means for campuses.

Guest speakers include senior lectur-ers Sarah Phillips and Randy Butler and Jaya Davis, criminology and criminal justice associate professor. Alejandro del Carmen, Criminology and Criminal Justice chair, will moderate the event.

SC vice president Annie Liu encour-ages students, faculty and staff to attend.

“It’s going to affect anybody and ev-erybody in higher education,” she said.

The following Tuesday, SC will vote to determine UTA’s stance on concealed carry on campus. Liu said everybody is welcome to attend the general body meeting, as well.

The forum was originally scheduled for Feb. 3 but had to be postponed be-cause of inclement weather.

— Dustin L. Dangli

PERSONAVACATION by Thea Blesener

Bill Nye tickets will be available starting Friday

SC reschedules on-campus concealed carry forum

MAVERICK SPEAKERS SERIES

STUDENT GOVERNANCE

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The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson

John Maresca, a distinguished diplomat and humanitarian, takes questions during J.R. Price’s class on Tuesday regarding education of the world of tomorrow. Maresca served as the University of Peace rector.

BY VIDWAN RAGHAVANThe Shorthorn Staff

U.S. Ambassador John Mares-ca spoke about the need to change the U.S. education system to pre-pare youth for global crises such as climate change, poverty and overpopulation.

The University of Peace rec-tor, spoke in the Maverick Activi-ties Center Lone Star Auditorium Tuesday as part of the College of Liberal Arts’ Festival of Ideas.

Alumnus E. James Willrich said he came to the event because he was interested in education and found Maresca’s résumé im-pressive.

“I’m interested in his perspec-tive based on the current eco-nomic situation,” he said.

Maresca said it was inevita-ble that the U.S. would have to change its consumption habits and lifestyle.

“We’re doing all this on credit,” he said. “How long will we be able to pay for a lifestyle we just cannot afford?”

He said U.S. education is na-tionalistic, similar to most other nations, and needs to change. Stu-dents need to be taught that they are part of the world rather than just a country, he said.

Earlier, he spoke to a Juvenile Justice Systems class. His dis-cussion with the class primarily dealt with the future of the U.S. depending on its involvement in global affairs.

Maresca began by talking about his past, being raised by a single mother and doing odd jobs to supplement the family income since he was 14 years old.

“It doesn’t hurt to work as a waiter, if you want to be a U.S. ambassador,” he joked, encourag-ing hard work.

Maresca stressed the need for a coalition of scientists, nongov-ernmental organizations, private companies and governments.

“We are a country that has

every culture in the world, but we still take ourselves out of world events,” he said.

Criminal justice senior Rich-ard Meeks, who attended the class lecture, said he was impressed by Maresca’s achievements despite being raised by a single parent. He agreed that a coalition of vari-ous groups was needed to deal with problems confronting the world.

“He mentioned people in the world rubbing two bricks togeth-er into water and that was their food. It really got me thinking,” he said.

Maresca said the U.S. would have to conform to global stan-dards on many issues to retain its superpower status and deal with upcoming crises.

“There is an American tenden-cy to go by yourself, and that’s OK — if you can do it all by yourself,” he said.

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Diplomat speaks on US habitsEDUCATION

Rector John Maresca said educational changes must be made for US youth.

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Some of UTA’s enrollment efforts include increasing on-line courses, which helped the College of Nursing experience a growth of 2,499 students compared to last spring, a 60.5 percent increase.

“our [distance education courses] are very popular with students because they remove the limitations of time and ge-ography,” Bobbitt said.

retention and expansion of distance education have helped UTA reach record en-rollment for the fourth consec-utive semester since fall 2009.

in a town hall meeting last week, Spaniolo expressed that enrollment growth is helpful for the university because it attracts students and quality faculty, but state budget cuts to higher education could af-fect college students statewide.

“That’s a worst case sce-nario,” he said. “i’m confident that it won’t come to that, and that we’ll be more than oK.”

Garcia said she relies on online courses to satisfy her core classes while maintaining a flexible schedule that helps her attend tutoring.

“My grades are important to me, and so far i’m doing well,” she said. “rumors of budget cuts are scary, espe-cially to a growing campus. Hopefully record enrollment will send a message to the governor and show him how cuts to education can hurt stu-dents.”

Whether UTA receives less or the same amount of funds, the university will find ways to make sure its students suc-ceed, Bobbitt said.

“it’s a balancing act for all state universities and the state,” he said. “That’s the na-ture of life. When challenges present themselves, we will meet them.”

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For Burns, it’s not an op-tion.

“i wouldn’t have the money for it,” he said. “it would push me back a se-mester - technically, even two semesters. it could cause me to graduate a year later.”

Melody Barnes, White House domestic policy coun-cil director, said on a confer-ence call with college journal-ists Tuesday, the decisions to make cuts are difficult, but ending the summer program is necessary.

“it cost about 10 times more than was originally anticipated,” she said. “We made some necessary cuts to the program so we could ac-commodate the number of students who are relying on Pell [Grants].”

Krause said 2,600 UTA

students received Pell Grants last summer, and more than 11,000 students have re-ceived grants this semester.

House republicans have presented a budget to finish fiscal year 2011. The budget would cut deeper into finan-cial aid.

Sean Brown, rep. Joe Barton’s, r-Arlington, com-munications director, said the $5,500 maximum Pell Grant would be reduced to $4,705 per year.

“His [rep. Barton’s] overall view is cuts across the

board,” Brown said. “in his mind, there’s not a program out there that couldn’t use a haircut. Unfortunately, that includes education grants like the Pell Grant.”

Brown said making dif-ficult decisions in the short-term will preserve futures in the long-term.

“if we keep spending the way we are, the country is not going to be what they expect it to be when they get out of school,” Brown said. “For lack of a better term, everybody is going to have to suck it up and find a way to make up that extra $845.”

Krause said UTA students may be faced with difficult decisions.

“Clearly, the potential is there to make it a little more expensive for students to go to school,” he said. “We’ll just have to see what comes through.”

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“engineers allow us to apply our equations to every-day life to help make sense of the things that we can’t see with numbers,” he said.

The idea of collaboration isn’t new among researchers, Provost donald Bobbitt said.

“Many departments are re-lated by their nature,” he said. “We’re making sure our re-searchers have the space they need along the resources they need to find other researchers that can help them complete and enhance their work.”

UTA wants to promote collaborations to expand re-search productivity in terms of securing research grants and providing better resourc-es to students. last year, the university reported more than

$42 million in restricted ex-penditures, which are com-petitive grants that are re-search specific, said university spokeswoman Kristin Sulli-van.

M o t i v a t i o n and the means to cultivate partner-ships are neces-sary for effective co l laborat ions and vital to in-creasing UTA’s competitiveness for grants and funding, Bobbitt said.

The office of research continues to devel-op and expand the Faculty Profile System and Collabora-tive Partnership, an online database for locating faculty with complementary skills ei-ther at UTA or contributing institutions.

“We are ahead of every-

one else in terms of making the resources available to our researchers,” he said. “There are other schools within the system that are beginning

to create an on-line model like ours, which could eventually help us expand collabora-tion.”

According to the Texas Higher education Coor-dinating Board, the university will monitor collabo-ration by track-ing the number

of collaborative projects, the number of institutions in-volved and the number of new faculty.

The most recent sign of UTA’s collaborative efforts is the engineering research Building. The building houses the Computer Science and

Bioengineering departments and Colleges of Science and engineering faculty.

The $126 million build-ing, which opened this year, is designed to provide more research space and act as an incentive for research, said engineering dean Bill Car-roll.

Having computer scien-tists, biomedical engineers and biologists in the same building will foster collabo-rations in biotechnology and related fields, he said.

“The expectation is that it will foster cooperation and collaborations that would not have occurred otherwise,” Carroll said. “This will result by the researchers being in closer proximity to one anoth-er and to the new laboratory facilities.”

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onestitChatatimeAlumna Ursula Dickinson sews a dress Tuesday in the costume room of the Fine Arts Building. It will be used in Adding Machine, a play that opens Friday. Dickinson said this was her first time to volunteer making costumes and that she loves to volunteer. “I can’t be an actress, but I’d like to help out behind the scenes,” she said.

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Mubarak loyalist becomes transition leader

CAIRO — Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi, the head of the ruling council that took power from Hosni Mubarak on Friday, is the new leader of what many Egyptians hope will be a radical transformation of their nation. The 75-year-old career soldier will be one of the most scrutinized figures in Egypt in the months ahead when his council has promised to steer the country toward a democratic system, sealed by elections. But he is an un-likely steward for the task, a man said to be resistant to change and out of touch with the younger officer corps.

nation

Obama, GOP headed onto budget collision course

WASHINGTON — On a collision course over spending, House Republicans advanced a sweeping, $61 billion package of budget reductions on Tuesday despite a swift veto threat and a warning from President Barack Obama against unwise cuts “that could endanger the recovery.” Congressional Democrats said the Republican cuts would reduce U.S. employment rather than add to it and leapt to criticize when House Speaker John Boehner said “so be it” if jobs are lost among the ranks of federal employees. Spending legislation must be signed into law by March 4 to prevent a government shutdown that neither side says it wants. The GOP bill, separate from the 2012 budget Obama unveiled on Monday, covers spending for the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30.

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NFL increases offer for seatless Super Bowl fans

DALLAS — The NFL upped the ante again Tuesday for the 400 fans dis-placed by problems with temporary seats at the Super Bowl. Spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league e-mailed all the fans to offer either $5,000 or reimbursement for “actual documented” Super Bowl expenses, which-ever figure is higher. The latest offer is the third and most valuable option for fans who had tickets but no seats in Cowboys Stadium for Green Bay’s 31-25 victory against Pittsburgh on Feb. 6. The first offer was for $2,400 — three times the face value of the affected seats — and a ticket to next year’s Super Bowl. The league soon added a second option of a ticket to any future Super Bowl plus airfare and hotel costs.

Texas Senate investigates power outages

AUSTIN — State electricity managers had plenty of notice that an arctic cold front was headed for Texas and planned ahead for it, but power generators failed to provide electricity once the storm hit, utility bosses told lawmakers Tuesday. Company officials said they were disappointed with their perfor-mance and promised to do better. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which is responsible for managing the state’s electric grid, asked generators for extra power ahead of the frigid weather that hit Texas on Feb. 2. But once the storm hit, 82 out of 550 generating systems either shut down or unex-pectedly failed to start because they couldn’t handle the cold weather.

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inrememberanCeChoepel, with The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, sets out a photograph of Jigme Norbu, the Dalai Lama’s nephew, before a prayer service in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday. Norbu was struck and killed by an SUV along a Florida coastal highway while on a walk to pro-mote Tibetan independence from China.

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DR. RUTHQ: I’ve met a girl whom I have fallen in love with. We have a great relationship, and everything is go-ing along very smoothly. Our sex life is very active and enjoyable, for the most part, but I have doubts about our future sexual relationship. Dur-ing sex I fi nd a lack of tightness in her vagina, making intercourse less enjoyable for me. I have read about Kegel exercis-es to help tighten the vagi-nal muscles, but I fear the possibility that they might not work. I also worry that if we have children togeth-er, the problem may esca-late. I also think about the possibility that we are not such a perfect fi t for each other sexually. I have an average-size penis, so the problem isn’t that I’m too small. I genuinely care for this girl, and I’m trying to be open-minded and fi nd a solution rather than just end our relationship. What can we do?

A: Saying you’re in love and actually being in love are two different things. If you really were

in love, she could have all sorts of problems and you would just learn to accept them. And here you are, com-plaining about a problem that seems rather minor. So that leaves me con-

cerned. As to your ques-tion, have you suggested that she do Kegel exercis-es? If she’s not aware of how you feel, how would she know? I’m always telling women that they shouldn’t expect their partners to guess what they need in order to have orgasms, and the same ap-plies to men. Also, have you tried other positions? Sometimes that might be helpful. And though it may sound counterpro-ductive, you also should try using a lubricant. Be-lieve it or not, the use of a lubricant may increase your sensations. Let me know what happens, but

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EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW

Budget cuts don’t have to hurtUTA needs to be more thoughtful about what to do to protect students

Less trash cans is one way Facilities Management hopes to save some money for the univer-sity during these trying economic times.

It’s a good start, but to save jobs and keep tuition reasonable, more cuts like these need to hap-pen.

The university, which spends more than $200,000 a year on waste management, is acting responsibly by cutting down on operations that won’t affect stu-dents, faculty and other staff di-rectly. The administration should pursue all similar opportunities.

These measures are impor-tant because the current budget situation, a state shortfall of up to $27 billion, has put UTA in a position where it must scru-tinize where each dollar goes while trying to stay the course to

Tier One, national recognition through research.

Under a proposal in the Texas Legislature, UTA would have to make do without $37 million for the 2012-2013 biennium. UTA is making headway, though, with reductions for this fiscal year to-taling $10.5 million.

UTA will stay afloat, but ad-ministrators need to ensure stu-dents’ quality of education isn’t harmed by the removal of faculty, staff and other valuable resourc-es.

The university shouldn’t re-move any more positions. In fact, UTA could be most successful at tightening its budget if it further indulges in its on-campus tal-ents. That means incorporating more class projects with initia-tives and programs implemented by UTA, such as construction

projects. For example, engineer-ing, science, architecture and urban planning students and faculty could have a role in Col-lege Park District construction. Or business students could get involved in trimming the budget. A fresh eye could be helpful.

Administrators also can look more into such operations by as-sessing their surroundings. For example, less trash cans could be applied for the entire campus. Standing on the University Cen-ter mall, one could locate more than a dozen places to dispose waste.

The university should continue to make creative spending cuts to ensure the university’s mission to promote student success isn’t compromised.

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DISCOMBOBULATION by Houston Hardaway

Planned Parenthood is in the spotlight again as an undercover video, re-leased by Live Action, an antiabortion

activist group, showing a man who says he is in the sex business and manages women. In the video, he gets advice from a Planned Parenthood staffer. The man asks about how to get abortions for girls as young as 14 years old. The video speaks for itself. I urge everyone to watch the video at liveac-tion.org.

Why should taxpayers who are opposed to abortion for moral, ethical or religious reasons have their taxes doled out to a group that makes mil-lions of dollars per-forming abortions? This is an injustice.

Planned Parent-hood shouldn’t receive any funding from the federal government.

According to Planned Parenthood’s 2007-2008 annual report, its clinics per-formed more than 305,000 abortions in 2007 and 4,900 re-ferrals were made to adoption agencies.

The cost of an abor-tion at a Planned Par-enthood Surgical Center is $350 to $950 in the first trimester. If all 305,000 abortions were performed at $350, then Planned Par-enthood could have made $107 million on abortions. Sadly, the numbers keep going up.

Why does Planned Parenthood need $350 million in federal funding? Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that reported it had $85 million in excess rev-enue over expenses in 2008. That sounds like profit to me.

Federal funding for Planned Parenthood needs to end immediately. If people believe Planned Parenthood is an honest and wor-thy organization, then they can donate their money.

Planned Parenthood is an abortion mill. According to Planned Parenthood’s website, they state that “abortions are very common. In fact, more than 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old.”

Abortion is a big deal, and it’s a shame it’s common. This is a human rights viola-tion. Abortion is a disregard for human life.

In a few years, when you walk your child to class on his or her first day of school and take a look at all the wide-eyed children smiling, think about kids who aren’t there because a pinhead Planned Parenthood em-ployee convinced an ignorant woman that an abortion was the right decision.

Abortion is not an option that the gov-ernment should have its hand in. Planned Parenthood should be funded by individuals who support abortion, not by the tax dollars of those who oppose abortion.

Pro-Lifer dollars

shouldn’t cover abortions

Taxpayers’ money should not go toward Planned Parenthood’s funding

YOUR VIEW

My fellow Mavericks, I am sure most of you know Texas is fac-ing one of its worst budget crises

ever. Our state comptroller has calculated that Texas faces up to a $27 billion bud-get shortfall for the upcoming biennium.

To compensate for shortfalls, state in-stitutions have been asked repeatedly to cut budgets, and higher education has carried a great portion of these cuts. State institutions of higher education have been asked to cut their budgets in a series of small percentage reductions, amounting to 7.5 percent overall. The initial 5 percent cut to higher education amounted to approximately $518 million, or 41.47 percent of the state’s total budget recalls. This number is perplexing when we consider that higher education only represents 12.5 percent of Texas’ annual budget.

It is obvious that institutions of higher learning are being asked to compensate much more than other areas of spending. Second in reductions to higher education is Health and Human Services, which has cut $205 million from its budget. Notic-ing these disproportionate cuts, we stu-dents, the stakeholders in higher educa-

tion, need to make informed opinions on legislation relating to higher education.

One such item of legislation is Sen-ate Bill 52 from Senator Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo. Zaffirini is a champion of education in Texas. SB 52, accompanied by House Bill 455 from Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-San Benito, would create a tax-free holiday on textbooks, if passed.

At face value, this seems like a great idea that I would fervently support, given it was introduced when the state was not in such a budget crisis. If passed, these bills would take tax revenue away from

the state in a time when state institutions are being asked to make drastic fiscal cuts. Zaffirini introduced SB 52 in the previous Legislature with an attached fis-cal note projecting a negative impact of approximately $68 million for the bien-nium ending Aug. 31.

Are these dollars that we want to take from our already struggling state? The individual student gain is negligible to the impact these bills would have on the state tax revenue. At some point, we must think beyond our own immediate needs and look at the greater impact that these bills would have on us and others in the long run. Our time would be much bet-ter used advocating alternative methods to easing the cost of education on Texas students.

I have introduced a resolution in our Student Congress asking for its opposi-tion to SB 52. Again, I must reiterate that I believe this bill has the potential to be very beneficial to students, but not in a time when state budget shortfalls are being compensated by cuts to higher education. I hope my fellow students at UTA will agree that frugality is next to timeliness.

Think before we cut

Tax breaks may help students, but Texas needs that revenue

during this budget crisis

YOUR VIEW

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Join the discussion by commenting at theshorthorn.com.

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KENT LONG

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will find justice in court on Feb. 28. She said she hopes the driver who struck Gladys’ vehicle will find the light.

“This was not an accident,” she said. “This was something he made happen when he fled from the police. . . that was no accident, that was a choice.”

11:45 p.m. Feb. 4 It was a cold night when

Tyrone Lee Sims II, 23, was pulled over in Duncanville for a routine traffic stop. As the police officer approached his Chevy Tahoe, Sims took off. He ran a red light and struck Gladys Barrientos’ Honda Civic. She was pronounced dead later at Methodist Charlton Medical Center.

Sims was not a repeat of-fender or a career criminal. He was taken to the Dun-canville police station and then later to the DeSoto po-lice station. Sims, who has been charged with murder, will be tried Feb. 28 in front of Judge Susan Hawk at the 291st District Court in Dal-las. His court date has moved back six times so far, but Rosa Barrientos said she is hopeful this one will stay.

Sims’ attorney Robertson Phillip said neither side has been prolonging the case, but it’s normal in timing and scheduling, considering it’s a murder case.

Phillip said the Sims fam-ily is grief stricken for the Barrientos’.

“I’ve never had a family that has expressed more sym-pathy for what happened to the victim,” he said.

The last dance The night of her death,

Gladys Barrientos and her mother parted ways like they always did: a tango in the kitchen.

“We would fall and most likely be on the floor laughing our heads off,” Rosa Barrien-tos said.

Gladys Barrientos went to Bible studies on Thurs-day evenings. Gladys’ mother would usually take a nap then wake up, so they could chat.

“At exactly 11:45 p.m. something had woke me up,” she said. “I ran to her room, and I honestly think that was her that came to tell me.”

Ten minutes later, the police knocked on her door. Rosa Barrientos said the of-ficer could only tell them to rush to the hospital, because Gladys was in an accident be-fore he himself started crying. The silent five minute drive to the hospital felt like an hour to Rosa Barrientos and her husband, Carlos Barrientos.

“In my head and his head you’re thinking the worst, ex-cept that she’s dead,” Rosa Barrientos said. “I thought maybe she’s going to be on a machine... all kinds of things trying to accept that tragedy happened.”

‘There is no moving on’ Lauren Birks, Gladys’ best

friend and UT-Austin psy-chology student, has accepted there is “no moving on.” But she said she’s thankful to re-main close with the Barrien-tos family, even though she wishes it was Gladys Barri-entos at her siblings’ soccer games instead of her.

“I think it’s unfair that I’m still here, and she’s not,” Birks said. “I even find it unfair that she died and the guy that hit her lived, without a scratch on him, that doesn’t make sense to me.”

Birks has known Gladys Barrientos since they were in el-ementary school. She became her best friend on the high school wres-tling team.

“She was my best friend. And that encom-passed her not only being a friend, but she was also my partner when it came to wres-tling,” Birks said. “Her family is my family.”

A life dedicated to helping loved ones

Gladys Barrientos received a full scholarship to the Uni-versity of Oklahoma for wres-tling. When the time came to go, she told her mother

she couldn’t leave her family, Rosa Barrientos said.

“Maybe that was God tell-ing her, ‘You’re going to be with us only a little longer,’” she said. “‘So stay with your family.’”

She struggled to choose a major once she started school, but picked psychology because she wanted to help people, Rosa Barrientos said.

“That was very typical. She would always help out,” Rosa Barrientos said. “She

thought she was already a psychologist.”

G l a d y s B a r r i e n t o s would be g r a d u a t i n g this semester and possibly be working on going to grad-uate school, Birks said. Her love for helping peo-ple extended beyond her career and her

family to a tightly knit group of friends, she said. Instead of having a lot of friends, Gladys Barrientos was the type to keep a few very close.

“The friends she did have were very, very near and dear to her,” Birks said. “If some-one else hurt her friend, then you might as well have hurt her.”

One year laterOn the anniversary of

Gladys Barrientos’ death, Birks was at work. She talked to Rosa Barrientos the night before and suggested that she go to bed early, so Barrien-tos would not even be awake during the actual anniversary, Birks said she wished she’d done the same.

“When 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 4. hit, I was a mess,” Birks said. “There’s just no way around that, because in that instance you’re thinking, ‘This is when your life was over.’”

Rosa Barrientos said she still loves to talk about her daughter, the more she talks about her, the more alive she remains. She sighs between sentences and sprinkles in jokes when it gets tough, like her daughter’s love of photo-graphing herself.

“This is the hardest thing we’ve ever had to do,” Rosa Barrientos said. “Every day instead of getting better, it seems like it’s getting worse because you’re not in shock anymore; everything’s real.”

The house was full of fam-ily members on the anniver-sary of Gladys’ death. After dinner, the family looked at photos and watched her old tapes. Her mother returns to her room when she is happy or sad. Sometimes her little brother, Edgar, sleeps in her bed.

“It’s like a sanctuary for us,” she said. “We go there and we cry.”

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tive assistant to the President, cheered the loudest for the faculty and staff team.

Although the staff put up a fight against the students and were intense with defense, biology senior Jerome Kirby said the faculty’s ages would hinder the team.

Kulesz scored 12 points for the team and said he was try-ing to show off, but Walker was a handful.

“We had to get physical to slow them down,” Kulesz said, commenting on their defen-sive strategy.

Staff and faculty took off with a burst of energy, scoring the first four points of the sec-ond half, but the all-together team effort of the students led them to their victory.

“I didn’t know they were going to put up such a fight,” Walker said walking off of the court.

As part of the first annual Spirit Week, Mr. UTA Ricky Irving and Ms. UTA Miriam Zehaie said a lot of work went into planning the game and they were very proud of the results.

“I hope that this can be-come a tradition,” Mr. UTA Ricky Irving said.

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“When 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 4. hit, I was a mess. There’s just no way around that, because in that in-stance you’re think-ing, ‘This is when your life was over.’”

Lauren Birks,Gladys’ best friend and UT-Austin psychology student

By Josh BoweThe Shorthorn senior staff

Dr. Jekyll, meet the Maver-icks. They’ve already been intro-duced to your friend, Mr. Hyde.

In their last three conference losses to Texas State, Sam Hous-ton State and UT-San Antonio; the Mavericks allowed teams to shoot 54 percent from the field in the second half. That’s a far cry from the conference-leading 39.4 percent the Mavericks held opponents in conference play before their recent 1-3 slide.

The four-game stretch dropped the Mavericks from first place in the West Division, to a tie for fourth: one spot above last place Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Head coach Scott Cross wishes he could find a direct an-swer to solving the problem, but it’s been difficult for him so far.

“If I knew the answer, I’d def-initely make an adjustment,” he said. “You’ve got to give [Texas State] a little bit of credit. They hit shot after shot, and a lot of them were tough shots that they hit.”

The Mavericks have held opponents to an average of 27 points in the first halves of the last three losses. In contrast, they’ve also allowed an average of 48.7 points in the second half in the last three losses. That’s a 21.7 point differential between the two halves.

The common word thrown out between Cross and his play-ers is “intensity.” For reasons the players and coaches can’t explain, the energy and intensity has been lacking coming out of the locker room after halftime.

“Especially at Texas State, there was a drop of intensity,” Cross said. “That happens when the other team’s hitting shots, and you’re not hitting shots and turning the ball over.”

The Mavericks offense hasn’t been compensating for its de-fensive struggles. UTA shot an average of 41 percent in the sec-ond halves of the three recent losses.

Sophomore guard Cameron Catlett feels the Maverick de-fense has let downs after a poor offensive possession.

“When we turn the ball over, that means we have to play de-fense more often,” he said. “Our morality after a turnover is not as high as opposed to after a

bucket.”Catlett is confident the en-

ergy and intensity will improve if the Mavericks can just get a couple of more shots to go down.

“If we get a bucket, we’re pumped up,” he said. “We think, ‘Let’s get a stop, and then get another bucket,’ as opposed to when we turn the ball over we’re like, ‘Ah, we’ve got to go down and play defense again.’”

Junior forward LaMarcus Reed feels it is too late in the sea-son for the Mavericks to come apart. Sitting even in the confer-ence at 5-5, Reed knows this is a crucial part of the season for his team.

“We’re at the point of the

season where we can’t afford to break down mentally on de-fense,” he said. “We’re still trying to fight for a high seed in the tournament.”

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Junior forward LaMarcus Reed drives toward the basket as junior guard Bradley Gay defends during practice Tuesday afternoon in Texas Hall. The Mavericks will play Stephen F. Austin at 7 tonight in Texas Hall.

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After being cut from the UTA volleyball team in spring 2010, public relations junior Liz Bartelson wanted to lead the UTA volleyball club. Bartelson is the club’s president and is an assistant coach for the Texas Advantage Volleyball club in Fort Worth.

KEYS TO THE GAMEFind a third scorer: In five

of their seven wins this season, the Mavericks had three play-ers finish the game in double-figures. If they can find a third scorer to complement seniors Tamara Simmons and Shalyn Martin, who are averaging dou-ble-figures this season, they will greatly improve their chances. That could be freshman Briana Walker, who had 16 points to help the Mavericks rout Texas State on Saturday.

Shalyn Martin can’t get into foul trouble: Last time the Mavericks played the La-dyjacks, Martin picked up her third foul with 4:42 to play in the first half and spent the rest of the half on the bench. She was able to play most of the second half, but picked up her fourth foul with 7:25 left. She returned late and still scored 18 points, but if she stays out of foul trouble, she could score more than 18 points and help the Mavericks get a win.

Get the defensive rebound: The Lumberjacks had 25 of-fensive rebounds against the Mavericks the last time they met. The Ladyjacks are second in Southland Conference play in offensive rebounds, averag-ing 16.2 a game. The Mavericks are going to need to crash the boards on defense. If they can they will have a chance of beat-ing the Ladyjacks.

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By Charlie VannThe Shorthorn staff

Volleyball is a way of life for Liz Bartelson.

The public relations junior has been playing volleyball since she was 10 years old and, despite getting released from her walk-on role on the UTA team, she won’t give up.

When Bartelson graduated from a Burlington, Wis. high school in 2008, she’d already sent recruiting videos and made phone calls around the nation. She got a bite from UT-permian Basin, but she said she was told to look into a Division-III school.

She took that advice and enrolled at UT-Tyler to play volleyball. That season, Bar-telson recorded 165 kills, 499 assists and 140 digs.

But leaving a small town in Wisconsin for another one in Texas made her realize it was time to move to a bigger area.

“I grew up in a really small town,” she said. “I wanted to get out of that scene.”

She transferred to UTA in 2009 not expecting to keep playing the sport she loves, but stumbled across the UTA volleyball club’s website and

decided to join. The club played in the fall

of 2009, but ended up fold-ing that spring. players didn’t come to practice, paperwork didn’t get filed and the club went defunct.

She contacted Diane Sey-mour, the head coach of UTA volleyball team, who allowed her to practice with the team. She earned a spot on the ros-ter last spring, but according to Seymour the athletic de-partment made a decision to cut walk-on players, citing the tough economic year.

But during her one spring career, Bartelson still left an impression on Seymour.

“She was very energetic,” she said. “[She was] just a really great teammate to be around.”

Needing to play volleyball, Bartelson decided to get the club team back together and took over as acting president. She wanted to give the club a fresh start.

“We are a lot more orga-nized now,” she said. “We are a lot more disciplined.”

Taking over as president meant taking on loads of pa-perwork, but that didn’t stop

her from stepping up to bring the team back into existence.

“I was willing to dedicate my time in making sure that everything was organized,” she said.

She posted fliers and tapped into an unknown mar-ket of students looking to play competitive volleyball. She rounded up nine other play-ers and started competing in tournaments.

Accounting freshman and libero Beth Robinson said her dedication to the sport is evi-dent on and off the court.

“She’s really hardworking and dedicated,” she said.

Bartelson takes her love for the sport outside of school and applies it to coaching 13-year-olds. She’s an assistant coach for the Texas Advantage Vol-leyball club in Fort Worth.

But she won’t stop play-ing her favorite sport after she graduates. In fact, she said she hopes to keep playing in USA Volleyball adult leagues, which are found in nearly every major area, including North Texas.

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Cal Ripken, Jr. played 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. In 1995 he broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played; he voluntarily ended that streak in 1998 at 2,632 games. In 2001 he and his family established the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation. Ripken is now a special envoy for the U.S. State Department.

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SLC StandingsEast SLC OverallMcNeese State 7-3 15-8Northwestern State 7-4 15-11Southeastern Louisiana 6-4 12-10Nicholls 5-6 11-10Lamar 4-6 10-14Central Arkansas 1-10 5-19 West SLC OverallTexas State 8-3 13-12Stephen F. Austin 6-4 15-7Sam Houston State 6-5 13-11UTA 5-5 12-11UTSA 5-5 11-12Texas A&M-CC 3-8 8-18

Around the SLCMondayMcNeese St. 73, Sam Houston St. 63

TuesdayTexas State 66, Texas A&M-CC 61

Wednesday’s GamesStephen F. Austin at UTALamar at Southeastern LouisianaMcNeese St. at UTSA