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BY KAYLA MURILLO 

Contributor to The Shorthorn 

Kami Baitz wants to talk about her 

vagina. 

The bilingual education junior will 

personify the female body part and how 

it’s affected by women’s routines such as 

doctor visits, cleaning methods and even 

wearing thongs in a monologue called 

“My Angry Vagina.” 

Her performance is one of many from 

The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve 

Ensler, which will be performed at 7:30 

p.m. Saturday through Monday in the 

University Center Rosebud Theatre. 

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Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for 

nonstudents. The money raised will be 

donated to Arlington Women’s Shelter, 

and 10 percent will go to women in Iraq. 

Theater senior Melissa Hurta, the production’s 

co-director, said the show is a 

set of monologues and montages collected 

by Ensler that tell women’s stories about 

good and bad life experiences. The monologues 

include personal stories about rape, 

abuse and female perspectives such as 

Baitz’s. 

“It’s a show that helps women to open 

up to talk about their vaginas,” Hurta 

said. 

She performed in last year’s show and 

said that she felt more like a woman afterward. 

“I felt empowered and free and proud 

of something that was touching so many 

lives,” she said. 

Baitz said when she first read her 

monologue, the language seemed rough 

and explicit. There is cursing in the beginning, 

but as it progresses, the language 

becomes less graphic, she said. 

After practicing, she realized how the 

language is essential in releasing the frus- 

McCallum plans to step down 

Full-time professorship enticed the 

communication chair to announce 

resignation after 10 years of work. 

BY JORDAN TAYLOR 


After 10 years, Communication Chair 

Karin McCallum has decided to step 

down to become a full-time professor. 

McCallum said she decided in the 

fall that it was time to move on and let 

someone else take over, to bring a new 

perspective into the office. 

Though there has been no formal announcement, 

she talked to some faculty 

right after making the decision to prepare 

them for her departure. 

A search committee for a new chair 

Private Part 

‘Vagina Monologues’ begins Saturday 

has convened, but the position has not yet 

been publicized, she said. McCallum will 

hold the position until Aug. 31 and will 

teach communication classes next fall. 

“Last fall, I was talking with my family 

and they were wondering when I was 

going to focus on other things I’ve wanted 

to do,” she said. “There have been several 

writing and consulting projects I’ve been 

working on and postponing, and now I’ll 

really have time to work on them.” 

McCallum said the biggest thing she 

will miss is directly working with faculty 

and other chairs on campus affairs. 

“She was the one that hired me back 

in ’89, and I’ve enjoyed working with 

her immensely,” Communication Senior 

Secretary Pat Rentz said. 

During McCallum’s time as chair, she 

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Theater senior Jamie Kinser runs through her soliloquy, “The Flood,” during practice for The Vagina Monologues. The show will be performed at 7:30 

p.m. Saturday through Monday in the University Center Rosebud Theatre. 

MONOLOGUE continues on page 4 

was part of the department’s master’s 

program development last fall and the 

online availability of the campus radio 

station. She also helped increase the 

number of department scholarships. 

She said she is proud of the students 

whom she has helped in her time as chair. 

There are currently 35 communication 

students who intern at the radio and 

television stations while attending class, 

something she is pleased with. 

“Those interns are chosen for those 

positions over many students from other 

campuses in the area,” she said. “I enjoy 

the students because they are such great 

people. I like seeing them in the hall and 

walking with them across campus.” 

CHAIR continues on page 4 

Spokeswomen from the Past 

Theater alumnae breathe life into America’s historical women 

BY JESSICA SMITH 

The Shorthorn staff 

Christi Murphy, as Contemporary 

Woman, needed 

direction. 

“I am a product of my time, 

and the woman I am told to 

be is not what I want to be,” 

the 2002 alumna said. “I need 

roots.” 

An audience of about 30 

people watched Murphy receive 

guidance from famous 

women in American history 

in Gloria Goldsmith’s Womanspeak 

on Thursday evening 

in a dimmed University Center 

Rosebud Theatre. 

The UTA Theatre Alumni 

chapter sponsored the play 

as part of Homecoming, and 

it hopes to continue the tradition, 

Homecoming Chair 

Cathy Pritchett 

said. 

The set was 

decorated with 

four chairs draped 

in black cloth, 

metal benches 

and a screen that 

displayed the pictures 

and names 

of the women 

speaking. The play 

was performed in 

reader’s theater 

style, with the 

actresses reading 

from scripts as they portrayed 

their roles, which is more difficult 

to do because they are not 

“I went to prison 

a radical when I 

said women don’t 

need to keep their 

mouths shut and 

their legs open.” 

Stacey Blanton 

2001 Theatre alumna performing 

the role of Emma 

Goldman in Womanspeak 

portraying fictional characters, 

Angela Stidham said. Instead, 

the women are 

trying to channel 

someone who 

once lived. 

“It’s different 

from the acting 

I’m used to,” 

the 1998 alumna 

said. 

Stidham portrayed 

Harriet 

Beecher Stowe, 

who wrote Uncle 

Tom’s Cabin, Victoria 

Woodhull, 

the first woman 

to run for U.S. president, and 

Margaret Sanger, who was an 

advocate for birth control and 

founded Planned Parenthood 

in 1916. 

Theatre Alumni president 

Maleka Mahdi, a 1999 alumna, 

spoke to Murphy as abolitionist 

Sojourner Truth. She 

said she was told women were 

delicate and supposed to be 

lifted into a carriage to cross 

a stream, which was different 

from her reality as a freed 

slave who gave birth to 13 children, 

most of whom were sold 

into slavery. 

“When I cried out in grief 

with my mother, only Jesus 

heard me. And I’m a woman,” 

Mahdi said. 

Women’s rights advocate 

WOMEN continues on page 5 

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ALUMNI 

Reception 

slated for 

Saturday 

The event will recognize two 

graduates, a journalist and 

an educator, for their work. 

BY TRISTAN VAWTERS 

The Shorthorn assistant news editor 

Homecoming week concludes 

Saturday with a reception 

and dance honoring former 

black students and staff. 

The African-American 

Alumni chapter will present 

Andrea Arceneaux-Coleman 

and LeNorman J. Strong with 

Outstanding African-American 

Alumni awards at 7 p.m. in the 

University Center Bluebonnet 

Ballroom. 

“The event is when we honor 

exceptional African-American 

graduates who have made contributions 

and accomplishments 

that bring credit to the univer- 

HOMECOMING 

Saxe tapped 

for showcase 

His faux ‘Thriller’ video will 

air after campus talent 

acts take the stage today. 

BY MEREDITH MOORE 


Allan Saxe won’t just sing 

and dance like Michael Jackson 

for the Best of the Best Talent 

Show. 

The political science associate 

professor will become the 

pop icon. 

The third annual talent show 

will take place today. It will follow 

the Chili Cook-off at 6:30 

p.m. Saxe’s music video, “Clucker,” 

a spoof on Michael Jackson’s 

“Thriller,” will be aired at the 

show in the Activities Building’s 

Lone Star Auditorium. 

In the show, students, faculty 

and staff will dance, sing and do 

stand-up comedy. 

At least five acts are slated 

to perform. Saxe said he usually 

plays the tape around Halloween 

for his classes, but the 

Homecoming committee asked 

sity,” said Mary Smith, Alumni 

Association assistant director 

for special events. 

A 1990 graduate in radiotelevision, 

Coleman went on to 

become an Emmy award-winning 

journalist and spent five 

years at CNN. 

While there, she covered the 

first World Trade Center bombing 

in 1993, the Oklahoma City 

bombing and the O.J. Simpson 

trial. After CNN, she coanchored 

the television station 

WGCL in Atlanta 5 p.m. newscast. 

In 2003, she became the 

founding publisher of Southwest 

Atlanta Magazine. She and 

her family live in Southwest Atlanta. 

Strong has been the assistant 

ALUMNI continues on page 5 

if the tape 

could be 

used for this 

year’s talent 

show. 

S a x e 

imitates 

the werewolf 

role 

that Jack- 

Allan Saxe 

son played 

in his music 

video, but instead of changing 

into a werewolf, he turns into a 

chicken. 

All the actors in the film were 

students, and the opening scene 

was filmed at UTA. Other scenes 

were made in graveyards and 

downtown Fort Worth. 

The video was made in 

the early 1980s for a television 

show that Saxe worked 

for called “P.M. Magazine.” For 

about five years, he performed 

weekly skits. The show aired 

Saxe’s skits on the local portion, 

he said. 

SHOWCASE continues on page 5 

The Shorthorn: Mark Roberts 

Alumnae Christi 

Murphy, front, 

and Jennifer 

Snow read 

from their 

Womanspeak 

script Thursday 

night in the 

University Center 

Rosebud 

Theatre. Members 

of UTA 

Theatre Alumni 

performed 

for the show 

about women’s 

roles in history, 

which was part 

of Homecoming 

week.

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Friday 

February 18, 2005 

“Every day 

I see her, 

she always 

has a smile 

on her face 

and is 

always 

cracking 

jokes.” 

Jason Foster, 

broadcast communications senior, 

on Communication Chair 

Karin McCallum’s 

announcement to step down 

from her position. 

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An officer took a report of a 

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Two high school seniors will compete in Calculus Bowl 

BY ROMEL LIRA AND KAYLA MURILLO 

Contributors to The Shorthorn 

High school seniors Josh Lim 

and Kris Kazlowski, also undeclared 

university students, are confident 

they will defend their championship 

title at the fifth annual UTA 

Calculus Bowl today. 

The best friends have competed 

in the bowl for three years, and 

their high school, The Oakridge 

School, was a first-place winner 

last year. 

The bowls are designed to test 

participants’ math knowledge in a 

competitive environment. 

The bowl is from 3:30 to 6:30 

p.m. in rooms 110 and 104 of Pickard 

Hall. Contest questions will be 

multiple-choice drawing on precalculus 

and calculus knowledge. 

Both Lim and Kazlowski have 

completed their high school math 

requirements and are enrolled in 

advanced math courses here. 

For this year’s bowl, Kazlowski 

said he is so confident in his 

math abilities that he won’t practice 

much. 

“I’m not planning on doing anything 

to prepare,” he said. 

He said he will study using a 

calculus textbook, but because he 

has participated in past high school 

competitions, he feels ready for the 

challenge. 

Lim said the bowl is usually 

competitive. 

“We enjoy spending a day solving 

math contests,” he said. 

The two are taking a break this 

semester after enrolling in Abstract 

Algebra and Differential Equations 

in fall 2004. Both were also named 

semifinalists in the 2004 Siemens- 

Westinghouse Science, Math and 

Technology Competition, a prestigious 

contest organized by the 

Honors Summer Math Camp at 

Texas State University in San Marcos. 

“People who come in early are 

sometimes more mature than college 

students. They’re here for a serious 

purpose,” math lecturer Harvy 

Baker said. 

He said he does not know the 

two students outside of class, but he 

can tell most students do not realize 

Kazlowski and Lim are still in high 

school. 

Hristo Kojouharov, co-host of 

this year’s Calculus Bowl, said all 

contestants will receive a year’s subscription 

to the Mathematical Association 

of America’s journal, and 

winners will get a registration fee 

waiver for the 85th annual meeting 

of the Texas section of the association. 

Currently, both students are researching 

potential colleges they 

would like to attend. 

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The Oakridge School senior Kris Kazlowski will compete today in the fifth annual UTA 

Calculus Bowl held in Pickard Hall. The Oakridge School team took first last year and is 

confident that success will repeat. 

Lim is interested in pursuing a 

theoretical mathematics or applied 

physics degree, while Kazlowski 

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Psychology Department 

to host annual convention 

Psychology students will give presentations 

on their psychological research at the 

third annual Psychology Convention beginning 

at 9 a.m. Saturday in the University 

Center Guadalupe Room. 

The Psychology Department, Psychology 

Society and the UTA Psi Chi chapter 

will host the free event. 

“The convention lets students present 

the work they’ve done and get recognition 

for it,” said Anthony Pedrazine, Psi Chi 

chapter president and convention chair. 

The afternoon sessions will center on 

keynote addresses by guest speaker Sharon 

Ramey and Psychology Chair Robert 

Gatchel starting at 2 p.m. in the Rio Grande 

Ballroom. 

Dr. Ramey is the founding director of 

the Georgetown Center on Health and Education 

at Georgetown University. She has 

published numerous parenting books and 

has received the National Parenting Book 

Gold Awards. Her speech is titled “The 

Role of Psychology in Promoting the Well- 

Being of Children and Families.” 

For information, contact Pedrazine 

at 214-648-2711 or anthony. 

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— Demond Reid 

Pulitzer Prize winner to 

speak on civil rights act 

Nick Kotz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, 

historian and author, will lecture at 7 

p.m. Monday in the Fine Arts Building’s Irons 

Recital Hall. 

Kotz will lecture on his new book Judgment 

Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin 

Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed 

America. 

Danny Woodward, communication assistant 

to the president and the coordinator 

of the book signing, said it is an honor to have 

Kotz speak on campus. 

“It is exciting to have Nick Kotz on campus 

because of his reputation nationally,” he said. 

Kotz has received numerous journalistic 

awards such as the Sigma Delta Chi Award 

for his Washington reporting, the Raymond 

Clapper Memorial Award and the first Robert 

F. Kennedy Memorial Award. 

The book signing and a reception will follow 

Kotz’s talk. 

Admission is free, and books will be available 

for $22. Seating is limited. 

For information, contact Danny Woodward 

at 817-272-2101 or woodward@uta.edu. 

— Demond Reid 

In Thursday’s article, “Library interest indicated,” 

the name of Wes Jurey, Arlington 

Chamber of Commerce president, was misspelled.

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OPINION 

ABOUT OPINION 

C J Patton, editor 

opinion-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu 

Opinion is published Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday. 

REMEMBER 

“Don’t keep your mind so open that your 

brains fall out.” 

— William J. Bennett 

Friday, February 18, 2005 Page 3 

EDITORIAL 

ROUNDUP 

The issue: 

UTA is considering 

hosting the George 

W. Bush Presidential 

Library. 

We suggest: 

This would be an all 

around benefit for 

both the city and the 

campus. 

After games in peewee sports, 

it is customary to line up and 

slap the hands of opponents 

while saying, “Good game.” 

On occasion, there would be kids who 

would raise their hand out of the way 

and grin arrogantly. Unfortunately they 

now have their own political party. 

Tapping on the intellectual tank to 

make sure it really hasn’t hit empty, 

Democrats are wasting no opportunity 

to accelerate the party’s seemingly inevitable 

extinction. The road less traveled 

needs to actually be traveled on to keep 

its meaning. Who would have thought 

the de facto Wellstone political rally 

was only the beginning? 

During the 

2004 presidentialprimaries,Howard 

Dean 

was a star. 

To the 

giddy, blogladenDeani- 

CARL MORGAN 

The city of Arlington is participating 

in negotiations to determine 

the location of the George W. Bush 

Presidential Library.This move could 

pit UTA against UT-Dallas, Southern 

Methodist University and Texas 

A&M University for the opportunity 

to host the planned facility. While 

concrete plans have not been set, 

President James Spaniolo has been 

meeting with Mayor Robert Cluck 

and Wes Jurey, Arlington Chamber 

of Commerce president, to discuss 

bringing the library to the city. 

We support this effort and encour- 

acs, he was unstoppable. 

They 

weren’t alone. 

Howard Fineman asked in Newsweek: 

“Can anyone stop Howard Dean?” 

As Democrats ostensibly coalesced 

around him, Republicans 

were salivating, wondering 

if this was too good to be true. 

And it was. Everyone was a 

little sad to see Dean go. 

Ironically, the only 

person who could 

stop Howard Dean 

was Howard Dean. 

Or so we thought. 

With the emergence 

of Dean as head of the 

Democratic National Committee, 

we see the resurgence of 

the extreme left. Like Islamic 

extremists, they don’t necessarily 

represent the majority — but they sure 

are the loudest. Democratic strategists 

have quickly reminded us that 

the chairman of the DNC isn’t the only 

voice of the Democratic Party. However, 

Dean’s voice can be the loudest. 

The extreme left will tell you that 

terrorism is merely a Byzantine tool 

schemed by those treasonous neoconservatives 

so Bush could come to 

power from a shadowy, bloodless coup 

that no one knows about. If you can’t 

see this, well you’re simply the result 

of indoctrination from state-run FOX 

News, because Roger Ailes helped 

Bush move a couch one weekend. Oh, 

and the Iraq war is a war for oil — but 

you knew that already. 

What’s even more devastating, and 

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Home of the Presidency 

Bidding for Bush’s library is a no-brainer 

GUEST COLUMN 

age Spaniolo, Cluck and Jurey to 

pursue this plan with vigor. 

If successful, Arlington would 

become one of only 12 cities to host 

a presidential library. If a UTA site 

were chosen, we would join the 

ranks of UT-Austin and Texas A&M, 

both of which have gained notoriety 

through their sponsorship of the 

Lyndon B. Johnson and the George 

Bush libraries respectively. 

The home of the Texas Rangers, 

Arlington has continued growth on 

and off campus with the planned 

construction of the Dallas Cowboys 

An Alien National Party 

Appointment of Dean is a lean to the left 

equally gratifying to Republicans, is 

that the Democrats missed a chance 

to elect a well-rounded moderate. Tim 

Roemer, former Democratic representative 

from Indiana, was the last to 

drop out before Dean won by default. 

Roemer has been trashed by liberal 

bloggers as being too conservative, 

which is usually a sign that you’re 

doing something right. “I got into this 

race five weeks ago to talk about the 

devastating loss we experienced in November,” 

Roemer said. 

In another startling statement he 

said, “If there’s one reason Senator 

The Shorthorn: Marcus McKenzie 

Kerry lost the presidential race, it was 

because he failed to make the American 

people feel safer.” 

So there you have it. Someone on 

the left actually believes Bush won 

because of national security, not gay 

bashing or fear mongering. 

Simply put, instead of embracing a 

moderate view and presenting a formidable 

opponent to the Republicans, 

the Democrats decided to pander to 

the corrupt far left and risk further 

alienation of mainstream Democrats. 

— Carl Morgan is a broadcast journalism freshman. 

The Shorthorn is the official student newspaper of the 

University of Texas at Arlington and is published four 

times weekly during fall and spring semesters, and 

twice weekly during the summer sessions. Unsigned 

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opinions of individual student writers or editors, Short- 

stadium and the proposed special 

events complex here. The addition of 

a presidential library would further 

this boom, increasing Arlington’s 

publicity and popularity as events 

and exhibits draw tourists. 

With an increase in tourism 

comes a boost to the economy as 

visitors stay in Arlington motels, eat 

at Arlington restaurants and buy 

Arlington merchandise. This growth 

has proven itself in College Station, 

where hotel and motel occupancy 

rates have increased since the construction 

of their presidential library. 

Satirical view of 

Valentine’s Day 

examines biases 

Re: “Stand Up and Be 

Straight,” Feb. 11. 

The use of humor, satire 

and reverse psychology has 

long been a formula for delving 

into political and social 

commentaries in America. 

Demond Reid has done a 

good job of making us laugh 

while looking in our sexual 

orientation mirror in his 

article, “Stand Up and Be 

Straight.” 

Historically, Valentine’s 

Day has been heterosexually 

oriented and a celebration 

of boy/girl love. Most of us 

walked through Feb. 14 having 

never considered that 

love between two people 

should be celebrated no matter 

their sexual orientation. 

Love is such a rare medium 

and true treasure that any 

couple that obtains it has 

accomplished something celebratory. 

Mr. Reid’s consideration 

of pornography as documentation 

of heterosexual relationships 

is hilarious. 

Pornography is the antithesis 

of true love where 

respect, caring and kindness 

are the cornerstones of a relationship, 

whether it is heterosexual 

or homosexual. 

American males in Mr. 

Reid’s article are pictured 

as treasonous if they do not 

use Valentine’s Day as a basis 

for heterosexual activity. Of 

course, nowhere in the U.S. 

Constitution does it state 

that men must love only 

women or vice versa. The 

Constitution, in actuality, 

gives us each the freedom to 

choose our pleasures, just 

as we have the freedom to 

choose our political representatives. 

“Stand Up and Be 

Straight” addresses our culturally 

ingrained prejudices 

and asks us to stop, sit down 

and consider why we think 

the way we do. 

— Carl Schupbach is an 

interdisciplinary studies senior. 

Valentine’s column a 

contradiction 


Straight,” Feb. 11. 

This article is poorly opinionated. 

I mean, where is this article 

going? At first, the opinion 

starts out by saying, “No” 

horn advisers or university administration. LETTERS 

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The kinds of benefits that this 

could bring continue to grow as 

time passes. For example, as the 

president’s term moves further into 

the past, the amount of material 

documenting his time in the office 

increases, and the strength of the 

library’s historical appeal grows proportionally. 

The George W. Bush Presidential 

Library would be an excellent investment 

in the future of Arlington, and 

we hope Spaniolo will work closely 

with the city to help this become a 

reality. 

LETTERS 

to homos, but says, “Yes” to 

girl-on-girl, and it ends with, 

“Two, four, six, eight! I want 

you to know I’m straight!” 

Come on! Which is it? 

Perhaps it’s promoting bisexuals. 

Also, who are referred 

to as “the people” to “whom 

should secure Valentine’s 

Day for future generations of 

American procreators?” In 

my opinion, you should let 

“the people” (Not “terrorists” 

— terrorists are who my fiancé 

is fighting in Iraq at the 

moment) be who they want 

to be. 

Whether you are a heterosexual 

or not, you have the 

freedom of choice equally 

right here in America. Only 

you know what is right or 

wrong, and only you have to 

answer to God when everything 

is said and done. 

Every human being has 

the ability to celebrate Valentine’s 

Day the way they want 

to celebrate it, homosexual 

or not. 

Just a word of advice for 

anyone, but if you are going 

to contradict yourself and be 

wishy-washy with your decisions, 

please don’t put it in a 

public paper for all to see. 

— Jenna Beimer is a business 

management junior. 

Valentine’s Day 

viewpoints invalid 


Straight,” Feb. 11 

I am outraged that any 

individual can be so closedminded. 

I can understand the 

desire to proclaim your heterosexuality, 

but to limit it to 

one day is giving the appearance 

that you are not secure 

with your own sexuality. 

The article contradicts 

itself by “wanting to claim 

Valentine’s Day exclusively 

for the hetero-minded,” but 

at the same time to distribute 

pornography with “one 

short girl-on-girl scene.” 

The idea of distributing 

pornography to promote 

heterosexuality is not only 

distasteful but unnecessary. 

Heterosexuality is nothing 

that needs to be promoted 

or sold to anyone. Sexual 

preference is just that — a 

preference. 

Thankfully, the ideas of 

Demond Reid are not those 

of other males on this campus. 

— Mia Domino is a business 

management junior. 

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Friday, February 18, 2005 

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 

Group fosters unity in God 

Project One God hopes 

to break denominational 

barriers at the university. 

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Journalism senior Marisa 

Alvarado, a Catholic, hopes her 

love for God is contagious. 

Project One God, a new network 

she founded, was created 

with the goal of uniting 

all on-campus Christian organizations. 

“Jesus is the reason we have 

our faith,” she said. “We want 

to promote Christianity and 

increase awareness of each 

other. I don’t know if projects 

like these have been done at 

UTA before, but I know nobody 

has ever done anything of 

this magnitude.” 

Some Christian organizations 

have responded to the 

invitation and expressed interest, 

she said. The Christian 

Campus Center, or Tri-C, and 

the University Catholic Community 

have officially joined, 

but no other organizations 

have committed. 

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trations that women deal with. 

“When I realized it was for 

a good cause and not just to be 

cursing, I became OK with it,” 

she said. “It’s for a more mature 

audience.” 

Theater freshman Christina 

Carney said she wanted to be 

part of the show because she has 

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She said planning for the 

group began in fall 2003, 

when God asked her to pursue 

a move for unity. 

“He can have a call, but if 

we don’t answer, the phone 

keeps ring- 

ing,” she said. 

“I wanted to 

start out small 

and build up. 

I didn’t really 

get to planning 

anything concrete 

until the 

fall of 2004.” 

After a semester 

of no 

responses, 

graphic design 

sophomore Julie 

Draper, a Tri-C member, sent 

Alvarado an e-mail affirming 

the center’s commitment, Alvarado 

said. There have been 

three meetings thus far, and 

anyone may join, she said. 

The two women will volunteer 

in a service project from 5 

to 7 p.m. Saturday at Mission 

Arlington, cleaning and preparing 

recently arrived furniture 

for pickup by the mission’s 

heard so much about it. 

“When the people come to 

see it, maybe they’ll leave with 

something,” she said. ”It’s to 

raise awareness about abuse.” 

Theater freshman Jennifer 

Snyder, whose story describes 

rape in Bosnia, said she has 

gained performance experience 

and learned what happens 

around the world from the 

show. 

“We’re very sheltered here in 

America. We don’t know what 

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“If we can’t break our 

own misconceptions 

[about other Christian 

denominations], we 

can’t expect others to 

do so about us.” 

Marisa Alvarado, 

journalism senior and Project One 

God founder 

clients. They will also hold a 

bake sale from 8 a.m. to 1:30 

p.m. Monday on the Central 

Library mall. Proceeds will 

benefit the UNICEF tsunami 

relief fund. 

Alvarado said 

15 people have 

signed up for 

the service project 

and the sale. 

This will hopefully 

become a 

monthly event, 

she said. 

While no 

other service 

projects are 

pending, Alvarado 

said she 

wants the organization 

to embrace the community. 

She said further projects 

would be planned after 

the success of the first two can 

be measured. 

Draper said she believes 

getting all organizations to 

join will be a gradual process. 

“I think it will be hard because 

of communication,” she 

said. “Maybe if we had a rep- 

goes on in the rest of the world,” 

she said. 

Theater production senior 

Jamie Kinser said she wanted to 

perform because it’s for a good 

cause. 

“As an actor, it’s such honest 

material,” she said. “They’re real 

stories.” 

Her monologue, “The Flood,” 

tells the story of a Jewish woman 

who had an embarrassing encounter 

with a teenage boy 

which led her to close herself off 

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resentative from each organization 

that could meet with 

us regularly, it would be easier. 

We’re still in the planning 

stages, so it’s hard to tell.” 

Kent Seuser, United Methodist 

Church Ministry pastor 

and director, said he has 

spoken to the Catholics and 

Lutherans about the three of 

them joining the project. Although 

he is unsure whether 

his organization will participate, 

he supports the cause. 

“Christianity is based on 

compassion,” he said. “If that 

doesn’t unite us, I don’t know 

what will.” 

Alvarado said the cornerstone 

of the project is to create 

denominational unity through 

mutual respect. 

“If we can’t break our own 

misconceptions [about other 

Christian denominations], we 

can’t expect others to do so 

about us,” she said. “If it takes 

10 years for this to get where 

we want it to go, it’s OK because 

it is God’s will.” 

ROBERT KLEEMAN 

rdk5784@exchange.uta.edu 

from men. 

Kinser said she loves to perform 

and watch people’s reactions. 

She said the last monologue, 

which compares a heart 

to a vagina, sums up the play 

best. 

“The last monologue talks 

about how powerful the vagina 

is, and it shouldn’t be a taboo,” 

she said. 

KAYLA MURILLO 


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her decision. He said she had 

always been very helpful. 

“She’s the type of person that 

will stop you in the hallway, 

ask how you were doing, and 

encourage you in any way she 

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The Shorthorn: Chris Fox 

Communication Chair Karin McCallum is stepping down from the position 

after 10 years. She will continue at UTA next fall as a professor. 

Broadcast communication 

senior Jason Foster, one of Mc- 

Callum’s former students, said 

he was also surprised about the 

news. He said he’s glad that 

he’ll still have her name on his 

diploma when he graduates 

this spring. 

“Every day I see her, she always 

has a smile on her face and 

is always cracking jokes,” he said. 

JORDAN TAYLOR 

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Friday, February 18, 2005 THE SHORTHORN 

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Alumni 


vice president for student and 

academic services at Cornell 

University since 1998. He also 

serves on the board of directors 

STRAIGHT SHOT 

Political science freshman Morgan Waldrop aims at her target Thursday in the Activities Building. Her archery class meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 2:50 p.m. 

Women 


for the United Way of Tompkins 

County, New York. 

He earned his bachelor’s degree 

in business administration 

here in 1974. In 1996, he earned 

his master’s degree in education 

and human development 

from George Washington University. 

He is now an education 

doctoral candidate at George 

Washington University and is 

writing his dissertation. 

Along with the award presentations, 

the alumni chapter 

will recognize past Multicultural 

Services directors Reby Cary, 

Victor Collins, Richard Massie 

and Zeb Strong. 

DINING 

SERVICE 

Multicultural Services Director 

Fred Henry, a 1998 

alumnus, said Massie and Zeb 

Strong were good mentors to 

the student body when he attended 

UTA. 

“They both got involved with 

the student life here,” he said. 

“They always had an open-door 

policy to provide the students 

with information so they can 

make good decisions.” 

Henry said the two had different 

styles, but both strived to 

challenge students. 

“Massie had a philosophy of 

tough love, to hold the students 

accountable,” he said. “[Zeb] 

The Shorthorn: Sara Bookout 

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Strong was very personable. 

Everyone respected him and he 

tried to find the good in everyone. 

The best advice they gave 

me was to remain flexible and 

ready to adapt.” 

TRISTAN VAWTERS 


“The event is when we honor exceptional African-American graduates who have made contributions and accomplishments that bring credit to the university.” 

Susan B. Anthony, portrayed 

by 1998 alumna Jennifer 

Snow, also spoke to Murphy 

about standing up for what she 

believed in, often at the top of 

her lungs. 

“Why are you yelling?” Murphy 

asked. 

“Why not?” Snow responded. 

Several of the play’s famous 

women are relatively unknown 

today, including Adelita, portrayed 

by Mahdi, the Mexican 

female soldier who followed 

Mary Smith, Alumni Association assistant director for special events 

Pancho Villa, and Emma Goldman, 

who was imprisoned for 

advocating birth control as 

well as for other reasons, portrayed 

by 2001 alumna Stacey 

Blanton. 

“I went to prison a radical 

when I said women don’t need 

to keep their mouths shut and 

their legs open,” Blanton said. 

Homecoming king Zac 

Sanders said that the inclusion 

of those obscure women 

was what he enjoyed most 

about the play, while Homecoming 

queen Jasmine Stewart 

said she enjoyed the Sojourner 

Truth character in 

particular. 

“She had the best lines,” 

Stewart said. 

The play closed with Murphy 

reminding the audience 

that women should keep moving 

forward. 

“We are their continuation,” 

she said. 

JESSICA SMITH 


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“It’s a classic — better than 

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ ” 

Saxe said. 

If students have seen the 

Jackson video, they seem to 

enjoy his version, but as time 

goes on, fewer students understand 

what the video is 

about, Saxe said. 

The show is a display of 

university organizations’ talent, 

Homecoming Committee 

Chair Greg Bateson said. Performances 

will not be judged 

or rewarded with prizes. 

“It is to celebrate the diversity 

that is UTA,” he said. “We 

want to have a good representation 

of different groups at 

the school.” 

Bateson organized the 

event three years ago after 

judging several talent shows 

on campus. He said it began 

as a way to unite all the shows’ 

winners. 

Economics sophomore Travis 

Malone, a Baptist Student 

Ministry member, will be performing 

a stand-up comedy 

routine. He performed the act 

once before at the university’s 

Open Mic Night, which he 

said the audience seemed to 

like. 

He said his show is not 

offensive and should appeal 

to both Christians and non- 

Christians. One hard part of 

stand-up comedy is winning 

the audience over, Malone 

said. 

“I hope I please the crowd 

and make them laugh,” he 

said. 

MEREDITH MOORE 

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She asked me the next day what 

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I do not consider myself to 

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these advances. I am nice to all 

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Also, could this 8-year-old girl have possibly 

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WORLD VIEW 

Friday, February 18, 2005 Page 7 

THE SHORTHORN 

Cigarette tax 

considered 

BY APRIL CASTRO 

Associated Press Writer 

AUSTIN — Smokers beware: the 

Texas Legislature needs your money. 

A $1 per pack increase in the cigarette 

tax is once again on the table 

as part of a funding solution to help 

lawmakers address budget demands. 

While some hope the tax could help 

replace lower property taxes, others 

are eyeing the potential cash cow for 

health care costs. 

“Simply put, every state that has 

raised its tobacco tax has seen revenues 

increase dramatically even as 

consumption declines,” said Danny 

McGoldrick, research director for the 

Washington, D.C.-based Campaign 

for Tobacco Free Kids. 

The proposed increase, which has 

been estimated to bring in as much 

as $800 million a year, had interest 

groups lined up to testify Thursday 

before the House tax-writing Ways 

and Means Committee. 

Opponents, such as tobacco giants 

R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, have 

hired big name lobbyists to make their 

cases to lawmakers. They argue that 

the higher tax would fuel an already 

lucrative smuggling market, increase 

Internet sales and would drive Texas 

smokers to neighboring states and 

Mexico to buy cheaper cigarettes. 

For instance, with a $1 per pack 

increase, the price of a carton of cigarettes 

would be $35 cheaper in Mexico 

than in Texas, Philip Morris said. 

For grocery and convenience stores 

along the border, that could mean a 

sharp decline in profits. 

“This incentive for smokers to 

buy their cigarettes from neighboring 

states and Mexico could lead to a 

negative impact on excise tax-sensitive 

businesses,” said Jamie Drogin, 

a spokeswoman for Philip Morris 

USA. 

Defense gamble with witness 

BY MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN 


NEW YORK — An FBI informant 

who was set to be the star 

prosecution witness in a terror trial 

until he set himself ablaze outside 

the White House took the stand for 

the defense Thursday, saying he had 

sought $5 million for leading prosecutors 

to a Yemeni sheik he says 

gave Osama bin Laden money, arms 

and fighters. 

“I deserve that,” Mohamed Alanssi 

said through an Arabic-English interpreter. 

“After I chase the terrorist 

and I bring him here to America I 

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deserve even $10 million.” 

Alanssi quickly laid out some of 

the government’s most serious allegations 

against Sheik Mohammed 

Ali Hassan al-Moayad, who is 

charged with supporting al-Qaida 

and Hamas, and with conspiring to 

fund and attempting to fund the terror 

groups. 

“He told me he gave bin Laden 

more than $20 million” before the 

Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Alanssi told 

jurors in federal court. “He told me 

he helps al-Qaida with money and 

arms and he sends mujahedeen to 

Chechnya and Afghanistan.” 

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Alanssi was the sole source of some 

of the government’s most dramatic 

claims about al-Moayad, including 

that the sheik said he personally 

handed $20 million to bin Laden. 

Alanssi was dropped from the 

government’s witness list after he set 

his clothing on fire in front of the 

White House in November to protest 

what he called the FBI’s failure to 

make good on promises of wealth 

and U.S. citizenship. 

Without Alanssi, who was burned 

over a third of his body, the government 

relied more heavily on surveillance 

tapes and the case began to 

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center almost entirely on the Hamas 

allegations. 

By calling Alannssi as a hostile 

witness, defense lawyers were taking 

a gamble. They hoped to damage 

his credibility and blunt the damage 

from the tapes, secretly recorded over 

four days in a Frankfurt, Germany, 

hotel. 

Alanssi allegedly lured al-Moayad 

and his assistant, co-defendant Mohammed 

Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to 

Germany by posing as the fixer for 

another informant who wanted to 

donate $2.5 million to Hamas and 

al-Qaida. 

BY JOSH BROWN 


BRUSSELS, Belgium — The 

European Union called Thursday 

for more international cooperation 

in space as plans move 

ahead for a combined global observation 

system to predict natural 

disasters like tsunamis and 

drastic weather changes. 

European Enterprise Commissioner 

Guenter Verheugen 

said the European Space Agency 

and all EU nations should “step 

up cooperation” in space, echoing 

comments earlier this week 

at the third-annual Earth Observation 

Summit. 

Nearly 60 countries, 30 international 

organizations and 

the EU launched a 10-year plan 

to integrate many satellite observing 

systems currently operating 

independently to allow for 

more collaboration internationally. 

The new project is called 

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AP photo: David Zalubowski 

Nine-year-old Morgan Wilke of Denver hangs from the rim after dunking the 

ball and catching it between her legs at the NBA All-Star Jam Session at the 

Colorado Convention Center in Denver on Thursday. 

AP photo/Orlando Sentinel: Red Huber 

Rusty Wallace’s car, left, is hit from behind during the second 150-mile qualifying race Thursday at Daytona International 

Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Kevin Harvick (29) lost control in turn two, causing a multi-car wreck 

on the back straightaway. 

HAPPY HANGIN’ 

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IN THE NATION 

NEGROPONTE NAMED HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE 

WASHINGTON — President Bush named John Negroponte, 

the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the government’s 

first national intelligence director Thursday, turning to a 

veteran diplomat to revive a spy community besieged by 

criticism after the Sept. 11 attacks. 

CONGRESS OKS LAW ON CLASS-ACTION SUITS 

WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Bush legislation 

Thursday aimed at discouraging multimillion-dollar 

class-action lawsuits by having federal judges take 

them away from state courts, a victory for conservatives 

who hope it will lead to other lawsuit limits. 

The legislation the House passed, 279-149, is the first 

of Bush’s 2005 legislative priorities to win congressional 

approval. The Senate voted 72-26 for the bill 

Feb. 10. 

The president has described class-action suits as 

often frivolous, and businesses complain that state 

judges and juries have been too generous to plaintiffs. 

IN THE WORLD 

the Global Earth Observation 

System of Systems, or GEOSS. 

U.S. Commerce 

Secretary Carlos 

Gutierrez said at 

the meeting that 

integrating the internationalobserving 

systems will 

bring fundamental 

change, especially 

when it comes to 

predicting disasters 

like the tsunami in 

Asia Dec. 26. 

“While we may 

not be able to control 

when nature 

decides to flex its 

incredible power, 

we can control our 

ability to warn citizens and keep 

them out of harm’s way,” Gutierrez 

said. 

Predicting temperatures only 

one degree more accurately 

DEBATE OVER IRAQ GOVERNMENT BEGINS 

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A Shiite alliance won a slim majority 

in Iraq’s new National Assembly, according to certified 

election returns announced Thursday, but it may take 

weeks to form a government. 

Meanwhile, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi cautioned 

against excluding all Saddam Hussein’s supporters. 

Because a two-thirds majority in the 275-member 

parliament, or 182 seats, is required for confirming the 

top positions in the new government, the United Iraqi 

Alliance will have to make deals with the other parties. 

The alliance won 140 seats, while Kurdish parties got 

75, secular Shiites took 40 and nine smaller parties 

shared 20, the final returns of the Jan. 30 elections 

showed. 

IRAN URGES ALLIANCE AGAINST U.S. ‘PLOTS’ 

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran warned that any strike on its 

nuclear facilities would draw a swift and crushing 

response and called Thursday for an expansion of its 

newly emerging strategic alliance with Syria to create 

a powerful united Islamic front that could confront 

Washington and Israel. 

Such an expansion appears unlikely to go far, because 

many key Arab states — Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia 

— are close Washington allies and have long been suspicious 

of Iran’s Shiite Muslim clerical regime. 

— The Associated Press 

European Union calls for 

more space cooperation 

“While we may not 

be able to control 

when nature 

decides to flex its 

incredible power, 

we can control 

our ability to 

warn citizens and 

keep them out of 

harm’s way.” 

Carlos Gutierrez 

U.S. Commerce Secretary 

would save in the United States 

alone $1 billion a year in electricity, 

he said. 

“There are some 

actions that can 

only be accomplished 

by transcending 

political 

borders,” he said. 

“The integrated 

earth observation 

system is one of 

those.” 

The United 

States now spends 

$2 billion a year 

on earth-observing 

systems, said Conrad 

Lautenbacher, 

head of the National 

Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

“And about $10 billion or so is 

spent around the globe. Combining 

those systems could save 

billions.” 

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SPORTS 

Page 8 Friday, February 18, 2005 

ABOUT SPORTS 

Melissa Winn, editor 


Sports is published Tuesday through Friday. 

DowntheLine 

Poll Position 

How many UTA sporting events 

do you plan to attend this spring? 

l 0-5 

l 5-10 

l 10-20 

l More than 20 

Visit http://www.theshorthorn. 

com to cast your vote. Results will 

be posted in Tuesday’s Sports page. 

RESULTS FROM TUESDAY 

What does the men’s basketball 

team need to improve on to make 

the Southland Conference Tournament? 

TENNIS 

Offense 12.8% 

Defense 30.8% 

Ball Handling 17.9% 

Team Chemistry 38.5% 

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 

Total votes: 39 

The Shorthorn: Whitney Shropshire 

Team heads to Waco 

for fifth spring match 

The Mavericks men’s tennis team 

heads to Waco this weekend to face the 

University of the Pacific. 

After opening the semester with a 

three-match skid losing to Rice, Texas 

Christian University and the University 

of Arkansas-Little Rock, the men are 

itching to capture consecutive victories. 

No. 1 player Sandy Farquharson will 

not make the trip due to flu-like symptoms. 

Farquharson had just recovered 

from a hip strain to win his last two 

singles matches in straight sets. Diego 

Mattar and Niels Buksik will try to lead 

the team in his absence. 

Assistant coach Diego Benitez said 

the men are ready for the challenge. 

“Everyone is intense and has been 

working really hard,” he said. “The team 

has to step it up since its captain won’t 

be there, but our confidence is still 

good.” 

No. 4 and 5 players, Ian Vazquez 

and Alberto Agis, lead the team with 

three singles victories each. 

However, the men haven’t been as 

fortunate in the doubles portion of the 

matches, dropping two of nine thus 

far. Teams must win two of the three 

doubles matches in order to gain one 

point. 

Tournaments start off with doubles, 

followed by six singles matches. The 

first team to seven points wins the tournament, 

so picking up the doubles can 

be crucial. 

Benitez said the team must work on 

that aspect of its game to have a better 

chance for success. 

— Arya Ahmadi 

THE SHORTHORN 

REMEMBER 

Vote on today’s poll question by visiting 

http://www.theshorthorn.com. Results 

will be published in Tuesday’s Sports page. 

BASKETBALL 

Mavs prep for Indians 

BY PRINCESS MCDOWELL 


The Mavericks look to cool 

off a red-hot Louisiana-Monroe 

team Saturday in Monroe. 

The Lady Indians are on a 

six-game winning streak and 

have moved into second place 

in the Southland Conference 

after knocking off the fading 

Texas State Bobcats, 86-49, on 

Wednesday night. UTA handed 

ULM its last defeat Jan. 22 in 

Texas Hall, 58-44. 

Coach Donna Capps said she 

knows the Lady Indians want a 

victory over UTA, the top team 

in the conference at 15-7 overall, 

after defeating the second- and 

third-ranked teams. 

“They’ll be coming at us with 

both barrels,” she said. 

A key player for the Lady Indians 

will be conference Player 

of the Week April O’Neal. O’Neal 

scored 10 points against Texas 

State and had a career-high 17 

in their win over Northwestern 

State. Another important player 

is forward Nina Randle, who 

scored 18 against the Bobcats 

but was the team’s only double-figure 

scorer in the contest 

against the Mavericks. 

Although the teams have 

similar playing styles, the Mavericks 

were able to pull away 

from ULM in the second half 

of their last meeting partly due 

to forward Rola Ogunoye’s 21 

points and six rebounds. 

Since losing to Texas State 

earlier this month, the Mavericks 

have improved their defense 

immensely. They have 

held their last two opponents to 

under 45 points and 45 percent 

shooting. 

Capps said she plans on mixing 

up the defense “going in and 

out of press and changing from 

man to zone, keeping them on 

their toes.” 

The team’s defense has also 

created opportunities for Ogunoye 

to gain early touches on the 

ball. This establishes an inside 

game early, which opens up the 

outside for guards like Tabitha 

Wesley, who scored nine of her 

12 points against Lamar from 

behind the arc. 

Offensively, Capps said she 

would have to wait until game 

night to see which way to go. 

“We’ll try to read what they’re 

giving us,” she said. “If they deny 

our guards, we’ll capitalize on 

inside with Rola.” 

Capps thinks the keys to the 

game are rebounds and containing 

ULM’s drives. UTA out-rebounded 

ULM 31-29 the last 

time out, but the Lady Indians 

gained one more trip to the freethrow 

line than the Mavericks. 

She also said she is aware of 

the Lady Indians’ recent success 

but pointed out that things have 

changed since the last time they 

played. 

“They are on a roll, but they 

haven’t played our defense lately,” 

she said. 

PRINCESS MCDOWELL 


Men face biggest obstacle 

Mavs to solidify roles 

A consistent lineup is 

integral for the softball 

team to be successful. 

BY PRINCESS MCDOWELL 


The Lady Mavericks softball 

team will play its third nonconference 

tournament this weekend 

in Corpus Christi. 

The team (3-5) will face 

Sam Houston State at 11 a.m. 

Friday and noon Sunday. UTA 

also competes against Arkansas 

for the third and fourth time 

this season, once on Friday and 

again on Saturday afternoon. 

Tournament host Texas A&M- 

Corpus Christi gears up for the 

Lady Mavs on Saturday morning. 

Earlier this month, Corpus 

Christi held the Lady Mavs to 

only one hit and won the game, 

1-0. 

Coach Debbie Hedrick said 

the team wants to build on its 9- 

The team looks to curb 

ULM’s six-game winning 

streak with defense. 

1 victory over Utah Valley State 

in New Mexico last weekend. 

“A few of the kids had not 

been swinging the bat real well,” 

she said. “But we were able to 

get on track in our last game.” 

The Mavs dropped their first 

game to Arkansas at the same 

tournament, 5-4. The team 

committed a late error that gave 

the Lady Razorbacks the win. 

Right fielder Rachel LeMaster 

and catcher Shana Easley had 

two hits each for the Lady Razorbacks 

and Easley added two 

RBIs. UTA shortstop Amanda 

Swofford went 3-3 and scored 

two runs in a game that Hedrick 

said the team could have 

won. 

“The team will remember 

that we had an opportunity to 

take that win and they’ll turn it 

around,” she said. 

Hedrick said the main goal 

is consistency. She named offense, 

defense and pitching as 

The Shorthorn: Mark Roberts 

Center Jay Neukomm fights for position against forward Jermaine Griffin 

on Thursday during practice in Texas Hall. 

SOFTBALL BASEBALL 

the three keys to any game but 

explained that not all are needed 

to earn a victory. 

“Only two have to be on for 

the team to have an opportunity 

to win,” she said. 

The Mavs face Sam Houston, 

a Southland Conference team, 

for the first time this season. The 

Bearkats (2-9) are led by third 

baseman Lauren Boone, who 

holds the school’s batting average 

record at .371. Outfielder 

Stephanie Mosley leads SHSU 

in hits and slugging percentage 

at .545. 

Hedrick said she hopes to 

enter conference play with a 

clear plan by settling on a lineup 

and defining players’ roles. 

“I’m trying to find the key 

to our lineup — a defense and 

pitching order that’s going to 

bring us success,” she said. 

PRINCESS MCDOWELL 


BY KEVIN BUEKER 


In Eddie McCarter’s 13-year 

tenure as Mavericks head coach, 

one team has always been in his 

way. 

When the Mavs play Louisiana-Monroe 

at 7:30 Saturday 

night in Monroe, he’ll have the 

chance to take his frustration out 

on the Indians. 

“It’s been a hard place to win,” 

he said. “When we need to come 

out of a hole, it seems like Monroe 

is always in the way. It’s been 

a big obstacle for me to overcome, 

but I’m looking forward to 

going in there.” 

With the Mavs 80-76 overtime 

victory over the Indians at 

Texas Hall on Jan. 22, the team 

improved to 11-45 against ULM 

all-time. However, it could be 

that the Mavs just caught the 

Indians at the right time. ULM 

is 1-10 in Southland Conference 

play and in the midst of the worst 

season in Mike Vining’s 24 years 

as head coach. 

The Indians have lost 11 of 12 

coming into the game, and the 

Mavs broke a three-game losing 

streak with a win Monday. 

“Now that we got the win over 

St. Edwards, we feel much better 

about ourselves,” McCarter 

said. “We’re more focused, our 

defense is playing better, we’re 

taking better care of the basketball 

and we’ve got a little bit of 

that swagger back that we had 

early in the year.” 

The Mavs are trying to get the 

early-season hop back in their 

step. They are also throwing a 

few new wrinkles in their game. 

“Right now, we’re a team that 

is pretty predictable,” McCarter 

said. “I feel like we can do a 

few more things now because 

the kids have picked up what we 

were trying to do.” 

After starting the season with 

a small lineup, the Mavs went to 

a 3-2 zone when they dropped 

out of a man defense. With the 

emergence of bigger players like 

Kenneth Henderson and Larry 

Posey, the Mavs can now show 

a 2-3 zone. They will also try to 

throw in a trap defense to become 

more unpredictable. 

Forward Cecil Hood led the 

Indians with 19 points in their 

last meeting, and Daryl Mason 

scored 17 and grabbed nine rebounds. 

The Indians, who hit 

36.3 percent of their three-point 

shots, shot 8-11 from beyond the 

arc. Those are McCarter’s biggest 

concerns. 

“We need to do a good job on 

their perimeter guys and keep 

Mason from having a big night,” 

he said. 

The Mavs are eighth in the 

conference, but a win would 

move them into a tie for sixth 

with four games left to play. 

“This is a game we need to 

win,” McCarter said. “We need to 

be ready to play.” 

KEVIN BUEKER 


UTA hosts weekend tourney 

BY KEVIN BUEKER 


After Tuesday’s victory over 

the Baylor Bears, ranked No. 

8 in the nation, the Mavericks 

baseball team knows how to 

win big. 

This weekend, the Mavs will 

host three teams in the UTA 

Invitational at Clay Gould Ballpark 

and try to continue the 

winning trend. 

“If we play like we did against 

Baylor, with a good team effort, 

there isn’t anybody we can’t 

keep up with and beat,” catcher 

Brett Lewis said. 

The Mavs will open the weekend 

at 3:30 p.m. Friday against 

Northwestern. NU pitcher Evan 

Blesoff and outfielder Max Mann 

were named Big 10 Pitcher and 

Player of the Week, respectively, 

for their performances in the 

team’s only victory. 

A winless Kansas State squad 

will play UTA at 3:30 p.m. Saturday 

and Arkansas State, who 

outscored Arkansas-Pine Bluff 

42-7 in last week’s three-game 

series sweep, will face the Mavs 

at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. 

Mavericks head coach Jeff 

Curtis said the opposition hasn’t 

played enough games for him to 

know what to expect. 

“I’m dumbfounded when it 

comes to anybody else,” he said. 

“All I know about right now is 

my own team.” 

Pitcher Jake Baxter is scheduled 

to start against Northwestern. 

Baxter has a 0.75 ERA in 

two starts. Michael Gardner is 

expected to start Saturday as he 

takes his 2.25 ERA up against 

Kansas State. Grant Varnell 

is scheduled to start Sunday 

against the Indians. 

“Our pitching is remaining 

one of our strong points, and 

hopefully we can continue that 

trend,” Curtis said. 

A different trio of pitchers 

The Shorthorn: Sara Bookout 

Assistant coach Ron Powell directs the women’s basketball team during practice Thursday in the Physical Education 

Building. The team will travel to face Louisiana-Monroe Saturday. 

ULM has been tough to 

beat but currently holds its 

worst record in 24 years. 

Head coach expects 

pitching to remain strong. 

has carried the bullpen this season. 

Russell Reichenbach has not 

allowed a run in 6 and twothirds 

innings, and Blake Pierson 

has a 1.29 ERA and has 

logged the team’s only save. Dillon 

Gee has appeared in three 

games, one as a starter. 

“Gee isn’t pitching like a 

freshman. He’s playing well 

beyond his years,” Lewis said. 

“Reichenbach’s been doing 

great for us — hitting his spots 

and getting guys out.” 

Curtis said he believes this 

may be the weekend other pitchers 

get the chance to step up and 

fill out the rest of his staff. 

“We’re still throwing the 

same five [to] six guys, but we 

need to get some of the other 

guys in and see how they can 

do,” Curtis said. “Our starting 

pitching has been so good, it’s 

tough to get guys in.” 

KEVIN BUEKER 

sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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