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BY JOSH BOWEThe Shorthorn senior staff

Daniel Francis can’t keep his eyes open. His eyelids feel like they’re holding up anvils. Keeping them

from enveloping his eyes is an exercise. The senior forward can’t last any

longer. Eyes closed, he slips into mo-mentary sweet relief. An unusual alarm clock wakes him up — however, his now 18-month-old son, Weston.

“We were upstairs in his room play-ing, and I fell asleep for a second,” Fran-cis said. “He came over and dropped a book on my face. I was kind of sur-prised, but it was funny.”

The bumps Francis has endured are not just physical. Mentally and emo-tionally, Francis, along with junior for-ward Bo Ingram, are student-athletes at UTA with another role added to their resumes: Father.

Francis walked on to the men’s bas-ketball program last season. Without a scholarship but a son to provide for, Francis went on a journey few other Mavericks have had to experience. In-gram transferred in from South Plains College and had his son, Armoni, mid-season. They’re both on different paths

that are intertwined with one huge simi-larity.

“You just balance things out,” Francis said. “It’s all about scheduling. Thank-fully school was set, basketball practice was set, and everything else was sched-uled around that. You have to balance things out.”

• • •

Walking on wasn’t always something Francis had in mind. After playing basketball at Mountain View College, Francis transferred to UTA to pursue a degree in kinesiology — with hopes of becoming a coach.

Just because he wasn’t playing bas-ketball on a team, it didn’t mean Francis lost his passion for the game. Frequently in the Maverick Activities Center work-

ing on his game, Francis was noticed by Andrae Patterson, UTA’s director of basketball operations.

“I was just working out on the other side of the court, and he asked if I had any eligibility left,” Francis said. “He invited me to play in open gym with a couple of the guys.”

Head coach Scott Cross liked what he saw and offered the roster spot. Francis took it knowing the responsibility he had to take at home, in the classroom and on the court.

Getting to practice wasn’t always easy, but with a coaching staff that un-derstood Francis’ situation, he was able to work around any unexpected occur-rences with Weston.

“One or two times, I was late for

Dunking Dads

Senior forward Daniel Francis, junior forward Bo

Ingram juggle fatherhood and class while playing basketball

Courtesy: Bo Ingram

Junior forward Bo Ingram holds his son, Armoni, on

his shoulders. Ingram said seeing his son everyday

inspires him to keep working.

Courtesy: Daniel Francis

Senior forward Daniel Francis poses with his son,

Weston. Francis, who plays on the men’s basketball

team, said a major part about balancing his life

commitments is scheduling.

File: Andrew Buckley

Junior forward Bo Ingram jumps for a layup against

Central Arkansas on Feb.7. Ingram scored 12 points that

night.

File: Andrew BuckleyJunior forward Bo Ingram, left, and senior forward Daniel Fran-cis, middle, celebrate the team as UTA beat Stephen F. Austin in overtime on Feb. 16.

BY JOHN HARDENThe Shorthorn senior staff

Vassilis Athitsos has a goal to see his virtual sign language software eas-ily accessible to millions of homes, and Microsoft’s most recent gaming device, the Kinect, may help.

The Kinect, a control-ler-free device that uses gestures and spoken com-mands to operate, runs on the same process as the computer science assistant

professor’s virtual diction-ary, which uses a webcam as a motion-recognition device to identify Ameri-can Sign Language hand signs.

Athitsos and his team are working on adapt-ing their program to the Kinect and hope to have a preliminary program working soon.

“In a couple of months, we hope to have a high-tech camera instead of the webcam,” he said. “That’s what we’ll be working on for the next couple of

Researchers build on Xbox technology

ENGINEERING

Engineering researchers use Microsoft device to distribute software.

BY STEPHANIE KNEFELThe Shorthorn staff

Students are used to reading about famous civil rights activists in their his-tory books, but what they might not know is that UTA is home to a pioneer of the South Texas Mexican Ameri-can civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Political science profes-sor Jose Angel Gutierrez has fought for equal rights for decades through speeches, writing books and rallies. He also created one of the largest collections of Chicano history in the nation. Touching on his own history, Gutierrez will speak about Cinco de Mayo on Friday to students at Otto

M. Fridia Junior Alternative High School in Dallas.

Gutierrez has been speak-ing for decades about Mexi-can American rights because he faced racial discrimination when he was young. He said he plans on educating the stu-dents on the essentials and the beginning of the Mexican nation.

“I usually look around the crowd and see what I think they need to hear about,” he said.

Professor fought for civil rights

LIBERAL ARTS

Political science professor wrote books and speeches.

Jose Angel Gutierrez, political science professor and civil rights activist

BY ALI AMIR MUSTANSIRThe Shorthorn senior staff

Downtown Arlington is preparing to give the enter-tainment an octane boost through The Grease Mon-key Burger Shop and Social Club.

Grease Monkey, ex-pected to open in July, is a garage-themed restaurant that will be across the street from Babe’s Chicken Din-ner House in the Vander-griff Town Center. Manag-ing partner Greg Gardner

said the theme would honor the automotive history of downtown Arlington.

Gardner said all of the investors and their wives have connections to Ar-lington. Gardner, Mark and Tina Kiefer, and Madeline Heitz graduated from UTA. The others, Chad and Becca Fife, and Shean and Jay Heitz graduated from Ar-lington Independent School District schools.

Gardner said the group’s ties to the city give the res-taurant a stronger Arlington feel and connection to the community. He said incor-

Alumni get hands dirty with Grease Monkey

ARLINGTON

Garage-themed burger restaurant is set to open during July in downtown.

GRADUATION

CELEBRATION

THE CLASS OF 2011 BASH FOR EVERYONE.

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JOHN LEGENDENJOY A TEXAS-SIZED FIREWORKS SHOW, MUSIC, AND A STREET FAIR OF DESSERT BOOTHS. Free; no tickets required. Reserved seating is available for graduates and their families at www.utagraduationtickets.com.

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It’s test-taking time

“I was surprised at how much I could take. Sometimes there were those days, where I’d be in class and think, ‘Wow, I’m really tired.’

You’d stick through it, because it’s worth it in the end,”

Daniel Francissenior forward

TECH continues on page 6

GUTIERREZ continues on page 8

MONKEY continues on page 4 FATHERS continues on page 6

PUBLICATION SCHEDULEThis is the last regular issue of The Shorthorn for this semes-ter. The Graduation Edition will print Monday, May 9.

Break offers diverse films, concerts and plays.

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POLICE REPORTThis is a part of the daily activity log produced by the uni-versity’s Police Department. To report a criminal incident on campus, call 817-272-3381.

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WEDNESDAYSuspicious PersonOfficers responded to a suspicious-person report at 1:08 a.m. at Lipscomb Hall, 807 S. Pecan St. Officers were told a female was asking residents for a ride or to sleep in their rooms, but they did not find her at the dorm. Later, they saw a woman match-ing her description on the west side of the Geoscience Building. She was identified, released and the case was cleared.

DisturbanceOfficers were dispatched at 12:22 a.m. to investigate a loud-noise complaint at the Timber Brook apartments, 400 Kerby St. The complainant told officers there was a loud banging coming from a neighboring apartment. Officers identified the resident and she said she had dropped something.

TUESDAYDisturbanceOfficers were dispatched at 9:57 p.m. to a disturbance at a step show at the Engineer-ing Research Building, 500 UTA Blvd. Three students were causing a disturbance and one of them was talking to several females in the steps that did not want to talk to him. He tried to join the step show and bumped into several members. He received a disci-plinary referral.

Criminal Trespass Officers responded to a suspicious-person report at 10:46 a.m. at the Business Build-ing, 701 S. West St., where a person was seen soliciting book sales. Officers made contact with him and issued him a criminal trespass warning.

The Walls that Surround You: Sustain-able Architecture: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Trimble Hall Room 115. Free. For more information, contact Jeff Howard at howardj@uta.edu or 817-272-5119.

Exploring Majors, Yourself and Re-sources on Campus: 1-2 p.m. Ransom Hall Room 303. Free. For more infor-mation, contact the Advising Center at 817-272-3140.

Magnificent Sun: 6 p.m. Planetarium.

$6 for adults, $4 for children. For more information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183.

Ladies Bike Ride: 5:30 p.m. Starts at Maverick Bike Shop, 402 S. Cooper St. Apt 109. Free, all levels of experience encouraged. For more information, contact Sarah Lutz at 817-301-2795.

Exposure: Photos from the Second Battle of Fallujah: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cen-tral Library sixth floor. Free. For more information contact Erin O’Malley at omalley@uta.edu.

Combat Narratives: Stories And Ar-tifacts from UT Arlington Veterans: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth

floor. Free. For more information, con-tact Erin O’Malley at omalley@uta.edu.

What You Wish the World Could Be: Early Years of Six Flags Over Texas: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Library sixth floor. Free. For more information contact Erin O’Malley at omalley@uta.edu.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Gallery. Free. For more information, contact Patricia Healy at phealy@uta.edu or 817-272-5658.

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Opening Reception for Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition: 5-7 p.m. The Gallery. Free. For more information, contact

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$2 Movie - Tron Legacy: 5:30 p.m. Planetarium. $2. For more information, contact the Planetarium at planetari-um@uta.edu or 817-272-1183.

UTA Baseball vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: 6:30 p.m. Clay Gould Ballpark. Free for students, $5 for public. For ticket information, contact Jason Cha-put at 817-272-7167.

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BY BIANCA MONTESThe Shorthorn senior staff

Every morning, accounting senior Jennifer Fox gets in her car and drives more than an hour to school, yet she has never complained about the drive.

Her father drove the same route in the ’80s when he attended the university.

On April 26, Fox was sworn in as the first female Student Congress president in 10 years, but she said she has nothing to prove as a woman.

“I think we’re at a time now when women don’t need to prove them-selves anymore,” she said. “We are equal to men, and it’s just as impor-tant to me to represent the entire student body.”

The main reason Fox came to UTA was because this is where her father graduated.

However, if you ask her father, he will say he’s not her motivation.

“Jennifer is very self-motivated,” he said. “Even as a child, I never had to tell her to study — she just did it.”

He said the reason behind his daughter’s independence is because she grew up with her “mama” at home.

“I’ve been a school teacher all my life,” he said. “You can tell when kids grow up with a mama at home.”

Fox’s advisers and mentees see her as a strong, dedicated and passionate woman. But on her first day at UTA, she was scared.

“I’d come from a small high school, and when I got here, it was really scary that there was so many

people,” Fox said.However, after attending the Ac-

tivities Fair her freshman year, she became involved with the Freshmen Leaders on Campus and soon con-sidered the group her family.

Molly Alfers, Student Governance and Organization assistant director, said the group promotes campus in-volvement to freshmen, and Fox was immediately affected by its message.

“Jennifer has a zest for learning and took the message to heart,” Al-fers said.

Alfers said a lot of students use their challenges in life as an excuse to not be involved on campus, but she has never seen Fox allow her ob-stacles to overcome her goals.

“She proves that the excuses should not keep students from mak-

ing the most out of their college experience,” Alfers said.

Beside her involvement as a Freshmen Leaders on Campus ad-viser, Fox said she has spent the past three years trying to implement change on campus through Student Congress.

Amanda Gonzalez, journalism junior and Fox’s best friend, said she believes Fox will show other women on campus that, “Yes, it is possible to do any leadership role you want to.”

Regardless of extracurricular ac-tivities, numerous awards and a 4.0 grade-point average, Fox said her ultimate goal in life is to be a mother — a stay-at-home mother.

“That is my ultimate goal: To be a mom and to give my kids the op-portunity to do everything they want

to do,” she said.Fox also plays in a country-west-

ern band with her family. She said their musical connection is what truly sets her apart.

“Where most students go home on the weekends and do homework or just rest, I’m kind of leading an-other life — singing at venues.”

Jennifer said she does not know what issues she will face next se-mester, but she plans to stay true to herself and her family values.

“I hope that whatever comes, that I will handle it ethically and morally correct, and stay true to my own val-ues, and just better this university,” she said.

BIANCA MONTESnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

A Fox TaleJunior

Jennifer Fox talks Student Congress, her

dreams

The Shorthorn: Allyson Kaler

Jennifer Fox, accounting senior and Student Congress president, plans to bring more awareness of Student Congress to the stu-dent body next year. “I want [the students] to know that we’re here to help them in any way,” Fox said.

“I hope that whatever comes, that I will handle it ethically and morally correct, and stay true to my own values, and just better this university.”

Jennifer FoxStudent Congress President

Thursday, May 5, 2011 Page 3The ShorThorn

By Vidwan RaghaVanThe Shorthorn staff

This year’s graduation celebration will include key-note speaker John Legend, fireworks, food and an 18-piece jazz orchestra.

The event, which serves as a common celebration for all graduating students, is scheduled for 8 p.m. May 13 in the Levitt Pavilion and is free and open to the public.

The event is intended to be an outdoor festival, said university spokeswoman

Kristin Sullivan. “John Legend is primar-

ily giving a speech. He has a passion for education,” she said. “He gave a speech at his alma mater and I think we’re expecting something similar.”

She said graduating stu-dents and their families are eligible to get VIP tickets for the event. About 2,000 VIP tickets were available, of which 450 were left as of

Monday, Sullivan said.“It’s hard to have a cere-

mony that everyone can go to,” she said. “And the pavilion is an open space.”

She said she doesn’t expect space limitation to be an issue.

Patti Diou, Levitt Pavilion ex-ecutive director, said Abram Street would be closed to accommodate the crowd for the event.

“By having it at the Levitt, by having it open, it gives more access to the public than if it was in a

closed area,” she said.Jazz Studies director, Tim

Ishii said the jazz orchestra would be performing for about 30 minutes prior to Legend’s speech.

“The whole idea is to have a fes-tive atmosphere,” he said. “We’ll be playing big-band music, including composers like Count Basie and Bob Florence.”

Diou said the event is focused on celebrat-ing the university.

“The university is critical

to the city, and we have a wonderful partnership with it,” she said.

Sullivan said the celebra-tion being open to the pub-lic was another step toward turning Arlington into a col-lege town.

“I think the university has worked very hard over the last few years to partner with the city,” she said. “The Col-lege Park District and the Maverick Speakers Series are examples of that. The gradu-ation celebration is just one more addition to that.”

Vidwan RaghaVannews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Commencement to include John LegendgRaduation

The event will also have fireworks and is open to the public.

By Edna hoRtonThe Shorthorn staff

When applying for jobs, pictures of being passed out on a couch or sitting with a bong could cost a job hunter an interview, according to a social media expert.

With graduation ap-proaching and summer jobs opening up, cleaning up social-media profiles could help prospective job hunt-ers stand out in the market.

Jon Gelberg, Blue Foun-tain Media chief content officer, said students need to avoid any inappropriate posts and use their social

media sites to their advan-tage. He said by demon-strating skills, talents and creativity, students have a better chance of getting hired.

Blue Fountain Media is a New York-based com-pany that counsels clients on their social-media efforts and online reputations, he said.

“People are reticent about promoting them-selves,” he said. “But that’s what job searching is all about, self-promotion.”

Nikki Dickens, UTA Ca-reer Center career consul-tant, said in the past, she has received feedback from employers who have told her they do a Google search on applicants’ names to see

what they have posted on-line, but they do not specify whether or not it was the reason they did or didn’t get the job. That’s why it’s important to have an online presence, she said.

“The first step is to Google yourself,” she said. “If you have a LinkedIn pro-file, make sure it is com-plete, because that is the first thing that will come up.”

She said to set Facebook privacy as high as possible and un-tag any photos and comments. Unlike any in-appropriate likes, and on Twitter, un-follow anyone who might be questionable.

Dickens said never use inappropriate language, and never complain about a

past or previous job, boss or professor. She said instead, use social media for self-promotion.

Gelberg said the stron-gest way students can use social media as a way to promote themselves is by starting a LinkedIn account.

Then, he said, students should add keywords relat-ed to their fields and post links to blogs where they can showcase their writing. If they are a performer, link to YouTube where they can promote their singing or acting skills.

Gelberg said companies still call references, and on-line searches usually happen when businesses are trying to make final decisions.

“Often, you’re down to

two or three very quali-fied candidates and you are trying to decide, ‘Is there something we are miss-ing?’” he said.

Art sophomore Chace Price said he has used web-sites to promote his art be-fore, but now he has only a Facebook and a Twitter page. In the future, he plans to promote himself more online, now he is just mak-ing sure his Facebook stays clean.

“Even though that shouldn’t be a factor, I know that it is,” he said. “I have one of those names that’s so common, if you search it lots of people show up.”

Edna hoRtonnews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Palestinian deal ends rift, hurts peaceCAIRO — Rival Palestinian fac-tions Fatah and Hamas signed a landmark reconciliation pact on Wednesday, ending a four-year rift that had divided the territory envisioned for a future Palestinian state. The deal plunged Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking deeper into uncertainty as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “mortal blow to peace.” The agreement, which followed years of bitter acrimony between the two Palestinian movements, was made possible in large measure by the political changes sweeping the Arab world and the deadlock in U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel.

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Bin Laden photos won’t be releasedWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered grisly photographs of Osama bin Laden in death sealed from public view on Wednesday, declaring, “We don’t need to spike the football” in triumph after this week’s dar-ing middle-of-the-night raid. The terrorist leader was killed by American commandos who burst into his room and feared he was reaching for a nearby weapon, U.S. officials said.

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By Vallari GupteThe Shorthorn staff

As a 10-year-old girl, Magy Abdemalik was initially scared when she found out she had Type 1 diabetes.

She didn’t know how to cope with her situation and her only sources of informa-tion were hospital pamphlets. Abdemalik had to teach her-self how to count carbohy-drates and check her insulin levels.

So, nursing senior Alicia Segovia dedicated her senior year project for Honors Col-lege, a children’s book on Type 1 diabetes, to her childhood friend, Abdemalik.

Segovia decided to do something unique and inter-active for her project. So chil-dren will understand the dis-ease, she broke down medical jargon and wrote the story in a child-friendly manner.

“I wanted to do something out of the box,” she said. “I

wanted to make it fun and creative.”

Segovia worked with her mentor, clinical instructor Sylvia Bates, and designed an illustrated book, The Diabetic Adventures of Jack and Jill, based on the nursery rhyme. In her book, the two fall down the hill because of their dia-betes.

She tries to explain the symptoms and precautions via familiar characters from the children’s rhyme.

Through her book, Segov-ia wants to help children with diabetes overcome their fears and lead normal lives.

Bates said Segovia was en-thusiastic about her research.

“Alicia was well-prepared with her work,” Bates said. “She was ready for any addi-tional work.”

Now a psychology senior at Texas Women’s University, Abdemalik said her family and friends were instrumen-tal in helping her cope with diabetes as a child.

Abdemalik said Segovia had been a source of strength to her throughout middle

school. “She was always there for

me,” Abdemalik said. “I am honored that Alicia chose to dedicate her book to me.”

Segovia will make finish-ing touches to her book and hopes to submit the final draft to her mentor by Monday. If all goes well, she might try to get it published.

After graduation this month, she’ll start a summer internship in the Intensive Care Unit at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Tenn.

Segovia said, although she won’t be working with chil-dren, she looks forward to the Intensive Care Unit experi-ence.

“ICU is hard to get into, they only take a few,” she said. “I am excited.”

Type 1 diabetes is a chron-ic illness where the pancreas stops producing insulin nec-essary to regulate blood sugar levels. Children and adoles-cents are most likely to be di-agnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Vallari Guptenews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Nursing senior Alicia Segovia wrote a children’s book on Type 1 diabetes to help children understand the severity of the disease and how it works. Segovia’s goal is to help children with diabetes overcome their fears and lead normal lives.

Project teaches diabetes in child-friendly way

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Nursing senior hopes book will help children learn about diabetes.

porating the city and univer-sity is an important part of the business, and he wants to have them represented as much as possible.

“We want to create a visual and a feel when you drive by the place,” he said.

Gardner said the restau-rant would include a con-joined open deck that will resemble a garage. He said he has spoken to the UTA art department to find ways to in-corporate the university logo into the restaurant’s concept.

The restaurant will also feature live local music, Gard-ner said. A major goal for the music is to maintain consis-tency in quality, he said.

“You usually don’t know what kind or quality you are getting,” he said.

Ken Devero, Downtown Arlington Management Corp. interim president, said proj-ects like Grease Monkey cre-ate more vitality for down-town.

“This creates multiple ven-ues for the shopper,” he said.

Devero hopes more busi-nesses will be enticed by the growth in the downtown area. He said new businesses like Grease Monkey show interest from the business community.

Robert Rivera, Arlington City Council District 3 repre-sentative, said people staying in the city shows a heightened sense of community. He said although there is opportunity in all of Arlington, downtown has a limitless upside, mostly because of the university and existing businesses.

“The new dollars invested in downtown Arlington sig-nify a new birth and a new generation of commitment,” he said.

Grease Monkey will join Babe’s Chicken Dinner House followed by Mellow Mush-room and Flying Fish as the newest restaurants in down-town Arlington.

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sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.eduSports publishes Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

rememberGo online to theshorthorn.com over the

weekend to find out how the softball team fared in its battle with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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Thursday, May 5, 2011 Page 5

By Randy McVayThe Shorthorn staff

After nearly three months of softball and constant shuffling atop the southland Conference leader board, it’s finally here.

Crunch time. the big one. the championship round, if you will.

the Mavericks (31-21, 18-9 sLC) sit two games behind texas A&M-Corpus Christi and control their own fate this weekend, when they host the Islanders at Allan saxe Field.

senior first baseman rebecca Collom is excited about the series, saying this is what they’ve been waiting all season for.

“I’m ready to kick some butt,” she said. “We knew it would come down to this, so it should be a fun series. We just need to come out ready to go.”

While they have similar records, both teams rely on a different skill set to lead them to victory. they each feature a dominant pitching staff and stifling de-fense, but offensive-ly, they are on op-posite ends of the spectrum.

UtA has a solid blend of contact, speed and power. Its .387 slugging percent-age is third in the sLC. It smashed 32 home runs this year. Five Mavericks have four or more home runs and they are third in the confer-ence with 67 doubles.

the Mavericks rely on multi-base hits to bring run-ners across the plate, while the Islanders count on small ball to get the job done. the Islanders only have 10 home runs on the year, but they lead the conference with a .286 batting average and a .367 on-base percentage.

they hit for contact and have the speed to move run-ners once they get on base. they sit third in the confer-ence with 56 stolen bases on 71 attempts, and their 241 runs is best in the sLC.

Head coach Debbie He-drick is confident that her team can neutralize the speed.

“Defensively, we have to play them tight,” Hedrick said. “We need to take away the bunt and the short game. A couple of them are very fast, so we can’t let them drop bunts on us.”

After such a close race all season, it’s only fitting that

two different styles of offensive softball will clash to decide the probable south-land Conference winner.

However, win-ning two out of three doesn’t prom-ise UtA a first-place finish in the sLC. the Mavericks are

tied for second with texas state, so a sweep is the only way to guarantee an sLC championship. UtA owns the tiebreaker after sweep-ing the Bobcats in their first series of the year.

With such a big series looming in the distance, the players know this is a big game. But junior shortstop Courtney Enocksen said the Mavericks can pull off the sweep.

“Everyone just needs to be on their game,” Enocksen said. “We need to hit the ball like we can and make good pitch selections. We can win for sure.”

Game one of the double-header is set for 1 p.m. sat-urday, followed by a noon game on sunday. the series will be held at Allan saxe Field, where the Mavs have an 11-6 record this season.

Randy McVaysports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Mavs, Islanders to duel in final weekend shootout

SoftBall

A weekend sweep would guarantee UTA a regular season championship.

Emily Koenig wins Southland Conference titleOct. 18, 2010: Just a freshman, Emily Koenig cap-

tured the individual cross-country sLC championship.Significance: the UtA cross-country program

hasn’t had a woman win the sLC meet since 1995. Head coach John sauerhage has put most of his re-sources into the championship-caliber track and field team, but with Koenig, he had cross-country in mind. the commitment paid off, and Koenig was named both sLC Freshman of the Year and Athlete of the Year — the first in southland history to capture both titles in the same year.

Shalyn Martin eclipses 1,000-point markNov. 12, 2010: Martin scored 14 points in the season

opener to secure her place in UtA history.Significance: By recording her 1,000th career point

against oral roberts, Martin became the 18th player in school history to accomplish the feat. she went on to be named the sLC Defensive player of the Year.

Volleyball wins final seven games to earn SLC Tournament berth

Nov. 13, 2010: Bianca sauls and Amanda Aguilera each had double-doubles to sweep Ut-san Antonio on senior Night.

Significance: After an october loss to texas state dropped the Mavericks to 3-6 in conference play, they dug themselves out of a hole with seven straight wins to finish the season. they capped the run with a 3-0 sweep of the top team in the sLC West, Ut-san Anto-nio, on senior Night to clinch the 4th seed in the sLC tournament.

LaMarcus Reed dunks against No. 1 KansasDec. 29, 2010: LaMarcus reed slammed home a

dunk over Kansas forward thomas robinson in their matchup against the Jayhawks in December.

Significance: While the dunk proved to be rather moot, as Kansas rolled to an 82-57 victory, it “ooh’d” and “ahh’d” the phog Allen Fieldhouse faithful, one of the best home crowds in all of college basketball. At the time, the dunk put UtA up 16-11 early in the first half and also nabbed the No. 2 spot on the Sportscenter top 10 plays of the night. It didn’t help get a win, but it gave a national audience some exposure to the UtA program.

Movin’ Mavs rout defending national champion Illinois, 70-51

Jan. 23, 2011: Led by David Wilkes’ 31 points, the Movin’ Mavs exacted revenge to take over the No. 2 spot.

Significance: the Movin’ Mavs went into the con-ference tournament looking to break the series tie between the two, and rolled past the Fighting Illini behind Wilkes’ big day. the win exacted revenge from the previous season’s disappointing loss to Illinois at Nationals, and UtA moved to No. 2 in the rankings.

Rebecca Collom smashes home run recordFeb. 12, 2011: Facing Cleveland state in the final

game of an early-season tournament, Collom hit her 25th home run that also won the game for UtA.

Significance: Collom is one of the most prestigious hitters in school history, so it’s only fitting that she broke the UtA home run record with a three-run, game-winning blast over the right field wall. As of today, she has 36 career home runs, shattering the old record.

Softball sweeps Texas State to start conference season

March 2, 2011: After winning the first two games the day before, UtA came back from a 4-1 deficit to sweep the Bobcats for the first time in school history.

Significance: the Bobcats won a share of the south-land Conference a year ago, and the sweep propelled the Mavericks to a 15-5 record in March. the Mavs are currently tied for second place with texas state and own the tiebreaker because of the sweep.

Baseball upsets No. 9 TCU at Clay Gould BallparkMarch 15, 2011: Jordan Vaughn’s rBI double sank

the Horned Frogs as UtA beat its crosstown rival 3-2 during spring break.

Significance: the Mavericks hadn’t beaten tCU since 2004 and hadn’t knocked off a top-10 team since 2009, but led by a pair of freshmen pitchers, they shut down the tCU lineup and won 3-2. Brian Nephew went 3-for-4 and Vaughn hit the game-winner in the eighth inning to knock off the Horned Frogs.

Golf team wins SLC Championship by 10 strokesApril 27, 2011: With only a one-stroke lead heading

to the final round, UtA pulls away and wins the confer-ence by 10 strokes.

Significance: It had been six years since UtA cap-tured the title, so the win brought sweet emotion to coach Jay rees. Wes Worster tied for third place after finishing two-under par to lead all Mavericks, who were fortunate to play on their home course.

Women’s tennis completes perfect seasonMay 1, 2011: sLC Freshman of the Year Linda Aqvist

secures the final point to clinch UtA’s sixth sLC tour-nament Championship.

Significance: the women’s tennis team had one of its best years in school history by winning their eighth sLC regular season title and their sixth sLC tourna-ment title. the team was awarded a spot in the NCAA tournament for the sixth time in school history after going undefeated through the conference season.

— The Shorthorn Sports staff

toP 10The Shorthorn: File Photo

Senior hitter Bianca Sauls, left, senior setter Raegan Daniel, middle, and freshman defensive specialist Kendall Whitson celebrate during the Maver-icks’ 3-1 win over Sam Houston State in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament in Huntsville in November.

two conference championships, a number of milestones and an epic dunk that

landed UtA on EspN’s sportscenter. Needless to say, it’s been an exciting year for

UtA sports, and the shorthorn sports staff wants to make sure you remember it.

After careful deliberation, they decided on the top 10 sports moments of the

2010-11 year. Enjoy.

MoMEntS of tHE yEaR

tExaS a&M-cc at UtaWhen: 1 p.m. Saturday3 p.m. SaturdayNoon SundayWhere: Allan Saxe FieldWhat you need to know: Both teams rank at, or near, the top of the SLC in pitching ERA and defensive field-ing percentage. UTA has 32 home runs and ranks third in the SLC with a .387 slugging percentage. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi leads the SLC with a .286 team batting average and 241 runs scored. This series has big SLC implications.

onlinEGo online to read about softball’s 3-2 loss at North Texas on Wednesday.

UTA’s pitching staff is ready to come back home.

A team strength just two weeks ago, the Mavericks’ pitch-ers endured a nightmarish road trip that saw opponents score 67 runs during the last eight games, 34 of which came after the fifth inning.

Allowing 8.1 runs a game isn’t a typical recipe for success, but UTA still managed to escape the road trip 4-4. UTA comes home to host a series with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Clay Gould Ballpark this weekend.

“It’s going to help us to be back home. We really like play-ing in front of good crowds,” se-nior catcher Chad Comer said. “When it gets loud at home, we feed off that.”

The Islanders come into the weekend with one of the most powerful lineups in the confer-ence, anchored by first base-

man Trey Hernandez, who leads the team with 10 home runs. They have 35 as a team, nearly three times as many as UTA’s 12.

With a struggling bullpen and a dangerous offense headed to Arlington, head coach Darin Thomas said his team just needs to go out and execute.

“It’s May, so there’s not much I can do at this point,” he said. “You can either do it or you can’t do it. Guys just have to go out and take the ball.”

Thomas noted freshman pitcher John Beck, who took control last Friday and got UTA into the 16th inning, long enough for the offense to provide three game-winning runs.

“I want guys with the mindset of ‘Hey, give me the ball. I’ve got it,’” Thomas said.

First pitch is at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

— Sam Morton

Coach: It’s May, team needs to execute

BaSEBall

onlinE at tHESHoRtHoRn.coMUTA sports continue into the summer and we’ve got you covered. Be sure to keep an eye out for these important dates.

• May 12-14 — Softball SLC Tournament • May 13-15 — Track & Field SLC Championships• May 14-15 — Women’s Tennis NCAA Tournament• May 16-21 — 2011 Warrior Transition Games• May 19-21 — Golf NCAA Regionals• May 27-28 — Track & Field NCAA Championships• May 26-28 — Baseball SLC Tournament

onlinEDon’t agree with the list? Tell us we’re wrong and share your top moments online at theshorthorn.com.

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weights trying to get a baby sitter,” Francis said. “Another time, I had to take my son to the hospital because he had a really bad fever. The coaches were understanding and worked with that.”

Cross has three sons of his own, so the difficulties Fran-cis and Ingram had juggling three roles was something he wanted to work with and be fair about.

“I don’t think that I could have done it as a college ju-nior or senior,” Cross said. “At certain times, if they communicate with me, I can be understanding. I’ve been there and done it. They’ve got to communicate, which they’ve all done a really good job with that.”

Without a scholarship from basketball, Francis re-lied on financial-aid loans and Pell Grants to front the cost of living. To make things harder, he had to leave Weston for an extended pe-riod during the Mavericks’ winter-break road trip. UTA played five straight road games from the middle of December to the beginning of January. Weston stayed with his mother.

“The longest one was the trip to Kansas and Arkansas. That was tough,” he said. “I was gone a whole week. We tried to keep in touch. I would look at pictures of him every day.”

With his eligibility used up, Francis can now focus on finishing his degree. The hardest part he feels, he’s conquered for now.

“You never know how much you can handle until you’re given it and have to handle it,” Francis said. “I was surprised at how much I could take. Sometimes there were those days, where I’d be in class and think, ‘Wow, I’m really tired.’ You’d stick through it, because it’s worth it in the end.”

• • •

Every basketball player prepares in his or her own way before a season. Some

work on their flaws, others catch up on the playbook. Bo Ingram? He topped all of that — he had a son.

Armoni Rashadd Ingram entered the world on Oct. 14, 2010, — less than a month before UTA’s first game of the season against Texas Lu-theran on Nov. 12.

Making things tough for Ingram, he and his girl-friend, Ashley Vazila, weren’t living together after the birth. As Ingram prepared for his first season as a Mav-erick, he bounced around classes and the city of Ar-lington trying to take care of his son.

“It’s not an easy thing to do, especially when, at first, my girlfriend wasn’t staying with me,” Ingram said. “It was hard. I didn’t get to see him whenever I wanted.”

Once Ingram and Vazila came to terms to live to-gether midway through the season, he found a new source of inspiration every day when he was worn out from basketball practice all day.

“It could let me come home and see my son right away, and also, it made me realize that I’m doing this for a reason,” Ingram said. “That made me get my class work done and be better on the court. I knew I was doing it for a purpose.”

While Francis was a walk-on, Ingram was count-ed on to start and produce right away. The adjustment period took its toll, as he struggled out the gate in his first three games.

“It was obvious some-thing else was on his mind,” Francis said of Ingram. “But he’s a competitor and a great player, and found a way through it.”

Things started to click once Ingram became more settled into his role as a fa-ther. He scored 19 points against Houston Baptist in the fourth game of the year and never looked back, pick-ing up Southland Confer-ence Newcomer of the Year in the process.

“He’s my kind of guy — he’s a blue-collar worker,” Cross said. “But he’s got great skill. He’s a guy that maximizes his ability on the

court, off the court, and gets the most out of everything.”

Ingram said none of this would be possible without the support of Vazila’s fam-ily. The two developed a sys-tem to each take turns with Armoni whenever either had to work. The boost was the blessing from Vazila’s par-ents.

“They told me, as long as I take care of her and him, they’ll cooperate and under-stand that I have to finish school and make my career in basketball,” Ingram said. “I’m just taking advantage of it.”

• • •

Both Francis and Ingram share a distinct college situ-ation more than most other student-athletes. They have more things to finance, costs to pay and time responsibili-ties.

Despite having used up his eligibility, Francis still comes to play with the team and hopes to catch on as an assistant. He said fresh-man guard Shaquille White-Miller can’t get enough out of Weston, as the two play whenever Francis brings him to the court.

Weston is certainly taking after his father.

“He always chases basket-balls around,” Francis said. “One time, he came to prac-tice afterward, and there’s the 10-pound medicine ball we use. He couldn’t move it, but he lifted it straight off the ground. That was when he was a year old.”

Ingram is wrapping up his university studies degree, but he still has hope play-ing professional basketball somewhere. The hardest part for Bo is patience.

Right now, his son is with his grandmother in Lubbock until June, while his girl-friend searches for a new job and Ingram finishes up this semester. He counts down the days until he’ll have his son in his arms again.

“I might miss his first time crawling,” Ingram said. “I can’t wait to see that. I’m so ready for June.”

Josh Bowesports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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months, and we’re pretty confident this will work.”

The functionality of the webcam lacks depth percep-tion, which limits the soft-ware. Athitsos said applying his software to the Kinect will enhance the program because of the device’s depth tracking system.

Besides developing the software, the biggest chal-lenge for developers is find-ing a device to distribute their product cheaply.

“To develop our own hardware with the same fea-tures as the Kinect could end up costing $2,000, $5,000 or $10,000 per unit. I would not be comfortable asking someone to pay that much for our system,” he said. “But, when you give someone the option of buying the Kinect for $150, it’s a lot easier.”

Athitsos and his research team have identified the Ki-nect as a potential medium for their software, which could allow for easier imple-mentation in people’s homes. Microsoft released the Ki-nect in November and has

sold an estimated 10 million units since its launch.

“I never played with things like the Wii or Xbox, but the Kinect is the first of its kind in my area, and I had to see how it worked,” he said.

Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan said there aren’t any legal issues with Vassilis and his team’s work.

Problems typically occur when people try to duplicate a company’s technology and pass it off as their own cre-ation, he said.

“If you look at the iPad or Wii, people are finding ways to develop original programs for each,” he said. “We encourage developers, especially those in an edu-cational setting, to come up

with ways to expand the use-fulness of our technology.”

Athitsos said the key to overcoming the challenges of cost could be taking advan-tage of technology already available, like the Kinect and iPad, which is found in an estimated 30 million U.S. homes.

Developers see the po-tential of allowing users to develop their own programs, whether they’re for gaming or educational use, Cullinan said.

Electrical engineering ju-nior Joseph Smith is devel-oping an application for the iPad that will make learn-ing math and algebra easier for elementary and middle school students.

His program works by turning math into an inter-active game, which doubles as a learning tool.

“Hopefully, it will make its way into classrooms,” he said. “The new wave of de-vices that allow developers to implement their own pro-grams creates room for more possibilities in terms of the services we can offer to peo-ple for little or no money.”

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end-of-semester strutFinance senior Patrick Ekong struts for Alpha Phi Alpha at the Omega Psi Phi week strut-off Wednesday on the University Center mall. Omega Psi Phi hosted the annual strut-off for its 40th anniversary.

Joel CooleyThe Shorthorn staff

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the Association of Mexican American Students will host a talent show and present a brief history of the holiday.

The event will take place at 7 to-night at the Maverick Activities Cen-ter Lonestar Auditorium. The event includes a talent show and a brief history of Mexico.

Cinco de Mayo originated as a holi-day after the Mexican army defeated French invaders May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla in Puebla, Mexico. The Mexican army defeated the world’s most powerful military force at the time, the French.

The victory was very crucial for the Mexican army and is often considered to be a symbol of Mexican pride and culture, said Alicia Acedo, modern languages assistant professor.

Even though it is a Mexican holi-day, there is a strong sense of Mexican-American pride associated with the holiday, she said. However, Acedo said Cinco de Mayo is not celebrated in Mexico the same way it is in the U.S.

The main reason the holiday is not celebrated the same way in both coun-tries is because there are more impor-tant dates on the Mexican calendar, such as Mexican Independence Day, said Ignacio Perez, modern languages assistant professor.

Even though the holiday has lost backing in Mexico, there is still a strong sense of pride among Mexican-Americans, Perez said.

“It’s a holiday that symbolizes free-dom, identity and community rela-tions in Mexico,” he said.

Acedo said Cinco de Mayo has dif-ferent implications for Mexicans who moved to the U.S.

“It acquires a different meaning. It’s a way to show pride of being a Mexican-American,” she said.

Acedo also agrees many people feel it is not an important date on the Mexican calendar and that it is cel-ebrated more in the U.S. than it is in Mexico.

Cinco de Mayo is typically cele-brated in the U.S. by outdoor events, usually hosted by families including mariachis, cooking and drinking, said psychology senior Darlene Bustos.

Joel Cooleynews-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican-American pride

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The holiday symbolizes a critical victory against French army, Mexican pride and culture.

Gutierrez was raised in Crystal City, Texas, when discrimination to-ward Mexicans was high. In 1958, his school district integrated for the first time and students who were caught speaking Spanish received four ‘licks’ with a shaved off baseball bat or three days school suspension.

“I learned very early on to turn rage into a positive direction, as op-posed to a hateful area,” he said.

Through a twist of fate, Gutierrez got his start in public speaking by walking in on girls reciting poetry.

The teacher handed him a poem to recite, which would later lead to Guti-errez to become the state champion of public speaking.

About 8 years later, he ran for the Crystal City school board and from then on, he became an activist be-cause of his harsh discrimination ex-periences in school. Gutierrez would go on to become a lawyer who fought for justice to the fullest.

“I’ve been jailed or fined for being assertive and active for a client,” he said. “People don’t believe that some of this stuff happened, especially since I’m alive and not 90 years old.”

Gutierrez began his own politi-cal party on January 10, 1970, called La Raza Unida. Gutierrez said they

wanted to be represented by people who resembled them in the mir-ror. 1980 was the last year the party would be on the Texas ballot.

Gutierrez was hired as the Center of Mexican American Studies direc-tor at UTA in 1974. He later was fired for his political views and accusations were made against him. He sued the school and won.

Gutierrez returned to UTA in 1994 to teach political science and has impacted students since then.

Business junior Juan Diaz said having professor Gutierrez makes class a blast because he can relate to him more than he has with other male Caucasian professors.

“I have utmost respect for him,”

Diaz said, “For who he was and for what he stood for.”

Political science senior Eva Barrios has Gutierrez for her Mexican Ameri-can Studies class and said he gives students energy to keep moving in life and stay active in society.

“He makes you realize you really can do it yourself,” she said.

Gutierrez said he gets tremendous satisfaction when he stands up for what he thinks is right.

“It doesn’t matter who is standing with you,” he said. “You get knocked down a lot, but the good thing is, you learn to stand up a lot, too.”

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sustainability

New solar-powered compactors reduce cost

The University Center is set to get four trash-compactors during the summer.

The compactors will be solar-powered but have to be plugged in because they will be indoors, said Meghna Tare, Office of Sustainability director.

She said compacting trash would reduce the number of times a bin has to be emptied by an estimated 80 percent.

“If it’s beneficial, and if we see some value for the money, we might get more,” she said.

She said the trash cans would ar-rive and be installed in the next two to four weeks.

The compactors will be similar in size to the blue trash cans, located outdoors around campus, and are being placed in the UC because of high student traffic, Tare said.

She said the compactors will prob-ably be placed near the entrances, but the decision is not yet final.

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nation Cadets respond to bin Laden capture

ROTC cadet Robert Clemons feels Osama bin Laden’s death is a big deal in the military world, though it won’t make the job any easier.

“It’s pretty much a good thing,” the kinesiology junior said. “That’s one less terrorist to worry about.”

As a result of his capture in Paki-stan, the military was put on a higher state of alert as a preventative mea-sure to counter any potential attacks.

“A major operation happened and a significant event took place. The government just wants everybody to be more aware of their surroundings in case of a possible retaliation,” said Ricardo Diaz, senior military science instructor.

Even though many view the covert operation as a huge success, Diaz feels that it would change very little in the grand scheme of things.

“Iraq and Afghanistan combat op-erations will continue as always since the U.S. is not currently deployed in Pakistan,” Diaz said.

He thinks soldiers both overseas and in the U.S. might be a little bit more cautious in their daily opera-tions.

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eventsCinco de Mayo Talent Show7 p.m. Thursday Maverick Activities Center Lonestar Auditorium

Cinco de Mayo Tejano Music FestNoon to 11 p.m. SaturdayLevitt Pavilion 100 W. Abram St. 76010• $5 for ages 13 and up• No BYOB, but vendors will be out