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Volume XXXVII, Number XVII
University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
^UNIVERSITY NEWS
April 18, 2007
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Fines
with Food
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See Pages 6-7 for more!
Sessions Speaks, UD Listens
| Monica Tomutsa
CONTRIBUTOR
Congressman Pete Sessions,
representative of District
32, which includes Dallas
and Irving, spoke with UD
students about American foreign
policy, and its unique economic
advantage last week in the Art
History Auditorium.
"America is the shining city on
the hill. We live in this country on a
dream that America's greatest days;
are in her future. And the hopes of
individuals will be bigger than if
we were a monarch or dictatorship.
Individual dreams, not dictator's
dreams, are important in the U.S.,"
Congressman Pete Sessions said.
Sessions' favorite president,
Ronald Reagan, was a leader in
American foreign policy.
"Ronald Reagan was for trade.
Trade was good for America
and for the world and good for
reducing conflict. I le was die first
modern president to fight to get
lid of nuclear weapons. He cut
taxes and gave the money back to
the people and the free enterprise
system grew Back in 1980, the
DOW stood at 1000, today it is at
12,500 give or take," he said.
On March 7, 2007, the. EU
announced their combined GDP
rivals America's.
But reading the report, one
finds that even with all 25 countries
banded together, they only equal
America's GDP 25 years ago.
Their research and development
is at the level we were in 1989;
and their medical research is
See SESSIONS, p. 2
I Sarah Crotty
| NEWS EDITOR
Seven psychology students
from the University of
Dallas recently attended
the Southwestern Psychological
Association ^SWPA) conference
in Fort Worth, Texas.
This conference hosts two
types of presentations, paper
symposiums and poster sessions.
During the paper symposiums,
students sit on a panel of lectures,
providinga 20-minute presentation
regarding their research. Two
UD students participated in this
presentation.
Stephanie Gabel presented
a paper entitled "After You:
.Effects of Sex and Distance on
Door Holding." She concluded
that men at UD were much more
likely than women to hold doors
open for others and they held
v Students Excel at SWPA Conference
doors more for women than for
other men.
Gabel enjoyed participating in
the conference. "I really enjoyed
having the experience of being
able to chair and present. I never
thought that watching people
Outside of Haggar would ever
turn into this," she said.
To present a poster session,
students create a poster containing
statistical analysis from their
research explaining their results.
"Most of the students who
participate in the poster sessions
use research they developed in
their quantitative research design
class, which is modeled after the
junior poet presentations English
majors endure," said Dr. Garza,
psychology professor.
Five UD students participated
in the poster sessions section of
the conference.
Brittany Landrum presented a
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Rebecca Altsman presents her poster session on sibling roles.
poster based on her observations
showing that red-light runners
were disproportionately male.
She compared her results to the
expected frequencies predicted
by the population distribution of
the sexes in Arlington, Texas and
among licensed drivers.
Tandrum will also present a
paper, co-authored with Dr. Garza,
at the American Psychological
Association conference in
San Francisco,, California this
summer.
Becca Altsman, Amber
Ainsworth Chesser, and Trayn
Hames also presented at the
SWPA conference. These students
presented posters on their thesis
See SWPA, p. 2
| NEWS EDITOR
Feeling overwhelmed by
large library fines?
By participating in
the Food for Fines campaign
hosted by the William A. Blakely
Tibrary, in conjunction with
Campus Ministry, students can
wipe away their fines with a simple
donation.
Students can remove one dollar
from their fine total for each
canned good they donate. Up to
twenty dollars in fines per person
can be removed during the Food
for Fines campaign.
The campaign runs from April
13th until April 23ldand donations
can be made at the library.
According to Cherie Hohertz,
head of access services for William
A, Blakely Tibrary, students an-
struggling with the increased
fine rate. This campaign is a way
for students to start with a clean
slate.
"In January the fine rates went
up," said Hohertz. "We wanted to
give people a chance to take care
of their fines, as well as create
an event that would help the
community."
The Food for Fines campaign
is being held in conjunction with
National Tibrary Week which
is sponsored by the American
Tibrary Association. This is
the first time the UD library
has hosted the Food for Fines
campaign.
"We thought it would be great
to have our event at the same time
as National Tibrary Week because
it's a great time to promote the
library and get people excited
about it," said Hohertz,
Representatives from Campus
Ministry will be distributing the
canned goods to the North Texas
Food Bank as well as Holy Cross
Catholic Church.
Anyone can participate in
the food drive. Only fines that
are currently assessed will be
applicable.
"We're hoping this event will
be a huge success^" said Hohertz.
"We would love to continue it in
the future."
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