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INSIDE Cooper Street construction update See page 4 Stop the hate cycle See page 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Want an internship in Wash- Wednesday Volume 96, No. 32 ington D.C.? See page 2 June 15, 2016 theshorthorn.com Since 1919 COMMUNITY UT SYSTEM WE STAND WITH ORLANDO Another The mass shooting sent shockwaves through the nation chance for CAP Rejected prospective CAP students get a new deadline. BY RAFAEL SEARS The Shorthorn staff More than 200 Texas high school graduates have another shot at be- coming Mavericks, and then possibly Longhorns, after UTA rejected them in May. UTA notified 247 Coordinated Ad- mission Program, or CAP, students with a letter on May 11 stating the uni- versity was unable to accommodate them because too many CAP students were admitted, university spokeswom- an Kristin Sullivan said in an email. The letter was sent to students be- cause they missed the program’s May 6 application fee payment deadline, Sullivan said in an email. CAP offers students who were un- able to get into UT-Austin their fresh- man year a chance to be a Longhorn their sophomore year upon fulfilling a number of requirements during their freshman year at UTA. CAP directs students to the other UT System schools, except UT-Dallas, because of the large amount of stu- dents applying to the system’s flagship school. Because UTA did not communi- cate with the affected students and UT-Austin clearly or in a timely man- ner, UTA extended the CAP enroll- ment period for previously accepted students through Friday, Sullivan said in an email. All of the students who notify UTA by Friday and want to opt into the pro- gram and pay the application fee will have a place at the university. More than 400 students had en- rolled for the fall by mid-day Monday under the program, Sullivan said in an email. Typically, one-third of CAP stu- dents stay at UTA, one-third meet the requirements to transfer to UT-Austin and one-third will not meet the re- quirements, academic adviser Soyla Santos said. The transfer requirements are a minimum 3.2 GPA, a prescribed 30 semester credit hours and applicants The Shorthorn: Jayme Shedenhelm offered admission into CAP must ac- cept by June 1, according to the UT Candle light service attendees Hope Nussbaum and Grant Hetherington praise Monday at Celebration Community Church in Fort System Rule 40305: Coordinated Ad- Worth. The church held a memorial and candle light service in remembrance for the victims of the Orlando shooting. mission Program. A student who successfully com- pletes these requirements is guaran- BY SORAYAH ZAHIR AND BEN ANDERSON Alliance members to create a safe space for diversity and teed the opportunity to transfer to The Shorthorn staff tolerance at the university. UT-Austin at the beginning of their “I say UTA is doing a really good job of inclusion and sophomore year, according to the rule. “Hope will never be silent.” diversity education but there’s always so much more we The UT System Office of Academic Becki Clesse, Gender and Sexuality Alliance president, can do,” Clesse said. Affairs is reviewing the program to de- echoed the words of Harvey Milk, politician and gay activ- Aerospace engineering senior Myriel Pham lived in termine how many students it serves ist during this time of shock and mourning. Orlando for a few years, and was concerned for her friends and identify success and challenges, Shooter Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded who still live in the city. UT System spokeswoman Jenny 53 early Sunday morning. Pulse, a gay nightclub in Or- “I contacted all my friends that were there to make sure LaCoste-Caputo said in an email. lando, is now the site of the deadliest mass shooting in they’re all good,” Pham said. “Everyone luckily is not in the There are no planned changes at American history. party scene anymore but it is really devastating, especially this point, LaCoste-Caputo said in an The shooting, which occured during the Lesbian, Gay, during the month of celebrating gay pride.” email. Bisexual, Transgender Pride month, has hit home for The university is making an additional counselor avail- some of the community, sociology senior Clesse said. She @SEARSRAFAEL said she works with the 20 to 30 Gender and Sexuality ORLANDO continues on page 2 [email protected] TECHNOLOGY Robot assesses Arlington pipeline condition A new sensor system of large-diameter pipeline. The ONLINE will help analyze data data is analyzed to efficiently plan cleaning and repair operations, What do you think of the new so the workers can extending the life of the pipeline sensor robot? Take our poll plan more efficiently. system as well as decreasing over- online at theshorthorn.com/ all maintenance costs, Runkle news. BY ANTHONY MUSSELMAN said. The Shorthorn staff The robot, an MSI HD pro- filer model, uses a cable system to Brendan Hamilton, graduate UTA and the city of Arling- float along the interior of pipeline engineer for the city and a UTA ton are plumbing to new depths systems 32 to 188 inches in diam- alumnus, said the project will with the help of a sophisticated eter, according to the RedZone analyze about 48 miles of pipe- robotic-sensor system purchased website. line for the city. The project has from RedZone Robotics. Dale Owens, a water conser- a budget of $882,000, but is UTA and Arlington engineers vation specialist for the city of expected to come in under that met representatives from Red- Arlington, said he attended the figure, Hamilton said. Zone Robotics Monday at Globe demonstration as part of Arling- It was very exciting to see the Life Park to oversee a physical ton’s training efforts for the new collaboration between the uni- demonstration of a new robotic- system. versity and the city during this sensor system. “The technology is beyond project, said Seyedali Abolmaali, RedZone field supervisor what we’ve been using for sure,” department of civil engineering The Shorthorn: Shay Cohen Kevin Runkle said that the sys- Owens said. “Being able to use chairman. UTA engineers will be Field tech Burt Jones works on a pipeline robot during a demonstration on Monday tem uses high-definition closed- three different types of data col- involved with inspection, data outside Globe Life Park. The robot, developed by Red Zone Robotics, is equipped with circuit cameras, laser profiling lection at one time and analyze it a variety of sensors to analyze pipelines throughout the city of Arlington. and sonar to assess the condition is exciting.” PIPELINE continues on page 2 Page 2 The ShorThorn Wednesday, June 15, 2016 STUDENT SERVICES Center provides internships A fellowship program will “The differences in peo- quality of going on the internship in send students to ple are really what binds the life. Washington D.C. On more Washington D.C. to study cohort,” Romano said. Todd than one occasion he talk- their interests. No matter the student’s Hill, for- ed himself out of applying major, Romano said there’s mer UTA for the internship, but said BY CHRISTIAN BURNO always room for public ser- political he decided to raise money The Shorthorn life editor vice. science to fund his way to do the One of UTA’s Archer Fel- student program after the fourth The Archer Center is lows, bioengineering gradu- and Ar- information session he at- looking for enthusiastic and ate student Sylvia Loh, is cher Fel- tended. He spent about one passionate students who interning in Washington low from Katie Romano, year raising over $11,000 have an interest in public D.C. at the Food and Drug 2010, Director of The through campaigning to service. Administration. heard Archer Center fund his trip. The Archer Fellowship The summer before she about the Hill is now the president Program brings under- got the internship at the program of the Archer Fellow Alumni graduate and graduate stu- FDA, she did stem cell re- through Association. He said he is dents to Washington D.C. search in Taiwan. Loh has fliers trying to pay it forward by to participate in a full-time lived in the Metroplex her he saw raising scholarship money internship and course load. entire life, commuted to around for new fellows. Selected students intern school everyday and always campus. The Archer Fellowship for an organization based had dinner at home pre- Dr. Karl ended up being exactly what off of their professional and pared by her mom. Wanting Petruso, he needed. academic goals, according to expand her professional Honors A week before he gradu- to www.archercenter.org. development, she applied College ated Hill received a call from Students choose their own for The Archer Fellowship. Dean and Todd Hill, Senior John Dalton, Financial Ser- The Shorthorn: Shay Cohen The application process faculty Director of vices Roundtable Housing internship, but receive one- Field tech Burt Jones is lifted through a manhole during a demonstra- is rigorous and competitive, repre- Government Affairs Policy Council president, on-one support from an Ar- tion on Monday outside Globe Life Park. A robot developed by Red Loh said. She wrote a per- sentative and was offered a job. cher Fellow staff member, Zone Robotics, is equipped with a variety of sensors to analyze pipe- for The The Archer name has an according to the website. sonal essay related to poli- lines throughout the city of Arlington. Students are chosen tics and the ways medical Archer impact in Washington D.C., based on their application devices are regulated.

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