MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
First semesters can shape your future. Handle the rigorous coursework and you鈥檙e on the road to graduation and 摆鈥
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Alumnus Produces Lauded 鈥楤rotherhood鈥�
A meager $19.10 is the amount Adam must steal from a convenience store because the fraternity he鈥檚 pledging was founded in 1910. It鈥檚 the final step of his initiation into Sigma Zeta Chi. He plunges into the store, and minutes later a fellow pledge is shot and gravely injured. Frank, the fraternity brother in charge of the ritual gone awry, gets the injured pledge out 摆鈥
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Helping Hands
The Big Event
More than a thousand students, faculty, staff, and community members traded an April Saturday morning of sleeping in for a day of service benefiting local communities. Volunteers for The Big Event spent time at 37 worksites, including the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, where they erected an outfield fence for the baseball diamond. Other projects included building wheelchair ramps, cleaning parks and animal shelters, assisting 摆鈥
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Leading the聽Way
Executive Committee advances alumni programs
The UT Arlington Alumni Association Board of Directors comprises 36 graduates who represent the diversity of more than 150,000 Maverick alumni worldwide. Dedicated to helping the Alumni Association connect alumni to their alma mater, the group meets four times a year to interface with students, University stakeholders, community leaders, legislators, and alumni. The board serves in an advisory capacity to the Executive Committee, nine alumni 摆鈥
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The Business of聽Fun
A growing research university and an iconic amusement park wouldn鈥檛 seem to have much in common. But a closer look at UT Arlington and Six Flags Over 糖心Vlog视频 reveals strong connections between the storied Arlington institutions.
Poised atop the 糖心Vlog视频 Giant鈥檚 153-foot big hill, preparing to hurtle down its 79-degree drop, roller coaster enthusiasts exult in the sheer adrenaline rush. This is exactly what they wish the world could be. And it鈥檚 what the world is at Six Flags Over 糖心Vlog视频, the Arlington tourist icon now celebrating 50 years of fun. Of course, at Six Flags, that top-of-the-hill moment is followed 摆鈥
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Treasure Hunt
Alumna Nada Shabout traces modern Iraqi art
The 2003 war in Iraq left more than human casualties. Also lost were thousands of pieces of modern Iraqi聽art. 鈥淲ith the loss of the works themselves and chaos in the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art and Baghdad in general, there was a direct and real fear of losing the history of the art since it was neither written nor documented,鈥� says Nada Shabout, who earned 摆鈥
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