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  • Man arrested, charged for murder of UTD employee

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    Frisco Police arrested and charged 63-year-old Robert Moses with the murder of his ex-wife Anna Moses, a UTD employee, on Feb. 26. Moses, who has been charged with first-degree murder, has been transported to the Frisco Police Detention Center, a Frisco Police Press release stated. His bond has been set at $1 million. On Jan.…

  • Female representation lacking in STEM fields

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    Students, faculty explain need for participation from girls in computer science, engineering industries, present role models during event Women still lag in science, technology, engineering and math jobs as compared to biology, nursing or teaching which have a balanced gender representation in the workforce. Only 18.2 percent of degrees in computer science and 19 percent…

  • B-52 bomber helps vets segue into school

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    Assistant Director, Veteran Services Center Service: 1995 – 2004, currently liaison officer at the Air Force Academy, Reserve Forces Branch: U.S. Air Force In middle school, a physics teacher taught Lisa McNeme the basics of space exploration and put her on the path that would lead her to the U.S. Air Force. She joined ROTC…

  • Sorority support taught vet civilian survival

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    Assistant Director, Galerstein Women’s Center Service: 2000 – 2006 Branch: U.S. Air National Guard One of Narcely Ruiz’s earliest memories was watching her dad play “Taps” on his trumpet at Army funerals. “I recall — as a little girl — hiding behind the bushes as my dad played “Taps” for military funerals and even though…

  • Brooklyn native takes pride in Navy experience

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    Assistant Director, Student Union Service: 1985 – 1989 Branch: U.S. Navy Delvora King grew up in the melting pot of all cultures: New York City. After graduating from high school, King attended community college, but didn’t care much for any major. She started working for an insurance company in Manhattan as a claims adjustor, but…

  • Women vets struggle with system

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    At UTD, there are 600 military-affiliated students and the number is growing, McNeme said. Most veterans require assistance with healthcare services, ways to support their families financially when the benefits are not sufficient and help with trying to interview for civilian jobs, McNeme said. Many women use the education benefits available to veterans and the…

  • On the frontlines

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    Veterans on campus share experiences of women in combat Retired Air Force Col. Kim Olson will visit campus March 26 to speak about women in combat as part of a series of events celebrating Women’s History Month. Olson, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and retired after 25 years of service in 2014, authored “Iraq…

  • Agree to disagree?

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    Have you ever gone to bed with thoughts whirring through your head, and realized that you can’t shut them out anyway? Activist voices are just like that. You could kill all your dissenters and reporters investigating you, but you can’t shut down those voices. Yet, everyday activists in the world are killed because they tried…

  • Too young to be a leader?

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  • The abnormal “normal”

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    Normal isn’t really a yardstick by itself. It’s a standard we create based on a stereotype. In conversation, we’ll often hear people saying what is and what isn’t normal — like talking to yourself, being color blind or wanting to live alone isn’t normal. None of it means anything more than that the speaker has a…