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Alumnus Produces Lauded ‘Brotherhood’

A meager $19.10 is the amount Adam must steal from a convenience store because the fraternity he’s pledging was founded in 1910. It’s 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 […]

Leading the 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 […]

The Business of Fun

A growing research university and an iconic amusement park wouldn’t seem to have much in common. But a closer look at UT Arlington and Six Flags Over Texas reveals strong connections between the storied Arlington institutions.

Poised atop the Texas Giant’s 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’s what the world is at Six Flags Over Texas, the Arlington tourist icon now celebrating 50 years of fun. Of course, at Six Flags, that top-of-the-hill moment is followed […]

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 art. “With 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,” says Nada Shabout, who earned […]