T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
June 22, 2011
Volume 92, No.
119
www.
theshorthorn.
com
BY SHELLY WILLIAMS
The Shorthorn staff
John Jordan IV said his
passion to create art from
glass is an addiction — it
keeps him...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
June 22, 2011
Volume 92, No.
119
www.
theshorthorn.
com
BY SHELLY WILLIAMS
The Shorthorn staff
John Jordan IV said his
passion to create art from
glass is an addiction — it
keeps him coming back for
more and he can never get
enough.
The incoming art freshman said glass blowing is
what brought him from California to UTA.
The university is one of
few in the nation that offers
a program in the subject,
Jordan said.
He’s been blowing glass with his father since
high school.
Jordan is one of an estimated 2,800 freshmen,
transfer students and former
active duty soldiers expected
to go through New Maverick
Orientation this summer to
learn about the campus.
Brian Joyce, New Maverick Orientation associate
director, said the enrollment
number is about the same as
last year’s.
Orientation is offered twice weekly in the University Center with 13 sessions
throughout the summer.
“I think, so far, the response has been re
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