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
Tuesday
September 8, 2009
Volume 91, No.
10
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY TEMICCA HUNTER
The Shorthorn staff
I
t’s the weekend and the UTA
Bookstore’s parking lot is empty.
Some would...
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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
Tuesday
September 8, 2009
Volume 91, No.
10
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY TEMICCA HUNTER
The Shorthorn staff
I
t’s the weekend and the UTA
Bookstore’s parking lot is empty.
Some would see just an empty
parking lot, but Rajat Sharma sees an
opportunity to do what he loves best
— play a good game of cricket.
Sometimes the electrical engineering graduate student plays with a
cricket ball, but at other times he just
uses a small green tennis ball.
Sharma
plays the sport whenever he gets spare
time from his studies, he said.
Sharma said cricket is a basic sport
in India.
In 2008, UTA international
student enrollment was at 8 percent.
The highest represented country of
origin was India with a total of 46.
1
percent of all international students.
“If you are anywhere in India, and
you know the sport, you can find
friends.
” he said.
Playing cricket involves a ball and
bat, similar to a baseball bat except
flatter.
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