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The Houston Fill

The Official UTSD ASDA Newsletter
Welcome to Edition Four!
Laura Nelson and Macey Cartrite, DS2
ASDA Publications Editors
Inside this Edition

Welcome.Page 1
Letter From the
President.....Page 2
Community
Service.....Page 3
ASDA Golf
Tournament.......Page 4
Upcoming Events...Page 4
ASDA Dodgeball...Page 5
Meskin Award...Page 6
Letter From A First
Year.Page 7


E D I T I O N 4 : N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 3
We are proud to announce The Houston Fill was the recipient of
the Meskin Journalism Award for Excellence in Dental Student
Publications. Presented by the American Association of Dental Editors,
October 2013
Browse through the newest edition of The Houston Fill to learn
more about ways ASDA has been reaching out to benefit those in need
globally, a recap of the new Annual ASDA Golf Tournament, and a
personal testimony from a fellow peer!


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Letter From the President
Katie Sowa 15
The University of Texas School of
Dentistry
American Student Dental
Association
Officers

President: Katie Sowa 15
President-elect: Graham Reed 16
Immediate Past President: Sam Carrell
14
Treasurer: Hunter Owen 15
Historian: Khushbu Patel 14
Outreach Coordinators: Tim Woernley
14, Kelsey Edmonson 15, Shivani
Patel 16
Legislative Liason: Bryce Gates 14,
Kyle Hale 16
Events/Meetings Coordinator: Aaron
Menchaca 14 & Andrew Smith 15,
Marisa McKee 16
Pre-Dental Coordinators: Iliana
Saavedra 15, Paola Salazar 16, Chris
Thorburn 16
Publication Editors: Laura Nelson 16
& Macey Cartrite 16
Website Manager: Andre Ngyuen 15






American Student Dental Association
Executive Committee
President: Jiwon Lee, Columbia 14
Vice Presdient: Martin Smallidge,
Pittsburgh 14
Vice President: Tyler Rumple,
Washington 14
District 9 Trustee: Daryn Lu, Oklahoma
15
All views in this newsletter are those of the
authors and not necessarily of the American
Student Dental Association or The
University of Texas School of Dentistry.

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Disability/ Life insurance
Be sure to sign up for FREE life
insurance and disability for ASDA
members while in dental school. If
everyone signs up, our ASDA chapter
will receive a monetary award! So
take 5 minutes and do yourself and
ASDA a favor by signing up!

www.insurancefordentalstudents.com
Disability/ Life insurance
Be sure to sign up for FREE life
insurance and disability for ASDA
members while in dental school. If
everyone signs up, our ASDA chapter
will receive a monetary award! So
take 5 minutes and do yourself and
ASDA a favor by signing up!

www.insurancefordentalstudents.com
ADPAC
As a dental student, you can have a
voice in legislation decisions by
joining the American Dental Political
Actions Committee (ADPAC)!
Student dues are just $5 and can be
paid to ASDA legislative liaisons:
Kyle Hale (DS2), Bryce Gates
(DS3&4), Glennis Katzmark (DS1)
This semester, ASDA
has been up to a lot! Weve
had social events,
community service events,
plenty of lunch & learns, and
our first ever golf
tournament.
Earlier this month, 8 of us traveled to the
ASDA National Leadership Conference in
Chicago, IL. We had the opportunity to
collaborate with ASDA Leaders from all over the
country. We also gained personal leadership
training to better serve our classmates in our
respective roles. The keynote speaker focused on
how to create a disruptive change and that
thinking outside the box yields better results.
Hopefully youll see some of these skills at work in
the near future.

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UTSD ASDA: Going Global
Kelsey Edmonson 15
This September during ASDA week,
we held a toothbrush and toothpaste drive
to benefit our soldiers in remembrance of
9/11. We would like to give you an update
on your donations!
We had originally planned to give
the donations indirectly to troops through
the Red Cross. However during the
lunchtime drive, Ryan Hyde, a 1
st
year
dental student and veteran, stopped by and
suggested we send our donations directly to
troops stationed overseas with the Civil
Affairs Battalion of the Army. Ryan
established contact with an Army dentist (a
Baylor 2010 graduate) to receive the
supplies in the Horn of Africa. A few of our
ASDA officers and Ryan packaged the
donations from the drive into 127 bags each
containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss
and oral hygiene instruction page. The
supplies are in transit to Africa and will be
distributed by the 443rd Civil Affairs
Battalion to be used in oral hygiene
educational classes targeted to the local
populace.
Thank you all for your donations to
the drive and we look forward to giving you
more updates when the supplies arrive!
ASDA would also like to recognize and
give special thanks to Dr. Fullerton and
Trisha Fullerton for sponsoring the
shipment of the supplies.

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Upcoming Events


DePelchin Giving Tree toy drive
Nov. 25
th
Dec. 6
th

3rd floor student lounge
ASDA Annual Session
Feb. 26
th
March 2
nd

Vendor Fair
Feb. 13
th

Cooley Center

The Annual UTSD ASDA Open
Francisco Nieves 16
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The 1
st
Annual ASDA Open Golf Tournament at Herman Park Golf Course was a
success, and it wasnt because of my golf game. The 4-man scramble format was friendly
for beginners since only one out of four players needed to land a playable shot. Needless to
say, teams with more experienced players performed significantly better. The shotgun start
at 8:00 AM seemed early, but as temperatures rose throughout the morning, the start time
was just right.
UTSD ASDA did a phenomenal job
organizing the event with the Herman Park staff.
Our team didnt feel rushed or the need to slow
down, which can happen in golf tournaments
with twenty teams. Like any busy golf course,
there were quite a few golf balls landing in
unintentional fairways, but that added to the fun.
There were prizes on specific holes for longest
drive and closest to the pin, which tormented
me mentally unlike those who rose to the
occasion. Unfortunately, our team didnt take
home any white jackets at the tournaments
awards luncheon, but we certainly felt like
winners drinking ice-cold Shiners after a long 18
holes.

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November 2013
DePelchin Giving
Tree Toy Drive
Nov. 25
th
Dec. 6
th

Please place your donations
in the 3rd floor student
lounge.
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UTSD ASDA: Dodgeball 2013

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1 shot of espresso or 3/4 cup coffee
1 1/2 2 tablespoons caramel sauce
1-2 tablespoons cocoa powder
Pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup milk
Whipped cream (optional)
Extra caramel sauce and sea salt to drizzle/sprinkle on top

Starbucks Salted Caramel Mocha CopyCat
The
Lawrence H. Meskin Award
Laura Nelson 16
My fellow ASDA
publications editor, Macey
Cartrite, and I had the amazing
opportunity of traveling to New
Orleans, LA to accept the Meskin
Journalism Award in October of
this year.
As we are new to publishing
newsletters, we did not know what
to expect from the luncheon. Upon
arrival, we were greeted by dentists
from around the country that also
have a yearning to write. The
American Association of Dental
Editors and Journalists (AADEJ)
presented us with plaques for our
school and a monetary award for
our local ASDA chapter.
We would like to thank the
American Association of Dental
Editors and Journalists for this
amazing honor. We would also
like to acknowledge our classmates
and faculty that have contributed
stories and pictures to our
newsletters. These are the
individuals that have made our
publication possible and we are
privileged to have such outstanding
colleagues!


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Reference: 52 Kitchen Adventures,
Recipechatter.com, Starbucks
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Coming
into dental
school, you never
know exactly
what to expect.
Leading up to
orientation, I
was excited for
this incredible opportunity, yet slightly
intimidated by the unknown of my new
life as a dental student. Those fears and
intimidations quickly
subsided as I began to meet
my classmates for the next
four years. I was amazed by
the variety of backgrounds
and stories that lead each of
them to this point in their
lives. Some stories were
similar to my own, and
others were far different.
The commonality was that
each worked extremely hard to earn
their seat at this school.
It did not take long for me to feel
a sense of pride for my class and it
continues to be an honor to sit with
them each and every day. I would
easily say that my biggest surprise to
dental school, thus far, is the amount of
support that you receive and must give
in return to your classmates. Whether it
be sharing a review for an exam,
working together on a group project, or
simply enjoying each others company
during our breaks, working as a team is
essential to all of our success.
For me, as a first year, I take the
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Views from a First Year
Andrew Naeger 17
course work week by week. I do
everything I can, and again with the
help of my classmates, to remain
focused and motivated to continuously
stay on top of the material and busy
work. Although I see the importance to
many of our courses, I enjoy mostly the
classes that directly relate to dentistry.
Dental anatomy is my favorite course
this semester. I enjoy learning the in
depth intricacies and truly admire our
professors in Dr. Frey, Dr.
Quock, and all the faculty who
are there in and out of class to
aid in our wax-ups. There is
nothing better then taking
what we learn and being able
to apply it in the waxing lab. It
is in there, where I truly feel
the most like a dental student
and I, like everyone else, look
forward to each progression
we make towards clinic.
I never thought I would be able
to confidently say that dental school has
been fun. Surely we have our ups and
downs throughout the semester, but it is
important to remember that we are
working towards the career of our
dreams. As a first year, every day is
something new and we must
continuously be eager to learn and
move forward. I feel truly blessed every
day I get the opportunity to put on my
navy scrubs and come to The University
of Texas School of Dentistry. If
anything, this first semester has only
solidified my passion for dentistry.
Working as
a team is
essential to
all of our
success


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