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,
november 4, 2009
volume 91, no.
43
www.
theshorthorn.
com
since 1919
INDEX
News 2,3,6
Calendar 2
Opinion 4
Classifieds 5
By JohNathaN SIlvEr
The Shorthorn senior staff
Although...
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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,
november 4, 2009
volume 91, no.
43
www.
theshorthorn.
com
since 1919
INDEX
News 2,3,6
Calendar 2
Opinion 4
Classifieds 5
By JohNathaN SIlvEr
The Shorthorn senior staff
Although officials consider Pankaj
Joshi a thief, the Texas Lottery Commission declared the former store clerk the
winner of a contested $1 million lottery
prize.
Joshi, who used to work for Lucky’s
Food Store and was indicted for claiming a lottery prize by fraud, has been
linked to the university since news broke
that he might have stolen the ticket from
67-year-old Grand Prairie resident Willis
Willis.
Officials said
the clerk fled to his
native Nepal.
In a previous
Shorthorn article,
university spokesperson Kristin Sullivan said there was
an alumnus on record
with the same name
as Joshi’s.
The store’s
manager Masudur
Rahman said Joshi
attended UTA during
his employment.
Willis should have
signed the back of
the ticket as soon as
he got it,
Less
