The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas ntdaily.com News 1, 2 Arts & Life 3, 4 Sports 5, 8 Views 6 Classifieds 7 Games 7 Thursday, March 24, 2011 Volume 97 | Issue 31 Sunny 78° / 60° Crushed by Cowgirls Softball team loses late lead Page 5 ARTS & LIFE: Veteran doesn’t let MS hold him back Page 4 SPORTS: Mean Green prepares for Miners Page 5 VIEWS: Driver’s license update causes student to wonder who he is Page 6 ONLINE: Biology seminars provides different perspectives Follow the North Texas Daily BY MEGAN RADKE Staff Writer New research out of the University of Washington and Scripps Research Institute in Florida has discovered that for some, food can be as addictive as alcohol or other drugs. Studies show strong links between eating large amounts of high-calorie foods and plea- sure centers in the brain. With obesity on the rise in America, programs like Overeaters Anonymous are becoming more popular in an effort to help people with food addictions lose weight. OA is a program similar to Alcoholics Anonymous, a 12-step program involving having members sponsor each other, forming a supportive community. Jennifer, a representative from OA Dallas, who requested her last name be withheld, said OA is a fellowship of individuals who wish to stop eating compulsively. She said OA treats overeating by working through the first three goals associated with the 12-Step program. “For me personally, sugar is like cocaine, and I have had to stop eating it as much as possible,” Jennifer said. “This is not true of everyone though. A lot of us have found that processed snack foods are problematic and can trigger an eating binge. However, food problems are very individual.” There are no dues or fees for members of Overeaters Anonymous, which is a completely independent orga- nization that does not accept any outside donations and runs through contributions from its members. Lora Williams, a UNT Health Center dietitian, said food addic- tion is a misnomer, yet food can trigger a similar process in the brain. Williams said that for many people, food brings back good memories and acts as a source of energy. High-sugar, high-fat and high-salt foods stimulate receptors in the brain in the way certain drugs do. Williams said that in order to help curb cravings for junk food, eating a healthy, balanced meal is the most important step. Williams suggests eating two sources of vegetables, a source of whole grain, a lean protein — which is 10 percent fat or less — one small serving of fruit, a source of calcium, and eight ounces of a fluid that is not soda, juice or any other sugary drink. The Power of Words PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students from different organizations, such as the Student Government Association, Glad: UNT’s Queer Alliance and the fraternity councils, performed a reader’s play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lyceum in the University Union. “More Than Words” is an interactive presentation that shows students the power of their words and actions. “There are teenagers and students killing them self because you know they’re getting made fun of or bullied at school,” said Mercedes Fulbright, a performer and the vice president of SGA. “It’s not a huge thing on our campus, but it could happen, and we want to least make people aware that it could happen.” Food addicts draw support from group meetings “For me, personally, sugar is like cocaine.” —Jennifer, Overeaters Anonymous member A college student’s pantry is often filled with junk food and on-the-go snacks. Researchers say eating foods that have excess amounts of salt and sugar can lead to obesity and an eating addiction. PHOTO BY ANAM BAKALI/INTERN BY KALANI GORDON Staff Photographer Students with Internet- capable cellphones now have access to the UNT website at their fingertips with a little more ease. UNT’s new mobile website, UNT To Go, launched Saturday, features mobile access to a campus directory and emer- gency contacts, the UNT events calendar, myUNT, and informa- tion about admissions, Mean Green sports and volunteer opportunities. The mobile appli- cation also includes an inter- active campus map and alpha- betical listing of campus build- ings. The UNT home page has been viewed over 210,000 times since Sept. 2010 by mobile devices, according to a presentation by the Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing and the Computing and Information Technology Center. “Up to now, less than 3 percent of the visitors to our UNT website are using mobile devices,” said Kenn Moffitt, the senior director of communication systems and marketing in the URCM depart- ment. “We know that the trend will only continue to grow.” The URCM department surveyed students, faculty and staff members about what func- tions they would like in the mobile site, and audited other universities to establish the best practices for services and design, Moffitt said. The mobile site took over a year to develop and at no addi- tional cost to the students, Moffitt said. A cross-departmental committee was originally charged to investigate the creation of an iPhone application, but chose to create a mobile website first to make the app available for individuals without iPhones, according to the presentation. The creation of a mobile site would also allow the committee to capture usage statistics for the mobile site and serve as a model for possible future iPhone and Android apps. UNT launches mobile site See MOBILE on Page 2 BY LINDA NGUYEN & HARSHITHA RAMESH Interns March is National Nutrition Month, a time designated by the American Dietetic Association to raise awareness about eating healthy. This year’s theme, “Eat Right with Color,” aims to broaden the perception of food by encouraging Americans to fill their plates with colorful fruits and vegetables. “The purpose of this year’s theme is about trying to get a variety of foods” said Ann Afflerbach of the hospitality management faculty. Throughout the week, UNT Dining Services has offered students opportunities to try different foods at each of the cafe- terias. “In order to celebrate National Nutrition Month, each day of the week we’re going to a different cafeteria to get students to try new food,” said Sanya Massey, an employee with Dining Services who helped organize the event. Massey said the goals are to encourage students to try foods served in the cafeterias that they might not otherwise eat. She said they hope to make students aware of what they put into their bodies. “As a nutrition student, some- times I see the food at the cafeterias and I think ‘this can be healthier,’ ‘this can use less salt,’ and students should notice that,” said Massey, who’s also a dietetics student at Texas Woman’s University. Some students said they knew the benefits of a healthy diet but weren’t as familiar with the Eat Right with Color theme. “I haven’t heard of the color scheme,” said electrical engi- neering freshman Gustavo Alvarez. “I’ve never encountered it.” Afflerbach said in order for students to stay healthy, they should eat three meals a day filled with fruits and vegetables. “It kind of goes along with the theme Eat Right with Color,” Afflerbach said. In addition to eating color- fully, she also stressed that skip- ping meals is harmful to students’ metabolisms and that they should look into nutrition values should they wish to eat healthy. “Most dining halls have a nutrient analysis that helps if [students] want to stay in a partic- ular calorie range,” Afflerbach said. Nutrition facts are also available online for students to view. “It’s not exact,” Massey said. “We’re redoing the [dining hall] website over the summer so that it is more user-friendly and [students] can save the foods they’ve been eating.” Massey said it’s easy to forget about eating nutritiously in the cafeterias because of the avail- ability of pizza and fried foods, but a good rule of thumb is to make half the plate colorful vege- tables. ADA promotes colorful eating “Sometimes I see the food in the cafeteria and think, ‘This can be healthier.’” —Sanya Massey, UNT Dining Services See MONTH on Page 2 See FOOD on Page 2
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ARTS & LIFE:Veteran doesn’t let MS hold him backPage 4
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Follow the North
Texas Daily
BY MEGAN RADKEStaff Writer
New research out of the University of Washington and Scripps Research Institute in Florida has discovered that for some, food can be as addictive as alcohol or other drugs.
Studies show strong links between eating large amounts of high-calorie foods and plea-sure centers in the brain.
With obesity on the rise in America, programs like Overeaters Anonymous are becoming more popular in an effort to help people with food addictions lose weight. OA is a program similar to Alcoholics Anonymous, a 12-step program involving having members sponsor each other, forming a supportive community.
Jennifer, a representative from OA Dallas, who requested her last name be withheld, said OA is a fellowship of individuals who wish to stop eating compulsively. She said OA treats overeating by working through the first three goals associated with the 12-Step program.
“For me personally, sugar is like cocaine, and I have had to stop eating it as much as possible,” Jennifer said. “This is not true of everyone though. A lot of us have found that processed snack foods are problematic and can trigger an eating binge. However, food problems are very individual.”
There are no dues or fees for members of Overeaters A nony mous, which is a
completely independent orga-nization that does not accept any outside donations and runs through contributions from its members.
Lora Williams, a UNT Health Center dietitian, said food addic-tion is a misnomer, yet food can trigger a similar process in the brain. Williams said that for many people, food brings back good memories and acts as a source of energy. High-sugar, high-fat and high-salt foods stimulate receptors in the brain in the way certain drugs do.
Williams said that in order to help curb cravings for junk food, eating a healthy, balanced meal is the most important step. Williams suggests eating two sources of vegetables, a source of whole grain, a lean protein — which is 10 percent fat or less — one small serving of fruit, a source of calcium, and eight ounces of a f luid that is not soda, juice or any other sugary drink.
The Power of Words
PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students from di� erent organizations, such as the Student Government Association, Glad: UNT’s Queer Alliance and the fraternity councils, performed a reader’s play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lyceum in the University Union. “More Than Words” is an interactive presentation that shows students the power of their words and actions. “There are teenagers and students killing them self because you know they’re getting made fun of or bullied at school,” said Mercedes Fulbright, a performer and the vice president of SGA. “It’s not a huge thing on our campus, but it could happen, and we want to least make people aware that it could happen.”
Food addicts draw support from group meetings
“For me, personally, sugar is like cocaine.”
—Jennifer,Overeaters Anonymous
member
A college student’s pantry is often � lled with junk food and on-the-go snacks. Researchers say eating foods that have excess amounts of salt and sugar can lead to obesity and an eating addiction.
PHOTO BY ANAM BAKALI/INTERN
BY KALANI GORDON Staff Photographer
Students with Internet-capable cellphones now have access to the UNT website at their fingertips with a little more ease. UNT’s new mobile website, UNT To Go, launched Saturday, features mobile access to a campus directory and emer-gency contacts, the UNT events calendar, myUNT, and informa-tion about admissions, Mean Green sports and volunteer opportunities. The mobile appli-cation also includes an inter-active campus map and alpha-betical listing of campus build-ings.
The UNT home page has been viewed over 210,000 times since
Sept. 2010 by mobile devices, according to a presentation by the Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing and the Computing and Information Technology Center.
“Up to now, less than 3 percent of the visitors to our UNT website are using mobile devices,” said Kenn Moffitt, the senior director of communication systems and marketing in the URCM depart-ment. “We know that the trend will only continue to grow.” The URCM department surveyed students, faculty and staff members about what func-tions they would like in the mobile site, and audited other universities to establish the best practices for
services and design, Moffitt said. The mobile site took over a year to develop and at no addi-tional cost to the students, Moffitt said.
A cross-depa r t menta l committee was originally charged to investigate the creation of an iPhone application, but chose to create a mobile website first to make the app available for individuals without iPhones, according to the presentation. The creation of a mobile site would also allow the committee to capture usage statistics for the mobile site and serve as a model for possible future iPhone and Android apps.
UNT launches mobile site
See MOBILE on Page 2
BY LINDA NGUYEN & HARSHITHA RAMESHInterns
March is National Nutrition Month, a time designated by the American Dietetic Association to raise awareness about eating healthy.
This year’s theme, “Eat Right with Color,” aims to broaden the perception of food by encouraging Americans to fill their plates with colorful fruits and vegetables.
“The purpose of this year’s theme is about trying to get a variety of foods” said Ann Afflerbach of the hospitality management faculty.
Throughout the week, UNT Dining Services has offered students opportunities to try different foods at each of the cafe-terias.
“In order to celebrate National Nutrition Month, each day of the week we’re going to a different cafeteria to get students to try new food,” said Sanya Massey, an employee with Dining Services who helped organize the event.
Massey said the goals are to encourage students to try foods served in the cafeterias that they might not otherwise eat. She said they hope to make students aware of what they put into their bodies.
“As a nutrition student, some-times I see the food at the cafeterias and I think ‘this can be healthier,’ ‘this can use less salt,’ and students should notice that,” said Massey, who’s also a dietetics student at Texas Woman’s University.
Some students said they knew the benefits of a healthy diet but weren’t as familiar with the Eat Right with Color theme.
“I haven’t heard of the color scheme,” said electrical engi-neering freshman Gustavo
Alvarez. “I’ve never encountered it.”
Afflerbach said in order for students to stay healthy, they should eat three meals a day filled with fruits and vegetables.
“It kind of goes along with the theme Eat Right with Color,” Afflerbach said.
In addition to eating color-fully, she also stressed that skip-ping meals is harmful to students’ metabolisms and that they should look into nutrition values should they wish to eat healthy.
“Most dining halls have a
nutrient analysis that helps if [students] want to stay in a partic-ular calorie range,” Afflerbach said.
Nutrition facts are also available online for students to view.
“It’s not exact,” Massey said. “We’re redoing the [dining hall] website over the summer so that it is more user-friendly and [students] can save the foods they’ve been eating.”
Massey said it’s easy to forget about eating nutritiously in the cafeterias because of the avail-ability of pizza and fried foods, but a good rule of thumb is to make half the plate colorful vege-tables.
ADA promotes colorful eating
“Sometimes I see the food in
the cafeteria and think, ‘This can
be healthier.’”—Sanya Massey,
UNT Dining Services
See MONTH on Page 2
See FOOD on Page 2
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Thursday, December 2ndRoger Creager/Zach Walther-8:00pm @ Rockin’ RodeoTill They’re Blue or Destroy-7:00pm @ The Hydrant CaféDenton Holiday Lighting Festival-5:45pm @ The Square
Friday, December 3rdNorth American Skull Splitter Tour 2010: Skeletonwitch/Withered/Landmine Marathon/The Spectacle-8:00pm @ Rubber GlovesCrooked Finger-9:00pm @ Public HouseDenton Bach Society-7:00pm @ The Hydrant CaféMillionYoung/Teen Daze/Old Snack/Goldilocks & The Rock-9:00pm @ Hailey’sThe Quebe Sisters/Will Johnson-8:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafFatty Lumpkin-7:00pm @ The Boiler RoomReindeer Romp-7:30pm @ South Lakes Park
Saturday, December 4thLa Meme Gallery opening: Sally Glass/Oh Lewis!/Murdocks/Jon Vogt-9:00pm @ Rubber GlovesAngel Tree Fundraiser-8:00pm @ Rockin’ RodeoThe Contingency Clause-9:00pm @ The Hydrant CaféA Spune Christmas 2010: Telegraph Canyon/Monahans/Birds & Batteries/Seryn/Dour Burr/Glen Farris-7:30pm @ Hailey’sDisc Golf Winter Open: Amateur Team Tournament-10:00am @ North Lakes Disc Golf Course
Sunday, December 5thSundress/Final Club/Land Mammals/The River Mouth-9:00pm @ Hailey’s
Monday, December 6thTrivia Monday with Norm Amorose -7:30pm @ Public House
Tuesday, December 7thPearl Harbor Memorial Day
Thursday, December 9thJosh Abbott Band/Rob Baird/ William Clark Green-8:00pm @ Rockin’ Rodeo
Friday, December 10thBurial/Wild Tribe/x- unit 21’s first show/Wiccans/Rotundus/Youth Agression-8:00pm @ Rubber GlovesDirty City Band -9:00pm @ Public HouseNew Riders of the Purple Sage/ Violent Squid Day vs. Night Achtone-8:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafThe Second Shepherds’ Play/ Christmas Pie...A Madrigal Farce & Feaste-7:30pm @ The Campus TheaterSaturday, December 11thDead Week Print Show: Pan Ector/Gutterth Productions/La Meme/ Pants-9:00pm @ Rubber GlovesJessie Frye, with Sam Robertson-8:30pm @ The Hydrant CaféArts & Crafts Show-8:00am @ Danton Civic CenterThe Second Shepherds’ Play/ Christmas Pie...A Madrigal Farce & Feaste-7:30pm @ The Campus Theater
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On Friday, the shops off the Denton Square will stay open later than usual.
Denton will have its monthly First Friday on the Square and Industrial Street area.
Live music, sculptures, stained glass, appetizers and art will be available until 9 p.m. instead of the regular 6 p.m.
For First Friday, art galleries and businesses stay open longer to give shoppers an opportunity to admire and buy art.
Several communities and countries have their own First Friday or First Thursday each
Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton
month, which is where the idea came from.
Shannon Drawe, a photogra-
pher and UNT alumnus, said he helped start Denton’s First Friday in in February 2010. He and his
wife, Leslie Kregel, thought it would be great to increase awareness of the communi-ty’s artistic talent and culture, Kregel said.
Drawe contacted sources and created the website first-fridaydenton.com to establish the event.
“First Friday has no boss, no president. I’m just in charge of the website and building it into something because I started it,” Drawe said.
Kregel’s business, Cimarrona, sells hats, scarves and warm clothing recycled from old clothes.
“What we hope is [to gain] a
little more visibility and have the public more aware of art culture in Denton that isn’t always recognized,” Kregel said.
Merchants join with artists to help promote art and busi-nesses. For example, an artist looking for a place to display his or her work could contact a coffee shop owner willing to host the artist, Kregel said.
Heath Robinson, a pharmacy junior, thinks the event will bring attention to the creativity the community has to offer.
“I think it’s a good way to increase the exposure of the arts in Denton,” Robinson said.
Robin Huttash owns A
Creative Art STUDIO, one of the businesses that has been a part of First Friday since it started.
Huttash said her main goal is providing music for the event each month.
On Friday, Alex Riegelman, a local guitarist and blues singer, will play in A Creative Art STUDIO.
Keri Zimlich, a journalism junior, said she thinks the event is a great opportunity to have fun.
“It’s not just one shop, but all the shops getting together to rekindle that love of art,” Zimlich said.
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN
Robin Huttash, owner of A Creative Arts STUDIO, will participate in First Friday Denton. The studio will stay open until 9 p.m. on Friday.
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN
Dance students perform “The Itch,” choreographed by dance senior Anna Olvera, at a rehearsal for the New Choreogra-phers Concert.
BY TARYN WALKERIntern
Months of hard work all come down to one night.
Senior dance students will display their original works on Friday for the first time at the New Choreographers Concert. The concert will start at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre in the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building.
General admission is $5 and tickets can be purchased at the box office, over the phone, at the door and in advance.
Students enrolled in dance professor Shelley Cushman’s senior projects class are required to choreograph or perform in the concert. They also can complete a research study in fieldwork.
“Their work is a culmination to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired through the course of their study,” Cushman said.
Cushman, the artistic director of the concert, is known for her background in dance. She
earned the 2010 University Dance Educator of the Year from the National Dance Association.
“They have to create a product, which the public is invited to see, and in this process they have to solve all of the problems they are given in order to create this work of art,” she said.
In the class, students learn about dynamics, unity, variety, content, form and theme, Cushman said.
From the 10 choreographed works at the concert, two dance pieces were chosen to represent UNT at the American College Dance Festival, including Amelia Wert’s “The Television is Watching Me Again” and Cassie Farzan Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.”
“I set out with this image of a motel. I was interested in doing something different,” Wert said. “I thought about the idea of why people would want to stay at a motel and wondered what they felt.”
Wert’s modern piece includes
nine dancers accompanied by focused lighting to make it seem as if they are each in their own motel room. Each dancer is isolated from the others and dances with minimalistic move-ment for a strong impact. The themes include love, loss, isola-tion and insomnia, which are overlaid by the glow of a tele-vision.
“It’s a good program. We have some amazing faculty that have really pushed us far,” Wert said.
All 56 dancers were chosen from the dance department by advanced choreography students. Some choreographers also decided to dance. Cushman allowed students to perform if they were up for the challenge.
Rachel Caldwell choreo-graphed “Certain Uncertainty” and is also performing in “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,” choreog raphed by A nna Womack.
In Caldwell’s choreography, dancers explore the experi-
Seniors to debut their dance works Friday
ence of being blind by wearing blindfolds. In 28 rehearsals, the four dancers adapted to their hearing and touching senses to help them through the modern piece. Caldwell also worked with music student Ryan Pivovar to compose a song of looped cello
harmonies. Caldwell said her piece is about
blindness as an experience, not a handicap.
“I was in my modern class last semester and we would lie on the ground and shut our eyes. I wondered if I could capture a
feeling of dance with touch and sound rather than with sight,” Caldwell said.
The concert will also be held at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre. For more information, visit www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu.
Thursday, March 24thLazy Native/Tidal Waves/Immigrant Punk/Hell & Lula-9:00pm @ Andy’s BarColyn Hinton/Miles Okazaki-9:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafKyle Bennett/Deadman & Grant Jones-8:00pm @ Rockin’ RodeoRTB2/On After Dark/Brent Best-9:00pm @ Rubber Gloves
Friday, March 25thTrebuchet/Sour Soul/The Phuss/Hydra Melody-9:00pm @ Andy’s BarJurassic Park the Musical/Little Jack Melody and his Young Turks-8:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafDanny Malone/Craig Gore/The Black Racket-9:00pm @ Hailey’sBrodie Lane @ The Hydrant CaféDear Human/Bad Design/Bare Bear/Two Knights-9:00pm @ Rubber GlovesDroo D’Anna @ The Denton Garage
Saturday, March 26thBone Doggie & The Hickory Street Hellraisers/Redefine/Luster/How’s My Driving/Sealion-9:00pm @ Andy’s BarBaby Atlas/Save the Humans for Later/Neeks/Dimlocator-8:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafDanny Bolin/Nichole Porrata/Zach Balch Band/Retro Run-9:00pm @ Hailey’sThe Contingency Clause-8:30pm @ The Hydrant CaféBinary Sunrise/George Quartz/Sir Name-9:00pm @ Rubber GlovesPaco Estrada @ The Denton Garage
The sur vey results a lso showed that the UNT commu-nity wanted mobile access to a campus map, calendar and events, myUNT, contact infor mat ion, infor mat ion updates, Blackboard access and athletics information, according to the presenta-tion.
W h i l e B l a c k b o a r d i s not compat ible w it h t he current mobile site, there are plans to take Blackboard m o b i l e , M o f f i t t s a i d . “There is a not her g roup on c a mpu s work i ng on upgrading the current version of Bl ack boa rd,” Mof f it t said. “Once that is done, we should be compatible with the free Android and iPhone
Blackboard apps.”The mobile MyUNT inte-
gration will offer the most requested functions, according to the presentation, such as search for classes, view class
schedule, view grades, check admission status, view finan-cial aid and bills, and view messages, to-dos and holds, according to the presenta-tion.
Angela Moreno, a speech language pathology and audi-ology sophomore, said she was excited to see the new mobile app.
“The old one was ridicu-
lous because you had to zoom into everything,” Moreno said. “With the advancements of technolog y, a lmost [ever y student] has a smartphone that has Internet access. It
makes it easier to keep up with your classes on the go.”
Moreno said she usually visits the UNT website daily.
“It was really slow because you had to wait for the full site to load,” Moreno said. “Everything I use and check is on the mobile version.”
Sandra Jaimes, a commu-nication design freshman, said she feels it is conve-n ient for new st udent s. “There is a map listing the bu i ld i ngs a lphabet ica l ly, letting you know where each building is located.”
UNT To Go is available by entering m.unt.edu on I nter net-c apa ble mobi le devices. The site can also be bookmarked and added to the mobile phone’s homepage for easier access.
Mobile website available on smartphones
“It’s also important to watch what you drink,” Massey said. “Soft drinks and f lavored juices can have a lot of calo-ries. It might be obvious, but people forget the obvious.”
For students who are extra conscious about what they put in their body,
Mean Greens at Maple Hall serves whole-wheat pizza and pasta as well as several organic choices.
Bruce Cafeteria has been known for its vegetarian and vegan-friendly entrees.
“We’ve always tried to offer vegetarian and vegan entrees,” said Bruce Hall Manager Mike Falk. “We usually have four vegan entrees and one vege-tarian entrée.”
According to the American Dietetic Association, National Nutrition Month began in 1973 as a weeklong obser-vance, but it became a month-long observance in 1980 in order to further raise aware-ness and interest in nutri-tion.
More information can be found on their website, www.eatright.org.
Month promotes health
Melissa W hite, a speech a nd la ng ua ge pat holog y junior, said she turns to junk food most often during stress, but has a hard time turning it down any time it is put in front of her.
“I eat a lot of junk food — usua l ly any thing sweet like ice cream, cupcakes and brownies. It makes me feel better while I’m eating it, but sometimes I feel worse after-ward because I realize what I just ate.”
Stepha n ie Rod r ig uez, a
general studies junior, also turns to the sweets, but bakes them herself in an effort to better keep track of the ingre-dients in her snacks.
“My roommate and I were talking about this the other day, and we figured out that we did eat a lot more junk food when we had to study for a test or were in a rush,” Rodriguez said. “After I eat junk food, I norma lly feel worse because I had too much of it. But if I had a bite or two, I feel f ine. It just depends what k ind of junk food it is.”
Food hits pleasure centers
“The old one was ridiculous because you had to zoom into everything.”
—Angelo Moreno, Speech language pathology and audiology
sophomore
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By Isaac WrIghtSenior Staff Writer
In an effort to give all st udents greater access to UNT’s Willis Librar y, the Student Government Association passed a resolu-tion calling for the library to be open 24/7.
The Wi l l is L ibra r y’s current hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., and 7:30 a.m. to midnight Friday. Saturday, the librar y is open from 9:00 a.m. to midnight, and Sunday it is only open from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ryan Cho, a senator for the Texas Academy of Math and Science, presented a resolution encouraging the university to extend the librar y’s hours. Cho said about 180 of the top research universities in the country have libraries that are open at all hours, and UNT should follow suit.
“It should be open 24/7 so that the students, when-ever they want, they can go to the library,” Cho said. “It gives the students the freedom to learn whenever they want.”
The resolution will now go to UNT President V. Lane Rawlins for approval. If approved, the president will then pass the resolution on to the dean of libraries.
The majority of sena-tors spoke in favor of the resolution. However, some senators voiced concerns
that the money needed to keep the library open longer might limit the amount of resources the library could provide for students.
“We rea l ly need t he libraries open 24 hours,” said Mikeyia Dawkins, a senator for the College of Arts and Sciences. “I come on the weekends — that’s when I do my work — and they close extra early.”
The student senate also passed a bill requiring the executive staff to update the senate about the organiza-tion’s budget at every other senate meeting.
Tori Kuhn, a senator for the College of Business, presented the bill to avoid sit uat ions where sena-tors are unaware of money the executive branch is spending.
The bill also requires the executive staff to post an updated budget on the SGA website every two weeks. Kuhn said this will help inform students where their money is going.
“We’re such a ‘click here’ generation,” Kuhn said. “Having all our informa-tion readily available for students online is probably one of the most important things that we can do.”
SGA calls for 24/7 Willis library hours
“It gives students the freedom to learn whenever
they want.”—Ryan Cho,
TAMS senator
Resolution to go before Rawlins
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Students have a chance to show off their homes through “UNT Cribs,” a student-run, nonprofit reality TV show that began last semester on NTTV. The show was inspired by the show “MTV Cribs,” said William Branch, a radio, tele-vision and film senior and the producer of “UNT Cribs.”
“Many people see the show as being invasive because you have a camera crew coming i nto you r pr ivac y a rea,” Branch said. “What it really comes down to is that people have great stories about every-thing, whether it’s artwork or furniture. If we find someone friendly enough to show off their digs, that’s mainly what we’re looking for.”
Noa h Sargent, an RT V F junior a nd t he execut ive producer of entertainment for NTTV, oversees 12 student-run programs, including UNT Cribs, and hopes to see the success for the show grow.
“T he cool t h i ng about the show is that it’s local, and a lot of students know about ‘MTV Cribs,’” he said. “We’re hoping to have at least
four episodes this semester, and each episode has four different guests whose places we visit.”
Branch said they film each season a semester before it airs. Now, the crew is filming for season two, and season one prem ieres at 8 p.m. Monday on Channel 22.
Megan Tripp, a criminal justice senior, said she partic-ipated in the first season of “UNT Cribs.”
“They came at the begin-ning of September right when the semester started,” Tripp said. “It was a cool experience and a fun way to get involved
in school.”Branch said they thought it
was cool to see how students live and show as much of the apartment as possible.
“Some places, we’ll cover half a dorm just depending on who wants to be involved,” he said. “For the big apart-ments, if all the roommates in the apartment are down, we get everything from the bedrooms to t he k itchen. Basically, whatever we can
film we’ll get it.”In the future, “UNT Cribs”
will expand and feature places outside of Denton County, Branch said.
“Si nc e mor e s t udent s are now commuting, we’re looking to reach out to them and look for more variety,” he said.
Tripp recommends students participate to show off their home away from home.
“The way someone deco-rates a room is how t hey express themselves,” she said. “Each of my roommates’ room is different and they perfectly describe their personality, while I like to keep my child-hood in my room and show that I have a different taste that’s all over the place.”
“It ’s a g reat show. We capture the best, and we’re just trying to let people know what we’re all about,” Branch said.
UNT show inspired by “MTV Cribs” to premiere next week
“UNT Cribs” goes inside the spaces UNT students call home to show how college students really live. “UNT Cribs” premieres at 8 p.m. Monday on Channel 22.PHOTO COURTESY OF CRYSTAL HOLLIS
BY BRITTNI BARNETTIntern
Tu r ntable, crossfader, mixing and scratching may sound like foreign concepts, but to the NTDJs, these are just a part of what they do.
The NTDJs, an organization founded in October, hopes to make these terms more clear by promoting disc jockey culture and music at UNT and in the Denton community.
“NTDJs is not just about DJing per se,” said Samuel Guillory, the group’s faculty adviser. “Broadly speaking, we’d like to foster social connections between people interested in electronic dance music, hip-hop and rare groove.”
DJing began in the late ‘70s and ‘80s when DJ Kool Herc performed at block parties in the Bronx, NY, said Brandon Smiley, a radio, television and film senior and the organiza-tion’s vice president.
“The DJ movement has branched out and gone through many changes through the years,” said Smiley. “But since then it has helped provide music to audiences through a different medium.”
DJing has seen its ups and downs over the years, said Daniel Bolton, a Spanish senior and the president of the group.
Just as technology has evolved, so has DJ culture.
“It’s so integrated with tech-nology,” Bolton said. “Before, it was just two turntables and records, and now you’d be hard pressed to find a DJ that doesn’t have a laptop as part of his set up.”
Owen Story, a member of the organization and a psychology senior, said he used to save up his lunch money to buy records.
“I spent most of my life on an East Texas farm,” he said. “So when I first heard of DJ-oriented styles of music, it was completely foreign to me.”
Story performs at different venues in the area, including a weekly gig on Monday nights at Hailey’s.
“I’ve always been a bit of a music snob, so it’s fun to play your collection in front of people who might not other-wise ever hear anything like what you’re playing,” he said. “Some dig it, some hate it.”
The NTDJs meet at 6 p.m. the first Sunday of every month in the Syndicate, located in the University Union, to work on their skills, Smiley said.
The meetings are open for the public to enjoy.
“I feel as though there are people who think that it’s easy being a DJ and that there is not that much work to put into it,” Smiley said. “DJing is just like any other art form where you have to learn the basics and build up from them through practice, learning and respecting the culture.”
Preston Hale, an English language senior, said he thinks the group is good for UNT.
“Music is important to our community,” he said. “We are already established as a music school, so a DJ club just further helps us diversify that culture.”
Organization brings DJ culture
“DJing is just like any other art form ... ”
—Brandon Smiley,RTVF senior and vice
president of NTDJs
“The cool thing about the show is that it’s local, and a lot of students
know about ‘MTV Cribs,’”—Noah Sargent,
RTVF senior and executive producer of entertainment for NTTV
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Members of UNT’s Students in Free Enterprise believe in a head for the business and a heart for the world.
The group is a chapter of an international organization that helps people in underde-veloped countries and in poor living standards improve their way of life. The organization is free and meets at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in University Union 176.
Helping abroadMichael Sex ton of t he
management faculty said he started the UNT chapter in 2007 so Denton could prosper. The group strives to provide ever yday learning experi-ences.
“Basically, what it tries to do is allow students with business skills to use them to develop the community and help the community around them,” said Manjula Salimath of the management faculty and the organization’s adviser. “In other words, make the world a better place.”
One of its biggest projects is microfinancing through KIVA, a nonprofit organiza-tion. KIVA loans money to busi-ness owners in underdeveloped countries to help finance their businesses without interest, Sexton said.
Most of the people they have given loans to have been women who opened hair salons, restaurants and conve-nience stores, he said.
Helping locally On ca mpus, t he group
placed baskets around the Business Building to collect canned goods as part of the Campbell structure. The orga-nization received 500 pounds of food that was donated to the Denton Food Bank, Sexton said.
The club also organizes Success School Seminars, which provides workshops on financial aid and building resumés, he said.
Salimath said the organiza-tion gives students avenues to develop leadership skills.
Meng Zhang, a business freshman and the marketing
director for the organization, said people interested in the group should ask questions.
“You have to learn to experi-ence,” she said. “We do some-thing for our community.”
Jacob Kartunov, a social work sophomore and the manager of the club, said the group plans to create a food garden next year near campus.
“It’s cheaper and environ-mentally friendly for students to g row t heir ow n food,” Kartunov said.
“ We re a l l y emph a si z e service learning,” he said.
BY CORRISA JACKSONStaff Writer
Stu Presley, 28, initially joined the Army to pay for college, but once he was in, he fell in love with it.
Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis cut his service time short, but he still has the heart of a soldier.
“The biggest challenge is I’m not in the uniform anymore,” he said. “In my heart, I still wear [it].”
Presley, an English junior, enrolled at UNT last semester because of its well-respected English program.
Life as a soldierPresley joined the Army in
March 2000 at 17. He trained in Georgia for a year and left for Korea, where he worked as a computer technician.
On Sept. 11, Presley said life for him and his fellow soldiers was turned upside down. They received commands to pack up and leave right away to return to the States.
Presley was then stationed in Denver and began working as a computer technician again.
He was diagnosed with the degenerative nerve disease multiple sclerosis, or MS, in November 2003.
He stayed in service until November the next year, when he was discharged.
The public should know how close soldiers are to one another, he said.
“We’re a t ig ht fa m i ly, doesn’t matter what branch,”
Presley said. “If you wear the uniform or if you did wear the uniform, you’re our brothers and sisters.”
Adjusting on campusAs one of about 600 reported
st udents at UN T w it h a disability, Presley said he feels UNT is handicapped-friendly.
Making UNT handicapped-friendly is better for everyone,
said Ron Venable, the director of the Off ice of Disability Accommodation.
“We’re all temporarily abled. All of us will be touched by disability,” he said. “By creating an env ironment designed for people with disabilities, everyone can benefit.”
For more than 20 years, t he Of f ice of Disabi l it y Accommodation has helped students w ith disabil it ies improve their college expe-rience, testing students and letting professors know about their disabilities so they can be accommodated.
“What we need to do is look at that student’s disability,” Venable said. “Most impor-tant thing to keep in mind is that they’re [the options] all individualized.”
Presley said he has learned to not let his disability define him.
“We can do things,” he said. “Invite us. Include us. Don’t just
push us away like we’re unfit to be around.”
Living on campusPresley l ives in Legends
Hall and said, at first, it was a challenge to live with people much younger than him.
“Eleven years ago that was me, but I was in the Army,” he said.
Benjamin Boyd, a business computer and information
junior and Legends resident assistant, said he f irst met Presley when he moved in last semester.
Boyd said he was struck by Presley’s desire to help other students while moving in.
“If they needed anything, he was willing to do it,” Boyd said.
Presley has been a mentor and leader to others in the dorm, he said.
Going forwardL a s t w e e k w a s M S
Awareness Week, Presley said, and the theme was “MS is,” where people could f i l l in a blank about what dealing with the disease meant for them.
For him, redefining what the disease is gives him a sense of power.
“MS is not a l low i ng a disease to keep me down,” he said. “I still have a life to live.”
Veteran with MS keeps positive attitude, helps others
“The biggest challenge is I’m not in a uniform anymore. In
my heart, I still wear [it].”—Stu Presley,
English junior and Army veteran
Student: ‘I still have a life
to live’
English junior Stu Presley is a United States Army veteran who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003. Presley said he doesn’t let his disabilities get to him.
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
What: Students in Free Enterprise
W here : Universit y Union 176
When: Wednesdays at 5 p.m.
Cost: Free
Students in Free Enterprise
Students work to better community
Events this week
9:30 a.m.
“Really, Let’s Talk with President Rawlins”Student Lounge, Discovery Park
9 p.m.
Sky Theater presents “Dark Side of the Moon”UNT Sky Theater
3 p.m.
Peace SymposiumUNT Lyceum
4 p.m.
Sufi Music PerformanceUNT Lyceum
Thursday Friday Saturday
8 a.m.
Graduate Student Research SymposiumTWU’s Administrative Conference Tower
After splitting its matches during spring break, the UNT tennis team returns to the court Friday to face the University of Texas-El Paso Miners.
The match is the begin-ning of a three-game home stand over the course of five days that includes non-conference matches against Northwestern State Sunday
and a rescheduled game against Texas Christ ian University Tuesday.
“It’s going to be good for us,” said head coach Sujay Lama. “We have a chance to get something going here.”
Health issues got in the Mean Green’s (4-9) way the last time it took the court. Junior Paula Dinuta retired her match after winning the first set due to problems breathing.
“I could have won the match, but Coach decided to have me retire,” Dinuta said. “Right now in practice, I’m getting better each day. I think by conference I’ll be 100 percent.”
The Miners have won four of their last five games after losing the previous seven on their schedule.
“ We’r e f o c u s i n g on ourselves right now, to raise
UNT falls short at Oklahoma State
Mean Greenhosts Miners
Senior Amy Joubert returns the ball at practice. The Mean Green will face the Texas-El Paso Miners at 3 p.m. Friday.
PHOTO BY SARA JONES/SENIOR STAFFER
PHOTO BY STACY POWERS/SENIOR STAFFER
Freshman in� elder Brooke Foster practices batting for Wednesday’s game against Oklahoma State. The Mean Green fell to the Cowgirls 9-5.
BY BOBBY LEWISSenior Staff Writer
The Mean Green softball team played its fourth true road ga me of t he season We d ne s d ay, a nd de spite h it t i ng t h ree home r u ns, dropped its fourth straight in a 9-5 loss to No. 18 Oklahoma State,.
OSU (27-6) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning without getting an out against UNT senior pitcher Mallory Cantler and sophomore pitcher Brittany Simmons. UNT (13-15, 1-5) battled back to take a 5-4 lead in the top of the f if th, but couldn’t hold on.
“The team responded very well,” said head coach T.J. Hubbard. “I thought we hit the ball like we’re normally used to hitting it, so I was glad to see that.”
Si m mons took over for Cantler in the f irst inning, with the team down 3-0, and didn’t give up any earned runs in four innings of work.
“It’s a lot of pressure to come into a situation l ike that,” Simmons said. “You know you have to do your job, and you know you have to hold them, so it definitely puts a lot of pressure on your shoulders.”
UN T sta r ted it s come-back on the first at-bat of the second inning when senior outfielder Mariza Martinez took one deep to cut the deficit to three.
Two innings later, junior
inf ielder Lisa Johnson hit UNT’s second solo home run of the game to cut OSU’s lead to two runs.
In the fifth inning, with the Mean Green down 4-2, senior outfielder Renae Bromley hit a three-run home run to left field to give UNT its only lead of the game.
On its way to t y ing the game, UNT got to OSU sopho-more pitcher Kat Espinosa for six hits and five earned runs.
Espinosa, who struck out three batters, came into the game with a 1.66 ERA.
“You just have to take it one pitch at a time and be patient,” Brom ley sa id. “You have to wait for a good pitch and just try to get all of it.”
Freshman pitcher S i m o n e F r e e m a n relieved Espinosa after five innings. Freeman pitched the rest of the game and did not give up any runs or hits, while striking out two batters.
UNT’s lead didn’t last long. OSU senior infielder Alysia Hamilton led off the bottom of the f i f th inning w ith a double that was followed by a two-run home run from junior f irst baseman Julie
Ward. The home run was given up by UNT redshirt freshman Ashley Kirk, who relieved Simmons after the fourth inning.
OSU added t hree more runs in the sixth when junior shortstop Chelsea Garcia hit a bases clearing double off Kirk.
Mean Green loses sixth-inning lead
UNT is now 2-8 • against ranked teams
Lisa Johnson’s • home run was her fourth of the season.
Ousted in Okla.“You just have to take it one
pitch at a time and be patient.”
—Renae Bromley,Senior outfielder
BY DONNIE PIPESIntern
Living thousands of miles away f rom her fa m i ly in Coimbatore, India, Madura Ranganathan has been more c onc er ne d w it h s t ay i ng healthy than living away from home this season.
The business senior missed almost a month in the middle of the tennis season because of i l lness, but has batt led back to play in UNT’s last five matches.
“It’s been great to have Maddy back,” said head coach Sujay Lama. “Just having her back on the court is a huge boost for our team.”
After getting acclimated to life in Denton , Ranganathan’s ma in focus is br ing ing a Sun Belt title to UNT for the second-straight season.
Coming to America Ra nga nat ha n sa id she wasn’t sure about heading to the United States at first, but a meeting between Lama and a family member helped pave the Perks Secondar y S c ho ol g r adu ate’s pat h .La ma met Ra nga nat ha n’s father in the 1970s through the Welby Van Horn Tennis Camp — courtesy of Lama’s older brother, who competed at the camp.
R a n g a n t h a n ’s f a t h e r attended the University of Georgia and gave her the idea to come to the States and pursue her degree and play tennis.Lama used the connection to convince Ranganathan to join the team, which has earned a national ranking and won the Sun Belt Conference Title since she came to UNT.
“I somehow connected with her later through a friend in India,” Lama said.
New life experiencesA f ter spend i ng a l l her
l i fe overseas, Ranganthan said it took time to adjust to the new culture in Denton.
“Denton w a s d i f ferent ,” Ranganathan said. “But having a great team really helped. We are from all over the world.”L iv i ng i n t he dor ms for t he f i r s t t i me w a s t he biggest cha nge, she sa id.A t t e n d i n g U N T g a v e Ranganathan a better chance to play tennis a nd go to college, while in India she would have had to choose between them.
The tennis veteran said she st i l l keeps i n touch w it h her fa m i ly, ta l k i ng to t hem t h r ou g h v ide o chat and over t he phone.“Sky pe is my best fr iend,” s h e s a i d , l a u g h i n g .She goes home every chance she can get, taking her longest visits to India in the summer. Ranganathan said she hasn’t ruled out returning there after finishing school.
“Going back home after I graduate is an option, but I haven’t decided if I want to move back or not,” she said. Outside of school, tennis, shopping and spending time with friends, Ranganathan said she enjoys watching local professional teams and is an avid fan of the Rangers and Mavericks.
On the courtThe daughter of Usha Elango
and Elango Ranganat han, Madura Ranganathan started playing tennis at the age of five. Twelve years later, she ea r ned a No. 98 ju n iors’ ranking worldwide as well as being the No. 1 spot in
“Right now in practice, I’m getting better each
day. I think by conference I’ ll be 100 percent.”
—Paula Dinuta,Junior tennis player
India’s under-18 g i r l s’ r a n k i ng s. “ T h e I n d i a n Express,” as Lama c a l l s h e r, h a s be en a c on si s-tent cont r ibutor to Mea n Green t e n n i s s i n c e arriv ing in 2007, collecting 25 victo-ries in her career. “Freshman year, she was No. 1,” said tea m mate I r i na Paraschiv. “She’s a lways been on top of the lineup.” R a n g a n at h a n became the f irst Mean Green player selected to t he All-Sun Belt Team and helped UNT win its f irst Sun Belt title last spring.
With Ranganthan finally healthy, Lama said the team’s chances of defending its title
our intensity and tough-ness,” Lama said. “The kids are hungry. They want to get on track. They’re ready.”
Even with the next three games being non-confer-ence matchups, Lama said he has no intentions of resting any players to save them for conference play.
“Right now we have six players that really need their reps,” Lama said. “We have to get our momentum going. It’s
been such a rough February, and now is the time to take charge and go after it.”
Junior Irina Paraschiv continues to thrive in the No. 1 spot.
Paraschiv has won seven of her last eight matches, with her only loss coming to a player ranked in the Top 100 in the country. The last time Paraschiv faced UTEP (4-8) two years ago, she came out with a victory in straight sets.
“I’ve really felt good on the court. I have been for the last two months,” Paraschiv said. “I just go out there and try to do my best.”
Overall, UNT has a solid track record against the Miners.
The Mean Green has won four of the last six meet-ings.
Play begins at 3 p.m.
Tennis senior rebounds to help team
Senior Madura Ranganathan was selected to the All-Sun Belt Team and helped UNT win its � rst ever Sun Belt Title last season.
PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“Just having her back on the court
is a huge boost for our team.”
—Sujay Lama,Head coach
has improved.“We’d like her to have a second
ring when she leaves,” Lama said.
Around July, I was pulled over by a police officer who had obvi-ously made a mistake. He gave me a warning for still having my parents’ address on my driver’s license rather than my apart-ment address in Denton.
This simple misunder-standing took me to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s website so I could renew my license and get a nice, new horizontal one. What I didn’t know was the DPS can perform miracles! After more than six months of waiting, I receive my new license, but with a few changes.
They knocked 10 inches off of my height, gave me brown eyes and made me an organ donor.
These minor details weren’t so troubling until I realized the DPS made me a woman! I had no idea of the authority this department had! I soon called my parents, if they were actu-ally my parents, and told them to start calling me by my new DPS-given name, Lisa.
This struggle for self-identity
soon came to a screeching halt. They sent me someone else’s identification! Not only was this Lisa not me, her San Antonio address was correctly printed on the license. This was far from my local Denton address, which was listed under her name at the top of the letter attached to the card.
I breathed a sigh of relief, realizing I could continue on as a male with my given name, when I stumbled upon my next predicament. Where on earth is my license?
Someone may be running around posing as me. Someone could be forging my signatures, taking out mortgages on houses, even putting permanent marks on my pristine record. Not only do I feel wronged, I am scared for the safety of me, my children and even my grandchildren.
On a more serious note, I am legitimately concerned that my identification is floating around somewhere in the world. These are very real problems.
How many others are affected
by this type of mistakes? As identity fraud is becoming
easier and more common, I sleep easy knowing that my Department of Public Safety helps aid in these crimes.
After making many attempts to call and right this wrong, I continued to get the voicemail from the Austin-based depart-ment, saying to please call back — without an option to leave a message. I have turned to the website to get in contact via email, but the contact form goes through Public Information Officers if it ever ends up in the right destination.
As a last resort, I went to Facebook. Unfortunately there is more than one Lisa — and I only use Lisa to protect her identity (someone has to try) — but the Lisas I have contacted have not been the correct one. On the bright side, they have commended me on my dili-gence and for being a Good Samaritan.
The question still remains — where is my identification?
I hope it is in good hands, and that those hands are connected to a person with strong morals. I hope those morals will find my right driver’s license back to me, and I hope the Texas Department of Public Safety will take the time to actually do its job and stop trying to change me into brown-eyed, 5-foot-5-inch Lisa from San Antonio.
Alex Scott is a journalism senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
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As I walked to class, I saw two Japanese exchange students with covered glass jars making a very simple request: “Please donate to Japan.”
Not too far away was a table with many blue and white paper cranes hanging around it, and a banner that resembled the Japanese flag, full of student signatures and messages of support. UNT was doing its part to bring awareness to an environ-mental disaster that happened during spring break, which I am sure by now many of you have heard about.
On March 11, a 9.0 earth-quake, which lead to a tsunami, hit Japan.
Although coverage of this event did completely take over the airwaves, the event has now faded into the background of 24-hour news cycles. Amid the talk of possible nuclear meltdown from
the reactors and possible effects to the American life and global economies, it was hard to find stories that showed Japan’s reac-tion and response to the event.
Stories about the 50 reactor workers who were risking their lives to keep the plant under control to a baby found alive among the debris in Ishinomaki. Stories such as these show the true character of Japan and its people.
They are brave, resilient, and handling such a tragedy with grace and perseverance.
The area affected most was Sendai: northern, rural, and still receiving snow and cold temper-atures. More than 7,000 people are dead and 11,000 are still missing.
Shelters have been set up for those who are stranded or whose homes were destroyed, and many are still trying to contact their
families. Japan is not out of the woods yet, and it does need dona-tions to help them.
The damages are estimated to be triple that of Katrina.
Many organizations are accepting donations for the relief effort. A recognizable name, The Red Cross, is among that list, and it’s easy to donate through it with your phone by texting ‘REDCROSS’ to 90999 to make a $10 donation. It is a quick way for you to give aid to those in Japan who are in need of it.
As one of my friends living in Kanasi put it best, Japan is in “Earthquake Country,” also known as The Ring of Fire. So although earthquakes and tsunamis are frequent in that part of the world, nothing of the magnitude and size of March 11 had been seen there.
So please donate to help this part of Japan get back on its feet.
Japan is a beautiful and wonderful country.
It is rich in tradition and history, and we should not turn a blind eye.
Alexandria Anderson is a communication studies senior. She can be reached at [email protected].
UNT bees should not be killed
Editorial
Please leave the bees in Denton. The university faces a tough situation considering
the two large bee colonies buzzing inside an exterior wall of the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building.
One of the hives is believed to have been there for at least 18 years. The other, roughly 2-year-old hive hosts more aggressive bees.
The potential for sting-related injuries and lawsuits has the administration combing through resources to deter-mine what the best choice of action would be.
The Editorial Board asks UNT to protect the lives of the bees by either allowing them to stay in their home or by having a bee specialist find and relocate the queens of the two colonies.
It would be great if a Plexiglas wall were installed that would allow students to see the inner workings of the hive, which could provide biology students and scientists with amazing insight. We don’t think that will happen, though.
Bee populations across the world have declined. That reduction in numbers means fewer buzzing bugs can pol-linate the plants, including fruits and vegetables.
Estimates of the UNT bee colony population say about 4 million bees call those hives home. If that number is cor-rect, the RTVF Building houses about half of the Denton area’s bees.
Some opponents of the antennae-bearing creatures cau-tion the university that someone who is allergic could be stung.
Others say they want the hives gassed because they are afraid of the insects.
The Board recognizes that those are real concerns that could create fear and cause a legitimate risk to some of the UNT community.
However, the desires of such individuals should be weighed against the environmental impact of destroying the honey-makers.
A potential compromise could be taking the bees to a new location in the Denton area to be cared for by profes-sional beekeepers.
If UNT says it “means green,” the administration needs to make good on that claim.
Having that many bees present on campus indicates the health of the local environment.
The bees’ needs should be taken into consideration. By delaying its final decision until later in the semester, the members of the administration have given themselves time to think.
Now it should ensure the bees will be able to keep buzz-ing for years to come.
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Alyssa WagnerTheatre sophomore
Isabel OlivaresSociology junior
Mike ViscusiInternational studies junior
“What should the UNT administration do about the bee colonies inside the
RTVF and Performing Arts Building?”
“If it’s not a problem, then I don’t think they should do
anything. But if they have to get rid of them, I guess just
fumigate them or something.”
“If they just found out about them and they aren’t hurting anyone, then can’t
they safely move them?”
“I’m allergic to bees. Get them the h*** out of
here.”
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UNT’s Global Learning & Experience office is proud to offer a diverse and rich array of international programs despite the natural, political and economic crises in many countries.
We offer dozens of opportuni-ties throughout the world, with
19 faculty-led programs going out this summer alone. In addi-tion to these programs, we have many students who are partici-pating in “affiliated” programs, our name for the dozens of excel-lent study abroad organizations well-known to UNT staff.
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Brewster didn’t have the finale she wanted after frac-turing her heel in August 2009, forcing her to miss the entire season.
“It w a s ha rd be c au s e I wa nted to ju mp, but I couldn’t,” Christal Brewster said. “It was hard watching my friends that I came in with. We were so close all the way through the four years. It’s really sad that I didn’t get to finish up my senior year with them.”
Back at f u l l st reng t h, Christal Brewster has not lost a stride, winning the pole vau lt compet it ion at last weekend’s TCU Invitational with a height of 12.95 feet.
“It was really discouraging for her not to compete at all last season,” said UNT head coach Rick Watkins. “Last year was set up to be a good year for her. I’m excited to see her finally healthy.”
Growing up in GrahamC h r i st a l Bre w ster w a s
ra ised in Gra ha m, Texas, located about two hours west of Denton. Graham boasts a giant downtown square, a drive-in movie theater and a bowling alley. She said when she first came to Denton, she had a bit of a country twang in her speech.Any signs of an accent goes unnoticed after Christal Brewster’s four years in Denton.
C h r i st a l Bre w ster w a s involved in a slew of activ-it ies t h roug hout m idd le school a nd h ig h school, including athletics, dance and theater.
“She would a lways f ind s omet h i ng to do,” s a id Christal Brewster’s mother, Christie. “She wouldn’t just sit in front of the TV. She was never just satisfied with the normal, everyday things. She always wanted more.”
One of Christie Brewster’s favor ite memor ies of her daughter was when they went on a cruise when Christal Brewster was younger.
“She was the little girl that did mama’s hair,” Christie Brewster said. “She wanted to make sure I was having a good time, and herself too.”
A dancer since age 3, the senior was in Graham High School’s rendition of “Grease” and danced to “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. That wasn’t enough to keep her busy though, and Christal Brewster participated in many track events.
W hen pole vaulting was of fered in middle school, Christa l Brewster jumped on it, joining then-coach Joe Gordy in the new endeavor. Originally, she said she wasn’t good at the new sport and
that it was frustrating. Gordy said Christal Brewster was the only junior high girl in the district to compete in pole vault.
She didn’t quit. Instead, Christal Brewster f inished high school with records in pole vault and the 800-meter relay.
“It was just phenomenal to watch her confidence and her abilities constantly grow,” Gordy said. “When she got a height, she didn’t miss it. That’s was the most phenom-enal thing.”
Gordy, now the principal of Graham Junior High School,
remembers Christal Brewster finishing third at the district meet her senior year.
“It happened how she envi-sioned it before we ever left,” Gordy said. “She had a plan and had the technical ability to reach that plan.”
Beyond the sportHaving achieved a bach-
elor ’s degree in Spanish with minors in Italian and psychology, Christal Brewster is pursuing a master’s degree in linguistics at UNT. A passion for language is something that the senior has carried over from her days at Graham, where she was a girls state representative for the National Honor Society.
Athlete of the Week: Track star vaults to top
Christal Brewster practices pole vaulting at Fouts Field.PHOTO BY CONRAD MEYER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“She would always find something to do. She wouldn’t
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Senior pole vaulter Christal Brewster’s mother
Bronwen Choate, who taught Christal Brewster in high school for four years, said Christal Brewster was a joy to teach because she was always eager to learn.
“She was very goal-oriented,” Choate said. “She decided what she wanted to do, and that’s what she did.”
Brewster said she wants to continue her studies and
earn her doctorate degree in neuroscience to eventually help stroke victims recover speech capabilities or be involved in second-language acquisi-tion.
BY BOBBY LEWISSenior Staff Writer
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anybody when Shanice Stephens was relieved of her duties as the head coach of the women’s basketball team a week ago.
Stephens sported a 25-67 record during her tenure with the Mean Green, capped by a first-round exit in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament earlier this month.
She and her team did posi-tive things off the court, like raise the team’s overall GPA and participate in numerous charitable events, but ulti-mately the most important
part of her job was winning ga mes. Unfor tunately for Stephen s, she d id n’t do enough of that.
Whoever takes over the job
needs to be aware of a few things.
It’s going to take time to build this program up from where it’s at right now. That’s
Lewis’ Last Call: What the new head coach needs to donot to say the players on the team can’t play, but w it h g ua rd Denet ra Kel lum — this season’s leading scorer — graduating, sophomore
forward Jasmine Godbolt is the only difference maker left on this team.
Godbolt is the one player opposing coaches need to specifically form game plans around. Some of this season’s stel la r f reshmen, specif i-cal ly guard Laura McCoy, may develop into difference-makers, but it won’t happen by
next season. There’s just w a y t o o much uncer-tainty.
The nex t head coach won’t have t h e f u l l o f f s e a s o n to re c r u it , which means it won’t truly be their team yet, with most of the team being players Stephens recruited.
When Stephens’ successor does get on the recruiting trail, they absolutely have to target post players. I cannot stress that enough. In the 2010-2011 season, 12 of the team’s 15 players were guards.
That might explain why the Mean Green was 11th in the 12-team Sun Belt Conference in defensive rebounding, despite Godbolt ranking fifth in the conference with 7.9
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“When Stephens’ successor does get on the recruiting
trail, they absolutely have to target post players. I cannot
stress that enough.”
BOBBY LEWIS
rebounds per game.If t he new head coach
doesn’t get help for Godbolt in the post, UNT will struggle t h r ou g h a not her tou g h season.
Fina l ly, t he new coach has to cut out mistakes. I’m sure I’m not the only one who scratched my head and wondered what was going on six or seven times during
one of the team’s games this season.
Turnovers, horrible transi-tion defense and just overall lazy play — Stephens was never able to consistent ly get that in check, and her successor needs to get it under control immediately.
If not, it’ll be another short stay in Denton for the women’s basketball head coach.
