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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016

VOL. 106 No. 10

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PARKING

Police Department to let go of parking

By Linda Kessler Senior Staff Writer @LindaKessler Beginning Friday, the Department of Parking and Transportation will no longer be a wing of the UNT Police Department, UNT officials said.

Instead, the office’s director, Geary Robinson, will report to university information services vice president Allen Clark.

The change comes after weeks of meeting between the parking and the police departments, and will centralize all transportation efforts campus-wide. Robinson said parking will soon become the Department of Transportation.

“We don’t want to make it a negative for the university,” Robinson said. “We want to make sure this is a positive.”

This is all according to UNT’s campus master plan, the guide for the facilities’ reconfiguration currently underway.

The parking office will continue to handle parking tickets, university spokeswoman Margarita Venegas said.

In 2015, the university generated about $1.2 million in revenue from parking citations on campus, according to documents obtained by the North Texas Daily.

Students at the University of Texas at Arlington paid $346,501 in 2015. UT brought in $937,867. Texas Woman’s University tickets approximately $120,000 per year, officials said.

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#NewHampshirePrimary

People hit the polls Tuesday in New Hampshire for the first primary in the election season. Donald Trump came in first for the GOP Primary, and Bernie Sanders beat Hilary Clinton by 22.4 percent.

#BeyonceSuperBowl

Controversy arises after Beyonce’s politcally charged Super Bowl performance.

Members of the National Sheriffs’ Association turned their backs on Beyonce during her performance, calling it “anti-police.”

#TheLifeofPablo

Kanye’s newest release since 2013 premieres today in movie theaters around the world.

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No indictment for Cpl. Stphen Bean

THE DENTON

By Dalton LaFerney and Tiffany Ditto News Editor and Staff Writer @daltonlaferney @TiffanyDitto

BUZZ

Robert Newton gets all kinds of customers, often honey bees visit his table to hunt for any spilled goods. Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer

Former retail worker hits the streets with his sweet concoction

By Emily Miller Staff Writer @emily12miller On the corner of a crowded intersection on North Carroll Boulevard and University Drive, many commuters may be familiar with the buzz around Schlotzsky’s parking lot.

Signs that read “LOCAL RAW HONEY” and “ALLERGIES?” work as guides to Robert

“Rick” Newton’s raw honey establishment upon a rickety fold-out table within an empty car space, his white van a few feet away holds extra stock to replenish his stand.

Newton attends this spot of high traffic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., come rain or shine, to sell his unpasteurized honey. From simmering the common cold to stomping down on a cigarette craving, these sweet concoctions

have a massive amount of uses coupled with a tedious method of collection.

“I lost count of the amount of times I’ve gotten stung,” Newton said. “I use protective gear every time, but they still weasel their way in through the rubber bands, get at your neck and so on.”

“People say ‘oh, you get used to it’ but that’s a lie, it hurts real bad every time,” Newton said with a chuckle.

Newton worked at Albertsons for 32 years before retiring.

However, the buzz for business struck him hard. What started as a hobby with one or two hives became a business with 37 hives.

Newton took to researching just how many beekeepers were around.

Only a couple other beeenthusiasts like Newton

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RECOVERY

Motorcycle ministry aims to break the chains of addiction

By Joey Stephens Contributing Writer It’s a cool day and the grass smells like dew from the rainstorm earlier in the morning.

There is a backdrop of aged trailers homes, a motorcycle in need of a new transmission and a brokendown pick-up truck missing its tires.

Old junk metal is piled up in an open shed. A territorial Chihuahua’s incessant barking drowns out the pleasant sound of the gully draining murky rain water.

A small group of people stand outside smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. There is laughter and what appears to be genuine appreciation of one another’s company. The trailer door swings open and out walks a man with a thick Philadelphian accent, accompanied by a slender blonde woman.

“This is Sandy. She got here yesterday,” said Tommy Billington, a Sons of Thunder “house boss.”

Members from the Sons of Thunder Ministries pose with a motorcycle. Ryan Bibb| Contributing Photographer Sandy smiles and talks about her son, a student at UNT. “He’s a short, pale-skinned kid.

He’s a senior now,” she said.

This is the home of Sons of Thunder Ministries. A homeless

shelter, or trailer, for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics.

Sandy is one of the newer residents who calls Sons of Thunder Ministries home. Sons of Thunder has been in Denton since 2002 and

is a 501 C(3) non-profit acting as a homeless shelter for those struggling with addiction. The group operates two trailer homes in close proximity

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SKATEBOARDING

Denton’s skate team inspires local youth to dream big and dream Denton

By Austin Jackson Staff Writer @a_jack17 Physically resembling a modern-day Jesus Christ, Denton Skate Supply teamrider Sam Durbin kick-flips and drops jaws as his flowing brown locks and burly brown beard streak across Denton Skate Park’s lamp-lit-sky.

As dusk is replaced by darkness, the 22-year-old rumbles into the metal couplings

of the macaroni shaped corner, banking aggressively near the top of the ramp and building up speed before diving down the quarter-pipe like a surfer racing a wave.

Reaching his session’s peak velocity, Durbin, aka “Dirty Durbz,” bombs up the trapezoid like “purr-e-mid” ramp. Before liftoff, he pounces up from his crouch, scissor kicks his feet diametrically away from one another, and backfoot twirls his battle-tested DSS

skateboard into a barrel roll while his front foot pushes the deck helicoptering around 360 degrees.

Cheers of “d-d-d-Durty,” “whoooa” and “daaayum” accompany the clattering pops of skate decks slapping into ramps: a standing ovation, skater style.

Among the cheering were brothers Cooper and Parker Lefco, aged 12 and 10, as they waited on their ride mom to give them a ride home.

“It motivates me,” Cooper

said of Durbin’s skills. “They’re fearless. It’s sick to see how big they go and how they’re not scared at all. Watching them go big like that and landing stuff is cool. It makes me want to be like them when I’m doing little stuff too.”

The Lefco brothers said they’ve seen Durbin a few times skating local spots and hanging out at Denton Skate Supply, but they mainly followed his stuff

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The UNT police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ryan McMillan will not face charges after a Denton County grand jury chose not to indict the officer, according to the Denton County District Attorney’s Office.

UNT police Cpl. Stephen Bean shot and killed McMillan the morning of Dec. 13, 2015, after responding to a disturbance call. When he arrived, according to dash camera footage released by authorities, McMillan was carrying a small ax or hatchet.

When McMillan began walking toward Bean, the officer told him multiple times to stop.

McMillan did not, and Bean fired three to four shots, leaving him dead at the corner of Oak and Fry streets.

The grand jury chose not to indict, but that does not necessarily mean the case is finished. McMillan’s family hired an attorney, Renee Higginbotham-Brooks. She has criticized the Texas Rangers for its investigation of the shooting, saying the agency — along with the university — has not been open enough with the community about this investigation.

“This no-bill presents more questions than it does answers to what happened,” HigginbothamBrooks said in a statement.

“With the secrecy surrounding the investigation of this incident,

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Senior Connor Flanagan ready for the Texas House

By Jynn Schubert and Julia Falcon Staff Writer @JynnWasHere @falconpunch_ As the runoff election for Texas House District 64 between Republicans Read King and Lynn Stucky heats up, political media arts senior Connor Flanagan is gearing up for the general after he beat Paul Greco on Super Tuesday in March.

Flanagan, 21, is due to graduate in December, so he’s making plans now to be in Austin when the next legislative session begins to focus on standardized testing in lower education as well as making college more affordable, both highly debated issues on the presidential campaign trail and in the halls of the Texas capital.

A transfer student from Texas Tech, Flanagan originally wanted a job in TV punditry or production. He’s a son of a lawyer, so he’s been politically aware his whole life. Between his TV show on ntTV, the 15 credit hours, 10 hours a week of studying, he still finds time to do about 40 hours a week in campaigning, he said. He doesn’t neglect the family either, nor can he get away from his friends -his campaign, Flanagan said, is comprised mostly of his pals.

“My friends think it’s cool that I’m running, but it doesn’t come up,” Flanagan said. “They treat me the same and it doesn’t consume our friendship at all.

They’re really supportive.”

Both of Flanagans parents support his decision to run, even though they were a little doubtful of his choice at first. It was his mother who broke the news

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RUNOFF

Awaiting runoff election, Read King and Lynn Stucky look to continue 14-year GOP streak

By Jynn Schubert and Julia Falcon Staff Writer @JynnWasHere @falconpunch_ Republican candidates Lynn Stucky and Read King are still hitting the streets of Denton to win over as many voters as they can before the runoff election on May 7 for Texas House District 64.

King and Stucky outlasted Denton attorney Rick Hagen on Super Tuesday. The winner will be up against 21-year-old Democrat Connor Flanagan, a UNT student, in November.

King wants to be more personal and Stucky is running a more traditional campaign, he said.

“I have been working really hard and have been taking all the right steps,” Stucky said. “I have been educating voters and telling them why they should choose me, this includes knocking on doors, making phone calls, and sending out publications. It is very important to connect with the voters.”

King has also been going door to door and handing out cards with his cellphone number on them in hopes that people will be more likely to talk to him.

“The way I’ve run my campaign for the last three years is I’ve got to meet as many voters as possible,” King said. “I’ve got to meet as many people as I’m going to represent, because the title is state representative, and I’ve said over and over again: ‘I can’t represent someone if I haven’t met them.’”

In an effort to separate himself from King, Stucky said

Lynn Stucky | Courtesy

Read King | Courtesy

his resume and experiences make him a better lawmaker.

From founding Young Life in Denton, to being a part of the Denton and Sanger Chambers of Commerce, Stucky and his wife are active in Denton County, he said.

“I have served and been president of many different organizations and boards in the area,” Stucky said. “Being a part of these groups has helped me become a good negotiator. District 64 needs someone to listen to their needs and wants, and most importantly any concerns they have.”

King prefers to run a clean campaign by not losing track of himself or hurting his opponents to gain votes.

He currently runs a mobile laser tag business with his two oldest sons helping work events; King hopes to teach them life skills he feels they would not otherwise learn.

“I started them working that because I wanted them to know that if you want money you’ve got to get a job and if

you work you get money.” King said. “Those two concepts go together, and I’d like to get that instilled as early as possible.”

Things Stucky wants to focus on include small businesses, such as his own veterinary practice, and the safety of others in Denton, fueled by his experience at the Boston Marathon when the bombings happened.

“It’s scary starting your own business, and Denton has so many small and unique businesses,” Stucky said. “The representative of Denton needs to support its successes and understand the safety of its people.”

As for their Democratic opponent, both candidates had nothing but nice things to say about Flanagan and wish him the best during the rest of the campaign trail.

The Democratic Party has not won a partisan race in Denton County in 14 years.

“Connor is a young individual who has guts, and I am proud for him,” Stucky said. “I got to know him and

he is very personable with a great personality and future ahead of him. If I become the Republican nominee, we will run a clean campaign. He impresses me. Although he doesn’t have much experience, he will get there.”

King particularly has high hopes for Flanagan, stating that the two actually agree on certain issues, and that he’s excited to see young people getting involved in politics.

“He seems like he’s a really sharp kid,” King said. “I will give kudos first of all to anyone who steps up to run for office no matter what their age, background, political ideology, etcetera. We need to be engaging the next generation into this political process. We all live here, we all have to be a part of this.”

The spot they all hope to fill used to belong to Myra Crownover, who served District 64 since 2000 to replace her late husband, Ronny.

Before Crownover announced her retirement last year, she came under fire from people in the community for not voting against Texas House Bill 40, a piece of legislation considered by many to be a death sentence to Denton’s ban on hydraulic fracturing.

Another Denton County GOP veteran, Dianne Edmondson, will also be leaving the county arena as the party’s chairwoman to pursue a state-wide office. Edmondson is cherished by Republicans as the shepard to the party’s sucess against Democrats. She oversaw a 14-year win streak on partisan offices.

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we are not surprised by the grand jury’s action. There has not been any transparency from the beginning only secrecy.”

The results from McMillan’s autopsy have not been released because the Texas Rangers said public access to the document would disrupt the investigation, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and dispatches from the Texas Attorney General’s Office.

David Asay, an integrative studies junior, said a friend of his was killed by a police officer for resisting arrest. Asay said McMillan’s death reveals a misunderstanding between police and citizens.

“I don’t think the officer should return,” Asay said. “Police have way too much power. They can’t

just get away with killing people.”

Since McMillan’s death, university officials deferred all comment and information to the Texas Rangers, and they put Bean on desk duty. Because of UNT’s silence, it was not immediately known whether Bean (or other officers) carried Tasers, nor is the UNT Police Department’s use of force policy known, but a report revealed the department does supply its patrol officers with Tasers.

UNT responded to the news with a statement saying officials were appreciative of the grand jury’s decision and of the impartial investigation.

“The university believes he acted appropriately under the circumstances and showed commendable restraint before taking this action,” the statement

said.

UNT spokesperson Margarita Venegas said Bean is still on administrative duty, but is expected to return to regular duty soon. She said she was not sure when exactly Bean will return to patrol duties.

Students have mixed feelings about the district attorney’s decision.

Jason Knowles, a computer science junior, has a concealed carry permit and thinks the officer acted appropriately.

“It’s unfair to ask police to risk their life,” Knowles said. “They have the right to defend their selves just like everyone else. I’m happy he wasn’t indicted, but it’s sad that the axe-wielding guy is dead.”

The police should not be punished, art junior Steven

Gonzales said, for doing what they were trained to do.

“It was definitely self defense,” Gonzalas said. “He was technically doing his job. You [shouldn’t] punish people for doing their job.”

Some students feel that it’s hard to understand how officers react in certain situations.

“I agree with the Texas Ranger’s decision,” material science and engineering junior Hunter Lide said. “In the line of duty it’s hard for everyday citizens to understand situations like that, unless they have police or military training.”

Others feel as though Bean should have been charged. = “He should not be allowed to come back to the university, and should face some charges,” biology and art freshman Aurora Brown said.

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Senior Connor Flanagan ready for the Texas House POLITICS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 he had won the Democratic P r ima r y aga inst G reco.

“I didn’t th in k it would happen,” F la naga n sa id. “My pa rents thought I was insa ne a nd didn’t have enough exper ience, but I meet a ll of the requi rements to r un.

T hey didn’t th in k a nyone would give me a cha nce.”

F la naga n sa id h is ca mpa ign is self-f unded. He listed no expendit u res or cont r ibutions on the latest ca mpa ign f ina nce repor t, according to documents f rom the Texas Eth ics Com m ission.

“Hopef ully I’ll get more donations, but du r ing the pr ima r ies I was more concer ned about face-to face time,” F la naga n sa id.

“I don’t li ke ask ing for money, I’m gon na have to get over it obviously. It’s a lot of ta l k ing a nd going door to door. Ca mpa ign ing, especia lly in th is a rea, is a lot of convincing. My best bet is focusing on Denton voters, they would consider voting Democrat. My goa l is to focus on people who have a n open enough m ind a nd to get people to register to vote.”

G reco sa id that despite h is young age, F la naga n not on ly meets the requi rements to r un for th is position, but a lso has what it ta kes to win in the genera l aga inst a Denton Count y Republica n est ablish ment wh ich has won ever y pa r tisa n election in the last 14 yea rs.

“I th in k it’s time for a younger generation to reach out,” G reco sa id. “I have a lot of con f idence in h im a nd I’ve a lways li ked h im. Con nor is r un n ing pret t y close a nd pa ra llel to my ideas, but we have a few differences. He is absolutely a clea r politicia n, he wa nted to be it a nd he’s good at it a nd I th in k he’s the next generation of cong ressmen.”

T he youngest of seven k ids, F la naga n has lea r ned to power th rough a nd not a llow h is youth to be ser ve as a disadva nt age on the way to ach ieving h is goa ls.

“Paul ca res a lot about the race, a nd he has more time tha n I do to do f ull time ca mpa ign ing,” F la naga n sa id. “One of my f r iends told me that now I a m a n act ua l politicia n, a nd that h it me. I a m so excited a nd ready for it. It was wea r ing me out, but I a m not going to give up a nd I’m going to t r y my ha rdest the rest of the yea r.”

Phyllis Wolper, cha i r woma n of the Denton

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“I don’t like asking for money, I’m gonna have to get over it obviously.

It’s a lot of talking and going door to door.

Campaigning, especially in this area, is a lot of convincing.”

Count y Democrats, sa id she has been there for mora l suppor t for F la naga n as well as the other Democratic ca ndidates.

“I f he is able to muster enough loya l Democrats in the count y, it is possible for h im to win,” Wolper sa id.

“I a lways encou rage young people to step up a nd get involved at whatever level they a re com for t able with.”

G reco sa id he’s happy to see a diversit y in ca ndidates r un n ing for election.

“I’ve been lea r n ing a lot, a nd Con nor had politica l science a nd jou r na lism professors help h im out.

T he younger generation was a lso ra ised on the socia l media a nd that helps out a lot,” G reco sa id. “Con nor k nows h is st uff too, he has a passion for it, he k nows how to t a l k to people a nd that’s what I li ke about h im a nd h is compassion for people. I th in k th is will be a n exciting election.”

F la naga n sa id h is young age has both positive a nd negative politica l side effects, however he doesn’t of ten have to f ight h is opponents on th is f ront.

“T hey t reat me li ke a n adult,” F la naga n sa id. “My age never gets brought up, a nd we r un clea n ca mpa igns.

T hey a re respectf ul a nd n ice a nd there’s no di r t y politica l th ings being ta l ked about.

T here will be t raditiona lists who don’t th in k I a m exper ienced enough, but I th in k people will see my passion no mat ter how young I a m.”

UNT SYSTEM

UNT System growing to meet Texas physician demand

By Evan McAlister Staff Writer @evan_McAlister

The recent hire of Dr. Stuart Flynn as the new dean of the UNTHSC and Texas Christian University medical school ref lects Texas’ allure on talent across the nation.

From the outset, planners from both UNTHSC and TCU sought to alleviate Texas’ shortage of medical doctors.

Flynn wants to grow and develop a program focused on teamwork, patient-centric and business-minded to transform Texas healthcare for generations.

“UNTHSC, TCU and Fort Worth provide all the ingredients needed to develop a cutting-edge medical school with national aspirations,” Flynn said. “Texas has such a huge shortage of physicians.

We must increase the number residencies to keep up with

the demand for general physicians.”

Texas’ physician shortage is widely reported, thanks in part to a Texas Medical Association report that stated the Lone Star State needs to invest more in medical schools and residency training programs. The study, “Healthy Vision 2020,” said many medical school graduates in Texas leave the state because they cannot find residency programs here.

Students back in Denton said UNT System’s growth is encouraging and reinforces the university’s claims to prominence.

“I feel like we’re on a good progressive and modern track and keeping up with the student body needs,” fashion merchandising junior Sky Hardy said.

Flynn is the current and founding dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Phoenix, where

he lives with his wife and children.

Flynn graduated from the University of Michigan in 1979 and completed his fellowship at Stanford University. After completing his medical training, he went on to teach pathology and surgery at Yale University School of Medicine. He said Yale and similar establishments don’t face the same issues the UNTTCU medical school will have to deal with.

“Yale is over 200 years old, so they don’t face the same challenges but we also have the chance at UNTHSC to build a new curriculum that will change Texas’ health care for years to come,” Flynn said. “Though Yale is widely renowned for its medical program, they have a hard time with change. We won’t.”

Flynn helped create the curriculum and guided the Arizona College of

Medicine through a complex accreditation process. He also helped grow the school from a f lagship class of 24 to 80 students, Flynn said.

“I want to be a general care physician,” biology freshman Bianca Bahizi said. “Having a dean that is making it his priority to increase general care makes me so excited to graduate and continue my education here at UNT.” Flynn will be joined by his family in Texas after the school year finishes. He said that his wife’s support is the final stamp of approval that will make the transition to Texas much easier.

“The family is excited to be in Fort Worth and help with the new house,” Flynn said.

“I wouldn’t call it a vacation because if my wife heard that, she’d probably kill me. But to move as a family is so special.”

Dr. Stuart Flynn Courtesy | University of Arizona

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GUIDE: THE 2016 SGA CANDIDATES

Mikayla Barnes

Mikayla Barnes Tola Adeniji @kMikaylaRaela Broadcast jour nalism major Mikayla Bar nes is SGA’s director of campus outreach executive, a student coordinator for UNT’s orientation and transition program, and a student assistant in the Career Center.

“Usually I’m used to being behind the scenes, and this is a little out of my element and I wanted to ta ke a risk for myself,” Bar nes said.

“But I also care a lot for the university, and I want to see it just explode into this huge thing that people outside of Texas know about.”

Bar nes was an orientation leader in 2014 and an Eagle

Tola Adeniji Camp leader last year.

Running mate Adeniji is a member of the African Student’s Organization, Alpha Lambda Delta, Alter native Ser vice Break and CLS IMPACT Board.

The team plans to work with those at Discover y Park and the new Frisco campus as par t of their inclusivity strategy.

Bar nes is the only one to explicitly address campus car r y in her platfor m. She said she intends to detail infor mation about gun-free zones to ensure students feel safe.

Sam DeLeon

Sam DeLeon Owen Saenz @DeLeonSaenz2016 Sam DeLeon is an honors student and orientation and Eagle Camp leader.

He is also a UNT tour guide, a member of Honors College, NT40 and recently Delta Sigma Pi. He served as an SGA freshman intern and was elected in 2013 as a College of Arts and Sciences senator.

“I want to aspire to be the next SGA Student Body President that will represent the campus and its people through my greatest abilities by genuinely knowing the people within it,” DeLeon said on his SGA elections bio. “And becoming the man who initiates the change.”

DeLeon declined an interview with North Texas Daily.

The Phi Kappa Sigma public relations chair chose Owen Saenz

Owen Saenz for his running mate. He is a College of Arts and Sciences senator, an orientation leader and a past SGA freshman intern as well.

Saenz is also a Maple residential hall assistant as a sophomore.

The team’s platform centers on diversity, equal representation and power to the people, their bio on SGA’s elections page said. DeLeon said he researched other universities’ programs to put into perspective the top issues.

DeLeon said he hopes to initiate projects like biodegradable waste disposals, a campus online newsboard, an online and physical input box, a Student Life Hall of Honor and a UNT application for smartphones.

He intends to strengthen UNT’s relations with other universities, create an alternative for the dissolved SGA House of Representatives and formulate new campus traditions, DeLeon said.

John Andrews

John Andrews Jadon Sennet @Johnny_Diamondz Vice president of finance for the InterFraternity Council John Andrews is running as an outsider of SGA. He was the chapter president of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity last year and vice president of recruitment for the InterFraternity Council the year before.

Andrews said he regrets not being a freshman intern for SGA, and becoming its president would resolve that.

“I want to get into politics and SGA is a great stepping stone into that,” Andrews said. “[I want to] just help the student body, help voices be heard.”

Andrews will stay another year as a senior because he added a legal

Jadon Sennet studies certificate to his graduation plan.

Advertising junior Jadon Sennet is vice president of Delta Sigma Phi and a marketing intern for 5-hour ENERGY®.

Their platform runs on appealing to the “average student.” Andrews said he will talk to random passing students for their opinion.

Andrews said he wants students not heavily involved in SGA and the like to participate more. He added he wants to increase voter turnout for this election as part of that initiative.

His goal is to set SGA’s highest record voter turnout for an election this year.

Additionally he said the University Union should have spaces for music students to perform.

He also wishes to attend at least one meeting of every student organization, and reach out to their board.

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SGA presidential debate in Union Staff Reports Grant Hale

Grant Hale Barrett Cole @thrive2016 Grant Hale is SGA’s cur rent chief of staff. He is the alumni relations chair man of the Pi Kappa Alpha frater nity and a member of Nor th Texas 40.

“Seeing where the organization is now, I think I’d provide the experience and envision that the organization needs to be more effective and efficient for the student body,” Hale said.

He also worked the front desk at The Republic at Denton student apar tments 2014 -2015.

Barrett Cole Hale’s r unning mate is College of Business senator and AmeriCor ps alum Bar rett Cole. Their campaign slogan, #ThriveWithUs, is built on transparency, tradition and together ness.

The team wishes to create “agencies” open for anyone to ser ve, where like-minded students will interact with SGA senators and executives.

Hale also said he will bolster school spirit through coordination with Student Activities to celebrate the ar ts and athletics.

Alessandra De La Rosa

Alessandra De La Rosa Cristal Benitez-Lopez @Ale_Cristal2016 De La Rosa is a student assistant for UNT’s Multicultural Center and was a student assistant for the university’s Upward Bound Math and Science program. Benitez-Lopez and De La Rosa are roommates and League of United Latin American Citizens members.

“We just felt that there weren’t things going on,” De La Rosa said.

“We were kind of involved on campus, but we never really heard things that SGA was doing so we thought if you want things to change, you’ve got to do something about it.”

The candidates have no experience serving in SGA. The marketing junior said running

Cristal Benitez-Lopez against three active SGA members is “intimidating,” but said she is confident in herself.

Benitez-Lopez is also a student assistant for UNT’s TRiO Talent Search.

De La Rosa’s campaign harps on UNT’s diversity. Minority groups like the disabled and undocumented should not be shut out of policy making, De La Rosa said.

She would first and foremost amend sparse parking spots or at least inform students on why parking space is limited. De La Rosa also said students remain underrepresented by the lack of Senate seats filled.

She and Benitez-Lopez additionally aim to reduce student advisors’ conflicting advice and runaround.

There will be a Student Government Association presidential debate at 6 p.m. today in the Lyceum, inside the University Union.

Five students have joined the race to become the next president of the undergraduate student body.

The debate, which will last about two hours, will be moderated by assistant political science professor Dr. Bethany Blackstone, according to a Facebook event posted by SGA. Two sitting SGA executives are running to replace undergraduate student body president Adam Alattry. Grant Hall, the current chief of staff, and Mikayla Barnes, the director of campus outreach, are each running their own

presidential campaigns.

Voting for this race and others begins Monday, April 4.

Polls close later that week on Thursday. The results of the election will be certified that night, according to the SGA website.

SGA is not the only governing body on campus.

There is also the Graduate Student Council, which used to be a part of SGA until it split last year. GSC is the official legislative organization for the graduate student body.

For the faculty and administration, there are the staff and faculty senates, where professors, assistants and UNT leaders go to voice concerns about their departments or lectures. And there’s also the Board of Regents, which is the chief legislative body for the entire UNT System.

UNIVERSITY

Marketers respond to System chancellor’s remarks on university ads

By Adalberto Toledo Senior Staff Writer @adaltoledo29

Advertisements from the university often use words like “superb,” “leading” and “top” to solidify its brand image, but in a recent review, UNT System chancellor Lee Jackson advised a change in the language UNT uses.

Having recently received the Carnegie Classification, Jackson advised UNT that as the university or any organization grows, the rhetoric associated with it must also change, to cast UNT in a more prestigious light.

With the “Green Light to Greatness” campaign ending in 2017, UNT will change the university’s voice to reflect that of a university comparable in standing to other Carnegie classified universities.

“Cities, companies, and universities,” Jackson said, “make broader and more aggressive claims laced with superlatives and ambitious expectations when they are weak than when they become more successful and respected.”

UNT’s Identity Guide suggests all advertisements be “written in a way that expresses the university’s creativity and innovation.” The website says to use of words like “confident,” “friendly,” “bold,” and “inspiring” to describe the university.

The online version of the “viewbook” every prospective student receives from UNT have words like “one-of-a-kind” and “incredible,” to showcase the university’s diversity and viability as a freshman’s new home.

Deborah Leliaert, vice president for university relations and planning,

said UNT always tries to give an accurate representation of itself.

“Our practice is to provide information accurately and on a timely basis,” Leliaert said. “We routinely freshen the appearance of our marketing and communication materials – print and digital.”

As with all brands, UNT’s image is an evolution. Leliaert said the university must look to the best practices of communication throughout various fields, not just higher education, to establish its brand.

Biology senior Brittney Anderson said the university just wants students to enroll, and mentioned that the language describing the university is often “very cliché.”

“If you express and talk a lot about your accomplishments, it makes you want to look into what they’re saying,” Anderson said.

“They should be more specific with the things they advertise.”

Her friend, biology senior Allen Thongrivong, said that while he agrees with many of the things UNT says about itself, the university should focus in on the accomplishments of specific programs and not on the overall “awesomeness” of the university.

“They need to prove [what they say],” Thongrivong said. “You have to live up to what you say, and I personally think they do.”

In the performance evaluation, Jackson said he receives many newsletters and messages from universities that contain their language.

“I am struck by how many of them are more restrained in speaking of their own campus

accomplishments,” Jackson said.

“The universities with the strongest reputations whose faculty or student achievements are perhaps expected [in particular].”

A look into peer university’s messages to their student body shows this restrained language.

When UT Dallas became a part of universities in “highest research” category of the Carnegie Classification, the announcement did not come with elevated language or even the use of the words “tier-one,” something UNT did.

The announcement’s headline “UNT ranked among nation’s Tier One research universities.” That stands in contrast to UT Dallas, which led with, “Carnegie Classification of Institutions Elevates UT Dallas to Highest Research Category.” In the language of the announcement itself, no mention of “tier-one” exists, though in a sidebar UT Dallas explains the term as “inexact.”

The sidebar also said “Texas currently has three universities that by common consent would be termed as “Tier One”: The University of

Texas at Austin, Rice University and Texas A&M University.”

UT Dallas said the announcement comes as “merely a milepost” in its pursuance of their greater strategic plan. UNT, however, marked it as a “significant step” and did not distance itself from language like “top-tier,” and “among the state’s top universities.”

Journalism junior Rand Gowan agreed with Jackson’s criticisms of UNT’s voice.

“Overtalking your brand can be construed as insecurity,” Gowan

said. “Rather than say that UNT is great, say what specifically makes it great.”

The Carnegie ranking, Jackson said, gives reason for UNT to adapt its voice and “speak more modestly now.”

“Leaders [at other institutions] are able to speak about their institutions with pride in an understated voice,” Jackson said, adding he would like Smatresk to review the best examples of communications from other respected universities.

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Denton City Council candidates spar at forum

By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe Denton Record Chronicle Opening salvos rang out Monday night as Denton City Council candidates differentiated themselves from one another in a room packed with likely voters.

At the peak of the 2 1/2-hour event, easily 130 people filled the chairs and stood against the walls in an activity room at Denia Recreation Center. It was likely the largest turnout ever for Denia Area Neighborhood Group’s annual candidate debate.

And debate they did. Not only did the candidates answer questions from the audience, but questions from one another at one point. The incumbents, Dalton Gregory and Greg Johnson, worked early on to underscore messages that the city was in good shape, even though they suspected their opponents might claim otherwise.

Johnson, 47, a commercial real estate broker, faces Sara Bagheri, 33, a longtime resident and local attorney in the race for Place 6. Gregory, 64, a retired elementary school principal, has been challenged by four others for Place 5: Deborah Armintor, 42, an English professor at the University of North Texas; Mike Cheves, 46, a management consultant;

Sam Ortiz, 38, an industrial waste control officer; and Will Wooten, 31, a data analyst.

The election is May 7.

Although he is running unopposed, Mayor Chris Watts joined the candidate table and occasionally rose to answer questions submitted by the audience. The questions covered some long-running concerns — downtown parking, homelessness, city indebtedness — to some new concerns — whether rents are rising too much and whether Denton provides economic opportunities for all.

Monday night was the first time in recent memory the debate’s moderator, Linnie McAdams, allowed the candidates to direct questions toward one another.

Not every candidate directed a question at their opponent.

Two asked questions of the mayor, and Cheves declined to question anyone. No one directed a question to any of the challengers. Only the incumbents answered questions.

Wooten was the first to step outside the box, asking Johnson whether he believed climate change was real, whether human activity caused it and whether he felt an obligation to do something about it.

Johnson said he did think the climate was changing but didn’t believe he had the expertise to

know what was causing it.

“A lot is already happening to control it,” Johnson said.

“I don’t think we need to stop [trying to control it].”

Ortiz was next, asking Watts whether the city needed to rethink some of its policing policies because enforcement and fines for some lowlevel offenses can be a heavy burden on poor families. Watts answered he was open to it discussing it, as long as it was a policy discussion informed by facts and data.

Gregory also directed his question to Watts, asking good-naturedly that, if it’s true the council “rubberstamps” decisions, why do the meetings last for 12 hours?

Watts answered that he’s known for wanting to hear from everyone, but “by flushing out all those positions, I believe you can maximize your policy decisions,” he said.

Armintor was the first to direct her question to her opponent. She asked Gregory to name at least one, preferably more than one, vote he made that went against the city manager’s recommendation.

Gregory answered that the city manager works for the City Council, not the other way around. “We direct him,” Gregory said. “If his goals are not ours, he needs to change them.”

Johnson directed his question

Denton City Council candidates debated for 2 1/2 hours Monday at Denia Recreation Center.

Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer to Gregory. Between the two of them, they explained the city’s indebtedness, reminding the crowd that most of the debt was either part of operating city utility departments or authorized by voters for streets and other public improvements.

Bagheri directed her question to Johnson, saying she wanted to give him an opportunity to address claims of self-dealing, which she agreed were not fair.

“Would you disclose, then, what is your 10 percent?”

Bagheri asked.

State law allows a council member to vote on a matter as

long as the council member, or their immediate family, doesn’t benefit more than 10 percent of his annual income.

Johnson said he wasn’t willing to say what his business, Verus Real Estate Advisers, makes, but he was willing to say that he makes $11,000 per month. Johnson said he made nothing on two recent deals he voted on — one that brings Buc-ee’s to Denton and another that moves city offices into DATCU’s downtown buildings.

District 4 council member Joey Hawkins attended the event. Denia is part of District

4. Hawkins faces a recall vote on the May 7 ballot. If voters agree to recall Hawkins, the seat would remain vacant until Election Day in November.

The deadline to register to vote is April 7. Early voting begins April 25.

The next candidate forum is Monday.

The Denton Firefighters Association will open its candidate forum to the public beginning at 7 p.m. at the Denton Public Safety Training Center, 719 E. Hickory St.

ENERGY

Residents, scholars dispute Renewable Denton plan

By Adalberto Toledo Senior Staff Writer @adaltoledo29

Denton residents packed a lecture hall Friday to hear experts from around the country talk about what they see as drawbacks to the Renewable Denton plan to bring Denton to 70 percent renewable energy usage by 2019.

The plan has been criticized for its proposal to build two natural gas plants, even after the city’s staunch opposition to natural gas operations in the city limits. The discussion was planned by people in the community curious about the Renewable Denton plan who claimed Denton Municipal Electric — the agent behind the plan — has not provided all the facts and data for citizens to have the

complete picture.

One speaker, Mark C. Jacobson of Stanford University, said the natural gas plants the plan proposes are unnecessary.

“Wind is currently half the cost of [natural] gas, unsubsidized,” Jacobson said. “Solar power is actually cheaper than gas as well now. It makes sense not to [build].”

Initiated by a talk from Bob Howarth of Cornell University, the main topics included the dangers of continuing down the energy path the world is currently on.

Though he did not provide any specific solutions, aside from weaning off of fossil fuels, the meeting continued with Jacobson providing many alternative energy sources suitable for Texas.

Condensed solar power systems,

as well as wind power systems could both serve nearly 100 percent of Texas’ energy requirements by 2050, Jacobson said. Electrification, power derived from electricity gotten through alternative energy, is chief among Jacobson’s solutions to both climate change and the future of energy in the U.S. “This transition will be difficult,” Jacobson said.

“The key to electrification is to do it fast with the existing technologies.”

Natural gas plants are said to be beneficial, but Anne C. Epstein argued otherwise. During her presentation, Epstein told people the risks residents have in living so close to natural gas plants. She began by saying her speech was meant for those people who would live within a mile or so of the proposed

plants — many audience members nodding at the relevance.

“They found that babies within a certain mile of gas plants are born prematurely,” Epstein said. “Much of this is due to air toxicity factor, it is increased if you are smaller, older or a baby.”

Epstein also said that unconventional gas and oil drilling are associated with increased hospitalization rates, with significant increases in cases of neurological and heart diseases.

Denton county resident Robin Gregory said the plants would be close to her home. She added the plant’s close proximity could mean diverse health effects, as Epstein pointed out earlier.

“For me, there is no point in talking to council,” Gregory said. “We need to make changes. Denton is already too

polluted and too congested to move forward with this.”

Gregory continued with the difficulty she sees in pursuing alternative energy sources, as Texas politicians are “steeped in oil money.”

Nervous about climate change, Denton city councilwoman Keely Briggs has since last year argued against the quick pace of this energy policy, calling for more time to review the implications of the overall plan itself and to be openminded about alternative sources of energy Denton could employ.

“It’s real political, that’s the biggest obstacle,” Briggs said. “If there’s anything that we can do that isn’t going to put a [financial] burden on our citizens, then we should go for that.”

Denton PD to let go of parking CHARGES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Money brought in from parking violations fund parking services, like cleaning the parking lots and improving lighting around campus.

“I don’t have any problem looking at someone that’s gotten a ticket and saying, your money just helped repave that lot, or plant that tree, or replace that light,” Robinson said.

The most common parking violations are vehicles not displaying valid permits, expired meters and time zones, Robinson said.

The department is conducting a study to alter the way they handle parking - looking into how many permits are sold and figuring out if they want to build more parking garages across campus.

The Highland Parking Garage cost the university $21 million. By the time they are done paying for it, it’ll have cost $40 million, he said.

“So, what if we took that same $20 million and invested it in a very robust transportation system and by saying system, I’m not saying buses. I’m saying the different modes of transport,” Robinson said.

Robinson said he believes the university will have to build at least one or two more parking garages to alleviate parking struggles, but hopes it won’t exceed that.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016

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Stained glass studio works to keep the art-type alive

By Kayleigh Bywater Senior Staff Writer @kayleighnic0le Using the tips of her fingers and concentration in her eyes, Christie Wood delicately places a copperlined piece of glass among alreadyassembled shards..

A whitish-grey piece is nestled into the design, and she places a large pushpin into the table to secure her work. She then lifts her hands up in accomplishment. In front of her lies the glass image of a lighthouse, and next to her lies a pile of similar pieces waiting to be made into the same image.

The design as a whole is only a few inches tall as it is wide, but the final product will be part of a bigger picture: admiration for decades to come.

Wood owns and operates Art Glass Ensembles, the sole stained glass studio in Denton. Originally set in Pennsylvania, Wood opened her business in 1993 to create unique pieces while showcasing her artistic and technical stained glass abilities.

“We moved in 2001 because Denton was No. 1 of our choices of places we would want to get settled in,” Wood said. “About a third of my business is repair, a third of it is new construction and the last third is my wholesale business. I’m definitely unique to Denton.”

Previously a computer analyst, Wood began to do stained glass as a hobby. With no formal background in art and a bachelor’s degree in music education, Wood said she wanted to jump into something new and meaningful.

“My hobby sort of outgrew the hobby stage quickly,” Wood said. “I was looking for a medium where I could create something that would hopefully outlive me, just like a composer creates a piece of music that will hopefully outlive them and be performed continuously. I took one course and discovered that I was a natural.”

The stained glass process is not one that is quickly and easily learned, according to Wood. The process can take years to master and is a different medium than other art forms, which is why she feels the stained glass community may be dwindling.

“There are very few stained glass artists now,” Wood said. “In fact, the numbers are getting smaller and smaller. This is a very labor-intensive type of artwork, and a lot of people aren’t willing to put in that time to learn how to do it and then to actually [create] it.”

To create a stained glass piece, Wood starts off with a design and prints the full image to where it looks like a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece has a specific color it’s grouped with, so she glues the design pieces on top of the appropriate piece of glass in order to score or cut it.

After all the pieces are cut evenly and fit together, Wood wraps each piece in copper or lead foil, which creates the lines between the various pieces of glass, and begins to construct the design. This includes soldering the glass into place, glazing the final product and cleaning it for its new home.

“I usually have five projects going simultaneously,” Wood said.

“Say I have one project in the kiln,

while that’s going on I’m setting up a new project. I’m usually working on something all the time while I’m here.”

Despite the large amount of projects, Wood has four assistants willing to gain more experience in stained glass who help out around the shop.

Monique McIntyre has been working with Wood for around a year, but has been surrounded by stained glass since she was a young girl in Detroit. McIntyre said when it comes to creating stained glass, however, there’s more that goes into the piece than just the tiny details.

“It’s a great art outlet for me, aside my own abstract paintings I do on the side,” McIntyre said. “But stained glass is just a part of history.

It’s been around for ages and it’s such a unique art form, but at the same time it seems to be becoming less of an importance to people.”

Because she is one person in the small population of stained glass artists in the country, Wood has created pieces that now reside in locations such as Alaska, California and New Zealand. Since there are not many certified stained glass makers in the area, her artistry has also gotten her to the Oscars.

For one of her favorite book series, “The Hobbit,” Wood was commissioned to create a set of six “Lord of the Rings” pieces as part of the Oscar party in Hollywood when the first Hobbit movie came out.

She also creates custom pieces for display all over Texas. The threedimensional “Pops” monument in Quakertown Park is a Wood original.

Additionally, she participated in a

Christie Wood, owner of Art Glass Ensembles, spends her afternoons at her shop working on projects.

Tristan Miller | Staff Photographer 64-window repair, destroyed in a fire, for the First United Methodist Church in Mercedes, Texas. The project took over a year to complete, including living on-site for a month.

“Most artists will paint something and sell it, then it will be hung on a wall,” Wood said. “With us, we have this hole in existence that we need to plan on filling with something that isn’t created yet.”

Wood said one rewarding part of creating stained glass is seeing her customer’s attachment to the piece.

Longtime client and friend Debbie Vanderlaan of Vanderlaan Real Estate has had Wood create pieces for churches in the area, as well as various homes.

One piece in particular, Vanderlaan said, means so much to her that she asked Wood to come take the piece out of her house and install it into their new home.

“She looks at the art you have and your decorative style and takes it from there,” Vanderlaan said. “She’s

dedicated to making sure the pieces you receive are ones you’ll cherish, which is why I had her go through the trouble of getting a piece out so it could stay with me.”

Although she enjoys all the work, Wood is ready to start settling her business down a bit. She no longer teaches art classes at her storefront and doesn’t pursue as big of projects as she once did.

“I’ve just gotten too busy,” Wood said. “I’m to the point to where I’m 60-years-old, and I’ve been doing this for 21 years now. When I was younger, I could do everything myself. But it takes a lot of physical strength to do this job. A job like that [Mercedes, Texas] job, I would turn down now.”

She isn’t stopping anytime soon, however. Wood said that even if she didn’t get any more business at the moment, she’d have enough work to last her until December.

In the meantime, Wood hopes to find someone willing to step in and

take her place in her business. Even though she has potential candidates, she said she really wants to see more people step in to the art of stained glass.

“Stained glass really requires a passion and a dedication,” Wood said. “There’s a lot of people who say they want to be an artist, but when it comes time to actually making a living, they can’t see beyond oil paints or watercolors. The population who knows how to do it are aging out.”

Until she finds a successor, Wood hopes to continue making an impact with her stained-glass skills.

Although pieces can take months to complete or jobs may be strenuous, she cares more about the connection behind the pieces than retiring.

“Even though a piece may not be a Tiffany-original or be small in size, they ultimately mean something to someone,” Wood said. “Every piece is worth repairing, restoring and continuing on through the ages.”

Former retail worker hits the streets with his sweet concoction HONEY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

lived in the area, so he got to work.

Getting started With high goals and a beekeeping starter kit, Newton realized “it wouldn’t hurt” to have one more beekeeper in North Texas. Especially since the bee population could always use a kick-start.

“I did a lot of research,” Newton said, “about how to take care of them, how to get the honey out, how to monitor them.”

After collecting all of his research by 2004, Newton took his starter-kit beekeeping to the next level. He began ordering hives and populating them with his growing colony.

“I’m working on getting into more grocery stores - at the moment I’m in the Natural Grocers and a few smaller stores,” Newton said. “If I’m going to expand, I’ve got to make those bees work.”

Newton’s 37 beehives have produced more than 200 pounds of unpasteurized honey per year,

with plenty more on the way as he works on getting a larger bee population to produce more honey.

Collecting the good stuff To extract the honey, Newton pulls out screens holding hive sections from their shelf-like setup and sets three or four screens at a time within a large cylinder.

The cylinder spins, forcing the honey to the edges, which then allows it to drip down to the bottom and seep through a filter to extract any pieces of honeycomb that may have broken apart during the spinning.

“Once that’s over with, I start filling up jars and head out here,” Newton said.

There are plenty of risks in the beekeeping business and getting stung by an angry worker bee is the least of a beekeeper’s worries.

Colony Collapse Disorder, drastic temperature changes (especially in Texas) and mites could strike at any time.

New pesticides have been proven toxic to the honeybee, and according to Earthjustice. org “nearly a third of all the

honeybees in the country have perished in just a few years.”

Newton, however, stands undeterred.

“I monitor my bees every week, if you don’t do that then anything could happen to them,” Newton said. “I’ve been very fortunate that nothing’s gone wrong.”

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A bright future Newton’s bee colony has the capabilities to produce more than 200 pounds of honey, which gives him plenty of stock to sell in multiple stores.

In the next few years, Newton plans on expanding to grocery stores in Oklahoma, Arkansas and other nearby states, but claims local businesses are already selling out of his product.

“It’ll take a lot of work and time,” he said.

Newton expects it to take two to three years to buff up his bees and get a growing market. And ideally, he hopes to have bigger places to be in the near future than in a Schlotzsky’s parking lot.

“If it all goes well you’ll see me out here a lot less,” Newton said. “That’s for sure.”

BARTENDERS - SERVERS - HOSTS - COOKS = APPLY ON SITE AT LOCATION = 3258 SOUTH I-35 E, DENTON, TX 76210 Robert Newton harvests his own honey from more than 30 hives on his Denton farm. He sets up his Wildflower Honey table on the corner of University Drive and Carroll Boulevard. Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer

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Barley and Board’s cheese platter is a lunch favorite at the fine dining restaurant located on the Denton square. Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff

A HOUSE TALENT

He saw it as time spent doing mostly busy-work. Rather than learning things that would directly influence his life and future, he found himself doing things he had no interest or concern in. “’What was the meaning of

By Kyle Martin Staff Writer @Kyle_Martin35 Chef Chad Kelley was not the kind of person who enjoyed the structure of school, and did not enjoy his time in high school.

Local chef’s recipe for success beyond traditional schooling

him running through the field?’”

Kelley said, recalling a high school lecture on “The Catcher in the Rye.” “Who gives a f--k?”

Now, he is the man behind the menu of Barley & Board.

The establishment coupled with Kelley’s creations tie together a

rustic atmosphere with casual, and delicious, dining.

Kelley went to community college for a short period of time, but found it wasn’t what he wanted. After being involved in kitchens since he was young, he made the move into the food

industry and began to gain experience in his trade.

The California native got much of his initial push toward the food industry working at In ‘N Out, moving from the Golden State to open and manage a few locations “up north,” soon after

beginning his journey through culinary school at the California Culinary Academy. The institute, an affiliate of Le Cordon Bleu, is where he received his Associate of Occupational Studies degree and culinary certificate.

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Motorcycle ministry aims to break the chains of addiction REHABILITATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 programs and offer 24-hour support to those suffering from drug addiction.”

Residents are required to attend weekly Bible studies, cannot use foul language and no drinking or drug use

is permitted. If someone does not have a job, they are required to go out each day and look for one, bringing back at least three completed applications until they get hired.

Inside one of the trailers is a living

room, three bedrooms and a small kitchen. Three people are sitting on an old couch, watching the local news on a small television. The smell of coffee and cigarette smoke permeate the air.

Billington said the ministry has

The Sons of Thunder live out of two trailer homes and have a strict regiment of rules. Ryan Bibb | Contributing Photographer

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run into financial hardship lately. He is concerned for the well-being of the trailer he calls home. Some of the wooden door frames are rotting away because of bugs. The tile needs to be redone in the kitchen. All of the walls

need to be repainted.

He sits down on his bunk and begins to explain why, at age 57, he is now titled “house boss” of this shelter.

“Well, I was an addict. I was a crackhead,” Billington said. “My life fell apart after working 30 years for a company in Philadelphia. My job fell through and my wife told me that she had been cheating on me and wanted a divorce.”

Billington explained how he blew through all his savings in 10 months and found himself homeless and wanting to die. His sister brought him to Texas in 2012, but he wasn’t able to break his addiction. He eventually met one of the members of Sons of Thunder at a local Baptist church and said the rest is history.

“By the grace of God I’ve been here about three months, and within a month, I was house boss,” he said.

“It’s hard some days because I have to make certain decisions like how to throw three people out just for misconduct.”

Across the street is where club president Ben “Tank” Carswell lives. He sits on his porch smoking a cigarette and drinking a cup of coffee. He wears a motorcycle jacket covered in patches that say things like “He who bows before God can stand before men” and “Satan is a punk.”

Carswell lived a past life of drugs, women and violence. He rode with dangerous motorcycle gangs.

Today, he is an ordained minister.

“All of this, the ministry, is not because of me,” Carswell said. “This is God’s.”

Carswell is known to baptize people in a small creek down the road, in a way that is in stark contrast to how many people may familiarize themselves with the Christian practice.

“One day we went down there with 15 people, surrounded by snakes. I just prayed to God that they didn’t bite us,” he said.

Carswell has seen his fair share of success stories, and has witnessed many struggles since the ministry began in 2002. Today, lack of funding has become one of the biggest concerns for the pastor. Despite the structural problems of the trailers, including his own, which has a leaky roof, he is more concerned about getting enough money to keep the operation running.

“The churches around here don’t help us,” Carswell said. “Ain’t nobody gets paid for what we do here. We don’t let nobody get a hold of the money and just blow it.”

Sons of Thunder is able to operate by charging its residents $60 a week, but it won’t kick anyone out because of money. Still, Carswell is determined and motivated to continue his work, despite financial concerns.

“You can’t turn your back on your own people,” he said. “And that is where it all originated from.”

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CHEF CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 “It’s just something that’s always been in my blood and it’s always been in my family,” Kelley said, speaking on his time as a chef.

“It’s always [been] something I was doing. To me, it was almost like a hobby [from] when I was younger.”

Culinary school, being a trade school, is structured differently than the traditional four-year university degree plan. A fourunit class is covered in two weeks, so every other week encompassed a new technique or subject for him to learn within the world of food.

“It was very in-depth, intense, fast-paced, and it was great,” he said. “I thrived at that point.”

After finding his niche, the chef began developing his skills to forward him into his nearly 20-year-old profession. His stint at culinary school became the foundation he used as a skill base to advance into bigger and better things.

“It was the time of my life,” Kelley said. “It was probably the most intense thing I’ve ever done, but it was also the most fun I’ve ever had.”

At Barley & Board, there are more than 30 kegs on-tap filled with assorted brews, including a keg full of whatever batch the restaurant invented for the night in their in-house micro-brewery.

Encased in glass and displayed

in front of customers, the cerveza stronghold can brew around twenty gallons of hoppy goodness per week.

Typically, the special batch will sell within roughly two days. Paired with a table’s golden glasses of craft are “boards.”

Featured on the handsome cutting boards are assorted meats and cheeses served with pairings of various fruits, ground spiced nuts, crackers or olives. These first courses are served to be devoured family style, with the fingers.

Amos Magliocco, a creative writing professor at UNT, finds himself returning to the restaurant nearly once every three weeks. Enjoying the baby

back ribs, burgers, hanger steak and house made drinks he calls “almost Paschall’s level quality,” Magliocco returns time after time because Barley and Board offers a pleasurable and entertaining night on the town.

“Mainly, it’s fun. The food’s great, the windows are huge, I like being on the square--it’s just got a really good vibe,” Magliocco said. “But if the food wasn’t great, I wouldn’t come back, so the food is great. I think it’s the most fun dining experience on the square.”

Kelley’s role at the restaurant is characterized by the way the kitchen and its staff performs.

Adding he works to develop food and menus, he notes another

Head chef at Barley & Board Chad Kelley also brews his own beers in-house. Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer

Parisian gnocchi made with market vegetables, broth, soft herbs and parmesan.

Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer important part of his job consists of mentoring those who work behind the stoves and the prep tables.

The trade he and chefs all over have to contend with is executing a concept through their team, in the hopes that the crew will envision the same concept on a plate, to be served as an experience to a hungry person. He and his team are trying to create an experience and culture within the restaurant and their food that would make any customer want to come back again and again.

“When it’s prepared right and presented right, it’s worth it,” Kelley said.

The chef buys into the ideology that everything he makes could be better and dishes could always improve.

Colin Lane is kitchen manager at Barley & Board and has worked alongside Kelley since the beginning of the restaurants planning, jumping “on board” just after most of the menu testing and conception was coming to a close.

“He is a piece of work--he’s one of the good ones, up there with some of the greatest people I’ve worked with,” Lane said about Kelley. “I’ve learned a lot here.”

Of the restaurant business, he

said people are always learning and cooks adapt and grab onto new ideas and concepts as they come. Working in food is a trade that involves service and marketing, along with just making food. There are a lot of constantly moving parts, he said, and diverse layers have to work together to function efficiently.

“People that haven’t worked in the restaurant industry have no idea what’s going on,” Lane said.

“It’s one job where you’re never finished, and [there’s not a lot] of winning. You can win, but only for a short, short period of time.”

Chef Kelley has similar sentiments on the complexity of his profession and the restaurant industry. Now with almost half of his life logged into his profession, he has a considerable amount of experience to draw insight from.

With a lack of glamour and grandeur, there is something that keeps many returning into the industry., with many finding it to be a passion that they would prefer over any nine-to-five desk job.

“Really to be in the food industry, for any length or period of time, mentally there has to be something wrong with you,” Kelley said. “If you’re able to get past that, you’re able to play with food all day.”

THERAPY

Comfort Keepers serve clients a therapists and friends

By Haley Yates Staff Writer @haleysocoollike Though she thought it was a mattress company, Natalie Woods was already looking for a permanent position in Denton when Comfort Keepers contacted her about a position as office manager after finding her resume online.

Woods felt that her resume was “alright,” but knew that her passion and heart for people were what made it shine to founder, and nurse, Becca Allford.

“With all the activism that I do, I was looking for a gig that could bleed into my volunteer work, and now they do,” she said. “It was fate that they happened to find me. I thought it was too good to be true because everything is always too good to be true.”

Comfort Keepers aims to provide personal care to seniors and adults who need assistance and want to stay in the comfort of their own home. The franchise opened their office this week, and are now waiting for their

first client and caregiver. Some clients are recruited through hospitals, home health agencies or social workers, but most client referrals are by word of mouth.

Upon brainstorming business ideas for a new startup, a franchise consultant suggested dog grooming, window blinds and a multitude of other ideas.

After she suggested Comfort Keepers, Allford knew it was the perfect fit.

“Different people need different kinds of help, so we’re not just in one bracket,” Woods said. “Seniors are our primary focus, but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t reach out and put a companion in the home of somebody in need.”

Allford will be going into the client’s home to assess what level of care they might need, whether it’s companionship or more immediate needs like mobility assistance or grooming needs.

Comfort Keepers offers different levels of care, seeing as some clients might just need someone to take them to the movies, while others require

more homemaking care services like bathing and cooking. Part of Woods’ job is matching up the right caregiver with the right people based on their personalities and individual needs.

“One of the most important aspects of Comfort Keepers is the focus on interactive caregiving,” Allford said.

“We want our caregivers to be getting involved with clients.

For example, not just cooking for them but getting them involved too.”

The franchise in Denton started up after a consultant told Allford about the company and said there was territory available in Denton. Woods said that although Denton is sometimes generalized as a college town, many people retire here and are raising families who might have to move a family member in with them.

“I know our services are needed in Denton because when I’ve worked with nursing homes here, there were people who could take care of themselves, but needed a little extra assistance. So, their family put

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Haley Yates | Staff Writer them in a home,” Woods said.

“I love the idea of allowing someone to still have their independence on top of being able to employ the people of Denton who want to help for the greater good.”

Woods also said that she foresees a greater life expectancy in seniors that are allowed to stay at home and salvage their independence. Placing seniors in assisted living homes can affect the whole family, she said, and create a shockwave of anger, bitterness and sadness.

Allford said if there is an immediate need a client needs access to that Comfort Keepers can’t provide, a nursing home may be a more viable option.

“It’s scary to jump right into a nursing home,” Allford said.

“The elderly are generally at risk for depression as a result of aging. You pull them out of their homes and throw them into a new environment and they have to move out of their homes where all of their memories are.”

Comfort Keepers also offers

a software called Family Room that allows family members to watch their loved ones live, what tasks have been performed by caregivers and any notes the caregivers have left.

“We want a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.

Because, for a lot of seniors, it’s an uncomfortable situation to ask for help,” Allford said.

“It’s mutually beneficial for caregivers and our clients because it’s very rewarding work.

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SPRING SEASON

By Reece Waddell Senior Staff Writer @ReeceWaddell15

The quarterback carousel at North Texas will continue for

the foreseeable future.

After using three different signal callers in 2015 and having one of the worst offenses in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the

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Junior quarterback Damarcus Smith left the program earlier this month, giving other quarterbacks a chance to compete for the spot.

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North Texas football sifting through quarterback options as spring practice begins

quarterback position was an issue the Mean Green knew they would have to address in the offseason.

Despite bringing in graduate transfer Alec Morris from the University of Alabama and luring Mason Fine from Locust Grove High School in Oklahoma, North Texas does not appear to be any closer to solving its quarterback dilemma. Last week, at the first spring practice, head coach Seth Littrell declared the starting quarterback job an open one with no front-runner.

“There’s not a [favorite] right this second,” Littrell said.

“With the new scheme and new offense, everybody has a fresh start. Once we get to fall camp, we don’t have to name anyone until then.”

One of the quarterbacks the Mean Green rolled out last season was junior DaMarcus Smith. A transfer from Butler Community College, Smith played in the team’s final seven games in 2015 and started six of them.

But two weeks before spring practice began, Smith and the Mean Green mutually parted ways, leaving North Texas with nobody who has started a game under center in Denton.

“Change is hard,” Littrell said. “If you’re a guy who doesn’t believe in those core concepts and our core beliefs, you’re probably not going to like me very much and you’re not going to be here very long.”

Smith was slated to compete for the starting job along with Morris and Fine, but a turbulent career ultimately resulted with his exit. With Smith out of the picture, the race to be North Texas’ next starting quarterback seems to be totally up for grabs – something that is fine by Morris.

“Obviously whoever steps up and is able to be the person that this team needs to win, they should be the person taking the snaps,” Morris said. “You can’t tell who’s going to play football without playing football.”

Morris attended Allen High School and was rated the 37th best quarterback in his senior class by Rivals.com. Heavily recruited out of high school, Morris signed with Alabama University and redshirted his freshman year.

Even though he did not see much action with the Crimson Tide, Morris was on teams that won national championships in 2012 and 2015. Currently in his final season of collegiate eligibility, Morris brings a familiarity with the “Air Raid”

offense Littrell is implementing at North Texas.

“It’s what my offense was back in high school,” Morris said. “It was definitely fun to get to throw the ball around the field.”

Morris and the coaching staff aren’t the only ones excited about the new offense.

Under former head coach Dan McCarney, North Texas ran a pro-style offense, where wide receivers were almost equally as focused on blocking as running routes and catching passes.

With Littrell at the helm, the Mean Green will spread the field and air it out, giving receivers ample opportunities to make plays and showcase their abilities.

“I love this offense,” sophomore wide receiver Tee Goree said. “This is basically what receivers come to college football to play in. I’m excited to get going in this offense so we can go back to bowl games and championships. We have the pieces. We just got to put them together as players.”

Another key cog who has experience throwing the ball around is offensive coordinator Graham Harrell. The former

Green Bay Packers backup quarterback was one of the first quarterbacks to run an exclusive “Air Raid” offense at Texas Tech University under then head coach Mike Leach.

Harrell hopes his knowledge of the system and the quarterback position will ease some of the growing pains associated with executing a new offense.

“I’ve stood right where they’ve stood and seen exactly what they’re seeing,” Harrell said. “It’s going to help and hopefully I can speed up their development because of that.”

With only a few practices under their belts, it remains unclear which quarterback will rise to the top and orchestrate the offense Saturday, September, 3 when North Texas hosts Southern Methodist University.

But no matter who lines up under center opening day, the Mean Green have something they lacked in 2015. “[The quarterbacks] have a lot more leadership than what the quarterbacks last year had,” Goree said. “Alec, if you don’t know what you’re doing, he’s going to get on you. He’s got a bunch of leadership. I like Alec.”

Fifth year senior Alec Morris transferred to North Texas after winning two national championships with Alabama. Colin Mitchell | Senior Staff Photographer

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SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL SEES SPIKE IN POWER NUMBERS DESPITE SIMPLY HITTING FOR CONTACT Freshman infielder Rhylie Makawe (21) rounds third base after hitting a home run against Marshall. Dylan Nadwodny | Staff Photographer

By Clay Massey Staff Writer @Clay_FC When North Texas hitters enter the batter’s box, one thing is running through their minds – make contact with the ball.

But despite not swinging for the fences, the ball has been

f lying off the bat and over the wall at an exponential rate for Mean Green hitters. North Texas leads Conference USA in home runs at 31, all while having the sixth least amount of at-bats, at 819.

The Mean Green is also second in C-USA in slugging percentage at .488 and is well above the conference average

of .422.

“You don’t want to go into the box wanting to hit a homerun. You don’t want to go in there swinging out of your shoes,” junior shortstop Kelli Schkade said. “You want to see good pitches and make good contact. Then the extra base hits, the doubles, triples and home-runs will come.”

Graphic by Clay Massey | Staff Writer

Schkade knows a thing or two about good contact, as she leads C-USA and is eighth in the nation in homeruns at 11. She’s also the only C-USA player to crack double digits in home-runs so far this season and is hitting at a .429 clip with 32 RBIs. But the increase in power hitting overall comes somewhat as a surprise considering the team’s offseason. At the end of the 2015 season, junior Taylor Schoblocher left the team, despite remaining a student at UNT. Schoblocher pummeled the ball in 2015, knocking out 13 home-runs, batting .389 and slugging for a team leading .833 percentage.

While she was on pace to break nearly every school power record before her departure, Schkade and her young teammates have picked up where Schoblocher left off, and then some.

“We’re slugging well thanks to Kelli Schkade,” assistant head coach Natalie Kozlowski said.

“She’s carrying us.”

While Schkade is the main contributor with power, her teammates have not shied away from letting the long ball f ly. Six other Mean Green players have registered homeruns, including freshman utility players Rhylie Makawe and Harley Perella, and senior utility player Karly Williams.

Makawe and Williams are tied for second best on the team with five home-runs each. Perella has registered four, including a clutch threerun shot earlier in the season.

“We talk a lot about good pitch selection,” Perella said.

“We try to drive the ball and put a charge into it and make it go somewhere. We don’t try to hit home-runs - they just kind of fall into place. It’s good to see it throughout the line-up so you have to shut down the whole nine.”

Perella said she’s trying to keep her mindset steady going forward to keep the team’s power numbers up.

“I think a lot of the time when you overthink it and try too hard, it’s not going to happen,” Perella said. “When you play the game like you

always have and know how to, things are going to go in your favor.”

The production throughout the line-up has North Texas up with the best in the nation in home-runs per game. The Mean Green is currently producing 1.03 home-runs per game, which is good for 30th in the nation. The number is just 0.49 percent under the No. 1 ranked team in the nation – Michigan University.

While the Mean Green will continue to hit for contact, the coaching staff said they aren’t surprised the team they consider so talented has been able to drive the ball out of the ballpark.

“It’s not surprising, but in some regards it is surprising because we aren’t very big,” Kozlowski said. “But we swing hard. We want our kids to produce. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the 8-hole, 9-hole, coming off the bench or if you’re a role player. You have to get in there and produce, no matter the situation.”

SWIMMING

Swim Club providing aquatic opportunity for all UNT students

By Nealie Sanchez Staff Writer @NealieSanchez Standing at the end of the lap pool at the Pohl Recreational center with a handful of eager swimmers’ eyes on him, kinesiology junior Zach Munro pauses the beat of the latest Justin Bieber song, leaving only the sound of large, whirring fans. He barks out orders to the swimmers, and off they go in a fierce breast stroke.

Munro is not affiliated with the North Texas swim team. Instead, he is the vice president of the UNT Swim Club.

“We just like to have fun and swim. We’re not NCAA,” Munro said. “We’re for everyone.”

The club is for swimmers of all levels who have an interest in swimming regularly and competing in swim meets. This year, the club includes everyone from members who have no swimming experience prior to joining, to expert swimmers.

The all-encompassing acceptance policy invites freshman students who want to join a club to be a part of the team.

“I wanted to join a club, and [my roommate and I] thought it would be fun,” art sophomore Brea Lovelace, a second-year swim club member, said. “I love it.”

The club holds regular practices three days per week from 7-9 p.m. to work on swimming and prepare

for upcoming meets. While attending every practice is not mandatory, Munroe said members are encouraged to come as often as they can.

There are between 35 and 40 members on the UNT Swim Club this year, which is six to eight members more than last year, Munro said.

“The team has doubled in size the past two years, which has given our team incredible depth as far as talent goes,” kinesiology junior and club president Alex Blue said.

Many of the swimmers brought into the team said they have gained a family and strive for success in meets to help the team.

“I’m here for the team to be an encouragement and to get the most points,” kinesiology freshman Sydney Cooper said.

The number of members this year is considered an advantage for the team in the meets they attend in the fall and spring seasons, Munro said.

The UNT Swim Club competes through the Southwest Swim League with eight other intramural teams, including the University of Texas at Dallas, Baylor University and Texas State University.

The Southwest Swim League uses a point system to score teams.

The swim meets have up to 20 categories, with 10 for men and 10 for women. In every category, the five fastest times are given points, with first place taking nine points,

second place earning seven, third winning five, fourth receiving three and fifth place taking one point.

The points are then totaled for each school to determine the winner for the meet. At the end of the season, the points from each meet are totaled to determine the overall standings of the teams within the league.

The team is currently gearing up for the Southwest Swim League Championship that will take place on Saturday, April 23. To prepare, the team is nearly doubling the amount of swimming done in practices.

“Usually we swim 3,000 to 4,000 yards in practice,” Munro said.

“And now, we’re swimming 5,000 to 6,000 to get ready for the meet.”

Each swimmer is also taking steps individually to contribute to the overall success of the swim team, such as swimming independently and eating healthy.

“I’m swimming four to five times a week and going to two to three practices a week,” mathematics freshman Trent Pope said. “No more McDonald’s for two to three weeks.”

For two years running, the team has taken third place at the championship meet. This year, the UNT swimmers are even more hopeful.

“I hope we get first,” Munro said.

“I think we have a good shot at top two.”

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Volleyball starting spring workouts without former perennial player

By Torie Mosley Staff Writer @toriemosley Mean Green volleyball is back in action for the first time since the Conference USA tournament in November.

The team has held spring workouts for 20 hours each week for the last three weeks with two more remaining.

“They lift Monday, Wednesday and Fridays,” head coach Andrew Palileo said.

“Then they work out and do open gym after their lifts.”

Palileo released North Texas’ spring volleyball schedule earlier this month, giving the squad its first home game last Thursday in front of its fans in Denton since before Thanksgiving. The team squared off against Southern Methodist University.

Palileo said he puts the spring schedule together based on the team’s fall schedule.

The Mean Green fell to the

Mustangs in straight sets last time they played in October, putting its DFW rival first on the teams the coach wanted to see his team get a rematch against.

North Texas got its revenge.

“There was a little method there,” Palileo said. “They hammered us last year at their place, so it was good to see us come out against them with a big win.”

North Texas came out firing and never ceased to let up on SMU throughout the match, winning in straight sets. The team even played SMU an extra fourth set and won that one as well.

“Last spring we didn’t have the same start, so it’s nice seeing a progression,” junior setter Amy Henard said.

“We’ve been working pretty hard, so it’s nice seeing us progress from the beginning of the season and the beginning of the spring being a little rusty and then now to see how it’s

all coming together in the end with people in new positions and lineups.”

Mean Green alum and senior Carnae Dillard attended the spring game, watching from the crowd as a fan for the first time since playing four years for North Texas. The school’s all-time kills leader said it was a bittersweet feeling watching from the stands instead of being on the court.

“I wish I could be out there, but they’re doing great without me,” Dillard said. “I practice with them all the time, and seeing them grow as a team without me is really great.”

Dillard and Henard connected on most of the alum’s career kills for the Mean Green. The former North Texas outside hitter said seeing how Henard connects with the players filling in for Dillard will be great to see.

“Amy can do it all,” Dillard said. “With players like Amanda [Chamberlain], Alexis

North Texas volleyball head coach Andrew Palileo, right, and assistant coach Kaylee Fifer look on during a sequence of play in a spring game against Southern Methodist University. Dylan Nadwodny | Staff Photographer [Wright] and Holly [Milam], she has so many options.”

Henard also said she notices the difference on the court minus Dillard.

“It’s so weird for me,” Henard said. “After playing for three and a half years with her, it’s definitely different. But I love our team and who we have on the court too, and I think we’re going to do great.”

Replacing the Mean Green’s all-time kills leader won’t be an easy task, but Henard said she thinks the team will be just fine with the talent remaining on the roster.

“I don’t think it’s going to be one person we can replace her with,” Henard said. “It’s

going to be a full team effort to spread the ball around and be versatile throughout our MEAN GREEN QUICK HITS offense.”

It may take some time Sophomore swimmer for North Texas to become Kitching to compete for chance to swim in 2016 familiar with the new lineups Olympics and rotations as the spring Sophomore Claudia Kitching will unravels. But according to be competing at the France Elite National Championships in MontPalileo, so far, so good for his pellier on Friday, April 1. The new squad. tournament serves as a national “We were trying a couple championship and a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio different lineups to see how Olympics. Kitching originally hails well we do,” Palileo said. from Antibes, France, and will “I felt like we did some compete in the 200-meter breaststroke on Friday. really good things even with everyone learning new things Softball’s Schkade earns on the court. Overall I’m second C-USA Weekly Honor Junior shor tstop Kelli Schkade was pleased at where we’re at in recognized as the Conference USA our progression.”

Co-Player of the Week Monday after going 8-for-14 last week with three multi-hit games. She batted .571 last weekend with a .667 onbase percentage and has now hit safely in 28 of the 30 games she’s played this season. The award was Schkade’s second this season and of her career.

Volleyball freshman Shaw to transfer to Tulane Freshman outside hitter Hannah Shaw has par ted ways with the Mean Green Volleyball team and will transfer to Tulane University for next season. Both Shaw and head volleyball coach Andrew Palileo said the fit was not right for Shaw and that the decision to par t ways was mutual. Palileo granted Shaw a full release from Nor th Texas toward the end of winter break, with the exception of a few schools.

Annual North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame induction set in schedule This year’s class of Nor th Texas Hall of Famers will be inducted on Saturday, April 23 at Apogee Stadium before the football team’s spring game. The ceremony will take place at 11:00 am in the Apogee Hub Club, with the spring game taking place at 2:00 pm.

This year’s inductees include former football playersJohn Baker, Scott Bowles, Andy Brewster, and Jonas Buckles, former men’s basketball player Pat Hicks, and former men’s golfer Dick Whetzle.

Senior setter Amy Henard (12) bends down to dig for a ball during a match against Southern Methodist University. Dylan Nadwodny | Staff Photographer

Denton’s skate team inspires local youth to dream big and dream Denton SKATEBOARDING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

on the Denton Skate Supply YouTube channel.

They said skating alongside Durbin and guys from the Denton Skate Supply team inspires them to push themselves further with hopes of one day being good enough to skate on the DSS team.

Durbin said he’s embraced the leadership role since he began riding for the team, taking pride in helping young skaters pick up the sport he loves.

“A lot of skaters have a bad rep, and I understand,” Durbin said. “Sometimes I go to a lot of skate parks, and I get disgusted with what I see. But those aren’t true skateboarders.

True skateboarders will go out of their way to help.”

Durbin followed through with his words – he said he and a friend helped a little kid

nail his first kick-flip Monday night.

Durbin said the goal of joining his team of “true skaters” at Denton Skate Supply inspires local kids to be great.

“It’s got people motivated,” Durbin said. “We’ve got a shop, so there’s like an objective. It’s cool. We’re all about having fun and getting people involved.”

The team consists of seven of Denton’s elite riders who represent the shop as well as the Denton skateboarding scene.

The Denton Skate Supply team announces each new addition to the team by filming the members as they artistically express their skills on the sprawling Denton canvas.

The central location welcomes skateboard enthusiasts and has helped plug skateboarders, young and old, into the vibrant growing community.

Derek Vitiello, who said his official title is “Shop-Ops and Long-board Cook” at Denton Skate Supply, said he’s been pleasantly surprised with how the team has impacted Denton’s skating community. “[The sponsorship] gives these local skaters status in Denton and helps out really great, unique skaters,” Vitiello said. “It really helps the younger guys get interested when they come out and the team-guys are killing it. It’s always good to see the younger guys get stoked up about skating.”

In 2013, Crit Kiley opened Denton Skate Supply under the name “G5 threads” before changing names and moving locations to its set-up just off the Denton Square.

The current park and build is a more centrally located facility. Denton Skate Supply has not only brought skaters

together, but has also collided the worlds of skating and local politics, petitioning and drafting proposals to build a skate park that’s within riding distance from UNT campus.

Beyond the culture, the team’s bucket-hatted skater Patrick Kelley said Denton provides all the obstacles a skater could desire, including stairs, ledges, ramps and rails.

“Culturally what I really like about Denton is that it’s just oozing with that whole artistic mindset,” Kelley said.

“Skateboarding and art go hand in hand. With Denton being a big, artsy city, it’s attractive, and skateboarding falls right in line with that.”

Durbin also appreciates the unique landscape Denton

provides, opting to skate his favorite spots around downtown Denton instead of public parks.

“Until I can’t walk, I’ll be on a skateboard,” Durbin said.

“Even when I can’t walk, I [will] still be around hanging out.”

The passion for skating Durbin shows both on his board and his feet. Mentoring aspiring adrenaline junkies is something admired by the shop’s co-owner.

“The DSS skate team riders are looked up to by many local youngsters getting into skateboarding,” Kiley said. “I think in turn that helps give those kids the drive to want to learn and maybe one day make it on the team.”

Denton Skate Shop does

more than just invite other skaters to its locale to build the skate scene.

“We’ve done some demos in the past at local music festivals and even a public library,” Kiley said. “We set up some homemade ramps and let the people enjoy watching the team shred. This all helps the outside community see skaters doing their thing in person and maybe spark an interest for them to want to learn.”

But while leading the charge to spread the gospel of skate, at the root of it all is just a group of guys having fun.

“We’re guys that are just loving the sport and having a good time doing it,” Durbin said.

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ELECTIONS

Bringing political dark money to light

By Sidney Johnson Staff Writer @sidjohn87

If you’re unfamiliar with the term “dark money”, and its junction with presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz, this article should provide the appropriate enlightenment.

Most money in politics is publicly disclosed to the Federal Elections Commission to ensure citizens know exactly how much money a certain donor is contributing to each candidate. To be more precise, the names of each donor who gives more than $200 must be given to the FEC. The issue arises when some groups aren’t required to disclose their contributions — ergo “dark money.” Certain organizations aren’t required to provide information on

which candidate(s) they’re funding, operating under the guise of “social welfare agencies”, which in-turn allows them both tax exempt status as well as financial anonymity.

The founder and president of Democracy 21, Fred Wertheimer, states: “history makes clear that unlimited contributions and secret money are a formula for corruption.”

Dark money organizations come in a few different forms, but politically active nonprofits and corporate entities are the most common.

Although the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has regulatory oversight of these nonprofits and can repeal an organization’s taxexempt status, little has been done to curb this influx of secret money in recent years.

Americans for Prosperity, a Death Star of dark money in

politics, is the nonprofit headed by the conservative-billionaire-duo of Charles and David Koch, who controversially floated millions of dollars in recent years to political campaigns. It should also be noted that conservative dark money organizations dwarfed liberal ones spending by 8:1 in the 2012 cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

During the 2012 presidential election, dark money organizations funneled over $127 million into advertisements and expenditures for or against any of the eligible candidates.

This figure is overshadowed only by the total $300-million spent in the 2012 election cycle.

Citizens United opened the floodgate for money in politics and contributed heavily in the

expenditure of dark money in 2012.

But under a portion of laws passed protecting the use of dark money in recent years, as well as those currently in consideration (Google: Arizona dark money), the practice is not in any condition to slow down.

The overlying point is that if we are to continue down this path, what might prohibit foreign money from influencing our political process?

Another example might be if a “green” voter respect their candidate accepting millions from BP or Exxon Mobile? The solution to these questions undeniably stem from a needed financial transparency in a world that already severely lacks such. Circumventing said transparency ironically highlights your motives, making them even more clear to those paying attention.

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SCIENCE

Want to stop wasting food? Start eating ugly fruit Column: Consider the link

By Morgan Sullivan Staff Writer @sadsquadch An abnor mally shaped apple lies in a bin, resting helplessly among the other rejects. Discarded. Unloved.

Deemed unfit for sale just because it looks a little different. It’s “ugly” in society’s eyes and will go to waste.

Ever y day, hundreds of pieces of produce like this apple are discarded by major grocers, each of these proprietors having strict cosmetic regulations about what produce can be sold.

Fr uits and vegetables are discarded because of small size, abnor mal shape or offputting color. Other than small superficial differences,

this produce is exactly the same as fr uit deemed acceptable to sell.

The organization End Food Waste estimates about 26 percent of produce is wasted in the U.S., meaning literally billions of pounds of healthy produce go to waste just because its deemed “ugly” by grocers. It’s about time that changes.

Star ting in April, grocerchain Whole Foods will begin to sell so-called “ugly fr uit” in hopes of cutting down on unnecessarily tossing out food in a hunger-burdened world. This places the retailer among three other grocer y stores nationally that have committed to selling “ugly” produce. Other major grocers should ta ke note.

In a world where we

have (mostly) lear ned how to accept others for their physical appearance, we are setting a confusing double standard when it comes to what we put into our bodies.

Cer tainly, all healthy produce tastes similarly. In fact, smaller produce is even said to have more taste than its bigger counter par ts. Plus, your stomach doesn’t know the difference when that apple is cr ushed up inside of it.

Real fr uit has imperfections, just like real people do, and wasting so much when others around the world have so little is unacceptable. Anything that grows naturally is going to look slightly different than its counter par ts. We aren’t cloning groceries here; we

can’t expect ever y piece of fr uit we pick up at a grocer y store to be a perfect replica.

We teach our children not to judge a book from its cover.

We teach acceptance of other races, cultures, and religions.

If we’re lucky enough where the only problem we’re faced with regarding our food is that of which apple to buy, we should lear n not to be so picky.

It’s simple: we as a society are wasteful, and it is time we look past tiny imperfections for the greater good. Our planet needs us to be the best humans we can possibly be, and ending food waste is a great way to get a head star t.

Imperfections are what ma ke the world beautiful.

Uniqueness should be valued, not rejected and hidden.

TRANSPORTATION

America’s love affair with automobiles gone on long enough

By Preston Mitchell Staff Writer @Presto_Mitch Americans love cars — and why shouldn’t we? They’re the most popular form of personal transportation and provide easy mobility. And whether it’s the question of a 1969 Dodge Charger or a 1955 Mercedes-Benz S Class, many are just plain cool to look at.

On the f lipside, we often fail to consider that the number of deaths caused by automobiles per year number are in the tens of thousands.

While the awareness of these statistics is prevalent, America’s history of ignoring public transit needs similar light shed upon it.

For example, look at the General Motors streetcar conspiracy that began in 1936. GM, Firestone and

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other companies invested into National City Lines because most streetcar businesses were bankrupt. Up to that point, these owners would pay property taxes on top of franchise fees to stay af loat.

About two people at a time would operate each trolley, similar to how their parents ran horse cars, which quickly became insufficient as their salaries never matched the required revenue.

In turn, NCL expanded quickly in the western U.S., ridding communities of buses in favor of trolleys and passenger trains. Not only did this help trolley industries remain af loat, it also provided convenient transportation to areas still recovering from the Great Depression.

Soon after NCL acquired the Los Angeles Railway in 1945, organizations accused

the company of monopolizing the industry for their own gain. Making things worse, it forced affected communities to buy more cars if that family couldn’t afford daily public transit.

By 1949, GM and its associates were convicted of these accusations and the NCL began to crumble. As a result, U.S. public transit gradually declined, trolley cars became a thing of the past with debate continuing to spark within the industry to this day.

However, trolleys and trains don’t kill as often as cars do annually. Second to aviation, trains are considered the safest form of travel.

Ian Savage, a Northwestern University economist, even conducted a 2013 comparative study on the subject. He found that, between 2000 and 2009,

deaths-per-billion passengermiles via train were 0.43.

Furthermore, cars caused 7.3 per billion while motorcycle deaths were at an alarming 213.

Air pollution would lessen enormously if ads and community planners promoted more subways rather than the sleekest, fastest cars on the market.

Even though I love getting behind the wheel as much as the next guy, America’s fear of affordable, reliable, clean mass transit is dated and needs to be reconsidered for the sake of not only those who can’t afford cars, but those who might be tragically affected by them.

between pornography and sex trafficking

By Harrison Long Opinion Editor @HarrisonGLong One could argue that there are very few issues social conservatives and feminists agree upon – and of that evershrinking list, fewer still are for the same reason. This is not an examination of the psychological profiles of those who watch pornography, nor is it a condemnation against free expression. I agree with the sentiment that the existence of pornography is not too high a price for total and complete free speech in our society.

However, there is a troubling connection between the human trafficking industry and the enlistment of young women into the world of pornography.

A statistic from the U.S. State Department states that 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked every year across international borders — of that figure, over 80 percent are women.

What drives the demand in this market you ask? Slavery is undoubtedly a contributing factor, with millions of slaves existing in the world today.

According to DoSomething.org, a movement meant to shed light on human trafficking in the world, the average price for an individual slave is shockingly low at $90.

But one should also take into account the demand for porn in the United States and abroad. Again, this isn’t to shame anyone into repentance or guilt-trip individuals for whatever their browser histories might entail- it is merely a consideration of just how many women in the porn industry were or currently are

being subjected to a suspension of their basic human rights in being forced to perform sexual acts on camera.

Pornography got its name from the Greek words “porne,” meaning quite literally “prostitution” and “graphos,” meaning “writings.” Harvard Law professor Catherine Mackinson, in an interview with Internet watchdog organization “Covenant Eyes,” said it is not inaccurate to label pornography as an advertisement for human trafficking. While the vast majority of those who watch porn will never purchase another human being, it can create a drive to act out one’s sexual fantasies made possible through porn, and thus initiates people with ample means and lack of any semblance of morality or ethics to do just so.

The Netflix documentary “Hot Girls Wanted” shines a light on the questionable practice of recruiting young girls for adult entertainment, as have advocacy networks like “Pink Cross,” created by former adult actress Shelley Lubben, who has committed herself to helping the rehabilitation of those negatively affected by the industry and looking to change professions.

To conclude, it should be reiterated that this is again not an attempt at sprinkling a civics lesson on top of a guilttrip — this is only meant to cite the demand for human trafficking that is created through unrestricted access to any fantasy or fetish one pleases.

So pause, take a minute to consider anything one could do, or not do to help, and then carry on.

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GAMING

Nintendo Treehouse marketing rep gets unjust “game over” The Editorial Board North Texas Daily

Nintendo marketing rep gets “game over” from Nintendo following harassment “GamerGate”, a collection of keyboard warriors collectively operating from their parent’s basements, has claimed their most recent victim.

The online group of “gamers”, who could in some circles be identified merely as a hate group, lashed out on Twitter at former game journalist turned Nintendo Treehouse marketing specialist Alison Rapp, falsely labeling her a defender of pedophilia and child pornography.

Nintendo chose to terminate her employment at the company on Wednesday.

Rapp tweeted to her followers, who number just over 13,000, after her termination, which followed the controversy created by GamerGate in response to localization

follows the form they’ve followed in the past, that doesn’t make the action any less disappointing.

The company released this statement on the matter Wednesday evening: “Alison Rapp was terminated due to violation of an internal company policy involving holding a second job in conflict with Nintendo’s corporate culture.

Though Ms. Rapp’s termination follows her being the subject of criticism from certain groups via social media several weeks ago, the two are absolutely not related…”

True or not, in this particular case, appearance is everything.

And what appears to ring true is that a group of over-zealous misogynistladen individuals harassed a particular employee based on her views expressed online.

Kotaku, an online

and what the group deemed to be censorship For some context, localization is the term used to describe the changing of details in video games to match cultural values and expectations, in addition to translation. Think of a scene in a video game where a character is eating — in Japan, they could be eating a rice ball, but game developers might think it more difficult for American audiences to identify with such, thus changing it into a donut.

Other examples might include changing the age of characters based on laws and cultural norms surrounding consent. In reality, these are minor tweaks that ultimately help to curb potential controversy.

Nintendo is a company that prides itself on its image. While the decision to terminate the employment of Rapp

video game publication, came to Rapp’s defense in light of her firing, saying she was unfairly targeted after “it became obvious [to GamerGate] that Nintendo was removing some of the sexualized content from their games as they brought them to America, angry gamers looked for someone to blame and started pointing fingers at Rapp.” This was in specific reference to the removal of a “petting” mini-game included in the latest “Fire Emblem” title, in which players could use the Nintendo 3DS stylus to literally pet the faces of their significant others.

Nintendo’s decision to fire Rapp, whether justified or not outside of the harassment incident, gives the group a legitimacy and validation they so desperately need to have taken from them, and based on this outcome, will likely

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Is GamerGate attempting to make others feel small to compensate for its own shortcomings? We could speculate, but in the meantime, we must make the point that if the gaming industry ever hopes to raise its diversity and appeal to more women, it would do well not to throw them under the bus.

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Entertainment Listings Tuesday, March 29 UNT Tuesday Night Jazz – 9 PM @ Union Syndicate Calli Carte | Special Contributor Put down your pens, shut off your laptops and give your muggy brains a well-deserved break with a couple of hours of good ol’ fashioned live music.

UNT’s Tuesday Night Jazz is back at it this week in the Union Syndicate featuring Zebras, L5 and Super 400. Come on down, order a bowl of Fuzzy’s chips con queso and a cold one (if you’re of age, of course) and let the big band music take you on a threehour-long journey to some musical healing. The event begins at 9 p.m. and is open to the public. If a crowd of music-lovers, good food and quality entertainment is not invitation enough, it’s also completely free to all. For more info, contact the College of Music at music. information@unt.edu.

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Free Roll Texas Hold Em Tournament – 6:00 PM @ Jack’s Tavern Open Mic – 9:00 PM @ The Abbey Underground Suit and Tie Jazz Night – 10:00 PM @ Paschall Bar Monday, April 4 3D Printer Orientation – 7:00 PM @ The Forge at North Branch Library Open Mic Night – 7:00 PM @ LSA Burger Tuesday, April 5 TV Girl Coming to Town – 9 pM @ Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio

Releasing Your Inner “Cielito Lindo” – 8 PM @ Murchison Winspear Hall

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Mariachi Águilas from UNT are well known for their involvement of spreading Mariachi music around the Metroplex.

If you have not had the opportunity to see them perform live, here is your chance to let your inner Águilas fly.

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after colors and say they hail from the planet Peelander. The New York City natives formed the band in 1998 and have quite an impressive resume, performing at SXSW, Bonnaroo, and appearing on TV shows like VH1’S Best Week Ever, Spike TV, and the Anime Network. Their shows guarantee intense audience participation so expect lots of fun and exercise, and a chance to interact with the band by playing games like human bowling. The concert will be held April 2 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10-12 and can be purchased online at http://rubberglovesdentontx.com/calendar/ . You can contact the Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio at 940-387-7781 for more information.

The event is open to students and general public. Mariachi Águilas from UNT will be performing at 8 p.m. March 30 in the UNT Murchison Winspear Hall. The price of admission varies from $8 to $10. Bring your friends and family to enjoy this live, vibrant performance. For more information, visit the College of Music page on the UNT website.

Thursday, March 31 Taste of North Texas – 5:30 PM @ UNT Coliseum Trivia Night – 8:00 PM @ Mulberry St. Cantina Friday, April 1 Denton’s First Friday – 6 PM @ Denton Square Calli Carte | Special Contributor Whether you’re a connoisseur of the arts or you just take a dabble in them from time to time, there’s something for you and everyone in-between at First Friday Denton. From 6-10 p.m., with hours varying, you can take a stroll over to Downtown Denton and get a taste of what the local art scene has to offer.

Businesses all along the square will provide multiple activities throughout the evening, including workshops, classes and even the opportunity to make your own hand sewn cactus (complimentary beverage included). You can also stop by the Jupiter House or one of the many restaurants participating in First Friday if you’re in need of a nice little recharge and some live music. The event is free and open to the public.

For more info, head over to firstfridaydenton.com. Calli Carte Saturday, April 2 Punks From the Planet Peelander – 8 PM @ Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio Lauren Rosenthal | Special Contributor For one night only, the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band, Peelander-Z, will perform at the Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, 411 E. Sycamore St. in Denton. This unique band’s three members are all named

TV Girl, an indie-pop band that originated in San Diego in 2010 is making its way to Denton.

The first song that gained the band recognition was called “If You Want It (You Got It),” which contains part of a song by Todd Rundgren called “Hello It’s Me.” In 2014, the band released its first full-length album called French Exit. Brad Petering (founding member), Jason Wyman (newer member), and Wyatt Harmon (newer member), will be performing at the Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio on April 5 at 9 p.m. There will be an $8/$10 cover charge for those who attend.

For more information, contact Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio at 940-387-7781 or visit them at 411 E. Sycamore St. where TV Girl will perform.

Wednesday, April 6 “I Always Wanted to Direct” – 5 pm @ Library Mall Andrea Masamba | Special Contributor Attention Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg admirers: Now is your time to shine. The University Program Council (UPC) will host its Third Annual UNT Film Festival at 8 p.m. on April 13 in the Library Mall. Any UNT student who wishes to submit a short narrative film to be featured in the festival has until 5 p.m. April 6 to do so. Films must be between 1-10 minutes in length, and directed or produced by a UNT student within the last two years. Is a First Place trophy in your future? Don’t miss this opportunity to find out! For more information on the submission process, contact the UPC Film Coordinator, Marlaina Wright, at marlaina.wright@unt.edu

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For more UPC event information, follow UPC on Twitter at @UNT_UPC or visit http://studentaffairs. unt.edu/org/university-program-council Thursday, April 7 Open Mic – 7:00 PM @ Audacity Brew House Trivia Night – 8:00 PM @ Mulberry St Cantina Friday, April 8 “Mary Poppins” Returns to Musical Form – 7:30 PM @ Campus Theatre Sierra Ramos | Special Contributor If you love music, live theatre and the movie “Mary Poppins,” then you’ll want to see the theatrical production of the 1964 smash hit (nominated for 13 Academy Awards) presented by the Denton Community Theatre. The “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” fun will begin at 7:30 on Friday, April 8 at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St., Denton. Ticket prices are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors (62+), $15 for students (college included) and $10 for kids 12 and under. For more information, contact the Denton Community Theatre at (940)-382-1915.

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