North Texas Daily - 11/03/2016

Celebrating 100 Years of Journalism Excellence VOL. 108 No.10

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016

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Dallas fights for Standing Rock activists Crowd rallies against pipeline 1,200 miles away outside energy firm’s Dallas headquarters

By Kyle Martin and Adalberto Toledo

HOMECOMING HAPPENINGS

Students running for homecoming royalty court dance on stage at the Library Mall. Elections for homecoming royalty end Nov. 3.

Jennyfer Rodriguez

A look at the upcoming and past school spirit celebrations in preparation for homecoming Students eat lunch and walk by the Eaglempics signs. The signs were posted along walkways at the Homecoming Picnic Monday. Jennyfer Rodriguez

By Victoria Monteros Homecoming is a time highly anticipated by students. From the weeklong celebrations, activities held on campus, pre-game traditions and the homecoming

game itself, homecoming week always has something in store for everybody.

This year, there have been activities, get-togethers and events planned every day to celebrate school spirit and bring students

People gather to protest Denton’s Day of The Dead

By Victoria Monteros MUEVE, a campus activist group that advocates for Chicano rights and spreads awareness about Latin-American issues, united this past Saturday at the Day of the Dead festival with the Hispanic Student Association to peacefully protest.

“The message is that, what you’re doing with this festival is not okay,” English senior David Lopez said. “It’s not representative of our culture.”

Instead of protesting the festival itself, the organization simply wants to see the name of the festival changed and for all relation to the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations to be taken out. They would like to see some form of education on what the holiday is all about, and not an appropriation. But festival organizers stopped their protest short and asked them to leave.

“The goal is to change the name of the festival. That’s really what we want the organizers to do,” Lopez said. “We don’t want to get rid of this festival. We don’t want for people to stop having fun. Just don’t do it with a name that is so sacred to us; a holiday that is so sacred to us.”

Originally, this protest was going to be conducted by members of MUEVE, but they later created a Facebook page to garner some publicity on the protest and invite people to get involved. Hispanic Student Association president Teresa Aguayo was one of the people outside of MUEVE to become involved with the protest.

“Personally, the reason most of the people here is not for immigrants. They’re not here

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Students enjoy lunch at the Library Mall alongside Scrappy the Eagle at the Homecoming Picnic Monday. Jennyfer Rodriguez

together.

Students have been partaking in the celebration by attending events throughout the week, including the Homecoming Picnic, Spirit Day, Field Day and The Twelve O’Clock Caw.

Upcoming events include the much anticipated Yell Like Hell on Thursday and Homecoming Bonfire on Friday.

Homecoming Picnic The Homecoming Picnic on

Monday was among the first events to kick off the week.

Students were treated to free barbecue, t-shirts and a DJ to fill the picnic with popular tunes.

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Roaches and cold water: students open up about life in apartments

By Kyle Martin and Julia Falcon Student housing, typically designed to make living on your own as a college student easier and more efficient, is a significant asset at a UNT student’s disposal. Thousands of students cycle in and out of these housing sites every year, and while many value their time spent there, others have had bad experiences.

Many students live in off-campus student housing to stay connected in a student-friendly community while still enjoying the freedom of their own apartment.

Rates per month for living in a fourbedroom apartment off-campus per person can run anywhere from $529 at the University Courtyard and $569 at CastleRock, to $704 at UCentre. Prices vary with or without utility caps, overage charges and internet bills.

Some of the amenities at these apartments include an on-site gym, 24/7 on-site maintenance and all bills included with rent, all while living in close proximity to campus.

At University Courtyard off South Bonnie Brae Street, interdisciplinary studies for social studies senior Meghann Stephenson said that in the two years she lived there, maintenance only came to her apartment once despite her multiple requests.

“We had a really bad roach problem throughout the complex,” Stephenson said. “They had someone come out and spray once, but it actually made the situation worse. Like, we got more roaches after the guy came out.”

After living in Maple Hall on campus for her freshman year, merchandising sophomore Delaney Childress said she chose to live at University Courtyard

because she doesn’t need to park her car far away from her place like the dorm residents do now.

Rates for living on-campus during a nine-month academic year range from $4,293 to $5,440 in the “economy” halls; $5,440 in the “standard” halls, and range from $5,520 to $6,410 in the “newer” halls, according to UNT’s 2016-2017 housing rates. Economy halls include College Inn and West halls; standard halls include Bruce, Clark, Kerr, Crumley, Maple and McConnell halls; and newer halls include Honors, Legends, Santa Fe, Mozart, Traditions, Rawlins and Victory. But these rates do not include meal plans.

Childress has also experienced water damage with her floors and had one encounter with a cockroach after she

DALLAS – Chants of “no justice, no peace” from more than 100 people reverberated off the headquarters of Energy Transfer Partners Tuesday.

Demonstrators lined the sidewalks of Westchester Drive and walked around the North Dallas office building to protest the pipeline they say will cause more bad than good. This was the fourth #NoDAPL protest organized in front of the Energy Transfer Partners Dallas headquarters since construction began on the Dakota Access Pipeline.

“Keep it in the soil, you can’t drink oil,” protesters chanted.

The demonstration comes on the heels of growing protests from Native American groups and environmental activists near Cannonball, North Dakota, since August. The situation escalated Thursday when armed soldiers and police arrested protesters who had been camped out near the construction site, according to the Associated Press.

The arrest of more than 400 people in Cannonball pushed Dallas resident Marissa Rocha to attend and participate in the protest. She made it to Texas in time for the demonstration Tuesday.

“When I was in the car driving down from North Dakota all I could do was cry,” Rocha said. “I experienced people from all walks of life that are committed to our water and committed to things that are right and beautiful, things that we need to change.”

In Shelby County, Alabama, seven workers were injured on Monday when a gasoline pipeline, owned by Georgiabased Colonial Pipeline, exploded.

“Do you know the amount of pipelines that burst each year? It’s ridiculous,” protester Ron Eenigenburg said. “To think that there won’t be any mishap going on under the Missouri river is foolish.”

The Dallas company will be building the 1,170-mile pipeline to transport oil from North Dakota to Illinois. It’s set to cost about $3.8 billion and will cut through the Standing Rock Reservation.

Protesters and Sioux Tribe members have said the pipeline will endanger water supplies and disturb sacred burial sites.

“We stand with Standing Rock,” protesters chanted.

Yolonda BlueHorse, a member of the Rosebud Souix tribe, stepped up to the megaphone to address the crowd of protesters. The Standing Rock Souix tribe is a distant relative of the

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Early voting continues to break records, isn’t slowing down

By Julia Falcon Though early voting is set to end Nov. 4, there’s no shortage of long lines at the polls in Denton.

On Saturday, 23,557 residents voted in Denton County, and on Sunday, 9,640 residents voted. When the polls closed on Monday, a total of 19,908 residents voted, making the grand total 157,598 so far this election.

The last early voting polls on Friday will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. And Nov. 8, polls will open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. also.

Biology freshman Ruth White is from Houston and will mail in her vote, but thinks the reason there are

more people voting early is due to how extreme the candidates are in this election.

“Everyone has an opinion this time. It could go one way or the other, everyone wants to put their say in which way it will go,” White said. “I think that it’s hard to see past the media to their actual views, the media puts bad stuff on all of them, but I want to see someone in office with a more serious outlook than someone who doesn’t take it seriously and jokes around a lot. I think other countries will see if we voted for Trump, everyone supports someone who’s racist.”

In Texas, Republican presidential

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Signs for candidates running for office are scattered outside the Gateway Center.

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IN THIS ISSUE NEWS

Republican Rudy Giuliani Comes to Class pg 4 Rudy Guliani, a former mayor of New York City, raised scholarship money and talked about security for the Kuehne Speaker Series.

ARTS & LIFE

Young Denton Artist Sketches Success pg 6 “We’re all emotional to our craft,” 20-yearold Kailon Medrano said. “When I was younger, I used to cry. I guess when I would get angry, sometimes I’d cry.”

SPORTS

Carthage Friends Storm North Texas pg 7 Two Mean Green wide receivers, sophomores Terian Goree and O’Keeron Rutherford, have played togther since high school.

OPINION

Who The Heck Should We Vote For? Editorial Pages Columnists Victoria Baghei and Morgan Sullivan address some key storylines surrounding this election. Catch Sullivan on Page 10 Baghei on Page 9.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016

NEWS AROUND THE WORLD Israel issues building permits for 181 homes in East Jerusalem Israeli planning authorities said Wednesday they plan on building 181 new homes in east Jerusalem, the Associated Press reported.

The action has drawn harsh criticism from the United States, with U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby saying “we strongly oppose settlement activity.” Planning authorities said the plans for the development of the Gilo area were approved in 2012 and Wednesday’s approvals were for “technical details of plot distribution.” After Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 1967, they considered areas like Gilo to be neighborhoods of its capital.

Obama: Army Corps of Engineers examining alternative routes for Dakota Access Pipeline President Obama said Tuesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will examine new possible alternatives for the route the Dakota Access Pipeline will take, NPR reported. Protesters are occupying the land around the pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Police have arrested more than 200 protesters, since they began demonstrating against it in August.

A federal judge ruled the construction of the pipeline could go forward, but the Corps and two other federal agencies have said it would not go forward if it affects areas sensitive to the tribe.

Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi calls for no retreat from Mosul ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has called for his fighters to resist Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul at all costs, Agence France-Presse reported. The city where the jihadist leader declared a new ‘caliphate’ two years ago has come under increased attack from Iraqi and foreign troops over the past month. AlBaghdadi told ISIS fighters “do not retreat” in a voice message released Thursday by the ISIS-affiliated Al-Furqan. This was his first public message in over a year.

Anthony Wiener checks into rehab for sex addiction Former U.S. Representative Anthony Wiener has checked into a rehabilitation facility treating sex addiction Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported. His admittance comes on the heels of an announcement by federal prosecutors and New York police last month of his sexually explicit cellphone and online messages with a 15-year-old girl from North Carolina. The investigation into those messages also prompted the FBI to set a new probe on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Court to rule on whether parliament is necessary to trigger ‘hard Brexit’

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Denton below-average in friendliness toward LGBT community

By Cierra Edmondson Denton earned a below-average score in a new study examining how friendly cities are to the LGBT community.

This year’s data comprising the Municipal Equality Index, released by the Human Rights Campaign, grades Denton with a 35 out of a possible 100 points in certain categories. The purpose of the index is to examine the laws, policies and services of municipalities and to rate them on the basis of their inclusivity of the LGBTQ community who live and work there.

City reports are broken down into five categories for a total maximum score of 100.

Category one deals with nondiscrimination laws. This section addresses whether discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited by the city, county

or state in areas of employment, housing and accommodations.

Category two deals with municipality as employer. This section looks into equal benefits and protections provided to the LGBTQ employees.

Municipal services, the third section, assess the efforts of the city to ensure LGBTQ constituents are included in city services and programs.

Section four, law enforcement, includes responsible recording of hate crimes and engaging with the LGBTQ community in a thoughtful and respectful way.

The fifth measures the city leadership’s commitment to fully include the LGBTQ community and advocate for full equality.

The average city score was 55 points. In the first and fifth categories, which deal with non-discrimination laws and relationships with the LGBTQ community, Denton received

zeros. When it came to the second, third and fourth categories, Denton made a 12, 11 and 12, reaching a final and overall score of 35.

Denton was not able to receive any bonus points throughout the report for things such as having an openly LGBTQ elected or appointed municipal leader or providing certain services to the transgender community.

Dallas and Fort Worth scored perfectly, reaching the maximum score of 100.

Dallas scored a perfect 30 out of 30 in the first category, 22 out of 22 points in the fourth category, and an eight out of eight in the fifth category. The second category, with a score of 18 out of 24, and third category, with 11 out of 16 points, were close to perfect.

Dallas was also able to receive 16 bonus points, bringing its overall score to 100.

Fort Worth placed with very

similar scores, lacking slightly in the second and fifth category with an 18 out of 24 points and a 7 out of 8. Fort Worth’s 14 bonus points brought the city to a 100-point score.

According to eqaulityfederation.org, this year, 60 cities have advanced to perfect scores as opposed to the only 47 cities last year. At a time were anti-LGBTQ legislation is still being passed to further appropriate discrimination, the progress that is being made is much greater.

To find out your city’s current or previous score, go to hrg.org/ mei.

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Former Denton Brave Combo musician gone missing

By Bina Perino Joe Cripps, who was originally from Denton and performed as a drummer, was reported missing after his family last saw him on Oct. 19.

Cripps, who recently moved from Denton to Little Rock is well known for recently playing for the Denton-born Grammy-winning polka-rock band Brave Combo.

He mysteriously fell out of contact with his family since last month and missed a gig he had scheduled for Oct. 21, according to his brother. His brother told The Dallas Morning News that his phone hasn’t been turned on since he was last seen. His social media

absence has also caused concern among his family and friends.

Cripps is normally a regular poster, according to media reports.

Cripps’s brother also shared travel plans that Cripps was looking into, including a road trip to Buffalo River, in Arkansas, or even returning to Denton, but his car had not been running.

His family is worried for his whereabouts since there has been no trace of him leaving on purpose.

There have not been any updates in relation to his location since he disappeared two weeks ago.

Police in Little Rock are currently searching for him.

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Early voting continues to break records, isn’t slowing down

British Prime Minister Theresa May will learn Thursday whether parliament’s approval is necessary to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union, Reuters reported. The extra step of seeking parliamentary approval has some investors hopeful the procedure will lessen the chances of an economically disruptive “hard Brexit.” London’s High Court will tell May and her ministers if they have the authority to invoke Article 50 of the EU Lisbon Treaty, the mechanism by which a country leaves the economic and political bloc. May said she is determined to honor voters’ June decision to leave the EU.

Muslim crowds attack Hindu temples and homes in Bangladesh Hindu homes and temples came under attack by crows of muslims in eastern Bangladesh this week, The New York Times reported. Attacks on hindus are not unusual in Bangladesh and simmering religious tensions over the past few years have raised concerns of escalation. On Saturday, Nasirnagar, an Islamic group, held a protest against a Facebook post it found offensive that included an image of the Hindu dog Shiva appearing at a Muslim holy site in Mecca. The crowd demanded the death of the young Hindu man who created the image.

Signs for candidates running for office are scattered outside the Gateway Center. Sara Carpenter

CORRECTION

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In story titled “New reservoir coming to North Texas, aims to address future water deficits” in the Thursday, Oct. 27, print edition of the North Texas Daily, there were three fact errors. It was insinuated that the bill was amended more than once, when it was amended only once. It was claimed that the reservoir would cost $248 million, when estimates show all five components will cost over $1 billion. It was also claimed the district serves 1.6 million people, when currently it serves about 3.6 million people with projected growth expected to double that number.

candidate Donald Trump is now 12 percentage points ahead of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in recent polls. Trump holds 51.53 percent of the vote, to Clinton’s 39.39 percent.

Like most other college students, it is jazz performance freshman John Damico’s first

time voting, and he thinks social media is a main contributor to the early voting spikes.

“There has never been as much hype about the election I think, they’re shitting on each other,” Damico said. “The later we get into election, the more hype. I plan on voting, definitely will, don’t know who I’ll vote for but I’ll probably go with the third party but I need more research

first.”

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is at 2.96 percent of the vote in Texas polls, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein is at 0.31 percent.

Electrical engineering junior Alexis Brewster said that she’s glad she voted early, and thinks it’s important for her generation to voice their opinions.

“I voted already, the lines

weren’t that long,” Brewster said.

“It is my first time voting. The lines will most likely be longer on election day most likely. There are a while bunch of college students ready to vote this year, and vote for the person who will benefit them as well.”

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The Chicago Cubs won the World Series 8-7 in Game 7 Wednesday night. Miguel Montero hit an RBI allowing Anthony Rizzo to complete the game winning run.

#BeyonceCMAs

When it was announced Beyonce would sing at Wednesday night’s CMAs, country music fans got upset, and many did not attened.

#DonaldTrumpKKK

The Ku Klux Klan formally endorsed Republican Donald Trump to be the president. The support was printed in the KKK’s newspaper.

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Libertarian Gary Johnson, who is running for president, faked a heart attack on a show to imply that he had just smoked marijuana.

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Photo of Hannah Lauritzen by Brad Allen

Hannah Lauritzen chosen as new Daily editor-in-chief North Texas Daily A committee of faculty, students and university administrators this week selected Hannah Lauritzen to be the editor-in-chief of the North Texas Daily beginning January.

Lauritzen, a digital and print digital journalism senior, currently serves as the paper’s design editor.

She has worked for the paper since September 2014 and held the design editor job since January 2015. During her time as the design editor, a senior editor position, Lauritzen observed what does and does not work for the newsroom and UNT community.

“When I first joined the staff, I did not want to be editor,” Lauritzen said.

“It sounded like so much work. It seemed stressful. But since then, I’ve seen all these things I wanted to do and worried who would make these changes, and realized it was me, that I wanted to make those changes.”

Caitlyn Jones, who ran the show during spring 2015, was the last woman to be editor before a spate of four men ran the paper when she graduated. The committee interviewed two other Daily leaders — summer 2016 editor Harrison Long and managing editor Reece Waddell — for the job, but ultimately chose Lauritzen.

Lauritzen said she recognizes some readers within the student body and faculty feel left behind by the paper’s reports. Her goal, she said, is to bridge the gap left by the current editorial direction by covering more thoroughly all areas of the UNT and Denton community.

“I want to make sure our coverage

is representing all of our campus,” she said. “We have this façade that it does but when we compare people we cover, women are rarely quoted on the cover. Sometimes we have a photo of a black person on the cover but he isn’t the one being interviewed.

I want to push our reporters out of their comfort zones. I want to cover all sides of every issue.”

Current editor-in-chief Dalton LaFerney said the committee was wise to pick Lauritzen. He’s worked with her since January 2015, when he, too, became an editor for the paper.

“She’s seen tough decisions, some good and some bad, made by editors who have come before her,” LaFerney said. “She’s been in the middle of some of them. That’s crucial of a newsroom leader, to have lived and worked through challenging moments.”

Over the past few months, Lauritzen said, the editors of the paper demanded more Dallas-Fort Worth area stories, and have moved away from the Daily’s core audience – UNT student and faculty and Denton issues. She said her staff will prioritize the UNT and Denton community rather than national and regional issues.

There will be a newsroom shuffle, Lauritzen said. And as the Mayborn School of Journalism prepares to move its facilities from the General Academic Building to Sycamore Hall, she will oversee the Daily’s transition to a new office.

“I really just want to continue moving the North Texas Daily forward,” Lauritzen said.

Sound on Sound Fest this weekend

By Haley Yates In a remote forest 35 miles east of Austin, Margin Walker Presents will host the inaugural music festival Sound on Sound, including acts from Phantogram, Death Grips, Purity Ring and more.

The three-day fest starts Saturday and will run all weekend, with four main stages, a designated camping area, tons of vendors and a kids area. Luxury shuttle services will be available to ship festivalgoers to and from Austin.

According to its website, SOS Fest “aims to transform the typical festival experience for their fans, hyper-focusing on unique locations and stellar bookings of indie, punk, hip-hop, metal, dance

music, comedy and live panel discussions.”

Sherwood Forest is the home of the festival and is known for hosting the Sherwood Forest Faire, a medieval-themed fair that features jousting, archery, theater and music. SOS Fest guests will get a feel for the forest’s charm through its renaissance structures and historical feel.

Tickets are currently available for $169 plus tax and fees, and those who choose to camp will gain access to an exclusive line-up of additional music and fun, held on the campground each night.

moved in.

“Our flooring is coming up, and I have put in work requests to fix it,” she said. “They have come in, but they replaced our water heater when there was nothing wrong with it and didn’t fix our floors.

Our floors are laminate, if you walk over there barefoot, you’ll cut your foot because it is coming up in multiple spots.”

Additionally, at University Courtyard, bills are supposed to be included in the cost of rent. But ecology junior Courtney Frederick said they surprised her recently.

The Courtyard’s bills are all separate now, though she said she received no notice of the change.

Now, all of her bills are higher.

“Maintenance sometimes takes their time, I didn’t have hot water for like a month and I put in requests, and they would say they fixed it but they didn’t and I didn’t get a water heater,” Frederick said.

“Courtyards were the cheapest option close to campus, I can walk if I want. My freshman and sophomore year I lived on campus.

It is a little cheaper off campus, but on campus, you’re closer to class.”

CastleRock is another student apartment complex, located on Meadow Street, off of I-35.

Maintenance gives their residents a heads-up when they are going to conduct an inspection, but never give an exact time.

Recreation, event and sports management senior Will Shumate said they have walked in on him

after he got out of the shower for the quarterly checks.

“A couple of semesters ago, my roommates and I moved out of an apartment here and a few months later got a bill from them for $120 each because of a hole in the wall that wasn’t actually there,” Shumate said. “I can’t remember if we got an email or if they sent us each a letter, but it was basically like, you owe $120 for repair of a hole in the wall that was found when they did their checks after we moved out. But we cleaned the place completely and know for a fact there was not a hole in the wall.”

On Fry Street, there is the UCentre complex, which is close to all of the bars and restaurants just a few feet from campus.

Photography junior Avery Foshee said that even though the amenities at UCentre are well worth it, there are some issues which negatively impacted her stay.

“They don’t keep track of your rent,” Foshee said. “I’ve gotten fees for not paying rent twice when I’ve paid, if not early, on time. The fire alarms go off only at 2 a.m. and it happens super often. My car was towed for parking in the parking garage that I pay to use because they randomly decided to start using parking stickers in the middle of the semester, and I had to pay a $200 fine.”

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“It hurts really bad inside my heart to hear how my people are being treated,” BlueHorse said.

“It hurts to see my own people be hurt, be shot at, and that the entities that are supposed to be protecting them are not there doing their job.”

She looked up at the headquarters and called upon the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, Kelcy Warren, to come down and address protesters.

The crowd listened and jeered their support.

“If you’re a true leader you come out and you confront.

Come out and face us here,” BlueHorse said, calling to Warren. “But yet you hide, you hide.”

Rute Belachew, a UNT anthropology junior, was among those protesting in front of the Dallas headquarters, along with a few friends from Texas Woman’s University. As an Ethiopian immigrant, she said she empathizes with Native Americans and has a passion for supporting their culture.

“Basically, they’re not even caring about human life or property,” she said. “They’re just doing it for money. It’s messed up.”

The protest near the construction site continues, with thousands still camped out at Standing Rock. They have renewed confidence after an anonymous donor paid $2.5 million to release all those arrested there. According to WFAA, sources said a talk between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Energy Transfer Partners may be in the works in the next few days.

But the meeting could not be confirmed.

Another #NoDAPL protest and prayer rally will happen 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, outside Energy Transfer Dallas headquarters.

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Many students were in attendance, with the lines for food stretching to Willis Library.

Various student organizations participated in the festivities as well. International studies freshman Fatim Karamoko was present with the African Student Association.

The ASA has been present at homecoming events for many years, has collected canned goods and will participate in Yell Like Hell.

“I’m really excited because there are so many events,” Karamoko said.

“I want to go to everything, but I still have to go to class.”

Business freshman Eleanor Jackson attended the picnic and has enjoyed the week so far. She said it has helped her enjoy her first year of college.

“I enjoy all the events going on around campus,” Jackson said. “It makes college life fun [and] it makes my freshman year super fun. It’s awesome.”

This year, the picnic happened to land on Halloween, and in celebration of the holiday, some attendees were dressed in costume.

Spider-Man, Venom, Deadpool and Clint Eastwood were among some of the costumes found throughout the picnic.

“I love being out,” information science junior Hugo Cordona, who was dressed as Deadpool, said. “[I like] just seeing everyone happy and not as stressed. We’re dressed up and stuff. I think people really get a kick out of it.”

Field Day During Field Day, at 8 p.m.

Tuesday in Apogee Stadium, student organizations and residence halls took to the field to compete in various games. There were four large jumping balloons on the field, two obstacle courses and a jousting ring.

There was also a knockerball game taking place. A DJ was present on the sidelines around the 50-yard line to keep the contestants and crowd pumped throughout the festivities.

Many students found some free time in their schedules to come enjoy

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Woodrow-Sterling Hezekiah Scypion, integrative studies senior and homecoming royalty, dances with friends at the Homecoming Picnic Monday. Tomas Gonzalez the cool night and support their peers.

Mathematics senior Tee Dewalt and biology junior Katie White decided to attend and watch the event, despite having very demanding schedules due to their rigorous workloads.

“It’s homecoming week so you try to do the activities you can,” Dewalt said. “Being a math major, you never really get to get out and do anything so it’s like, okay, at least go out and have fun for a little bit and then get back to studying.”

White also thought it was a great way to combine social and physical activity.

“Socialize and be active at the same time, rather than just sitting in a room and talking,” White said.

“I like it. The music, how active everyone is, it’s good.”

Dewalt also enjoyed the playful aspect of the event.

“It’s fun!” Dewalt said. “It’s competition. We get to be big kids for however many hours you’re out here. Who doesn’t want to play on an obstacle course?”

Participants in the event, such as education freshman Luz Vasquez, were happy to be a part of the celebration and camaraderie.

“I think it was really good, especially because I’m a freshman, so I feel like really accepted,”

Vasquez said. “It was really good to see everybody just like working together. Especially getting random people from your hall and getting to know them better.”

Twelve O’Clock Caw For Wednesday’s Twelve O’Clock Caw in the Union Syndicate, there was food, an onstage trivia game, free items from UPC and messages from the homecoming court nominees, athletes and UPC members. Students could enjoy a meal at their leisure while watching various people take the stage.

“Can I get a ‘Go Mean Green’ if you’re going to be there?”

Cam Johnson, a political science sophomore, UPC and homecoming committee member, asked the crowd when talking about the big homecoming game. The crowd enthusiastically obliged as they chanted “Go Mean Green” in unison.

Talons was also present and led the alma mater. Audience members stood up and showed their pride by demonstrating the traditional salute.

“It’s been a really fun experience so far to work with the crew and to also get to work with students and see them enjoy the product that we’ve worked really hard to put out,” Johnson said. “The best part

is definitely working with the crew itself. I think when I started I wasn’t as excited or spirited to really be on homecoming crew.”

While Johnson enjoys seeing how the students react, he said working alongside his fellow members has been something exciting and impactful.

“Working with a group of students who are just constantly pumped about UNT and really enjoy what they do, it’s really exciting to see that every day and get to take that and turn it into a fun product that all the students get to enjoy,” Johnson said.

Following these events, Yell Like Hell is to take place Thursday in the Coliseum. The homecoming committee revamped the event, adding some activities to help crowd engagement. Talons will host bonfire Friday night.

“I can tell you that both Yell Like Hell and the bonfire will be lit, for sure,” Johnson said.

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Denton City Council postponed a vote Tuesday to ban handheld devices while driving. They argued more time should be devoted to the language of the ordinance.

The existing texting ban, passed in 2014, applies to public roads except interstate highways and prohibits the use of wireless communication devices while driving. Failure to comply can result in a fine of $200. A hand-free device is defined as a device with speakerphone capability or a telephone attachment to another piece of equipment.

The council brought up issues regarding the ordinance, including its ambiguous definition, lack of clarity for the public and its difficulty to enforce.

Denton Police Chief Lee Howell said 87 crashes have been attributed to the use of a wireless device and three have been fatal, resulting in the death of seven people. The texting ban, council argued, is not enough.

“Our goal is to further decrease distractions,” Howell said.

James Shaffer, a Denton resident spoke at the meeting about his personal stake to the ordinance. Shaffer lost his wife and child in a car accident after being struck by a 24-year-old driver who was on her phone at the wheel. It is the increase in deaths due to wireless devices that has put this ordinance at the top of the council’s list.

Councilwoman Sara Bagheri commented on the distinction between holding the device and a non-handheld device. The main goal is to limit distracted driving by both a handheld device and hands-free device, which she argued still distracts drivers. Bagheri would like to have the ordinance clarified before it is passed.

Councilwoman Keely Briggs also brought up the issue of its enforceability and believes that the current ordinance will not do what it is intended to do, an issue council woman Kathleen Wazny concurs.

“It should be handheld device instead of hands free ordinance so it is

more enforceable,” Briggs said.

“It’s hard to enforce something [the police] cannot see,” said Wazny. “They see someone holding a phone and they will stop them but it’s difficult to figure out all the time and becomes hard to enforce. We have all these new apps to play on and you’ll see people on their phone — the passengers and drivers too — and it’s just dangerous.”

The ordinance and its predecessor, the texting ban, have created a gap of ambiguity that needs to be defined for the police force as well as the public before it can be issued, Briggs said.

Currently, the texting ban is held up by police catching someone looking down or seeing a bright light reflected from the vehicle’s windows.

“I encourage the council to contact legal to get clarifications to clear up the language [of the ordinance before passage],” Wazny said.

Wazny proposed a final vote set to be held Dec. 6. The issue, she said, is between the distracted driving and the usage of handheld devices.

“It is one in the same,” Wazny said. “Cell phones are one of the biggest causes for distracted driving.

Technology is great, but automobiles can kill someone. We want to make the ordinance crystal clear before we vote on it again because it is important for us to define it to the best of our abilities.”

Wazny said she understands the importance and necessity of phones inside a vehicle. They can provide Bluetooth connectivity and satellite navigation, but she said not being careful can result in serious consequences.

“It takes just a second and someone can end up dead or maimed for life,” said Wazny. “We want to provide the police department the tools they ask for in order to help promote traffic safety. All it takes is a second.”

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Rudy Giuliani speaks about public safety during Dallas luncheon

By Julia Falcon As the first speaker in this year’s Kuehne Speaker Series on this past Thursday, Rudy Giuliani raised nearly half-a-million dollars for UNT at a banquet in Dallas’ Hilton Anatole hotel, according to UNT officials.

Giuliani talked about safety in America, including cyber security and emergency management, and compared many of the recent shootings across the country to his experience with handling Sept. 11, 2001, when he was trapped in a building.

As part of his effort to lower crime in New York City, Giuliani enlisted the help of William J. Bratton as his police commissioner. He implemented stop-and-frisk policies in the city that disproportionately targeted African-Americans and Latinos. Giuliani also implemented zero-tolerance policies including crackdowns on fare evasion, public

drinking, public urination and graffiti artists.

In attendance for the lunch was UNT President Neal Smatresk, Athletic Director Wren Baker, head football coach Seth Littrell and Brint Ryan, chairman of the UNT board of regents. Ryan introduced Giuliani and said he was proud to sponsor the series.

“Our guest lecturer today is a remarkable man and remarkable leader,” Ryan said. “You have to live a lifetime to experience the things he has. It was Mayor Giuliani who stood there like a rock to represent us, almost losing his life on that day, and many in uniform did, but it was his leadership. The whole world looked at him as the mayor who got them through that time.”

The ballroom at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas was packed with approximately 750 people, who together raised nearly half a million dollars for UNT. “Emergency management and

cyber security are important because the reality is, we live in a much more dangerous world than we used to,” Giuliani said. “As mayor of New York, you have to know the world, because the world is in your city. It is the world’s most diverse city, every problem in the world is in New York.

I learned foreign policy being mayor of New York City. Since I’ve been out of office, one of my primary services has been cyber security.”

Giuliani said that when former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was in control, they didn’t know much about computer usage versus now when ISIS leaders are recruiting people all over the world through social media and the internet.

Giuliani questioned the Obama administration’s response to these attacks, as well as Hillary Clinton’s during her time as secretary of state.

“They can do far more sophisticated things. The attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, Germany, Orlando, all happened in less than

a year,” Giuliani said. “What has the response from the president and former secretary been? ‘I have to golf’ or ‘I have to campaign.’ Where is the response to this? The reality is, the response has always been denial.

Radical extremist Muslim sends a shock wave through the system.”

Although he didn’t mention who he would vote for on Nov. 8, he staunchly criticized the actions of Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton. He said little of Donald Trump.

He was critical of NAFTA in his speech saying it made “no sense.” He added that the United States should increase their military presence overseas and that whoever wins the presidential election should be wellversed in foreign relations.

“The people who took down my twin towers weren’t people who rob banks, they are war criminals,” Giuliani said. “They did an act of war. They do not belong in domestic soil. I think our military needs to be

rebuilt.”

When then-Sen. Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he said he would promise to end the war, and when he took office that election, slowly began to take soldiers back home. Giuliani thought this was a grave mistake.

“When we pulled out, that had to be probably the dumbest decision made in western foreign relations,” Giuliani said. “When they did it, the only reason I can imagine this happening is Joe Biden is working with a minus-four IQ. Everything that happened after that is predictable for people who know about foreign relations. ISIS came of this.”

To end his speech Giuliani said in the long run, it will be the short-term projects the country takes on that will help economically, and negotiating with strengths instead of weaknesses is paramount.

“What brought us out of the Great Depression? Long term they were bad programs, but short term

Rudy Giuliani they were necessary,” Giuliani said.

“None of those programs worked to fix our economy. I think it’s simple, we need to establish the economy, not be held back by corporate taxes, being held back by free trade agreements, to renegotiate. I’m not going to endorse either president, you can tell who I am supporting based on what I have said.”

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Nov. 8 vote will determine U.S. policy on climate change

By Tiffany Ditto As UNT students go out to vote, many don’t realize they’re not just voting for the next president, but for how the U.S. will act on climate change for the next four years.

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Clinton said, if elected, she would continue what the Obama administration started. Trump said he will disband the Environmental Protection Agency and overturn the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan. He said he will ask TransCanada to renew its application for the Keystone Pipeline and withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Accords.

“If the U.S. pulled out [the worst carbon producer of all nations], then most other countries would also withdraw from the agreement,” environmental science professor Jim Bednarz said. “The effects of climate change are already costing the world and U.S. economy billions of dollars. If the president was still a climate change denier, I’m sure there would be a new populous movement and he or she would be

voted out of office. But, we might be past the tipping point by then.”

On Sept. 23, the Scripps Center for Oceanography reported that the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels remained over 400 parts per million for the month of September, typically the lowest month of the year. Four-hundred parts per million is the number climatologists have said for years would be the tipping point at which reversing the effects of climate change are no longer possible. “[Policy makers] need to recognize the polices put in place by the Obama administration, but at the same time those aren’t quite enough,” said Corey Trolani, Dallas-Fort Worth program director for Texas Campaign for the Environment. “We need to protect places like Houston, New York, New Orleans and other places that will be affected.”

Trolani also said it’s not too late to act on the climate, as long as

policy makers are on board.

According to the EPA, “worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities increased by 35 percent from 1990 to 2010.” In 2011, the EPA ranked the U.S. second, behind China, for emitting the most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

NASA scientists contend that the effects of climate change can be easily observed in the environment with the shrinking of glaciers, loss of sea ice, accelerated rise in sea level, intense storms and longer heat waves. However, in a 2015 interview with CNN, Trump said, “I don’t believe in climate change.”

“I think if Trump is elected, we won’t see movement on climate action,” political science professor Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha said.

“The Clinton administration wants, more or less, to carry on what the Obama administration has been doing.”

Clinton tweeted on Sept. 9, that

she intends to have one billion solar panels installed across the U.S. by the end of her first term, and said, “making the wrong choice on climate change would be a disaster for our kids and grandkids.”

While candidates have opposing views on climate change, Eshbaugh-Soha said without real public interest neither candidate will do much in the way of climate action.

“It’s extremely unlikely that we will see any real movement in regards to climate change efforts over the next four years,” Eshbaugh-Soha said. “As typical in most presidential elections, the environment doesn’t get much mention. We won’t get much change if it’s not mentioned.”

Art education junior Bethany Pittman said she thinks the president’s stance on the environment is something that should be important to voters.

“I would like a president that

is worried about making policies that help the environment,” Pittman said. “It’s really important, especially for future generations.”

Hundreds of scientific and environmental organizations around the world agree climate change is real. It is happening and what nations decide to do about it in the next few years will decide how severely people are impacted in the future.

“The problems are going to affect most of us,” Trolani said.

“We need to stop talking about climate change as something that will happen. This will happen in our lifetime. We don’t endorse any candidates, but we strongly encourage people to vote with the environment in mind.”

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Mother-daughter team sign on to a joint business venture

By Victoria Monteros A little business located in the small town of Childress, Texas is making signs in a fresh and unexpectedly resourceful way.

White Trash With A Little Bit of Class was established about three years ago by Bergen Fairchild and her mother, Kim Buckley. Fairchild is a third-grade teacher, and Buckley is a gymnastics teacher. Together, they make and sell customized signs at craft fairs.

The signs they create are not made out of typical sign material. They are created by using old pieces of scrap, barn tin, wood and just about anything that can be cleaned up and written on. They are personalized by Buckley, who is in charge of writing the calligraphy on the signs.

“Mom has real beautiful handwriting,” Fairchild said.

Buckley has been writing calligraphy since 1985 when she

took a calligraphy class in college.

When Fairchild was in college, she discovered that Buckley’s calligraphy could work in a business venture.

“For an auction for my sorority, we got a plain window and my mom wrote calligraphy,” Fairchild said.

“People bid, and they bid really high, so we decided to start doing shows.

It made money to pay for college, it paid for a car, vacations and now it’s paying for my brother’s college.

So it turned out to be a really good business.”

Although they usually go out of town for the majority of the business they conduct, they are also known in their hometown of Childress. When people in Childress first found out about the business, community members began leaving various items on Buckley’s front porch to be customized.

Although Buckley has a full

time job and other commitments as a teacher, she puts in the rest of her time towards producing quality work. All her calligraphy is original, as she does not use any stencils.

Something that she believes sets the business from the rest.

“My handwriting is my handwriting,” Buckley said.

“Nobody can duplicate it. It’s calligraphy and it’s on items that people would probably not buy unless my handwriting was on it.”

Buckley and Fairchild have traveled around Texas as well as a few other states, such as Kansas and Louisiana. Currently, the business mostly operates at craft shows and on Facebook, where people can inquire about signs.

They have also learned that the market can vary between different cities and states. For example, in Kansas they have found that farmrelated items are most popular while

British brothers bring new bar and eatery to Denton

By Maritza Solis Picnic tables and large, lit up trees surround an area on Bell Avenue and illuminate the faces of Dentonites who are sitting around, drinking, eating and enjoying the atmosphere.

Inside the eatery has a very modern feel, with lanterns hanging from the ceiling above a bar area, white brick walls and tables placed evenly throughout the room. The music playing in the background by Florence and the Machine completes the relaxing vibe it’s going for.

Backyard on Bell, a food truck and bar, was recently able to call this spot home. Brothers Scott and Cameron Bonfield own Backyard on Bell and are trying to create a place where all people feel welcomed. To the duo, this spot is a place where families can come eat, listen to live music and enjoy a nice time outside.

The Bonfields, who are originally from England and moved to Texas six years ago, were excited to leave their mark in Denton.

The brothers already have two locations in Fort Worth. One spot is at the Fort Worth Food Truck Park, which they own and manage, and the other is located at Clearfork Food Park, which they run for a group of investors.

“This is our first [real] thing in Denton,” Scott said.

The bar utilizes more of an indoor aspect they don’t have in the Fort Worth locations, which is what

attracted the Bonfield brothers in the first place. Although Denton is growing, the Bonfields said it was not near as developed as Fort Worth.

With Backyard on Bell being near to the Square and between both UNT and TWU, they saw it as a great place where they can build from the ground up. “[This location] found us,” Cameron said. “The landowner contacted us [after] seeing us at the food truck parks and wanted to see if we could create that here.”

To the right of the bar sitting area, there is a large window where people who sit outside on the porch area can order drinks and food without going inside. The bar serves pizza, draft beer and the other specials on cocktails that they have on the menu.

Hannah Lupa, a UNT alumna and bartender at Backyard on Bell, found out about the location as she was driving home one day. She saw they were hiring, so she messaged the Facebook page.

“I love it,” Lupa said. “It’s always fun opening up a new place because you get to kind of [help] tailor it to either of the owners are looking to do or the customers are looking to do.”

Backyard on Bell also tries to provide its customers with a wide variety of food, the brothers said, ranging from tacos and dumplings to BBQ and pizza. To do so, Backyard on Bell has various food trucks come out to their location. Leila’s Food Truck, Kendrick’s BBQ and More,

The Famous Dumpling Bros have all showed up in addition to some Fort Worth based food trucks.

One of the most important factors, according to Cameron, is bringing in a wide variety of customers. At Backyard on Bell, you can see children running around the grass area while they wait for their food or older couples relaxing on the grass with their dogs while enjoying a cold beer.

Lauren Hilton, a first time customer, decided to try out Backyard on Bell with her husband and her two kids after she learned about the family aspect. Although the location is also a bar, she felt comfortable there as she and her family were sitting around a picnic table enjoying pizza.

“We like [places] where we can bring around family and have our kids run around [since] we are way out of college,” Hilton said, laughing.

The Bonfields’ plan to build a stage to bring in live music and other performing acts, bringing a much needed music venue to Denton. The brothers are currently booking acts for next fall in preparation.

Looking to the future, the two are excited to see what is in store for them and Backyard on Bell.

For more information visit http:// www.backyardonbell.com/ or call (940) 243-4990.

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Backyard on Bell has a full bar complete with happy hour deals. Customers can order drinks both inside at the bar or outside through the large window at the side of the building. Maritza Solis

lake-related items are most popular in Louisiana.

White Trash With A Little Bit of Class was also present at the Vintage Market Days at Denton.

Since this happened to be Denton’s first time hosting Vintage Market Days, this was the first time Buckley and Fairchild had ever sold their merchandise in Denton.

“It was the best show we have ever done,” Buckley said. “We had more sales and more people come to our booth than any other Vintage Market Days we’ve been to.”

Due to the sheer enjoyment of selling in Denton, Buckley and Fairchild made an effort to sign up as soon as possible for the next Denton Vintage Market Days in April 2017.

Although much effort and thought has been put into this business, the two have had much fun with it overall. Buckley said the fact that they genuinely enjoy creating

these signs is one of the factors that motivate them to keep White Trash with A Little Bit of Class running, despite being busy as teachers. They usually set aside time during the weekends to tend to the business while planning around each other’s schedules.

Through the chaos, Buckley has found the experience to have increased the bond between her and her daughter.

“You raise this child up through, you know, junior high and high school and you’re usually at odds during those times, and then she went to college and we kind of started it while she was in college still,” Buckley said. “She has turned into this wonderful, mature adult and we’ve become like best friends through this.”

Buckley said that working together has created a great dynamic in their work relationship, as well.

“It has been fun to work together as mother and daughter but also as friends, now that she is older and matured and is making great choices in her life, it’s just enjoyable to be together,” Buckley said.

Fairchild and Buckley hope to continue this business as long as they can. However, for the time being, there are no long term goals or plans established other than to attend craft shows and get Fairchild’s brother through college.

Fortunately, they are happy that they can make money in a way that they truly enjoy.

“It’s something that my mom and I can both do,” Fairchild said. “She does all the handwriting and I find some stuff and I clean it, and I get the locations for the next show, so it’s fun to do it together.”

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The Boombachs rehearsed their set for their recent Halloween show. This past Friday, the band visited Audacity Brew House to begin making the beer. Jake King

Audacity brewhouse creates fourth beer in Lil’ D Series

By Austin Cox Art and business seem to go hand in hand in Denton. With a myriad of businesses commissioning artists to provide their workplaces with unique and vibrant art, like the mural at the LSA rooftop bar or the colorful wall paintings on the side of Recycled Books, the notion of art and commerce intermingling is in no way foreign to Denton.

Audacity, the first commercially functioning brewery to emerge from Denton, has teamed up with Denton’s very own purveyors of space gospel, The BoomBachs. The collaboration comes from a desire to highlight and emphasize Denton talent. A merging of the arts through music and brewing will culminate in a product that both Audacity and the BoomBachs said they are proud to be a part of.

This will be the fourth in Audacity’s Lil’ D series, a series of small batch beers Audacity brews for specific events or collaborations.

Previous collaborations have benefitted the Denton chapter of a charity called Friends of the Family, as well as a special Oaktopia brew called The Oaktopia Pecan Porter.

The genesis of the collaboration began out of the BoomBach’s residency at the Bearded Monk, a local growler bar and bottle shop where the BoomBachs frequently perform. From there, they eventually got in contact with the co-founders

and co-owners of Audacity, Scott Lindsey and Doug Smith.

The beer was to be hand-picked by the band and brewed to their liking by the brewmasters at Audacity.

“When the idea came up that we could actually have a beer named after and inspired by our band, it was something that clicked for everyone,” keyboardist Matt Westmoreland said.

The beer, which is very appropriately called the BoomBock, is a nod to a classic Texas product, Shiner Bock.

“At first we had no idea what style of beer we wanted to choose to represent us, we all love beer and love a lot of different styles,” Westmoreland said. “The bock idea eventually came up and right there we knew it was an obvious fit for us. With our name being the BoomBachs and our mutual love for Shiner Bock, it was a perfect match and something we could get behind.”

Once the general style of the beer was decided, the BoomBachs then had to find a unique, fitting batch of beer.

“We whittled it down from six different bocks, and Audacity definitely lent their expertise in the decision process,” Westmoreland said. “We eventually ended up settling on a traditional German style bock due to the time of year and season we’re releasing it. It’s right in line with other fall beers.”

Local artist Matthew Sallack will provide his talents in creating the

logo and label for The BoomBock.

The design will convey the bands frenetic and unique energy through Sallack’s self-described style of “Whimsical Surrealism.”

Their collaboration with Audacity is something the band will always be able to remember and they said the people they’ve met along the way have made a lasting impact on them.

“A lot of the people we are working with now, we’ve all met organically,” vocalist A.D. Wondwessen said.

“From the work we’re doing with Audacity to Jason who’s running sound for us now, we’ve formed these great relationships with local talent.

It really highlights what’s so great about a community like Denton.”

The beer will debut along with live performances from The BoomBachs on Nov. 16 at Audacity followed by a second performance on Nov. 18 at LSA. A five-song live album of the performances is planned as well.

“Our sound engineer, Jason, knows how to push us sonically,” guitarist Connor Veteto said. “He’s been picking our sound apart and really studying it, so the opportunity to capture our live performance is really exciting for us. The beer release shows are going to certainly be unique.”

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People gather to protest Denton’s Day of The Dead Festival PROTEST CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 here for undocumented Mexicans,” Aguayo said.

“Nobody ever comes and helps out the undocumented immigrants, the Mexican immigrants that actually make their lives better, but for a festival that takes advantage of their culture and manipulates it into something that it’s not.”

The main purpose of this protest was to educate people on the holiday. The protestors walked throughout the festival, displaying signs and handing

out educational pamphlets to passersby. They also stopped by various businesses and organizations to educate them on the festival. Later, they were planning on conducting a guerilla theatre skit.

“I definitely see where they’re coming from,” festivalgoer Cat Carpenter said of the protest. “I’m definitely all for [changing the festival’s name] because if it’s affecting them, then it’s something to worry about as a whole. We don’t want to offend any of our citizens of Denton.”

The protestors were met with

mixed reactions. Some refused to listen to what they had to say and harrassed them.

“People spit on us,” Aguayo said. “People got really close to our faces to yell at us. People threatened to call ICE on us and a man yelled ‘Donald Trump is going to be elected soon’ as a threat. We were cursed at and told to go back to Mexico.”

Others gladly received their message. Dallas, Denton and Beyond, an area-based podcast, was heading one of the booths present at the festival.

It also happened to be one of the booths approached by the

protestors.

“I’m a Latina, my mother’s a Latina as well, and we’re both here,” Denton, Dallas and Beyond host Carmen Lipscomb said. “To me, this is just a celebration of life and I think for a lot of people, they may not know what the meaning of the Day of the Dead is but I think this brings an awareness to it. So I don’t think there’s anything bad about it.”

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Protestors march with signs at the Denton Day of the Dead Festival. Protestors were hoping to start conversations and educate the public about the historic Mexican holiday and to get the name of the festival changed. Hannah Breland

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Kailon Medrano, 20-year-old Denton resident, works on one of his art pieces at West Oak Coffee Bar. Hannah Breland

BRINGING STREET ART TO DENTON

By Kyle Martin Kailon Medrano, 20, is a local Denton artist who goes

by Hydrohipo. His style mixes street art with realism, allowing him to create pieces that look photographic.

He was featured as a winner in this year’s Oaktopia music festival t-shirt contest.

“I guess my inspiration comes from everything,” Medrado said. “For me, when I do stuff, I don’t just want it to be a hobby. I want it to mean something more.”

Medrano was born in Denton

but grew up in Krum, Texas.

He said when he was younger, he took a lot of time creating street art, picking up some of his artistic influence from his father. The artist now spends time around North Texas taking photographs, painting, drawing and boxing.

“All of my art plays off my thoughts,” Medrano said. “I hide behind these images.”

His art often pictures “monstrous” women who he says are “beautified, but still have battle scars.” His art plays off of emotions and attempts to draw an emotional connection between the characters, Medrano and the viewer.

Medrano depicts women more frequently because he relates to women and their expression of emotion.

“As artists, we’re emotional, in any sense like in writing, like in music,” Medrano said.

“We’re all emotional to our craft. When I was younger, I used to cry. I guess when I would get angry, sometimes I’d cry.”

Tears are frequently in Medrano’s pieces. The tears, he said, don’t show weakness, rather raw emotion. He wants the tears on his characters, to be a sign of expression instead of instability.

“They’re crying, but they

look okay,” Medrano said.

“They don’t look sad.”

Winning Oaktopia’s t-shirt contest meant many residents and festival attendees saw and wore Medrano’s work, which was printed all over the festival.

“I love his aesthetic, you know, it’s kind of graffiti, more edgy I guess you could say,” said Matt Battaglia, CEO and co-founder of Oaktopia. “We just got to talking more and he kept showing me stuff.”

At the festival, there were live artists and art installations, something the Oaktopia crew has kept alive since their first year.

“We’ve done it every year, since year one, I guess just through contacting people the first couple of years, finding out who the street artists were, and just asking if they wanted to,” Battaglia said. “Through that, I kind of developed more relationships with people and they just started coming back every year. I know all of the artists personally. I love them all, they are all super talented.

We have a lot of talented artists in Denton.”

One of Medrano’s latest pieces, a live art installation he created in three days at Oaktopia, was stolen off the street after the festival. The piece, a sizeable illustration, was of a character he originally drew in one of his sketchbooks, unfinished. At the festival, he let attendees try their hand at his piece using his paint markers, which added random drips and lines of color all over the canvas, fully encompassing what it means to have “live art.”

In full scale, the piece was complete.

“It sucked, but I was just

surprised someone wanted it that bad,” Medrano said. “They moved like an eight or ninefoot painting with a frame. It took like two to three people to move it, so they were dedicated.

I was sad to see it get stolen, but it’s happened to me before.”

Medrano said in high school, his art was stolen off of the walls. One was torn in half.

“That was more just for fun, but I wanted this one,” Medrano said.

Medrano attended Denton High School, which is where he began developing and honing his style under the watchful eye of James Rosin, one of Denton High School’s art teachers and also the department head of visual arts.

“I’m very, very encouraged, so happy, that he’s really making a name for himself,” Rosin said.

Rosin said that during Medrano’s time in high school when he first came to his classes as a freshman, he saw the influence of street art in Medrano. Sometimes his pieces were someone else’s images, redone by Medrano’s hand.

What Rosin tried to capitalize on and develop was Medrano’s original style and in turn his own original images.

“I knew this kid was going to do just fine, but at the same time he wasn’t making anything that unique and original,” Rosin said. “When he was here, we really helped develop his own voice, his own style, incorporating his own intricate designs into something that he had already been doing.”

Medrano and Rosin were close, and Medrano names his high school art teacher as one of his main influences

in developing the style and individuality in his own original art.

“He was more of a friend than a teacher,” Medrano said.

Moving forward, Medrano wants to stray from the traditional art path of being featured in galleries.

“I would like to see galleries, but what I want to see more of is commissioned murals or murals for a cause,” Medrano said.

For now, Medrano’s art has made it again onto another t-shirt as the winner of another music festival’s t-shirt contest, “Band Together Denton”. The festival will be a two-day event, split between 10 house venues and featuring 60 bands.

As a kid, Medrano said he might have tagged something or put up a sticker on his way home. Murals to him would be an homage and reminder of his antics from when he was younger. In murals, Medrano could relive that experience of seeing his art and influence on a street he walks.

“I think it would be cool to walk by a side of a building where I live or where I grew up, and see murals by me,” Medrano said.

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NTDAILY.COM UPCOMING GAMES Friday •Volleyball: vs. Marshall (Denton) – 7 p.m.

•Soccer: vs. Florida Atlantic (Charlotte) – 7 p.m.

Saturday • Football: vs. Louisiana Tech (Denton) – 4:30 p.m.

Sunday • Volleyball: vs. Louisiana Tech (Denton) – 1 p.m.

MEAN GREEN QUICK HITS Football North Texas returns home for the first time in three weeks to take on Louisiana Tech. The Mean Green is a 20.5-point underdog and have a 16.6 percent chance to win, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index.

Soccer The Mean Green won its first match in the Conference USA tournament 2-1 in extra time over Old Dominion. It’ll take on the winner of Louisiana Tech vs. Florida Atlantic Friday.

ESCAPING THE EAST

North Texas wide receivers and best friends continue football careers together

By Clay Massey

After most North Texas football practices, you will find two wide receivers joking around and working on fundamentals.

Sophomores Terian Goree and O’Keeron Rutherford like to toss the ball around after practice, something they’ve done for years. The two have been friends for as long as they can remember. Their senior year of high school, the pair decided they would go to college together.

The question just became, which college would offer both of them?

From day one of the recruiting process, the duo knew they would end up playing football together, but Rutherford almost missed his call – literally.

Goree had already decided on North Texas, and assistant coach Tommy Perry wanted to add Rutherford. Rutherford knew that with a call from the Mean Green, he

would join his friend in Denton.

But after a couple of phone calls with no answer, Perry had trouble getting in touch with his recruit.

“O’Kee didn’t have his phone, man,” Goree said with a laugh. “I had to call his momma.”

Goree called Rutherford’s mother and delivered the exciting news, Perry was offering Rutherford a spot on the roster.

Needless to say, it was time for Rutherford to update his contact information.

The tandem arrived in 2014 and were both red-shirted as freshmen.

Their debuts would have to wait.

It was a difficult road to Denton for Goree and Rutherford. Coming from Carthage, Texas, both of them had to play in one of the most competitive football regions in the state, just ask head coach Seth Littrell.

“It’s amazing,” Littrell said.

“You’ll find unbelievable players in January that have no offers [in East

Texas]. They have a chip on their shoulder. They’re competitive.”

They won a state title during their time at Carthage High School — the ultimate honor in the lone star state.

The duo started on the defensive side of the ball as corners, and really began to bond early in their high school careers.

Despite dazzling on the gridiron, Goree and Rutherford both wanted to get out of Carthage, an area known to chew people up and spit them out if they aren’t careful.

“There’s really nothing out there,” Rutherford said. “Everybody came up from nothing. Everybody has that drive to be something.”

For most, football is the driving force to get out of East Texas. While football was important to Goree and Rutherford, so was class and their education.

But for some of their classmates and friends, football was life.

“We have homeboys [where

Mean Green soccer wins third straight regular season C-USA title

By Matt Brune The PA announcer counted down from 10. As the clock wound down, the reserves began to walk on the field, unsure of how to celebrate.

On one hand, this is what they have worked for since the end of last year when they lost seven key seniors.

On the other, they weren’t satisfied because they were not finished.

The horn blew. They had done it.

The Mean Green defeated Louisiana Tech University 3-1 Sunday afternoon. The win earned North Texas (14-4-1, 9-1) its third consecutive Conference USA regular season title – a feat that has never been accomplished in Mean Green history.

The players hugged, the fans rejoiced and pictures were taken. This is the first time since 2006 North Texas has won nine conference games – and

North Texas junior midfielder Tori Phillips (24) runs up field after a turnover against Texas Southern University. Dylan Nadwodny

they capped the historic season with yet another resilient win. “[This game] was a little bit more emotional with it being my last game,” senior midfielder Marchelle Davis said. “But at the end of the day, you have to play it like it’s any other game.”

Fourteen minutes into the match, Davis found fellow senior Hailey Sutton in the box for the first goal of the game.

Fifteen minutes later, Louisiana Tech (14-5-1, 6-4) knotted the game at one with a long free kick that was driven into the bottom left corner.

In the 33rd minute, junior defender Tori Phillips was fouled. In retaliation, Phillips appeared to kick the defender.

As a result, she was given an immediate red card and was sent off, which shocked North Texas.

Phillips will have to sit out Wednesday’s first round C-USA tournament game.

“I can’t remember the last time we played a man down,” head coach John Hedlund said. “But we just had to change our formation, and it worked out. We can’t lose our head, especially going into next week.”

While it hurt the Mean Green playing 10 on 11, the senior leaders on this team once again came up big.

Davis controlled a ball at the top of the box and found sophomore midfielder Sabrina Munguia cutting toward goal.

Sabrina was taken out from behind and awarded a penalty kick.

Davis stepped up and scored from the spot to put the team up 2-1 before the half.

The icing on the cake came in the 82nd minute, when Davis sent in a

cross from a corner that fellow senior forward Rachel Holden headed into the goal.

“We had to go for it,” Hedlund said.

“We didn’t really want to share this [title]. The seniors and the captains wanted it that way so I had to extend their minutes even with a man down.”

With the regular season C-USA title in hand, the team’s attention now turns toward Old Dominion University, who they will face on Wednesday in Charlotte in the first round of the conference tournament.

For the eighth time in Hedlund’s career, his team sits atop the regular season final standings. Now he looks to seal a return to the NCAA tournament by this time next week, and he knows what it will require.

“To have success in a tournament, it comes down to defense and finishing your opportunities,” Hedlund said. “If we can do that then we can make a run like we did last year.”

In a game where the five seniors’ numbers were painted on and spread across the field, there we some memorable moments.

But they refuse to take their eyes off the goal.

“We just need to keep doing what we’re doing,” senior midfielder Anna Flobeck said. “We know that we’re the best team in Conference USA, and we just need to play with that confidence.”

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football] is all they have,” Goree said.

“They come to school for six months, and after the state game, they’re done with school. In East Texas, nobody is guaranteed a scholarship.”

The football culture carries on for those who are able to rise above the rest, and Goree and Rutherford have plenty of support back home.

In a town like Carthage with a population of just over 6,000, people learn names when a state championship is won. So the two North Texas wideouts have a plan to repay the people who unconditionally supported them.

“The mission is to make it and give back,” Rutherford said. “We saw the struggle every day.”

It all comes back to football, though, and using the sport to escape the biggest enemy in East Texas – the streets. The piney woods and cracked pavement out east can give, but also take.

Goree and Rutherford saw high school teammates turn down

North Texas wide recievers Terian Goree (3) and O’Keeron Rutherford are from Carthage, Texas. Colin Mitchell Football Bowl Subdivision offers because they were content with the money they were making at home.

They stuck to what they knew.

“The only thing stopping you is where you’re at,” Goree said. “It can keep you there, but football can get you out. It all comes back to football.”

Goree and Rutherford have gotten out, and they have numbers to show it. While Rutherford’s participation has been limited, he has notched three catches this season for 45 yards. Goree has been more heavily involved.

He caught his first touchdown pass last season against Western Kentucky University and has blossomed into a target for freshman quarterback Mason Fine. He has hauled in 24 catches for 235 yards and one touchdown.

The duo toughed out the lows of last year but is not immune to the frustrations of a 1-11 season and the firing of their first head coach at North Texas. Goree and Rutherford discussed leaving North Texas, but never put the wheels in motion.

“Last year I would come out here and tell [the coaches] I didn’t want to

Volleyball The Mean Green has yet to clinch a spot in the C-USA tournament and have two pivotal games this weekend.

North Texas is 11-14 overall.

be here,” Goree said. “We were 0-6, just lost coach and knew we weren’t going anywhere.”

Rutherford felt the same.

“Last year it would be hot, and I didn’t want to be here,” Rutherford said. “I would be jogging. Not playing my best.”

With the Mean Green now at 4-4 and in an air raid offense under Littrell, the two are glad they stayed.

With postseason hopes still very much alive and the two have just one goal in mind.

“Everybody wants a bowl game,” Goree said.

Winning a bowl game together would be the icing on the cake for the lifelong best friends because all they want is to take a championship ring back to their hometown.

“It would mean a lot to represent for Carthage,” Rutherford said.

“We’re blessed, very blessed with this coaching staff.”

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Sloppy play dooms Mean Green football in road loss to UTSA

By Clay Massey Turnovers were North Texas’ Achilles heel Saturday night.

The Mean Green (4-4, 2-2) could not overcome two fumbles and two interceptions in a 31-17 road loss to the University of Texas at San Antonio. Freshman quarterback Mason Fine accounted for three of the turnovers, including an ill-advised pass that killed a drive approaching Roadrunner (4-4, 2-2) territory.

Junior running back Jeffrey Wilson, who had 160 yards and three touchdowns last week against Army, failed to get anything going against UTSA, and finished with 43 yards on 19 carries. He also had a key fumble on third and goal from the 1-yard line to end the first half, which cost North Texas points before intermission.

“We’ve got to do better things up front,” head coach Seth Littrell said.

“It’s on all of us. It’s on coaches, it’s on players. We’ve got to do a much better job.”

There were just two scores in the first half, both for the Roadrunners.

UTSA struck first when junior quarterback Dalton Sturm fired a strike over the middle to junior wide receiver Josh Stewart on a slant from seven yards out to put the Roadrunners up 7-0.

Despite throwing an interception and struggling throughout the game, Fine led the Mean Green on a drive that looked poised for points before halftime. But Wilson coughed the ball up on the goal line and UTSA recovered, sending North Texas into halftime with just 111 total yards of

North Texas freshman quarterback Mason Fine (6) catches a snap as the Mean Green faced off against the University of Texas - San Antonio Roadrunners. Tomas Gonzalez offense.

The Mean Green came out of the locker room fired up, though, and on the first play from scrimmage, Fine darted 80 yards to the endzone on a designed quarterback draw to get North Texas on the board. It was the longest run by the Mean Green this season.

Fine was North Texas’ leading rusher on the day, and finished 25-for34 with 228 yards and a touchdown along with two interceptions.

The momentum did not last.

After a quick three-and-out

by UTSA, Fine fumbled on the ensuing North Texas drive and the Roadrunners tacked on a field goal to extend their lead to 17-7. But North Texas continued to struggle holding onto the ball, as Fine threw yet another pick on the team’s next drive.

The Roadrunners capitalized on the Mean Green blunder again, as sophomore running back Jalen

Rhodes pranced into the end zone to cap of an eight-play, 50-yard drive.

North Texas pulled a field goal back in the fourth quarter to make the score 24-10, but UTSA put another touchdown on the board to make it 31-10.

The Mean Green attempted to mount a late comeback, as Fine found senior wide receiver Kenny Buyers for a 10-yard touchdown with under six minutes to play to cut the lead to 31-17. The Mean Green then recovered the ensuing onside kick to make things interesting, but were thwarted by an offensive pass interference call that nullified a touchdown and sealed the UTSA victory.

“I look forward to getting back to Apogee and our fans,” Littrell said. “We’ll get back on this tape tomorrow and correct our mistakes.”

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North Texas senior guard Candace Adams (14) takes a jumper against Old Dominion University last season. Colin Mitchell

North Texas sophomore center Rickey Brice dunks during practice. Colin Mitchell

TEAMS READY FOR BASKETBALLL Women’s basketball preview: North Texas looking to build on 2015

By Matt Brune Last year, no one knew where the Mean Green women’s basketball program was going.

With a new, first-time head coach in Jalie Mitchell at the helm, the team departed for Norman, Oklahoma, for its second game in mid-November.

They jumped out to a six-point lead at halftime against the nationally ranked Sooners, and held on for what would be a monumental and defining victory.

“When we beat Oklahoma, we just played really well and made history,” senior guard Kelsey Criner said. “It showed us how to win and what it looks like to win [big] games.

The team finished with an 11-19 record in 2015, six victories more than the season prior. And while the win total was impressive for a rookie head coach, Mitchell transformed North Texas’ style of play both offensive and defensively.

The team averaged 9.5 more points per game in Mitchell’s first year than in 2014. They upped their three-point percentage by 8.9 percent to a respectable 33.2 percent. They averaged 12 assists per game last year, 4.3 more than in the year before.

“I’m not surprised [at the success],” Mitchell said. “I think other people were, but I knew that we had talent and we worked hard and good things can always happen from those two things.”

In just one season, Mitchell was able to drastically improve the Mean Green with a limited roster.

While the offensive numbers are

staggering, the rebounding numbers are numbing as well. Last season, the team out-rebounded opponents by 1.3 boards per game. North Texas also corralled 67 percent of possible defensive rebounds, good enough to place fourth in Conference USA in 2015.

With even more talent at her disposal this year thanks to a plethora of transfers and recruits, Mitchell seems poised to keep the momentum.

“There hasn’t been much of a change [in Mitchell’s approach],” senior guard Terra Ellison said. “This year we’re still trying to improve this program. She’s still being a really good coach, being on us, teaching us and just pushing us.”

Even though last season was an improvement, there are still kinks that need to be ironed out. Two of them are turnovers and consistency.

The team played a faster pace last year, which was new to most of the players. This led to an increase in turnovers and inability to protect the ball. The Mean Green averaged a gaudy 19.5 turnovers per game last season, which frequently came back to bite them in close contests.

“We’re just looking to make the right passes and right decisions,” Criner said. “Everybody is getting their court IQ up.”

While the team won big games over Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University and Marshall, they also lost tough games to Texas State and Old Dominion. The next step for Mitchell and the team is getting consistent play, which should be more manageable with the influx of talent.

But this team is still relatively young, so the process will not be a

cake walk.

“Last year we dealt with some injuries, so this year we’ll be able to be more consistent because of the depth that we have,” Mitchell said.

“I think it’s all about mindset as far as consistency goes. Leadership, accountability and communication are going to be key.”

Mitchell’s offense is centered around running in transition and catching opponents off guard, so conditioning and having durable players will be key.

“I like to play fast,” Mitchell said.

“I like to get up and down. But I also like to play smart and under control.

And there will be times when we need to slow it down, and I expect my point guards to know when that is and get a quality shot.”

With a talented backcourt at her fingertips, Mitchell has plenty of players to call on. Sophomore transfers Tyara Warren and Grace Goodhart, and junior Stabresa McDaniel all add depth to the returning guards in seniors Candice Adams, Kelsey Criner and Terra Ellison.

When they want to slow it down, their frontcourt can also do damage on the low block and clean the glass. In the post are transfers Justis Szczepanski and Micayla Buckner, freshmen Madi Townley, Jada Poland and Hannah Hopkins, and returning junior Tosin Mabodu.

The Mean Green’s 2016 campaign tips off on Friday, Nov. 11, and North Texas was picked to finish sixth in the C-USA preseason poll.

But their expectations are much higher.

“Our goal is to finish first in our conference,” Ellison said “We haven’t been ranked that high in a long time in preseason, so it’s a lot of respect from other teams. [We want to] improve on what we did last year and win more games.”

With more talent and a belief they can win, the focus now shifts to a four-month trek towards March, and hopefully, a berth in the NCAA tournament.

“Everybody knows that the expectations are high,” Mitchell said. “Everybody knows that we’re supposed to be better, but you still have to remain humble and hungry.

And people are praising [us] a lot, but I don’t think we’ve earned that praise.”

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Men’s basketball preview: Expectations high in what could be Benford’s final year

By Clay Massey Although the weather may not feel like it, the calendar has pushed into fall, and soon winter will be upon us.

That means North Texas men’s basketball head coach Tony Benford and his squad are gearing up for a new season – one that could be Benford’s last in Denton.

Benford has entered the fifth and final year of his contract that was signed under Rick Villareal’s administration in 2012. Villareal is no longer with North Texas, so it will be up to current athletic director Wren Baker to decide if Benford continues his career with the Mean Green.

Despite posting a 12-20 record last season and losing in the first round of the Conference USA tournament, Benford is confident this year’s team has the intangibles to succeed.

“I think our guys understand our concepts a lot better because they’ve been in the system,” Benford said. “I think it’s one of the closer groups we’ve had. They [have to] buy into their roles if we are going to be successful. I feel like we’re ready to start the season.”

The Mean Green return a key group of players in senior guards J-Mychal Reese and Deckie Johnson, sophomore guards Ja’Michael Brown and Allante Holston, sophomore center Rickey Brice Jr. and junior forward Jeremy Combs.

The Mean Green added freshmen guards A.J. Lawson and Ryan Woolridge, graduate forward Derail Green, junior forward Shane Temara and senior guard Keith Frazier.

Combs has been showered with pre-season awards from C-USA and various websites. He was named to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference team after averaging a double-double in 2015.

But Combs has bigger awards in mind.

“It’s a great honor,” Combs said.

“But I want to win player of the year. So we’ll see how that goes.”

Combs’ focus over the summer was continuing to develop his midrange game and improve on his free

North Texas sophomore guard Allante Holston dunks during practice. Holston finished with 16 steals and seven blocks last season. Colin Mitchell throw shooting. Last year, Combs added a steady jump shot to his repertoire and saw improvement at the charity stripe.

But Combs is not the only stand out on the team.

Frazier is the first McDonald’s All-American to ever play at North Texas. After transferring from Southern Methodist University last spring, Frazier should have an immediate impact when he becomes eligible in mid-December.

When available, Frazier is expected to be an X factor for a North Texas squad that likes to go small due to an abundance of guards on the roster. Benford still expects to dabble in playing a big line-up, but for all intents and purposes, will make good use of his backcourt.

“When he’s healthy, [Frazier] can be really good,” Benford said.

“We’re going to mix it up. We can play small ball, big ball, we’ll play both. With Derail [Green] and Shane’s [Temara] ability to stretch the floor, they can shoot the ball.

They’re going to open it up for our guards in the lane and for our big guys in the post.”

Along with shooting the ball, Green has added a massive amount of experience to the team. Green was a part of the Wichita State University team that made the Final Four in 2013 and has been a catalyst in helping solidify a

group that already matured in the offseason.

Reese has also noticed his teammates maturing around him.

With a more seasoned group to play with, Reese hopes to build on 14.7 points per game and 118 assists total from last season.

“Everybody is maturing and growing from last year,” Reese said. “We know how coach wants everything. [The upperclassmen] have been helping the new people and building the chemistry.”

With their season debut nearly one week away, Benford believes he has all the pieces necessary to make a run. The entire team has adopted a “win-now” mantra, which it will likely have to accomplish if Benford is going to stick around.

As the trudge towards March begins, Benford’s expectations are lofty – and he has complete faith in his guys.

“This is a team capable of having a really good season,” Benford said. “If we can take care of the basketball, share the basketball and sure up our defense, this is going to be a fun team to watch play. We feel like we can compete with anybody. I think this is a team that realistically can win 20 games.”

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016

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Hillary Clinton isn’t much better than Trump

By Victoria Baghei As the election comes to a close, it’s time to take a close look at our two leading presidential candidates, though the view isn’t exactly pleasant.

Both nominees are facing equal amounts of debacle, with Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns as promised.

Though Hillary’s emails have impacted her campaign from the start, there is one thing that has completely damaged Donald Trump’s campaign: his sexual assault accusations.

By actively admitting he does

not wait for consent, he has become the national pariah to a subculture of women altogether. Since the video emerged, at least 14 women have come forward to claim Donald touched them without their consent.

This breaking news has severely damaged the Trump campaign, dropping his polls and popularity enough for the nominee to throw tantrums while making offensive remarks that the election is rigged in Hillary’s favor.

As all this information makes way into the news, keep in mind that while Donald Trump is a bad man, Hillary isn’t far off either.

Somehow, Clinton slipped past media interrogations on issues regarding the women who have come forward over the years, ignoring claims that former president Bill Clinton committed acts of sexual assault upon them.

Though Hillary didn’t commit these acts herself, she still has a disregard for the victims of Bill Clinton’s sexual pursuits, blaming and embarrassing these

women instead of punishing her husband for his disgraceful and untrustworthy actions.

One victim, Juanita Broaddrick, accused Hillary of threatening her to keep quiet about the situation and called Monica Lewinsky a “narcissistic loony toon” once her affair with Bill came to light.

Hillary also publicly denounced another of Bill’s mistresses, Gennifer Flowers, telling ABC News that she was “some failed cabaret singer who doesn’t have much of a resume to fall back on.”

She proceeded to hire a private investigator to discredit and embarrass Flowers in the tabloids.

There can’t be justice when Hillary calls out Trump for his disgraceful sexism, when she reacted to her husband’s in a similar way.

The blatant disregard for the Clintons’ actions is disgusting, if not revolting. The cold shoulder and nasty attitude these victims received from Hillary and her supporters are just as dangerous as Trump voters brushing off his

Letter: UNT and Denton need more resources for homeless students Dear Editor, As a student at UNT, it has come to my attention that there is a large population of students that is experiencing homelessness and having a hard time affording food.

Personally, I believe that there are not enough programs/ resources for this population here in Denton. More importantly, there is only one resource here at UNT to help out those experiencing homelessness or in need of food. As a social work student, I was shocked to find out that currently, the only resource for students is a food pantry. However, the food pantry is only based off of current needs. Due to the fact that I have met those who are experiencing homelessness, providing temporary food will

not be a permanent solution to helping students thrive.

Based on the UNT website, the food pantry is only open on the weekdays. If these students work and go to class full time, the food pantry will not benefit them. If UNT is committed to helping students when they need it, UNT should have more resources to help out one of the most vulnerable students on campus. As a college student, I already have a hard enough time focusing on completing homework. I could not imagine also having to worry about where I was going to sleep or where my next meal was coming from.

In order to make a difference, UNT should implement a program to help students who do not have a place to live.

Providing more scholarships to these students or even placing them in available dorm rooms until they can get back on their feet would be possible solutions.

Additionally, UNT could benefit from hiring social workers to take on cases in order to find more resources out in the community for these students.

Raising awareness and standing up for these students is one way we can help out.

With more focused students, the university can only thrive.

Sincerely, Madison Harper Madison Harper is a UNT student.

Re: Absence policies need more lenience Dear Editor, My name is Brianna Hulsey. I am a senior in the social work program at UNT. As a student, I have major concerns for my fellow UNT students in regards to the absence policies. I was shocked to learn that some professors have taken it upon themselves to make their own policy. For example, absences classified as excused count as your two absences you are able to miss without penalty.

I am completely aware that students get lazy as the semester proceeds; however, students also get ill or a tragedy occurs. As Victoria Baghaei stated in the Oct. 27, 2016, paper, there will

be students who skip and email their professor at the end of the semester to figure out why they are at risk of failing the course.

Unfortunately, instructors have to deal with this issue year after year. I understand the frustration with this particular policy.

As someone who is getting over an illness for the fourth week now, I find it difficult to sympathize with professors’ rational when it comes to the amount of absences students are eligible to miss before their grade is affected. I understand students need to be in class in order to obtain the full experience and knowledge,

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however, things happen.

Missing class is not something students want to do on purpose.

Getting sick and missing class is stressful enough. When you have papers and exams that causes unneeded stress.

UNT must be more lenient with absences. There needs to be a better communication and support system between student and university. Students need to stand up and voice their concerns in order to make a difference.

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racism.

It’s unfair and shady for mainstream media to leave these factors alone simply because Hillary is the one running for president, not Bill.

She has made her stance known, staying beside her husband, choosing to sweep the accusations under the rug. But because Hillary panders to our generation — promising to help our student debts, equality and dabbing — doesn’t mean her past actions should be ignored either.

She’s still with her husband, which says a lot about her character.

Yes, Donald Trump is a degenerate who shouldn’t even be running for president. He spews prejudiced remarks and doesn’t understand how to form logical arguments. The standards that he holds for himself are certainly not America’s core values.

Nonetheless, Hillary isn’t great either. Many of the aspects of Hillary’s campaign

By Shain Thomas What possible justification does anyone have for taking a pickaxe to Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star?

The star, located on Hollywood Boulevard, was destroyed around 5:45 a.m. on Oct 26.

Installed near the Dolby Theatre, Trump received his star in 2007 for hosting “The Apprentice.”

Much like for the other 2,500 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the space is maintained by the Hollywood Historic Trust and chosen by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

I emailed the vice president for media relations of the Chamber of Commerce, Ana Martinez, pertaining to the vandalism. In response, she sent me the following press release: “The Hollywood Walk of Fame is an institution celebrating the positive contributions of the inductees,” said Leron Gubler, President/CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. “When people are unhappy with one of our honorees, we would hope that they would project their anger in more positive ways than to vandalize a California State landmark. Our democracy is based on respect for the law. People can make a difference by voting and not by destroying public property.”

Gubler said the chamber is working with the police in regards to this felony and intends

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been brushed off because presents herself with a professional attitude. But Hillary’s email scandal, Benghazi incident and husband’s

controversies, I’m not sure she should be in the candidacy either.

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to prosecute to the full extent of the law. He said this is something the chamber would do for any Walk of Fame star that has been vandalized and they understand that there is surveillance video of the vandalism.

The area will be repaired soon but requires several days of seasoning before a new one can be made. At the same time, vandalism does not add anything constructive to the conversation.

In July, street artist Plastic Jesus constructed a 6-inch wall, topped with barbed wire, around Trump’s star. With miniature American flags and “keep out” signs written in English and Spanish alike, the wall embodied the anger he had for Trump’s plan for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. There was no damage done to the star or the concrete surrounding it.

An individual named Jamie Otis has claimed responsibility for destroying Trump’s star. In an interview, Otis said his original intent was to remove the star in one piece from the sidewalk.

Once removed, the star would be auctioned to raise money for the victims of Trump’s unwanted sexual advances.

Trump has said before that the women

go low, we go high.” But no one on the high ground would ever contemplate committing an act of vandalism.

Leading up to Election Day, the destruction of the star will only cause Trump to double down on his plans. Inflammatory language such as that expressed by former Illinois 8th Congressional District Rep. Joe Walsh is equally as unacceptable as the damage done to Trump’s star.

During the most recent Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama said, “Don’t boo. Vote!” The same principle applies to committing acts of vandalism. Don’t vandalize.

Vote.

The way civilized people achieve political change, at least in a democracy, is to vote for the most likely enforcer of a positive agenda.

Election Day is fast approaching and early voting has already begun. Going to the polls is the proper way to accomplish change in this nation, not vandalism.

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Readers undoubtedly remember when first lady Michelle Obama said, “When they

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How much has the internet changed politics? crimes more difficult to get away with. Clinton, Trump and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller can make fools of themselves all election long, but justice can still be served through online means.

We all know there is an uneasy transition from print and televised journalism, and the contemporary breed of reporters and politicians are attempting to adapt together.

This is all being captured on social media, which is the world millennials basically grew up in, so it’s tempting to feel invaded by aging authorities. But this election should not spoil the internet for you.

Look at cable television. Most people who pay for cable do so in order to receive a monthly wealth of channels. Paying your internet bill isn’t much different.

Instead of subscribing to multiple newspapers each month, it’s more economic for the common man to secure online media than to clutter their homes with newsprint.

Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center surveyed 3,760 U.S. adults and found 65 percent of them learned about this election through cable, social networks, local TV and online news. In contrast, only 4 percent acquired their information from print.

While the internet continues to improve at a steady incline, we believe that the pros outweigh the cons as far its relationship with politics goes. For every shady secretary of state, foreign businessman or sketchy catfish, there will always be someone quick to combat them virtually.

The Editorial Board Most of us have spent a third of our lives under the Obama administration. An essential part of a generation’s socio-political makeup is molded by their president’s policies. These last eight years have included the rise of social media, and politicians are no strangers to the conversation.

The internet is more influential on our politics now than ever before, and this has caused a tension between our generation and those who came before us. But we all must be patient and realize our method of communication is in a different age, one we have to navigate together – no matter which president we get stuck with.

Social media are now in every facet of our lives. From visual storytelling on Snapchat to building the ultimate resume through LinkedIn to unlocking your inner social justice warrior on Tumblr, you need a username and password to just to stay in the know.

Obama adapted wisely to this age of information with his 2008 campaign spending about $643,000 on Facebook promotion alone. This marked the beginning of an unprecedented use of the internet for politicians to connect with the public.

It also interceded two time periods: one when Facebook was launched nine months before Bush’s re-election and another which sees our current candidates bickering on Twitter. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and their ilk have abused the internet, transforming themselves into memes in the process.

Judging by how allegedly

corrupt Clinton and Trump have been accused of being to begin with, turning accessible forums like youtube into springboards for opposition was always inevitable.

Since the majority of the most popular smartphone apps are free to practically everyone, the average politician has the opportunity to entice controversy at any time – with only their egos to wax.

In turn, anyone on the internet

can voice their political views, which is great for some but fair game to plenty of others just wanting to argue. It also means that the overwhelming growth of technology has made, and will continue to make, political corruption increasingly digitized.

Hillary is the poster child of online political depravity, but the

internet can also be used to help society.

The Panama Papers investigation comes to mind.

In what is widely heralded as “the biggest leak in data journalism” history, more than 370 reporters obtained leaked documents exposing global tax evasion within the highest classes of several countries.

Managed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, based in Washington, D.C., the Panama Papers included more than 4.8 million emails, 3 million database files and 2.1 million PDFs. Our candidates’ corruption isn’t quite on that global scale (yet).

However, the archival nature of internet use makes once-hidden

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Trump is unworthy of a woman’s vote

By Morgan Sullivan Even after his constant misogyny and numerous accusations of sexual misconduct, there are still women supporting Donald Trump.

If one thing is obvious, it’s this: Trump doesn’t respect women, so why should they support him?

His record is anything but clean. He views women as sexual objects there for his taking. Any woman who respects herself shouldn’t support someone like Trump.

He’s incredibly problematic.

Having a president with such little esteem for women would set a bad example for females across the country.

If your president doesn’t honor the matriarchal figures around him, it tells other men they don’t have to either. In fact, Brian Schaffner, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, found a statisticsupported link between rampant sexism and Trump support.

The correlation will only grow stronger if Trump gains actual power as the president.

His comments about women alone should make you squeamish. Chalk it up to “locker room talk,” or that boys will be boys, but those excuses are running thin. People don’t just make sexually offensive claims unless there’s a subconscious desire to act on them.

Similar studies ran in 2008 and 2012 by the Cambridge University Press, finding that sexism and gender attitudes heavily contributed to lower Hillary Clinton support.

This sexism is due to a lack of knowledge on the feminist movement outside of Tumblr stigmas; the kind of ignorance women have fought so hard against.

Trump isn’t going to fight for women’s rights to choose what happens in their own bodies. He won’t pass laws aiding women’s healthcare or eliminate the tampon tax at a federal level. His angry, sexually violent rhetoric only strengthens a bigger issue — one where women are treated as second-class citizens.

People who mistreat women aren’t going to fight for rape victims, nor would they fight to close the wage gap.

Trump, however, fought for nearly two hours to convince Americans that “no one respects women more” than he does, yet immediately turned around and called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman.”

He constantly belittles the opposite sex, scrutinizing females on their physical appearances, as if the only thing

women are good at is looking pretty for men. He doesn’t see women past their looks — yet somehow, Republican women support him and even have an official website.

This is odd considering how, in 2011, Trump called a lawyer “disgusting” for wanting to breastfeed her child. His attorney, Allen Garten, did not confirm or deny what he said.

This class of men doesn’t want women to succeed.

They want to suppress their voices and suffrage. Women everywhere should be fighting against this misogyny.

Trump even condemns Hillary for Bill’s unfaithfulness. This is a form of victim-blaming and teaches other men that it’s sufficient to do the same. Hillary can’t help that her husband couldn’t remain faithful. Trump can’t either, but he probably accuses his exes of that also.

Don’t give power to such prejudice. If Trump had his way, women would lose their

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This isn’t the ‘50s, ladies.

Don’t elect a man who wishes it was.

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