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Pilot: ‘I have had all I can stand’
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Firefighters work to put out flames at the Echelon building in Austin, Texas. Joe Stack crashed a small plane in a suicide attack directed at the I.R.S. The crash left one person dead,13 injured and one missing. BY SHEA YARBOROUGH Senior Staff Writer
AUSTIN — Ten hours after a man flew his plane into an Austin city building, the smoke was still rising. The pilot, Joseph Stack, 53, created an impact which left one person dead, 13 injured, and one person missing. The crash was felt more than a block away in the Oak Point building where Paul Patterson, a sales manager, said he felt the a wave of energy hit his building. “We thought a bomb went off in the FBI building,” Patterson said.
Patterson and his co-workers rushed for the street, only to see the Echelon building engulfed in flames. People began to flee from the parking lots and garages of the building, some leaving immediately, while FBI personnel suited up and went toward the scene. Patterson said his initial reaction brought the idea of terrorism to his mind. The cause of the explosion was still unknown until they looked down to see plane pieces lying on the ground at their feet, Patterson said. “I never want to see anything like that again,” he said.
Thursday morning, Stack set his house on fire before leaving for the Georgetown Municipal Airport. At 9:44 a.m., he took off in a Piper Cherokee single engine plane. At 9:56 a.m., Stack crashed the plane into the Echelon building off of Interstate Highway 35 in North Austin, officials said. In a seven-page suicide letter left on his Web site, The Smoking Gun, Stack raged against the IRS, stating “I have had all I can stand.” Through the course of the letter Stack lists money woes with the IRS, quoting IRS section 1706 on how to treat workers for
Denton mayor seeks re-election, second term Burroughs talks economic hardships
money to do it,” Burroughs said. Clifton is involved with the Fr y Street housing project and has been distributing buttons reading “Buy t he BY MORGAN WALKER Block,” encouraging the city Senior Staff Writer of Denton to avoid selling a D e n t o n M a y o r M a r k plot of land on Fry Street to Burroughs looks to earn his commercial developers. Mea nwh i le, t he Ray zor second term in office through Ranch project continues to the May 8 city elections. He will run against Bob develop with the construction of Sam’s Club Clifton, 69, who filed a n d Wa l -M a r t . Monday to joi n t he Bu r r oug h s s a id race. T he t wo have t he t wo projects cha llenged each a lone wou ld be other in the past when t he la rgest sa les bot h ra n for mayor ta x generators in 2008. During that within the city. time, Clifton sent out He a l s o s a id thousands of mailers MARK the City Council calling Burroughs “a BURROUGHS is in the middle of crook” and depicting him as “a joker,” Burroughs rewriting the gas well ordinance for the drill site on said. Economic issues have kept the Rayzor Ranch developBurroughs and the city from ment. When the project was origpursuing the goals he set. The sales tax revenue is down inally passed, the Council 5 percent and the sales tax added one dozen restrictions occupies about 30 percent of and conditions on how the gas companies were to drill the city’s budget, he said. “W hen you’re dow n 5 the well. “The reason we did that percent, that’s a lot of money and that is forcing a lot of was because all of us were things to shift,” Burroughs u ncom for table w it h how it was going to be done,” said. The city may have to begin Burroughs said. He said he felt the current adjusting facilities’ hours of operation to try to cut down ordinance was inadequate to the cost. There has also been protect the neighbors within close range of the well. a hiring freeze. Burroughs became mayor “It’s unfortunate because I have ideas for new programs, of Denton 18 mont hs ago but when you’re in a non- after defeating former mayor, hiring mode that’s not going Perry McNeill. Joh n Cabra les, Denton to happen because there’s no
public information officer, ha s worked w it h fou r dif ferent mayors since he started working for the city 10 years ago. Cabrales said Burroughs has been an effective mayor and he’s concerned about Denton, particularly because of the down economy. “While he still has his own profession, he does spend a considerable amount of time ca r r y ing out his mayora l duties and spends quite a bit of time meeting with people here in City Hall,” Cabrales said. The incumbent is also the co-founder of the law firm Sawko & Burroughs, and is professiona lly licensed to practice in all Texas courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Cou r t of Appea ls for t he Federal Circuit. He served six years on the Council before becoming mayor. “He’s ver y wel l-ver sed with municipal operations, the budget he’s put together and the impact that it has,” Cabrales said. Bu r roug hs is a n honor g raduate f rom Stephen F. Austin State University and majored in business administration, history and political science. During his three years at Stephen F. Austin, he served as student government president before graduating from the University of Texas School of Law in 1982
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tax purposes highlighting the passage in red and leaving in links for readers. “For you who are unfamiliar, here is the IRS section 1706,” Stack wrote. In his letter, Stack said he was a contract software engineer who worked 100-hour weeks and suffered a divorce, and the “.COM bust and the 9/11 nightmare.” Throughout his letter he repeated his disdain for “rich incompetent cronies” the government continued to bail out with “HIS MONEY.” Near the end of his letter, he wrote, “Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different;
take my pound of flesh and sleep trucks and news crews surrounded well.” He signed it “Joe Stack (1956- Stack’s still standing burnt house. On-lookers paced the sidewalks 2010).” In the aftermath of the explo- trying to catch a glimpse of the sion, Nick McMillen, a busi- torched house. Tama Barrows and her mother nessman who works in the string of buildings on I-35’s frontage drove from their Cedar Park home rode, said he and his co-workers after hearing the story. Clinging to wanted to help. He said that in a each other, both of them stated time such as this you want to help their disbelief. “It’s sad that the whole situyour fellow man. “I was flabbergasted there ation had to come to this,” weren’t more people hurt,” he Barrows said. said. I n t he 1800 block of To see multimedia for this story, visit Dapplegray ntdaily.com. Road, fire
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First lady Michelle Obama kicked off her new initiative called “Let’s Move” on Feb. 9. The program is meant to encourage parents and children to exercise more.
U.S. child obesity rises BY K RYSTLE CANTU Staff Writer
First lady Michelle Obama is determined to confront obesity by proposing a bill that all children receive coverage through their health insurance to see a dietitian, both for preventative health education and for health needs in general. Obesity is a major health concern for children and adolescents in U.S. Children are exhibiting symptoms of high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease and other risk factors at young ages, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Lora Williams, a dietician at the Student Health and Wellness Center, thinks the plan is a good idea. “[It’s] fabulous, I don’t know that the legislation has passed it, but from what I hear it’s in the works, and that would be monu-
mental,” Williams said. “Families will be able to take their children to see a dietitian for a preventative health check up. This way we can make sure that the kids are learning how to eat right, and that the parents are getting basic healthy preventative education so our kids don’t continue to get weight increases and develop into diabetes at a younger age.” Data from surveys taken from 1976 to 1980 and 2003 to 2006 showed the obesity rate in children aged 2 to 5 years has gone from 5 percent to 12.4 percent, according to the CDC Web site. In children aged 6 to 11, the amount has risen from 6.5 percent to 17 percent. In teenagers aged 12 to 19, a slightly higher increase has gone from 5 percent to 17.6 percent. These increases are expected to rise. About 80 percent of children who were overweight by age 10 became obese adults by
the age of 25. If obesity begins before the age of 8, the child is most likely to have a severe case in adulthood, according to another study on the CDC Web site. “On the food side of things, we’re just consuming more calories, and part of it is accessibility to food and serving sizes,” said Christy Greenleaf of the kinesiology faculty. “The nutritional makeup of some of the food we are eating, and having less and less activity in our life.” Risk factors that come with obesity are a big concern for doctors, scientists and parents. “A lot of health problems that we’re seeing in adults we are now seeing in kids,” Greenleaf said. “We’re really putting kids at risk for long term health problems.” To read the full story, visit ntdaily.com.
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North Texas teachers honored for service BY MORGAN WALKER Senior Staff Writer
Teachers from across Texas were honored for their service in Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching on Thursday at Fremaux’s Metropolitan Catering in Denton. The organization is composed of more than 13 school districts in North Texas teaching children of all ages from pre-K to 12th grade, in public, private and charter schools. James Roberts of the physics faculty said this is the third banquet held by the UNT Regional Science Collaborative. The collaboratives are a network of sixty partnerships sponsored by the Texas Education Agency that provide professional development to P-12 teachers of science and mathematics across the state. To be honored at the banquet, teachers must have participated in at least 105 hours of professional development within the organization. Teachers are also expected to make science activities a meaningful learning experience for students by providing a handson and minds-on approach. The event kicked off with a welcome from Roberts, who stressed that teachers in the U.S. are not getting enough recognition for their work. Roberts said he has visited many countries where individuals show a
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North Texas teachers of grades pre-K through 12th grade were honored at the Texas Regional Collaboratives banquet for their service in teaching math and science. Teachers must complete at least 105 hours of professional development to qualify to be honored. greater respect that teachers deserve. “They are the ones who teach engineers and provide the workforce,� Roberts said. James Barufaldi, the principal investigator for the Texas Regional Collaboratives at the University of Texas, told a story about how he had a young student named Gloria
Merriweather who came to class one day with soaking wet clothes. Barufaldi said he gave the girl 20 cents to take the bus home and change into some dry clothes. The following day the girl’s mother approached the class with a chocolate cake, thanking Barufaldi for the time he took
to make sure her daughter was taken care of. Not long ago, Barufa ldi said, he was approached by the young girl, who is now Dr. Gloria Merriweather. She told him she had an incredible story to tell him. “I thought she was going to tell me how much my teaching impacted her,� Barufaldi said.
“But she said she will never forget the time I gave her 20 cents and it changed her life.� Carmen Sanchez, a teacher at S em i n a r y H i l l s Pa rk Elementary in Fort Worth, said she was excited to be honored at the event. “It’s so cool,� Sa nchez said. “As a teacher it makes you feel valuable because in
many places people blame the teachers just because the school system failed.� The keynote speaker was Kamil A. Jbeily, executive director of the Texas Regional Collaboratives at the University of Texas. Jbeily said most teachers complete their hours in physics, technology and education in the collaborative’s program within one to two years. “T he s e t e a c her s h av e invested a lot of time and energy to become better teachers,� Jbeily said. “This recognition of our teachers does not happen enough in our nation.� Ma rt y Thompson, dea n of the Advanced Technology Complex in Denton, also spoke at the banquet, emphasizing the importance of educators. “We want quality graduates to be successful in college and in the work force,� Thompson said. The complex, wh ich is designed to prepare students to succeed in high-demand jobs, began in 2006 and now has 1,800 students enrolled. It includes students from public schools, private schools a nd some who a re home schooled. Following Jbeily’s speech, each of the 42 teachers was presented with certificates of achievement for dedication to life-long learning and commitment to the teaching profession.
Police chief praises Burroughs Continued from page 1 As a former president of t he student government at Stephen F. Austin, Burroughs said he is in tune with trying to keep the UNT campus a major focus of the city planning. He said the recent history of the chancellor and the Board of Regents moving to Dallas and UNT President Gretchen Bataille’s resignation raises concerns for Denton. “Gretchen Bataille has been a rea lly strong advocate of close cit y a nd UN T t ies,� Burroughs said. He said he hopes that any t ra nsit ion does not ha r m PHOTO BY MORGAN WALKER/SENIOR STAFF WRITER what’s been done positively in the last few years at UNT. Mayor Mark Burroughs is running for his second term in Denton against political activist, Bob Clifton. Roy Minter, Denton Police chief, who often looks over work. ship and a testament to what elect ion dates v isit w w w. City Council meetings, said he dentonc ou nt y.c om u nder “The city is growing and he’s doing,� Minter said. is impressed with Burroughs’ that’s a tribute to great leaderFor voting locations and “Future Events.�
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Members of UNT’s Sports Marketing Association filed into Wooten Hall Thursday for a behind-the-scenes look into managing a professional sports team. They came to hear Mike Barack, the general manager of the Texas Brahmas pro hockey team, talk about the business side of professional sports.
For an hour and a half, Barack covered everything from player salaries to the team’s community involvement and marketing strategy. He explained how he got his start with the Brahmas 10 years ago and how technology and mass media are changing the industry. “It’s about families, entertainment, a night out, professional sports and,
yeah, it’s about hockey,�Barack said. The association meets every other Thursday. The group connects students with professionals in the field of sports marketing. “It was a good insight into what goes into a hockey game and how hockey happens,� said Chantesia Hodges, a marketing senior.
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Basketball team tries to end Trojans’ streak BY BEN BABY Staff Writer
With only three regular season games left, the UNT women’s basketball team will attempt to end with positive momentum at noon Sunday, as the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans ride into Denton to face the Mean Green. UNT (7-9, 4-11) will try to avoid its third-consecutive home loss, an act it has avoided this season. “We just need to play with heart,” freshman guard Caitlin Hawkins said. “When we do play with heart and we do play all out, we do good and we’re successful, and so that’s just what we need to do in order to get a win.”
The task at hand will be anything but easy. UALR (21-5, 14-1) comes into Sunday’s matchup on a 16-game winning streak, with its last loss coming on Dec. 16 against South Alabama. The Trojans are led by junior forward Chastity Reed, who is No. 6 in the nation in scoring at 24.6 points per game. UNT has been struggling so far in February, going 1-3 in the month. The team’s lone win was a hard-fought road victory against New Orleans. “I have to step it up,” senior guard Brittney James said. “I know a couple of teams have held me under my average. They’ve been really paying a lot of attention to me.”
Sophomore guard Brittney Hudson will return to the court against UALR after missing the last four games because of a rightknee injury. Sophomore guard Tamara Torru was listed by head coach Shanice Stephens as dayto-day. Freshman guard Ravven Brown, who is not injured, is listed as a game-time decision. With the season winding down, the focus will soon shift to Hot Springs, Ark., where the Sun Belt Conference Tournament will take place from March 6 to 9. If the season were to end today, the Mean Green would be the No. 10 seed, and they would play the No. 7 seed, Florida International. “I’m just trying to get them focused on one game at a time,
and that no challenge is too big for us,” Stephens said. Sunday’s game is also significant beyond the game of basketball, as the team is holding its annual Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Pink Zone Game to support breast cancer awareness. Donation areas will be available at each gate to support the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. “I love that we’re putting forth our energy to help people and becoming aware of a major disease that affects women across the country,” Stephens said. “It’s very serious to me, it’s very important to me, and I pray that people will come out, wear their pink, and really support us.”
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Festival gives filmgoers alternative to movie choices BY GRACIELA R AZO Senior Staff Writer
Instead of going to the movies to watch the latest big-budget romantic comedy this weekend, students will have the option of mixing up their weekend plans. The Thin Line Film Fest will show more than 30 documentaries over the weekend at the Campus Theater, Fine Arts Theater and UNT on the
Square beginning at 10 a.m. at the Fine Arts Theater. Documentaries from around the world will show stories of entertainment, global issues and personal biographies. “We have a lot of films that are really fun and based on a lot of really interesting characters,” said program director Kim Stanton said. The festival began Wednesday and
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Directed by Michael Haneke Sta rring Christian Friedel, Leonard Proxauf, Leonie Benesch
The kind of pulpy thriller that’s right up my alley. Based on the novel by Dennis Lahane (“Mystic R i ver ” ), t w o U. S. Ma r s h a l s (DiCaprio and Ruffalo) investigate the disappearance of a serial killer at the titular mental instit ution. But it’s their own psyches they’ll be exploring inside the dark wa lls of t he sanitarium. Scorsese w ill a lso elevate t he material here, as he always does. Though I think the trailer may give away too much, this is the first must-see movie of 2010.
The latest from Michael Haneke (“Caché”) is the front-runner for this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Shot in gorgeous black and white (it’s also a nominee for Best Cinematography), it tells the story of a village gripped by fear as people are found dead, barns and homes are burned, and animals are found tortured. Surely the kids can’t be guilty of such atrocities. Haneke calls it an exploration of the beginnings of terrorism. Seek it out. Playing exclusively at the Dallas and Plano Angelikas
will run through Sunday. Five cash prizes will also be given out over the weekend for best feature and short documentary, as well as audience favorite.
‘Starting up a dialogue’ Pittsburgh producer Henry J. Simonds is presenting his film called “Rachel Is,” the story of a 21-year-old woman with cognitive and physical
disabilities trying to find her independence. Simonds and director Charlotte Glynn depict Glynn’s sister Rachel’s struggle with trying to find her own way of life without relying completely on her mother. “The film provides that opportunity to start that dialogue so that families can start preparing for the future,” Simonds said.
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Xiu Xiu’s latest album: fear and self-loathing By Christina Mlynski
of u ncom mon components. A ngela Seo, Jamie Stewart, developer and • “Knife Play” (2002) newest singer-song w riter of X iu X iu, t h e has established his role in the m e m b e r a n d • “A Promise” (2003) up-and-coming genre of experi- m u l t i -i n s t r u • “Fabulous Muscles” (2004) mental art rock, which displays a mentalist of Xiu • “La Forêt” (2005) different approach to interpreting X iu, said she’s • “The Air Force” (2006) excited for her a vast array of melodies. • “Women as Lovers” (2008) X iu X iu formed eight yea rs f i rst tou r a nd • “Dear God, I Hate Myself” (2010) ago in San Jose, Calif. as three expanding her people who wanted to expand mu sic a l hor ithe limits of rock music, Stewart zons. “I’m really anticipating playing tion; and the pressure explained. “A friend of mine and I used at shows,” she said. “I get to play of releasing a seventh to play in each other’s band,” on a Game Boy system, and I also a lbum t hat must live St e w a r t s a id . “ We t hou g ht get to use an analog synthesizer, up to the expectations they were not dour and serious which is really awesome. It’s very Stewart has created for enough, so we quit. Xiu Xiu was different from what I’m used to himself, according to created, and Greg from Deerhoof playing, which is classical, but t he news feed of X iu I’m rea lly excited to start the Xiu’s Web site. got us a record deal.” As with every Xiu Xiu release, tour.” W hen asked to The band has taken on many comment on the differthe band distinguishes itself with the wide and increasing range hardships over the past year with ences bet ween “Dea r of instruments it features. With the resignation of instrumentalist God, I Hate Myself” and the upcoming release of Xiu Xiu’s Caralee McElroy, who decided to past a lbu m releases, seventh album, “Dear God, I Hate invest more of her time into her Stewa r t g rew defenMyself,” set to drop Tuesday, new marriage; the confronta- sive. Stewart re-introduces a mixture tion of Stewart’s sexual orienta“I’m not t he r ig ht person to ask that to,” he said. Stewart has taken on t he upcoming a lbum with a different outlook than the previous ones. His inspirat ion for this CD relied on three aspects: political views and opinions, personal experiences, and transfor mat ive worldw ide Photo Courtesy of Four Paws Media events, Stewart said. X iu X iu’s upcoming Angela Seo (left) and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu will expand the number of instruments they use on tour will begin shortly. their tour to support their latest album. The tour will feature three Texas stops. “We’re leaving for the U.K. in a couple of days, then Jar and his side project regarding because the songs from those we’ll do a six-week U.S. tour with film Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival. bands are my favorite type of three stops in Texas, followed by Nonetheless, Xiu Xiu is the one music he’s created,” said Jazz a European tour, and we’ll finally that has been exposed to audi- Garcia, a photojournalism sophomore. ences the most. finish in Asia,” Stewart said. Photo Courtesy of Four Paws Media “A lot of the songs were repeti“If ‘Dear God, I Hate Myself’ Stewa r t has been t h roug h San Diego band Xiu Xiu will release its seventh album, “Dear God, I Hate Myself” on multiple band transitions, with sounds anything like when he tive, but the way he created them Tuesday. The album explores many cultural themes, including worldwide catastrophes, the disbandment of such previous was in Ten in the Swear Jar or during the time was a lot more bands as IBOPA, Ten in the Swear IBOPA, that would be amazing, raw and original,” he said. personal crises, political controversies and sexual identity. Staff Writer
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La Milpa 820 S. Interstate Highway 35, Suite 101 Denton By Melissa Boughton & Christina Mylinski
Assigning Editor & Staff Writer You may get a little lost looking for La Milpa, but once you find it, you will be thankful. The saying don’t judge a book by its cover definitely applies here. In the middle of the afternoon, the place is almost empty but the waiter still has a smile on his face and happily seats the patrons. Looking around, there is not much to adorn the walls aside from a few eclectic pieces of art. They are brightly painted in shades of blue and orange, giving an authentic Mexican feel to La Milpa. Bottles of Jose Cuervo line the windowsills in the back of the restaurant. Each table is presented with a
basket of chips and containers of salsa, which is overly populated with tomato flavor and no heat. On Tuesdays, the restaurant offers $2 margaritas, but don’t expect to get your drink right away. The wait for the margarita is about 10 minutes, and after your first sip you will find that it was not worth the wait at all. The taste of cheap tequila will overwhelm your tongue and make you forget that you ordered a strawberryflavored margarita. The main courses, on the other hand, are quite delicious. Their take on chicken fajita nachos is a plate of neatly arranged taco shells broken in half and smothered with refried beans, fajita chicken, cheese, tomatoes and jalapenos. In the middle, a dollop of sour cream and guacamole garnish the dish to make a beautiful pinwheel-shaped Mexican meal that will make it hard not to dig in right away. The variety of food provided throughout the menu is nothing short of impressive. The list caters to all special needs, including vegetarian, by providing visitors multiple dishes. The beef quesadillas are portioned to please any appetite of a hungry customer. The tortillas are seared with a distinctive texture that provides the
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Photo by Melissa Boughton/Assigning Editor
The chicken fajita nachos from La Milpa is a plate of neatly arranged taco shells broken in half and smothered with refried beans, fajita chicken, cheese, tomatoes and jalapenos. palate with a fluffy consistency that is enriched with spices. The fajita beef, which is seared to provide a smoky flavor, is stuffed in each quesadilla alongside a hearty helping of caramelized onions and cilantro. The plate comes loaded with fixings of pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream. The possibility of toppers is at each individual’s will.
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Taken as a whole, the food will surely win the patron over, considering the service is a little less than desirable. If drink specials, authentic Mexican cooking and the atmosphere of the culture are something you seek, then La Milpa is the place to be.
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Using February Leftovers
By Katie Grivna / Senior Staff Writer
Chocolate Pretzels For many people, the lingering snacks of Super Bowl XLIV parties and uneaten chocolate from Valentine’s Day still clutter the kitchen pantry. This recipe, courtesy of allrecipes. com, uses your leftovers to make a delicious snack: chocolate pretzels. These pretzels are easy to make and don’t take long in the oven. The most tedious part of this recipe is unwrapping all of the chocolate Kisses, so do that first. These pretzels are like eating a salty version of a chocolate Kiss, with an extra crunch from the M&M. You can change it up
by adding white chocolate instead of milk chocolate or leftover Sweethearts candies instead of the M&Ms. Either way, it’s hard to eat just one.
Ingredients: - 48 mini pretzels - 8-ounce package of milk chocolate Hershey Kisses - 1/4 cup of M&M’s
Directions: 1. Begin by spreading the pretzels over a greased baking sheet. Make sure the pretzels are whole and laying flat on the sheet. 2. Next, place the unwrapped choc-
olate Kisses in the center of each pretzel. 3. Bake the pretzels for two to three minutes at 275 degrees until the chocolate has melted. If it isn’t melted after three minutes, continue baking them in oneminute intervals. 4. Remove the pretzels from the oven and position an M&M on each Kiss, squishing the chocolate to fill each of the holes in the pretzel. 5. Refrigerate the pretzels for five to 10 minutes until the chocolate is set. Store the pretzels at room temperature and enjoy!
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GeekSCENE
Fun sequel fails to live up to original By Ryan Feuerhelm Contributing Writer
Being the sequel to anything highly acclaimed is never easy, and that definitely goes for “BioShock 2,” the first-person shooter followup to 2007’s Game of the Year, “BioShock.” In the first game, the main character is the lone survivor of a plane crash over the mid-Atlantic ocean in 1960. He stumbles upon the underwater city of Rapture, where the city’s top scientists have discovered ADAM. ADAM allows its users to modify their genetics in a variety of ways — one example is a plasmid, which allows Rapture’s denizens to shoot fire from their fingertips or lift objects with their mind. To gather ADAM, the scientists experimented with young girls, turned them into Little Sisters and gave them personal bodyguards in the form of monsters in giant, deep-sea diving suits. These behemoths are dubbed Big Daddies. They protect the Little Sisters from the Splicers, Rapture residents who became addicted to ADAM.
The city has gone to hell, and the main character makes it through alive, end of that story. “BioShock 2” begins eight years after the first game’s events. The player takes control of Subject Delta, the first Big Daddy, who is searching Rapture for his Little Sister, Eleanor. The player progresses through different sections of the city, collecting audio diaries which give clues to the city’s state of affairs while gaining stronger weapons and plasmids. Controlling Delta is interesting compared to the human protagonists of the original or multiplayer. He is noticeably slower, his helmet rounds off the corners of the television screen, and he is privy to the coveted drill-arm and rivet gun. Although Delta is one of the town’s titans, he is surprisingly weak against its inhabitants. Still, there is nothing more satisfying than taking out a single Splicer with one fell swoop from the drill charge. The game does offer more moral
choices than “BioShock” with the Little Sisters and other minor characters. After killing a Little Sister’s Big Daddy, Delta can adopt her and have her harvest ADAM, which is child labor at its best, or he can harvest and kill the innocent girls. The truly sinister player will work the children and then harvest them. As for the minor characters, the player can spare or kill them, but the choices made in the game affect the ending. Online multiplayer mode is surprisingly fun. The player will level-up with experience in a
variety of game modes. This addition provides replay value to what is normally a single-player game. Despite excellent game-play, visuals and music, “BioShock 2” fails to live up to the original. The mid-game story twist and its villain set the bar too high for comparison, but it doesn’t mean the game doesn’t have its strong points. A lternate endings, hidden achievements, that awesome drill, smooth controls and a progressive multiplayer add enough depth to warrant a purchase, if not a definite weekend rental.
Foreign films not just for snobs Opinion By K ip Mooney SCENE Editor
I like to consider myself a wellrounded moviegoer. I’ll go to the big summer blockbusters, the latest Pixar gem and those tiny little indies few will ever see. But I’m finding myself drawn more and more into the genre only the geekiest of film geeks see: foreign language films. Now, the Oscars have been awarding movies from other countries since 1956 (at least competitively), but ask the average person at your local multiplex and I doubt they
can name more than five movies in a different language they even know of, let alone have actually seen, kung fu movies notwithstanding. Though I fear I might be growing more pretentious by walking down this path, I don’t necessarily feel it. These movies are just as powerful and accessible — but better — than lots of American offerings. Take last year’s Oscar winner, “Departures” from Japan. It’s funny, deeply moving and definitely relatable to anyone who grew up outside the big city, had a degrading job or had a friend die. The plot revolves around Mika, who loses his job at the local orchestra and takes up a job practicing nokan,
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a ceremonial procedure for dressing bodies at funerals. While this seems a bit odd, all of its elements are common to any culture: layoffs, strife in the early years of marriage and making your own path. The movie is a little longer than you’re used to (it’s more than two hours!), but the payoff is huge. One of my favorite films of late is the movie Ari Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir,” an animated documentary about Israel’s war with Lebanon. Though the concept of an animated memory documentary is difficult for anyone to wrap his or her mind around, it’s pulled off flawlessly. The documentary footage and the recreations of the sieges were shot and then animated over, giving the film a one-of-a-kind look, with scenes lit by flares and gunfire. Though the dialogue is in Hebrew, its universal themes of the horrors of war are clear in any language. I could go on and on like this, but my point is take a harder look next time you’re at Blockbuster or Redbox. There are plenty of movies worth discovering, even if you don’t speak the language.
MusicSCENE
‘Very private’ musician prepares for exposure
Black Plague, the musician said he likes to write multiple songs at one time. B Y G R ACIELA R AZO Although he said his lyrics serve Senior Staff Writer as a reflection of himself, they are also descriptions of things he W hen Roy Robertson was sees and feels everyday. growing up, moving around “They’re something you hear from place to place with his or read about that you have in family grew to have an impact your head that you feel like you on his future music life. need to get out,” Robertson said. The musician spent many “So for me, I was always writing years in Germany, but it was songs about them.” when he picked up his sister’s James Alexander, lead singer of g u ita r t hat he rea l i zed he the Waxahachie band Black Tulip, wanted to tell his own stories has covered two of Robertson’s through melodies and lyrics. songs. No w w i t h h i s Rober t son i s a guitar in his hands reserved person, and and synthesizers by that characteristic his side, Robertson, comes t hrough in a genera l st ud ies his music, Alexander junior, will play his said. f i rst N X 35 Mu sic “ H e ’s a v e r y C on f e r e t t e s h o w private person and on March 11 at the a great writer, as far Hydrant Café. as discipline goes,” The show will be A lexa nder sa id. Rob er t s on’s f i r s t “I l i ke h is st rong with a backing band u se of f ig u r at ive because he usually language. His songs plays by himself. have a great f low to “I didn’t have any ROY ROBERTSON them.” f r iends g row i ng Alexander compared up, so I mostly did music by Robertson’s live stage personmyself,” he said. “I don’t trust ality to The Doors front man Jim other people with my music Morrison because of his dark because I like to have control demeanor. over it.” “He has a lot of charisma when Robertson took a few guitar he’s on stage,” he said. lessons growing up, but he said After performing at NX35 and he grew weary of learning how other local shows, Robertson is to play basic guitar tabs along set to professionally record his to other people’s music. first full-length album, slated for Soon, he began listening to release this summer, he said. Bob Dylan and The Beatles, got a four-track audio recorder and started creating lyrics to Roy Robertson at NX35 the music he played. Music Conferette “It was sort of a whole new With Daniel Folmer, Jenn area that was opened up to me Gooch, A.M. Ramblers and because I could write music, the cut*off sing over it and write stories to The Hydrant Café, 208 W. my songs,” Robertson said. Oak St. Ta k i ng i nspi rat ion f rom March 11, 8 p.m. inventor Nikola Tesla and the
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Artists raise money for Haiti BY JESSICA PAUL Staff Writer
UNT students and Denton residents can enjoy the local music scene, as well as donate to a worthy cause from 8 to 11 p.m. tonight at Art Six Coffee House at 424 Bryan St. The event includes coffee, an art raffle courtesy of UNT art students and performances from Dentonbased artists. Emily Bogenschutz, an elementary education freshman, organized the event, and said she felt passionate about trying to raise money to help rebuild the Caribbean nation and build more unity in Denton. “I just thought that music would be the best way to create that unity in hope to raise money,” she said. Bogenschutz said she thinks this event will leave more of a mark than any other benefit concert. “I think since it’s not run by such a large organization on campus but just by individual students, it’s even more of an impact,” she said. “That as an individual, you can make a difference and you can put something together as one person to affect the nation.” As for why the concert was held so late in the month after weeks of strife in Haiti, Bogenschutz said that even after the first wave of damage, the country still needs help. “I think that with time, you realize how many casualties there are, how much damage is actually there and how much money is actually needed,” Bogenschutz said. “I think that it’s sad that our society will start to dim down the issue and dim down what happened, and hopefully, students will still be aware that just because the hype in the United States is dying down, it’s still a large issue.” Raven Dickerson, a social work sophomore, said she and some friends plan to attend the benefit concert tonight. “I think the event was a great idea for raising funds for the country of Haiti,” Dickerson said. “There’re so many people in need in that country, and the fact that this concert is right
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Local artists will gather at Art Six Coffee House for a fundraiser for Haiti at 8 tonight. in Denton is an even greater reason for people to attend.” Bogenschutz said the performers have great heart. “They’re being very gracious and they’re there to support this fund and to support this nation, just as much as the people that put it together,” Bogenschutz said. “I think it’s awesome that they’re there not just to promote themselves, but to promote the cause.” Artists include Ryan Piper, Sister,
Do You Know My Name?, Danny Bolin, Saturday Night Radio and Mark Apel. All donations and art raffles collected from the night will go directly to Haiti relief. Art Six will also donate 10 percent of tonight’s profits. “There’s still millions of people without homes, millions of people on the streets,” Bogenschutz said. “There’s still such a great need for money.”
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The Road to Oscar Best Original Score “Avatar” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” “The Hurt Locker” “Sherlock Holmes” “Up” A MBER’S PICK : “Fantastic Mr. Fox” KIP’S PICK: “Up” Best Original Song “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” “Take it All” from “Nine” “T he Wea r y Kind” from “Crazy Heart” AMBER & KIP’S PICK: “The Weary Kind”
Best Adapted Screenplay Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, “In the Loop” Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, “District 9” Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious” Nick Hornby, “An Education” Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air” AMBER’S PICK: “Precious” KIP’S PICK: “Up in the Air” Best Original Screenplay Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker” Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, “The Messenger” Joel & Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man” Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and Tom McCarthy, “Up” Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds” AMBER & KIP’S PICK: “Inglourious Basterds” To see multimedia for this story, visit ntdaily.com.
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”Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” Frankie ”99 Problems,” Jay-Z ”Sowing Season (Yeah),” Brand New ”Bye Bye Baby” Bay City Rollers
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”French Navy,” Camera Obscura ”Back in Your Head,” Tegan & Sara ”Cosmic Love,” Florence and the Machine ”Listzomania,” Phoenix ”Under Pressure,” Queen and David Bowie