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Cryptozoology brews new relationship with Armadillo Ale Works

By Claire Lin @claire_grace_ Coffee shops around Denton are having to make room for a newcommer in town: Cryptozoology. The shop, located off Bell Avenue, shares a large space in the taproom with Armadillo Ale Works, the brewery about to have its soft opening.

Only the coffee is available now, and the space is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

With the grand opening of the brewery, the space will still be closed for coffee but open for beer from 2 p.m. to the late hours of the coming summer nights.

One of the owners of Cryptozoology, Benjamin Lytle, 24, said the blending of

the coffee shop with a brewery “makes for a much more cohesive customer experience.”

“We structured everything under the same roof, so rather than operating as two separate entities in the same space, we work as a team with specialization in coffee and beer,” Lytle said. “It … leaves room for a lot of collaboration between Cryptozoology and Armadillo [Ale Works].”

The union came about when Benjamin and his wife and business partner, Haley Lytle, were looking for a place to start Cryptozoology. They figured they would have to start as a small pop-up shop before working their way up to a

permanent location over time.

“We emailed Armadillo [Ale Works] to see if we could do a pop-up at the brewery, and they were really receptive and interested,” Benjamin said. “Over time, we hit it off with them and decided to partner together to permanently do coffee and beer in the taproom.”

Armadillo Ale Works has eight years of local history under its belt, nine beers in its portfolio and two medals from the Great American Beer Festival — all without a brewing facility of their own, so this brick and mortar establishment will be a big step up for them.

Their beers have been available in

Benjamin Lytle, 24, cleans his equipment.

Cryptozoology, partly owned

by Lytle, serves a variety of beverages including coffee and tea.

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THE RISING COST OF

STUDENT HOUSING

Construction for the new residence hall is an ongoing project behind Kerr Hall. The new building will be named “Mean” Joe Greene Hall. Kelsey Shoemaker

Records show almost 30 percent increase over 4 years

By Emilia Capuchino @e_capuchino Over the last four years, UNT’s on-campus housing costs have increased 27 percent in some instances, leaving many students scrambling to figure out their living situation.

In fall 2014, a double room at Kerr Hall was $4,610 for the semester. But in fall 2018, a triple occupancy room at Kerr Hall is estimated to be $5,200, and double occupancy rooms are estimated to be $5,830, according to the UNT Factbook.

The application fee to get on the waiting list for UNT housing is $350 for returning students but is an additional $50 for new UNT students, according to the UNT Housing website.

Consequently, these rising costs are forcing students to look off campus where prices can be

UNT’s Kerr Hall. Emily Olkkola

just as steep, and reliable transportation is not a guarantee.

For sophomore Holli Foley, the price she pays at the Ridge apartment complex is worth the commute.

“I did the math on it, and it’s cheaper to live off campus than living in the dorms by almost a thousand dollars,” Foley said.

However, the cost of living in Denton is not getting any cheaper.

The cost of an average two-bedroom apartment in Denton is $1,154 per month, but for students living off campus at student apartments like the Ridge, rent can sometimes be little more than a quarter of that.

Foley pays around $480 a month for her room in a four bedroom, two bath at the Ridge.

However, the Ridge is an outlier in the

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Women’s and gender studies graduates 1st student

By Vanessa McTillmon @vanessa_marie96 Graduate student Amanda Foltz became the first graduate of UNT’s women’s and gender studies master’s program this May. Though the program began in the ‘80s under the interdisciplinary studies program, Foltz is the first to graduate from the program under its now individual title.

“It’s an immense honor,” Foltz said. “I feel very humbled and very privileged. I started this program simply because I thought it would be interesting. I had no idea I would be studying with the most brilliant, well-researched instructors at this university.”

According to the mission statement of the women’s and gender studies master’s program at UNT, the program allows students like Foltz to study topics and, “[sustain] campus-wide discussions in areas including, but not limited to: global contexts, feminist approaches, women’s social movements, feminist activism and explorations of the connections among gender, class, ethnicity and race in social and cultural constructs.”

Alicia Re Cruz, head director of the women’s and gender studies program, encourages students inside the program to utilize gender studies to study and critique themselves and society.

“We really need our young generation who are going to be the leaders of Alicia Re Cruz our society and politics and tomorrow to understand the social reality and look at it with a critical lens using a gender basis kind of look to understand it,” Re Cruz said. “This is critical and crucial for not only our society, but the world in which we live, and it can be used and applied in any single context, any single job and professional and personal lives.”

Re Cruz also hopes students begin and leave the program working toward ways in which they can take what they learn and employ it for the betterment of humanity.

“My hope is that whatever knowledge they acquire through the program that they use it, and they apply it,” Re Cruz said. “For me as the director, the most

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Kever’s Kitchen brings gourmet food prep to UNT students, locals

By Nikki Johnson-Bolden @nikkinikxo

Mark Jones started Kever’s Kitchen in 2016 to share his love of food with others.

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Food is a basic human need, but for college students, that basic need can be a little more complicated. There are times when finding a balanced meal seems nearly impossible, and others when it seems like prices at the grocery store will never stop going up.

With his meal prep and catering business called Kever’s Kitchen, business marketing senior Mark Jones makes

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it a little easier for students at UNT to get a meal that won’t destroy their bank accounts and is actually, well, good.

Jones’ interest in cooking began at a young age. He learned to cook by watching Food Network and following the trial and error process when trying out recipes for himself.

“My father was a horrible cook, so to survive, one of us had to learn,” Jones said.

His cooking style was influenced by his two favorite chefs on Food Network: Mario

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UNT professor earns fellowship into prestigous scientific society pg 2 Richard Dixon earned fellowship into the United Kingdom Royal Society. The Society is based in England, and its members have included some of the top scientists in the world.

Batali and Emeril Lagasse.

“Most of my dishes are a mix between Italian and Cajun food,” Jones said.

Among those dishes, his pasta is a favorite among his customers. Jones is proud of this feat because he worked hard to make a pasta that differentiated from others.

“It has evolved so much,” Jones said. “I try to be so humble [about it], but it is just good.”

Although he has some signature dishes, Jones strives to be versatile with

the meals he makes.

“I try to cook everything,” Jones said.

“I meet so many people and they ask me, ‘Hey, can you make this?’ Any suggestion I get, I just get in the lab and try to see if I can make it.”

Jones estimates he has about 300 customers who order food from him. He built a clientele of that size by establishing an online presence.

“Social media is a big thing for me,” Jones said. “Honestly, that’s how I sell

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Confederate monument committee not expected to make additions until 2019 adding historical context to the statue.

Every commissioner Denton County Judge accepted the recommendation Mary Horn does not expect and they — along with the Confederate monument Denton County Office of historical context to be added History and Culture — started until 2019 at the earliest, exploring potential avenues according to an email for context. The committee’s obtained by the North Texas proposal involved adding a Daily. plaque under the archway “It’s going to take time,” that denounces slavery and Horn said. “These things do, video kiosks on both sides. which is not making some When the Office of History people happy, but I think it is and Culture determine going to be worth the wait.” the historical context, the The Confederate Commissioners Court will monument committee — a make the ultimate decision 15 person group — met for and send a proposal to the three months, discussing Texas Historical Commission. the statue currently on the Horn hopes to have the square. They brought their proposal sent by November unanimous recommendation and receive feedback by to the Commissioners Court February. on Feb. 6, which called for Chris Florance, the

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director of public information and education for the Texas Historical Commission, said the monument is a state antiquity landmark which requires permits for anything beyond simple maintenance.

When they get the proposal from the Commissioners Court, the Texas Historical Commission will review it before sending a permit and requesting additional documentation.

“We would be looking at the proposal from the perspective of architectural and historic integrity at the site,” Florance said.

The Confederate monument committee chairman John Baines sent a letter to the Commissioners Court on April 23 highlighting observations,

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recommendations and promises. Baines asked for bi-weekly or weekly updates on their progress in adding historical context.

“The absence of updates and reported program have left the natives very restless and doubting,” Baines wrote in the letter.

Horn emailed Baines a response on April 26. She said his ideas were, “thoughtful, clearly outlined, and to the point.” She said Peggy Riddle, director of the Office of History and Culture, will make any public updates during commissioners court meetings.

The last update was on April 17 and Riddle said she welcomes ideas and information from committee members and the general public.

“I urge anyone who would like to give me some ideas to contact me,” Riddle said.

She wrote that the many agencies involved, fiduciary guidelines, costs, equipment and research will cause the process to be a long one.

Horn gave the example of the Denton County All War Memorial, which took “over five years to go from an idea to unveiling.”

The county judge also said Riddle was sidelined by the fire at the Downtown Mini Mall, which damaged the courthouse as well. It took two weeks to send damaged items to conservators.

“The Confederate monument took a back seat to getting those things cleaned up,” Horn said. “It had to be.”

As for the context being discussed, Horn is not a fan of outdoor kiosks because they will be hard to see in the sun and subject to vandalism.

She recommends a QR code that will direct people to the

kiosks inside the courthouse.

“Putting the kiosks out there is just asking for trouble,” Horn said.

The cost estimate has not been determined, but funding may come from the Texas Historical Commission and donations. Horn does not plan on spending tax money on the project.

“Most everybody is going to be happy except Willie Hudspeth,” Horn said.

Hudspeth is a local activist who has been protesting the monument since 1999.

“They never change and they have never entertained anything than just leaving the statue there,” Hudspeth said.

Horn said he has a right to his opinion, and she respects his tenacity.

“I’m not sure what would make Willie Hudspeth satisfied because from time to time, he asks for different things,” Horn said. “He wants it moved, then he wants it taken down, then he wants more context.”

Hudspeth wants the committee to include more members of the community.

“I would suggest they involve the citizens,” Hudspeth said. “I think things will turn out better if we all talk about it. I don’t want it to be a selected group that just dictates what they want done.”

Horn said a vast majority of people who contacted her outside of commissioners court meetings want the statue to be left alone.

“While the committee members and some members of the community may want something to happen immediately, the reality is, it cannot,” Horn wrote in the email. “Everyone just needs to be patient as the process continues.”

Students report poor conditions at UNT housing HOUSING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 room in a four bedroom, two bath apartment at the Ridge.

However, the Ridge is an outlier in the market of student apartments and is often the first place to fill up as a result.

Students who live at higher-end apartments such as The Republic or 1451 can expect to pay about $600 a month for the average four-bedroom, four-bath apartment. Compare those prices with U Centre at Fry Street, which charges $724 for a four-bedroom, fourbath apartment.

A one bedroom at U Centre costs $1,284 a month while a one bedroom at the Ridge costs $870 a month.

Since fall 2016, UNT has had an enrolled student population of 38,081 but only 6,208 beds across 15 residence halls and 21 apartments at College Inn, according to the UNT Fall 2016 Fact Sheet.

This means that at any one point, only 16 percent of students can live on campus.

Even with some of the more recent on-campus housing additions like Rawlins Hall and the ongoing construction of the new “Mean” Joe Greene residence hall in the parking lot of Kerr Hall, the housing situation on campus will remain at its current level of accommodation.

The new residence hall will add 500 beds to oncampus housing, but there is no official word yet on how much it will cost.

The lack of affordable on-campus housing is not the only issue students face. Those who are able to live on campus face a different set of problems.

“I live in College Inn right now, and the other day, yellow liquid was dripping from the ceiling,” junior Adam Leyva said. “Many of the rooms also have mold.”

Housing is aware of issues like these within College Inn and are working to address them, according to Gina

Vanacore, executive director of housing and residence life.

UNT is working to rectify mold issues by bringing in an engineer to see how they can change the airflow of College Inn, which is designed differently than the other residence halls, Vanacore said.

“We’re renovating rooms, and as we’re doing that [we’re] pulling out old stuff and enhancing the airflow and things like that,” Vanacore said.

The mold issue lies with how the non-conditioned air will mix with the conditioned air, so the university has been trying to prevent these issues by sealing up the chase ways, which they have done in chunks along with the renovations.

Sometimes Vanacore finds that people will allow the situation to get to the extreme.

“Tell somebody and then we can address it,” Vanacore said.

Leyva says he will be moving off campus next semester as a result of the cost, quality and quantity of the dorms, a decision he is not taking lightly.

He originally wanted to stay on campus since he did not believe he would be able to support himself while living off campus and working part time.

“I think the rising cost of dorms has a lot to do with the rising rent in Denton,” Leyva said. “I think that building more dorms will help the prices go down, but I am not sure UNT will make the investment in developing more student housing.”

The university tries to make sure the increases are relative to the area. UNT looks at the cost of living locally and the housing markets as a guide to how much housing should be, Vanacore said.

UNT also looks at the cost of operating residence halls like Kerr Hall by taking into account the cost of maintenance, renovations, utilities and amenities — for example cable, wifi, washers and dryers. As the cost of operating increases, so will housing rates.

A construction worker drills while working on a new residence hall building. Kelsey Shoemaker These increases are fixed until 2018, and the newly approved rate for the next few years is 3.2 percent.

Housing costs are also determined by debt service, which is how much money the university owes on a residence hall. This is calculated on a yearly basis.

“Debt service” accounts for 33 percent of the overall cost of residence halls.

At the end of the day, Vanacore said that ultimately the university tries to stay true to their mission statement of access and affordability.

“I believe students are getting a good value here. I know everything is not perfect, and I’m working on it,” Vanacore said. “Living on campus is more than just a place to stay, and being a part of that first-year experience here really helps to add to that vitality and the sense of connectedness that’s hard to measure, but is really important.”

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British professor becomes true royalty

By Vanessa McTillmon @vaness_marie96 Richard Dixon, UNT research professor and Co-Director of the BioDisc Institute, was elected a fellow into the United Kingdom’s Royal Society on May 9 for his lifetime commitment to scientific research and accomplishments.

“When I was undergraduate at Oxford, I had lectures from people who were fellows of the Royal Society and even Nobel Prize Winners,” Dixon said. “I mean these people seemed rather extraordinary. I never thought I would end up joining those ranks.”

Founded in the 1660’s by King Charles II, the Royal Society works to, “recognize, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity,” according to the Royal Society mission statement.

The society only has about 1,600 members.

Some noteable past fellows of the Royal Society include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, UNT research professor Jyoti

Shah said.

“We are honored to have an esteemed scientist like Rick as a colleague right here at UNT,” Shah said.

Though Dixon has spent the past 30 years in the U.S., he was born and raised in England. He spent his early years with his father who was a British Navy sailor and later a mechanical engineer.

“He actually worked as an engineer in a brewery,” Dixon said. “So yes, I grew up with the smell of beer around me.”

Dixon found his passion for science at an early age and stayed loyal to that passion throughout his early adulthood by attending Oxford University for his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and botany to study plants.

“Oxford was tremendous because it’s just an amazing place,” Dixon said. “There are a lot of really smart people there, so you’re surrounded all the time by people who are way smarter than you are. That’s always been a life lesson to me. Find people who are smarter than you are and be able to work with them.”

After Dixon completed his

master’s degree in biochemistry and botany from Oxford and post-doctoral training in plant biochemistry from Cambridge University, he began his career in teaching biochemistry at the University of London. While teaching, he began his research on plant based chemistry.

Nine years later, Dixon was offered at position to head a plant biology division in Oklahoma for the Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation. Along with the offer being quite appealing, Dixon was also intrigued to take the position due to his close friend and former colleague from Cambridge, Chris Lamb, having been offered a similar position in San Diego by the same foundation.

“This was a type of offer you can’t refuse,” Dixon said. “I was essentially offered a new building, I could hire 40 people and all the research would be paid for by the institute.”

Dixon finished his work in Oklahoma in 2013, and then came to work for UNT. At UNT, Dixon works as both a professor and researcher as well as maintaining adjunct statuses at major universities across the

country such as Rice University.

His research is focused in plant chemistry featuring topics such as the production of lignin.

“We want to understand how [lignin] is made and to be able to engineer lignin, so that either plants have less lignin, or they change their type of lignin to make the plant material more digestible,” Dixon said.

Dixon’s research has been cited over 50,000 times, and he was included as one of the 10 most cited authors of the plants and animal sciences by the Institute for Scientific Information.

“Looking back on it, I’m not quite sure how we did it over the years,” Dixon said. “I think I have been very fortunate, and I have picked great collaborators and great people to work with.”

But not only is Dixon popular for his research, he is also noted for being a humble and amiable colleague and friend, Shah said.

“He is an excellent scientist, educator and colleague,” Shah said. “He energizes and motivates everyone around him. He is also well respected by his peers, which is evident from him being a member of the U.S. National

Richard Dixon is a researcher and professor at UNT. Courtesy UNT Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.”

Dixon hopes to continue his work for as long as possible.

But now at 67 years old, he does believe slowing down and handing over some of the reigns to a new generation is also important.

“Some people go until they’re 80 or 90, and sometimes they

are productive and sometimes they are not,” Dixon said. “I think it’s good to — maybe even when you’re on top — to step aside and let some of the young folks take over.”

But in the meantime, Dixon will not quit researching.

“I’m sort of looking toward retirement, but I’m probably not going to be able to go cold turkey into retirement, so I’m probably going to be doing it in stages,” Dixon said.

New academy teaches DFW the ins and outs of cannabis science

By Rebecca Najera @RebeccaNajera42 With marijuana laws slowly starting to change around the U.S., the DFW Academy of Cannabis Science is now enrolling students in its courses based around the study of the plant.

The academy is an academic franchise and its parent company, Pharmacology University, has 12 years of experience in the industry. “[Pharmacology University] is an advocate for marijuana legislation and legalization,” coowner Holly Law said. “In their endeavors over a decade, they realized there was a need for formalized classes. That’s where we come in.”

Though they lack a physical location to hold classes, the academy will offer courses in cultivation, oil extraction and manufacturing and a comprehensive course relating to the medicinal uses of marijuana. The first round of classes begin Aug. 4 and will be held every Saturday for either a 10-week or 5-week course.

“All I could see was the benefits of educating people on medical cannabis, especially since so many states are legalizing [it] now,” outreach specialist Mallory Gill said. “You can take this information with you anywhere, and you can work in a marijuana-related field.”

Gill explained that there is a high demand for knowledgeable workers in states where medicinal marijuana has already been legalized.

“It’s sort of crazy that people aren’t doing this more,” Gill said. “We do have some competition in terms of cannabis education schools. Most of them are online, but we’re the first brick and mortar in the DFW metroplex.”

Gill also believes that people should look at

the opportunities from a business standpoint.

“It’s really just about getting ahead of the curb,” Gill said. “Just from a business standpoint, [it’s best to] learn now. By the time it’s legalized in Dallas, [you could] be one of the first people to open a dispensary, or one of the people that can educate others or start your own venture. [The academy is] just giving people the tools they need to exceed in this industry.”

Bridget Black, also a co-owner of the DFW location, believes that people must look past the negative image marijuana has sometimes been portrayed to have.

“I think it’s important we change the stereotype,” Black said. “We are presenting cannabis from a scientific perspective. We’re not sitting around teaching people how to rip a better bong hit. This is very professionally presented.”

Law feels that the portrayal of marijuana over the years has been wrong.

“There’s so much mystery and stigma with this plant,” Law said. “We have been mislead ever since the ‘50s and ‘60s when the government decided that they wanted to prohibit hemp and marijuana. They have it classified as a Schedule I drug.”

Schedule I drugs are classified as having a high abuse risk and no safe and accepted medicinal use in the United States. Other drugs included in this category include heroin, LSD and cocaine.

“For [marijuana] to be categorized as that is completely inaccurate and false,” Law said.

“So, by educating people about the truth, we’re hoping to take away the stigma and mystery of it.”

DFW Academy of Cannabis Science plans on exploring the plant through Pharmacology University. The university will start enrolling students in the fall. Dimmagio Escobedo

UNT’s Master of Science in Lifestyle Health Sciences and Coaching will be online and in residences at UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Anna Engelland

UNT approves new master’s program

By Devin Rardin @DevinRardin The UNT Board of Regents passed a motion for the Health Science Center in Fort Worth to offer a Master of Science in Lifestyle Health Sciences and Coaching — the first of its kind in Texas. Students in this program will take classes through the School of Health Professions when it’s offered in Spring 2020.

The program provides students with the skills needed to give lifestyle coaching on healthy behaviors.

This will prepare students for the coaching certificate exam and careers in clinical and non-clinical settings.

“The purpose of this new master’s of science degree program is to prepare graduates to provide lifestyle coaching to promote healthy behaviors for both the prevention and management of chronic diseases,” School of Health Professions dean Claire Peel said.

The Health Science Center has to get approval from the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Director of media relations at the Health Science Center Jeff Carlton said they would not comment until

Feminism, race hightlight of study for 1st program graduate PROGRAM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 said. “For me as the director, the most important goal is they use it to help toward social justice and social equality.”

Along with studying under the women’s and gender studies master’s program, Foltz works as the assistant director of transfer admissions at UNT, which heavily influenced her decision to fixate her research on immigration and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students.

“When I began my internship study, I wanted to try and find a way to affect change that was within my institution,” Foltz said. “I care very much about the work I do at UNT. Working with students brings me a lot of joy, and when I think about DACA and undocumented students, what comes to mind is a group of passionate, hard-working and endlessly hopeful people who are facing a mountain of social and legal battles, as well as a particularly insidious political and media-based rhetoric about their character and intentions, particularly in the state of Texas.”

In Foltz’s research, she found UNT was a welcoming environment for undocumented and DACA students, but she also discovered there is still much more to be done to help students feel more at ease and inclusive in their environment.

“But I found that all of that support isn’t visible enough yet. There isn’t enough clarity in the process for these students. But that’s an issue all throughout Texas higher education, it’s not unique to UNT. The great thing, though, is that there are relatively easy, cost effective ways to increase this visibility and improve our processes.”

Foltz is hoping to put these practices into effect in the future through her work with the undergraduate admissions office.

“We’re still in the planning stages, but we’re going to be starting a series of projects designed to provide assistance to DACA students from the very beginning of their admissions and enrollment process,” Foltz said. “Right now, what that looks like is connecting prospective students, applicants, and newly enrolled students to their resources, bridging any gaps we may come across. But there’s definitely more in the works.”

that process is over.

Peel said better lifestyles leads to less chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes. Additionally, students will learn about the health care system and different health care professions.

“The whole purpose is to help people adopt healthy nutrition, healthy diets, healthy physical activity patterns and help people change to be able to stick to those patterns forever,” Peel said.

The School of Health Professions requested $172,000 from the Board of Regents to help with the startup of the program in 2019, according to the board briefing in the Board of Regents meeting book. Estimated second-year costs will be around $105,000. The costs will be offset by revenues from the program’s third year.

The course work includes 36 credit hours over 13 months in a blended format. Most of the program will be delivered online, and 15 percent of the courses a residential component on campus. The program will also have a capstone project involving coaching and a presentation.

According to he meeting book, graduate students – through the program — can find jobs with

hospitals, clinics and community organizations. The United States Bureau of Labor found that health educator employment will increase 16 percent from 2016 to 2026.

The board briefing stated, “Students will develop their emotional intelligence, leadership, professionalism and communication skills, which will increase their success should they choose to pursue future studies in a specific discipline in health care.”

Monica Martinez, an early childhood education senior, said she does not know if students will participate in the program but can recognize the importance of it. Martinez said it is important to teach people how to be healthy and make right choices in terms of exercising and eating.

“I think that would be helpful to some people wanting to live healthier lifestyles but don’t know where to start,” Martinez said.

While there is not a lifestyle coaching master’s degree in Texas, Texas A&M offers a graduate certificate program in health coaching. Nationally, Creighton University, California University of Pennsylvania and the University of Utah offer similar programs.

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In an email to the UNT community to encourage that first-ever esports tournament on campus, President Neal Smatresk said that the “eSports industry grossed $696 million in total revenue” last year. Smastresk attended the event.

Reid Studley plays Overwatch at the varsity esports tryouts. Kathryn Jennings

UNT’s new esports team sweeps the virtual field

By Kelly Fox @kellythefox1 Six students face computers on the left and right sides of the UNT Lyceum stage. Behind each team of three are red lights and blue lights, and in between them is a projected image of what each team is looking at — an intense battle of ref lexes and skill.

These competitors were all vying for victory during UNT’s first-ever “Overwatch” esports tournament back in April, and the esports phenomenon has since been growing in the community.

UNT is home to the first collegiate esports program at a Texas public university. The program is hosting varsity team tryouts for the games “Hearthstone,” “Heroes of the Storm,” “League of Legends” and “Overwatch” throughout April and in the fall. Varsity teams play competitively against other colleges in tournaments for scholarships.

For casual gamers, esports coordinator Dylan Wray said there will be more open tournaments in the fall.

“We want to have open tournaments for students to participate in, and in the

future, those tournaments will be closed off from varsity people competing,” Wray said. “It’s a huge deterrent if you’re a casual gamer or someone that’s trying to get good, knowing the varsity players always win these tournaments.”

Dallas Fuel, Dallas’ professional “Overwatch” esports team, team members and representatives were at the event to support the local gaming community. Dallas Fuel is a part of a professional “Overwatch” league that plays against teams across the nation.

“Given we’re a Dallas team, we want to be everyone’s Dallas team,” said

How is esports a sport?

When people think about sports, the first thing that usually comes to mind is football, basketball or some other athletic game. Even though there are not obvious physical traits involved in esports, esports has a valid place under the umbrella term of “sports.”

“It’s a competitive game that involves a lot of experience, knowledge and kinesiology, like your ref lexes and your reaction time,” Wray said. “It has an athletic component to it—it’s not football, but it does have a lot of reaction time, a lot of strategy, and a huge psychological component to it when it comes to actually doing it at a competitive level.”

On the other side of the screen, spectators are an equally important part of esports. The launch event at UNT was an example of that as students filled the room and cheered on each team.

“I think the most important part in what everyone easily dismisses is that games that are considered esports are fun to watch once you actually know how the game works,” Wray said. “Once you play the game, once you’ve seen it for a while, it’s easy to pick up and have a good time.”

Esports at UNT The UNT gaming and esports club has been an organization since 2012.

UNT has always had a strong gaming community, which is what attracted marketing senior Bri Delgado to go to school here.

“Starting in late middle school I realized there was a competitive scene for gaming, so when I got into high

school I wanted to be a part of it since it was like two of my favorite things, competition and gaming,” Delgado said.

“When I was graduating high school and looking for a school to go to, I looked for a college that had a gaming scene that was really strong.”

Esports is now breaking into the college level, and a recent boom in the gaming market has caused a greater interest in it. According to the 2016 Global Esports Market Report from Newzoo, the global esports audience consisted of 226 million gamers.

“Esports have actually been around for almost 20 years now,” Wray said. “[The industry] was steadily growing for the longest time, but it’s rapidly growing now. So I think colleges are starting to notice that this might be a viable career path, or players are realizing, ‘Wow, I can get paid a lot of money to play video games.’”

Women in the industry Women are active in the esports industry, although that may not be obvious to the mainstream culture. A study from the Pew Research Center said 48 percent of women play video games and 50 percent of men play video games.

“In my experience, there are a lot of women in the industry,” Delgado said.

“The head of my department is a girl, and it’s a lot more popular than you think.”

Delgado explains there is more work to be done on the consumer side of esports. Nielsen’s Esports Playbook data study found that 30 percent of esports fans are female, while 23 percent of esports fans that watch esports weekly are female.

“I think within the next five to ten years, we’re gonna see a really sharp incline in the number of girls in esports,” Delgado said. “Recently for ‘Overwatch,’ the first woman pro player [joined] the team, so that’s huge, and I think we’ll start seeing more of that.”

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Jones’ friend Billy White, 22, also sees his social media presence as a big part of his success.

“Every Sunday he just sends out a tweet and gets an overwhelming response, and people buy his food,” White said.

White acknowledges that in general, social media has become a vital business platform for those just starting out.

“I think it’s a good deal, especially in today’s time,” White said. “You see a lot of young kids with these DIY businesses, and it’s really good to utilize social media to make money off of it.”

Kever’s Kitchen is currently Jones’ primary form of income, and he plans to continue to support himself with cooking in the future.

“I would love to have my own restaurant,” Jones said. “I’ve been thinking about taking out a loan to get a food truck here in Denton.”

Making several meals a week for customers requires cooking appliances, which has the potential to be very costly. This has not been the case for Jones, who has acquired much of his equipment from friends or family.

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I would love to have my own restaurant.

I’ve been thinking about taking out a loan to get a food truck here in Denton.

“A lot of people around me don’t like to cook, so when I get presents, instead of clothes or shoes I get food stuff,” Jones said. “I have not personally had to splurge on too much.”

Criminal justice junior Mariah Wright, a friend of Jones’ for two years, witnesses the impact Kever’s Kitchen has on Jones. “[Cooking] is a big part of his life,” Wright said.

Wright’s friendship with Jones has also allowed her to sample his dishes. “[The] Hennessy wings are my favorite,” Wright said.

A significant aspect of Kever’s Kitchen is meal preparation. The practice, which cuts down the time it takes to cook a meal and makes it easier to make healthy food choices, was a need Jones noticed was not being fulfilled in the UNT community.

“A lot of people out here can’t get good food, especially [busy] college students,” Jones said.

Although White has not been inspired to become a chef himself, he has focused more on his own cooking since becoming friends with Jones.

“I see how he prepares his food and how he seasons it, and I look at it like, ‘I need to figure out how to do that,’” White said. “It definitely made me want to hone my skills.”

When cooking, Jones considers the ingredients he is using and the overall health of the meal. To achieve this, he purchases a lot of the vegetables he uses from a nearby Mexican market and frequents two local meat markets, as well as getting produce from grocery stores like Kroger.

“I try to make sure everything I have in here is fresh,” Jones said.

“Certain things just will not be healthy, but for the most part I try to make sure that everything I have is better for you and isn’t too saturated with bad stuff.”

It is also important to him to keep the cost of his food affordable.

“I try to keep [prices] low because I know this is a college town and not

Mark Jones stands in the kitchen of his Denton apartment where he runs Kever’s Kitchen, his personal food prep business. Anna Engelland everybody has the funds for $15 or $20 plates,” Jones said. “I just try to make it good, cost-efficient food.”

At times it is difficult for Jones to manage the demands of his business with other aspects of his life, such as school and socializing.

“I can’t [cook] every day how I want to, but I make it fit around everything for the most part,” Jones said. “I choose the hours I have. There are some things I just can’t do, like I can’t go out some nights because I’m in here cooking people and feeding the people of Denton.”

For other aspiring chefs, Jones recommends cooking as often as possible and emphasizes the importance of practice.

“Everything takes practice,” Jones said. “It will not be the easiest thing, but you really want to cook all the time if you have the time.”

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The Deep Ellum Brewing Company has been helping them brew their beers since 2012.

The brewery is run by a crew of four men: Yianni Arestis (co-founder and CEO), Bobby Mullins (co-founder and chief brewing officer), Will Sikora (customer service liason) and Collin Lewis (creative director).

They said they all share a passion for brewing good beer and sharing it with the community.

Competition in the area With the fusion of these two businesses, Cryptozoology and Armadillo Ale Works are certain the pairing is a unique experience.

“Our vision is different in that we have seasoned professionals in both coffee and beer bringing their specific visions to life,” Benjamin said. “Because of the specialization, both areas are able to receive the needed attention and expertise to make for an excellent experience.”

So far, Benjamin is right. The coffee he and Haley make at Cryptozoology is stellar, and customers can testify.

“I’ve been here every day for the past two weeks,” customer and website designer Caleb Ward, 26, said.

Benjamin said one of the public’s favorites is the Mothman Latté. It contains activated charcoal, which creates a grey ombré effect on the drink and mediates the sweetness and f lavor.

As for the coffee shop’s goals, the couple wants to bridge the gap between high quality coffee and fast and friendly hospitality.

Benjamin and Haley are working to perfect their hospitality skills by memorizing nearly every customer’s name after one visit.

“Haley and I both have Starbucks experience, so that’s where we learned to be good with names,” Benjamin said.

By getting to know their shop’s patrons, it adds a sweet personal touch to the customer experience.

“We wanted to create a space that could simultaneously have a progressive and experimental coffee menu [hence the Mothman latté] and be a comfortable place for somebody who’s never been to a coffee shop before,” Benjamin said. “This was a big reason our branding is colorful, and our name and theme is campy and fun.”

Looking forward Benjamin and Haley are looking to grow and expand through training new professional baristas.

“Growing a team and finding ways to invest in our baristas is central to us f lourishing,” Benjamin said. “We’d love to see the coffee industry be a place for sustainable careers, and we want to participate in making that happen.”

The shop has been open for a little more than a month now, and it has been well received. The Lytles are proud of the quality of coffee they have been putting out.

“There are so many people who have a passion for coffee, and they are one of them,” integrative studies major Daniel Roman said. “They are such a perfect example of being involved in the community.”

As the two businesses grow and develop further into their space, they hope to use it as an outlet for local artists and musicians to showcase their talent.

Denton Event Radar May 31, 2018

East Side Social Ride Where: East Side Social Club 117 E Oak St. Free

June 1, 2018

Yoga at the Brewery Where: Denton County Brewing Company 200 E McKinney St. When: 10 to 11 a.m.

June 2, 2018

Bird Walk Where: Denton Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center 3310 Collins Road When: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.

June 2, 2018

Robson Ranch Women’s Club Home & Garden Show Where: Robson Ranch Clubhouse 9400 Ed Robson Blvd.

When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

June 3, 2018

Denton Celtic Dancers Community Dance Class Where: Green Space Arts Collective 529 Malone St. When: 5 to 7 p.m.

June 6, 2018

National Running Day 2018 Where: Oak St. Drafthouse 308 E Oak St. When: 8 to 10 p.m.

Cost: Free

June 6, 2018

Rockstar Bingo: Emo Night Where: Backyard on Bell When: 9 p.m.

Free

June 8, 2018

Ghosts of Denton Where: Downtown Denton 106 N Locust St. When: 8 p.m.

Cost: $15 for adults, $8 kids

Top: Website designer Caleb Ward pours himself a drink.

Ward said he has been a customer at Cryptozoology “every day for the past two weeks.” Josh Jamison Bottom: Benjamin Lytle pours cream into a Mothman Latte. This drink is made with activated charcoal to enhance its flavor. Lytle is part-owner of Cryptozoology with his wife, Haley Lytle.

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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ takes the iconic hero on a fun yet unnecessary ride

By Zach Helms @ntdailyZack “Star Wars” is not impervious to franchise fatigue.

When it was announced that six “Star Wars” films were to be gifted to us over the next few years, I was pretty excited at first. But things started to go south after 2015’s “Force Awakens.” It was a middling offering that told an inexplicably boring story and flooded markets, inevitably eating up everyone’s money.

Only a year after, we saw the release of “Rogue One,” which was received poorly at first but has since found its footing with a die-hard fanbase (and is my favorite “Star Wars” movie to date).

A little more than a year later we were cursed with the abomination that is “The Last Jedi,” which broke canon and the logic of the established universe so much, I should write an article on how offensively bad it is.

Since then, it’s been confirmed that in addition to the films promised, we have at least seven more on the way.

You’re treading some dangerous ground, Disney. But until then, we’ve received “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” While we can now say we’ve been graced with a movie dedicated to the most daring rogue in the galaxy, the road to release

has been bumpy. A switch in directors in the 11th hour and a lot of drama on set plagued the internet leading up to its worldwide debut. But here we are. So how is it?

“Solo” is a decidedly good offering.

While it lacks true justification to exist, it still explores a lot of fantastic places in the “Star Wars” universe that we’ve only heard about in throwaway lines in previous movies. It’s a solid action movie, and it’s interesting watching Solo back to his young self after his heartbreaking fate in “The Force Awakens.” (It’s been three years. Yes, he dies.)

Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo and “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra star in this galaxy-wide heist movie. The film opens with Solo and Qi’ra trying to get off their home world to start a life together. They get separated, and Solo sets out to make it back to her.

Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, Jon Favreau, Thandy Newton and Paul Bettany also play middling to strong supporting roles.

Although the movie’s main issue is with its pacing, I still enjoyed myself as I waited in anticipation for more of Ehrenreich’s fun take on the character.

While I feel as though this story is quite inessential to the overall plot of “Star Wars,” it also gives me a reason to explore another part of the world and I can’t complain about that.

Action is one of the things we want with a “Star Wars” movie, and while it’s not the conventional lightsaber duel or a battle between stormtroopers and rebels, it’s arguably more enjoyable. Any duels that occur, as woefully infrequent as they are, are staged in more interesting ways: atop a moving freight while they

are trying to steal a precious resource, during a prison riot on an enslaved planet, Solo in close quarters with a mad man wielding curved blades, etc. My only complaint is that you don’t see Solo in combat all that often.

The tone of the movie is inconsistent to say the least. Any time Lando Calrissian (Glover) is on screen, for example, the movie has a suave nature to it, which is complimented by some fantastic lighthearted banter. It’s exactly what a Solo movie should be about.

But there are plenty of dark moments that feel a little too at-odds with the lighthearted nature of the rest of the movie.

It’s a ham-fisted way of trying to balance a character as upbeat as Han Solo with the dark nature of “Star Wars” villains.

Why do you think we only ever saw Han Solo in one scene with Darth Vader in the original trilogy? The characters and their respective light and dark demeanors don’t blend well on screen. This is the case here, as trying to create a “fun” movie is laden with the obligatory dark presence that looms over its protagonists.

While the performances are all satisfactory, the roles played are borderline throwaway. There is a large supporting cast that isn’t important, and we’re not given a reason or time to care about any of them. The biggest offender is Bettany’s crime boss, Dryden Vos: a great performance for a boring character.

This is made worse with a plot twist at the end of the movie, which even further marginalizes the character’s importance with what has to be one of the cheapest fan service cameos I’ve ever seen.

The score here is interesting, if unfocused. It blends a lot of known classics from the “Star Wars” discography

Courtesy The Walt Disney Company in with some unique sounds not found in any other “Star Wars” movie to date.

There’s a lot of unsettling music during the action sequences I wish had been present more as they were an extremely exciting and a welcome change to the formula. Alas, they come and go and never return, making each scene simultaneously unique yet also lacking in recognizability to the rest of the movie.

The switch in directors is painfully obvious, as this movie really is all over the place. It’s still a fun time, and I have

a feeling it will grow on me over time just as “Rogue One” did. Ehrenreich has been signed on for a “Solo” trilogy. However, there are no solid plans for a sequel as it stands. The fact that this movie is supposedly going to have the lowest box office opening of any “Star Wars” movie does not bode well for any hopes of a sequel, but it will still make millions, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see if that sequel pans out.

My rating: 3.75/5

‘Deadpool 2’ offers more but still falls short of the original

By Spencer Kain @spencer_kain

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‘Arrested Development’ returns in full form

By Sean Riedel @SeanRiedel It has been five years since we last saw the Bluth family of the Emmy-winning cult-classic comedy series “Arrested Development,” but they are back. I am about as excited as Bluth matriarch, Lucille Bluth, when she sees Gene Parmesan.

On Tuesday, Netflix released the first eight episodes of the fifth season (with eight more coming later this year), and the new episodes are so dramatic and flamboyant it makes me want to set myself on fire.

“Arrested” originally ran for three seasons on FOX from 2003 to 2006 before being canceled due to low ratings despite critical acclaim and six Emmy wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series in 2004.

It would be seven years before we saw them again, as Netflix revived the series in 2013 for a 15-episode run.

The episodes were not as well received as the original run, but still provided laughs for the fans who were longing for the show’s unique sense of humor.

When we last saw the Bluths, Michael and his son George Michael figured out they were dating the same woman, who happens to be the fictional illegitimate daughter of Ron Howard, resulting in George Michael punching his father. Lindsay found her calling as a speaker at a campaign rally for a man whose views she completely disagrees with, while Lucille and George were trying to get a wall built along the U.S.-Mexico border (they chanted “build the wall!” even before President Trump began running for office). Gob was confused about his former magician foe Tony Wonder (Ben Stiller) suddenly becoming someone he thinks he is romantically interested in, while it is actually just the first time he has ever felt friendship. And Lucille 2 went missing on the night of Cinco de Cuatro (a celebration on the day before Cinco de Mayo started by the Bluths in order to take away from the actual Hispanic tradition) and has not been seen since.

Now, the Bluths are giving themselves an award for Family of the Year through their own company, Lindsay

is running for Congress and Michael is once again trying to escape this family that has caused him so much stress.

You could say many of them are trying to find a new start (“anustart?”) in life.

The new batch of episodes are more viewer friendly than the original season 4 episodes were, as they feature much of the cast participating together and are not so centered on one character per episode.

Jason Bateman is back in perfect form as the highly likable protagonist who can never quite escape the Bluth craziness. Will Arnett returns seamlessly to the role of Gob and Tony Hale is given more time to shine than ever in the opening episode. Jessica Walter’s boozy Lucille is back and ready to insult anyone in her proximity while drinking a vodka rocks (and maybe eating a piece of toast if it’s breakfast). Alia Shawkat as Maeby Fünke seems to have some of the most fun in this batch of episodes, transforming numerous times with wig, costume and makeup changes as she impersonates others as a part of whatever her latest scheme is.

Portia de Rossi, who stepped away from acting last year, had to be convinced to return for the new season, and appeared in just five of the first eight episodes. There is currently no word on what her involvement will be in the second half of the season.

The new season makes great use of the series longrunning recurring jokes, including kissing cousins (and no one recognizing the illegitimate Bluth cousin Steve Holt!), Mr. F references, and Tobias’ continued poorly chosen wording.

Overall, the new episodes were worth the binge to me.

There’s still a lot of lying in this family ... and a lot of love.

While confusing at times, I recommend sticking around for the ride, as it’ll probably make sense later, or Ron Howard will explain it to you. The performances were great and the writing remains sharp, and as long as the series can continue to produce episodes like these, I say we stay away from permanently arresting development and keep this gem alive for awhile longer.

My rating: 4/5

“You’re so dark. Are you sure you’re not from the DC universe?”

“Deadpool” was lightning in a bottle for the Marvel branch of Fox Studios — and one they desperately needed, too. After all the countless X-Men movies, Fox needed something to amp up excitement again for the property.

Thanks to star Ryan Reynold’s passion for the project, the first Deadpool movie was an unbridled success on every front. But, we all know how this goes. It is extremely hard to capture lightning in a bottle a second time around. Thankfully, I can say the second go-round with the “Merc with a Mouth” is another success story, for the most part.

When I say this though, it is not necessarily all for the bad. This film heavily relies on a multitude of comedic and plot devices from the first film, so sometimes it does not always feel entirely original in its own right. While the sequel is bigger, louder and cruder than its predecessor, sometimes it just relies too much on things present in the first film, which holds it back from completely standing on its own.

This is not a necessity per se, but it is nice to see a sequel which can not only improve upon things from the first film but build upon it as well, without bringing back stuff from the first film as often as this one does.

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In saying all of this though, I still feel this one has improved upon the so-so things from the 2016 film in the right way. It certainly feels like a bigger movie, and Deadpool is certainly the character that warrants a film to bring the extra factor to it. The amount of fun I had watching the film however is not to be understated in the slightest. It is one of the most fun, exciting and entertaining times I’ve had at the theater in a very long time.

After the utterly devastating emotional blows left by a previous Marvel movie earlier this year and by the brooding, dark nature of literally all the DC films, it is nice to sit down for a superhero movie and feel a sense of pure fun while watching one. “Deadpool 2” is certainly this and then some.

Just like Hugh Jackman was born to play Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds was born to play Deadpool. Nobody else could bring the sense of darkly humorous charm and searing sarcasm as well as Reynolds can. He completely lights up the screen, and when he was not on the screen, I yearned for him to return to it.

The supporting cast also brings their own sense of charm to their characters, too. Zazie Beetz as Domino was another complete scene stealer. She brought everything to the table and she pulled it off. I really want to see more of her. Josh Brolin was also good in his role as the villain, Cable. I won’t get too much into his character for the risks of spoiling anything, but something he does in the third act of the film helped humanize the character a little bit more, which in turn helped the audience feel a bit more connected to him than before.

“Deadpool 2” has some flaws of course, but it is also one of the most blisteringly entertaining times I’ve had in the theater in a long time. Fans of the character should absolutely love it, and fans of the first film should, too, if they can get past some of the rehashed bits.

My rating: 4.3/5

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Don’t worry: Taking a few summer classes is no sweat

By Brianna Adams @bribriixo

Illustration by Austin Banzon

I know for many of us summertime is reserved for the gym, tanning and going out. But what’s stopping you from having fun and taking classes at the same time?

Summer semester classes are — by design — super easy. Depending on where you are in your degree plan, you may be able to take all of your classes online during the summer.

The benefit of having a semester only three, five or eight weeks long

is it’s always almost over. I know we have all had that one course — or several — we spend the whole semester hating and feeling like the torture will never end. If you took these unfortunate classes during the summer, you would spend a lot less time suffering through them.

Also, since many summer classes are online, you could very well be taking your exams while lounging on a cruise ship.

I have to admit there are a number of courses that are not offered completely online, but even still, that shouldn’t stop you from taking one. Going to class Monday through Thursday for a few weeks hardly takes much effort, especially if you’re sticking around Denton for the summer anyway.

It’s not too late to sign up for financial aid either. The deadline is July 9, which gives you plenty of time to figure out your schedule and pick a course.

Summer financial aid is in many ways better than Fall or Spring aid

because if you apply early enough, you may receive a grant — aka free money. Whatever your case may be, there are options. If I’ve learned anything from being here at UNT, it is that the school officials have our backs. They will not leave a student in a position where they are not able to take the classes they wish to take.

I haven’t taken any summer courses before this summer, but I can tell you about the eight-week Concepts of Biology course I’m taking right now. It’s online and there are two assignments per week. We may have a quiz every other week. There are a few athome labs we will be expected to perform. I don’t hate biology, but I’m not a huge fan of it. I am so thankful that I made it off the waitlist and must only suffer for eight weeks instead of 16.

There is really no downside for signing up. Just do it!

The predictable NBA shows no sign of change The results are in: the Golden State Warriors will face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 71st NBA Finals starting Thursday – and honestly, who is surprised?

The Cavs-Warriors NBA Finals saga will continue for its fourth chapter as the two teams – or, I should say “team” LeBron James and “team” Steph Curry – continue to dominate the sport.

Being able to consistently perform at this level and be successful are things every athlete aspires to accomplish, and rightfully so. But, it has gotten to the point in this generation of the NBA that things

By Kaitlin Pennell are getting too predictable, and people don’t like @k_itlin predictability, do they?

Beyond the rallies of up-and-coming teams like the Celtics, 76ers or Rockets – all of whom have managed to pull together a junkyard dog equivalent of a basketball team – this postseason left a bad taste in the mouths of today’s fans.

I think we all knew which two teams would end up in the Finals – even the Boston believers and Houston hopefuls knew it, too. Regardless of how passionate we might have felt about the two teams who bit the bullet and took an “L” at home, it was still clear either the Cavs or Warriors would wrap up this playoff season in the Finals — not to mention the fact that the concept of working as a team has been severely lacking.

Everyone knows LeBron, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant are phenomenal players who carry the successes of their respective teams on their backs. However, the continuation of this specific Cavs-Warriors face-off perpetuates the idea of individual players’ talent versus team skills.

This is especially noticeable in the Cavaliers’ case as LeBron James continues to be an unstoppable force in this league. As hard of a pill as that is to swallow as a Celtics fan straight off a heartbreaking elimination after seven grueling match ups, it’s true.

LeBron’s singular performance got Cleveland back into the Finals for the fourth straight year, and his own personal eighth straight Finals, the first four being with the Miami Heat. This league has turned into LeBron versus the world, and as a team with this supervillain mentality, there’s always a team of superheroes to stop them, which is exactly what the Warriors are.

The Warriors have an exceptional way of making a team mesh together, even when they added superstar Kevin Durant to their roster last year. Somehow, no matter what, the Warriors seem to keep their heads down and play smart basketball – a perfect counterpoint to LeBron’s characteristically aggressive style of play.

As godly as LeBron is hailed to be, going into your eighth straight Finals as a one-man team leads to a toxic, anti-team mentality. Carrying your below all-star average team on your shoulders to the playoffs year after year only continues the idea of how these playoffs have been less about teamwork and more about an improvement to LeBron’s own career highlight reel.

Unfortunately the same can be said about other sports, especially the NFL. Holierthan-thou quarterbacks (Tom Brady anyone?) are the league’s disproportionate superstars and are often the first to be awarded MVP after a big win. Yes, they are playmakers, but it takes the dynamic of the entire team to pull off a win. But I digress.

Only time will tell what will happen to the NBA and its superstars and superteams, but I know one thing for certain: the next few years in this sport will be as repetitive and mentally draining as ever, so buckle up.

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Recycling is equally cool and necessary

By Kelly Fox @kellythefox1 I recently read an article from a rhetorician named Jodie Nicotra who argued that material objects have a rhetoric.

One example she gave was a personal account of her move to Finland where she was forced to pay attention to the ways she handled trash. In Finland, she was given small bins for waste, recyclable materials and compost in her apartment.

She argued that those bins were the objects that persuaded her to take care of her trash conscientiously.

After reading the article, in which she vividly described trash items piling up on her counters, I started to think about my own trash practices. In my apartment (that I share with three roommates) we have to take out the trash at least once a day. We all have drinks we love — for me it’s Dr. Pepper — and were previously throwing those aluminum cans and plastic bottles in the trash without a second thought.

Recycling in Denton is actually pretty easy. For those of us who don’t live in houses and have the luxury of curbside pickup, there are three drop-off locations for recyclable materials in Denton. We all go to, or at least drive by the Square every week. In fact, the drop-off location I go to is in the parking lot of Cupboard Natural Foods (may it rest in peace).

You just have to separate boxboard and cardboard, and the rest goes in the other collection dumpsters. The City of Denton website explains that in two weeks cardboard is made into a new 100 percent recycled cardboard box. I only have to go about once a week for a total of six people collecting recyclables.

Now, let me throw some facts at you. At first, I was only thinking about recycling plastic bottles and cans, but there’re more materials out there that people are wasting every day. Steel cans, paper, plastic numbers one through seven, glass bottles and cartons are all recyclable in Denton as well.

According to a Pew Research Center study, the amount of waste recycled in the U.S. has not significantly changed since 2006. This fact is concerning because recycling helps the environment by not generating as much waste in landfills, reducing pollution and conserving natural resources like timber and oil. The Waste Management website says that recycling one ton of aluminum saves 10 cubic yards of

landfill space. It also says that “the United States throws away enough glass bottles and jars to fill a 1,350 square foot building every week.” So, you could recycle your glass bottles and jars, or contribute to building the equivalent of a three-bedroom home made from and filled with glass in a landfill.

Unfortunately, it is not as easy to recycle depending on where you live. Like I said, I live in an apartment complex that does not have recycling dumpsters next to the waste dumpsters, so I have to take the recyclable materials to one of the three centers in Denton. I am from a small, rural town near Amarillo, and recycling is something people don’t do there because it isn’t convenient. Another Pew Research Center study found that “about three-in-ten Americans (28 percent) say their local community’s social norms strongly encourage recycling and re-use.”

This issue needs to be addressed by local governments.

Instituting a local recycling system that is collected similarly to the way trash is collected would help people be more inspired to recycle due to its convenience. Additionally, when doing activities in a public space, there needs to be recycling bins available. The option simply just needs to be there, so that the norms surrounding recycling can start to shift in a positive way.

At a national level, I believe the government is not doing enough to protect the environment, along with 62 percent of Americans according to a Gallup poll from last month. Recycling is a small act we can do as individuals to take care of the environment right now, but Congress has an opportunity to make sweeping changes to protect the environment across the nation.

The same Gallup poll also found that 57 percent of Americans would prioritize the environment over economic growth, while just 35 percent favored economic growth. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency actually claims that recycling creates jobs, and recycling activities in one year accounted for 757,000 jobs.

Another disheartening environmental issue is that President Donald Trump announced since taking office the U.S. will not be participating in the Paris Climate Accords, which is a global effort to keep the global temperature from increasing to 2 degrees Celsius.

One of the biggest discoveries since I have started recycling in my daily life is the startling fact that I generate so much trash. And it used to just be something I never really thought about before, I just did it, even though I knew in the back of my mind it was wasteful to throw all those empty Dr. Pepper cans away. I read one article that changed my awareness to action, and I believe that’s all it takes.

My hope is that even if recycling isn’t seemingly convenient for you, you will find a way to recycle anyway.

Stop for a second and imagine how many times you have to take out the trash per week, how many sodas you drink or water bottles you throw out, how many steel soup cans you eat. Reduse, reuse, recycle — words I live by.

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Perpetuating colorism is toxic for the 2nd generation

By Ridah Syed @ridzisyed Growing up, I would hear my grandmother call me out on my skin color. She would say I am rather dark, so I should limit my time out in the sun. My best friend was fair skinned and skinny with long hair. My grandma would say I should be more like her because she is pretty, while insinuating that she wouldn’t have any trouble finding a husband in the future.

I can’t blame my grandmother for her comments, though, as it’s all she has ever known. This is the same mindset shared by her mother, who was taught the same things in her family for many generations. In our South Asian household, the elders hold aspects of “white excellence” as the standard bearing for success, and anything else is less.

It is the reason why colorism — or

discrimination against people of darker skin — is such a controversial topic in South Asian culture and why education in fields of science and technology are highly regarded. This mindset operates under the idea that people in power have the best lifestyles, and we must all strive to be like them.

This ideology stems from years of imperialism, in particular when the British Raj ruled over India for more than 90 years. Indians are known for resisting the rhetoric the British spewed and making sure the inf luences of their own culture remained intact, but the British inf luence had a greater impact than they expected.

While several decades have passed since India gained its independence, this mindset is still common among many Indian people. For people still living in South Asia — or any country that was once ruled by a European power — the same rhetoric is passed down to the next generation.

I was lucky enough that in my case, my mother was born in the U.S., so the toxic mentality of idolizing these regressive ideas did not resonate with her. But for many immigrant families, this is a problem the second generation continues to struggle with.

Minority communities must recognize that colorism has a negative lasting impact that doesn’t stop with them.

It creates discrimination within our own communities and invalidates young people’s dreams. Colorism promotes racism, which has the potential outcome of erasing our identity as Indian people.

All the years of pretending to be

something we are not and abandoning our culture needs to end now. Without putting a stop to the perpetuation of colorism, we cannot continue grow as a community.

We need a new generation where

tradition and culture is celebrated for what it symbolizes, not idolizes.

Illustration by Austin Banzon

Finding the balance between expectation and communication

By Maritza Ramos @maritzarara There is nothing more harmful to relationships than poorly communicated expectations.

This goes for romantic relationships, friendships, professional interactions and even family.

As people, we want to be treated, loved, cared for and interacted with in specific ways that bring us happiness and satisfaction. This is a natural part of being human.

Given that these expectations are reasonable, they are necessary for our emotional and psychological health. Peoples’

expectations, though, are not always realistic.

I see this everywhere. We hold each other to outrageously high standards. There’s a general sense that couples should have everything figured out — our significant other should be able to know, always, what it is we are feeling and what we require of them. They should be able to provide us with constant attention, affirmation and never do anything to make us feel less than the wonderfully perfect and amazing individuals that we are.

Another trendy belief is that our significant other should shower us with surprise gifts, events and preposterous displays of affection worthy of gracing our social media pages and garnering thousands of likes. Our relationships should be able to be lauded as “goals,” enviable by everyone else.

Your friends should never disagree with you on any major points regarding anything important (or involving you), and should consistently support

you in every decision that you make. If they don’t, they’re “toxic” and have to be removed from your life.

And finally, when those around us cannot provide us with the aforementioned things, it’s because they don’t love us enough. We have this idea that if people in our life don’t treat us like we want to be treated, despite anything we might have done or said, then they are “canceled” and don’t deserve a relationship with us at all.

What should be canceled is this line of thinking.

It is interesting to me how the first course of action always seems to be to get rid of someone rather than try and communicate any issues, work through them or compromise. How can someone know exactly what you want without you communicating it to them first?

We suck at communication.

Whether that is because we were never taught how integral communicating is to building healthy relationships – which,

contrary to popular belief, is not always sunshine and daisies – or because the current culture doesn’t value listening as much as it does shouting over one another. We have to listen to each other just as much as we demand to be listened to. It’s a two-way street.

This isn’t to say that it’s wrong to know exactly what you want, or to say that you should lower your expectations, restrict yourself or settle. This isn’t to say that abusive and manipulative people should remain in your life. But we cannot expect the people in our lives to know what our expectations are and meet them every hour of every day. This doesn’t make them inherently bad people and to automatically assume so is immature.

We’re all human, after all.

Illustration by Allison Shuckman

Let’s not give ABC all the credit for holding Roseanne Barr accountable

By Rachel Herzer @coolrachdoritos ABC cancelled “Roseanne” and it isn’t 1997.

The broadcast company put the reboot out of its misery after leading lady Roseanne Barr likened Obama adviser

Valerie Jarrett to an ape while simultaneously jabbing Muslims on twitter.

Although, yes, ABC did the right thing and took the show off the air, we’re far from singing their praises. After all, ABC is the one that put ‘Roseanne’ back on TV to begin with, even though Barr has been exhibiting racist and otherwise problematic behavior for years. Are those Ambien side effects suddenly kicking in all these years later?

Were the photos of Barr dressed as Adolf Hitler not enough to dissuade ABC from the revival? Evidently not.

What about another tweet of Barr’s from 2013, calling Susan

Rice, another black Obamaera adviser, “a man with big swinging ape balls?” Barr used the same exact tactic in her tweet about Valerie Jarrett, dehumanizing a black woman by likening her to an animal, and yet the former instance of racism f lew under ABC’s radar because, of course, it’s more profitable to ignore.

ABC knew about these incidents and many more but chose to overlook them so it could milk the cash cow that is rebooting popular sitcoms from the ‘90s. When the revival was first announced, there was already public outcry because of Barr’s conspiratorial, hateful

antics. Knowing things could only go downhill, ABC should not have rebooted the show in the first place.

The broadcast company let fans down earlier in the year when another one of its popular shows, “Black-ish,” did an episode covering the NFL National Anthem protests that ABC decided not to air. “Blackish” is known for tackling social and political issues and handling them carefully, so you can imagine my disdain when a wholesome, black family sitcom was not allowed to engage with serious issues within its own community, but the “Roseanne” reboot was allowed

to clumsily cover Islamophobia in an episode where Roseanne becomes suspicious of her new Muslim neighbors.

Reboots like this are intrinsically “done-before.”

The reinvigoration of a show from the golden age of sitcoms should be done thoughtfully to ensure there’s actually more of the story to develop and more sides of characters we haven’t seen. Reaping the rewards of a boring redo from an alreadysuccessful idea can read as lazy and unoriginal.

Another problem with reboots is when popular old TV shows are revived, that leaves less space for new, innovative and

interesting shows — shows from a more inclusive time period, shows that are a little more representative of diverse types of people, shows that feature characters that aren’t all white, straight and Christian. Revivals mean less opportunities for people of color and queer folks.

Sometimes reboots can actually be entertaining and can enhance the already vibrant world that was created with the show’s first go-around. But when our TV screens are starting to emulate exactly what they looked like in the ‘90s, it feels a little regressive, especially when some of those old actors bring racial slurs back to the spotlight.

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