North Texas Daily - 11-12-15

VOL. 105 No. 12

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015

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GRANT

Polls open for SGA vote

Dean of Students gets $25K

By Lisa Dreher Staff Writer @lisa_dreher97

By Eline de Bruijn Staff Writer @debruijneline

Students can decide whether to keep the Student Government House of Representatives in a vote Adam Alattry hosted through OrgSync. The polls will remain open until Friday at 5 p.m.

The SGA House has largely been inactive and currently does not have members. SGA president Adam Alattry and vice president Christopher Lee have pushed to remove the body from SGA in order to focus on the Senate, which has recently added four members to its ranks.

“I think both of us had the same vision regarding the House of Representatives before we ran,” Alattry said. “It doesn’t make sense if the Senate isn’t where we want it to be to take on something else.”

If the SGA House is dissolved, the undergraduate government will be able to focus its attention on the Senate, where problems like members not knowing how to write legislation remain.

Through the spring, SGA will train its members to effectively voice student concerns using templates to construct the proper format on the legislation.

The notion to remove the SGA House began during last year’s administration.

SGA members said it didn’t have enough members for the executives to justify its existence.

For information on the reasoning behind the referendum and how it will affect students, senators will be tabling throughout the three-day voting session in the Library Mall.

The Dean of Students office was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Texas attorney general’s Renee McNamara office on Oct. 23 to help provide services for victims of sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence, harassment and stalking.

The Other Victim Assistance Grants application was submitted in May and required an outline of future costs, including personnel, consultant services, equipment, travel, supplies and other direct operating expenses. Most of the grant will be used to hire a graduate student assistant.

Assistant director for student advocacy Renee McNamara said the maximum request was $30,000. Some money will be used for costs following an act of violence.

“We know we have that pod of money now, so if a student comes to us and maybe they needed a hotel room

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LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN UNT student works to bring joy through comedy as he battles depression

English junior Angel Garcia has been performing his comedy routine at open mics for about three months. Ranjani Groth | Staff Photographer

By Kayleigh Bywater Senior Staff Writer @kayleighbywater English junior Angel Garcia spends his Thursday nights making people laugh.

For the past three and a half months, Garcia has been making his way into comedy by participating in open mic nights at the White House, an espresso and beer venue located

Garcia spent his childhood and teenage years watching and studying comedians like George Lopez, Louis C.K. and Bill Burr. As he grew up, he also became more interested in the comedy techniques of podcasts, namely “The Nerdist.”

He said he recently decided to start actively pursuing comedy because of the motivation and inspiration he found within various podcasts.

“In ‘The Nerdist’ they always say, ‘Just go and do the thing,’” Garcia said. “Go and have fun. Go do whatever your dream of doing. It is better to do whatever it is you want and fail than it is to never do it and wonder.”

Although Garcia’s career revolves around laughter, he said he has dealt with a lifelong

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LEGISLATION

One of Denton’s own drafts bill, calls for reduction in severity of cannabis concentrate charges

By Kyle Martin Staff Writer @Kyle_Martin35 Denton local Marshall Williams has crafted a bill to push for reducing the severity of charges on marijuana concentrates, such as naturally extracted oils and waxes.

“This is not a medical marijuana bill,” Williams said.

“This bill is strictly a criminal reform bill that says we’re taking people with marijuana and putting them on probation, and taking people with the same amount of hashish and throwing them in jail for two years [with a felony]. And that’s ridiculous.”

Hashish, which stems from the Arabic word meaning “dry weed,” is a type of marijuana concentrate that is made by compressing the flower of female cannabis plants.

In Texas, possession of less than a single gram of a marijuana concentrate will earn the offender, now a felon, anywhere from 180 days to up to two years of incarceration, with a maximum fine of $10,000. However, this is only for marijuana concentrates.

With just the plant alone, someone would have to posses anywhere from 4 ounces to 5 pounds or sell anywhere from 7 grams to 5 pounds to receive the same charge.

In the eyes of the Texas law, the plant concentrate is worthy of harsher punishment than the plant itself. Williams is looking to rewrite the legislation that dishes out the felonies.

“A big part of this is just common sense,” Williams said.

The focus of the bill is not to push either for medicinal use or for a complete revamp of all marijuana legislation, but is rather

Marshall Williams smiles in his office after working on his bills Monday evening.

Kristen Watson | Visuals Editor a call to lessen the penalties of possession and garner a greater acceptance of the concentrate in general.

The cannabis advocate summarized the bill, saying, “This bill’s purpose is to reclassify all

natural marijuana extracts that do not fall under the current definition of marijuana under Texas law to meet the definition of ‘hashish’ and will apply similar criminal penalties for possession of such

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FOOTBALL

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Zac Whitfield impacting defense after leaving team in off-season

By Reece Waddell Senior Staff Writer @ReeceTapout15

#VeteransDay

Wednesday Nov. 11 was Veterans.

The holiday was originally Armistace Day which commemorated the end of World War I. In 1945 the day was changed to honor all veterans.

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32-year-old Texan Daniel Fleetwood, a terminally ill Star Wars fan who was granted his final wish to see The Force Awakens, died Tuesday.

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Shia Labeouf live-streamed himself watching all his movies. The marathon began on Tuesday and is scheduled to end on Thursday.

TIMELINE

on Bryan Street. While some people dream of becoming a doctor or a teacher, his desires involve more unique ventures.

“Comedy is something I always wanted to do,” Garcia said. “I always told myself that there were always two dreams I had: to either be a luchador or a comedian. Since I am out of shape and bruise easily though, I decided to be a comedian.”

Behind the smile

Zac Whitfield has the team’s only two interceptions this season.

Brittany Sodic| Staff Photographer

During a recruiting trip to Sherman, Texas more than four years ago, interim head coach Mike Canales walked into senior defensive back Zac Whitfield’s home and took a seat. After meeting his mother, Victoria, and his father, Jerry, Canales noticed a two by four sitting upright by Victoria’s chair.

“I asked her, ‘What’s that for?’”

Canales said. “She goes, ‘In case I ever need it for Zac.’”

Intrigued by her candor, Canales followed up by asking if she ever had to use the intimidating block of wood.

“She said ‘no.’ He’s special,” Canales said. “I saw that the first time I walked in the home.”

Though praised for his personality by Canales, the road has been far from easy for the Whitfield family.

Last year in North Texas’ regular season finale against the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Mean Green forced a punt in the waning moments of the game to give its

offense one last chance to tie or take the lead. Zac was on the return team, and while his teammates all got away from the bouncing ball, he tried to field it. The result was a muffed punt and subsequent loss for North Texas.

Despite causing a turnover that ultimately cost his team the game, overcoming last season’s debacle has not been Zac’s toughest challenge.

“My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and an enlarged artery in her brain,” Zac said.

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SEE GRANT ON PAGE 2 UNIVERSITY UNION

Campus Chat opens Monday

By Jynn Schubert Staff Writer @JynnWasHere The food pavilion will close at 3 p.m. Friday, and the Campus Chat in the University Union is set to open at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

At the Union, students will be able to buy food at Boar’s Head Deli, Chopt, Saute and Mia’s. The university has not specified when Chick-fil-A will open in the Union.

A press release said the fast food chain will be open next week, so students looking for Chick-fil-A will have to go off campus.

Though the building appears complete, there are still many sections of the Union that have yet to be opened. However, students hanging out around the new Union suggest it will be well-liked once it’s fully operational, with restaurants such as Jamba Juice, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Taco Bueno and Burger King coming in the spring of 2016.

“They still have some stuff they have to fix up, but it looks good so far.” student Candice Day said, also adding that the Union met her expectations.

Which Wich Sandwiches is training employees this week and will open next week. The Corner Store is already open and has been offering students 50 percent off certain items.

“We’re just going to open in stages as the building gets ready,” director of retail dining Kim Schroeder said.

As each area is addressed and everything for respective retail restaurants is taken care of, more pieces of the long-awaited University Union will open for students’ enjoyment.

“Speaking as a freshman, I think a lot of the rooms seem a bit cramped, but I’m really excited about all of the new facilities they’re putting in, especially the new Taco Bueno,” computer engineering student Grant Yarbrough said. “I’m looking forward to blowing all of my flex dollars on tacos.”

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University’s methodical message to future students

By Adalberto Toledo Staff Writer @adaltoledo29

The University Relations, Communications and Marketing office is the university’s message machine. As a marketing force, URCM creates, with methodical research, all the pamphlets, view books and letters aimed at potential UNT students.

Associate vice president for URCM Kelley Reese described UNT’s marketing efforts as multifaceted and complicated but effective.

“It takes way more than the marketing department to get a student to walk through the door,” Reese said. “We don’t finish our work in getting the student or keeping the student until they graduate.”

URCM is the voice, the image, the face, the look and the feel of UNT. With a focus on student recruitment marketing, effort is placed on strategies to encourage students to apply to UNT, but every aspect of the university works to recruit a student.

A lot of research goes into everything URCM does, from the view book’s design to the message they provide for the admissions department. The entire university serves to market itself to any student.

“We provide the tools for admissions,” Reese said. “Admissions is the sales force that actually implements all these strategies.”

Reese added that most of the marketing is done through advertisements, both physical and online. UNT has billboards that change seasonally, as well as view

books, display boards and website advertisements that all aid in selling the university to prospective and “suspect” students.

“A suspect is a student who we happen to know may be interested in UNT,” Reese said. “For example, we may get a lead that a 14-year-old student may be a potential fit for UNT in the next three years.”

Reese began with the example of John, the prototypical prospect student.

“Let’s say John applies, but isn’t part of the prospect or suspect pool.

We call him a stealth prospect,” Reese said. “Now that he’s applied, though, we see he has not toured, so our next step is to get John to tour.”

Reese described touring as a critical step in getting John to apply in the first place, but also to enroll, in the event he has already applied.

“We focus on our yield next, which is to get an admitted student to actually come to orientation,” Reese said. “So we push the tours then, too.”

Tours are emphasized, but they are only one part of UNT’s marketing strategies. High school students in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, all around Texas and in Oklahoma and Arizona will see billboards and literature available that promote UNT. As Oklahoma is within 100 miles of UNT, certain advertisements target Oklahoma residents with view books specific to them.

Jennifer McLendon, visitor experience manager, said the majority of people that take the tours fall in love and feel right at home.

“I make the values that are a priority for the university and put them into the tours,” McLendon said.

Victor Estrada, student web developer for Student Affairs Marketing, works on a newsletter detailing the latest events of the department. Brittany Sodic | Staff Photographer “Students get hit with marketing all the time, so we put everything into their words so they can relate with the ambassadors.”

McLendon added that the job of an Eagle Ambassador is to make sure all visitors have a good experience from the moment they set foot onto the UNT campus to the moment they leave.

“The Eagle Ambassadors go through a lot of training. I go look for students that have a genuine love for UNT,” McLendon said. “It is because they love it that it makes it easier for them to sell the university.”

McLendon said the university works toward recruiting students when they go on a tour.

“The current students play as

much of a role as anything else,” McLendon said. “As parents and prospective students observe the campus, they can get a feel for UNT’s culture.”

Along with the tours, Eagle Ambassadors put together customized bags for prospective students while they’re on the tour.

They return to bags filled with viewbooks, financial aid and scholarship brochures and housing information, along with specific information about the academic field in which they are interested.

“UNT ambassadors are great generalists,” McLendon said. “But we want to be able to hand them off to experts in the area the student is most interested in.”

Freshman kinesiology student Lauren Louk said she found out about UNT when the ambassadors set up a booth at her high school.

“I got mail from them along with so many other colleges,” Luok said.

“I’m from Garland, so I saw signs all the time, too.”

Denton is also a big selling point for UNT, McLendon said, with many students and parents enjoying the culture and location. Above all, she said she wants to let students know they have a home at UNT. “Anyone can find a place here.

I hope they see that on their tour,” McLendon said. “We give an amazing education at an affordable price.”

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or something for a night, it helps cover things like that,” McNamara said.

Victims can get crime victims compensation from the state, but a police report must have been filed for the person to be eligible. Sometimes students aren’t sure if they want to call the police right away or aren’t sure they want to report, McNamara said.

The grant has created a fund to provide more services and help students more quickly.

“We’ll be able to provide more to our students, and that’s what our goal is ultimately, to help students out,” McNamara said. “Anything we can do to help support our students and let them know that they’re not alone right now.”

Dean of Students Maureen McGuinness said this is the second grant the office has received while she has been the dean, and that they plan to apply for the grant every year and search for other grants

offered as well.

“I’m excited that we’re finding more avenues to make sure that we’re taking care of our students that are victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence,” McGuinness said.

Most of the grant will be used to hire a graduate assistant to help McNamara with victim services, such as dorm room changes, contacting professors and setting up follow-up appointments.

“It’s amazing to see how many students know Renee is now here and need her help,” McGuinness said. “So she needs help, and to get a GA and have that paid for by the attorney general is pretty awesome.”

McGuinness said they have started their search for a graduate assistant majoring in counseling, social work or higher education. The position is currently posted on the Eagle Network and at the career center.

Renee LeClaire McNamara is a part of the growing team at victim services who just received a $25,000 grant which will be used to hire a graduate student. Matt Brown | Senior Staff Photographer

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DENTON

Convention center approved with 5-2 vote abandoned last year. O’Reilly Hospitality Management and its investment partners plan a 300room Embassy Suites hotel, a Houlihan’s restaurant and a 70,000-square-foot convention center.

But in other key ways, Tuesday’s deal was different.

This time, taxpayers won’t own the convention center or pay for its construction with bond money.

Those differences were enough to win over Mayor Chris Watts, who led the charge against the original deal in

By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe Denton Record-Chronicle Call it Convention Center 2.0.

The Denton City Council approved Tuesday night a maximum 25-year, $54 million incentive package for a new convention center. The deal brings the center along with a full-service hotel and restaurant to the Rayzor Ranch Town Center development, likely by 2018.

In many ways, the project resembles a deal the city

2014. Council members Kevin Roden, Joey Hawkins, Dalton Gregory and Greg Johnson also said they were happy to support the new package, which rebates tax money to a fully private venture based on its economic performance.

Hawkins called the opportunity to vote on the second-chance deal “joyful.”

Business leaders have worked for more than a decade to bring a new convention center to the city.

“I never thought I’d see this again,” Hawkins said.

The convention center will be located somewhere in Rayzor Ranch. Courtesy| Rayzor Ranch

The council never voted against the previous deal, but they declined to authorize a key expense that would have continued the talks under the old deal after watching community support evaporate.

Several council members said then they thought the city had botched its best chance to woo the investment.

City staff estimated the new convention center at Rayzor Ranch will bring more than $6 million in new business to the city each year, extending to a $13 million annual economic impact on Denton.

Assistant city manager Jon Fortune said those estimates were based on about 40 percent of the hotel’s business going to convention bookings, or about 46,500 room nights booked annually.

The new terms to build the convention center at Rayzor Ranch as a private project weren’t enough to win over everyone, however. Council members Kathleen Wazny and Keely Briggs voted against the incentive package.

Several residents came to speak, some passionately, against the size of the incentive.

In exchange for O’Reilly’s $93 million investment — $27 million of which is the convention center — Denton will rebate all the city property, sales and hotel occupancy taxes collected at the property for the

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next 25 years.

The deal caps that rebate at a maximum of $54 million, or 25 years, whichever comes first. However, Fortune said the city’s estimated payout would be closer to $37 million to $40 million.

In addition, the City Council agreed to rebate up to $850,000 of sales tax for construction materials for the project.

The city also restructured its agreement with RED Development, the developer of Rayzor Ranch, so that RED could recover costs building public infrastructure for the project in a timely fashion.

Briggs said she wasn’t opposed to a convention center or the incentives, although she was concerned that the generous package would set a precedent. However, she had received so many emails from constituents opposing the measure, she voted against “to let citizens know their voices were heard,” Briggs said.

Other council members supporting the plan said they recognized that some people were opposed to the project on principle. However, they were comfortable with the new deal, saying the convention center was in a better location and the risk to taxpayers had been eliminated.

“I don’t feel we are jumping off a cliff in this,” Johnson said.

Gov. Abbott appoints new regents

By Dalton LaFerney News Editor @daltonlaferney Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed two new regents to the UNT System Board of Regents and reappointed Brint Ryan, who is currently the chairman of the board.

A.K. Mago and Laura Wright will join the system’s most prominent governing board in May 2021, when two of the 10 seats will become available when terms expire.

All three of appointees received business degress from schools within the UNT System, Ryan and Wright having an accounting Master’s from UNT in Denton, and Mago a business administration Master’s from UNT Dallas.

Wright worked 25 years for Southwest Airlines, the last eight of which she was the chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance. She currently works as a financial consultant.

Mago is the CEO of Mago and Associates, a business consulting firm based in Dallas. In 2014, he won the Padma Shri Award from the president of India.

VOLUNTEER

Denton County Sheriff’s Office starts volunteer program

By Tiffany Ditto Contributing Writer @TiffanyDitto St udents look ing to volunteer for law en forcement ca n now apply to work for the Denton Count y Sher iff’s Off ice th rough its Volunteers in Police Ser vices prog ra m.

T he V.I. P. S. prog ra m a ims to get ordina r y citizens f rom the count y involved in duties per for med by the sher iff ’s off ice in order to f ree up off icers for public ser vice.

“T h is is a n oppor t un it y for citizens to help us out,” Deput y Sher iff Bob Ha rgen rater sa id. “With the th ings going on, it a lso puts a t ra nspa rency out there for them to see what we do.”

T he cit y of Denton has had a sim ila r prog ra m since 2010, ca lled Denton Citizen Police Volunteers. However, th is is the f i rst prog ra m that extends to a ll of Denton Count y.

“We’re just st a r ting out,” Deput y Cha rley Sm ith sa id.

“We [wa nt] civilia ns a nd citizens with a ll different backg rounds to help en ha nce ser vices we give the com mun it y without ext ra cost to the t a xpayers.”

Sm ith esti mates the volunteers will be able to save the depa r tment thousa nds of hou rs of labor, wh ich is nor ma lly done by off icers, a nd save the t a xpayers exponentia l a mounts of money.

W h ile there a ren’t a ny U N T st udents en rolled in the prog ra m yet, the sher iff’s off ice is hopef ul.

“We would be ecstatic to have U N T st udents be a pa r t,” Sm ith sa id. “Having younger a nd older people ma kes us more relat able.”

Volunteers a re requi red to work a m in imum of eight hou rs a month, live or work with in Denton Count y, have no felon ies or ser ious m isdemea nors a nd pass a backg round check.

Some depa r tments ava ilable to volunteer in a re f inger pr inting ser vices, the juven ile impact prog ra m, cr ime prevention a nd t ra nslation ser vices.

However, the sher iff ’s off ice pla ns to add ma ny more volunteer oppor t un ities as the prog ra m adva nces.

“I wa nt to help off icers by doing adm in ist rative th ings, so they ca n be on the st reet,” V.I. P. S. volunteer Tr ish Wood sa id.

Wood a nd her husba nd live in Denton, a nd both previously volunteered for the Denton Citizen Police Volunteers. However, they have since switched to the V.I. P. S. prog ra m.

“We’re excited to be a pa r t of the for mation,” Wood sa id.

T he sher iff ’s depa r tment a lso hopes to open a t ra in ing academy for volunteers in Febr ua r y. Once volunteers complete t ra in ing, they will be a llowed to go out a nd per for m t asks on beha lf of

the sher iff’s depa r tment without a deput y t agging a long.

“We hope to open the academy in Febr ua r y,” Deput y Sher iff Pen ny Ca mpbell sa id. “[Volunteers] won’t be a llowed out on thei r own until a f ter the academy.”

To volunteer in the V.I. P. S. progra m, contact Deputy Pen ny Ca mpbell at 94 0 -3491549 or at pen ny.ca mpbell@ dentoncount y.com.

Denton County Sheriff’s Office began the V.I.P.S. program to encourage community volunteerism. Courtesy Photo

DCSO Deputy Penny Smith, left, presents Trish Wood, right, with her uniform. Courtesy Photo

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substances when compared to the same weight to purity ratio of whole plant cannabis flowers.”

Caroline Turner, an international relations sophomore at North Central Texas College, said she sees significant potential in the push for the legalization of marijuana and Williams’ bill.

Williams and Turner are the two cofounders behind Denton NORML, a subchapter of DFW NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Together, the couple strives for the legal acceptance and recognition of responsible cannabis use.

“When we get upset about something, we say, ‘Let’s write a bill about it,’” Turner said.

Turner thinks police officers should be held accountable for taking care of crimes that she believes should receive more attention than a minor pot case. Nonviolent and violent crime arrest competition is currently a highly debated topic. President Obama is making a conscious effort to rid prisons of inmates convicted of minor, nonviolent drug offenses in order to make room for more serious offenders.

Turner said he hopes this bill will help police officers make more productive and economic decisions in their arrests.

“It’s about making sure the police are efficient,” Turner said.

An article published in 2014 by The Daily Texan arguing for the decriminalization of marijuana details the damage done to taxpayers’ pocketbooks by arrests for possession of cannabis. According to the article, “it costs taxpayers $120 to arrest and book one person in an urban Texas county, and then another $62.97 for each day that the individual is detained. In 2011, Texas jails housed an average of 60,000 inmates a day: That’s $3,788,200 per day spent on incarceration.”

The life of any politician can be hectic and taxing and often does not allow for time to sit down and draft legislation, Williams said. He sees the challenges and difficulties of being strapped for time, and has drafted this bill hoping that lawmakers will take

his dedication into account.

“What I’ve now done is I’ve taken my time,” Williams said. “I’ve written the bill. I’ve given them a package deal; [they] can put it up on the floor.

All they have to do is present it on my behalf.”

Denton NORML is not officially affiliated with Williams’ bill, but Turner, the group’s president, says if the group collectively sees potential behind the bill’s contents, they will support it.. The DFW subchapter also has an executive board, which includes director of public education Sarah Paterson.

Paterson is in charge of gathering scholarly articles that hold studies and arguments for members and cannabis supporters alike to read and share with community members. She educates people in responsible and mature marijuana use.

“I think that we need a lot more education [regarding cannabis], and that’s what Denton NORML is here for,” Paterson said. “We have some really dedicated and really intelligent people involved in Denton NORML.” The organization looks to spread awareness about responsible marijuana use and frequently hosts public events throughout the year. One event was a benefit concert for Team Alexis at Andy’s Bar in July 2014.

Team Alexis is an organization that fights for patients’ right to cannabis in Texas, drawing inspiration from a 10-year-old girl, Alexis Bortell, who found refuge in Colorado’s recreational marijuana use allowances. Alexis suffered from epileptic seizures and found no significant cure until she and her family tried medicating her with cannabis treatments.

Paterson, along with Turner and Williams, have a distinct desire to help the community of Denton and help facilitate a better future.

“It’s about Denton. It’s about this city that we all love and have grown up in,” Paterson said. “We all love Denton very much, and we’re looking forward to whatever amazing future it has.”

The bill, which does not yet have a name can be found at mwthink.net, the official website of Marshall Williams.

Marshall Williams works on bills in his home office Tuesday evening.

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A new country, a temporary home

By Anjulie Van Sickle & Sydney Wilburn Staff Writers

When Giselle Greenidge stepped off the plane in Lawton, Oklahoma, and looked around, all she saw was brown farmland.

This scene was not what she was expecting. Where were the skyscrapers? The buildings? The New York vibe?

She thought it must have been a mistake.

After realizing she was in the right place and this was where Cameron University—her school for the next two years—was located, she accepted her fate and walked into her new country.

Culture shock Greenidge has dedicated her life to academia.

Originally from Grenada, a small country made up of a group of islands in the Caribbean, Greenidge moved to the United States in 2009 to pursue her undergraduate degree in fashion merchandising at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Lawton is a relatively small town with a population of 96,867.

Everyone knows everyone, and the grocery store is within walking distance from home. Greenidge was surprised when she saw the vast landscape of a farm town.

“When I landed in Oklahoma, I had no idea what I was doing there,” Greenidge said. “I thought it was just us passing through somewhere. Everything was just so brown and I was just looking

for the New York skyscrapers.”

Like many students who study abroad, Greenidge experienced culture shock.

“In Oklahoma, there was some difficulty to fit in with the culture,” she said. “It was just so different.

I guess it was my fault because I didn’t really do my research before moving to Oklahoma, so I thought it was like New York.”

Greenidge is here on an F-1 student visa. There isn’t a U.S. Embassy in Grenada, so students wanting to study in the U.S. have to travel up to the nearby country of Barbados, an independent island nation in the Caribbean.

She said it wasn’t a long process, and she was able to gain access to the visa without any problems.

A passion for learning Since starting at UNT back in the spring, Greenidge has been able to easily adapt to the large campus.

“I’ve made so many friends here that I see people all the time,” Greenidge said. “I see my classmates every day. I spend most of my time on campus. I’m here usually here from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m., sometimes 11. I don’t feel alone.”

Rosa Jimenez, a graduate student studying hospitality management, met Greenidge about a year and a half ago. They became friends the first semester they met.

“Giselle is very quiet and reserved,” Jimenez said. “I became friends with her when I needed her help. She was always prepared—I

was surprised that she had already printed all the material on the first day [of class].”

Greenidge doesn’t have a car and Jimenez lives in Dallas, so they don’t get to spend a lot of time together off campus. Jimenez said Greenidge is to help in whatever way she can. They spend many afternoons studying together over lunch.

Judging by Greenidge’s associate’s degree, two master’s degrees and the Ph.D. she’s currently working on, she is passionate about learning— especially considering she’s only 26 years old.

Greenidge now works in the UNT Sociology Department as a teaching assistant for Dr. Helen Potts, who teaches a sociology of religion class.

“She’s a hard worker, always getting work done as soon as I give it to her,” Potts said. “I’m looking forward to the lecture she’s going to give in class in a few weeks.”

Before coming to the US, Greenidge earned her associate degree in foreign languages in Grenada.

She attended Cameron University from 2009 until 2013, earning her undergraduate degree in fashion merchandising and a graduate degree in behavioral analysis.

She began her Ph.D. course work in sociology at UNT in the spring of 2015 and has adapted to the large campus comfortably.

“I love learning and I have so many different interests,” she said. “I’ve always had a passion

for learning different languages, but I don’t really see them as very different because they’re all very interconnected.”

Missing home Greenidge talks with her family for at least an hour every day. Her mom, dad, two sisters and her brother take turns passing the phone around. Greenidge makes sure to always talk with her mom first, because she’s the first to go to bed. They’re a tight-knit bunch.

After talking to her parents about school and work, she said her mother always ends up bringing food into the conversation.

“What have you eaten today?

Are you eating healthy?” she asks her daughter before going to bed.

Greenidge’s family lives in a white and grey house with a pink interior. It’s built on a hill overlooking the beach. The land around the home is filled with almost every kind of fruit tree: mango, grapefruit, oranges and plum trees. Greenidge’s mother will plant anything that goes into the ground.

Typically, she goes home about once a year, but makes sure to keep up with what’s happening in Grenada.

“I don’t want to get too disconnected, because I think if I were not to go back that often, after a while everything would seem foreign,” Greenidge said.

“And when I do go back, it would be all new and I would feel like a tourist. I don’t want to feel like an outsider.”

Giselle Greenidge wears her country’s colors, red, yellow and green, in a traditional skirt and headdress. Courtesy| Giselle Greenidge

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battle with depression. He said keeping up with comedy and other everyday obligations while facing depression can be quite a challenge.

“I suck at balancing it all,” Garcia said.

“I deal with my depression all the time, and whoever says it is a beautiful thing is full of it.”

He referred to a popular meme featuring a dog sitting in the middle of a coffee house that’s completely consumed in flames. But a speech bubble coming from the dog’s mouth reads, “This is fine.”

“That’s my life right now,” he said. “But comedy gives me some motivation to keep pushing.”

Garcia’s girlfriend, English junior Amy Viña, also inspires Garcia through everything. Viña said she tries to go to as many of Garcia’s sets as she can, but she gets to see more behind the scenes.

“Most of the time, he practices his jokes on me, and we work on them together,” Viña said. “He has always been funny and was kind of a class clown in high school. Angel is a really creative, multidimensional person, so I think comedy is just another medium for him.”

Balancing act Garcia said comedy is not as simple as getting onstage and making people laugh.

The challenges that come with being a comedian can become a lot to handle, especially with depression.

Writing jokes takes a lot of time and concentration, which Garcia has to find the time to do within his jam-packed schedule.

He also said every time he performs, he

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faces a wave of nerves, the possibility of bombing in front of the audience and the paralyzing fear that his jokes won’t get any laughs.

“When you’re giving a speech, for example, it is the audience’s job to listen to you,” Garcia said. “You have all their attention. However, in comedy, the audience doesn’t have to listen. Your goal is to get them to laugh and have a good time. I’ve had to learn from my mistakes and grow.”

Jonathan Dollery, Garcia’s manager at his job with Best Buy, said the comedian does a great job of drawing audiences in with personal connections, rather than racy jokes or inappropriate behavior.

“Angel is passionate about people,” Dollery said. “He is extremely culturallyminded towards the audience and does his best to create a more well-rounded approach to comedy.”

Although he has been performing for a few months, Garcia said he is already excited to take his comedy to the next level. He released his first podcast on Wednesday titled “The Enemy Vaccine.”

Garcia said he has been working on the podcast for a while and is excited to share it.

He said he drew a lot of inspiration from his favorite podcast, “Wrestling with Depression,” by Chicago comedian Marty DeRosa. The podcast, which talks about everything from depression to Garcia’s favorite wrestler, is tailored to his interests.

“My podcast is about depression but with a storytelling twist,” he said. “I feel like there’s really not a lot aimed toward college students regarding depression, so the goal is to educate people and help them

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Up-and-coming local comedian Angel Garcia takes his coffee very seriously. Ranjani Groth | Staff Photographer understand what it is. You hear a lot about depression when someone famous suffers or dies from it, but it kind of fades out a little after a while.”

Garcia hopes to someday share his jokes with thousands of people around the world, but for now, he is happy to take things one day at a time in Denton.

“Inciting a positive reaction out of a group of people makes me feel so good,” Garcia said. “A lot of the time, people with depression are the most outwardly happy because I think we know what it is truly like to be sad. So I am constantly trying to make everyone else not feel as sad as I have felt. It’s like, ‘No, you don’t want this pain and sadness, so here’s a fart joke instead.’”

English junior Angel Garcia writes his jokes and ideas in a small, black notebook. Ranjani Groth | Staff Photographer

Wednesday is a day to celebrate and honor the men and women who have served our country, and Sean Rictor, a political science and law senior, is one of many veterans on the UNT campus.

Having served in the Marine Corps for four years, he was inspired to join the service because of his father, who was also a Marine.

Rictor, who studied and completed boot camp in San Diego, said meeting the challenging standards of a Marine was worthwhile.

“Accomplishing boot camp and the physical standards and having a positive mindset [was rewarding],” Rictor said. “[It’s about] being able to adapt to different situations.”

Rictor served in the Marine Corps from 1988 to 1992 and participated in the Iraq War as well as Desert Storm.

He said he relied on his Christian faith to pull him through especially rough situations.

“We had a trailer set up to make phone calls,” Rictor said. “Of course, when you’re getting attacked, they shut them down. One day I was on the phone with my mother when that happened, and I looked over, and ‘Som 91’ (a variation of the word ‘Psalm’) was written on the side of the trailer.

I knew everything was going to be all right. And it was.”

When he wasn’t actively fighting, a normal day as a soldier for Rictor was spent ensuring that military personnel got their benefits.

“If you serve this country, this country should take care of you,” he said.

Twenty years after he returned from active duty, Rictor said someone thanked him for his service for the first time. It was a heartwarming acknowledgement for him, he said.

“When I got back from the war, coming off of the plane, there was nobody there for me,” Rictor said.

“Nobody ever said ‘Thank you for your service’ until about three years ago. This elderly lady gave me a hug and said, ‘Thank you for your service,’ and it brought tears to my eyes.”

Rictor said he doesn’t expect anyone to thank him for his service because serving his country is an honor, but he is happy that soldiers from the Vietnam War are finally getting the respect they deserve.

“There was a lot of misinformation and protests,” Rictor said, “but now they’re starting [to get respect], and I’m happy for that.”

He also expressed his gratitude

for the Student Veteran Services on campus at UNT. Director James Davenport is a veteran as well, having served for 21 years in the Army.

“The Veteran’s Center has been a great resource,” Rictor said. “[James] is an invaluable resource. Not only is he my boss, friend and mentor, but the Veteran’s Center is there to help you get through any kind of situation you have. He’ll talk to you about any problems you have, outside of classes, personal issues, professional issues.”

Davenport said he joined the Army because of familial ties to that particular branch of service to him, and the lack of job prospects available after high school.

“There was a bad recession in 1981 and 1982, and most of the jobs were slowly going away where I was from,” Davenport said. “The only thing that was hiring when I came out of high school was the service. I pretty much knew what the Army was about.”

Davenport said the Army was the only branch he was willing to go into, and he wanted to be an infantryman.

The highest position he held was a staff sergeant. He served during Operation Urgent Fury (1983), the First Gulf War (1991), Operation Afghanistan Freedom (2001) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) before his retirement.

After his time in the Army, Davenport said no one helped him reintegrate into civilian life. He immediately knew he wanted to help other veterans in the same situation.

“I started working with the Texas Veterans’ Commission,” he said. “I resigned after two years and went to UNT, then came back and worked for them for a year. When this job became open, I would like to believe I had the right amount of military veterans’ experience for the job.”

Previously, Davenport helped veterans with employment and claims.

Now he helps ensure that veterans get through school, graduate and find a job. He said he essentially removes any barrier veteran students may encounter during the course of their college education.

“They might be having trouble getting their medication from the VA [Department of Veteran Affairs] or getting their claim,” Davenport said. “They might have medical problems from the war and have to go to several VA appointments, and maybe a professor doesn’t like that, so I might have to go to a professor and explain why they should have excused absences for stuff like that.”

COMMUNITY

City in color: Lunt paints Denton’s walls

By Danielle Garcia Staff Writer @UNTDanielleG

Wearing a red sweatshirt and a black hood, Warren Lunt perches on a scaffold.

He patiently adds paint to cement, finishing the details of his roughly 74-foot-long mural on the side of Denton’s new growler bar, the Bearded Monk. The November day is sunny and breezy, and Lunt is calm as he paints. It’s a skill he has made a living off of for the past 40 years.

His cartoon-like mural has been a longstanding personal goal and a “seed” in the Denton community, he said.

On Nov 1, the Day of the Dead, any citizen was welcome to contribute to the painting and help raise funds for the Greater Denton Arts Council. Despite rain pushing the event back, about 30 people showed up and helped raise $790 in T-shirt and craft beer sales.

“I thought it was awesome to be a part of getting do something that’s going to be in town for potentially years to come,” bike artist Mack Carter said.

Ben Esely, the owner of the Bearded Monk, said he hopes his initiative inspires more murals. He wants people to encounter beauty throughout their day.

“I’ve wanted cool designs out in the community for a while now, and I finally had the funds and canvas to do it on,” Esely said.

After discovering Lunt on Instagram, Esely pitched his idea to the artist to paint the beer brewing process. But Lunt had a different idea: a cartoon-like Rube Goldberg-inspired machine for brewing beer.

Esely loved it.

“He’s full of amazing ideas all the time,” Esely said.

After a 40-year career, this wasn’t the first time Lunt pitched the idea for a painting inspired by one of his favorite artists, but it’s the first time he sold it.

Like Goldberg’s art, the brewing machine performs a simple task in

a complex way, Lunt said. Rabbits, wheels, strings, balls, buckets and more bring the wall to life.

“The whole point of a Rube Goldberg is to overdo everything,” Lunt said.

Beginning in late August, Lunt dedicated about 50 hours to researching the brewing process, designing the machine and planning.

Take a walk around Denton and one will find other marks left by Lunt and his wife Jane Piper-Lunt, who is also a painter.

The mural on the side of Lucky Lou’s represents Lunt and his wife’s eight children. Take a stroll behind Cartwright’s Ranch House, by the Mulberry Cantina’s logo, the back wall of 940s Kitchen & Cocktails, behind Bullseye Bike Shop, or the back of Dan’s Silver Leaf to get a look at some of Lunt’s other paid

The mural illustrates the process of brewing beer by Lunt and inspired by Rube Goldberg’s art. Meagan Sullivan | Associate Visuals Editor works.

In the 90s, Lunt designed the Sweetwater logo and said that proved to the Denton community they should hire him. He had his first art show at West Oak Coffee Bar with colorful psychedelic paintings – one depicting the

Beatles and another depicting Jesus.

At 61 years old, Lunt’s biggest obstacle is being able to transition from being known as a sign painter to an artist who sells art for art’s sake.

“I’m getting old. It’s getting harder for me to do [sign painting]

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Dillard seeking championship as prolific Mean Green career winds down

By Brady Keane Staff Writer @BradyKeane3 With three first team all-conference awards and a Conference USA Player of the Year honor, senior outside hitter Carnae Dillard has accomplished almost everything possible on the volleyball court in her four

years at North Texas.

The only thing missing from her résumé is a championship.

“It’s huge for me,” Dillard said. “It’s cool to have all of those awards, but if you don’t get a ring then it’s like, ‘What did I really do’?” It kind of solidifies all the hard work that our team has put in.”

With Senior Day looming, reality is beginning to set in.

Dillard has just two regular season games remaining in a North Texas uniform and one more shot at a C-USA championship.

Her name is already well etched into the Mean Green record book, setting both the North Texas career attacks and kills records earlier this season. She was also named espnW’s National Player of the

North Texas senior outside hitter Carnae Dillard (5) hits the ball over the net against Boise State. Ryan Vance | Senior Staff Photographer

Week on Wednesday, which, in addition to a national recognition last year, is the first time in eight years a North Texas volleyball player has received a national weekly honor.

But while the accomplishments on the court are clear, it is what Dillard brings to the table off the court that makes her stand out from the crowd. In 2011, Dillard was part of a four-person recruiting class brought in by former head coach Ken Murczek.

Now as the team captain, she is the only senior left from that class.

“Her presence in the locker room, her leadership on the court, her ability to get the attention of her teammates,” current head coach Andrew Palileo said. “I think it’s all of that in the locker room and obviously her play on the court that we are going to miss.”

Going back to her early years in the program, Dillard partially credits her development as a leader to former Mean Green standout Shelby Tamura. Now, Dillard is having the same impact on this year’s underclassmen.

“I’ve never played with anyone like her,” sophomore outside hitter Alexis Wright said. “Carnae has a great

relationship with everyone on the team. She is so humble, and that’s the crazy thing.

She’s an incredible player, and it’s so inspiring.”

Junior captain Amy Henard has played a large role in Dillard’s offensive success over the last few years as the setter for the Mean Green.

Having spent more time on the court with her than any player on the roster, Henard agreed with Wright about how much of an impact she has.

“She brings so much to the table as far as motivating the younger girls to reach their potential,” Henard said. “I think she has been a great model for everyone on this team to just go out there and give everything you have and see what it will bring to you.”

Wright, along with sophomore Holly Milam, freshman Hannah Shaw and sophomore Amanda Chamberlain, will have to step up without Dillard next season, as the Mean Green will have to account for Dillard’s NCAA Division I leading 5.49 kills per set.

“We will have to balance out our offense,” Palileo said of next year’s team. “Hopefully some of the kids that have been playing for two years will have gotten better. Hopefully we’ll be able to balance out the

system a little more.”

As the Mean Green prepare for Dillard’s final two games in the North Texas Volleyball Center, the team’s desire to send their unquestioned leader out on a winning note has grown stronger than ever.

“It would feel like we finally gave her what she’s given to us all these years,” Wright said.

“It would feel like all her hard work paid off.”

The Mean Green host Middle Tennessee State tonight at 6 p.m before hosting the University of Texas at San Antonio on Saturday at 1 p.m for Senior Day. North Texas has yet to play MTSU this season and lost in straight sets to UTSA in September. North Texas is currently tied with Rice for the fourth seed in the C-USA tournament that will be held in San Antonio Nov. 20-22.

But even though a championship is Dillard’s ultimate goal as her collegiate career comes to a close, the task at hand is to give the Mean Green faithful one last thing to celebrate.

“I want to win out at home, and I want to have a good memory of my last home games at North Texas,” Dillard said. “It would mean a lot to go out on top over a team like UTSA.”

GOLF

Golf freshman Rosenmueller making international transition look easy Alex Lessard Staff Writer @alexlikechexmix

Before moving from Germany to Denton for the fall semester, freshman Thomas

Rosenmueller proved himself as one of the top young golf talents in Germany, cracking the top 40 in the European Golf Rankings over the summer and playing for Germany’s Junior National

Team since 2013.

But Rosenmueller’s dream was always to come to the United States to study and play college golf, a move that was quite common among his peers.

Even with extensive classwork, learning a new language and adapting to a new culture, Rosenmueller has made the transition to an unlikely location look seamless.

“I still spoke German most of the time,” Rosenmueller said.

“It’s a new situation if you talk not your native language. That was a big change, but I’m doing quite okay so far.”

Coming to Denton marked the first time Rosenmueller would be away from his family for an extended period of time, but he hasn’t let homesickness get the best of him. While in Germany, he said he’d often only be at home three or four times a week, especially during summers.

Other adjustments haven’t taken a toll on him, either. He said his hometown of Munich had just as much restaurant variety as America. And although his lifestyle hasn’t drastically changed, adjusting to a new primary method of transportation was something he didn’t expect.

“I see people driving their cars to [Victory Hall] to study for classes. You won’t see that in Germany,” Rosenmueller said. “You’re walking or getting your bike out and driving down with your bike. In America, everything is driven by car.”

Getting used to a different affinity for a wide range of sports in the states has been a transition Rosenmueller has enjoyed making. Having grown up with soccer, handball and tennis as the three major sports in Germany, golf was never on

anyone’s radar.

He said there was never a ton of media coverage for golf in Germany, even when German native Martin Kaymer earned the world No. 1 ranking in 2011 after winning two major championships.

“It’s still not as popular as you would imagine,” Rosenmueller said. “In America, almost everybody knows about golf.

For example, [in Germany] I was walking through a meeting with my clubs, and they were asking me which sport I was playing.”

Despite the sport’s lack of popularity, Rosenmueller never doubted his path. He played a variety of sports growing up and began to focus on golf at age 13.

His dedication led to the opportunity to play for the Junior National Team, an experience he said prepared him for any kind of pressure situation in the future.

“The first year you get into the national team, you wear the German eagle on your shirt.

That’s pretty high pressure on you,” Rosenmueller said. “And you have to handle it.”

Choosing which school to attend wasn’t an easy decision for him. When taking recruiting visits, most coaches would tell him how they were planning on changing his swing rather than focusing on the positives of his game.

When he came to North Texas, Rosenmueller found comfort with head coach Brad Stracke, who told him he’d collaborate with his current individual swing coach Ken

Williams throughout his college career in order to make him the best golfer he can be.

“He’s very competitive, he hits the ball well, and his short game is very good,” Stracke said. “He has all the intangibles that you need to be a great player.”

Although the meat of the North Texas schedule happens during the spring, Rosenmueller’s career is off to a positive start.

In the Mean Green’s most recent invitational, he became the first freshman to win a tournament outright since 2005, earning himself Conference-USA Player of the Week honors on Oct. 28.

The performance was fueled by a 63-shot second round, tied for the lowest round of any golfer in the nation this season.

Rosenmueller said most American courses are easier than German ones due to wider fairways, giving him more room for error off the tee. After seeing what Rosenmueller was capable of, fellow freshman teammate Ross Martens said he was beyond impressed.

“His length is crazy. I’m about four inches taller than him, and he out-drives me by 30 yards,” Martens said. “He hits the ball a mile for his size.”

Stracke said Rosenmueller still has a long way to go from now until his senior season, but he did not deny his potential to become a special talent.

“He can be as good as he wants to be. He can be an AllAmerican here,” Stracke said.

“It just depends on how hard he wants to work and the direction he’s going.”

Freshman Thomas Rosenmueller lived in Germany until enrolling at UNT this fall. Courtesy | North Texas Athletics

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Soccer looking to win first NCAA tournament game in school history

By Alex Lessard Staff Writer @alexlikechexmix

FAMILY MATTERS

Zac Whitfield takes a breather on the sidelines during football practice at Apogee Stadium Tuesday afternoon. Brittany Sodic | Staff Photographer

Defensive back Zac Whitfield impacting defense despite leaving team after his mother fell ill

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“She actually had to go to the ER [Sunday] night. But she copes with it well. She’s an inspiration.”

Zac said his mother, despite her multiple medical conditions, has always been there to support him on the football field. He recalled one night when Victoria ran all the way down the bleachers with him, step for step, after he broke off a long run when he still played running back.

“She’s a special person,” Zac said. “She has a very high sense of humor, and she can make anyone laugh. She’s my biggest fan.”

His mother’s medical condition coupled with the unfortunate ending to the 2014 campaign led Zac to leave the football team and return home to Sherman last spring. It was not until he received a phone call from North Texas cornerbacks coach LaMarcus Hicks that he considered playing football again.

“I felt like when [Hicks] called me, it was God telling me to finish what I started,” Zac said.

The thought process behind Zac going home was twofold. Along with wanting a break from school and football, he also wanted to take care of his mom.

More than anything, though, Zac said he just felt overwhelmed.

“I just wanted to have some time to myself,” Zac said. “When I went back home, I also wanted to be with my mom. I have a big role in taking care of her when I’m there.”

The break was short-lived.

After getting phone calls from his coaches, Zac made a beeline back to North Texas and rejoined the team late in fall camp. Canales said he has no doubt Zac’s mother played a large

role in him returning for his senior season and was happy not only for Zac, but for Victoria as well.

“I think she had a huge impact because she got to be a part of this again. She got to wear the shirt she always wears with Zac’s number on it,” Canales said. “It was great to see her again and with a smile on her face. Obviously it meant a lot to him and a lot to her, too.”

Shortly after his return to the team, the Mean Green lost two of its starting defensive backs in senior Kenny Buyers and freshman Cedric Fernandes. Before he knew it, Zac found himself climbing the depth chart and starting the season opener at Southern Methodist University.

“I think I’ve been having a good season without really having a camp,” Zac said. “The guys have really helped me come along with

this new system they’re running.”

The numbers support his claim.

Along with playing in every game this season, Zac has North Texas’ only two interceptions and ranks fifth on the team with 32 tackles.

“He’s really been a godsend for us, for him to be there and fill in, acclimate himself to the team,” defensive coordinator Chris Cosh said. “He has a grasp for the big picture.”

The defensive back said more than anything, he has tried to pass on his knowledge from four years of playing to some of his younger teammates during a season riddled with trials and tribulations.

Junior quarterback DaMarcus Smith said the value Zac brings to the team cannot be overstated.

“He means a lot. He’s one of our team’s senior leaders, and of course

he’s pretty good,” Smith said. “With a lot of young guys coming up through the program, he’s a good person for them to look up to.”

With just three games left in a Mean Green uniform, Zac said he intends to make the most of his time in Denton. Upon graduating, he said he plans to go into coaching at either the high school, junior college or collegiate level.

As for his legacy at North Texas once he is gone, his head coach said it should be pretty clear.

“You can always say he was the player that came back to contribute and help this program,” Canales said. “He’ll always go down as a player that cared more about the team than he did himself. That tells the whole story of who Zac Whitfield is.”

Zac Whitfield poses on the sidelines at Apogee Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. Brittany Sodic | Staff Photographer

Three years ago, a young Mean Green soccer team with seven freshmen fell short of winning the first NCAA tournament game in school history in the first round against Texas Tech University.

Today, all seven players are back as seniors in the starting line-up with a chance to redeem themselves against the same opponent.

The rematch will take place Friday at 7 p.m against a Texas Tech (13-3-5) team that earned an automatic bid after winning the Big 12 conference tournament. It didn’t come easy for the Red Raiders, having to go through then No. 2 West Virginia University in the championship game.

With North Texas (19-31) leading the nation in wins this season, head coach John Hedlund said a physical matchup is a certainty.

“We’re a really physical team, a blue-collar type team,” Hedlund said. “We feel we can slow them down a little bit, but I think it’s going to be an exciting game.”

Because Texas Tech was ranked higher by the selection committee, the first round matchup will take place in Lubbock. With a home football game the following day for the Red Raiders, Hedlund said he expects a crowd of nearly 7,000 fans.

The Mean Green has experience with similar atmospheres this season.

The team played two Big-12 opponents this year in addition to a road game with over 2,700 attendees at Texas A&M University in September.

North Texas nearly pulled off the upset, losing 2-1 on a game-winning goal with 65 seconds remaining in double overtime.

“We played through it. We did great. They just snuck in that last goal,” freshman defender Carissa Sanders said.

“It’s going to be A&M all over again. I think we’ll handle it well.”

Since then, the Mean Green has only lost one game. The hot streak carried into the C-USA tournament, where the team didn’t allow single goal. Making this all possible is an experienced back line of defense, which have helped younger players like freshman defender Carissa Sanders get up to speed this season.

“They’ve taught us a lot. I’ve learned a lot from watching Molly and Tess, the way they play,” Sanders said.

“I hope I can fill their shoes next year.”

It has also helped to have senior goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine in the net behind them. She’s led the team to a 0.392 goals against average, the fourth best average in the nation. Hedlund said her leadership and athleticism has convinced him she is the best goalkeeper in the country.

“We rely on that [leadership],” Hedlund said.

The Mean Green advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012. Meagan Sullivan | Associate Visuals Editor “We feel that if we can score a goal, we can get the win, because we can shut out most teams.”

That formula has proven successful in recent games.

The Mean Green won every C-USA tournament game 1-0, getting each of its goals from different players.

However, senior midfielder Karla Pineda is looking to get on the board in the NCAA tournament after failing to record a goal or assist in the conference bracket. Pineda is second on the team in goals with seven and first in assists with eight. Even with the potential of the next matchup being the last one of her collegiate career, she said she doesn’t feel any added stress.

“There’s always pressure in big games for everyone, but I feel like a lot of people expect a lot from me,” Pineda said. “I just try to play my game and do the best as I can.”

The team set a goal for the season last spring to win both conference titles this year.

Now that they’ve achieved it, making a run in the NCAAs is the final step – something Hedlund said the team wants more than anything.

“I’m really blessed with this team this year,” Hedlund said. “I’ve had so much fun coaching this team. I don’t know what we’re going to look like next year, but this year, this is probably my best team.”

UPCOMING GAMES Thursday •Volleyball: vs. Middle Tennessee State (North Texas Volleyball Complex) – 6:00 p.m Friday •W. Basketball: vs. San Francisco (Super Pit) – 5:00 p.m •M. Basketball: vs. Jarvis Christian (Super Pit) – 7:30 p.m •Soccer: vs. Texas Tech (NCAA Tournament – Lubbock, TX) – 7:00 p.m •Cross Country: NCAA South Central Regionals (College Station, TX) – ALL DAY Saturday •Football: @ Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) – 11:00 a.m •Volleyball: vs. UTSA (North Texas Volleyball Complex) – 1:00 p.m Monday •M. Basketball: vs. Texas College (Super Pit) – 7:00 p.m •W. Basketball: @ Oklahoma (Norman, OK) – 7:00 p.m

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What can be said about the Missouri football team’s boycott earlier this week? Beyond it’s quick-found success, it singlehandedly plopped the issue of race-on-campus directly onto the nation’s lap.

The week-long hunger strike undertaken by graduate student Jonathan Butler, paired with the level of solidarity shown by the school’s football players and

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athletic staff, have showcased the power held by major sports teams and student leaders in a fight for change.

In the wake of the resignation of Mizzou president Tim Wolfe, the need for open dialogue between students and administrators has never been more apparent.

Though the lack of response by university leaders on issues of racism sparked the initial outrage, the tale and cause found in #ConcernedStudent1950 can serve as both a cautionary tale and point of interest.

An athletic director for a school in a Power Five conference expressed his concern to USA Today Sports regarding the issue, saying the scariest part for someone in his position is that “something can come out of nowhere in a

hurry.” But he didn’t have to deal with the protest.

Had the boycott continued on to next weekend, when Missouri was set to play Brigham Young University in Kansas City, it would have cost the university nearly $1 million. Money aside, in Mizzou’s South Eastern Conference, complications following the cancellation of a game over student protest are explosive at best. If Jonathan Blunt was the first to pique peoples’ interest in campus issues, the boycott summoned their activist spirit.

Everyone needs to understand that major sports teams have power beyond the field, and the realization of this fact by Missouri’s football team sent #ConcernedStudent1950 into overdrive. So much time, money, and pride rests within the religion of sports, and with the reach and influence sports teams and large organizations have, they may need to be the proponents for change.

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