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VOL. 106 No. 7

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RESEARCH

‘Tier one’ definition proves elusive

By Adalberto Toledo Senior Staff Writer @Adaltoledo29

University president Neal Smatresk announced UNT’s ascent to “tier-one” as a research university in February, but while it means a lot for the university in terms of national recognition, there are many criteria for being tier-one.

Smatresk announced the milestone with a press release and a short video. The headline read “Carnegie Classification lists UNT among Tier One research universities in latest report,” but the institution’s definitions do not include the term “tier-one.”

UNT was previously ranked under “higher research activity.” The latest upgrade lifted UNT to “highest research activity,” thus the “tier-one” claim.

Provost Finley Graves said Carnegie doesn’t disclose why a university gets upgraded in order to prevent universities

from gaming the system.

There are several ways to move up in the classifications. One is awarding more than 20 research doctoral degrees the year the people at Carnegie update their

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GRADUATION

Army Sgt. Davidson to speak at commencement for free

By Evan McAlister Staff Writer @evan_McAlister Army Sgt. Steven Davidson will not be paid for giving this year’s mass commencement address because, as UNT president Neal Smatresk said, the university doesn’t want to pay large amounts of school money for the graduation speaker.

Though UNT does pay some speakers in the Distinguished Lecture Series, Smatresk said he wants the university to avoid paying the $50,000 to $150,000 in fees some universities are known to spend on commencement speakers.

Smatresk said bringing in a commencement speaker has evolved into a commencement business where speakers have agents to handle schedules and events.

“Several other institutions around the country were criticized last year for spending large amounts of money on

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#DrSuessDay

Wednesday, March 2 was Dr. Suess’s birthday. The famous author would have turned 112.

#FooFighters

The Foo Fighters posted a video to its YouTube page Wednesday regarding rumors that the band was breaking up. The video, starring Nick Lachey, puts those rumors to rest. Finally.

TRUE ‘HAIRITAGE’

Communication design professor and research analyist Terressa Hardaway poses outside the art building. Kaylen Howard| Staff Photographer

The creation of Project Naptural and true ‘hairitage’

By Kaylen Howard Staff Photographer @TheKaylenHoward Project Naptural creator Terresa Hardaway, 30, doesn’t need a typical office—she makes do with an isolated adjunct computer lab and a steel gate separating her from a large technology control system.

Siting at a table with an open Mountain Dew on one side

and her laptop on the other, Hardaway uses her free time to organize her calendar before heading out to teach hour-long communication and fashion design courses as an adjunct professor.

“I decided to take my spiritual gifts as inspiration for the way I live my life in the professional world, and sought out a degree to teach at the collegiate level,” Hardaway

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said.

Hardaway created and researched Project Naptural, a natural hair study that has gone global and recently showed at the Union. She is also lead program director of graphic design and art history at Dallas’ Brown Mackie College.

“My hardest semester was spring 2015,” she said. “I took five classes and taught four. It was the only semester where I

got a B in one of my courses.

All the others were A’s.”

Project Naptural is a critical research analysis of women with natural hair. Hardaway said she also used the project to express her knowledge of design and artistic flair.

When asked about the purpose of her research, Hardaway said her project “opens up diversity in a way that has not been touched in

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ENROLLMENT

Regents question UNT Denton

By Lisa Dreher Staff Writer @Lisa_Dreher27

Administrators at UNT have projected that by 2020, about 40,000 students will be enrolled at the main campus. But last week, the Board of Regents was skeptical of those projections and questioned UNT president Neal Smatresk and others.

Vice president for enrollment Shannon Goodman offered the numbers during the regents meeting on Thursday. Regent Al Silva refused to accept the estimate as realistic because of Texas’ rapidly growing population.

“It’s just a matter of whether this nominal growth number is really going to fit the needs of this region of our state,” Silva said.

Smatresk said the projected increase in growth exceeds the amount it was five years ago. He said the enrollment for 2011 was 36,000 and is currently about 37,000.

“I think that by any standard, you would argue that our estimates of our market share are very aggressive compared to the other estimates,” Smatresk said.

Regent chairman Brint Ryan felt the projected numbers did not add up, adding they fell short of UNT System’s aim to expand.

“With all due respect, how is it a big, hairy audacious goal if we only expect to achieve slightly more than our fair share of that growth in the first place?”

Ryan asked. “If populations are growing at twice the rate of people eligible to graduate, as a developed country, we’re in trouble.”

Smatresk said, as it is, UNT can support 40,000 students, but lacks federal funding for additional buildings. But Silva dismissed his claim that the state refuses to fund university expansion.

“If you need more infrastructure, obviously we didn’t get you 36,000 [students] by not building buildings,” Silva said. “You almost have the money in your budget, because the state will pay for it.”

Smatresk said he wants the graduate population to increase so the university improves in research efforts to produce more master and doctoral students.

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Wu-Tang founder GZA discusses music and education for Distinguished Lecture

By Erica Wieting & Kyle Martin Features Editor & and Staff Writer @EricaWieting @Kyle_Martin35 Relaxing in a plastic chair inside a small room in the University Union, Gary Grice raps about making sense of the world through lyrics and art.

“My universe runs like clockworks forever / Words pull it together, sudden change in the weather,” he rapped. “The nature and the scale of events don’t make

sense / A storm with no warning and you’re drawn in by immense / Gravity.”

It was just minutes before the rapper, songwriter and Wu-Tang Clan founder, better known as GZA and The Genius, would speak in front of a sold-out audience at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Union Ballroom.

He talked about the Science Genius Program he co-founded and his interest in hip-hop education, which his upcoming album “Dark Matter” will be

based on. He also reminisced about his childhood and talked about his days with the Wu-Tang Clan.

“I never wanted to accept the title ‘Genius’ because the expectations were always too high,” he said.

When he entered the hip-hop industry, the genre was brand-new, spreading like wildfire from house to house. He said the innovation within the industry allowed him to

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Wu-Tang founder GZA addresses a sold-out crowd during his speech as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series. Kristen Watson | Visuals Editor

GOLF

#SuperTuesday

Freshman golfer Snyman lifting Mean Green with calm demeanor on the course

Eleven states took part in Super Tuesday, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the lead.

By Austin Jackson Staff Writer @a_jack17

EDITORIAL ON PAGE 12

Freshman golfer Ian Snyman poses for a photo on the green of one of the holes while preparing for the John Hayt Classic in Florida. Austin Jackson | Staff Writer

Like a junkie obsessing over his next score, North Texas freshman Ian Snyman climbs the grass perch, eyes thirsty, darting towards his fix.

The 21-year-old stops, shrugs the bag off his shoulders, then unsheathes the big club, unsure if the dose will take him too far.

After setting up his line, his hands meld together, interlocked. Finally, serenity courses through his veins, as the freshman sends his body coiling away. With a thunderous thwack, Snyman jolts back to reality on the Fazio Course at Stonebriar Country Club.

Golf is Snyman’s muse and has taken him higher than he ever imagined. For 17 years, the sport has been both a diabolical villain and most generous friend.

“It’s a terrible, great game,” Snyman said. “The challenge made me fall in love with it.”

Now at North Texas, 10,000 miles away from the family he left behind in Bellville, South Africa, Snyman hopes to improve his game to the level it takes to qualify for the PGA Tour.

“I want to be the best me I can be,” Snyman said. “I don’t want to be Tiger woods, I don’t want to be Ernie Els, I want to be Ian Snyman.”

Snyman was conditioned to competition at an early age. His parents and his siblings raised Snyman to love competing at a handful of sports.

“He was hooked on all things with a bat and a ball from cricket, baseball, soccer and tennis,” Johan Snyman Sr. said. “He just loved all sports and had an exceptional eye and very good timing.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

Army Sgt. Davidson to speak at commencement for free GRADUATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

commencement speakers,” Smatresk said. “We’re simply not going down that road.”

The UNT commencement committee and Student Government Association were asked to nominate people for commencement speaker, but Smatresk said everyone named was either unavailable or too expensive.

As part of UNT’s 125th anniversary, commencement will look different this year. In past years, the commencement ceremony took place on the last day after all the individual college ceremonies. But this year, the commencement speech will happen before anyone walks the stage.

So far, students have not spoken out against Davidson’s speech, unlike last year when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke, also free of charge.

As both a UNT alumnus and the 2012 “Army Times” Soldier of the Year, Davidson will deliver his speech at the beginning of the three-day university-wide commencement celebration this May. The speech As the keynote speaker, Davidson said his speech will focus on the hidden value of being a UNT graduate and the lessons he’s learned from his time in the U.S. Army, to becoming a hero and finally to his time at UNT. “I’m a young guy and I just

Army Sgt. Davison will speak at UNT’s commencement ceremony in May. Courtesy | UNT graduated in December so I want to highlight the things about UNT I think students kind of shrug off,” Davidson said.

Davidson was deployed to East Africa two years after joining the army in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2011. While serving in human resources, Davidson saved a fellow soldier’s life on the last day of a 10-day French-run desert warfare course. He said he was able to do so because of the sports medicine training he received from Northwest High School in Justin, Texas.

When his tour ended in 2012, Davidson applied to UNT. Despite his military record, the

RESEARCH CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 rankings. UNT granted 270 in 2015, and has met the minimum requirement for the “basic” classification’s R1 doctoral university since 2000.

But there is more than one definition for tier one.

Tier-one institutions can also be those classified in the top 50 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings.

None of the Texas universities that recently got the Carnegie Classification — UNT, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Dallas and Texas Tech University — are ranked by the U.S. News & World Report’s top 50.

Universities that have more than $100 million in research spending may also be classified as research universities.

Of the four universities added recently, only UTD and Tech have spent at least that much. UNT falls short, having spent about $31 million in 2015. Since 2006, UNT has increased its research spending 36.4 percent over nine years in an attempt to reach the $100 million

veteran struggled academically at a past community college and was admitted to UNT on a provisional basis.

“I was sitting in a meeting in Washington when grades posted,” Davidson said. “Like many students I didn’t want to get too excited about graduation, but I was able to finish with a 4.0 GPA.” Homecoming Davidson never imagined he would be chosen to speak at this year’s commencement ceremony, and is excited to attend graduation for the first time. He missed the opportunity to walk the stage in his own

mark, according to the research and economic development office’s reports and statistics.

Tom McCoy, who oversees the research and economic development office, could not be reached for comment.

Another possible definition for tier-one is being listed as one of the Association of American Universities, a group of 62 top research universities in the United States and Canada. None of the Texas universities that received the Carnegie Classification are on that list either.

Only two public Texas universities made it on the list: University of Texas and Texas A&M University.

Graves said even the state of Texas has a definition for tier-one and, among other things, it requires a certain amount of research spending.

“We are consciously working toward that goal,” he said.

Texas approved a constitutional amendment implementing the National Research University Fund in November 2009. About $500 million was distributed

RELIGION

American University Director to speak on Anti-Semitism Michael Brenner, director of American University’s Center for Israel Studies, will speak at UNT Monday on antiSemitism in Europe, according to a press release.

After the violent acts that took place January 2015 in Paris against a kosher minimart following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, many scholars and writers are examining anti-Semitic acts. Brenner will discuss this topic during a free lecture called “European Jews, Israel and Anti-Semitism,” part of the “Oldest and Newest Hatred: Anti-Semitism – AntiIsraelism” lecture series.

Brenner will speak about the many Jews leaving Europe because of anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, while others settle in Europe in search of a more peaceful life. He will also speak on Europe and Israel’s intertwined history exemplified by similar

SAFETY

Emergency phones rarely used for emergencies

By Tiffany Ditto Staff Writer @TiffanyDitto

commencement as he went straight from an internship into the job market.

“I was very surprised honestly,” Davidson said. “I had talked to the president a couple of months earlier about doing a short speech at during commencement, but I never dreamed that I would give the big speech.”

Davidson said he’s looking forward to being back in Denton to see all the changes to campus as well as the town.

“I’m a big fan of Beth Marie’s on the Square,” Davidson said.

“The Union had just opened last time I was on campus, too. I’m just excited to be back.”

Multiple definitions to ‘tier-one’ status

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interests sharing insight on the present situation.

According to the press release, in addition to his directorship at the American University, Brenner holds academic positions at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana in Mantua, Italy.

Brenner has authored multiple titles on the history of Jews in Europe and across the world, as well as histories of Zionism and Israel. He has also edited 17 books, among them a study of the relationship between religion and state in Israel.

The lecture will take place at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Eagle Student Services Center 255.

For more information, contact Richard Golden, director of the Jewish and Israel Studies program.

among burgeoning research universities to meet certain benchmarks for top-tier status.

To be considered top-tier in the eyes of the state, a university must award at least 200 doctoral degrees, allocate more than $45 million in restricted research spending and have endowment assets — or the money the state provides a public university — of more than $400 million.

UNT meets standards regarding doctoral awards, but falls short of the $45 million and $400 million mark.

Graves said UNT has not yet met the state’s required research output, but is already feeling the effects of the classification.

“I can give you one concrete example,” Graves said. “We were talking to one person about coming to UNT as a faculty member, and she had already interviewed at another university. Then the people interviewing her told her that North Texas had become tier-one and we became her first choice.”

SAFETY

Campus carry policy finalized Staff Reports UNT’s campus carry policy is now official.

The Board of Regents unanimously accepted the policy Friday, the final approval needed for implementation.

Now, the university has a plan of action ready for the Aug. 1 start to campus carry.

The Campus Carry Taskforce, which created UNT’s policy, will hold training sessions for people unsure how to deal with concealed handgun-related emergencies. Those meetings will be announced later, officials said.

Residents living on campus who have CHL and wish to store their weapon in their room will be required to live in a private dorm room. It is uncertain which residence halls will house these CHL holders.

Those students will have to carry their weapon on them at all times unless they store it in a locked container approved by

the university, according to the campus carry policy.

Because there are minors living on campus during the summer semester, UNT CHL holders will not be allowed to store their weapon in the residence halls. CHL holders cannot display their weapon at any time, the policy states, unless it is revealed during storage.

The administration can amend the policy at any time to add more gun-free zones, but cannot take away established gun-free zones.

The amendment has to be submitted to the Board of Regents within 90 days of any changes made on campus.

Campus carry can be suspended for seven-day periods “in order to promote safety on campus.” The police chief may also stop campus carry, though the policy does not detail a timeline on such a suspension.

Emergency phones on campus are seldom used for emergencies, according to reports from 2012 and 2016 by the UNT Police Department.

Every three years the UNT police public information officer must determine the level of demand for emergency phones on and around campus.

In a 2016 report conducted by community relations officer Kevin Crawford, the police found 64 of the department’s 24,600 incidents handled by the campus police communications center were initiated from the box phones.

Crawford said four of those 64 incidents were for service needed and only one was an actual emergency. The calls for service were categorized as nonemergency, such as people needing information, security escorts or directions. The other 60 incidents officers responded to the calls and found no one there upon arrival.

“Over time more people have started using cell phones more to contact us,” Crawford said. “When we talk about accessibility, if a student’s cell phone dies we want

them to have that as a means to contact us.”

UNT currently has 69 emergency phones located across campus. These phones are green with a blue light on the top and each has a red emergency button that can be pushed to call the police.

In a 2012 report, completed by then community relations officer John DeLong, showed 20,982 incidents dealt with by the UNT communications center. Of those, 276 calls were initiated from emergency phones. Police said 17 were calls for service and only four calls were for emergency situations.

The 2012 report details these four calls for a mentally ill individual, a possible assaulted person, a person with a knife and a medical emergency. There were 79 call boxes on campus when the study was conducted.

At the end of each report, Crawford and DeLong explained that campus emergency phones are not being utilized for many campus emergencies. They both said, however, that these towers are all in visible, accessible locations in case someone was to need them.

“If we can make one student safer by giving them means to contact us, then were going what we’re supposed to,” Crawford said.

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Silva was frustrated with the regents because he said they lacked a plan to increase this research, something Smatresk and his administration have pushed for, and in some ways, achieved – the university was recently given tier-one recognition in research output.

UNT chancellor Lee Jackson

suggested focusing instead on recruitment to compensate for Texas’ increasing population.

“What would it take to set 45,000 as a goal instead of 42,000 for UNT in the next ten years?” Jackson said. “Maybe it involves diverting resources from research into classroom capacity.”

Correction In an article, “UNT again weighs gender-inclusive housing,”which was printed in the Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 edition of the North Texas Daily, we incorrectly stated LBGTQ group, StandOut, at the University of Texas at Austin petitioned for gender-inclusive housing in 2014.

The group actually petitioned in 2012. The Daily regrets the error.

DENTON COUNTY

Driver who hit girl found not at fault

By Bj Lewis Denton Record-Chronicle No charges will be filed against the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed 15-year-old Arely Naffarratte Friday evening.

Investigators with the Denton Police Traffic Unit finished their review of the accident Monday and determined the driver was not distracted, intoxicated or at fault for any reason.

Naffarratte, a Guyer High School student, was part of a group of pedestrians at the intersection when a silver Honda SUV northbound on Teasley Lane struck her.

The investigation revealed the group had been walking south on the sidewalk of Teasley Lane toward Guyer. Near the intersection with Montecito Drive, members of the group attempted to cross Teasley to get to the east side of the road, according to a news release from Denton police Officer Shane Kizer.

Naffarratte stepped into northbound traffic and was struck by the Honda CR-V passenger vehicle. She was reportedly several feet north of the marked crosswalk

when she was struck.

Witnesses told police the northbound and southbound traffic on Teasley Lane had green lights, and thus the right of way. Witnesses also said the pedestrian signals were not displaying the “walk” signal at the time of the accident.

Naffarratte was taken to Denton Regional Medical Center, where she died from her injuries.

A makeshift memorial of flowers, teddy bears, candles and a cross with flowers and photos sits in front of the fence on Teasley Lane at Montecito.

Naffarratte, a freshman at Guyer, was on the school’s junior varsity soccer team.

A GoFundme page (www. gofundme.com/arely-naffarratte) has been set up by friends to help her family. By Monday night, donors had contributed more than $15,000 to the memorial fund.

“Those of you who had the pleasure of knowing Arely Naffarratte know that she was an amazing, beautiful, smart and funny girl,” the page reads. “We would like to assist her family by setting up this account to facilitate the expenses they will be faced with.”

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SUPER TUESDAY RESULTS

After 11 states voted in Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are in the lead.

Minnesota Democrat:

Vermont

Democrat: Bernie Sanders Republican: Donald Trump

Bernie Sanders Republican: Marco Rubio

Colorado Democrat:

Massachussetts

Democrat: Hillary Clinton Republican: Donald Trump

Bernie Sanders

Arkansas Democrat:

Virginia Democrat:

Hillary Clinton Republican: Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton Republican: Donald Trump

Oklahoma Democrat:

Tennessee Democrat:

Bernie Sanders Republican: Ted Cruz

Hillary Clinton Republican: Donald Trump

Texas Democrat:

Georgia Democrat

Hillary Clinton Republican: Ted Cruz

Hillary Clinton Republican: Donald Trump

Alaska Republican:

Alabama Democrat:

Ted Cruz

Hillary Clinton Republican Donald Trump

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DENTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY

Hendrickson beats Sayre

By Dalton LaFerney Denton Record Chronicle With all 158 precincts reporting, Lisa Hendrickson won with 33,024 votes, or 53.9 percent of the ballots cast, while Kelly Sayre had 28,276, or 46.1 of the ballots cast.

Lisa Hendrickson led Kelly Sayre on Tuesday night in the race to replace Dianne Edmondson as the Denton County Republican Party chairwoman.

The candidates ran neckand-neck throughout most of Tuesday night, with Hendrickson retaining about 52 percent of the vote with just over half of the 158 precincts reporting.

Hendrickson began with a solid grip on the southern portions of the county, where she has been an active member in Republican efforts. She is the

founder of the Flower Mound Area Republican Club and the Ladies of Liberty Federated Republican Women’s Club.

Hendrickson would not say that she won the race Tuesday night, but she said it has been a humbling experience to work with her team.

“We’re all back on the same team now,” she said. “We’re anticipating a bright bright future for Denton County.”

When the early voting numbers appeared early Tuesday night, the county was first divided almost in half, with Sayre holding the precincts in the northern portion of the county and Hendrickson with the southern precincts. At one point, Sayre was within 1,816 votes of taking the lead.

Early voting totals showed the Sayre campaign reigning supreme in much of the

Denton city limits. But as Tuesday numbers poured in, Hendrickson began to break up Sayre’s hold on the city.

And Sayre’s lead deteriorated in the northern precincts as ballots were tallied.

Even in Corinth, where Sayre lives, Hendrickson appeared to beat him.

“As far as the ground game goes, it looks like we got outworked pretty good,” Sayre said. “It looks like the Republican voters in Denton County have chosen our new leader, and I look forward to her taking this party to the next level and keeping the county red.”

Much of Sayre’s campaign rhetoric directed at Hendrickson had to do with what he saw as her lack of experience. He’s currently a vice chairman for the Denton County Republican Party.

Will Travis ousted 56.79% 43.21% Tracey Murphey Courtesy | Tracey Murphey

Republicans wanted a new sheriff More people voted Tuesday for the Denton County sheriff than did for president in 2012.

There were 75, 209 ballots cast Tuesday in the sheriff’s

Will Travis Courtesy | Will Travis

race, and 40,699 cast for president on Super Tuesday in 2012.

It’s impor tant to note only people voting Republican could vote for sheriff Tuesday as both candidates,

winner Tracy Mur phree and incumbent Will Travis, are Republicans. There was not a Democrat r unning for sheriff in 2012 either. In that year, 31,846 Republicans voted for sheriff.

SUPER TUESDAY

High voter turnout in Denton County for primary News Staff Super Tuesday roundup People in Denton County showed up to vote yesterday with a better turnout than the Texas primaries in 2012, when President Barack Obama was running for his second term.

The turnout this year was 30 percent, according to data found on the Denton County Election Commission website Wednesday. That means of the 430,657 registered voters in the county, 129,238 of them cast ballots in these primaries.

Close but no cigar for Sanders

UNT student takes District 64

On campus and in more liberal circles in the county leading up to Super Tuesday, you would have found more electioneering material – “Feelin’ the Bern” signs posted favoring Bernie Sanders.

But when it counted, Hillary Clinton squeaked by the independent senator from Vermont with half of Denton County’s Democratic vote.

Sanders was close behind, with 15,750 votes, accounting for about 48 percent of the vote.

UNT student Connor Flanagan beat Paul Greco in the Democratic race for the Texas House District 64 spot with 51 percent of the vote. On the Republican side, Read King and Lynn Stucky are heading for a runoff.

Flanagan won 4,071 of the 7,846 votes cast in that race. Of those, Flanagan swiped 1,747 from precincts located within the Denton city limits. Greco collected 1,396 from the same precincts.

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Learning Center offers new tutoring program

By Jesus Sustaita Staff Writer @Jour_JRS A new tutoring program, Peer Academic Coaching, is the latest addition to the Learning Center’s services with an aim to provide individualized, one-onone support for students.

“Students coming in might have general issues with school, time management, procrastination, anxiety with tests, [or] note taking styles, and want to talk to someone about that,“ said Olivia Fritts, coordinator for academic success programs.

While most services provided by the Learning Center are course-based, this new tutoring program aids students in adapting to the general tempo and expectations of college.

Another distinction for PAC is the way students schedule sessions with their coaches or Peer Academic Leaders. Using a link to their website, students can browse the list of PALs, read their short bios and major for each, all before scheduling a session.

Sessions with PALs are done by appointment. The website is the primary method of

making appointments. There are currently seven PALs, each with a GPA of 3.5 or higher and they’re available for a total of 42 hours a week.

The program is generally first-come first-serve, but the Learning Center does its best to have someone available at all times to help any student that might need assistance.

“We have them schedule when students need them most,” Fritts said. “Almost every evening except for Friday evenings are covered.”

The program isn’t limited by a student’s ability to visit the learning center. Using an online platform, students can interact with PALs through video chat and virtual whiteboards, allowing them to share and edit documents together.

“Few universities do it,” Fritts said. “We’re excited to be one that does.”

The PAC program hopes to add several more PALs next semester.

“We are seeing heavy demand,” Fritts said. “Part of the reason is that it’s a lot easier.

We’ve always had academic coaching but now it’s peer based and a lot easier for students to schedule.”

Sage Hall is home to UNT’s Learning Center. Dylan Nadwodny|Staff Photographer HOUSING

Plan approved for new residence halls

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Students will have another studying resource in the new Learning Center tutoring program. File Photo

COMMUNITY

City of Denton and United Way organize against homelessness

By Jynn Schubert Staff Writer @JynnWasHere The City of Denton and the United Way of Denton County joined forces to hire a new community impact coordinator last month to organize community groups aimed at helping the homeless population.

Denton County resident Courtney Cross joined the United Way of Denton County in February to increase community participation against homelessness in Denton.

Both the United Way and Denton jointly fund the new position, and though approved in September, it was finalized by the City Council in February.

“I’m really lucky to come in right now, off the momentum of the mayor’s task force,” Cross said. “I’m really just kind of riding the coattails of things that are already going on.

There are a lot of people doing a lot of great work and I think I’m very lucky to come into such a supportive atmosphere.”

Some of Cross’ year-long goals include creating an advocacy network throughout the county to exchange data and use resources more efficiently.

Denton Mayor Chris Watts recently pushed for solvency on similar issues through the community development department. The mission is to “provide decent housing, suitable living environment and [expand] economic opportunity, principally for persons of low and moderate income,” according to the city of Denton website.

There are currently two homeless shelters in Denton run by the Salvation Army and Friends of the Family, an

organization that helps victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

“My role is really to act like a backbone support for organizations that are already working directly with the homeless and at-risk populations in lots of different ways, and to really kind of coordinate them in ways that they don’t already coordinate themselves,” Cross said.

A report, called “Point in Time,” noted in that last year 24.8 percent of Denton’s homeless were living in “places not meant for habitation.”

That’s a 10 percent increase from 2014.

“You’ve got a lot of these long standing organizations that have been in the community for years and years, and a lot of great people who are great sources of information -- they have this wealth of knowledge

-- but it all kind of lives in their head.” Cross said, stressing the need for a system of shared information.

Cross is working closely with people like Danielle Shaw, human services coordinator for the city of Denton, to improve communication between these organizations.

“We don’t oversee what they do, we’re just facilitating,” Shaw said. “[We’re] helping them work more collaboratively toward a more communitywide goal, as opposed to an individual organization-byorganization goal.”

Cross is no stranger to community service. Growing up, she was heavily involved with her church group, and continued to assist people while getting her master’s degree in London.

“Long term, I’d like to see a decrease in the number of

homeless,” Cross said. “But I’d also like to see us really utilize data in a way we haven’t yet, and I think we need to establish some shared definitions and terms, and figure out how we’re going to collect [information] and report it so that as a community we can go out and get the funding we need.”

Both Cross and Shaw hope to see a difference in the way organizations operate by the end of the year.

“This is one of those unique situations where you have a public/private partnership.”

Shaw said. “The city and the United Way are both supporting this position. It’s a unique funding situation that I think is really positive and shows that we’re going to have real community based solutions instead of just one organization trying to solve a problem.”

The City of Denton and United Way are partnering to remedy homelessness. File Photo

Flooding in R awlins Hall displaces 36 students

T he newly built Rawlins Ha ll f looded Sat u rday n ight when a spr in k ler was activated in a resident’s room on the f i rst f loor, displacing 36 st udents, un iversit y off icia ls sa id.

People in the facilities depa r tment still do not k now what happened to cause the spr in k ler to be set off at about 10:15 p.m. Sat u rday.

On Wednesday, UNT

New residence halls will join Crumley and others as part of on-campus housing.

FACULTY

Smatresk’s contract extended to 2019

By Sarah Sarder Staff Writer @sarderrr

CAMPUS

Staff Reports

The Board of Regents approved a plan to build two new residence halls in order to increase the number of beds available to students living on campus as part of the school’s capital improvement plan.

The approved plan will bring two residence halls to campus as part of a multi-phased project. The first of those residence halls would be finished by summer 2018 with the second one expected to finish the year after if the enrollment growth continues. Each residence hall, according to the plan, will have 500 beds.

spokeswoma n Ma rga r it a Venegas sa id the incident is still under investigation.

Rooms a nd the ha llway were still being a i red out Wednesday. Residents on the f loor were relocated to other rooms a nd will be able to move back once a long-ter m assessment is completed.

“T he spr in k ler went off for about a n hou r a nd collected a n inch of water,” Venegas sa id. “T he water seeped into the ha llway a nd collected in 17 other rooms, a ffecting 18

rooms tota l.”

Rawlins was built in 2015 a nd opened to house honors st udents last fa ll.

Na med a f ter the for mer U N T president V. La ne Rawlins, it cost the un iversit y $37 m illion.

T he cost of the da mages was un k nown as of Wednesday n ight.

Du r ing spr ing 2o15, the A wing of Ker r Ha ll f looded when two st udents decided to cook s’mores with a lighter in thei r room. T he incident

a ffected more st udents tha n the f lood at Rawlins. About 120 Ker r residents had thei r or igina l room assign ments cha nged.

“T hey need to ma ke su re there is no mold before a nyone moves back in,” Venegas sa id. “T here a re still no a nswers as to what caused the spr in k lers to go off. T he f r ust ration still continues. St udents should be back in thei r rooms next week sometime.”

The budget for this project, which is based on the successful construction of the newly opened Rawlins Hall, will be $93 million.

Because it is a multi-phases project, the first building will require $44.8 million and the second $48.2 million.

Rawlins Hall had an approved budget $37.1 million.

Out of the 6,216 beds available on campus, 6,199 were in use as of the twelfth day of class, causing the residence halls to be at almost full capacity, according to the regents’ website. The school’s master plan details the administration’s desire to increase the bed count to 9,600.

Locations and names for the residence halls are not known yet as the plan was just only approved.

The Board of Regents voted last week to approve school president Neal Smatresk for another term ending in 2019 and to raise his salary based on market salaries.

The decision was based on the evaluation from Lee Jackson, chancellor of the UNT System. UNT presidents serve three-year terms.

Smatresk’s current term, which began in 2013, is his first. This term will end in January 2017.

“We’re on a really good course in terms of goal setting,” Smatresk said of his present term. “I think we’re really doing well as a university.”

While only a simple majority is needed to reapprove the president, all 10 regents voted to keep Smatresk. Jackson

also recommended the salary raise, which was approved by the regents.

The exact amount of the increase has not yet been determined, but will be based on the pay of other university presidents in the region. Smatresk is currently paid $505,000 base pay per year, not including bonuses or allowances he could receive if approved by the board.

“I have never once asked for a raise in my life,” Smatresk said. “But if people choose to give me a raise, I’m not going to turn it down.”

Smatresk said the reapproval does not change his plans for the university, though he is considering accelerating current plans.

“We’ve got fairly aggressive plans for growing the academic and research components,” Smatresk said.

“It’s nice to know those plans won’t necessarily be changing soon.”

President Neal Smatresk poses in his office.

Colin Mitchell | Senior Staff Photographer

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

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TEACHING

Two sisters. Two countries. Two journeys.

By Kayleigh Bywater Senior Staff Writer @kayleighbywater

It was a typical Thursday night.

Academic English professor Beth Mathews knew in the back of her mind she had to get up early in the morning to teach class, but instead she was focused on her sister, Michelle McGrath.

The two were in the back of Juliet’s Jewels on Sycamore Street, smiling, trying on clothes and reminiscing.

It was 7 p.m.—past closing hours— but realizing their time together was special, the owner let them continue.

Pictures were snapped, hugs were given and Mathews tried to kick her sad feelings to the curb.

“It’s hard having a sister who lives so far away,” Mathews said. “But it fills my heart knowing Michelle wants to get out there and make a difference. She’s showing love to those people who might not have otherwise received it.”

In less than three short days,

McGrath will leave for Burma in Southeast Asia to work with minority groups and refugees, helping them learn how to speak English. Mathews will remain as a teacher in Denton.

It could be one of the last times the sisters will see each other for 10 years.

Growing up, Mathews and McGrath moved all over the U.S. Their family traveled everywhere from Iowa and Missouri to Oklahoma and Texas. The moves were hard on both women, but Mathews said it was what inspired them to explore and teach.

“It wasn’t the easiest to make friends and get comfortable where you were at when you moved everywhere,” Mathews said. “Our teachers ended up being the ones we talked to, because we always had this consistent f low of caring teachers.”

Both women teach English as a second language. Mathews, who speaks French, teaches at UNT while McGrath, f luent in seven languages, travels to countries all over Asia teaching English to or phans and

refugees.

“I’m not interested in teaching people my culture,” McGrath said.

“I’m focused on people being able to talk about their own cultures to me in English.”

McGrath’s first out-of-country experience was to Guatemala and Japan with a group, but her first solo stop was in South Korea around the time of 9/11. She started teaching Muslim students and said she immediately knew education was something she wanted to pursue.

“I’ve been out of the country for about 20 years,” McGrath said. “I felt as a teacher, I had the opportunity to learn about a huge part of the world that I knew nothing about. When people say I’m a world traveler, though, I don’t really think of it that way. I think of it as a journey to find out more information.”

Since the women work with students and adults from other countries, they get a firsthand look at prejudices they face daily.

When McGrath was in Turkey, she helped teach English to Syrian,

Iraqi and other Middle-Eastern refugees. McGrath said they taught her as much as she taught them.

She said nothing was as glorious as when the families were together and worshipped.

Once, McGrath left a small bottle of perfume on a little girl’s doorknob before she left. When the girl found it, McGrath said she looked as though she was holding gold.

“I am very grateful to my family that I got to come here and visit, but I feel very guilty that they were not able to leave, too,” McGrath said.

“These people don’t want a handout from the world. They’re just like you and I.” But Mathews said she thinks about her sister daily, wor rying about the various economic troubles and threats in countries where she works.

“People don’t always get what she’s doing or what she’s been through, but it’s all for a deeper pur pose,” Mathews said. “There’s so much negativity sur rounded around refugees, but she tries to break that

stigma down.”

McGrath left for Burma this week.

It’s been 10 years since her last visit to the country, and she said she felt a pull to go explore the culture and its people again. She will be working with the Rohingya people, the most persecuted minority group in that area.

“How is it possible that human beings can’t even be looked upon as people?” McGrath said. “It baff les me, so that’s my next step. I want to learn as much as I can about these people and try to help and teach them.”

Mathews said she is excited to see what’s in store for her older sister and use what McGrath has done to help educate others.

“I know Michelle has this bigger picture, but I appreciate and treasure the time I get to spend with her,” Mathews said. “She has this desire to speak about her experiences, and I think all this happened for a specific reason. Every day is something new, so who knows where this journey may lead her and who to.”

RESTAURANTS

Shawarma chef enjoys self-employment on Fry Street

By Kyle Martin Staff Writer @Kyle_Martin35

Nazha Oukhallou, owner of Mama’s Kitchen food truck, cooks her food made-to-order and in under 10 minutes.

Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer

Wu-Tang founder GZA discusses music and education for Distinguished Lecture Series EDUCATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

find an outlet for his musical and scientific interests.

“If you said you were an M.C., either you were looking for someone, or someone was looking for you,” he said.

Before taking the stage, GZA talked about his musical and scientific inspirations. Mentioning a documentary series called “Unsung” about various artists, the musician said he both learns from and is motivated by the series.

His fascination with science and discovery also motivates

many of his lyrics. Leaning forward, he talked about how a single teaspoon of spider silk can make 50 bulletproof vests.

“I’m using [science] as information to tell a compelling story,” GZA said. “I’m not explaining what atoms are and how they break down. I’m a science enthusiast.”

Onstage, GZA related sound and music to universal ideas, drawing on science to explain how sound is part of the larger art of music. Music has always been an integral part of his past, as

his mother sang lullabies to him before he could even understand the words.

He talked about embracing challenges and pushing limits regarding education, philosophy, the arts and expansion of the mind.

“I’ve been inspired by many different things and stories and many different people, whether it was family, friends, whether it was some worldly person that was respected a great deal,” GZA said.

“I get inspired by life itself.”

GZA addresses a sold-out crowd during the Distinguished Lecture Series Wednesday night. Kristen Watson | Visuals Editor

Ne st le d b et we en Ja ck i n t h e Box a nd Vo e r t m a n’s on H icko r y St r e et i s a n a l mo st- empt y p a r k i ng lot— s ave fo r a b r ig ht r e d fo o d t r uck t h a t s e r ve s Sh awa r m a w r a p s, fa la fel, bu r r it o s a nd h a mbu rge r s. Mond ay t h r oug h Sa t u r d ay eve r y we ek, Mo r o c c a n a r om a s f r om M a m a’s K it ch en f i l l t h e su r r ou nd i ng a i r.

Sh awa r m a, an A r a bic st yle of m e a t p r e p a r a t ion, i s No. 1 on 39 -ye a r- old Na z h a O u k h a l lou’s m enu a t t h e K it ch en. T h e p r o c e ss t r a d it ion a l ly i nvolve s c o ok i ng r aw m e a t on a spit—c om mon ly la mb, b e ef o r ch icken—wh i le it r ot a t e s i n f r ont of a f i r e o r ot h e r h e a t s ou r c e. D e p end i ng on t h e c o ok’s p r efe r enc e a nd t h e t y p e of m e a t, it c a n t a ke up t o a d ay t o c om plet ely c o ok.

A f t e r t h e m e a t c o ok s, it i s eit h e r s e r ve d w it h sid e s, l i ke hu m mu s, f r ie s a nd veget a ble s, o r w r a p p e d i n pit a b r e a d a nd s e r ve d a s a s a ndw ich w r a p. O u k h a l lou s e r ve s b e ef o r ch icken Sh awa r m a wrapped in pit a b r e a d w it h let t uc e, cu cu mb e r s, p a r sley, on ion s, pick le s a nd ga rl ic s a uc e.

“I love c o ok i ng,” O u k h a l lou s a id. “ I n my hom e i n Mo r o c c o, t h ey c o oke d a lot. C o ok i ng i s my hobby.”

He r t r uck c ont a i n s a f la t i r on g r i l l, a s a la d st a t ion, a

st ove, a f r idge a nd f r e ez e r a nd a $ 4, 0 0 0 vent i la t ion syst em r e qu i r e d t o s a fely o p e r a t e a fo o d t r uck i n D ent on. L et t u c e, ch icken, t om a t o e s, on ion s, pick le s, b e ef a nd spic e s f i l l t h e i nt e r io r.

The b r a nd-n ew t r uck a nd it s a p pl ia nc e s a lon e we r e a $ 4 0, 0 0 0 vent u r e, not i nclud i ng t h i ngs l i ke fo o d, ga s o r i n su r a nc e.

But O u k h a l lou s a id sh e i s ple a s e d t o b e i n bu si n e ss fo r h e r s el f d oi ng wh a t sh e enj oys: m a k i ng fo o d.

T h e bu si n e ss sid e of t h i ngs get t r ick y—obt a i n i ng p e r m it s fo r o p e r a t ion, f i nd i ng a pla c e t o s et up sho p a nd a t t r a c t i ng cu st om e r s a r e a l l i ssu e s a t h a nd wh en r u n n i ng a fo o d t r uck—a nd her hu sba nd Ab d el i la h C h en n a ou i s a id f i nd i ng a suc c e ssf u l lo c a t ion i sn’t a lways e a sy. “ Pe r si st enc e p ays of f,” C h en n a ou i s a id. “ T h a t’s t h e on ly way you c a n su r v ive.”

T h e ow n e r s of t h e fa m i lyr u n t r uck s a id t h ey’r e h a p py w it h t h e n ew lo c a t ion a nd h ave a n a m ia ble r ela t ion sh ip w it h t h e la nd ow n e r s.

After st udy i ng fo r t h r e e ye a r s i n Mo r o c c o a nd e a r n i ng a ho spit a l it y d eg r e e, O u k h a l lou wo r ke d i n a hot el fo r a few ye a r s, fur ther d evelo pi ng her cu l i n a r y sk i l l s.

Wo r k i ng on a fo o d t r uck i s ent i r ely d i f fe r ent t h a n wo r k i ng i n a r e st a u r a nt b e c a u s e t h e r e i s le ss p ol it ics i nvolve d, sh e s a id.

T h e r e a r e no s e r ve r s t o

t ip out, no ba r t end e r s t o d e a l w it h a nd no gen e r a l m a n a ge r s s c r e a m i ng a b out bu si ng t a ble si x wh i le t a ble s 12 a nd fou r n e e d n a pk i n s, a sid e of m a sh e d p ot a t o e s a nd a not h e r k it ch en si n k.

U lt i m a t ely, the t r uck d e a l s w it h t wo m a i n t h i ngs: fo o d a nd hu ng r y cu st om e r s.

O t h e r i ssu e s l i ke l i m it e d sp a c e, f i l l i ng up on ga s a nd f i nd i ng a sp ot t o p a r k a r i s e. But onc e a l l t h e f i n e d et a i l s a r e h a sh e d out, it’s a l l a b out m a k i ng fo o d fo r hu ng r y p e o ple, a nd t h a t’s t h e b e a ut y of it.

Ro ck A lj oh i n st ud ie s E ng l i sh as a s e c ond la ng u a ge a t U N T a nd i s a n i nt e r n a t ion a l st ud ent f r om Sa ud i A r a bia. No st r a nge r t o Sh awa r m a, A lj oh i n s a id Ma m a’s K it ch en s e r ve s a ut h ent ic - t a st i ng fo o d.

He s a id h e c a m e t o U N T b e c a u s e t h e u n ive r sit y h a d a lot of d i f fe r ent m aj o r s t o cho o s e f r om a nd D ent on wa s a n id e a l a nd a p p e a l i ng c ol lege t ow n.

W h en a ske d a b out Ma m a’s fo o d, A lj oh i n’s a n swe r wa s si m ple: “ It’s d el ic iou s.”

Sh awa r m a i s mo r e t h a n ju st a Mo r o c c a n id e a o r a s a ndw ich. It’s p a r t of t h e Me d it e r r a n e a n cu lt u r e.

O u k h a l lou s a id sh e cho s e t o s e r ve such a d i sh b e c a u s e it’s fa m i l ia r, h e a lt hy a nd p a r t of hom e. “ It’s so fa mou s fo r A r a bic p e o ple—Sy r ia n s, Pa le st i n ia n s, Sa ud i s, I nd ia n s, t h ey k now Sh awa r m a,” O u k h a l lou s a id. “ T h i s i s wh a t I k now.”

Nazha Oukhallou, better known as Mama, owns and operates Mama’s Kitchen food truck, which parks across the street from the UNT campus. Hannah Ridings | Senior Staff Photographer

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‘The Bum Hole’ to some, the ‘Nook’ to others

By Adalberto Toledo Staff Writer @adaltoledo29

A lone figure sits above the waterworks running beneath the Nook, the space nestled between Big Mike’s and Voertman’s. He lights a cigarette and listens to music while staring blankly at the graffiti walls of the contested space.

He is joined by two students who cross the street from campus to their haven. They talk and smoke cigarettes in the place where they first met.

An owner in want of change Soon the Nook will pass into legend, as have many of the places that once made Fry street home to so many punks, hipsters and drifters. Voertman’s owner Brent Erskin’s plans to sell the property to a student housing developer, EdR Trust. He feels the Nook -- or the Bum Hole, as he calls it -- poses more of a problem than any artistic value.

It needs to be “done away with,” he said, and there are also no plans to allow space for local artists to paint there.

“We have not talked about that,” Erskin said. “I know that there has been talk about

doing some cultural references to the Voertman’s family and the legacy that they started in 1925.”

He said there is a distinction between having an artistic culture and a “trashy” culture.

He recalls having to run homeless people away, breaking up fights and citing people for trespassing. He added that the tree in the space where the Nook is has been causing structural issues for the building.

Erskin said he feels the way to “clean up” the area is to further develop it.

“It’s a little strange to me that every business owner down the street isn’t jumping for joy at the 300 new customers,” Erskin said. “Everything changes, Fry and UNT are going to be different in the future. We need to get someone to make this place not look bad.”

‘Nooklers’ endangered Erskin’s plans with EdR Trust have left many “Nooklers,” as they like to call themselves, anxious and a bit depressed.

“I was really angry. This is where I made all of my friends,” public relations sophomore Justin Prieto said. “Without it I would’ve been that lonely college student just Netflixing

and ice-creaming by myself.”

He takes another drag from his cigarette and says Denton can’t really be Denton without the Nook and without Fry Street keeping it’s “dirty culture.” He continued, pointing at the art covering every wall, saddened it will soon be gone.

“This is completely different than when I first got here,” Prieto said. “It goes along with the rest of the city. All over you see murals and abandoned buildings with paintings on the side.”

Prieto’s friend, integrative studies junior Emily Fryksater, asks for a light and chimes in on the discussion. She said she also met many of her friends at the Nook and was told by professors not to smoke on campus, but rather the “designated area” outside of campus.

She told a story, one her friends had not yet heard. They listened intently after she said she’s met random drifters at the Nook. People who train jump tell their stories, which are retold again and again because of the Nook, she said.

“Even when the street kids come up and we have conversations, they’re talking about all the places they’ve

traveled and the things they’ve seen,” Fryksater said. “It’s something to discover that you wouldn’t have known beforehand.”

She said a student doesn’t really get the chance to go up to a “street kid” and talk to them about their lives, but the Nook allows those conversations to happen.

“I came here because of all the colors and loud, crazy

people,” Frykstater said. “The Nook embodies the college student. It’s art. It’s trash.

It’s a bunch of psychological problems. It’s a good place to discover yourself, and if they want to take this away, that’s really depressing.”

The creation of Project Naptural and true ‘hairitage’ NATURAL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 academia.”

“Design is already a majority of white men,” she said. “So to be someone blazing a new trail in this industry, I feel privileged, and hope to open my students up to new cultural worldviews.”

The critical analysis focuses on an ongoing phenomenon in the black community: the way women experience their natural hair.

“I was a lucky bystander when she was formulating and conducting her research and was always excited to hear about the progress she made each semester,” graduate student Lisa Mercer said.

The graphics in Hardaway’s presentation represent a variety and distinction of diverse black women she critically analyzed and studied.

She includes quotes from each subject alongside statistics.

Outside of her own research,

Hardaway partners with organizations like Natural Hair Work Day, which shares similar ideas on the importance of natural hair in the job industry.

“We are creating an actual event,” she said. “It will have people there that will change the perception of African-American hair in the professional field.”

Ideas for a new hair line and a Naptural app are underway, she said.

“The app will be doing the three things that Project Naptural is created to do,” Hardaway said. “Which is connect women, empower women and educate women.”

But natural hair isn’t Hardaway’s only focus, as she also educates undergraduate students who find interest in her research and lectures.

Fashion design major Sara Bennack said Naptural exposed a

more relaxed side of Hardaway—a different persona from her fun but somewhat strict personality in the classroom.

“One thing I noticed about her website and her research in comparison to the class is that it is very professional and organized,” she said. “I feel like that’s the way she is in the classroom as well.”

Hardaway said she wants to further her education by getting her Ph.D. “I am equally as excited to teach students as I am empowering people,” she said. “It’s one and the same: education and empowerment.”

REVIEW

The Dose: The 1975’s new album offers a fresh and ever-inviting sound

By Morgan Sullivan Staff Writer @sadsquadch

Artist Dan Black and others have painted murals in the space since its creation. Adalberto Toledo | Staff Writer

Sophomore albums are tricky.

Fans want new music, but they don’t want a big change in sound.

After experiencing immense success from its self-titled album, fans and other musicians expected a lot from Manchester indie rock band The 1975.

What people didn’t expect was a completely different look and sound for its second album, “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It,” which debuted Feb. 26.

Everything fans knew as essential components of the band was stripped away: its signature monochromatic look and its incredibly polished sound.

The 1975’s new sound is juxtaposed to its perfectly mixed and recorded self-titled album, moving toward a synth-pop driven album. In its creation, singer Matthew Healy brushed away the restrictions the indie genre, fans and other musicians placed upon him.

Instead of being narrowly focused on producing a flawless album, Healy embraced the perfection of imperfection. He said everything in music has already been done and all artists can do now is hope to create better music than before.

As an ode to the past, “ILIWYSFYASBYSUOI” begins with a rerecorded version of “The 1975,” the first song on the band’s first album. It serves as a bridge from old sound to new. Driven by a multitude of choral parts, this version creates a fuller, rounder sound than the original recording.

This is a consistent theme throughout the album. As all-

The 1975 vocalist Matty Healy performs at South Side Music Hall.

Meagan Sullivan | Visuals Editor encompassing as the band’s previous works were, much of the second album lacked the emotion and flavor evident in the first.

Many bands can do generic indie music fairly well, but it takes courage to put out an album that sounds like it could be the soundtrack to a current-day remake of “Pretty in Pink.”

With catchy, upbeat songs like “Love Me” and “The Sound,” “ILIWYSFYASBYSUOI” could be mistaken for a simple pop album with decent hooks.

Looking farther into ballads like “Lostmyhead” and “If I Believe You” tells a different story. Healy continues to create intelligent lyrics to serve as a personal and social commentary on life itself.

“Love Me,” for instance, discusses the shallowness of the music industry and society as a whole.

“We’ve just come to represent the decline in the standards of what we accept,” Healy sings.

He questions his faith—or lack thereof—in “If I Believe You” and “Nana,” something many artists wouldn’t gamble with.

Healy clearly let loose when recording vocals, which is part

The 1975 guitarist Adam Hann performs at South Side Music Hall.

Meagan Sullivan | Visuals Editor

of what shows maturity in the album. He previously tended to take himself too seriously, which created somewhat constrained vocals. Much more of this album is a yell-sing, something Healy would never have dared to explore previously.

Although the album makes a switch to a much more electronicpop sound, it maintains the same feeling as previous works. It effortlessly flows from a movielike introduction through upbeat tunes and electronic ballads, ending on a softer note with a couple of acoustic songs.

There’s a little bit of something everyone can enjoy.

“ILIWYSFYASBYSUOI” is one of the most carefully-crafted, well-flowing albums out today.

It intertwines the best of ‘80s pop and today’s synth while still feeling like a hearty, meaningful album.

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BLACK HISTORY

NAACP president hosts rally to address representation and history

By John Hoang Staff Writer @jhoang1995 Standing under the Confederate statue on the Square, NAACP president Willie Hudspeth addressed a crowd on racial issues plaguing the community and the lack of minority representation.

On Feb. 27, Hudspeth held a rally to educate and gather attention to local black history issues. His life experiences, he said, have affected his worldviews and given him a passion for making a change in American history.

During the rally, he told life stories of how he faced obstacles as a second-class citizen in the very country he was born and raised in.

“I grew up during segregation.

My mind is skewed,” Hudspeth said. “I only see things a certain way. I’m messed up.”

Attending segregated schools in his childhood and serving in Vietnam, he said he struggled to come to terms with the injustice he witnessed and experienced.

“As a young man I was just mad at everybody and

everything that wasn’t color,” Hudspeth said.

“

my

‘I don’t know what to do, God,’ Hudspeth said in a prayer Saturday night. ‘I’m mad they keep holding me down.’ And [God] said, ‘Get it together, everybody is the same.’”

To deal with the hardships, he turned to religion and spirituality, praying often.

“’I don’t know what to do, God,’” Hudspeth said in a prayer Saturday night. “‘I’m mad they keep holding me down.’ And [God] said ‘Get it together, everybody is the same.’”

As he settled down and had children, Hudspeth’s perspective on race changed.

His kids didn’t have to face the hardships he experienced, and they were raised in a world where racism didn’t define their lives.

“They [are] just growing up just as happy as can be with everybody,” Hudspeth said. “They didn’t care about differences between me and them.”

During the rally, a petition was passed, detailing a need to discuss the issues of representation and lack of cultural history on Denton’s Square. As people came and stopped to see the commotion in the area, Hudspeth welcomed them in to listen to his stories.

“I don’t want to create anger,” he said. “[I] just want to see people coming together.”

Even though progress has

Quakertown, a former black community near Texas Woman’s University, was destroyed to make room for a park.

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NAACP president Willie Hudspeth held a rally Feb. 27 to educate the public about Denton’s black history.

Courtesy | Lindell Singleton been made to address the issues in the black community, Hudspeth said he still feels certain problems haven’t received a solution. He spoke about the history of Zack Rawlings, a former slave, who was freed and worked at the Denton Courthouse. Rawlings received little payment for working there but maintained a good reputation and attitude.

“He figured it out. He wasn’t mad about slavery,” Hudspeth said. “He just worked hard and took care of his family.”

Despite being an ideal citizen and a model to the black community, there was nothing built to remember Rawlings’ life. Hudspeth saw this as a major injustice and a slight to the family.

“I talked to the commissioner’s course, they didn’t even know who he was,” Hudspeth said. “That’s why we need more black history on the Square.”

He expressed his disgust and sadness over Quakertown, a former black community located close to Texas Woman’s University. The community was destroyed and the former

residents were evicted to make room for a park.

“They uprooted them—that’s why it should be remembered in Quakertown,” Hudspeth said. “If you knew their names [people who perpetrated it], you’d say, ‘Shame on you.’”

Hudspeth and the NAACP are working to address many issues within the black community.

“We are trying to alleviate issues of attrition of black and Hispanic males not finishing school,” documenter Lindell Singleton said.

Carrolton resident Zainil Momin said he agreed that minority groups like African-Americans are underrepresented.

“After today, it seems like they are really underrepresented— it’s like they don’t even exist,” Momin said. “There isn’t an accurate representation of the people who lived here.”

Hudspeth said he not only wants to represent black history, but also show more history of other ethnic groups.

Standing next to the monument, one protester held up a sign to express his view on the lack of history and how

racism still remains prevalent in modern America.

“It’s disappointing that we still have racism. It might not even end in my life,” the protester, local activist Thomas Robinson, said.

Another activist said it is necessary to create more monuments acknowledging the past.

“No one really answered for these sins, for all this oppression,” Denton activist Cody Goodman said. “We have to make an effort to not endorse those who fought to oppress.

Then we can do some healing.”

Hudspeth managed to change the mind of at least one person in attendance.

“I think they have changed,” Denton resident Jeff Tye said.

“I originally saw this as history being destroyed, but he saw this as glorifying [the Confederacy].

I don’t feel offended, but he does, as it reminds him of a past where it was glorified.”

Hudspeth said though some people are good and some bad, ultimately everyone is the same.

Pointing to the color of his skin, he said, “This has nothing to do with it. Nothing.”

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THE “NEVER MIND” APPROACH

Freshman Ian Snyman chips a ball onto the green while preparing for the John Hayt Classic. Austin Jackson | Staff Writer

Thursday •M Basketball: vs. Old Dominion (Super Pit) – 7 p.m.

•W Basketball: @ Old Dominion (Norfolk, VA) – 7 p.m.

Friday •Softball: vs. Tennessee-Martin (Denton, TX) – 3:30 p.m.

Saturday •Softball: vs. Nicholls State (Denton, TX) – 2:30 p.m.

•Softball: vs. Tennessee-Martin (Denton, TX) – 4:30 p.m.

•W Basketball: @ Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) – 6 p.m.

• M Basketball: vs. Charlotte (Super Pit) – 7 p.m.

Sunday •Softball: vs. Nicholls State (Denton, TX) – 11 a.m.

•Softball: vs. Houston Baptist (Denton, TX) – 1 p.m.

• Tennis: vs.

Penn (Denton, TX) – 1 p.m.

Monday •M Golf: Colleton River (Blufton, SC) – All Day •Diving: NCAA Zone D Diving Meet (TBA) – All Day Tuesday •M Basketball: C-USA Tournament (Birmingham, AL) – TBA •W Basketball: C-USA Tournament (Birmingham, AL) – TBA •M Golf: Colleton River (Blufton, SC) – All Day •Diving: NCAA Zone D Diving Meet (TBA) – All Day Wednesday •Diving: NCAA Zone D Diving Meet (TBA) – All Day

Freshman golfer Snyman lifting Mean Green with calm demeanor on the course

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But one sport was always off limits: his father’s pastime, rugby. Snyman Sr. played rugby and represented his province as “a top amateur” in what Ian said would now be considered professional rugby.

Fortunately for North Texas, his mother stopped him from limping into his father’s footsteps, instead putting a golf club in his hands at just 3-yearsold.

Snyman said he spent the majority of his days as a toddler bouncing about his backyard, cranking whiffle-balls into his mom’s empty gardening pots.

The little plastic golf club would take Snyman further than he or his family could have imagined.

At 8-years-old, Snyman took his first golf lesson. At nineyears-old, he won the first tournament he entered. Later, in 2010, Snyman’s parents enlisted Paul Mackenzie, a world-renowned golf coach, to

oversee his swing.

“When I first started coaching Ian, he was a little boy with impeccable manners, a cheekygrin and a high-handicap,” Mackenzie said. “But right from the beginning he showed a hunger for the game and a want to learn.”

In late 2013, Mackenzie turned Snyman’s game from good to great after they unlocked a mental approach that Snyman dubbed “the never mind attitude.” “[Good or bad], the shot isn’t going to change his life,” Mackenzie said. “He’s not going to die or get sick or anything else awful.”

Snyman’s Hakuna-Matata approach to golf has given him perspective, allowing him to play the moment, “without feeling the pressure of expectation,” according to Mackenzie. It propelled Snyman to winning seven tournaments in 2013 and become the No. 1

ranked golfer in the Western Province Golf Union while playing on the South African national team.

It was then he came to grips with the decision to pursue golf at the next level, which involved moving to America to play NCAA golf. But in the summer of 2015, Snyman’s NCAA dream was nearly deterred due to eligibility issues. According to Snyman, the NCAA ruled him a “non-qualifier” and denied his eligibility.

“It was a nightmare,” Snyman said. “A nightmare with a happy ending.”

Stymied, Snyman signed to play golf at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa, the top ranked JUCO golf program in the country. But, several months before Snyman left for Iowa, North Texas men’s golf coach Brad Stracke swooped in, vowing to work with the NCAA. Just two days before his flight departed for Iowa, the NCAA

relented, ending the four-month nightmare as Snyman faxed his I-20 that day.

“Thinking back now, I get the shivers. It was a photo finish,” Johan Snyman Jr., Ian’s brother, said. ”I’m just grateful everything worked out as it did.

Clearance by the NCAA was a long, hard battle.”

After the nightmarish hurdle to get to North Texas, Ian has found smooth sailing. In his first year, Snyman separated himself as the second best scoring player on the roster, notching three top-15 finishes.

On Feb. 14-15 at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational, Snyman had his best tournament of his North Texas career, finishing two strokes shy of his first win in third place.

On the surface his biggest strength appears to be his biggest weakness. Snyman said his average driving distance is 270 yards, the shortest on the team.

“I won’t say I’m short. I’m just short compared to the guys on the team,” Snyman said. “Coach Stracke is known for recruiting long hitters. The program has a reputation. I was the gamble.”

Unlike his teammates who bomb and gouge the course with obscene distance, Snyman plays the game steadily and surgically, using a fairwayfriendly low fade that coaxes courses to work for him.

“My biggest strength is keeping it in play, using my head,” Snyman said. “I think my way around the golf course.”

Junior teammate Cory Churchman agrees with his South African teammate and has already placed Snyman on a high pedestal.

“The staple of Ian’s game is how straight he drives the golf ball,” junior teammate Cory Churchman said. “He probably hits the driver straighter than anyone I’ve ever played with.”

Adjusting to life in America

can be difficult, but having fellow freshman Thomas Rosenmueller, who hails from Germany, has helped ease the transition. Snyman said they helped each other adjust to their new lives, as both were confused with by similar things, like why people here like Fetty Wap. From owning the team’s top two tournament scoring averages to discovering the limitations of store-bought hair dye, the duo’s journey towards graduation is inextricably connected.

The pair has proven the potential to take North Texas men’s golf to heights it’s never seen before, but Snyman’s goal of reaching golf’s pinnacle remains.

“I definitely want to play professional golf,” Snyman said.

“If the golf is going well, I want to go straight playing with the big guys in the big leagues here in America.”

members of Littrell’s recruiting class, English almost immediately began recruiting for North Texas and served as a host for visiting recruits.

“It shows that he wants other guys around him,” Littrell said. “He wants this program to be built up, and he wants to set a solid foundation to win championships. We feel like he has a lot of great leadership qualities.”

With spring football rapidly approaching and the 2016 season not far behind, English will soon learn the fate of his appeal with the

NCAA. And while the journey to North Texas has been a long winding road, the road back to the field still lies ahead.

“It would be one of the biggest blessings I could get in life,” English said. “I’ve been out of football for so long after redshirting and I am already so hungry now, I am just taking it day by day. Hopefully the NCAA and God bless me with the opportunity to play.”

FOOTBALL

Father’s cancer diagnosis brings defensive tackle English back to Texas Brady Keane Staff Writer @BradyKeane3

DeSoto High School, the alma mater for new Mean Green defensive lineman Bryce English, is a local pipeline for football talent and sits just 45 miles from UNT. But for the Mean Green’s newest redshirt freshman, the short trip turned into a long journey, both physically and emotionally.

English wasn’t on North Texas’ radar coming out of DeSoto in 2015, and he eventually signed with Kansas State University. Nine months later, English decided to come back to Texas for Thanksgiving break to spend time with his family.

That’s when English discovered that his father, Lee English, had been diagnosed with cancer.

“My family knew, but my sisters and I didn’t know,” English said.

“Him telling me that was one of the hardest things I’ve ever gone through.

I just teared up.”

In addition to the opportunity to be closer to home, North Texas provided a chance for English to play at the same school as his father.

Lee was a fullback and four-year letterman for the Mean Green from 1978-1981 and played a big role in his son’s decision to join his alma mater.

North Texas also has a history with star defensive players from DeSoto. With Baltimore Ravens linebacker and former DeSoto standout Zach Orr talking North Texas up to English, the choice was simplified.

“I just wanted to be closer to my dad and to be able to see him

whenever he needed me,” English said. “Having other players like Orr and [Coach] Brandin Byrd in my corner throughout the whole process, it was really a no brainer.”

While his father’s cancer diagnosis played a big role in the future of his football career, it was English’s grandfather being diagnosed with cancer that impacted his decision to pick up a hobby: photography.

As a photographer, English’s grandfather did a lot of photo shoots with him before passing away.

“About two or three years later it just hit me, and I wanted to do photography,” English said. “I had friends in this area that were doing it, and I just bought into it.

When you get the down time to do photography, you take it.”

Although a full-time studentathlete wouldn’t normally have time outside of class and football for another hobby, English has been out of a football player’s routine for the last year. He spent his freshman season at Kansas State as a redshirt, and after transferring from one NCAA FBS program to another, English is required by NCAA rules to sit out for one season.

Under that rule, he won’t be eligible to play until 2017.

However, there is a process in place that allows the NCAA to grant a “Family Hardship Waiver,” which would waive the yearlong waiting period. The rule has been debated over the past few years, but English and Littrell both have hope that he will be on the field in the upcoming season.

Even though his status for 2016 is up in the air, English became one of the first recruits in first year head coach Seth Littrell’s recruiting class. He gave the Mean Green a building point and momentum on the recruiting trial and brings both star power and skill to Denton.

“We’re excited about him,” co-

defensive coordinator Mike Ekeler said. “We’ve got some phenomenal talent coming in here, and Bryce is one of many guys that we are extremely excited about.”

Whether the waiver is granted or not, English could have an immediate leadership role for the Mean Green.

After becoming one of the first

Media Arts freshman Bryce English poses for a photo. Colin Mitchell | Senior Staff Photographer

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BASKETBALL

Men’s basketball still struggling to find way to win away from home

By Alex Lessard Associate Sports Editor @Alexjlessard For Mean Green men’s basketball, the Super Pit has been home to some high-energy, motivated performances throughout the season.

But since the Mean Green hit the road, that liveliness has not translated.

At home, North Texas sports a 10-6 record, which could be even better if the team didn’t drop all three games of the Mean Green challenge from Nov. 23-25. Comparatively, the team is a dismal 1-12 on the road, with its only win coming on Jan. 1 against the University of Texas at San Antonio the lowest attended road game of the season against the last place team in Conference USA. A variety of factors have played into the team’s hardships, but graduate forward Eric Katenda said the team’s youth has made things extra difficult on road floors.

“Things are harder to hear. People in the stands are not for you,” Katenda said. “When things don’t go your way, it’s tough to keep your composure when you’re a young guy and you’re put in a situation like this.”

With more than a dozen road games under their belts, the youngest members of the Mean Green have learned valuable lessons and gained crucial experiences Katenda said will help them in the long run. But when their backs are against the wall on the road with the pressure mounting, things have taken a turn for the worst.

On the flip side, the new faces at North Texas have been a positive during home games, riling up the crowd with riveting runs and plays all season. Junior guard Deckie Johnson has been fueled by the fans on multiple occasions, hitting four threes in a 17-6 run against Louisiana Tech University at home on Feb. 6 and nailing five long balls in the final eight minutes to spark a comeback victory versus Florida International University on Feb. 18.

According to Benford, freshman center Rickey Brice Jr. has enjoyed the presence of the Super Pit atmosphere more than anyone.

“I tell Rickey he can’t look at the crowd every time he does something,” Benford said. “You’ve got to get back down on defense.”

Benford said he’s noticed larger crowds filling the Super Pit this season,

but the numbers show otherwise.

Because of nine of the team’s 16 home games to date being played during Thanksgiving and winter breaks, the average attendance at men’s contests is on pace to be the lowest in the past eight years, with the same being true on the women’s side.

Despite the decrease in attendance, the players have found comfort in playing in front of friends and family.

Everything from sleeping in their own beds to getting to warm up in a familiar facility has translated to better team harmony during game action.

“My favorite thing about playing at home is how much of a connection we have and how much fun we have playing with each other,” freshman guard Ja’Michael Brown said. “The chemistry we have, sharing the ball, everybody’s just having fun and taking care of business.”

On the road, the routine is virtually identical. Various team activities, meals and study halls are planned throughout the day, and sometimes Benford even dials down the intensity at practices for the latter matchup of a two-game road trip to save team energy.

A side of the super pit during tip off of the Women’s basketball game against Southern Mississippi.

Colin Mitchell | Senior Staff Photographer Benford has also made attempts at conveying an underdog mentality away from Denton, but the inability to finish games down the stretch has snatched opportunities at potentially seasonaltering upsets, including games it had halftime leads in at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Jan. 23), Old Dominion University (Feb. 11) and Louisiana Tech University (Feb. 25).

“I try to create that with our guys - a mental mindset that it’s us against them,” Benford said. “Let’s go in here and execute offensively and defensively, we can’t beat ourselves, different things like that.”

Overall, the strength of the Mean

Green’s road foes has played a big part in the team’s struggles. The combined home records of North Texas road opponents is 139-58, good for a 70.6 win percentage. Meanwhile, North Texas went 0-4 in non-conference matchups away from home, with those opponents holding a 45-14 record in home games (76.3 win percentage).

Even after all the factors are taken into account, the team still isn’t making any excuses about its performance.

To combat the problem, the Mean Green has put added focus on limiting mistakes, especially on defense.

“If we just take care of the ball, play defense and have each other’s back,

everything else will take care of itself,” Brown said. “We don’t have a problem scoring. It’s just mostly team defense.”

North Texas has allowed more than 80 points 10 different times on the road compared to just once at home.

Regardless, the team is confident it can put a halt to the trend for next week’s C-USA tournament in Birmingham, Alabama.

“We have all the pieces to win games. We’ve showed it,” Katenda said. “Now it’s just a matter of believing that we have it and not just crumbling under pressure. It comes with maturity, faith and experience, and we’ve just got to hope that it clicks at the right time.”

BASKETBALL

Former SMU standout Frazier looks to write new chapter with Mean Green

By Reece Waddell Senior Staff Writer @ReeceWaddell15

He stood on the baseline at the Super Pit donning his new white North Texas practice jersey.

Occasionally he glanced at the court as he twirled a basketball on his fingertips, all while not saying a word. The limelight is not something he seeks.

With no name on the back of his jersey, observers may not know he is former McDonald’s AllAmerican and Southern Methodist

University standout Keith Frazier.

Frazier is the first McDonald’s All-American to ever play at North Texas and comes to Denton by way of a midterm transfer.

Having played for SMU the first two years of his collegiate career, Frazier seemed poised to lead an up-and-coming Mustangs squad, which owns a 24-4 record this season.

But Frazier’s basketball journey was derailed last October when an NCAA investigation revealed SMU had committed

various infractions, including academic fraud. Frazier was at the center of the investigation, and although his name is not directly mentioned in the NCAA’s 61-page report, the ruling states “a former men’s basketball administrative assistant, hired by the men’s head basketball coach, engaged in unethical conduct by impermissibly assisting a highly recruited prospective studentathlete to obtain fraudulent academic credit.”

Frazier declined to comment on

Junior guard Keith Frazier is eligible to play in December of next season for the North Texas’ men’s basketball team after trasnferring from Southern Methodist University. Dylan Nadwodny | Staff Photographer

the issue.

“I’m just looking to start fresh, enjoy my teammates and get my degree from UNT,” Frazier said.

Frazier went to high school at Dallas Kimball and led his team to the 4A State Finals as a senior. He averaged 23.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists in his final season as a high schooler.

Fast-forward two years and Frazier averaged 11.9 points per game as a junior before leaving SMU for personal reasons. With the majority of his collegiate eligibility gone and overshadowed by a scandal that resulted in SMU being banned from the postseason, Frazier spent the latter part of 2015 shrouded in controversy.

He says those days are behind him, however, and a new chapter awaits.

“I’m really excited,” Frazier said. “We have a really good group of guys. I like my teammates a lot.

This is one of the best teams I’ve been around in a long, long time.”

Frazier is not the only person to come to UNT seeking a chance to start anew. Junior guard J-Mychal Reese transferred to North Texas in the summer of 2014 after a failed stint at Texas A&M University. In his first year playing in a Mean Green uniform, Reese is second on the team averaging 14.9 points per game and leads the team in assists with 111.

Coincidentally, Reese and Frazier don’t just know each other – they played with one another as teenagers.

“I’m really excited to get back on the court with Keith,” Reese

said. “We played on the same team since like eighth grade.

We’ve been playing together and I’ve known him since then. When he was at SMU and I was here, we would talk. He can take us to another level.”

Frazier will add to a group of returning starters next season that includes Reese, sophomore forward Jeremy Combs and junior guard Deckie Johnson, and he’s expected to have an immediate impact in his first and only season with North Texas.

Frazier will also get his reunion with Reese - a bond he said was never broken despite the distance and different colleges over the past few years.

“J-Mychal is cool, really cool,” Frazier said. “We’re real close.

That’s my boy. [It’s going] to be like back in the day when we always used to play with each other. It’s nothing new. We’re going to do our thing and handle our business.”

Head coach Tony Benford said the trend over the last few years of players transferring to UNT in search of a new beginning is a testament to many things. The biggest, he said, is the culture North Texas has cultivated.

“When it doesn’t work out at certain places, I think you come in and want to come somewhere where it’s like family,” Benford said. “It’s not going to be judgmental. You don’t have a whole lot of pressure on him.

It’s close enough to home but far enough where he can still get away if he needs to. Our program

SOFTBALL

Short rotation not phasing softball’s pitching staff

By Clay Massey Staff Writer @Clay_FC

Despite junior Stacey Underwood being the only returning member from the 2015 pitching staff, the Mean Green added only two new pitchers in the off-season, seemingly leaving the team short-handed on the mound.

But the apparent lack of depth in the pitching rotation has not held head coach Tracey Kee and company back. Off to an 8-6 start, North Texas has only allowed opponents to post a .287 batting average.

Kee said her three-pitcher staff of Underwood, junior lefty Jessica Elder and freshman righty Lauren Craine keeps things simple, whereas five or six pitchers can sometimes muddy the picture.

“We face numerous teams who have five or six pitchers and run them all at us,” Kee said. “Sometimes I think that complicates things. Our three know they have to eat up innings, our three know they’re going to get the ball, and our three know they have to work together.”

Underwood and Elder have feasted on innings for the Mean Green in 2016. Underwood has started seven games, going 38 innings with a 3.32 ERA, while Elder has posted a 3.89 ERA in 45 innings split between six starts and multiple relief appearances.

Elder’s success partially comes from accepting the pressure while having pride in knowing Kee trusts her with the start.

“It’s pretty awesome to start the game,” Elder said. “You get the full confidence of going out there and throwing out the first pitch. It’s a really important role on this team.”

According to Kee, the staff keeps opponents on their toes with different styles of pitching. While both Underwood and Craine are hard throwing righties, Elder is the yin to their yang with her offspeed left-arm. On the other side, Underwood’s fastball has been untouchable at times, averaging nearly a strikeout per-inning.

“When you have the pitchers that we have, they all complement each other well,” Kee said. “We have a mix of stuff. I think it’s a matter of myself picking the right pitches to start game.”

Of the three, Craine has had the slowest start on paper with a 4.94 ERA in just 11.1 innings.

She was also chased from her first and only start in a Mean Green uniform after giving up three runs on four hits against Southern Utah University while recording just one out.

But Craine’s skillset has still shown in tight spots. She played a crucial role against then No.21 Baylor, as she worked 3.1 innings of two-hit softball against the Bears.

North Texas won that game 8-7 in extra innings, giving the freshman

her first win of her career.

While the stats look concerning on paper, Kee is not jumping to conclusions and said she has full confidence in the youngster, citing growing pains for the Aledo native.

“I don’t think she’s stumbling out of the gate,” Kee said. “I think she’s pitching like a freshman.

I feel incredibly comfortable putting her out there in a bases loaded situation when I need an out, and that says a lot.”

Inning counts will begin to pile up down the stretch, especially for Underwood and Elder, who are both on pace to throw over 150 innings in regular season play. To put that in perspective, no Mean Green pitcher exceeded 120 innings for the season last year, and Underwood threw just 93 innings last season.

Both Elder and Underwood said they had not experienced any out-of-the-ordinary fatigue thanks in part to the intense conditioning that was done in the off-season.

Kee even described Elder as having a “noodle-arm,” meaning she does not get sore and can eat innings – a trait the Mean Green will need towards the end of Conference USA play.

“In the fall we worked our butts off,” Underwood said. “We did conditioning every day because we knew this was a marathon and not a sprint. We’re obviously putting in the work here, and we all have good arms and are in good

shape. So I think we’re good.”

With 42 games left in the season, the three have quite the marathon in front of them. Regardless, Kee is ready to hit the remaining games full-speed with her pitching staff.

“They’re going to have great

days and they’re going to have bad days,” Kee said. “I think as a coach it’s up to us having them trust what they can and cannot do.”

is a player’s program.”

Frazier will have to sit out two semesters before he is eligible to suit up for the Mean Green in December 2016. As for his fresh start, Benford said how Frazier’s final year in college plays out will ultimately be dictated by Frazier himself.

“He’s got a lot of talent,” Benford said. “He’s got a chance to be a really, really good player. It’s the chance to write a new chapter like J-Mychal Reese is doing. It’s going to be up to him how he wants his chapter to be written. By being committed and continuing to work hard. If he does that, he’s definitely going to have an impact on his team and this program for years to come.”

MEAN GREEN QUICK HITS Swimming and diving sets program records at C-USA Championship North Texas finished a school-best fourth place at the Conference USA Championships in Atlanta last weekend. Freshman Rebekah Bradley set the Mean Green record for 100yard backstroke and placed second overall, while senior diver Jasmine Abercrombie received a school record score in the “A” final platform diving event.

Thursday home softball game cancelled The Mean Green’s previously scheduled home game against McNeese State has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.

The next game for North Texas is a home affair with Tennessee-Martin on Friday, Mar. 4 at 3:30 pm.

Men’s Basketball Senior Night set for Saturday Three Mean Green seniors will play their final home game at the Super Pit Saturday night against Charlotte at 7 pm. Guards Todd Eaglin and Chris Campbell, and graduate forward Eric Katenda round out the list of seniors. North Texas will try to avoid a bottom-four seeding for next week’s C-USA tournament in order to avoid playing in Tuesday’s play-in game.

Voice of Mean Green Women’s Basketball leaving UNT After 10 years calling North Texas women’s basketball games on the Mean Green Radio Network, Steven “Poppy” Bartolotta will be leaving his post following the C-USA Tournament next week. He graduated with an RTVF degree from UNT in 2001 and was also the studio host and broadcast engineer for the Mean Green Radio Network for 13 years.

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Pay the man: Tony Benford deserves one last shot

By Torie Mosley Staff Writer @toriemosley North Texas men’s basketball has failed to produce a winning record since the 20112012 season. To put things in perspective, the first Avengers movie was just released, LeBron James had just won his first NBA Finals Championship and Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was the No. 1 song in the country.

Four years later, Marvel is already approaching a third Avengers film, LeBron hasn’t won a ring since the 2012-2013 season and, well, Adele is still rocking the Billboard Top 40 charts.

When a team struggles for this long, everyone and their mother tends to call for the coach’s head.

With a year left on his fiveyear contract and only one nonlosing season on his resume, the topic of North Texas head coach Tony Benford’s standing with the program approaches now more than ever with the “win now” attitude that is attached to

collegiate sports.

Although Benford has produced more losses than wins as a head coach, he should be given one final shot at proving he can lead North Texas by fulfilling the last year of his contract, no matter what happens in this season’s C-USA tournament.

Benford has already proven that he is a winner when given the right opportunity. As an assistant coach at New Mexico, he reached five NCAA Tournaments in six seasons and eventually found success at Arizona State, Nebraska and Marquette.

Throughout this season, several Mean Green players have expressed they would not be at North Texas if it were not for the guidance and attitude Benford brings every day. Both star forward Jeremy Combs and freshman center Rickey Brice Jr. said they turned down several big name basketball programs to join Benford because of his promise to utilize their skills. Graduate forward Eric Katenda even used his final year of eligibility to play for North Texas after leaving

Notre Dame, remembering the impression Benford left on him on a recruitment trip years ago.

Benford also convinced McDonald’s All-American and former junior SMU guard Keith Fraizer to join his former AAU teammate, junior guard J-Mychal Reese, at North Texas. Frazier is also the first McDonald’s AllAmerican in Mean Green history.

In his fourth season, Benford finally has his own recruits, transfers and a talented group of freshmen returning next year to make good on Benford’s faith in recruiting them. Eliminating the head coach just as the youngsters start to gel with each other would impede their progress and be a step backwards.

History shows collegiate coaches usually take a few years to perfect their systems. Although the win-loss column doesn’t show it yet, Benford’s hard work is starting to pay off with the development of the team’s younger players.

Combs, for example, has improved across the board statistically, including five more points and rebounds per game from his freshman campaign.

Even junior Deckie Johnson, who is in his first season with the Mean Green, has improved tremendously as the season has

Head basketball coach Tony Benford gives directions during a game against FIU. Colin Mitchell | Senior Staff Photographer progressed and has cemented himself as a go-to scorer and assassin behind the three-point line.

To think Benford didn’t play a key role in their development is naïve.

North Texas also has a track record of giving men’s basketball coaches plenty of time, regardless of success. Jimmy Gales went 84-118 for the Mean Green and still hung around for seven years before the axe came down. Current Louisiana State

University head coach Johnny Jones took seven years to string together consecutive winning seasons for the Mean Green before darting to LSU. Once Jones reached that mark at North Texas, albeit taking awhile, he notched six straight seasons over .500 for the Mean Green.

Like Jones was years into his tenure, Benford could be on the verge of a breakout season.

The North Texas faithful could be in for a bit of a surprise come next season when all of Benford’s

high-profile recruits will hit the court together. The 24-year coach deserves one last try to show he’s worth the $400,000 North Texas must pay him to stay next year.

Besides, North Texas is still on the hook for former head football coach Dan McCarney’s contract and just dished out $3.625 million to Seth Littrell for the same job.

Benford can win for North Texas. He just needs the ball in his hand as the clock ticks down on his contract.

BASKETBALL

Intramural referees trying to block out the haters

By Courtney Anderson Staff Writer @CPaigeA23

On Sundays during football season, design management sophomore Armani Lars spends his time watching NFL games and getting frustrated with the referees in just about every game.

But during the past few weeks, he has traded his normal clothes for the black and white referee stripes to step onto the basketball court and be the recipient of yelling and heckling.

Lars has never been the one to berate refs. But even if he was, he said he would feel less inclined to after spending some time in their shoes.

“It’s definitely hard to see everything,” Lars said. “When I first started, I wouldn’t know what to always call out there. As I progressed, I got better with my calls though.”

To become an intramural referee, one must go through three days of training, two of which

involve sitting in a classroom going over rules in a particular sport and watching film. On the third day, there is a tournament set up on the courts, where every trainee competes for the $8 per hour job.

Sitting and watching a fraternity intramural game, fans can be heard all over the Physical Education Building screaming at either referees or opponents. Competitors can be seen giving refs confused looks when fouls are called, even yelling at them to proclaim a call “stupid as hell,” or to say they “don’t know the sport”.

“It’s usually the frats or sororities that yell. I guess they’re showing how they’re dedicated fans to their team,” Lars said. “The players do get angry pretty quickly, especially ‘A’ teams. It’s not as bad as I think it used to be because they learn about the repercussions, like getting kicked out of games if they get too bad.”

As an intramural athlete and coach, communications studies junior Paymon Haghighi believes

more training before an intramural season could solve the problem between refs and players.

“With how much of a big deal intramurals can be in Greek life, I think preparing for it better to make more of the right calls can be very important,” Haghighi said.

Even with everything going on during the game, Haghighi acknowledged he sees the referees during halftime or timeouts talking to their supervisor to make sure they made the right call.

“I really respect how hard they work,” he said. “I just want the game to be more consistent.”

Accounting freshman Tori Moore referees for almost every intramural sport at UNT and occasionally plays for the basketball ‘B’ team of the fraternity he is currently pledging.

In his opinion, basketball referees get the brunt of the scolding.

“It’s a more technical job than most people think it is,” Moore said. “I learned about a lot of rules when I went through training,

some I didn’t even realize. And I’ve played these sports before.”

Although intramural referees now have a better understanding of what the high school, college and professional referees experience on a weekly basis, they don’t seem to change their opinions about them too much.

“The NFL and other professional refs are at a higher caliber,” Lars said, “So I’m going to hold them to a higher standard and expect them to do their best. This is their job.”

According to CNN.com, in 2009, an NFL ref could make anywhere between $25,000 and $70,000 a season. Compared to $8.00 hourly at UNT, it’s quite a bit more than what fellow students who fill out an application and go through a few days of training earn.

With the intramural basketball season coming to a close soon, intramural athletes will have to move on to the next sports coming up: softball and soccer. People who are interested in refereeing for

future sports are welcome to apply for a spot, but are encouraged not to take any comments made to them by spectators or competitors to heart.

“You do have to have a bit tougher skin,” Moore said. “I realize players can be a--holes now, but hey, I’m still going to yell at refs. I know they’re still figuring it out themselves, but maybe they’ll hear and pay closer attention next time.”

Math junior Taylor Vaughn blows her whistle on a foul during an intramural basketball game. Colin Mitchell | Senior Staff Photographer

OPINION Page 11

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

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CAN DONALD TRUMP BE STOPPED?

ELECTIONS

By Harrison Long Opinion Editor @HarrisonGLong

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both won big on Super Tuesday, and the prospect of a total-war, scorched-Earth style campaign season for the general election seems nearly unavoidable at this point.

Trump won seven states across the nation, touting once again his anti-establishment positions, which continue to pick up steam. Looking in the rearview mirror, the GOP now seems to be biting its nails

and sweating elephant-sized bullets, longing to correct their misallocation of time and resources over the last nine months.

Had less money been spent on stopping Hillary Clinton, now favored to win the Democratic nomination, and less time by the candidates laughing at the prospect of Trump while ribbing each other, the idea of a quasi-fascist taking office wouldn’t seem so frighteningly possible.

Now, instead of taking the last chunk of time in primary

season stuffing their war chest against the Democratic Party, the Republican leadership is forced to make last-ditch efforts in an attempt to salvage not only their chances of having one of their own in the White House, but the legacy of their party altogether. It is difficult to gauge now because of the unpredictable nature of the coming election, but it is valid to question whether the current GOP would be able to survive a Donald Trump presidency.

Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of

Representatives, is among the republicans actively condemning Donald Trump, recalling the candidates alarming inability to denounce former grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke.

“If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games,” Ryan told reporters on Capitol Hill after Duke announced his support for Trump.

“They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry.

This party does not prey on

people’s prejudices.”

This, accompanied with recent criticisms made by Mitt Romney, is significant.

As the previous Republican ticket for the White House, the direct opposition of these two influential men toward a Trump candidacy speaks volumes about the current state of affairs within the party. It clearly illustrates the desire of the party leadership to eliminate Trump from the equation, and that there are likely more tricks up their sleeves to be deployed in the coming weeks.

Just like former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura and former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg announcing the possibility of their bids on the Democratic ticket for the White House, don’t be surprised to see another republican throw his or her hat in the ring at the last minute.

It is abundantly clear as time is rapidly running out: the GOP would have done well to have started the anti-Trump process much earlier in the game, and at this point one has to wonder if it will be to any avail.

LETTER

An open letter to a former English professor

Professor Michael Stone,

This letter is to inform you exactly how you have impacted me as a writer. I see now how you enabled me to step outside of myself to see how wrong I was, and for that I thank you.

I started writing at 15-years-old, staying up after bed-time using the light from my window.

I wrote about what I saw in my neighborhood and the pitfalls those around me fell into. I felt indifferent to “them,” but never judgmental, as we roamed the same jungle. Writing provided an outlet for that indifference. The dichotomy of wanting to do better, but never truly understanding how to, is the sad reality for many around me.

I graduated from Bryan Adams High School

in 2006. Anyone from East Dallas (at the time) knows exactly how it was: fights, freestyles, codeine, tall-tees and the mall pictures with the neon-heart background. But with age I found solace in community college, where I felt akin to a different, more intellectually engaging crowd of people. Education was quickly becoming my “way out,” and the deeper I went, the more I yearned to learn.

After a few semesters at El Centro Community College in downtown Dallas, I was fortunate enough to take your English course; I soon learned it wasn’t for the easily offended. Our first reading was “The Great Gatsby.” I know it’s almost sinful to not have read it beforehand, but I hadn’t, and yet still attempted to write a critique for one of your first assignments - it didn’t end

well.

“This is terrible, you obviously have not read this book,” you said. “Do you understand what a Straw-man is? A Red Herring? What is this?”

I was exposed and upset. At myself, of course, but much more at you, even though I knew you were right.

After about a week I got the gall to go into your cluttered office to defend my ego. You were smug and unrelenting in your assessment. You didn’t budge and this infuriated me even more.

“Who does he think he is? He’s just some professor at a community college that couldn’t cut it at a university.”

This was me at my most bare. I withdrew from your course just three weeks into the semester. I had never felt that much rejection until that day.

That conversation in your office almost pushed me to give up writing altogether.

This letter is to inform you of just how wrong I was, as well as to help anyone who may be going through a similar situation. That day forced me to realize great writing is a process that can’t be done properly after a night of drinking. You taught me the necessity of critique and not taking things personally.

To students, simply force yourself to get better, or give up altogether - it really is that simple.

And to Professor Stone: just know that I plan on repeating your course this summer, and we have a lot of catching up to do.

Sidney Johnson

VETERANS

We can’t ask veterans to defend us and then abandon them

By Preston Mitchell Staff Writer @Presto_Mitch

From birth, American citizens tout their native country as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.”

We’re taught to have high regard for the citizens who lay down their lives for our nation, and revel in the battlefield heroes of old. It’s expected we teach our children to maintain the same reverence for those who answer Uncle Sam’s call and pick up the sword.

Illustration by Samuel Wiggins | Senior Staff Photographer

If this is really the case, why have so many veterans been homeless for the past 50 years?

In contrast to “the Greatest Generation,” those who survived the Great Depression and fought valiantly in World War II, vets of the Vietnam War received backlash upon their return from

Southeast Asia, were ejected from their social circles and received a collective coldshoulder from society.

WWII survivors had ample time to decompress from the horrors they witnessed, only to come home to an abundance of accolades and loved ones.

The G.I. Bill was instituted so they would be able to better themselves with higher education, should they so desire.

It still exists today.

Vietnam War vets, on the other hand, returned to the U.S. in the midst of social upheaval. They were subjected to a counterculture built against prior generational ideals, mainly rejecting the gung-ho “go-towar” attitudes of their parents.

Subsequently, the dejection of soldiers began a trend of veterans becoming homeless without sufficient medical or psychological care.

Enter the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, which was formed in 1990 by service providers troubled in the face

of these large percentages.

In fact, 11 percent of the dispossessed adult population is made up of veterans, according to NCHV.org.

Although the current quota seems small, the NCHV has continued to tackle this issue for 25 years. Moreover, 50 percent of that demographic, according to NCHV.org, suffers from mental illness and even more (70 percent) have histories of substance abuse.

Fortunately, the NCHV serves as the voice of this populous to Congress and the executive branch. They’ve helped design 14 bills for the service of homeless veterans, but it ultimately falls on us to act as we’ve been taught.

Especially in today’s age, where the next president could worsen foreign policy, please show our veterans the respect they so rightly deserve. We can’t send young men and women off to war if they are to be abandoned when they return.

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EDITORIAL

Letter to SGA: #MakeUNTGreatAgain The Editorial Board North Texas Daily For the average st udent reading th is, we’d li ke to offer up a question: Do you have a ny idea who the St udent

Gover n ment Association senator is that represents you r college?

We su re didn’t, wh ich is slightly unset tling, as we a re located inside the Maybor n School of Jou r na lism. Austin Bordeau, if you’re reading

th is, we’d love for you to come by a nd int roduce you rself.

At 3:46 a.m. Tuesday, st udent body president Ada m A lat t r y sent out a n ema il to the st udent body, u rging those interested to apply to be

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a n SGA senator, or to r un for sent ea rly Tuesday mor n ing, president or vice president. A lat t r y deta iled to insom n iac T h is, piggy-backed on the st udents “th ings SGA has fact that the orga n ization just done in the last decade” cha nged its bylaws rega rding — apa r t f rom being fa r too GPA, is understa ndable but expa nsive a time f ra me, it was even more t roubling that slightly con f using.

Yes, A lat t r y here is seek ing the list on ly had f ive th ings to invite more outsiders to on it.

Five. I n the last decade. join. But, no, th is is not a A mong these th ings was move to benef it the st udent body. It’s a ll f ine a nd well the adm ission of a lcohol into to invite st udents to the Fuzzy’s in the Un iversit y SGA echo cha mber, but what Un ion, someth ing that on ly about what about act ua lly a ffects older st udents a nd ultimately does noth ing to get ting st uff done?

I n h is Q&A with the Da ily a id st udents in thei r sea rch last Apr il, A lat t r y discussed for deg rees (not to mention h is vision for h is com ing Fr y St reet is about 20 0 ya rds ter m, t a l k ing about how he’d away).

We’d a lso li ke to point li ke to “exter na lize SGA” for the st udent body a nd out that despite passing “Smoke-Free U N T” ma ke people more awa re of a people still the role they play in electing resolution, those who represent them. He smoke on ca mpus, the voter a lso add ressed the problem t u r nout to build the Un ion of inter na l bicker ing a mong was emba r rassingly low a nd represent atives.

Twelve days ea rlier, CARTOON: “TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE” in a let ter wr it ten to the editor ia l boa rd by h is own adm ission, A lat t r y sa id: “T he reason we a re r un n ing unopposed is because of st udents’ apathy in rega rds to a nyth ing concer n ing st udent gover n ment.”

Nea rly a yea r later a nd the st udent body is still plagued by the sa me problems as last Apr il. I n the ema il

Apogee has been noticeably “f illed” perhaps a ha ndf ul of times since for mer coach Da n McCa r ney’s era with Nor th Texas Footba ll bega n (a nd ended).

Ou r overlying point is that, despite passing legislation designed to br ing more people into the SGA process, the orga n ization is la rgely m isundersta nding wh ich issues need to t r uly be add ressed, such as ma k ing the orga n ization a nd its proceedings more t ra nspa rent a nd passing bills that positively a ffect the st udent body, rather tha n the process of join ing for those interesting.

We have no doubt you r hea r ts a re in the r ight place; we just question the motivations beh ind you r objectives.

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