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UNT to hire new faculty by next fall ISAAC WRIGHT

Senior Staff Writer Despite tuition raised being raised spring 2011 in order to hire new faculty, new hires will not be made until next year because UNT has not seen the growth that it expected. F r o m s p r i n g 2 010 t o spring 2011, tuition at UNT was raised by a total of 6.7 percent, bringing the cost per semester hour to $156.13. The 2.8 percent increase approved last March was expected to generate about $6 million in additiona l revenue for t he university. In an address to the Student Government Administration last spring, President V. Lane Rawlins said that extra money would be a llocated to hire more facult y and renovate instruction space on campus. Since UNT has not experienced the amount of growth it expected, faculty members will not be hired until next fall. “ W he n w e r a i s e d t he t u it ion, we set a side t he

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money to create the new positions outlined by the tuition increase,” Rawlins said in a phone inter v iew last week. “This year, we didn’t grow, so those positions are kind of on hold.” Warren Burggren, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said the university has seen an annual student growth of 2.5 to 4 percent in recent years, but saw a 1 percent decrease this year. However, Burggren said there was an increase in t he number of semester credit hours students are taking. Rawlins said the university is actively searching for new faculty members, but the process will take some time. Burggren said the tuition increase succeeded in generating the amount of revenue expected and that about 30 to 40 new faculty positions were generated by the university’s voluntary separation program that began last March.

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Banners featuring famous quotes by John F. Kennedy, John Steinbeck and Aristotle, among others, hang from the Willis Library Monday. See BANNERS on page on page 2

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects redistricting A NN SMAJSTRLA

ment and family studies sophomore. “And it’s going to be pointThe Supreme Court last less to keep pushing [the primary Friday disapproved the most date] back. So, I think they should recent Texas district maps find the best-fit map.” The Supreme Court has ordered drawn by a three-judge panel in San Antonio, meaning the a federal court in San Antonio to legal battle does not yet have the task of redrawing the maps, said Frank Phillips, Denton a clear end in sight. The maps show districts County elections administrator. Due to the uncertain nature of for t he U.S. House of Representatives, the Texas the redistricting, Denton County House of Representatives and election officials are waiting to GRAPHIC COURTESY OF ELECTIONS.DENTONCOUNTY.COM the Texas Senate, and have make preparations for voting Voter Precinct 4 map for Denton Counbeen rejected so far due to alle- procedures in an effort to save ty was preserved Friday after the U.S. gations of gerrymandering. The resources and money. Supreme Court rejected the redistrict“We have to wait for a new multiple rejections caused the ing maps drawn by a federal court in original primary date of March San Antonio. 6 to be delayed to April 3. “The three-judge panel is unlikely, Ditslear said. didn’t get it right,” said Dr. “What will most likely happen Corey Ditslear, political is that they would use the original science lecturer. “They will Texas map for this one election, have to go back and redraw a and then would use the redrawn new map that is somewhere map, whichever one gets accepted, between what Texas originally for future elections up through —Corey Ditslear 2020,” Ditslear said. had and what they actually did the second time around.” A similar situation occurred Political science lecturer The exact reason for why during the 2000 redistricting, the Supreme Court did not Ditslear said, in which the origapprove the maps remains inal redistricting maps drawn by unclear, Ditslear said. order from the court before we members of the Texas Legislature “They shouldn’t want [the can proceed,” Phillips said. were not approved by the Supreme maps] to be perfect because It remains a possibility that the Court. Maps drawn by the Court of they are going to take forever,” primary date could be further Appeals were ultimately accepted said Casey McGuire, develop- delayed. However, such a scenario and are still in use today. Senior Staff Writer

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Pre-radio, television and film sophomore Bryan Armstrong uses Blackboard Monday in a College of Arts & Sciences computer lab.

New Blackboard tech makes debut at UNT NICOLE BALDERAS Senior Staff Writer

This semester marks the first in which new Blackboard Learn software will be used by UNT professors. The software uses Web 2.0 technology, which allows students and faculty to easily upload YouTube videos and

features the ability to access Blackboard via mobile devices. The software was used last semester on a trial basis by about 10 faculty members. This semester, out of about 2,500 class sections using Blackboard, about 700 are using the new technology. “Blackboard Vista is kind

of at its end of life,” said Jane Himmel, associate director of the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign. “They started developing Learn a couple of years ago, and eventually it will go away completely.”

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“They will have to go back and redraw a map ...”

TAMS students reach semis of competition CAYDEE ENSEY Intern

The Intel Science Talent Search announced the semifinalists for their competition on January 11. Out of the 300 semifinalists, UNT’s Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science produced nine – fourth most in the competition. Intel STS offers high school seniors an opportunit y to present their original research

to professional scientists, engineers and mathematicians. The online application and related research was turned in to Intel STS in November 2011. The 1,839 applicants for the 2012 Intel STS competition represented 497 high schools. Semifinalists are awarded $1,000 each, a nd schools receive $1,000 per semif inalist. Among the nine UNT

semif ina lists representing were Amanda Quay and Adam Su, both 17. Quay’s research focuses on env ironmenta l issues while Su’s focuses on mathematical patterns. “It was really intense,” Su said. “I was working constantly. It was a juggling act and a lot of hard work, but it was worth it. I kind of get a high off it.”

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UNT TAMS Intel STS semifinalists

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Favyen Bastani Kurtis Carsch Mitchell Powell Amanda Quay Adam Su Lisa Su Alan Zhao Michael Zhou Jonathan Zhu

Inside UNT opera singer wins big in international contest Arts and Life | Page 3

Tony Mitchell makes Sun Belt history Sports | Page 5

Please network responsibly Views | Page 7

News

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Brief BEN PEYTON

Intern Eight banners now adorn the outside south and east walls of the Willis Librar y, with each banner depicting a separate library resource. T he l ibr a r y r a i se d t he banners, designed by UNT graduate Joshua Sylve, last

week in hopes of ra ising awareness of all the available resources that are offered to t he UN T com mu n it y : t he UNT Dig ita l Libra r y, Gover nment Documents, R a r e B o o k & Te x a n a Collections, the Porta l to Texas History, Music Library and University Archives. “ We’r e e x c it e d a b out t he ne w ba n ner s,” sa id Dreanna Belden, assistant

dean to external relations for the library. “[We hope to achieve] basica lly t wo things: make the building more att ract ive a nd add a lot to the exterior of the library.” Fut u r e pl a n s for t he library include having renovations done on the fourth f loor as well as collecting the music library into a more accessible department.

POLICE BLOTTER Alcohol and Drugrelated offenses Monday Jan. 16 6:46 p.m. – The Denton Fire Department reported a fire at Bruce Hall on UNT campus. DFD and UNT police officers responded to the call. No fire was found. An incident report was completed. 11:12 p.m. – A UNT police officer spotted a suspicious vehicle on the 700 block of Avenue A. Several juvenile suspects occupied the vehicle. One suspect was in possession of marijuana, arrested and transported to Denton Count y juvenile detention. Two other suspects were released to “custodial family.” Tuesday Jan. 17 11:26 p.m. – A UNT police officer pulled over a nonstudent on the 1600 block of

West Eagle Drive. The driver was found to be intoxicated, was arrested, and transported to the Denton County jail.

police officer responded and an offense report was completed.

Thursday Jan. 19 2:46 a.m. – A UNT police officer pulled over a 22-yearold non-student on the 600 block of Fort Worth Drive. T he d r i ver w a s fou nd to be i ntox ic ated, w a s arrested, and transported to the Denton County Jail. A warrant was out for a nonstudent passenger in the vehicle. She was arrested and transported to the City of Denton jail.

Thursday, Jan. 19 9:43 a.m. – A complainant reported graffiti at Wooten Hall on UNT campus. A UNT police officer responded to the call and an offense report was completed.

Burglary & Theft Thursday Jan. 19 2:49 p.m. – A complainant reported the theft of a wallet on the 1900 block of West Highland Street. A UNT

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Friday, Jan. 20 12:11 p.m. – A UNT police office pulled over a 23-year-old male for driving on the wrong side of the road. The driver, a non-student, was arrested and taken to the City of Denton jail. 2:03 a.m. – UNT police officers spotted a fight in progress at the UNT University Union. The combatants were separated and the crowd dispersed. No criminal charges were filed.

“This yea r we’ve aut hor i zed a record nu mber of new searches in two areas,” Burggren said. “One is the regular faculty who will be i nvolved i n depa r t menta l activ ities, teaching lots of courses and interacting with students. The second category is in the research cluster facult y. They have a much greater burden of research.” Burggren said only around 10 percent of the new faculty members have currently been hired as of this semester. He said most of the new positions would be filled by next fall.

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By the end of 2012, all professors using t he Blackboard system will be required to switch over to the Learn software. Until then, instructors are switching on a voluntary basis. “I like how the new system is organized and I like that I can track students easily,” said Cynthia Mohr, chair of the art design department. “It seemed reasonable to switch now; why develop my class in the old system if eventually they’re wanting us to use the new system?” Development of the new technology focused heavily upon mobi le access a nd features the app “Blackboard Mobile Learn,” a tool which the old Blackboard does not have. Students can also customize their Blackboard page to list t hings such as NBC news updates and information from their student organizations. “The layout is a lot better and it just looks nicer,” chem-

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TA MS facu lt y uses t h is oppor t u n it y to encou rage their students to use their research for philant hropic purposes. “So many of our students are going into fields that are

“Hir ing facu lt y is of ten a yea r-long process, a nd sometimes it can take longer w it h more senior facult y,” Burggren said. “There’s a real

“Hiring faculty is often a yearlong process...” —Warren Burggren Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs seasonality to it. Typically, we authorize positions in the late summer-early fall, we get the searches under way during the winter.“

istr y junior Donovan Ford said. “The integration with my eTextbook on Pearson is pretty convenient. Instead of having to go to a separate website, I can now just log into Pearson via the Blackboard page for my class.” T he i nsta nt messag i ng feature has been changed so students can chat w ith students and professors while not logged into Blackboard. “You have to download it like you would any messenger,” said Michelle Farley, instructional consultant for CLEAR. “You log in, create an account and it syncs with whatever courses you are in.” T he appl icat ion a l low s students to add people to their personal contact list, even students not enrolled in the same class, Farley said. The technology has gained recognition for its accessibility to disabled students, a nd was awa rded t he Nonvisual Accessibility Gold Certification by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), making it the first and only learning system to achieve the certification. “It’s made it so that some-

ultimately humanitarian in nature,” said Kevin Roden, TAMS assistant director of student life. “We want them to see that being academically gifted shouldn’t disconnect them from serving others.” Quay is cont i nu i ng her env i ron menta l resea rch a nd hopes her ex per ience in TAMS and Intel STS will earn her an acceptance at

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Bu rg g ren a lso sa id t he university has been focused on improving instructional facilities with the money generated by the tuition increases. He said the next major project would be the renovation of the Auditorium building, a project for which the Board of Regents has already approved $1.5 million. Brandon Becvar, a radio, telev ision and f ilm junior, said he is glad the university is paying attention to facilities and faculty. “It’s a better teaching environment when it’s one-on-one rather than 60-on-one, and a lot of times when you’re in those 300-plus classes, you don’t feel like you ever would get a chance to talk to the instructor.”

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Web 2.0 technology Easy video uploads to YouTube Access via mobile devices Easy tracking Home page can be customized Improved layout Instant Messaging Personal contact lists

body who can’t see the screen at all can understand where on the menu screen things are,” Himmel said. One feature the new system doesn’t have is the capability for students to forward emails from their student account to their personal one. “The default ema il address is currently set to a st udent’s Eag leCon nect account,” Himmel said. “We are looking to have it changed in the future to the preferred email address that the user has configured in UNT’s Account Management System.”

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I want to research, design and implement sustainable water systems in the Middle East and North Africa that are also culturally sensitive,” Quay said. “So it will actually pertain to their needs as opposed to what a westerner may think they need.” Su is currently tr y ing to de c ide w h ich c ol le ge he will attend, having already been accepted to Oxford and Harvard. “Ten yea rs f rom now I want to be working towards a tenureship as a professor, teaching and of course doing research,” Su said. “I think I’ll be doing that for the rest of my life.” T he f i na l ists w i l l be a n n o u n c e d We d n e s d a y, Ja n. 25. Fina lists receive a n a l l-ex penses pa id t r ip to Washing ton, D.C. Their re s e a rc h w i l l b e jud ge d f u r t her a nd t hey w i l l be competing to share $630,000 in award money.

Arts & Life

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Alex Macon, Arts & Life Editor

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UNT singer wins big Herschel Walker visits Denton area hospital HOLLY H ARVEY

Senior Staff Writer

Singing opera classics to an audience of hundreds is just another day for UNT student Jennifer Glidden, who recently took first place in the International Voice Competition and Festival in Peru after she wowed judges with several impressive vocal performances. Glidden, star of multiple UNT opera productions and a graduate student majoring in performance, said the competition featured 42 singers from 16 countries, came with a $4,000 prize and guaranteed future performances in Mexico City and London. “With opera, there’s just something visceral about the drama,” she said. “I think we miss that in some other art forms, so that’s why I’m drawn to opera.” But the road to being a successful opera singer is not an easy one, said Stephen Austin, a vocal studies professor and Glidden’s voice coach. Opera singers must be able to comfortably project their voice over an entire orchestra and their fellow singers, he said. “The demands of opera are significant,” Austin said. “It’s kind of like being an Olympic athlete: there are a lot of physical demands placed on you.” After Glidden submitted a demo tape to competition judges for her first international competition, she had to demonstrate that she could project her voice without a microphone. “It takes a long time to train to be able to sing comfortably and repeatedly,” Austin said. “It takes a long time for your voice

NADIA HILL Intern

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UNT doctoral student Jennifer Glidden won the 15th International Voice Competition and Festival. She also starred in several UNT opera productions. to develop.” To build up endurance, Glidden frequently does vocal exercises to strengthen her voice box. Physical exercise, rest and breath support are also important to vocal performance, she said. “Notes go from really high to really low, so you have to maneuver your voice,” she said. “You have to keep your body able to do vocal training on a daily basis.” As a veteran of UNT opera productions such as “Regina”, which won first place in the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition, Glidden has experience in not

only singing, but also acting, said Paula Homer, music professor and director of UNT Opera. “She’s one of our stars,” Homer said. “What’s happened in the opera world is that what distinguishes you from just singing is the ability to act.” Glidden said she has also done some work with pop and crossover music, and likes musical theater productions. She plans to finish her doctorate at UNT and wants to continue to perform and eventually teach. “She is well on her way to a significant singing career,” Austin said.

There was the Heisman Trophy winner and professional football player the public knew. There was also the ballet dancer, the law enforcer and several other personalities former Dallas Cowboys r unning back Herschel Walker has said he grappled with in a long struggle with dissociative identity disorder he revealed in his 2008 book, “Breaking Free.” Walker, who has said his disorder is now under control, has spent the last few years writing and talking about his personal experience with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. Walker, hospital staff and members of Denton’s Chamber of Commerce attended the ribbon cutting ceremony of a new facility Fr iday at t he Mayh i l l Hospital, a private psychiatric hospital that specializes in mental health. “There’s some stigma out there about mental health, and I got involved because there’s nothing to be ashamed of,” Walker said. “Here, they don’t just look at the symptoms, they look at the person. You can’t just water the branches, you have to get down to the roots.” Mayhill’s new facility

a l l o w s patients to be individually assessed, admitted and lodged within an hour and a h a l f of HERSCHEL arriving. All WALKER assessments are free. “The staff here is very dedicated and it’s a beautiful environment,” said Randy Kaniecki,

“I thought I was just being tough, but we all have challenges.”

—Herschel Walker, Former NFL running back

vice president of Ascend Health, the company that owns Mayhill Hospital. “I believe in the mission here. Our organization focuses on specialization, mental health and chemical dependency.” Mayhill partners with nursing homes in the area to recognize symptoms in residents who might need further assistance. Professional assessors are sent from the hospital to visit the patient and determine whether or not more testing is needed, a service that is also free. Walker said he hopes that by

sharing his own experiences and success in dealing with a mental health disorder, he can convince others who may need help to seek it out. “I didn’t realize how far lost I was and I thought I was just being tough, but we all have challenges,” Walker said. “It’s hard for someone to be honest with themselves because they’re so ashamed.” Oasis, a new program at Mayhill, is designed for senior citizens and geriatric patients. Elderly patients with symptoms such as extreme confusion, auditory or visual hallucinations, self-harming behavior and cognitive impairment each receive personalized treatment. “Herschel is here to help to roll out specialized programs and raise awareness,” Kaniecki said. “I recognized his mission to encourage people to get help. He really wants to help men and women realize it’s OK to make that call.” Another program available is the Minirth Christian Program, a program that provides seven daily steps to help patients keep a positive attitude. “The way I see it, patients come to me with their problems and I provide them with a choice of how to recover,” said Ricky Harding, a hospital administrator at Mayhill. “It’s up to the patients.” Mayhil operates a 24/7 hotlin e at 940-239-3000. All assessments are free.

Israeli, Palestinian activists turn to Internet (MCT) WASHINGTON– Jewish and Arab activists Monday held the first day of a two-day virtual peace conference to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The event is hosted by YaLaYoung Leaders, an online group of about 40,000 that uses social media technology to promote peace and development in the region. Moha m mad A lQad i, a Palestinian organizing volunteer speaking in an online chat session with a reporter, said of the group, “We believe in peace and being together. We believe in a two-state solution” -- meaning an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel -- “and respect to all. We are human.” YaLa volunteer Tom Dolev of Tel Aviv said in an online chat with a reporter that he hopes the conference creates “fruitful connections between members, increases member base and ... implements projects for the economic well-being of the young generation of the region.” He added that what YaLa calls the Peace and Economic Cooperation Conference will be a chance “to forward our agenda for the future to world leaders.” Yo u n g I s r a e l i s a n d Palestinians created YaLa last year as a Facebook group. They use this and other social network sites to message one another and share ideas, photos and videos in the hopes of building a greater understanding between the groups. In just eight months, the YaLa group has grown to more than 40,000 members, mainly from the Middle East. Dolev said the group had participated informally in research and development with Microsoft to create a game that allowed players to cooperatively “build the Middle East” and had held a photography contest, but that the virtual peace conference was its first official action. Leaders such as Secretary

of State Hi l la r y Clinton, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres taped speeches for the conference. Clinton praised the eightmonth-old YaLa group and evoked the wider Arab Spring movement, saying in the video, “Armed with conviction and aided by technolog y, you pushed forward the political, economic and social changes that are now pulsing across the region.” Peres hoped that the social technolog y YaLa employed could re-energize peace negotiations. “You live in a new age, where you can communicate freely, without censorship, without prejudices, without hatred, over all borders, all distances and all subjects. We don’t have to repeat the past,” he said in his videotaped speech. Zvika Krieger, the senior vice president of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace in Washington, could not speak specifically about the conference but praised grassroots efforts to find solutions in the Middle East. While peace will come only when the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president reach an agreement, he said, grassroots movements such as the conference are vital to show leaders that their people want them to work toward peace. In the wake of the Arab Spring, with many countries in the region becoming more democratic, “these grass-roots movements can have a significant effect,” Krieger added. Only when “both leaders believe that there is an urgency and demand from the public” will there be progress, he said. In addition to speeches and a streamed musical performance, the conference included planning for an online academy, offering classes in governance, business, cultural studies and communication leadership. The conference, which continues Tuesday, a lso featured a “Projectbook,” designed to allow conference participants

to work together on various interactive online projects and games, including the one that allows players to build a virtual Middle East. Organizers said they hoped that these virtual projects would serve as the basis for brick-and-mortar progress in the region.

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Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks at a rally in Tunis, Tunisia, January 8, 2012. The prime minister in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip promised “difficult days” for Israel, and at a rally in Tunis urged Arab Spring revolutionaries to fight for an independent Palestine.

Arts & Life

Page 4 Alex Macon, Arts & Life Editor

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 alexdmacon@yahoo.com

Group relocates, rehabilitates urban wildlife K aylin Durmick Intern

Raccoons, squirrels, opossums and skunks raise their young in the safest places they can find, which for animals forced to live in urban areas can often mean settling into a dry, cozy chimney or a dark, quiet attic. UNT alumna Bonnie Bradshaw started 911 Wildlife six years ago to humanely address urban wildlife by safely removing wild animals from homes and rehabilitating orphaned critters. “My top priority is preventing the babies [baby animals] from becoming orphaned in the first place,” Bradshaw said. When Denton resident Sylvia Pearson found a family of raccoons living in her chimney two years ago, she called Critter Control of Fort Worth to have the animals removed. “The man came and trapped the mother and got her out, but he left the babies there,” Pearson said. “We had a real bad feeling that they were going to take them away and just destroy them, so that’s when we called 911 Wildlife.” One of Bradshaw’s technicians came to retrieve the babies and brought them back to 911 Wildlife’s rehabilitation center, one of the front rooms of Bradshaw’s home in Plano. “Critter Control cost three times more and they didn’t seem that caring,” Pearson said. Bradshaw started 911 Wildlife to humanely remove animals from people’s homes while keeping the families of relocated

Photo by Kaylin Durmick/Intern

Bonnie Bradshaw shows the bottom of a raccoon’s paw, which is similar to that of a dog. “Raccoons have ten times more nerve endings in their paws than humans have in their hands,” Bradshaw said. animals together. Her methods promote urban wildlife, which teaches that animals and humans can live harmoniously. After graduating from UNT’s journalism program, Bradshaw spent many years as a reporter at the Denton Record Chronicle, followed by a short stint in public relations. Bradshaw realized she wasn’t pursuing her true passion about

six years ago. “At 40, I was doing PR work and I was like, wait a minute, this doesn’t mean anything,” she said. She quit her job and began volunteering with Texas Parks and Wildlife as a master naturalist. When a wildlife rehabilitator brought a baby raccoon to a class she attended, Bradshaw signed up to be a volunteer rehabber.

Since then, her house in Plano has slowly transformed into 911 Wildlife’s operation center. Numerous cages are stacked in one of the front rooms. A larger cage filled with tiny hammocks, an assortment of dog shelters, and a minnow pond are set up in Bradshaw’s small backyard. Two other rooms are used as offices and a few cabinets and closets are stocked with supplies used for nurturing the orphans.

“We didn’t realize it would take over our whole lives,” Bradshaw said. Starting with herself and one technician, Bradshaw has since built 911 Wildlife into a thriving business with clients in Denton, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. Bradshaw urges citizens to never trap or remove wildlife without the consent of a humane professional.

Internet websites often have false information about how to remove animals or nurture orphans, Bradshaw said. Without the help of a trained rehabilitator, baby animals that are removed from their mother have little chance of survival. “Even the best rehabber in the world is a far second to their own mothers,” Bradshaw said. “That’s why I do everything I can to make sure they aren’t orphaned.”

Renowned jazz guitarist gives master class Olmar Vanegas Intern

For more than two decades, Charlie Hunter has captured the jazz guitar scene with a technique described by critics as “mind-boggling.” Hunter brought his unique bra nd of m i nd-bog g l i ng, improvisational jazz to Denton on Saturday, giving a master class to UNT music students at Kenton Hall before a performance at Dan’s Silver Leaf that night. Hunter played songs on his custom-made seven-string guitar-bass hybrid and talked to students about his music and the realities of life as a performer. “I am lucky to be a musician in these hard economic times, and fortunate that I can pay for most of my bills”, he joked. Hunter, who took lessons with guitar legend Joe Satriani and was one of the opening acts

for U2’s Zoo tour, has recorded 17 albums since 1993. “Having guest artists at UNT gives you a sense of hope, ma k ing it possible to be a musician,” said jazz

impor ta nce of col laboration and improvisation in music, pa r t icu la rly ja z z. “Charlie is a giving leader,” said Derek Phillips, drummer in Hunter’s band. “He loves

“Having guest artists at UNT gives you a sense of hope, making it possible to be a musician.”

—Ben Darce Jazz studies senior

studies senior Ben Darce. Da rce sa id t he ma ster c l a s s w a s a n opp or t unity for music students to learn things about professional musicianship outside of a traditional classroom. Hu nter emph a si z e d t he

to collaborate with his band members and it excites him when I ex press mysel f.” UNT and the North Texas Guitar Club regularly bring in artists to give master classes at the university’s nationally recognized jazz school.

Jazz studies professor Fred Hamilton said UNT’s jazz department was mostly associated with big bands like the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band, although t h at m ay be ch a ng i ng. “We have a lot of music to offer in the jazz division than just big bands. I encourage for non-music majors to explore other avenues that we have to of fer,” Ha mi lton sa id. Chris Cortez, founder of Blue Ba mboo Music Inc., t he label represent i ng Hunter in Texas, said he hopes to continue bringing renowned musicians to UNT, “Charlie Hunter always finds a way to organically integrate with his band, never taking away, which a lot of musicians cannot do,” Cortez said. A list of future master classes and other events associated with the UNT jazz department are available at jazz.unt.edu.

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Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter performs during a master class Saturday in Kenton Hall. First becoming prominent in the early 1990s, Hunter has recorded 17 albums.

Year of the Dragon kicks off Brittni Barnett Senior Staff Writer

North Texas ushered in the Year of the Dragon this week as Monday marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year, a 15-day celebration and one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. The Chinese Students and Scholars Association will host an event in the Silver Eagle Suite on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. in honor of the occasion, also referred to as the “Spring Festival.” “We have students perform and people sit there, eat and watch the show,” said Judson Yao, a radio, television and film junior and president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. “That’s what people do for the traditional Chinese New Year, so we just follow the tradition.” Yao is expecting around 400 students to attend this year’s celebration, which will include a traditional dragon dance where students use poles to carry around a large paper dragon.

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Music junior Lilly Wang celebrated Chinese New Year with her family by holding a feast with other Chinese families at her house over the weekend. Each year of the Chinese calendar is associated with one of 12 animals or creatures, including the pig, rat, and monkey. This year marks the Year of the Dragon, which Yao said is considered the luckiest in Chinese culture. Other traditions associated with the celebration of the New Year include giving money to children and spending time

with family playing games like Mahjong, similar to the American card game rummy. “My favorite part is people getting together, family getting together and awesome food,” Yao said. Kerr cafeteria served traditional Chinese dishes such as dumplings, rice and stir-fry all day Monday. “As a manager, our supervi-

sors want us to do special dinners every month,” said Sean Coxon, manager of Kerr dining hall. “This month we chose Chinese New Year and I thought it was a great idea.” As of last fall, 330 Chinese international students were a part of the Denton campus population, according to UNT International. Dotty Horton, director of international student and scholar services for UNT International, said events such as the Chinese New Year celebration are important to international students. “No matter who you are, it is important to keep in touch with your culture,” Horton said. “Even if you are learning about a new culture.” The Chinese Students and Scholars Association currently has about 500 registered members. In addition to celebrating events such as the Chinese New Year, the group helps international students from China adjust to university life.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Bobby Lewis, Sports Editor

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Williams’ buzzer beater UNT drops two spots secures win over Denver after conference loss Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

BRETT MEDEIROS

RYNE GANNOE

With first place in the Sun Belt Conference West Division on the line, the UNT men’s basketball team defeated the Denver Pioneers 75-74 with a buzzerbeating tip-in off the right hand of sophomore guard Alzee Williams in overtime. The Mean Green (12-8, 5-2) is now in a three-way tie for first place in the West Division with Denver and Arkansas-Little Rock. With the win, UNT is 2-0 in overtime games this season. “Today the guys who started the game played excellent, and the guys who came off the bench were all great contributors,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “We’ve got a group of guys that are willing to do whatever it takes. The character stood out in these guys tonight against an excellent basketball team.” When regulation ended, Williams had only made one of his six attempted shots. The final tip-in as time expired in overtime was his only attempt of the fiveminute period. “I saw Roger [Franklin] shooting it and I was just right there to get the rebound and I just tipped it in and I knew it was going in after I let it go,” Williams said. “It was a great feeling, especially when my teammates rushed me.” The Mean Green’s starting line-up consisted of a new, yet familiar face against Denver due to the recent loss of Jordan Williams and Chris Jones because of academic ineligibility. Senior guard Tyler Hall made his first career start in his three years

The Mean Green women’s basketball team fell from the top of the Sun Belt Conference West Division to third place after its 50-44 loss to the Denver Pioneers Saturday at the Super Pit. UNT (11-9, 4-3) struggled to score throughout the game, although the Mean Green held Denver to 16 first half points, which was enough to give the Mean Green a sixpoint lead at the half. “Once we didn’t make shots, we passed up a lot of good shots for worse shots. We really looked like deer in headlights,” said head coach Karen Aston. Denver went on a 10-0 run to start the second half, putting the Pioneers in front 26-22. UNT tied the game at 26 apiece a few minutes later, but the Mean Green never regained the lead, as the Pioneers (13-8, 5-2) pulled away for good. Denver’s zone defense forced the ball to the perimeter where sophomore guards Laura McCoy and Desiree Nelson and senior guards Brittney Hudson and Tamara Torru shot a combined 0-for-13 from the three-point line. “We just couldn’t knock shots down and that deflated us,” junior forward Sara Stanley said. “Usually if we aren’t knocking shots down we’re getting offensive rebounds. Hustle plays weren’t really going for us today.”

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Guard Alzee Williams shoots over Denver guard Brett Olson during the Mean Green’s 75-74 overtime win Saturday in the Super Pit. Williams scored four points and made the game winning tip-in. with the team and scored the first basket of the game on a threepoint shot. Freshman forward Tony Mitchell had another big game, recording a game-high 30 points and pulling down 17 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season. “It’s all thanks to my teammates. They find me,” Mitchell said. “When I’m wide open, of course they’re going to drop it down to me and I’m going to dunk it.” Neither team seemed to gain an advantage throughout the game, as the lead changed 16 times and the biggest lead of the game was UNT’s seven-point lead four minutes into the game. The Pioneers shot better from

the field than UNT did, but the Mean Green dominated the glass, pulling down 41 rebounds compared to Denver’s 27. “It really took all of us pulling together and realizing that we can do it,” said junior guard Roger Franklin. “Coach [Johnny Jones] did tell us that we have all that we need and some and I think we just took that and put it on the floor.” With the win Saturday, the Mean Green has now won nine straight meetings against Denver at the Super Pit. UNT will now travel to Louisiana to take on the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. in their first meeting of the season.

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Guard Brittney Hudson reacts to a call while Denver guard Morgan Van RiperRose drives during the Mean Green’s 44-50 loss Saturday in the Super Pit. The loss halted UNT’s twogame winning streak. No member of the Mean Green scored more than eight points. “I think we kind of gave in to it being a difficult game,” Aston said. “Their [Denver’s] maturity was the difference in the game.” Denver ran a zone defense, helping the team contain UNT junior forward Jasmine Godbolt instead of allowing her to play one-on-one inside where she plays most of the time.

Mitchell receives third straight Sun Belt honor BRETT MEDEIROS Senior Staff Writer

For t he t h i rd consec ut ive week, UNT f resh ma n for ward Tony Mitchell has been honored with the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week award for his performa nce t h is pa st week i n ga mes aga i nst L ou isia naMon roe, Huston-Ti l lotson and Denver. Mitchell is now the second player in Sun Belt Conference history to receive the award for three consecutive weeks. T he on ly ot her player to accomplish t he t hree-peat was Troy University’s Brandon

Hazzard during the 2008-2009 season. In t he t hree ga mes last week, Mitchel l averaged a double-double w it h 18. 3 points per ga me a nd 10.6 rebounds per game. He also converted on over half of his shot attempts. If Mitchell wins the award next week, the six-foot-eight freshman w ill become t he first player to ever receive the award for four consecutive weeks. This week, Mitchell and the rest of the Mean Green will face Louisiana-Lafayette and an A rkansas State defense

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Forward Tony Mitchell grabs a rebound during UNT’s win Saturday. t hat held him to just nine points in 25 minutes in a 75-72 UNT loss. UNT has won four consecutive games since.

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Denver’s defense held Godbolt to six points and two rebounds, far below her season averages of 13.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game this season. Denver’s zone defense was also made more effective by UNT’s poor three-point shooting, though the Mean Green should have found another way to score, Aston said. “There are more ways to beat the zone than a three-point shot, and we didn’t find those ways today,” she said.

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Mean Green faces Sooners after road victory Tennis TYLER OWENS Staff Writer

UNT opened up the dualmatch season with a victory, but the team doesn’t have much time for rest because it will play the No. 25 Oklahoma Sooners Tuesday. The match against Oklahoma will be the Mean Green’s second straight road match before playing at home Jan. 28.

First dual match win UNT (1-0) secured its first dual victory in a 5-2 victory over Lamar (0-2) Saturday. “This was a good start to the season,” head coach Sujay Lama said. “We found a way and got the job done.” The Mean Green got off to a fast start when freshman Franziska Sprinkmeyer and senior Nadia

Lee defeated Lamar freshman Carolina Maso and sophomore Helene Czudek 8-1. The duo of juniors Valentina Starkova, who transferred from Arkansas in the fall, and Barbora Vykydalova won the next match 8-4 over Lamar’s No. 1 team of juniors Carolina Salas and Natalia Mayagoitia. UNT senior Irina Paraschiv and freshman Kseniya Bardabush sealed the sweep of doubles play with an 8-4 victory over Lamar sophomore Alicia Porte and junior Alessandra Pennesi. With three doubles victories, UNT headed into singles play with a 1-0 lead. From there, Lee and junior Ilona Serchenko extended the UNT lead by winning their respective matches. In the No. 1 and 2 singles matches of the afternoon, Starkova and senior Paula Dinuta were defeated, cutting the UNT

lead to 3-2. Bardabush came through for the Mean Green in her first collegiate singles dual match, defeating Mayagoitia 6-2, 6-2, securing the victory for the team. “It felt awesome,” Bardabush said. “I felt the energy from my team. We are one big family fighting for each other.” Vykydalova fell 4-6 in her first set against Lamar freshman Anais Robert, but rallied in the next sets 6-4, 10-6 to give the Mean Green its final victory of the day. “We expected to see some jitters, hopefully that’s out of the way now,” Lama said.

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Sooner hurdle

Freshman Kseniya Bardabush returns a volley Thursday at Mean Green Village. The Mean Green will face Lamar at 11 a.m. Saturday in Beaumont.

The Mean Green will take on No. 25 Oklahoma (2-0) at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Norman. “We have the talent and ability [to defeat OU]. We just need to raise our level and become a little

more aggressive,” Lama said. “We have to start really fired up, get focused and fight.” Oklahoma, who defeated fellow Sun Belt Conference

member Arkansas-Little Rock Saturday, will be the first of three ranked opponents that the Mean Green will face this season. UNT will face No. 24 Arkansas Feb. 3

and No. 22 Tulsa March 2. “I think we need to fight and find a way to win,” Vykydalova said. “I think we are ready to play Oklahoma.”

Mean Green excels in Oklahoma behind Dietz Track A LISON ELDRIDGE Intern

The Mean Green men’s and women’s track teams competed in their second meet of the year Saturday at the J.D. Martin Invitational in Norman, Okla. In the strongest showing of the season, the team had 29 top-five finishes, including a first place finish for senior Sara Dietz. Dietz set the school record in the 800-meter dash last week in the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station and currently holds the best time in the Sun Belt Conference. The men’s 4x400-

a time of 3:58:00. Freshman Tytiana Thornton finished second in the women’s 200-meter dash, and Harrison finished third, with only .33 seconds separating them.

yard relay team earned UNT’s only other victory. “It was a pretty big victory,” sophomore Clinton Collins said. “Anytime you can go to a place like Norman, Okla. and compete with some of the best four-by-fours around and come out on top, it’s a really big confidence booster.”

Men

Women With a third place finish in the women’s mile, just 4.56 seconds behind Dietz, senior Ingrid Mollenkopf earned the fourth-fastest time in the SBC this season. In her first competition of the season, junior De’Ona Stafford finished second in the 60-meter

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Junior Steven White and sophomore Clinton Collins practice sprints during track practice Monday at Fouts Field. hurdle heat. Freshman Ashley Starks placed fourth, just .05 seconds behind. The women’s 4x400 relay team,

senior Janesa Moore, junior Ashley Harrison, and freshmen Chastity Stewart and Jamilla Cartwright, finished second in the heat with

Sophomore Aaron Sirles earned a second place finish in the men’s weight throw and placed third in men’s shot put. “We‘re more of a cohesive group, everybody’s rooting each other on, and that really helps me,” Sirles said. Junior Matt Russ, the only competitor from UNT to place in the 80-meter run heat, finished the heat in second.

Collins placed second in the men’s 200-meter dash, and juniors Steven White and Johnny Hickman finished third and fourth, .08 and .16 seconds behind. The team travels to Houston next weekend to compete in the Houston Indoor Invitational, a meet about three times the size of Oklahoma’s and the biggest the team has been to yet, assistant coach Sam Burroughs said. “Houston‘s going to bring a lot more bodies, a lot of uniforms and schools we haven‘t seen yet,” he said. “But it brings some excitement. We’ll have a couple girls and some guys moving up to run the 3000-meter for the first time.”

UNT makes history in home win over TCU

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Freshman Kimmy Phillips swims the 500-yard freestyle Friday during the 132-111 victory over Texas Christian University at Pohl Recreation Center. Phillips timed 5:09.89 for third of eight. Swimming JOSH FRIEMEL Intern

For the first time in school history, the UNT swimming and diving team defeated rival TCU in a 132-111 home victory Friday night. The victory was the Mean Green’s first home win of the season and came on the team’s Senior Night. The Mean Green got out to a fast start, leading 59-15 after placing first and second in the first four events. Head coach Joe Dykstra said he stacked the early events with UNT’s top swimmers at the

beginning of the meet to gain an early edge. “We did great tonight,” Dykstra said. “The times were just okay, but to swim as well as we did and race as hard as we did along with the fatigue levels they have from training is really encouraging.” Dykstra said he was impressed with senior Hillary Reidmann’s efforts. Reidmann finished first in the 1000-meter freestyle race with a time of 10:24.61 and placed second in the 500-meter freestyle race with a time of 5:06.46. “I was just feeling on fire, and this was my last dual meet here and I wanted to make it count,” Reidmann said. “Mentally I was in the zone tonight.” TCU closed the gap that UNT

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had built up to get within single digits of the Mean Green, trailing 93-90 through 10 events. The Mean Green held off the charging Horned Frogs after junior Catia Weickgenant placed first (5:05.29), Reidmann placed second (5:06.46) and freshman Kimmy Phillips placed third (5:09.89) in the 500 freestyle race. “We knew that if we pulled together and performed well in the races that we are really strong in that we’d be okay,” Reidmann said. “This is what you live for when you are training, to compete and perform in close meets. I had faith in my team that we’d pull through and win tonight.” After winning two meets in less than a week, senior Rosa Gentile said the team is confident going into upcoming meets. “We’ve excelled pretty much in every meet that we’ve had and we’ve persevered through injuries,” she said. “I think when we rest and solely focus on conference play we are going to do really well.” The Mean Green competes next at Texas A&M College Station Feb. 4.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Ian Jacoby, Views Editor

Campus Chat

Who would you like to see as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series in the coming semesters?

“Well, if he could, I would choose Muhammad Ali ...To me he was the epitome of the great athlete. As a person and of course as an athlete, he represented a lot of things and stood for a lot of great things...”

Brandon Clark Sociology senior

“John Gomperts of AmeriCorps. I think that he is a good motivational speaker, he has a lot to offer to make better people, better competitors to venture out into this world for the greater good.”

Leslie Jimenez

Higher education graduate student

“Probably somebody like an editor of Vogue or someone like that. Somebody really high up that has a lot of experience for both PR majors and merchandising majors, to cover both crowds.”

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Be sure to think before you tweet A dark cloud hung over college football this weekend as the nation learned of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno’s death at age 85. Sadly, just as much attention was given to how the story was reported as to the news itself. Onward State, a blog related to the Penn State community, tweeted late Saturday that according to their sources, Joe Paterno had succumbed to the cancer he was diagnosed with in November shortly after his firing from Penn State. The problem with the report was that it was premature. A problem emblematic of what Devon Edwards – former managing editor at Onward State and political science major, who has since resigned – said comes

from a culture in which “getting it first often conflicts with getting it right.” This isn’t an isolated problem, either. Last week, Parks and Recreation star and Colts fan Rob Lowe tweeted that sources had told him that quarterback Peyton Manning was going to retire. Manning’s father and his agent dismissed the news as completely false. This proved to be another example of premature tweeting. Keep in mind, we only heard about these tweets because of their sensational nature. As of March 2011, Twitter had 175 million users. It’s alarming to consider how many everyday users of Twitter give the things they tweet a similar amount of consideration.

The 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year was “you”; a comment on the growing power of social networking. Suddenly, everyone with a computer and an audience is responsible for their tweets. That shouldn’t be regarded as a bad thing. We’re all told from a young age to think before we speak, but never before has an entire society been so accountable for their words. The effect of irresponsible tweeting isn’t just premature storylines. Often it can result in harmful rhetoric directed towards the defenseless. According to isafe.org, 41 percent of children have been bullied online and 58 percent of children have had hurtful or mean things said about them online. However, this violent

web rhetoric isn’t exclusive to interchild instant messaging. Last year after 13-year-old Rebecca Black released a music video, she endured endless tweets and Facebook statuses that could only be construed as hurtful insults directly attacking her. A good number of those insults came from responsible, thinking adults. T hese i ncident s shou ld be regarded as a reminder to tweet responsibly. Anyone who survived junior high can attest to the power of a rumor, but imagine the same hurtful action on a much larger scale. Be it a vicious personal attack or an unverified story, we should all be accountable for the information we release into the blogosphere.

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Smoking Compromise: Part 2 Last week I introduced everyone to the LaGrassa Compromise. Part one of my grand scheme deals with the issue of public dislike of smoking (designated smoking areas), and part two deals with the issue of littering. I hate littering. I find it disgusting, and it makes our school look bad, especially when that litter consists of cigarette butts. Now, we can sit here and argue over how much of the total litter on campus consists of cigarettes and so on and so forth, but I’d rather just get to a solution that fixes both problems. Increase the number of trashcans and recycle bins, and double the number of ashtrays on campus. I’ll use Willis Library as an example. Do you want to know why there are so many cigarette butts in the library mall? There’s no ashtray when there should be at least two. Anyone who’s ever stood outside Willis during midterms or finals week knows how many smokers come out over the course of an hour. There’s one trashcan to service 10 to 15 smokers at a time. The easiest solution is to put two ashtrays 25 feet away from the door with a sign that says, “This is an ashtray, please use it.” “But Nicholas,” the people shout, “where will we get the money for this?” Remember the We Mean Green Fund, created to increase the number of “green” projects on campus that every student pays $5 into every semester? We use that money. The trash cans, recycle bins and ashtrays can even be made out of recycled material. At the end of the day, stopping litter is still a “green” project. One more thing: I don’t want this compromise to be seen as me conceding the fight to protect individual liberty. My stance is still one

against any notion of changing the smoking policy on this campus, but if

“Increase the number of trashcans and recycle bins, and double the ashtrays on campus.”

—Nicholas LaGrassa Emergency and planning senior

the people on this campus want some sort of change, I feel that this compromise is in the best alternative.

Nicholas LaGrassa is an emergency administration and planning senior. He can be reached at NicholasLaGrassa@ my.unt.edu.

Don’t let social media distract from life W hen you were younger, did you fantasize about going off to college, dating, and sitting around while switching between tabs on an internet browser for multiple hours on end? I’m not talking about a boring nine to five, but instead, t he rea lit y t hat has consumed most of us- socia l net work ing. Sure, it’s great to catch up with old friends from grade school with whom you would have otherwise not reconnected, but sometimes it’s hard not to get sucked in to Facebook or Twitter. After hours of check ing statuses, check ing messages and exchanging wa ll posts, people look at the clock and find themselves running late for grocery shopping or working out . I n stead of delv i ng i nto allotted study time, people are more concerned about posting a st at u s update about bei ng stressed, which w ill inev itably be “liked” by those who empathize. What is gained from this process and why it is so important in the minds of so many young adults remains a mystery. It seems people are more concerned with #winning than actually accomplishing something in real life. Consider how many times a day you check these. You check t hem i n class, at work, wh i le driving, intermittently studying, and even v isiting w ith friends, lovers and family. How can you not? You receive a friendly alert each time somebody contacts you, which would be rude to ignore. Besides warranting strangers t he aut hor it y to geo-tag you, the sites themselves know more

t ha n you shou ld be com for table w ith. A ll of the advertisements and suggestions you see on your page are not coincidences. Graduate schools, employers and even potential more-than-friends can pull up names on any search eng ine a nd “creep” on ot hers’ accounts. They can dig up information and photographs, which you wouldn’t ordinarily care to divulge when ma k i ng a n i mpression. W hile I don’t condone deactivation, I encourage people to delete t he appl icat ions wh ich af ford t he lu xur y of procrastinating ever y where. If you f ind that you truly have that much time to dispense, try making a more productive use of it. W hile you won’t complete your bucket list with this newfound time, you’ll go to bed feeling more accomplished than any red notification could ever do for you.

Shari Esquenazi is a anthropology and psychology junior. She can be reached at ShariEsquenazi@ yahoo.com.

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