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Council encourages students to go geek

BY JENNY SUMMERS

Geek Week Event List:

Contributing Writer

Cartons of eggs, stacks of bubble wrap, pieces of cardboard and rolls of masking tape fly around tables in Discovery Park as engineering students create structures to support an egg dropping to the ground outside.

The egg drop competition was one of several games on Tuesday as a part of the first Geek Week.

“Geek Week was the council’s creation this year,” said Britney Caldwell, the president of the Council of Engineering Organizations.

The council presides over the 12 active engineering organizations at UNT. Geek Week was started to bring attention to the organizations and to recruit more engineering students to participate, said Lisa Campbell, the assistant dean of students at Discovery Park.

The organizations participate in academically oriented activities as well as friendship building.

“It helps other engineering students know that we are active, not just into books,” said Casandra Manning, president of the Society of Hispanic Engineers.

Although there are social aspects, the organizations present business opportunities as well.

Being involved in the organizations helped George Snitz, the vice president of the council, to network and find an internship over the summer, he said.

Geek Week will provide events every day this week. On Monday, there was a dodge ball tournament in the Pohl Recreation Center on the main campus. On Tuesday, different game competitions were held in Discovery Park. On Wednesday, students could go to a career and internship fair at Discovery Park.

However, the highlight of the week will be the picnic today at Discovery Park, Caldwell said.

Each organization will have representatives at the picnic.

This afternoon, there will be a live DJ, free food, free T-shirts

Thursday Welcome Picnic Where: Discovery Park Picnic Area When: 4 to 7 p.m.

Free Food, Free T-shirts, DJ Organization Fair

Friday Outreach Project Where: Discovery Park When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA GUZMAN/INTERN

To sign up, stop by the Center for Student Development at Discovery Park, Room G140 or email DPlife@unt.edu

Brian Hall, a computer science senior, plays chess during Geek Week. Different board games and activities were set up in UNT’s Pohl Recreation Center for students to come out and play to help promote the College of Engineering for Geek Week. and a chance to meet new people. The event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Discovery Park back picnic area. Engineering st udents a nd facu lt y a re welcome.

The council said it’s hoping for a good turnout at the picnic to attract new members, specifically freshmen, into its organizations. The networking and student connections can help increase the retention rate in the engineering program, Snitz said.

“The organizations show new students that there are likeminded individuals here to help them with their classes,” he said.

Engineering students can participate in an outreach program directed at middle school students Friday. About 40 students from seventh to ninth grade will visit Discovery Park to find out more about engineering and play a few games.

“We wanted to include an outreach program as part of our Geek Week,” Caldwell said. “I like showing kids the tricks of engineering.”

Engineering students are welcome to come volunteer at the event.

PHOTO BY MIKE MEZEUL II/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

PHOTO BY MIKE MEZEUL II/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER William Kesterson, a representative from Lennox International, speaks with a man about the opportunities with the company. Hundreds of potential employ- Tiffanay Stephens from PepsiCo waits to talk to potential new employees. The PepsiCo stand offered free chips and cookies to those who visited. ees flocked to the job fair in hopes of landing a new career.

UNT participates in Mexico Tech Summit Students, colleague remember professor “It’s about

BY K RYSTLE CANTU Senior Staff Writer

UNT, the Dallas Regional Chamber and TechAmerica are teaming up to host the United States/Mex ico Technolog y Summit on Wednesday.

The event w ill prov ide an opportunit y for business leaders, policymakers, government of f icia ls and tech nolog y advocates to exchange information about Mex ico’s advancing technology economy. The event will provide a way for the two nations’ companies to excha nge informat ion to compete together in a global economy, said Anakarina Pina, a program manager for the Dallas Regional Chamber. “[I’m] glad UNT is involved w it h it,” sa id K i mberly Reasoner, director of external and government relations at UNT. “UNT is able to collaborate and network with leaders in this field as well as demonstrate our own expertise in this area.”

The summit also provides an update for the business community about the existing resources and opportunities in both countries, she said.

“There are a lot of perceptions of what’s going on in Mexico,” Pina said. “We want to talk about the positive things that are happening there and the companies that own thriving businesses, specifically in the technology sector.”

There is a lot of technological development going on in Mexico, Pina said. There will be representatives from Mexican organizations attending the summit meeting to address the changes happening in Mexico.

“It’s about sharing technology and sharing information, and easier methods to do business using resources that already exists,” she said.

Pina also said because of the existing knowledge and relations with Mexico, it will not take long to start up businesses abroad.

“There is a lot of experience and know-how in the area,” she said. “It’s not like going to a new country and starting from zero.”

UNT is contributing to this event by providing topics and speakers based on research and entrepreneurship expe-

sharing technology.”

—Anakarina Pina Dallas Regional Chamber program manager rience.

“There is a lot of experience with UNT on the topic side, speaker side and even the administration side,” Pina said.

Reasoner said in an e-mail that UNT has been planning for the summit since December 2009 with “at least weekly phone conferences” for months and has since developed a strong relationship with TechAmerica and Dallas Regional Chamber.

“We have a strong relationship with the Dallas Regional Chamber, and we are pleased that they decided to partner with us on this important endeavor,” Reasoner said.

Reasoner also said that the university has held onto

strong ties in Mexico and is enthusiastic about helping to increase dialogue and identify opportunities for collaboration between U.S. and Mexican companies, as well as educate businesses about the two countries’ resources and opportunities.

Sa ma nt ha Litt le, an art junior, said she likes the idea of the summit and feels the sharing of information could benef it t he U.S. economy and possibly create employment.

“R ig ht now we’re on a downward slide,” she said.

“So hav i ng some k i nd of business relationship with Mexico would help so that we could get trade or at least create jobs.”

She a l so bel ieves t h i s wou ld benef it Mex ico by bringing attention to more p o s it i v e a s p e c t s of t he country.

“They have the reputation because of the drug cartels and the majority of America seems to think that it’s a bad country, when really they’re not,” she said. “I think it’s a good thing for them to get some good PR finally.”

BY JENNY SUMMERS Contributing writer

One of UNT’s longtime English professors, who was described as a passionate and devoted teacher, died Sunday night of natural causes.

Scott K. Simpkins, 52, had worked for the university since 1989 teaching a variety of upperlevel English classes and graduate courses.

His impact “He defined what teaching should be,” said Evan Strauss, an international studies graduate student. “You just felt like you were hanging out with a friend that was a lot more knowledgeable than you.

“He made sure that his students and our generation could understand what we were reading and learning. It made it real, enjoyable and relatable to what you were going through.”

Strauss took two courses from Simpkins in his undergraduate career, one of which he took by choice because Simpkins was teaching it.

English department chairman

John Peters knew Simpkins for nine years.

“There are few professors [in the English department] that have been here longer,” Peters said. “He liked to challenge ordinary ways of thinking in his classes.”

Simpkins taught English 2323, British Literature from 1870 to Present, and English 4150, Literary Criticism and Theory.

“He wanted us to concentrate more on talking to each other and discussing the books than hearing him lecture,” said Cassie Knight, an elementary education senior currently enrolled in one of his classes.

“He was one of my favorite professors ever, and I only had him for a few weeks.”

Early years Simpkins was born on April 27, 1958, in Kenosha, Wis., to Roger and Betty Simpkins. He graduated in 1978 from Tremper High School.

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Chairwoman to meld research, department goals

BY CORRISA JACKSON Staff copy editor

From Alberta, Canada, to North Texas with a few stops in between, Patricia Glazebrook is bringing her knowledge about philosophy and the environment to UNT’s department of philosophy and religion studies.

The department welcomed Glazebrook as the new chairwoman on Sept. 1.

One of the responsibilities of the chairwoman is to handle scheduling and the budget, said Sarah Fredericks, a professor and member of the committee that helped to search for a new person to act as chair.

“She seemed to be enthusiastic about the job,” former chairman J. Baird Callicott said. “She seemed to understand and appreciate who we are as a department.”

Glazebrook replaced Callicott, who after two years of being the interim chairman said he wanted to leave the position to focus on teaching and research.

Glazebrook’s previous administrative experience at schools like Syracuse University, Moravian College and Dalhousie University, along with her ability to apply philosophical ideas to the environment made her stand out, Fredericks said. After three candidates were brought on campus

for an interview, the committee chose her, and the university administration finalized the decision.

“The department wanted someone who could foster the vision that the faculty has,” Fredericks said.

UNT’s department of philosophy and religion studies is recognized as the world’s leader in environmental philosophy, said Robert Figueroa, the department’s graduate adviser.

Fredericks describes environmental philosophy as the study of how the environment relates to traditional philosophical topics such as the nature of existence, ethics and religious ideas.

The department is home to Callicott, Eugene C. Hargrove and Pete A. Y. Gunter, three founders of the field, and it is the first department in the nation that offers a master’s program in the subject.

The ability to work in such a well-known and prestigious department attracted Glazebrook to the job.

“There’s people who are leading figures in all kinds of areas of environmental philosophy here,” she said.

Glazebrook thinks she brings an energy that stems from her gratitude for this new experi-

As a mother of a 7-year-old son, Glazebrook’s concern for the environment goes beyond the intellectual aspect.

“I love when I walk into the building, and there’s a group of schoolchildren walking through,” she said. “I guess that’s one of the reasons why it’s good for students to come here. I said, ‘Oh, environment philosophy is important because of the future generations,’ and you’re reminded of that every day when you walk into the building.”

Glazebrook grew up in Alberta, a province of Canada that covers about the same landmass as Texas. Like Texas, it’s oil and beef country, she said.

“I like the idea of being in Texas,” Glazebrook said. “It’s such a big place. I grew up in Alberta, and I missed the blue skies of PHOTO BY CORISSA JACKSON/CONTRIBUTION PHOTOGRAPHER when I was growing up.”

Patricia ‘Trish’ Glazebrook is the new chairwoman for the department of philosophy and religion studies.

Despite all the responsibilities she will have as chairwoman, ence as well as her knowledge in perfectly in the department. She she is interested in. She has trav- Glazebrook still desires to work philosophy and environmental said her focus on how climate eled to Ghana both for extensive with students directly, and she change affects women farmers is research and as an apprentice to plans to teach an undergraduate ethics, she said.

“There’s just such a feeling of an issue the department has not a master drummer. Her love for course next semester.

“We can talk about research all music, and African drumming in excitement here,” Glazebrook focused on in depth before.

The department focuses on particular, is something else that we want, but the reason that we’re said. “There’s a feeling something here ultimately is as teachers,” is going on here, and it’s big. I feel interdisciplinary studies, or the made her like UNT even more.

“This is a very rich place to be,” Glazebrook said. “To take our privileged to have the opportu- practice of bringing together she said. “The music program research and teach it. So I’d like to different areas of knowledge. nity to be part of that.”

As for Glazebrook, it’s not just here is great and that spills over have opportunities to work more Her passion for philosophy as closely with students.” it relates to the environment fits philosophy and the environment into the community.”

junior and the UNT group’s president. The initiative is touring the country and reaches out to students concerned with protect ing socia l liber t y, according to its website.

“I think that there is awareness now that I’ve never seen in lifetime,” Johnson said of his belief in student involvement in political activism. “Try and put a voice to the outrage that Americans are feeling … Get involved and speak the truth.”

The former governor is rumored to be a potential candidate for the Republican Party in 2012, according to the Facebook event page, but he mentioned he was not able to comment on his political plan because of his committee’s strict guidelines.

“I think he connects with students very well,” Townsend said. “He understands we need reform, we need to lower taxes and social security needs reform. Tolerance is a value that the youth holds and the war on drugs hasn’t been working.”

A supporter of legalizing marijuana, the former governor was applauded when asked how he

would fix the immigration issue and the war on drugs by replying “legalize marijuana.”

“Drugs should be a health issue rather than a government issue,” he said.

Johnson also discussed issues such as the war in the Middle East, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” dispute, health care and lowering the tax deficit.

Before the speech, the first 50 audience members received the book titled “The Economics of Freedom” to inform and recruit potential members of Young Americans for Liberty.

The group stresses social tolerance and fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets and a non-interventionist foreign policy, Townsend said. This is the first year the organization has been recognized as an official organization on campus, but it has been meeting since November 2008 after the election as a continuation of Students for Ron Paul.

Ron Paul was a possible candidate for the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election.

The Young Americans for

Former New Mexican Gov. promotes liberty at UNT

BY NIKKI STEPHENS Contributing Writer

The UNT Young Americans for Liberty welcomed former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson to discuss current political and social topics through OUR America, a political advocacy committee, on Wednesday at the Gateway Center.

In the free presentation, Johnson, who is described as “The Most Dangerous Man in Politics,” spoke for 45 minutes about issues affecting America today. The topics included education, defense spending, immigration, tax reform and the war on drugs.

About 100 people attended, including students, professors and concerned citizens.

“I saw the flyer and it caught my interest because I am a classic liberal, and I’m really concerned about the state of the country, because it’s our future,” said Pablo Arauz, a public relations sophomore.

Johnson, t he honora r y chairman of OUR America, contacted Clint Townsend, an economics and political science

Liberty has about 40 members, with six of the members on the executive board and about 25 members attending weekly.

Townsend expects a big recruitment as a result of Johnson’s speech.

So far this semester, the Young Americans for Liberty has had a Constitution Day event.

Johnson’s visit was the second major event put on by the organization, but Townsend said it’s not the last.

The next event will be called “It’s My Right,” a forum discussing Proposition 8, Arizona’s immigration bill and the New York City Muslim community center. “It’s My Right” will be held at 7 p.m.

Oct. 6 in the Lyceum.

“Our organization embraces classical liberals, constitutional Republicans and libertarians,” Townsend said. “We are non-partisan and welcome any student interested in the aspect of liberty.”

The future meetings of the Young Americans for Liberty will occur at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in Wooten Hall 117.

PHOTO BY JON HOWELL/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UNT Young Americans for Liberty President Clint Townsend (right) listens intently alongside fellow members Daniel Elliston and Adrian Guillory (right to left), as former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson speaks Wednesday. The event was hosted by the student organization.

SGA deals with Homecoming issue

BY ISAAC WRIGHT Staff Writer

The Student Government Association created a committee to find ways to address the same-sex Homecoming controversy that erupted last year by making the election of the Homecoming court more inclusive at its Wednesday meeting.

Last fall, the SGA became embroiled in the national issue of gay rights. The Student Senate voted down a bill that would make same-sex couples eligible to run in the elections for Homecoming court and, in doing so, set off an intense reaction from the UNT community, according to previous Daily articles.

The committee will work with advocacy group Queer Liberaction

to create change by next year.

“Any situation where you have 60 people trying to make a little decision is never going to work out well,” said Whitley Poyser, a senator from the College of Business. “We need to have a selected few people that are interested in the cause.”

The meeting began with a presentation by Matthew Farmer, spokesman for Queer Liberaction, during which he discussed the organization’s wish to have the Homecoming election process become gender neutral.

He discussed ways that the election process could allow for a greater diversity in the Homecoming court. The SGA then entered a period of open discussion for 20 minutes, much

of which was dominated by debate concerning the Homecoming issue.

Many senators said their role is to represent their constituents and that many students on campus are still interested in keeping Homecoming the way it is.

“We’re not saying any one of your constituents would have to run under the proposed system,” Farmer said. “It’s just so that the SGA and the structure doesn’t automatica lly label them based on gender.”

The issue went to a university-wide vote in the fall and 58 percent of the students decided aga i nst a l low i ng sa me-sex Homecom i ng couples, according to the SGA website.

The SGA is the student-led governmental body of UNT. Because of the controversy, Diedrick Brackens, the president of GLAD: UNT’s Queer Alliance, feels it’s difficult to encourage the members of his organization to get involved with UNT. “It’s hard for me to push my campus pride when people in my group and community feel the campus doesn’t do anything

for them,” Brackens said.

Sean Smallwood, a College of Arts and Sciences senator, suggested a compromise in which candidates run individually and choose the best male and female candidate.

“I know there is [a] need for gender neutrality,” Smallwood said.

Mattie Williams, a member of Queer Liberaction, quickly refused this idea because she said she felt it still would not represent the diversity and individuality of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

“With that sort of compromise, LGBT will still not have their relationships shown on campus, and that’s a compromise we cannot accept,” Williams said.

During the discussion, it was proposed that a separate committee be created to work with Queer Liberaction to make changes to the Homecoming election process.

“It seems that there’s so much student interest in this that it’s definitely something we should approach in a logical way,” said Charles Vincent, a Col lege of In for mat ion senator.

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Orgnization sews ‘different groups’ together

BY JESSICA PAUL

Senior Staff Writer The UNT Members of the Designing Arts isn’t only for fashion majors.

Led by Robbie Richard, a fashion design senior and president of MODA, the fashion organization, is in its second year at UNT. “Most of the officers are fashion design majors but you don’t have to be a fashion design major to be in the program,” said Shannon Webster, a fashion design senior and event coordinator for MODA. “It’s more for anyone who’s interested in anything that has to do with fashion from graphic design to photography to styling to modeling to fashion show production.”

Neil Marek, a fashion design senior and treasurer for MODA, said the organization wants to attract a wide range of people in an effort to create a diverse group.

“We don’t want to have just people from the program,” Marek said. “We’re trying to kind of bring together different groups on campus because of their likes and interests in fashion.”

Marek said because most high schools don’t have fashion organizations, the officers wanted to provide a special interest group as a way for people to become

more involved in something they’re interested in.

“That’s a big part of why we’re doing what we’re doing,” he said.

“It kind of provides that specialinterest group that you wouldn’t normally find at a lower-level education school.”

MODA’s goals include creating a sense of community as well as providing students with networking through professionals in the industry, Webster said, so students could possibly get an internship after graduating instead of having to do it all on their own.

One of MODA’s biggest events of the year is its annual Fashion at the Fountains event.

It’s a design and styling contest, Webster said. Judges are not only faculty and staff from the design and merchandising departments of UNT, but also professionals in the industry.

“These judges get to see these garments and the designers really just get the exposure of getting their garments out there, making sure people get to see them,” Webster said.

For the styling portion of the competition, Webster said the event is for “head-to-toe styling from hair, makeup, clothes, accessories and shoes.”

Webster said participating in events like the fashion show gives students the chance to build their portfolios.

Ellen Dittrich, a merchandising sophomore, has been involved in the club since last year and joined because of the organization’s emphasis on fashion.

“I joined last year because I was looking for something to be involved in,” she said. “It tells you what’s going on in the fashion industry and after hearing about it in one of my classes, I decided to try it out.

And I liked it.”

Dittrich was a model in last year’s Fashion at the Fountains event and said it was enjoyable.

“It felt like you were part of a big production and it seemed really official,” she said. “And it’s going to be better this year so I’m really excited.”

MODA’s next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 29 in Scoular Hall.

Marek said the officers want to continue the organization, even though they’ll no longer be at UNT. “Since we are going to be leaving next year, and this is kind of our baby, we want to make sure we’re doing the best we can to put it in the right hands,” Marek said. “We want to make sure that it gets the right level of commitment.”

For more information on MODA, v isit its Facebook page.

PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN

Fashion design seniors Neil Marek and Shannon Webster display their work. The conceptual design gown and original coat design won awards in contests in 2009 and 2010.

Workshop gives ‘truth’ about student loans

BY SABRINA BUCKINGHAM Intern

For some students, the beginning of the semester means adding some cold, hard cash to their pockets.

Students tend to use their financial aid refund money to purchase clothes, shoes, games a car… you name it, said Monique Bradley, a sociology sophomore and Student Money Management Center employee, during yesterday’s The Truth About Student Loans workshop.

Bradley suggested as soon as

students get their refund, they should pay off their housing expenses, then books and other personal expenses left over.

Many students don’t know what they’re getting themselves into, Bradley said.

“I am taking out loans and I don’t know much about them and I want to know what to do after I graduate so I am not in a lot of debt,” said Nicole L aw rence, a pre-biolog y freshman.

Seventy-three percent, or 26,000 students at UNT, are taking out student loans.

“I worked my butt off,” said Emily Deatrich, a social science senior.

Deatrich said she worked 40 hours a week and took 12 hours a semester so she would only have to take out subsidized loans in which interest doesn’t start until six months after graduation.

The average amount of loans students have after graduation is about $35,000 to $40,000, Bradley said.

While it is hard to turn down money, Deatrich said students shouldn’t take out every loan if

they don’t have to.

“How much [money in loans] you take out should determine how much money you expect to make after you graduate,” Bradley said.

Once students graduate and see how much money they owe, many question how they will be able to pay it back.

“We are all nice now and give you money,” Bradley said.

“But when you don’t pay it back America gets really evil until you do pay it back.”

Consolidation is one way many graduates pay their

money back. When loans are consolidated, the average of all of the loans’ interest are merged together.

While it takes longer to pay off the loans, students pay less each month.

Deferment is an option that temporarily delays payment because of reasons like unemployment.

If students don’t pay back student loans, they can be defaulted and students will be denied for credit cards.

Br ad le y s a id st udent s should talk with vendors about

different options.

Kurt Morrow, a jazz studies graduate student, said his loans from another school were defaulted. Vendors didn’t want him to be in debt, he said. “[Vendors] are actually pretty good about working with you,” Morrow said.

Many students don’t pay back their student loans and think there won’t be any consequences, Bradley said.

“Default stays on your credit history for seven years- what I call seven years of bad luck,” Bradley said.

Sierra Student Coalition campaigns for renewable energy

BY A SHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY Intern

On any given day, Lillian Nicholson can be seen petitioning for renewable energy outside of the University Union.

Nicholson, a psychology sophomore, works with the UNT chapter of the Sierra Student Coalition, an organization with hopes of stopping UNT’s use of coal as an energy source.

“We’re completely capable of using renewable resources. We just need to get everyone realizing it,” said Nicholson, the outreach

coordinator. “If one school does it, other schools will take notice.”

The national youth-run Sierra Student Coalition program gets high school and college students interested in protecting the environment.

Jenny Marienau, a representative of the national coalition, was sent to UNT to inform and recruit interested students and faculty for the campaign, Nicholson said.

About 50 people turned out for the group’s first meeting last Thursday.

“They’re thinking, ‘Well,

switching over is kind of expensive so we’re just going to leave it as is,’” Nicholson said. “People choose to be unaware.”

UNT made a pledge to reduce its carbon emissions to zero, yet it continues to source more than half of its electricity from fossil fuels, specifically natural gas and coal, according to a Sierra Student Coalition campus news release.

Forty percent of the energy used on campus is renewable energy while 60 percent of it used is divided between natural gas and coal, said Matt Bruner,

an international freshman and media coordinator for the campaign.

“We call ourselves the Mean Green but here we are… using coal power,” Bruner said. “It’s not the right angle to take… Nothing’s going to change unless students go out there.”

Renewable energy is a good source, said Nash Woods, an entrepreneurship junior, but it isn’t practical with today’s economy and technologies.

Woods said he believes it will take acres of solar panels and

wind turbines to support our lifestyle, which in turn will affect the natural habitat of plants and animals.

“This country has more coal than any other country in the world so why should we stop using coal when it’s a natural resource that we have?” Woods said. “It may not be renewable but we’re going to have it for awhile.”

The coalition will host an informational event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Friday outside the University Union Syndicate.

Students will get a chance to meet Captain Planet and cool off with free snow cones and a photo booth.

“It matters to us now,” Bruner said. “It’s not something that’s happening in the future. It’s happening right now.”

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Organization fights for equality of gender rights

BY CHRISTINA MLYNSKI “Hairy,” “bra-burner” and “lesbian” are just a few bullet points listed on a chalkboard behind a female student who sits on top of a desk surrounded by 20 people as they discuss stereotypes related to feminism.

T he Fem i n i st Major it y Leadership Alliance, founded in the fall of 2000, is a safe space on campus for students to voice their opinions about gender r ole s i n s o c ie t y.

Meetings are free and held at 6 p.m. on Monday in Terrill Hall 121.

“When people ask me why I’m a feminist, to me, it’s the most logica l t hing I could do,” said Jordan Hughes, a psychology senior and president of the group.

What it means FMLA is one of four progressive movements on campus a nd w or k s c lo s e l y w it h t he Internationa l Socia list Organization, Hughes said.

Both are national, branchbased and community driven

about feminism or have preconceived notions, come and try us out,” said George Gonzalez, a drawing and painting junior and FMLA officer.

Meetings include “question of the day,” allowing people to voice their opinions about popular issues, followed by a presentation ranging from a documenta r y to a g uest speaker, Hughes said.

What it does “It’s a great way to become Fifteen men and women who were determined to partici- i n for med on t he c u r rent pate in the global movement political climate surrounding gender specific issues, while founded the organization.

Now there are 400 members promoting a healthy dialogue and a focus group of 50, who between men and women about actively organize activ ities these topics,” Schulte said.

Gonzalez believes “radical” throughout campus, according describes FMLA perfectly. to a FMLA handout.

“It defines us as what we “It’s essential for people to investigate different perspec- stand for, not because of how tives for themselves,” Schulte we act,” he said. “If you get down to it, you’ll see that we said.

Fu nd i ng is prov ided by share a lot of things in common benefit shows, donations by with just about everyone.” members and seed money left over from prev ious events, Hughes said.

FMLA has raised more than When: Mondays at 6 p.m. $90,000 for different womenWhere: Terrill Hall 121 oriented programs, according Cost: Free to the handout.

“If you don’t know anything

in October, focuses on body image and stereotypes placed on people because of t he media, according to a FMLA handout.

“It’s about reclaiming your body for what you think it is verses getting naked and feeling empowered,” Hughes said.

Senior Staff Writer

PHOTO BY DEREK BRADFORD/INTERN

Jordan Hughes, a psychology senior and president of FMLA, talks to members after the weekly meeting. Hughes hosts the weekly FMLA meetings and provides topics related to feminism for the members to discuss. and share a common goal of promoting equality for women, said Brit Schulte, an art history and English senior and ISO member.

FMLA is known for hosting “The Vagina Monologues,” a

benefit show for anti-violence groups related to women.

Hughes said she wants to show that FMLA does more than just this specific event.

“Fi rst a nd foremost we are an activist organization,

which is something that is very important to us,” she said.

Group members talk about a variety of issues, such as reproductive justice and voting rights, Hughes said.

Love Your Body Week, held

FMLA

Calculator helps students decide whether to skip class

BY BRIANNE TOLJ Design Editor

When Jim Filbert’s alarm clock buzzed loudly in his ear, he pulled the covers over his head. Turning off his alarm seemed like a much better idea.

“I woke up debating whether or not to go to class and tried to find a computer application that could help me,” Filbert said.

“After 20 minutes of looking I decided to create my own.”

Filbert, a 22-year-old Detroit native, created the Skip Class calculator, a website that calculates whether or not students can miss class.

The calculator asks students to fill in facts about their class, like how many days they have

the class a week, how many days they have already skipped, if the class has an attendance policy and when the next test or quiz is.

After you answer the questions your answer will be calculated based on a surefire mathematical formula, according to the website.

You’re given the green light when the website reports, “You’re safe to skip but not Ferris Bueller safe.”

The recently redesigned website now receives international attention. Student journalists from China and Taiwan are contacting him frequently for interviews, Filbert said.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Filbert said. “From then on, I thought

that if this is something that is interesting enough and funny enough, it can go places.”

Reactions from professors and students around the world have varied between positive and negative. Professors’ opinions are split, he said.

“They either think it is cute and funny and get that it is a joke or they think it’s ridiculous and stupid,” Filbert said.

After using the site, Zach Kutch, a business sophomore, laughed and said he felt it was a useful tool.

“It’s really cool, I will definitely use this in the future,” he said.

John Krueger of the mathematics faculty said he saw some flaws in the site.

“It’s not very accurate,” he said. “It doesn’t ask you what you want your target grade to be, which doesn’t make it effective.”

Skipping class for work or an important reason is different than skipping class to stay home and play video games, and it is not worth it, Krueger said.

As of press time, the Skip Class calculator had made more than 38,420 calculations, according to the site.

Filbert said he hopes people will be responsible when using the Skip Class calculator.

“It’s not supposed to be taken seriously,” he said. “I hope people would use common sense.”

Students may use the website skipclasscalculator.com as an excuse to validate their desires to stay home.

s a id M a r y B e t h B ut le r, communications director of UNT-International. “We took this to the community and the response was amazing.”

The festival will showcase 10 performances including a seven-minute gypsy flamenco, an opera, classical Spanish music a nd a new st udent musical group from La Salle University in Mexico.

“UNT is very interested in the global world,” said Blas Canedo, a graduate assistant in charge of the performances a nd s t a ge m a n a ge me nt .

“Mexico and South America are one of the markets we are trying to grow.”

UNT has an international vocation and World Fest will allow this to be visible outside

of t he universit y, Ca nedo said.

The event w ill provide a platform for UNT to show its international side to the com mu n it y toget her w it h t he Hispa n ic Cha mber of Commerce, Texas Woman’s University and the Denton Independent School District.

U N T-I nter n at ion a l h a s pa r t nere d w it h L a Sa l le University and the DISD. F l y e r s p r o m ot i n g t h e festival have been handed out throughout the schools in the district in hopes of engaging students to participate.

Meg ha n Mercha nt, a student counselor for the UNT Intensive English Language Institute said the younger kids

will march in the Parade of Flags while older children will be able to give out information about their home countries at the booths.

“I t h i n k t h is w i l l be a g reat event for people to support because there are so many ways to get involved,” Merchant said. “The world is here in Denton and you can interact with it.”

T W U w ill participate in the event for the first time, br i ng i ng i n f ive da ncer s from its International Dance Company.

“I tr y to get students to ex pa nd t hei r m i nd s a nd knowledge of culture,” said Gladys Keeton, the TWU dance director. “Dance encompasses a lot of that culture.”

T he f i v e d a nc er s w i l l perform a variety of Hispanic da nces including t he Caracoles from Spain, La Bruja from Veracruz and Moliendo Café from Venezuela.

“I want them to feel the passion of the Spanish dance, the passion and connection of ot her cultures,” Keeton said. “There is so much to learn. You don’t have to be a ‘dancer’ to participate in cultural dances.”

World Fest is free to attend a nd open to people of a ll ages.

“There is so much about people around us that we do not know,” Keeton said. “This is going to be in the commun it y, i n t he d i r t, Mot her Earth.”

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UNT expands international visibility at World Fest

BY A LEXA CHAN

Contributing Writer The Denton community will open its doors to the world as UNT hosts its second annual World Fest Saturday on the Denton Square.

Open i ng w it h a Pa rade of Nations lead by the UNT African Ensemble, the festival will provide food from five international restaurants, 10 artistic performances, vendors selling international jewelry a nd clot hing a nd count r y information boot hs representing Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America.

“Last year perhaps there was a feeling that, while we know we do a lot on campus, it is not seen as accessible,”

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Athlete of the Week: Lee brings leadership

BY BEN BABY

Senior Staff Writer For the 19 years junior Nadia Lee has been playing tennis, she has shown the world that she can perform at a high level. From the professional circuit, to junior college and now at the Division I level, Lee has impressed the onlookers and the opposition with her hands and feet.

A f ter t wo yea rs at L ee Col lege i n Bay tow n, L ee transferred to UNT this year, adding to the deep pool of talent that is at the disposal of head coach Sujay Lama. This past weekend, Lee and senior Madura Ranganathan quickly dispatched their opposition at the Mean Green Invitational, winning the “A” flight doubles title.

Even though she has only been here for a short amount of time, Lee has served as a silent leader for the Mean Green.

“She’s pushing our k ids, as far as when she’s working out, in the gym, on the track, on the tennis court,” Lama said. “She’s really able to push herself.”

Born in Brighton, England,

the 5-foot 6-inch Lee picked up the sport at the age of three when she studied under her father and head coach, Peter.

Under the guidance of her father Lee picked up the family

After leading Lee College to a sional level.

St a r t i n g i n 2 0 0 5, L e e national championship, Lee played two years professionally, amassing a 5-11 record while on the Women’s Tennis Association circuit. Lee ended

made the move to Denton.

“It was extremely tough,”

“She’s pushing our kids, as far as when she’s working out, in the gym, on the track, on the tennis court.

She’s really able to push herself.”

—Sujay Lama Head tennis coach

sport, beating her younger brother Robert on a regular basis until he finally defeated his older sister.

“That was one of my life achievements,” Robert Lee, a Lamar Universit y tennis player, said. “The first time I beat her was good, and from then on every time I started losing, I just quit.”

While she excelled at tennis, she dabbled in other sports, participating in swimming, gymnastics and soccer. Lee moved to Almeria, Spain at the age of 13 and quickly started playing tennis at a profes-

2006 rank ing 933rd in the world. After a couple of years, Lee opted to play at the collegiate level.

“P rofessiona l ten n i s i s tough,” Nadia Lee said. “It was harder than I had imagined it… That’s why I stopped and decided to come back to school and do college tennis.”

Seek ing collegiate exper ience, t he ju n ior chose Lee College because of the school’s name and its tennis head coach Jason Hay nes.

The transfer student shined, earning JUCO All-American on two separate occasions.

Athlete of the Week junior Nadia Lee, a women’s tennis player, previously played for Lee College in Pechina, Spain.

off week. “You can get caught up in doing too many races in a row, and you find that once you start racing too often you don’t have as much time to train.”

While the teams had a week off from racing, they did not take a break from training and preparation.

“We st i l l worked rea l ly hard,” said freshman Adrian Neva rez. “For me, I t r ied c onc ent r at i n g on b e t t er spe e d, bet ter d i st a nc e — trying to improve my distance running.”

Nevarez made an impres-

sive debut two weeks ago at the UT-Arlington meet, where he finished third for the Mean Green in 21:33.33 in the fourmile run. He will make his second collegiate appearance on Saturday.

T h i s w e e k ’s w or k ou t s consisted of a tempo run and a hill workout. A tempo run is a speed work drill where the athlete runs at a fast, steady pace for a majorit y of t he exercise.

“We d id a n add it iona l hill workout to build more reps so we get to work on our endurance more,” junior

Amy Alcala said. “Endurance is pretty important in cross country.”

A lca la, who rounded of f t he Mea n Green’s top f ive scorers at the UTA meet in 13:45.48 in two miles, hopes her team can take the Ken Garland title.

“If we can get first, that would be awesome - to win the home meet. That’s always our goal, so hopefully we can get to that,” she said.

At last year’s Ken Garland Invitational, Alcala finished f i f t h . T h e U N T w om e n f inished f if t h at t he sa me

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Haynes said. “If I could have kept an all-star team, Nadia would have been one of those kids that I kept around to be on that team for sure.”

Originally, Lee had planned to attend Southern Methodist University. However, at the last minute it fell through, and Lee landed in Denton, Lama said.

Lee brought more than her skills with a racket; she also brought her skills w ith the colander. The England native showed junior Paula Dinuta she can produce quality wins and quality pasta.

“She’s a ver y good cook,” Dinuta said. “I mean, I don’t know how to cook, and when she started cook ing it was amazing for me.”

Lee’s experience on the court will be needed, as the Mean Green is looking to pick up its second-consecutive conference title.

“We loved her personality, and we thought it would be a perfect ma rriage,” La ma said. “From what I’ve seen in the last three weeks, it’s been perfect.”

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Cross country team to host Ken Garland Invitational

BY R AEGAN POOL Intern

After an off week with no meets, the UNT cross country team is ready to return to the races with a home meet this Saturday.

The Ken Garland Invitational, which will take place at 8 a.m. on the Eagle Point Cross Country Course in Denton, will feature the cross country women running three miles while the men run five.

“It’s n ice to have some time to train,” head coach Sam Burroughs said of the

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The women’s team wants to improve from fifth place to first place at this year’s invite.

“When possible, you want to win your home meet. We’re going to try our best. If we win, we win,” Burroughs said.

“We’re going to have our full teams out there, so hopefully we do.”

B o t h t h e m e n’s a n d women’s teams will run their full rosters on Saturday for the first time this season. The men’s team will also debut

f resh ma n Er ic T hompson in his first collegiate cross country meet.

The women a lso have a fresh face joining them for the invitational. Freshman Elyssa Garcia was f ina lly cleared with the NCA A to compete in her first collegiate appearance.

“It’s good to have a home meet, inviting other universities to our place,” Burroughs said. “Hopefully we put on a good show for t he ot her universities, and hopefully they enjoy their experience here at UNT.”

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Mean Green softball finds fall season stride Offense shines in Wednesday’s exhibition debut

then stole a base and added an RBI triple for good measure.

Lesley Hirsch also contributed in a big way to UNT’s eight runs. The sophomore shortstop drew a walk in the eighth inning and easily navigated around the diamond on her way to two runs.

Hubbard moved players in and out of the lineup throughout the nine-and-a-half inning exhibition, to make sure the players all got good in good work during the first game.

However, UNT was not without its flaws in this game. The Mean Green matched PJC’s three errors with three of its own. Hubbard said that would be acceptablefor now.

“They haven’t really seen a lot of live balls,” Hubbard said.

“I told them three errors will be unacceptable in the spring, so I hope they can get them all out in the fall.”

By BoBBy Lewis Staff Writer

The Mean Green softball team opened up its fall season with an offensive explosion, as the team rolled to a six-run victory over the Paris Junior College Dragons at Lovelace Stadium on Wednesday.

Sophomore pitcher Brittany Simmons turned in a brilliant performance at her first start of the year, allowing just one run in six innings of work.

“I feel really good about how I did. It was a big improvement from last fall,” Simmons said.

The only hit Simmons surrendered was on an infield pop up in the sixth inning. Simmons was relieved by freshma n pitcher Lauren Poole, who gave up a home run to PJC sophomore outfielder Jessica Viramontez.

Other than that, head coach T.J. Hubbard liked what he saw.

“I thought [Lauren Poole] did good,” Hubbard said. “She’s one of those that she’s going to be learning and in every game she’s going to get a little bit better.”

Freshman Melaney Ortega started for the Dragons, giving

Saturday The Mean Green will host Seminole State. Hubbard wasn’t sure whom his starter was going Photo by Ryan bibb/Staff PhotogRaPheR to be after Wednesday evening’s Sophomore pitcher Brittney Simmons winds up against Paris Junior College on Wednesday. The Mean Green won the game 8-2. game, but reiterated that giving each pitcher a chance to work One of the other offensive “It was one of those things was the biggest concern.

Perhaps none of the runs up four runs on eights hits before The game between UNT and being relieved in the seventh Ortega gave up was more back- where I knew I was going to hit stars for the Mean Green was inning by fellow freshman Sarah breaking than Caitlin Grimes’ it,” Grimes said. “The ball looked senior Anna Barren, who was all Seminole State will begin at 2 p.m.

Deimling, who gave up seven t wo-r un blast in t he f if t h huge and I was very confident over the place as she pinch ran Saturday at Lovelace Stadium in three times and pinch hit once, Mean Green Village. up there.” inning. hits of her own.

Volleyball seeks conference success in Sunshine State

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After an 8-7 run in the preseason, the program’s best since it captured the Sun Belt West Division title in 2006, the Mean Green is ready to turn some heads in its conference

debut weekend.

Despite its non-conference success, head coach Ken Murczek is trying to forget about the team’s overall record and find a new angle for his squad.

“The preseason’s over and

conference has begun,” he said. “We need to throw out all the records, all the history and focus on a new season.”

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Owls. FAU (7-6) has lost five of its last six matches and was swept by the Mean Green in three sets when the teams met last season.

UNT will then travel to Miami for a second conference match against Florida International University on Saturday.

FIU (6-6) saw plenty of success last year, ranking in the Top 25 and reaching the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Panthers received more Top-25 votes this season, but faltered after losses to other teams in preseason.

“From a historic standpoint, FIU probably has an advantage because they’ve won a lot of matches, were in the Top 25 last year and made it to the NCAA Tournament,” Murczek said. “I feel like we have nothing to lose.”

The Golden Panthers (6-6) will have an advantage over UNT if the match is taken to five sets, boasting a 5-0 record in five-set games this season.

The Mean Green hasn’t been as fortunate, losing all five of the five-set matches it has seen so far, including a tournament-championship game in Arlington last weekend.

Junior defensive specialist Sarah Willey, who is 44 digs away from reaching 1,000 in her career, is stressing defensive efforts to finally earn that five-set-match victory.

“If we use relentless defense and communication, pick up a lot of their balls that they’re hitting at us, it’ll make them frustrated,” Willey said. “As long as we continue to work hard and execute when we have the chance, then we can put up a good fight against them.”

That relentless defense has been stellar so far, holding its opponents to a .187 hitting percentage to rank second in the Sun Belt.

“We put a lot of pressure on teams with our serve,” Murczek said. “They pass the ball off the net and it gives our defense a good opportunity to get set up and make some plays.”

UNT finished 8-10 last season in conference play, finishing fifth in the SBC West Division.

Willey feels her team has the potential to turn those

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At practice, sophomore middle blocker Rachelle Wilson works on returning the ball. The Mean Green faces off against FAU and FUI this weekend in Florida.

“We didn’t come out on the right side in a lot of games, but we still think of it as a success. We’re going to be the team to watch out for in conference. We want to come out and surprise everyone.”

-Sarah Willey Junior defensive specialist

numbers around after ending the preseason on a high note.

“We’re going to bring a lot of confidence because I consider our preseason successful,” she said. “We didn’t come out on the right side in a lot of games, but we still think of it as a success. We’re going to be the team to watch out for in confer-

ence. We want to come out and surprise everyone.”

The Mean Green will hit the court against FAU at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Boca Raton, Fla. and against FIU at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday in Miami.

Live game coverage will be provided this weekend for both matches on fausports.com and fiusports.com, respectively.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010 Ryan Munthe, Views Editor

Students can create tradition at UNT Editorial Despite the commercial claiming UNT is home to a “zillion” opportunities, UNT really is home to many opportunities.

Many tag UNT as a commuter college, a school with a lack of culture, spirit and pride. Yet our wide variety of schools, diverse programs and international culture sets us free and differentiates us from other Texas schools. At UNT, you can create your own tradition, instead of adhering to an already set one. We’re the largest transfer school in Texas and have one of the biggest international populations in the state. UNT has the fourth highest student population in Texas behind UT, A&M and Tech. The Editorial Board thinks it is time for students, faculty, staff and alumni to embrace UNT’s distinctive and diverse culture.

North Texas has a lengthy list of famous alumni, such as Don Henley, Norah Jones, Dr. Phil, Meat Loaf, Roy Orbison, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and “Mean” Joe Greene just to name a few. The legendary music program was the first in the world to offer a degree in jazz studies and is one of the biggest in the country. Instead of having a typical rock station like many universities nearby, UNT has an eclectic jazz station, 88.1 “The One” KNTU, showcasing the university’s rich background in music. Our Concert Orchestra was in the Super Bowl 45 Countdown. The College of Music has been a member of the National Association of Schools of Music for 71 years and people from around the world come to be a part of the award-winning school.

The College of Education is renowned across the state and many teachers throughout Texas and surrounding areas are proud alumni. UNT’s environmental programs are revolutionary, shown by the Pohl Recreation Center plan to run on renewable kinetic energy, and the new football stadium which will be “LEED Certified,” meaning that it is being built in part with recycled materials and uses solar panels to partially power the stadium.

However, football success is usually the barometer of a school’s perceived pride. There is not a lot of success for our football team to be proud of, other than “Mean” Joe Greene and a handful of conference championships, but the new stateof-the-art stadium gives the program a sense of hope.

Our basketball team has become a force in the Sun Belt and the NCAA. During the 2006-2007 season, UNT won the Sun Belt, advanced to the tournament and returned in 2010.

The Super Pit has become one of the hardest places to win in the Sun Belt as well. Our basketball team is something to be proud of.

Denton is a historic town that is just as much a part of UNT as UNT is of Denton. Our school, culture and independence is what sets us apart and makes UNT different. The programs are great and the schools are outstanding. We take our labels of being a “commuter college” in stride and pride ourselves on the fact that students don’t know how great it is here until they arrive for orientation.

There is a lot to be proud of here. Between our new stadium and growing population, this is a very exciting time to be part of the University of North Texas.

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Truths about the tea pary revealed The modern tea party movement has a few glaring hypocrisies, and it’s time they get pointed out. If they are indeed a political party, they should organize and campaign as one rather than infiltrate and supplant Republican primaries like cuckoo eggs in another bird’s nest.

Their rallies have been funded by various organizations and lobbying firms, most notably FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity, both started by the Koch brothers. It is no wonder then that people were getting bussed to the rallies with massproduced signs opposing the Clean Air Act with Americans for Prosperity’s logo in the corner.

The tea party is supposedly against big government and socialism. Its members want to keep the government out of their private, personal lives unless they involve abortion, immigration,

or allowing homosexuals to get married or serve openly in the military. They are also against socialized medicine and cuts to their Medicare plans and Social Security.

They espouse a political nirvana where they pay almost zero taxes, the government is weak and nearly non-existent and where our federal deficit will magically disappear through cutting taxes.

When they went to rally in Washington, D.C., they complained about the public transit system. But any service provided to the general public at a reduced cost to the public is socialism to them. Public roads and transportation, streetlights, stop signs, public schools, fire departments and even a police force is based off of the concept that if everybody pays a little, this service will be provided to you

whether or not you need it.

However, this party has various factions. Some seem more loyal to the Republican Party, whereas others see themselves as Independent. Neither side considers themselves to be the fringe, but believe that they have been the “silent majority” that is finally speaking out. I recall the damage-control spin that Fox News was putting out hours after Obama won by his large margin, “this is still a center-right country,” before their commentators began to accuse the administration of harboring a racist, socialist agenda bent on killing people through health care reform as some sort of vendetta against white people.

Half-term governor Sarah Palin has gone so far as to suggest that tea party candidate Christine O’Donnell ditch her Republican handlers and get her message

out on Fox News. Also, suing a candidate for using footage from your own network that attacked a Republican who you now support? That’s classy.

My message to the tea party is this: unlike Christine O’Donnell, our government has a responsibility to attempt to pay its own bills. The chorus of “no taxes” and “no government” belongs to the anarchists. Money doesn’t grow on trees, so take a lesson from Maywood, Calif. They fired every last police officer and only have two employees working for the city, outsourcing of all of their governmental duties to the neighboring town of Bell. And Bell, Calif. has decided to terminate the contract in early October.

Danielle Pellett is a criminal justice graduate student. She can be reached at danipellett@unt. edu.

A former soldier’s letter to the senate My name is Michael Watts, and I am a U.S. Navy veteran. I served for six years from 20022008 as a nuclear machinist’s mate. I was stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) from 2004-2008, where I was assigned to the Reactor Department and worked in the engine room of the propulsion plant. Currently, I am attending UNT, where I’m pursuing a bachelor’s of science in mathematics with a minor in political science.

As a young American and a veteran of our armed forces, I am writing to urge you as a member of this esteemed legislative body to vote in favor of two pieces of legislation later today. Voting in favor of these pieces of legislation would strengthen our nation through a constant in our history: expanding opportunities to our citizens.

There are two pieces of legislation that if passed will be included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011. When enacted, these pieces of legislation will expand opportunities to our nation’s citizens. The first is the enactment of the Development,

Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Many people immigrate with their children to the United States for just the chance for a better opportunity for those children.

Some are willing to take the risk of breaking the law in order to provide that opportunity for those children. The DREAM Act would allow a pathway to citizenship of those children through various ways to positively contribute to this nation. This pathway is not amnesty and only affects the children who arrived in the United States as minors. The DREAM Act has provisions such as meeting certain age criterion, residency requirements, having a high school diploma or GED and being of good moral character.

This piece of legislation ensures that those impacted by its enactment will achieve citizenship if they are in programs that contribute positively to this nation such as enrollment in college that leads to a degree or honorable military service. Our nation was founded on immigration and the belief that there is a better life in America. We must allow the children who were brought here

for that better life the chance to become citizens and contribute to our society, not punish them and turn them away.

The second piece of legislation is the overturning of the military’s ban of allowing service to openly gay, lesbian and bisexual citizens, commonly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” In the 17 years of its existence, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has discharged more than 14,000 service members.

That number is the equivalent of three Nimitz class aircraft carriers. The loss of that force would gravely cripple our defense capabilities and that is exactly what “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has done. Since its existence, this policy has cost the American taxpayer $363 million to replace those discharged due to this discriminatory policy.

Many gay, lesbian and bisexual citizens have served and continue to serve this nation’s military.

Our gay, lesbian, and bisexual veterans wore the same uniform that I, as a straight male, wore for my six years of service. We know what it means to serve, and I stand beside them because they are fellow veterans like me. Our

gay, lesbian and bisexual citizens deserve the same opportunity to serve this country with the honor and dignity that we give all of our service members. I urge no more turning away individuals who so believe in the ideals of this country that they are willing to wear the uniform of the armed forces and if called upon, make the ultimate sacrifice.

Voting in favor of the DREAM Act and the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will make our nation stronger as we expand the opportunities of those who are willing to make a positive contribution to our society. Passing these amendments will ensure we live up to one of our many ideals that every person has the opportunity to make a positive impact on our society and will be justly rewarded for those contributions.

Thank you for your time and attention to these important matters and I hope I can count on you to do the right thing for our country.

Michael Joseph Watts is a mathematics senior. He can be reached at MichaelWatts@my.unt.edu

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