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UNT Dallas tells faculty to re-apply Lawyers advise Dallas campus to redo process

The faculty began the year with the revelation that the contracts would end in May, she said. “The language was not ‘renewed,’” she said. “We BY LISA GARZA were told by Price that all Senior Staff Writer our contracts were being Faculty members at UNT ‘terminated.’ Termination is Da llas must now submit much more severe than nonapplications at the end of renewed.” The female faculty member May — for their current posisaid the faculty “became very tions. The 38 faculty members nervous and are trying to find r e c ei v e d let t er s Fr id a y jobs.” Faculty members have the stating that their contracts would not be renewed at the option to reapply for their posiend of the spring semester. tions, but there is no guarantee However, school officials said that they will be rehired. The female faculty member the faculty has known since the second week of January said she “honestly doesn’t about the status of their know” if she will reapply for her current position. contracts. “I don’t believe Sta f f members i n t h e l e a d e rwill not have to be ship,” she said. The let go and re-apply Daily attempted to because “the posicontact all 38 faculty tions are staying the members by phone same,” said Deborah or e-mail. Leliaert, vice presNikki Ashcraft, a ident of university bilingual education relations. faculty member at In a Jan. 15 state- DEBORAH UNT Dallas, said ment, John Ellis Price, LELIAERT that all faculty was vice chancellor of the instructed not to UN T System a nd talk to the media CEO of UNT Dallas, and to refer them to wrote that since UNT Tomlin. Dallas “will be recogT he N T Da i ly nized as a comprecontacted Price on h e n s i v e u n i v e rMonday by telephone sit y by t he Texas and e-mail. Hig her Educat ion Bot h at tempt s Coordinating Board, JOHN ELLIS were refer red to cont ract s w i l l be PRICE Gregory Tomlin, execnegot iated w it h faculty members at the new utive director of Marketing university through the hiring News and Information. The Daily made requests processes of the new univerto speak to Tomlin but he sity.” Price told the Chronicle responded each time in an of Hig her Educat ion on e-mail that he was “not going Thursday that the university’s to have time to talk today” legal staff told him that trans- because of a full meeting ferring the jobs of current schedule. “Based on the unique facts facult y members w ithout them having to reapply was and circumstances present and the legally sound courses not an option. A female faculty member, of action available to UNT who spoke on the condi- Dallas and UNT, UNT Dallas t ion of a nony m it y, sa id chose this path,” Tomlin wrote Price assured everyone in in an e-mail. “Communication December that they “were leading to legal advice provided is protected by attorney-client all getting contracts.” “People are very scared privilege.” because we were blatantly told we were going to have To read the Daily’s contracts at the beginning editorial on this of fall [2010],” she said in a issue, see Page 8 phone interview.

Mohit Lalwani, an electrical engineering master’s student, looks up in anticipation of the falling colored powder.

A Celebration of Spring, Color

BY A MBER A RNOLD

Arts & Life Editor

P i n k , pu r ple a nd r e d powdered paint floated through breezy air as students poured festive colors on each other in celebration of the Hindu holiday, Holi, on Friday afternoon at McKenna Park. UNT’s World Echoes organization hosted the colorful celebration, which symbolizes winter’s end and the coming of spring. This is illustrated through the bright-colored powder, or gulal, said Janak Shukla, a priest at the D/FW Hindu Temple. “Holi is our way to express joy and forget all bad relations and enemies,” Shukla said. “You forget about your differences.”

The celebration The organization provided about 40 people with 30 pounds of gulal for the Hindu event. Once the colored dust settled and the laughter grew quiet, the

Spending cuts eliminate raises promised for faculty, staff BY LISA GARZA

Senior Staff Writer Fac u lt y a nd sta f f were informed in a mass e-mail Monday morning t hat t he 1 perc ent “Fac u lt y/St a f f Excellence Pool” is not available for raises for the 2011 fiscal year. The pool is money a llocated to department heads for raises. The e-mail was sent out despite the fact that the UNT community was promised a pool of money on Feb. 3 to award select faculty and staff with raises. “The spending pla n changed, and those dollars were no longer available for raises in 2011,” UNT Interim President Phil Diebel said. “T hat deci sion had been made, and I needed to make

sure that the universit y c om mu n it y u nder s to o d that decision had been made.” The decision comes PHIL after the DIEBEL Board of Regent s approved a 3.95 p er c ent t u it ion a nd fe e increase during the February meeting instead of former President Gretchen Bataille’s i n it ia l 5 percent i ncrease recommendation. “That decision had to be made, and Dr. Bataille made it,” sa id Jea n Bush, acting senior associate v ice president of f i na nce. “There’s no money beyond that 3.95 percent.”

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Fiscal year 2012 will also see a 3.95 percent tuit ion and fees increase and a $105 student-approved athletic fee, which “bumps up the total in 2012 to 6.6 percent,” Bush said. This increase will provide money for a pool in 2012, she said. Bush said the decision was also based on the estimates of next year’s enrollment and the fact that “we were told by the state to identify reductions.” Bataille took her decision “ver y seriously” as to what would be the best thing for UNT, Bush said. “T he fo c u s i s mov i ng forward, the focus is on our st udent-resea rch-centered university and keeping the st udent’s costs in check,” Bush said.

“Holi is our way to express joy and forget all bad relations and enemies. You forget about your differences.”

To see multimedia of this story, see ntdaily.com “I think if the event had been on campus, it would have been pretty huge,” Morawala said. “We had to change the venue, so it was a bit smaller.”

—Janak Shukla D/FW Hindu Temple priest The tradition

group ended the celebration with dancing and traditional Indian music. “I wanted to celebrate Holi, but I wanted to involve more people in it so I can spread my culture,” said K rishna Morawa la, a n accou nt i ng junior and World Echoes treasurer. “We wanted to have an event for our friends so they can celebrate an Indian festival.” Morawala initially created a closed event on Facebook with Arnoldo Hurtado, a studio art senior, and Sophia Shah, an accounting senior.

Morawala said she would like for Holi to become a tradition However, after more people at UNT and would consider t ha n ex pected wa nted to involving more of the tradiattend, Morawala, Hurtado and tional events. Shah decided to have World A Holi celebration in India Echoes sponsor the event. usually lasts multiple days and “A lot of my friends are in includes a bonfire on the first World Echoes, and they asked day. to sponsor it and make it an “Usually married women open event,” Morawala said. have a fast,” Morawala said. The Holi event was initially “Then they dress up and have located on UNT’s campus, but food, and with their plates, when Carmen Banea, president they throw them into the fire of World Echoes, discovered to ‘feed the fire.’” the university needed at least Holi is a time for people to 10 days notice for approval, she have fun despite differences, contacted the Denton Police she said. Department to get approval for a new location. See STUDENTS on Page 2

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Rick Perry Incumbent Governor Perry defeated U.S. Kay Bailey Hutchison underdog political tivist Debra Medina

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Tuesday in the Texas gubernational Republican primary election. In September, Rasmussen Reports’ telephone surveys revealed Hutchison held a 2 percent public-opinion lead over Perry. Her lead maintained a steady decline shortly after the survey’s report was conducted. If Perry wins the election, he will be the first Texas governor elected to three terms.

Bill White Former Houston Mayor Bill White triumphed over six others on the Democrat primary ballot, including main competitor Farouk

Shami, owner of Houston-based hair care company Farouk Systems, with an impressive 516,621 votes. Rasmussen Reports surveyed 500 Texas residents last week after the primaries, showing the public favoring Perry over White by 6 percent. With the election still more than a half a year away, White has plenty of time to switch the numbers in his favor.

The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election will take place on Nov. 2. Early voting in Denton will take place from Oct. 18 to 29. For information on where and how to vote this November, visit elections.dentoncounty.com. A third-party candidate may still enter the race at a later time if he or she gains the required number of signatures.

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Students welcome spring with color festival Continued from Page 1

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“You celebrate with all of your relatives, so we usually have a generation gap, but we forget about that during

Holi,” Morawala said. Kaitlin Hoag, a studio art freshman, said she saw the event on Facebook and decided she wanted to attend. “I saw what it was about and

saw pictures of other people doing it and thought it was really cool and colorful and just exciting to see a different side of culture,” she said. M ic hel le Hor s t m a n, a

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Small dairy farm sells raw milk to Denton store Owner: Collin County’s only dairy BY SHEA YARBOROUGH Senior Staff Writer

PLANO — Lavon Farms, a hidden dairy on Jupiter Road, has seen a drastic increase in the demand for raw milk. Customers are paying as much as $8 for a gallon, said Todd Moore, a thirdgeneration dairyman and Lavon Farm’s owner. “We sold 250 gallons of raw milk last Saturday,” Moore said. “There isn’t a single grocery store in Plano that sold 250 gallons of milk.” A month ago, Moore reached out to Denton’s Cupboard Natural Foods grocery store in attempts to sell his product, he said. Now customers can find Lucky Layla products, the processing branch of the Lavon Farms family tree, in stock at the Cupboard. “The Cupboard is the first grocery store to carry my entire product line,” Moore said. Danielle Dubose, a Cupboard employee and psychology senior, said all of her friends shop at the Cupboard. Dubose also has family in the dairy business. “I would drink raw milk,” Dubose said. Raw Milk But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not in favor of selling raw milk, listing several concerns on its Web site, www.fda. gov, last updated August 2009. “Raw milk, no matter how carefully produced, may be unsafe,” the Web site stated. Some people feel that it is all about the way the product is handled. Angela Pedersen, a 20-yearold Denton resident and former Cupboard employee, said she will drink raw milk as long as it comes from a trustworthy source. “We eat raw fish when we eat sushi, and raw spinach,” Pedersen said. “Everything has the possibility of disease.” Ten diseases were listed on the FDA Web site, including E. coli and salmonella, but the list

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Todd Moore said it takes roughly 14 hours a day to milk their 150 cows.

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Julie has become more of a family pet than a cow. Moore said she will never be sent to the slaughter house. She just means too much to him. she knows it comes from a local

PHOTO BY CHRISTENA DOWSETT/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER dairy.

Moore, owner of Lavon Farms, said he couldn’t imagine doing anything else with his life. Being a dairyman is all he’s ever known, and he said he loves it. The hidden dairy could be longer since raw milk has the possibility for multiple pathogens, it said. However, no cases were directly linked to the consumption of raw milk. “There were 45 outbreaks in which unpasteurized milk or cheese made from unpasteurized milk were implicated,” according to the Web site. While the FDA regulates how raw milk is pasteurized, produced and sold, it’s up to the individual

state to sell raw milk directly to the customer, Moore said. “You should be able to get raw milk,” Moore said. Pedersen, who is usually a soymilk drinker, said she likes Lucky Layla’s drinkable yogurt. There is a huge difference in the way you feel when you drink pasteurized milk versus unpasteurized organic milk, Pedersen said. The only reason she drinks Lucky Layla products is because

Nestled between apartment complexes, gas stations and down the street from Texas Instruments, Lavon Farms is the last dairy in Collin County, Moore said. In 1936, William Moore, Todd Moore’s father, bought the land that would become Lavon Farms. In September of 2009, Moore made the decision to obtain the license to sell the farm’s raw milk directly to the consumer. “There are people who live

two blocks away who don’t know we’re here,” Moore said. 365 days a year, Lavon Farm’s 150 Guernsey, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn cows are milked 14 hours out of the work day, Moore said. But the farm has a lot to change to adapt to the high demand for raw milk. “After last Saturday, we sat down and realized we have a lot that needs to change,” Moore said. “We don’t even accept credit cards.” Most dairies are confinement dairies — the cows never leave the concrete. But Lavon Farms is

a pasture dairy. Moore’s cows are allowed free range on the farm’s 200 acres of pasture. “They do have brains, they have feelings and are affectionate,” Moore said. Moore stated that several of his friends who have 1,000-cow dairy farms have borrowed all the money they can from banks to keep their businesses afloat. But because Lavon Farms is a small dairy, Moore said, they might be able to weather the economic storm because they are producing and selling raw milk. Bigger is not better, he said.

Jewish studies program sends three students to Argentina BY BRIAN O’M ARA Contributing Writer

This spring brea k, The University of North Texas’ Je w i sh St ud ie s P rog r a m will send three students to Argentina to participate in a week of service programs to help the struggling Jewish community. Richard Golden, director of the Jewish Studies Program, said that the trip’s purpose is to “liaise with the Jewish community, perform charitable acts and improve [the visiting students’] understanding of Judaism.” Laura Silvis, Austin Clar and Aaron Stayman will leave on Sunday for Basalvibaso, a town in Argentina. Its small population was devastated by the 2001 economic collapse. “It’s a chance to see how their community works,” said Silvis. “It’s a different lifestyle.” The students will help paint and refurbish the Synagogue Tefila L’ Moisés, visit the homes of elderly Jewish Community members and participate in the Baby Help program. At 225,000 people, Argentina

is home to South America’s largest Jewish population. In 2001 Argentina’s economy collapsed, leaving its relatively prosperous Jewish community without jobs, businesses, homes and savings. The Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which the Jewish St ud ies Prog ra m w i l l be working with for the project,

approaching self-sufficiency. The Baby Help program was created in 2003 by the committee to help babies and children up to five years old, as well as pregnant women living in poverty. Silvis, Stayman and Clar have worked to raise money and collect items for the program and plan on meeting the children, parents and volun-

“It’s a chance to see how their community works.”

—Laura Silvis Jewish studies student

has been working in the region since World War II. It was able to take action immediately in response to the economic collapse, expanding the existing network of welfare and relief services to those who were in need of help. Its ef for ts have la rgely contributed to today’s signs of economic recovery: The number of people relying on welfare is on the decline and local community services are

teers affected by Baby Help. The North Texas students w ill meet up w it h Hillel members from the University of Texas, Houston University, Rice University and Texas A&M University. Hillel is an organization that provides opportunities for Jewish students to explore and celebrate their Jewish identity through its global network of regional centers, campus foundations and student orga-

nizations. Silvis, Clar and Stayman, along with the Hillel, will attend a student-led memorial service of the 1994 bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina building. The association was founded in 1894 as Argentina’s central Jewish institution. The terrorist bombi ngs k i l led 85 a nd wounded 300. After the Holocaust, many Jews from Europe sought refuge from Germany in Latin America, most settling in Argentina. The committee has been involved in many countries throughout Latin America, i nclud i ng Br a z i l, C h i le, Colombia and Mexico since this relocation. Hillel members from Texas have visited to help out and become closer to their heritage for the past six years. “Judaism is both a religion and civilization,” Golden said. Students from UNT have been involved in Argentina for the past two years, and through these trips they have become closer to Judaism as well as become more aware of hardships still felt by the Jewish

community. The visiting students know that this is an excellent opportunity to do good in the world and act as members of the Jewish community. “I would simply like to grow from this trip,” Stayman said. Clar said he hopes to give

to the “neediest, [those] who are unable to repay the kindness.” To find out how to support them in their work, e-mail Clar at awilliamc@mac.com, Silvis at laura.silvis@unt.edu or Stayman at ajs1218@swbell. net.

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Virtual simulation shows effects of drunken driving BY BRIANNE TOLJ

Contributing writer Jerrod Ballard, a criminal justice junior, sat at the wheel of the drunk driving simulator weaving through virtual traffic but crashed after only minutes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;driving under the influence.â&#x20AC;? The Save A Life Tour hosted the drunk driving simulator from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday in the University Union Courtyard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an eye opener,â&#x20AC;? Ballard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People really believe they know themselves and how to control themselves, but when alcohol is involved things change.â&#x20AC;? The simulator offered students a look into driving drunk in a realistic car setting with three virtual video screens placed to mimic what the driver would see

Center provides students with health and substance abuse education through activities and programs around campus. The Save A Life Tour is an international alcohol awareness program based out of Grand Rapids, Mich. It provides an approach to alcohol awareness that includes personal stories about the loss of friends and loved ones and PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH/VISUALS EDITOR videos and photos of drunken Cord Nethers, a criminal justice freshman, goes through a drunk driving simula- driving accidents to go with the tion that took place Monday in the University Union. simulator, according to its Web site, www.savealifetour.net. The program hosts events at Center employee, described through a windshield. Posters, photos and two televi- the coffin as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a reality check colleges, high schools and military bases. sions playing footage of drunken for students.â&#x20AC;? T he simu lator benef its The Meadows Center for driving accidents were placed on either side of the simulator as Health Resources in Chestnut students because it lets them Hall hired the Save A Life Tour know the effects, said Michelle well as a coffin to the side. Andrea Haag, a Meadows for the event. The Meadow Sims, a drawing and painting

senior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are entertained and also learn something about it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well rounded.â&#x20AC;? Amr Jastaniah, a hospitality management junior, observed the simulation with curiosity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be exactly the same way, but it is great for feedback,â&#x20AC;? he said. A fact sheet is presented to students after they complete the simulation to educate them about the consequences of being convicted of a DUI. A criminal record conviction could not only lead to license suspension, imprisonment or fines, but it also remains part of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record for life. It may cause the loss of current or future jobs, insurance rates to possibly double

and prevent students from being able to get a loan, according to the fact sheet. Save A Life Tour employees Jeremiah Newson and Matt Kwant led the event and credit their involvement to personal tragedies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I myself was hit by a drunk driver two or three years ago, and I have lost four friends from it,â&#x20AC;? Kwant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to relate to [the students] as best as we can.â&#x20AC;? Prevention of drunken driving accidents is key, Newson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want people to go through the same stuff you have been through,â&#x20AC;? he said. For more information about drunken driving and its consequences, visit savealifetour. net.

Professor shows how color affects moods, interior spaces BY GRACIELA R AZO Senior Staff Writer

A UNT professor is showing students how color can transform mood and behavior through his newest project. Ron Reed of the College of Visual Arts and Design faculty will unveil his first book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Color + Design: Transforming Interior Spaceâ&#x20AC;? on March 26 after working for four years to put it together. The book is centered on color and its importance in designing a one-of-a-kind space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to take the basics of design and talk about those alongside color,â&#x20AC;? Reed said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of looking at it in a different way that it has never been looked at before.â&#x20AC;? The book includes chapters about how color relates to cultures and diversity, color theory and psychology, and how

color can affect a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mood and behavior. Reed said he wanted to show his students the importance of a design element that is often overlooked. Reed began writing the book because he said he was looking for a source to teach color design to his students. When he found there was not a textbook that taught his views on color, he was offered the chance to write his own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At that time, it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even crossed my mind,â&#x20AC;? Reed said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at that point in my career where I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to write a book.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? He wanted to cover specific color topics in his book, including how to be culturally sensitive with color, he said. Often students go out into the interior design field without

understanding the impact a color can have on groups of people, Reed said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not everyone reacts to color and sees it in the same way,â&#x20AC;? he said. Although â&#x20AC;&#x153;Color + Designâ&#x20AC;? was meant to be a textbook, interior designers already established in the industry will be able to take valuable lessons from it, he said. Many designers shy away from using color to make clients comfortable, but Reed said color can transform a space like no other design element can. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take color for granted because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think about it, yet it can be the most powerful thing that can affect people in an interior space,â&#x20AC;? Reed said. Stephen Walsh, an interior design senior, has used Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

chapters on color psychology as a source in his senior project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reviewed other parts of his book, and it seems like its going to be a great resource for students in the future,â&#x20AC;? Walsh said. Robert Milnes, dean of the College of Visual Arts and Design, said Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work would only be able to help students learn more efficiently since their professor wrote the textbook they will be referencing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will certainly help because they will be able to go to the source if they have a question,â&#x20AC;? Milnes said. It is important to show the connection between color and design the way Reed has, Milnes said. The professor is also keeping current with the field, something that will keep his students up with the changing industry of interior design.

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Ron Reed of the College of Visual Arts and Design faculty will release his first book, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Color + Design: Transforming Interior Space,â&#x20AC;? on March 26.

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Buddy System helps new students adjust By Stephanie Daniels Intern

Photo by Cristy Angulo/Staff Photographer

Music freshmen Stephen Tatum, Douglas Haseman, Danny Rubio, and Ben Grigsby are part of The Osito Foundation at UNT. The foundation gives teddy bears to children who are affected by HIV or AIDS.

UNT students give teddy bears to children in need Group to discuss HIV, AIDS

By K atie Grivna Senior Staff Writer

UNT was the first university to have a student chapter of the Osito Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides teddy bears to children who either have immediate family members with HIV or AIDS or have it themselves. The Houston-based foundation, named Osito for the Spanish translation, “little bear,” will give a child a teddy bear for every $10 donated. “We’re very excited and happy and honored that UNT was the first one to come on board,” said Rod Castle, co-founder and CEO of the foundation. Danny Rubio, a general, choral and instrumental music freshman and president of the Osito Foundation at UNT, said he wanted to bring the foundation to the university to encourage volunteerism on campus, helping children and raising awareness about HIV and AIDS. “I feel in my heart that I should be doing it for the kids,” he said. Now, the Osito Foundation is working with students at Rutgers University and Rice University.

The UNT chapter of the Osito Foundation was created in 2008 by Castle and Oscar Velasquez, Rubio’s brother. Castle said it is important for children to have teddy bears because they act as a psychosupport system. Many of the children affected by HIV and AIDS have an unstable life because of the disease, he said. “They don’t really have that thing they can call their own … the teddy bear brings them a huge amount of comfort, a huge amount of stability,” Castle said. “It gives them a friend that they can rely on, and it also gives them something that is theirs.” Rubio said he feels the foundation is important because it shows the children that people care about them. “It’s about teddy bears and actually making a difference in these kids’ lives,” he said. The UNT chapter of the foundation was started about two weeks ago and has not had any programs yet. The group’s first meeting will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Concert Hall of Bruce Hall and is open to students interested in joining. Before the end of the semester, Rubio said he plans for the Osito Foundation at UNT to hold a teddy bear drive to benefit the

children of Bryan’s House, an organization that cares for children with special needs, as well as create a Children’s AIDS day in Dallas similar to the one in Houston hosted by the Osito Foundation. Rubio said he also wants to educate people about how the disease spreads so they know how to keep from getting it. Texas reported 72,828 AIDS cases through December 2007, according to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Some people are really ignorant when it comes to the education of HIV and AIDS,” Rubio said. Douglas Haseman, a general, choral and instrumental music freshman and treasurer for the UNT chapter of the Osito Foundation, said when people donate money, they often wonder where the money will actually go. “When you donate a teddy bear, it’s a good feeling knowing the exact teddy bear that you’re holding in your hands that you gave to the foundation is going to brighten some kid’s life,” he said. For more in for mat ion, search for the group, “The Osito Foundation @ UNT,” on Facebook.

Event to recognize women, on-campus organizations By Jessica Paul Staff Writer

This is the 24th year that Women’s H i stor y Mont h has been celebrated nationa l ly, a nd to ack nowledge the month-long celebration, UNT will recognize women who have made an impact on campus and in the Denton community. To celebrate, the Mu lt icu lt u ra l Center a nd Women’s Center w i l l host its annual “Tea on Tuesday” event from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. today in t he Golden Eagle Suite. The occasion will acknowledge several individuals from UNT for their outstanding leadership and their efforts regarding gender issues. “It’s been goi ng on for severa l yea rs,” sa id Ca ra Walker, student services coordinator. “It’s just something we wanted to do to recognize Women’s History Month, and to also recognize different individuals on campus that have made significant contributions in their leadership and also different areas of women’s rights and issues.” With several staff members of UNT as well as students and organizations on campus

being recognized, Walker said students should attend to see the different contributions that those organizations make and how they inf luence the students. Honorees i nclude Olga

to learn more about women on campus who have made great contributions. “It would be good to attend something like this to get in the know about the organizations and the people who have

“It would be good to attend something like this to get in the know about the organizations and the people who have been helping with making a difference at UNT.”

—Hannah Buran Art history freshman

G r i e c o, d i r e c t or of t h e International Welcome Center, Lorre Allen, director of Eagle Opportunity, Brooke Carter, coordinator of student activities, June Brownlee, assistant director of the Health a nd Wel lness Center, a nd Judith McConnell, director for the Counseling and Testing Center. Ha n na h Bu ra n, a n a r t histor y freshman, said she thought the tea would be a great opportunity for students

been helping w ith ma k ing a difference at UNT,” Buran said. The event is free, and light refreshments will be served. “Not e v e r y on e k n o w s that there’s even a Women’s History Month,” Walker said. “I hope people w ill [gain] perspective on how different women on campus are making contributions to the university community, and I hope it encourages them to make their own contributions.”

Being a new student can be hard. Juggling meeting new people, studying and trying to find classes are just a few things on the to-do list. The Buddy System program pairs new students with upperclassmen, giving them a chance to build study skills, plan a career and participate in campus life, whether they live on or off campus. C a r a Wa l k e r, t h e Multicultural Center student services coordinator, said the Buddy System was started in 1994 to fulfill students’ academic and extra-curricular needs. “Mentoring in general is such a valuable tool in training future leaders and in fostering lasting relationships,” she said in an e-mail. Buddies are encouraged to participate in activities that fall under academics, leadership, community service, social awareness and cultural awareness. Mentors are matched with their mentees based on their gender, ethnicity and major. “We, as individuals, naturally relate to others who have similar backgrounds as we do, so we try to match students who have those commonalities to help facilitate the cohesion between two students,” Walker said. To become mentors, students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 and have some form of campus involvement. Because mentees are

Photo by Agnes Wysowski/Photographer

Student services coordinator Cara Walker works in the Multicultural Center in the University Union. Walker was a part of the Buddy System program as an undergrad. usually new students, there are no prior requirements for them to become a part of the Buddy System. Maureen Tatyana Nduta, a biology and forensic science senior and Buddy mentor, has been a mentor for the program since 2007 and has had oneon-one time with her Buddies through activities like cooking dinner, shopping and studying. “It helps them integrate and get to know what’s ahead of them from someone who has already been there,” she said. “The thing with the Buddy System is, you get in what you put out. Just because you’re a mentor, doesn’t mean you can’t learn from your mentee.” Nduta has mentored at least one person every semester and said she hopes the system has helped her Buddies ease into the college experience and UNT community. “I hope it makes them comfortable with the environment. Being a freshman, everything is so new

and you’re away from home,” she said. “My mentee had never been away from her family, ever, so this was the first time she was in an unfamiliar place.” The Buddies don’t hold scheduled meetings, but will have a game night on March 22 and a volunteer group project that. “[The mentees] have to turn in a monthly evaluation for us to see how their mentoring relationship is progressing,” Walker said. “It is up to the Buddies how much they want to participate as part of the system. However, they are encouraged to contact each other at least once a week.” With about 90 Buddies in the system right now, Walker said there is no cut-off age or limit on how many can join. “Mentoring in general is such a valuable tool in training future leaders and in fostering lasting relationships,” Walker said. “As someone who was in the Buddy System as an undergrad, it helped me to discover abilities that I did not even know I had.”

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Sports

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Mean Green shocks Panthers, falls to Raiders BY JUSTIN UMBERSON Sports Editor

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — The UNT women’s basketball team wasn’t going to go quietly from the Sun Belt Conference Championship tournament, but its early success turned out to be short lived. The Mean Green (9-22, 5-14) surged in a comeback win over the Florida International Golden Panthers on Saturday, but it was shown the exit by the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Sunday. “Our future is very bright, and I feel like next year we will make a much bigger splash,” head coach Shanice Stephens said.

Saturday For the second-straight year, the Mean Green was able to shock a favored opponent who had defeated it twice in the regular season. FIU (14-6, 9-9), the tournament’s No. 7 seed, dominated early, building a lead of as much as 10 and holding UNT to seven points in the game’s first 15 minutes. But the Mean Green roared back with a vengeance, winning 61-51. “I like the underdog role, when you have your back against the wall and no one is believing in you except your own circle, and sometimes I’m not even sure if everyone believes in the circle,” Stephens said. The Mean Green stole the game’s momentum as t he first half expired. With only seconds remaining, senior

guard Brittney James threw a strong pass to freshman guard Caitlin Hawkins, who nailed a three-point shot to bring UNT within five of FIU as the buzzer sounded. “I think it definitely gave us an intensity boost,” Hawkins said. “We all needed something to get us pumped up.” Hawkins saved the best game of her season for FIU, notching career bests in points (11), three-pointers (3) and shots made (4). The conference’s Freshman of the Year, forward Jasmine Godbolt, kept the momentum alive when she brought her team’s bench players to their feet with back-to-back threepoint plays. Goldbolt finished the game with 11 points and four rebounds. “After I realized I wasn’t doing what I would normally do in the first half, I got my head down about it,” Godbolt said. But when Hawkins started ma k i ng “t he big t h re epointers,” she got more exited and involved, she said. Returning to play for the first time since Jan. 30, sophomore guard Tamara Torru was immediately thrust back into the starting lineup, contributing eight points in 28 minutes. The Golden Panthers won both regular season matchups with the Mean Green by an average of 13 points.

Sunday No. 2 seed Blue Raiders (23-5, 17-1) is a team on a mission, and the Mean Green fell in its

PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior guard Brittney James works the ball around Middle Tennessee’s defense. Despite a tremendous effort by members of the women’s team, the Mean Green just couldn’t keep up with Middle Tennessee’s offense, and lost 66-106. wake in a 106-66 loss. UNT has surrendered 100 or more points five times during the past two seasons, including in all three matchups with MTSU. “North Texas just happened to be the team that we were playing and in our way,” MTSU head coach Rick Insell said. Stephens is doing a good job and has a great young team, and next year Insell’s team will be in a similar rebuilding mode, he said.

MTSU senior forward Alysha Clark dominated under the basket, as the All-American and nation’s leading scorer contributed a Sun Belt tournament record of 40 points to go with 13 rebounds. UNT was unable to get its offense rolling in the first half, netting only two field goals in the first 15 minutes of the game. But the Mean Green kept the game competitive by drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line.

Five-point plays are impossible, unless it’s MTSU’s junior guard Anne Marie Lanning. While getting fouled, Lanning made a three-point shot, but instead of taking the one foul shot to complete the play, she was given two. T he loss ended Ja mes’ a nd post Tor r ia n Tim ms’ UNT careers. James finishes her four years as the No. 6 scorer — 1,357 points — in the program’s 34-year history. She is also the only player in

the 1,000-point club with 200 steals. U N T ha s now won it s opening-round game of the conference tournament for three-straight years, but it has not advanced past the second round since 2002. “In the building stages the way we are, you have to play the best to be the best, and I think that was definitely a great training session for where we will be in the future,” Stephens said.

Men’s golf team ties for 10th in Border Olympics BY L AURA ZAMORA Staff Writer

The UNT men’s golf team wrapped up the Border Olympics in a 10th-place tie with Air Force on Saturday in Laredo. The two-day, 16-team tournament at the par 72 Laredo Country Club saw its share of ups and downs for the Mean Green, including a career best for freshman Rodolfo Cazaubon. “Rodolfo had the best round of the tournament in the toughest conditions,” head coach Brad Stracke said. Cazaubon shot a 67, which is 5-under par, in the first round of the tournament Friday for the day’s lowest score. Cazaubon followed with a 79 in the second round and fell to 2-over par, 146 overall, for a 16th-place tie. “He wasn’t as focused in the second round and came back with that 79,” Stracke said. “His scores show how good his first round was, and he’ll learn from

“We had some high expectations for this tournament because we played well in our first two tournaments.”

—Brad Stacke Head coach

his second and third rounds.” The Mean Green sat in 11th place after Friday’s rounds with an overall score of 601. UNT’s first round score of 290 placed the team in third, but the 311 second-round score brought it down. The Mean Green totaled a 302 on the final day for an overall tournament score of 903, 39-over par, and just two shots shy of a 9th-place tie with Notre Dame. Texas State’s round scores of 292, 289 and 295 produced a total of 876 (12-over par) for first place.

Stracke said the team was hoping for an outcome similar to t he prev ious tournaments in the spring season. “We had some high expectations for this tournament because we played well in our first two tournaments and won our first event in five years,” he said. He hopes the team will build upon its performance at the Border Classic for its upcoming tournament, the Seminole Intercollegiate on Friday in Tallahassee, Fla. “With each tournament, they’ll learn more about their games,” Stracke said. “This tournament will help them prepare mentally and physically for Florida.”

PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH/VISUALS EDITOR

Junior Anna Barren prepares to bunt during a game. The Mean Green won both its games against Centenary College on Friday and will play Oklahoma on Wednesday.

UNT sweeps double header BY FELICIA A LBA Staff Writer

Coming off of Wednesday’s one-hit performance, the UNT softball team (7-7) wrote a different story this weekend. .The team swept the double header with the Centenary Ladies, winning 5-0 in the first game and 5-2 in the second. “We definitely hit a lot better, we came out swinging and the pitching was fantastic,” head coach T.J. Hubbard said. Freshman pitcher Brittany

Simmons received her first win of the season, pitching all five innings of the second game, giving up four hits and no runs. The Mean Green wasted no time getting back on track offensively, scoring the game’s first run in the top of the first inning. The Mean Green’s offense kept rolling, and by the end of the game, UNT totaled 5 runs on a season high of 11 hits, two coming from sophomore Lisa Johnson. “I am trying to stay aggressive, and my main goal is to get runs,” Johnson said. The second game of the double header was a repeat of the first game for the Mean Green. Simmons took the mound for the first part of the game with junior pitcher Jennifer Smith relieving. Smith pitched four innings, allowing two hits from the Ladies

and striking out a season-high of seven batters. Still scoreless in the third inning, junior outfielder Mariza Martinez hit a home run to give UNT a one run lead. Centenary had tied up the game 1-1 after four innings, but the Mean Green answered back with two runs in the fifth. The Ladies tried to rally back with a run at the bottom of the sixth, but the Mean Green scored two more runs at the top of the seventh to reach the game’s final score of 5-2. Run Scorers in the second game for UNT were Martinez, Amber Miller, Rebecca Waters and Johnson, who scored twice with one coming via a home run. Johnson now leads the team in home runs with six long balls. “We have every confidence that this is how we should play all the time,” Waters said.

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Mean Green men advance to Sun Belt Finals BY JUSTIN UMBERSON AND SEAN GORMAN Sports Editor and Senior Staff Writer

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The UNT men’s basketball team is one win away from a trip to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007. The Mean Green knocked out the No. 10 seed LouisianaMonroe Warhawks on Sunday and the No. 6 seed Denver Pioneers on Monday to advance to the Sun Belt Conference Championship finals that will be played at 6 tonight.

Sunday With hope dwindling away by the second, UNT used a miracle finish to extend its winning streak to nine games with a 69-66 win over ULM. Down 12 points with less

PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior guard Shannon Shorter pushes around Louisiana-Monroe’s defense. The Men’s beat ULM Sunday night 69-66. The Mean Green plays Troy at 6 tonight in the conference tournament finals.

coach earlier this season that I want to be that guy. I want to be that player to get my guys going.” UNT trailed for the game’s first 38 minutes, when White drilled a three-point shot to give his team its first lead. Then with 14 seconds remaining, White gave the game its final score with two free throws that hit nothing but the nylon net. W hite f inished w it h 18 points, two steals, and the game-high of five assists. The battle-tested Warhawks — who won in the final second the night before — dictated the pace of the game from the start, building a 14-point lead in the game’s first 10 minutes. Because of the Mean Green won its division and earned a first-round bye, it didn’t have to play on Saturday. UNT’s last

game was eight days before, which was also a three-point win against ULM. “I thought we had some great days of practice, but I don’t think you can do anything to simulate that real-game action,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “Coming in, I thought Monroe was a lot sharper than we were, and we just had to grind it out.” Both teams had identical made shot attempts (23) and made three-point shots (5). The difference in the game came at the free throw line, where UNT attempted and made three more than ULM. Senior forward Eric Tramiel pulled down a career high 17 rebounds to go with 22 points.

than 10 minutes to play, junior guard Josh White placed the Mean Green on his 5-foot

8-inch frame and carried it to the semi-final round of the conference tournament.

“Being the point guard, I have to be the leader out there on the court,” White said. “I told

need to believe we can beat anyone because we can.”

match at the No. 1 position, but Alexandra Kichoutkin, ranked No. 100 in the nation, crushed Ranganathan’s momentum, 6-3 and 6-2.

Ranganathan and her doubles partner, sophom or e P a u l a Dinuta, cruised to an 8-3 doubles v ictor y t hat turned the tide of the match in the Mean Green’s favor. Di nut a a nd Cruz earned the decisive singles victories that gave PHOTO BY DREW GAINES/PHOTOGRAPHER UNT its second win over a Big 12 Junior Ashley Akin takes shots during Wednesday’s practice. The UNT tennis team lost 7-0 to opponent t h is Tulsa on Friday but beat Kansas State 4-3 on Saturday. season. “We got to take out our frus- opponent awaits the Mean Green before a Sunday showdown with trations on Kansas State,” Cruz in Atlanta. No. 25 Georgia Tech and the No. said. UNT looks to build momentum 1 player in the country, Irina Another nationally ranked against Georgia State on Saturday Falconi.

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Mean Green falls to Hurricane, outlasts Wildcats BY ERIC JOHNSON Senior Staff Writer

The UNT tennis team’s schedule has been a constant struggle against top-tier talent, and the Mean Green ran into another brick wall last weekend. UNT (6-4) was shutout by the No. 40 Tulsa Golden Hurricane (11-4), but once again showed its tenacious attitude, roaring past the Kansas State Wildcats (3-5). The Mean Green has not lost consecutive matches this year. “We have done a great job all season of fighting back after a loss, but I am disappointed in the way we have played against ranked teams,” head coach Sujay Lama said. “While I am proud of the way we refuse to let a loss effect us in a negative way, we

Friday The Golden Hurricane blew away the Mean Green 7-0. With two doubles teams ranked in the top 60 in the country, the Golden Hurricane swept the doubles matches and never looked back. “Doubles is a huge momentum s w i n g ,” j u n ior Ma du r a Ranganathan said. Senior Catalina Cruz and junior Narine Kazarova each took the opening set in their singles matches, but both went on to lose in three sets. Those two sets would be the only that UNT won during singles play. Cruz said. Ranganathan played her second-straight

Saturday UNT quickly erased the loss to Tulsa after a ferocious battle against the Wildcats earned the Mean Green a 4-3 victory. Lama switched Paraschiv and Ranganathan at the top of the lineup. While Paraschiv was unable to earn a victory in her three-set battle, Ranganathan dominated her opponent, dropping only two games to the Wildcats No. 2 player. “Both Maddie and Irina are excellent options at the top spot, and it is really just about match ups with them,” Lama said.

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Oscars get show right, awards wrong System leaders fail UNT community Editorial If the Daily was giving a State of the University Address, here are some of the key points we would include … In the past year: Our system’s administrative headquarters was moved to the Dallas satellite campus. Chancellor Lee Jackson gave little explanation and avoided addressing the unprecedented nature of housing the headquarters of a major university system away from its anchor campus. Our president suddenly resigned under mysterious circumstances and reports of infighting between her and the chancellor. Jackson gave no explanation and has repeatedly refused to address questions and concerns as to the reasoning. The regents upheld her resignation despite vocal and emotional opposition from students, faculty and staff. The total cost will number in the millions and postpone many planned improvements and projects. Our system administration created a new vice-chancellor position, which is yet to be filled. The vice-chancellor will report directly to Jackson. The position’s responsibilities have not been specified except that the occupant will be responsible for overseeing student affairs and academic success at the UNT campuses. Jackson refused to comment on the matter. Our system administration terminated the contracts of 38 faculty members at the newly-created UNT Dallas campus, forcing them to re-apply for their current positions. Those faculty members said they had been previously assured their contracts would be honored. One professor, speaking under condition of anonymity said she would not re-apply because she “[doesn’t] believe in the leadership.” Jackson and the regents, again, refused to comment. Anonymous professor, the Editorial Board agrees with you. And we’re tired of the regents’ narcissistic political posturing. By engaging in a backroom nontransparent style of governance, the regents have alienated UNT supporters and blanketed campuses with a thick sense of disillusionment. Jackson and his loyalist Board of Regents have been completely unresponsive to the growing and unified cry to justify the actions that have angered many of the people to whom they are financially accountable. Despite repeated reasonable requests to be included in the regents’ rationale, no one is getting any answers — not students, not faculty, and apparently not even the former UNT president who finally decided she couldn’t take it any more. They certainly aren’t talking to the media about their decisions, which we can only assume have been made by throwing darts at a board of bad ideas. Yet in their stoic adherence to a policy of complete silence Jackson’s band of regents have managed to send one message loud and clear: “We simply don’t care.” And if that’s the case, why are they in charge?

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I promise, this is the last bit I’ll write about the 2010 Oscars. And once I get this out of my system, I won’t say anything about next year’s ceremony ’til at least after spring break.

No love for ‘Up in the Air’ In the biggest surprise of the night, my favorite live-action film of 2009 won zero of its six nominations — a tremendous disappointment. Poised early on as a Best Picture front-runner for its timeliness and ba lance of humor and drama, the moving tale of a corporate firer and his change of heart got zip. Even though it had more acting nominations than any other movie this year, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick h a d no c h a nc e a g a i n s t Mo’Nique and “Precious.” Clooney — who a lready has one statuette — lost to an emotional Jeff Bridges, who had never won before. A nd a l l t hat “Precious”

moment u m helped out Geoffrey Fletcher, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for his work on that film. He beat out the more deser v i ng d i rec tor Ja son Reitman and Sheldon Turner’s script, which won the Writers Guild award.

Singing and dancing choices that actually worked W hen I f irst hea rd t he Best Original Song nominees wou ld not be per for ming (cut out even more than last year when all three nominees were reduced to a medley), I was a little miffed, especially because I’ll take any opportunity to hear Randy Newman or Ryan Bingham. It turns out ni x ing t he per forma nces were a rea l time-saver in a show that still ran past 11 p.m. And when the announcer decla red a st reet-da ncing troupe would be interpreting the Best Original Score nomi-

nees, I was terrified. This is going to be so lame. But I was wrong. The moves were surprisingly inventive and impressive. And it was right of the audience to stand up and cheer.

W i n n i ng for t hei r ow n journey For the second year in a row, the Best Original Screenplay award went to a writer who didn’t exactly have the best script but had the best life story. Last year, Dustin Lance Black won for writing “Milk” and his acceptance speech revealed his long back-story. And here again, Mark Boal, who worked as an embedded journalist in Iraq, won for his realistic script for “The Hurt Locker,” even though Quentin Tarantino’s multilingual war epic “Inglourious Basterds” reached further in scope and ba la nced tension, hu mor and action much better than

that movie which won Best Picture. Overall, I thought this was the best telecast in years. I loved Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin’s back-and-forth, though I would have been happy with just Martin. And any show where you lose track of how many jokes are made at James Cameron’s expense is A-OK in my book.

Kip Mooney is a journalism senior and the Daily’s SCENE Editor. He can be reached at KipMooney@my.unt.edu.

Student waits for solar-powered future The solar-powered calculators of my youth, so thick, new and full of promise, were a herald of technology: This energy was the future. As I waited for the future, my Sesame Street records gave way to tape cassettes with the soundtrack of “Follow that Bird.” I bought my first CD in the early ’90s, then bought my first iPod in 2005. My movies went from VHS to DVD. A rotary phone in the kitchen is now a cell phone in my pocket, and my pen and paper are now a computer in my lap. Technology in these areas traveled at the speed of light. But t hat speed of light momentum didn’t apply to solar power — that solar-power promise is still just my solarpowered calculator. The rest of my life depends on endless tangles of cords and wires that suck power off a massive electric grid and suck the life out of our non-renewable sources of energy. According to the Union of Concerned

Scientists, 60 percent of U.S. electricity is generated by coal and natural gas, about 20 percent is nuclear energy and solar power provides less than one percent. This might not be a surprise if the use of solar power was relatively new. But it’s not. Ancient Greeks and Romans used “passive” solar power to heat their buildings. In 1861, Auguste Mouchout developed the first active solar motor and used it to create steam engines powered by the sun. By 1876, William Gr ylls Adams discovered in his King’s College lab in London that selenium, when exposed to light, sheds electrons, which created electricity — the photovoltaic effect. The first silicon solar cell capable of generating a measurable electric current came from Bell Laboratories in 1953. The New York Times wrote that it was “the beginning of a new era, leading eventually to the realization of harnessing the almost limitless energy of

the sun for the uses of civilization.” If only. The photovoltaic cost that brought Mouchout and his engine to ruin held solar progress back for years. When the cost finally dropped in the 1990s, the falling price of fossil fuels had created a new lowcost bottom line, essentially killing my dream of having a solar-powered car by my 16th birthday. While other technology soars forward on the power of fossil fuels and becomes available for consumer use, solar power is stalled, despite its potential. The sun, in three days, gives us the estimated energy of all the fossil fuels on Earth. Covering 4 percent of the world’s desert area with photovoltaics could supply the equivalent of all of the world’s electricity, according to www.solarenergy.org. For now, solar power is relegated to quiet, dead-end jobs powering school zone lights and RV communities.

It remains a hippie effort for those who choose to “go off the grid.” I think I’ll hang on to my solar-powered calculator long after the newest technology w ill have computer chips implanted in our craniums for music and media. I’ll continue to hope for simple, daily applications of solar power and keep a candle burning for my solar-powered life.

Kerry Solan is a journalism junior. She can be reached at KerrySolan@my.unt.edu.

What was your favorite part of Sunday’s Academy Awards?

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“I like watching the clips during the presentation of the nominees. It gives me an idea of the movies I may want to go see.”

Kacy Mayberry

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“Ben Stiller dressing up as an ‘Avatar’ character.”

Rachel Starkel Biology sophomore

“I was very excited that Mo’Nique won for best actress in a supporting role.”

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Senior forward Eric Tramiel finishes a slam dunk against Louisiana-Monroe and junior guard Shannon Shorter drives past a Warhawk defender on Sunday. UNT faces Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament finals at 6 tonight.

Mean Green pushes past Pioneers in semifinals Continued from Page 7

Monday The Mean Green had less trouble in the semi-finals, defeating the Denver Pioneers 63-56

UNT suffered its secondstraight slow start, falling behind 13-6 in the game’s first few minutes. “One of the keys for this team has been our ability to deal with adversity and play our best

in the clutch,” Tramiel said. “We know how important each game is from this point on and we remember that when we play.” Responding with a 12-0 run, the Mean Green held Denver

scoreless for seven minutes and went into halftime with 31-23 lead. “Basketball is a game of runs, and we knew we’d be able to get back into the game as soon as a couple shots began to fall for

us,” White said. Denver cut the deficit to 45-42 but missed two-straight shots to tie the game midway through the second half. “We knew we’d get their best shot,” Tramiel said. “Each and

every game is too meaningful for the opposing teams to lay down.” White scored five consecutive points and the Mean Green stayed ahead with efficient freethrow shooting. UNT improved to 18-0 when leading at the half. Ju n i o r g u a r d Tr i s t a n T hompson cont i nued h is success against Sun Belt competition, leading the team with 19 points. “There’s no different kind of preparation when I play in conference,” Thompson said. “Every game is just as important as the next to me.” The Mean Green returns to action tonight when it faces the University of Troy in the C on f e r e n c e Tou r n a m e nt finals.

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