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Denton to receive ‘green’ funding BY A LEX CHEATHAM Staff Writer
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A selection of 65 works from about 450 student entries can be viewed at the 50th Annual Voertman Student Art Competition. The exhibit will run from April 13 to May 1 at the UNT Art Gallery. “We hold the competition because it inspires young artists and acknowledges and rewards them for their hard work,” said Tracee Robertson, director of the UNT Art Gallery. To read the full story, visit ntdaily.com
Drunken drivers may face restrictions BY LISA GARZA
Senior Staff Writer The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is considering legislation that would require convicted drunken drivers nationwide to have an alcohol ignition lock installed in their vehicles. Ten states require ignition interlocks for everyone convicted of driving under the influence as a condition of probation. The locks are installed in Texas at the discretion of a judge, according to the Texas Transportation Code. “The simple reason that drunk drivers continue to drink and drive is because they can,” said Laura Dean-Mooney, the Mother’s Against Drunk Driving national president, in a testimony to the Senate. “Every American should be protected under an all-offender interlock law. It is the right thing to do.” Dean-Mooney said the organization is calling for federal highway money to be withheld from states that do not require interlocks for all convicted DUI offenders. The group believes this is a fair approach since Congress took a similar stance when the 21 minimum drinking age was introduced and the .08 national
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is considering legislation that would require convicted drunken drivers nationwide to have an alcohol ignition lock installed in their vehicles. legal limit was set, Dean-Mooney said. An alcohol ignition lock is a cell-phone sized electronic device that is attached to the vehicle’s ignition switch. When drivers blow into a tube attached to the lock, the alcohol level in their system is calculated. If it’s higher than a preset limit — usually the legal limit — the vehicle will not start. Depending on the model of the lock, the vehicle’s horn may honk or the lights may flash to alert nearby law enforcement officers, according to the National
Interlock Service Web site. At the hearing, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said he supports reducing the number of drunken driving accidents but not the proposed ultimatum. “What I oppose is a one-sizefits-all Washington solution to all the states,” Hope said. “A perfect example of this is the sanction approach, favored by some in this committee and some of the witnesses here today, that seek to withhold highway funds from states that do not enact specific laws.” Dean-Mooney cited statis-
tics to the Senate to illustrate what she said was “a startling portrait of what’s happening on our roads.” In Texas, 124,662 motorists are driving with three or more DUI convictions, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In Denton, there have been 113 driving while intoxicated charges this year and six driving under the influence charges, said officer Ryan Grelle of the Denton Police Department. Grelle said ignition locks could be required for convicted offenders based on the judge’s review of their records. “If this is a first DWI charge, you probably would not be subject to that,” Grelle said. “Most of the time, if it’s a second offense or more, they’re going to put [the ignition lock] on there as part of your bond.” Amy Hurd, an interdisciplinary studies senior and volunteer for Safe Ride at UNT, said she supports the organization’s effort. “If anything, I think [students] might require us more,” Hurd said. “Those students who absolutely can’t drive don’t have another option but to call us.”
After a year of planning, the City Council approved the funding allocation for a $1.1 million grant to increase energy conser vat ion t hroughout Denton at a meeting Tuesday. Cit y Cou nci l ma n Ji m Engelbrecht said the grant is important because it provides added resources for energy conservation efforts. The projects are expected to save Denton more than 9.6 million kilowatt-hours each year — the equivalent of 805 fewer homes on the electrical grid. The measures should also cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 21,000 tons. The grant is awarded by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, which was created in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A consultant had to be hired to craft a conservation strategy according to the program’s requirements before most of the money could be approved. Last mont h, t he U.S. Department of Energy endorsed the city’s projects. The grants are a small part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was passed last year by Congress to stimulate the diminishing economy. The grant will create 15 new jobs in Denton and will be responsible for providing the money for five energy conservation projects throughout the city. The money will also provide for a full-time employee to focus on energy saving measures. Renit Lebowitz, a psychology senior, said she likes the Council’s plan to increase sustainability. “Going green is such a typical term these days, but people need to realize that it’s really important,” Lebowitz said. “If everyone put in just a little effort, we could add to what the grant is already going to do and make Denton an even more sustainable place.” To meet the program’s goals, the projects had to focus on reducing energy use and cutting greenhouse emissions. “In the long run, this small amount of money will save residents so much more,” said Arianna Jezari, an anthropology senior. “If you increase the city’s sustainability by making things more efficient, everyone will see success.”
The five projects range from planning for environmental improvements to installing efficient upgrades, and each aims to increase Denton’s sustainability, Engelbrecht said. An initial amount of $65,000 was allocated for the city to pay for the development of a conservation strategy required by Congress. More than half a million dollars will be spent creating energy-efficient upgrades in Denton’s city buildings. Most of the upgrades will provide lighting retrofits for the municipal buildings by replacing older and less-efficient lighting with new technology that will use half as much energy. “The retrofits are estimated to pay themselves off in three to five years and save energy,” Engelbrecht said. A quarter of a million dollars will provide three years of pay for a full-time city worker to head up energy saving efforts. An additional $138,000 will hire a team of consultants to develop the second phase of a comprehensive sustainability plan. The city plans to develop two electricity-generating plants by using existing facilities and generator. The more than $123,400 project will trap methane at Denton’s landfill and wastewater treatment plant and convert it into electricity. “[The City Council] wants to continue to capture methane a nd i mprove s y stem s,” Engelbrecht said. “By doing this, it’s creating an alternate energy source that we can use in the place of natural gas. It’s already there, we just need to use it.” Denton Municipal Electric’s energ y audit program, a program designed to increase efficiency awareness, will purchase new equipment with $27,000 of grant money. Engelbrecht said that the equipment purchased for the audit program would allow Denton Municipal Electric to conduct more accurate energy audits in homes and businesses, making it easier for owners to make improvements and save energy in the long run. “This is just one step in a continuing process,” Engelbrecht said. “There is money allocated for the development of a second phase, and we will be continuing this process and furthering our efforts for efficiency [for a long time].”
Company repairs General Academic Building’s leaky walls BY DREW GAINES
Contributing Writer Mortar and chiseled brick have been raining down from the General Academic Building’s fourth floor for two months. On the ground, Jose Antonio chases the falling pieces and throws them away. It’s all part of repairing a leaky building, he says. Jo s e w o r k s f o r W S Weatherproofing Services, a company from the town of Cross Roads that is in charge of patching up the building. The company’s hydraulic lift and three-man-crew will orbit the fourth floor of the building for weeks to come as they replace aging brick and leaky weather flashing.
A heavy rainstorm last spring had Nanette Behning in the Jewish Studies Program offices rushing for a trashcan to collect water leaking from the windows. “It was a steady stream,” she said. According to Gary Place, a spokesman for the company, the building needed repair after unwanted moisture developed around the building’s fourth story windows. Jose and his squad arrive at about 7:30 every morning. Two of the men climb into the lift with a pressure washer, mortar, brick, new flashing and window washing material. They then winch themselves toward the desired destination: waist level to the professors
working inside their fourth-floor window offices. Once settled, they began chiseling away at the old wall, creating a flurry of litter that plummets to the ground. “This is a permanent fix,” Place said. The project is expected to take 45 working days, said Sharon Kirkpatrick, a Facility Maintenance project planner, but work has been delayed because of rain and cold temperatures. With that in mind, the work is expected to take another three weeks. The cost for the work on the General Academic Building has not been released and is pending completion of the work and contract, Kirkpatrick said.
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Jaime Parela (left) and Avel Dalaviz of WS Weatherproofing Construction repair leaky flashing and mortar outside of professor Richard Golden’s office on the fourth floor of the General Academic Building.
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 targets iPhone BY K RYSTLE CANTU Staff Writer
Microsoft plans to unveil a new line of cell phones that will appeal to young consumers. The phones will run on Microsoft’s new mobile-phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. The phones will have many social-networking capabilities, such as Facebook, Windows Live, Tw itter, Flick r and a connection to Xbox LIVE. The device is expected to be on the market by the holiday shopping season. “Microsoft has a big opportunity here with the Windows Mobile 7 connection to Xbox LI V E,” sa id Ia n Pa rber r y, chair of the computer science a nd eng i ne er i ng depa r tment. “If they can succeed in making platform development completely open to developers, they have the potential to woo the huge community of user-developers away from Apple’s increasingly patriarchal and controlling rules for developers.” Windows Phone 7 is organized into six application tiles: Games, Music, Video, Office, People and Pictures. The People tile allows the user to stay connected with friends on the go and has sharing options for photos. The Office tile includes mobile
versions of Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint apps. “ W i ndow s Phone 7 i s expected to be the next generation of the Windows Phone family,” said Robert Kremers, a Microsoft spokesmen in an e-mail. “We built a different type of phone for a new kind of customer: people who live their lives in constant motion.” The Games tile will integrate users with Xbox LIVE accounts. It displays friends, Xbox gamer tags, achievements and other information. Microsoft says games with multiplayer support will eventually be available to users. The Music and Video tiles will bring applications from Zune to the phone, including music, video, podcasts and radio. Windows Phone 7 will differ from the iPhone in that it will not be limited to a single phone or user interface. People will be able to choose from a variety of phone designs such as touchscreen, keyboard, combination touch and keyboard or multiscreen devices. User s w i l l be a ble to customize their phone and “make it their own,” Kremers said. Microsoft spent several years researching what consumers
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The Kin, new 3G phones from Microsoft due out in May, are aimed at avid social networking users. The Kin Two has a 720 pixels camcorder and 8 gigabytes of storage, but it’s more of a standard slider phone. would want in a phone and came to the conclusion that people a re mov i ng fa st, juggling priorities and turning to technology to manage it all, he said. “They feel like they are in constant motion, and they want a phone that focuses on
what matters most and simplifies common tasks,” he said. “We will continue to invest in what people want and will continue to use assets from around the company and the Web to bring these experiences to the mobile phone.” Megan Garcia, an economics
junior, said she would consider looking into purchasing the phone although she already has an iPhone. “I really like the iPhone, and if it’s a better version than that, I would get it,” she said. Garcia thinks socia l networking will be the big key
to the phone’s success. “I think everyone is really into social networking right now,” she said. “I think it’ll be good for that, and I think it could compete with the Palm 3 and the iPhone. Windows 7 already does a lot of that in different variations.”
attracted to with Sweden is that there’s a lot of Swedish bu s i ne s s c om i n g t o t he United States and becoming ver y successful,” said Julie W i l lem s-Espi noz a, t he external relations officer for the College of Business. “If you think of all the different Swedish brands, like IKEA, they’re doing very well.” E spi noz a sa id t hat t he College of Business usually hosts three guest lecturers throughout the year.
“We nor ma l ly have ou r lecture ser ies, but usua l ly the one in April does coincide with International Week,” she said. “We try to find a speaker who is appropriate to international business topics.” Espinoza said that the benefits of Johnson’s lecture aren’t limited to business students. She said she would encourage students from other departments to attend the lecture as a way of expanding their education.
“At t he end of a ll of our events, for the last 30 minutes, we have an open Q&A session,” she said. “[It’s] a great opportunity for students to be able to converse about the questions with someone that they may not ordinarily ever get to meet in t heir education process or their professional life.” Baraka Waweru, an international studies junior, said t hat as long as Johnson is providing some kind of inside i n for m at ion, t he le c t u r e wou ld be a good resou rce for UNT students. “If he’s just talking about the market then you can find that information any where, but if he’s giving you tips and
strategies t hen it could be beneficial,” he said. Sha n nel Wi lson, a business insurance junior, said the lecture could be useful to students interested in international business. “ Yo u g e t a d i f f e r e n t p er s p e c t i v e on bu s i ne s s outside the United States in case you want to go international or global in business,” she said. The free event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday in the Gateway Center Ballroom 35. “We encourage anyone to attend our event and support the event and make sure our guests have a good visit to campus,” Espinoza said.
College of Business participates in International Week BY TIM MONZINGO Contributing Writer
The Col lege of Business w i l l host a lect u re by t he Honorary Consul of Sweden on Fr iday i n t he Gateway Center Ballroom. Ga r r y Joh nson, t he honorary consul of Sweden at the consulate’s Dallas office,
w ill deliver a speech titled “Welcome to Sweden” aimed at discussing international business models a nd relations. Johnson also launched a compa ny ca l led INSERV that prepares people to live a nd work i n i ntercu lt u ra l environments. “One t h i ng we were
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Denton celebrates Relay for Life’s 15th year BY CHRISTINA MLYNSKI Staff Writer
Beanbag tosses and cotton candy are a few of the carnivalthemed activities the Denton community can enjoy when residents and UNT students gather at Fouts Field to celebrate Denton’s 15th annual Relay for Life. Relay for Life is the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. This year 95 teams, including 34 UNT organizations, will compete at the event to recognize survivors, receive donations for further research and raise cancer awareness. “When I was 23 and 27, I lost both my parents to cancer, and even at that age it was still too young,” said Kendra Williams, event chairwoman. “By providing this for people, I’m hoping that we’ll raise awareness and enough money to continue to help to try and find a cure so that no one has to ever experience that.” The relay will take place for 15 hours from 3 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday to symbolize the number of years Denton has been an active member in the fight against cancer, Williams said. In 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon, walked around a track for 24 hours in Tacoma, Wash., to express his
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Liz Gaulke, a hospitality management junior, is the top fundraiser at UNT for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Gaulke has raised more than $1,200 on her own and is serving as one of the captains for the Honors Hall team. passion of finding a cure for cancer. This began Relay for Life, and the event has since become a nationwide movement to raise money for the American Cancer Society, according to the Relay for Life Denton Web site.
Relay for Life has raised $88,000 to contribute to its goal of $135,000. Susan Manuel, team development coordinator, said she hopes to reach that goal by Saturday.
Liz Gaulke, a hospitality management junior, said that Honors Hall is the biggest university donator. The team from the dorm raised more than $2,000, which is the largest amount of money donated since
its involvement three years ago, Gaulke said. “There will be survivors there to share their story, so I hope I get to have a more personal connection with the people who I am helping, and there’s
so much love and support from places you wouldn’t expect,” Gaulke said. “Relay for Life is free and open to anyone who wants to come out and enjoy an event in support of continuing to find a cure for cancer,” Williams said. The relay will begin at 3p.m. with community sur vivors walking the first lap of the day. There will be a luminary ceremony that evening, and attendees will have the option to purchase a white bag in memory of someone who has died from cancer. The bags will then be lit and placed on the track. A member from the Relay for Life committee will read off a name for whom the bag represents. The fight-back ceremony begins shortly afterward, when participants will make pledges to prevent risks from developing cancer. The closing ceremony will commence at 5:30 a.m. to signify the completion of the event, Williams said. A tradition of the Denton relay is a bagpipe player who plays a rendition of “Amazing Grace” as he walks the track, Manuel said. “I became a vessel for so much hope involving the fight against cancer, and I feel as if I’ve led the way for people who want to be a part of the change if they choose to be,” Gaulke said.
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UNT program prepares children for preschool BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer
A Texas prog ra m under the educational psychology department of the College of Education is helping parents to prepare their 3-, 4- and 5-yearold children for preschool. The Texas Home Instruction for Pa rent s of P reschool Youngsters aids low-income parents in preparing their children for school through a 30-week curriculum, often using household items to develop children’s skills at home. “We’re a prog ra m t hat helps parents understand and realize that they are the first and most important educators to their child, regardless of what their background is,” said David Tisdale, the program’s coordinator. Parents receive a curriculum with books and activities to help their children develop skills they will need in school and in life. “For me, HIPPY is about what we all have to offer and how we all play such important roles in the strengthening of community, starting at the family level,” Tisdale said. The program serves 1,700
children a nd is f unded by a g ra nt f rom A mer iCor ps, a nationa l progra m aimed at strengthening communities. No student fees pay for the program. “Our goal is for every child in Texas to enter school ready to succeed,” said Carla Weir, t he state d i rector for t he prog ra m. “We wa nt to do that by linking parents and teaching parents how to get their k ids ready for school doi ng t he s e ver y si mple in-home activities every day with their child.” The parents meet 10 times a year to talk about issues relating to child development, d iscipline, sibling r iva lr y, child abuse prevention and safety, she said. Local programs are implemented through a partnersh ip w it h school d ist r icts and nonprofit organizations, which define the criteria for participants. T her e a r e s e v en lo c a l programs in Texas, including E l Pa so Un ited Way a nd t he Da l las, Gra nd Pra ir ie, Irving, Houston, Snyder and R ic h a r d s on i nde p e nde nt school districts.
T he cost for each ch i ld is about $1,100, which t he school districts or nonprofit organizations pay. T he educat ion prog ra m empowers t he pa rents i nvolved, sa id A r m i nta Jacobson of the educational psycholog y facu lt y a nd director of the UNT Center for Parent Education. “It gives them tools to be t hei r ch i ld’s f i rst teacher a nd g ive t heir chi ld some e a rl y l iter ac y sk i l l s t h at t hey wou ldn’t get because it’s one-on-one a nd using t hings a round t he house,” she said. Compared to their peers in the same socioeconomic group who don’t participate in the program, the children i nvolved t he prog ra m a re statistically better by third and fourth grade, she said. “I think students, if they don’t come f rom pover t y, think it is all negative and very discouraging and to see these parents who are lowincome, who are wonderful pa rents a nd become wonderful teachers of their own children, and to be able to experience the hopefulness of working with people
“I hope it is just a good, fun tournament,” said Chelsea Wester, a marketing senior and president of the club. This is the third year the wa keboa rding tea m has gone to nationals, and eight members of t he tea m w i ll compete, she said.
“It’s a good way to represent the school and get UNT’s na me out t here,” Wester said. T he t e a m ho s t e d a nd placed in the Collegiate Team Challenge on April 10, placing first and third in the women’s division.
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Program Coordinator David Tisdale trains and assists members of Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters. is something that [students] can get out of it,” Jacobson said. Both graduate and underg raduate st udent s have opportunities to work a nd volunteer with the program and will gain experience in w r it i ng g ra nts a nd developing materials. Kristin Mackie, a development and family studies soph-
omore, said she has considered working for the program and thinks it is important for children. “If they [aren’t] developmentally ready, they’ll have a harder time in school,” she said. “It’s not fair that their parents are at poverty level. If they can have something as easy as doing a puzzle to help them get to the next level,
they should do it.” The Te x a s Home Inst r uct ion for Pa rents of Preschool Youngsters office is in Dallas. The program joined UNT in 2000 and was established in Israel for immigrant children in 1969, according to the program’s Web site. For more information, visit w w w.unt.edu/hippy.
Mary Beth Rose, a recreat ion a nd leisu re st ud ies senior, won first place and s a i d s h e w a s s u r pr i s e d because she “winged it.” “It was definitely cool to be first in something,” she said. “I’ve never done that before.” Rose sa id she hopes t he team makes it past the first round of competition. Wa k e b o a r d i n g i s n o t l i ke ot her spor t s because opposing team members have a different competitive spirit, she said. “It’s not like baseball where you hate the other schools team because you have this huge rivalry,” she said. “We all like each other. We root for each other whenever they’re riding ... We don’t hope that
they fall on their face or break their arm or anything.” Rose said one of the things she likes about being a part of the group is getting to meet new people. “It’s excit ing, especia l ly when someone throws something really big, and you’re like ‘Oh, my gosh ! That is so awesome ! ’ It’s cool to see people … do really cool tricks,” she said. “It’s a fun hobby, and it’s something not too serious.” It is ha rd for t he g roup members to r ide toget her because t hey don’t have a team boat, Rose said. “If we had a team boat and we went out as a team with a boat our school paid for, we’d be an awesome team,” she said.
Because the team doesn’t have a boat, Wester said, group members are responsible for practicing on their own. T here i s a la rge w a keb o a r d i n g c om mu n i t y i n Dallas and many of the people involved go to UNT, so it is important for the university to have a club for the sport, she said. “I like wakeboarding just because it helps me take my mind off school and stuff like that, and it’s a fun way to stay active and you get to hang out with your friends on the lake,” she said. Emily Ellison, an applied arts and sciences senior, said she joined the wakeboarding tea m la st yea r because it was a good way for her to get involved a f ter tra nsferring to UNT. “It’s a good, relaxing, fun thing to tr y,” she said. “It’s another option for people who enjoy wakeboarding to come together and meet people.” Group members receive a discount on wa keboa rding lessons at t he Sasser Wa keboa rd School in For t Worth. For mor e i n for m at ion, contact Chelsea Wester at clw305@aol.com or search for the North Texas Wake Team 09-10 on Facebook.
Wakeboarding team competes nationally today BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer
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Athlete of the Week: Hurdler possesses ‘untapped potential’ BY ERIC JOHNSON Senior Staff Writer
With the weight of her family’s track legacy on her shoulders, De’Ona Stafford explodes out of the starting block, soars over the hurdles and finishes before most people could tie their shoes. Stafford set a new personal record in front of more than 2,000 fans Saturday at Fouts Field with a time of 14.2 seconds in t he 100-meter hu rd les, earning a third-place finish. “She is just genet ica l ly g if ted,� sa id spr int coach Sammy Dabbs, who has been coaching Stafford since she was a junior in high school. “De’Ona has untapped potential, and it is my job to pull it out of her. Saturday was the type of performance that we expect from her. If she shows some maturity, she has the potential to shatter the school record.� Stafford grew up hearing stories about her parents’ success on t he t rack at Louisiana-Monroe, and it was not long before she gravitated toward the sport. While her mother worked with different track clubs in the area, Stafford and her brother let nature take over. “We did not push them towa rd t rack,� sa id Hug h Stafford, De’Ona’s father. “They were just drawn to it. From the time they could walk, they were racing each other. Once they got started, we could not pry them away from the track.� Like their parents, both Sta f ford a nd her brot her became sprinters, running the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes. By the time that Stafford began her freshman year of high school, her brother was already a legend at Crowley High School in Fort Worth. Stafford watched as her brother won a Texas 4A High School State Championship, which fueled her competitive fire. “He showed me what to be and taught me to never be satisfied, no matter what level of success I reach,� De’Ona Stafford said. “Expectations were very high of me because of my parents and my brother, and I was not going to be left behind.� It was after meeting Dabbs a year later that Stafford would carve her own mark into the family tree. Dabbs morphed Stafford from a 400-meter runner into a hurdler the summer before her junior year. In a family full of track athletes, Stafford became the first one to run hurdles. Dabbs said he knew from the moment he met her that she had the athletic tools to make the tran-
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Freshman De’Ona Stafford placed third at the North Texas Spring Classic in the 100-meter hurdles last weekend. sition. “Hurdlers are a different breed,� he said. “They have to
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have foot speed, they have to be intelligent and they have to be coachable. You have to be willing to put in extra hours of training, and her determination made her a perfect fit. Her size didn’t hurt either.� The 5-foot-9-inch rising star signed with UNT in 2009 after earning two invitations to the Texas 4A state track meet. Since joining the Mean Green in the fall, Stafford has worked with one of the top hurdlers in school history, A lysha Ada ms. She a lso developed a friendship with fellow freshman and Texas 5A high school state champion
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After reading yet another pointless column Wednesday by Mr. Irrelevant, I was thoroughly disgusted by his libelous statement about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He erroneously stated that Big Ben had been charged with sexual assault twice in the last year, when in fact he has never been charged with any crime. However, it’s undeniable that his actions were disgraceful. He has made himself, the Steelers organization, the NFL and men in general, look very bad. I bleed the black and gold 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, but I am still not going to defend the situation he has put himself in. As die-hard of a fan base as we are in Pittsburgh, the community is still disgusted by his incredibly immature actions. I was taught from a young age that women are to be treated with respect
at all times, a lesson someone needs to teach that man-baby. I am definitely not proud of the actions of Big Ben. However, speaking from a purely legal sense, he has done nothing wrong. There have been two instances where he has been accused of sexual assault, but that is nowhere near the same thing as being charged. The first case is a civil lawsuit, so regardless of the outcome, Big Ben cannot be charged with anything. However, the second situation was more serious. March 5 was a dark day for me, as I imagined the possibility of not having Big Ben under center for the 2010 season. A 20-year-old college student said Big Ben took advantage of her at a nightclub in Milledgeville, Ga., while she was drunk. I could go into a long rant about how women should not go to a strange place
and get so drunk that they have no idea what is going on, but I won’t. It was still horrifying to me that a man involved in a civil suit would go out to a college bar where nothing good could happen. Do I buy the woman’s story? I don’t really know, to be honest. But the Rooney family needs to buy him a chastity belt or find some other way for him to spend his time, because although he is a grown man, he needs a baby sitter. But regardless of anyone’s opinion on the subject, the Baldwin County District Attorney did not have enough evidence to place Big Ben under arrest, much less convict him of any crime. Is this how a 28-year-old professional athlete should be carrying himself? Absolutely not, and I hope he will learn his lesson this time and keep it zipped up. He is a two-time Super Bowl cham-
pion that makes more than $8 million a year, and he needs to realize that is a privilege, not a right. I firmly believe that athletes and celebrities are not role models, but that is no excuse for acting like a child.
As the U.S.-led offensive against the Middle East rages on, one rarely discussed but relevant question hangs in my mind. Would a policy of friendship and free-trade with nations without entangling alliances be more effective than current U.S. foreign policy? Should America adopt a non-interventionist agenda? Non-interventionism can be defined as a failure or refusal to intervene, especially in the affairs of another nation. Although that scholastic definition is mostly accurate, it is flawed in that it is too simple to encompass the conceptual underpinnings of non-interventionism. Some concepts that provide the foundation for non-interventionism are sovereignty and a respect for the rights of people to practice political self-determination in their country of residence. Often politicians and media pundits represent non-interventionism as an isolationist or an overly pacifistic stance. These statements are errors, and they result in more public confusion. Isolationism is a policy of not intervening in other nations coupled with restrictive immigration policies and nationalistic tendencies, while non-interventionism, encour-
ages free-trade and immigration. Furthermore, assertions that non-interventionism is a form of pacifism are asinine. Switzerland is a country that pursues a policy of non-interventionism and defensively armed neutrality to protect its land and people. By choosing neut ra lit y and refusing to monetarily support certain nation-states, Switzerland is able to — like the old English dictum, “by deeds and not words” — show their respect for the independence of other nations. What would happen to the international opinion of the U.S. if the nation were to “pull out” of an ambitious project to bring democracy to a region that is notoriously resistant to coercive foreign influence? There is no way of knowing for sure. But one thing is certain: It is time for American taxpayers to ask why nearly one-third of the annual budget is used on military spending. Is it worthwhile for America to spend more than $600 billion a year on defense when the rest of the globe spends about $500 billion? The damaging economic results of excessive defense spending and the maintenance
of a global empire are gradual, but in the long term, destructive. War spending is a redirection of more noble and productive uses of money. If the American public does not address the exorbitant amount the U.S. appropriates for defense, the country approaches the possibility of full-scale economic collapse and dissolution of the empire out of necessity. The political establishment can continue to pursue its agenda of invading countries, executing bombing campaigns, supporting military coups, and using fear and force to elicit actions. But it is time to recognize that these interventions often result in “blowback,” or unintended consequences from involvement in the affairs of foreign nations as evidenced by the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. The feelings of the occupied towards the occupier can often become resentful, if not outright hostile, putting our brave soldiers in harm’s way, especially from people who are skeptical about how humanitarian the occupations are. The American public should begin to pressure friends, families, community leaders, representatives and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president to reconsider the necessity to force-
fully impose democracy in other nations. Even with a change to a more neutral and non-interventionist foreign policy, U.S. citizens must accept that the bad reputation will last for some time, and that monetarily-dependant allies may be displeased with a new position of zero-funding. But over time the logical and compassionate people of the world will realize that while the U.S. dropping its role as the world’s empire may have lead to temporary instability in areas where the military artificially imposed peace, the pursuit of a more neutral and friendly relationship with nations is much preferable to a relationship based on intimidation and coercion.
Eric Johnson is a journalism senior and a senior staff writer for the Daily. He can be reached at EricJohnson3@my.unt.edu.
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