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Program matches donors with cancer patients

BY K RYSTLE CANTU Staff Writer

After a great turn out, “Be the Match” plans to make its bone marrow donor drive at UNT an annual event.

The April 12 drive brought in 1,301 UNT student donors.

“Be the Match” attempts to pair bone marrow donors with cancer patients through DNA. UNT was one of four other universities chosen to host the drive. The event was scheduled to coincide with Cancer Week.

“We’ll for sure do it again next year,” Jennifer Saenz, a donor center coordinator for the program, said. “It was a great success. UNT should be very proud of themselves” R honda C h r i sten sen, a re se a rch s c ienc e f ac u lt y member at UNT received a livesaving bone marrow transplant on June 8, 2008. After she was diagnosed with leukemia, she went through unsuccessful chemotherapy.

“They only way to save myself was to replace my marrow with someone who matched me,” she said. “I would not be here otherwise.”

Christensen said none of her siblings matched her DNA. Her last option was to find someone was through the program’s registry.

“It’s … a one in 20,000 chance that I’ll find someone who matches,” she said. “I found someone.”

C h r i s t e n s e n ’s d o n o r , Elizabeth Jordan, joined the registry at 19 years old as a sophomore in college.

“It was about five years later that I got the call,” Jordan said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF RHONDA CHRISTENSEN

(From left) Rhonda Christensen, of the research science faculty at UNT, Cliff Ackerman, a member of “Be the Match” at Baylor University, and Gerald Knezek, of the department of learning technologies at UNT support the “Be the Match” bone marrow transplant program. Christensen was a recipient of a bone marrow transplant through the program.

“It was the best decision … I’ve ever made. It was the most meaningful.”

Jordan and Christensen maintain a close relationship to this day.

“Getting to know this incredible woman that has a family and her ow n life,” Jordan said. “It’s a huge gift. I had no idea.”

Christensen said she is

forever grateful.

“She is my angel of life,” she said. “That’s what I call her.”

Jordan advised all students to register and keep an open mind.

“Even if they’re not 100 percent ready to do it, they don’t know how they’re going to feel in five or 10 years,” she said. “It really requires very little from the donor.”

Fallen Eagles honored at memorial ceremony

BY STACY POWERS

Contributing Writer UNT students, faculty, staff and alumni who have died in the past year were honored Wednesday at Shrader Pavilion by t he 4t h annua l Flight Memorial Ceremony.

“If you’ve ever seen an eagle in flight, it’s very beautiful,” said Dakota Carter, the Student Government Association president, in his opening remarks as master of ceremonies. “We call this a f light memorial service because we w a nt to remember the beauty that all these individua ls brought to people who worked w it h them, learned with them or studied w it h them.”

C h a i r w om a n Mau r e en McGuinness, assistant vice president for student development, organized the ceremony with a committee of representatives from student development, human resources and the students.

About 200 people attended the ceremony, including families, faculty, staff and student.

People walking by stopped to watch.

“It has become part of the tradition of the institution,” McGuinness said. “We were losing a lot of students and our community was being affected, and there was no way for them

the UNT Glee club sing a tribute after the keynote. The members chose to sing Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up.” A representative from each of the four groups read the names of the 14 students, 26 faculty and staff members, and 550 alumni who died since last April, McGuinness said.

To conclude the ceremony, there was a ringing of the bell.

The College of Music Pep Band played the Alma Mater, and the crowd departed in silence to “Taps” played

by Et ien ne S t o u p y , a music doctoral student.

All the flags on c a mpu s —Gloria Cox were flown at Honors College Dean half-staff in honor of the fallen Eagles.

“Last year it was held inside the ceremony. Diebel turned it over to Carter to introduce because of the rain, but this the keynote speaker, Honors year the outside brought a different element to it and it’s College Dean Gloria Cox. “We celebrate our victo- always a nice moment to give ries and joys together, and back to the families,” said Andi we will stand the pain of loss Minatrea, a hospitality managetogether, too,” Cox said. “It does ment senior.

The ceremony has been held not matter that some had been members of the UNT commu- on the last Wednesday before nity for a long time and others dead week for four years.

“It shows ever ybody no for a short time. Our community is diminished by these matter how short of a time losses because each person was that you’re a part of this institution that you do make a unique and irreplaceable.”

The committee for orga- lasting impact, and that you nizing the ceremony tries to add have touched lives no matter something new every year. This what your role is,” McGuinness year, they had five members of said.

Jordan said she hardly felt any pain while donating.

“Only slight discomfort at the most,” she said. “I would still do it everyday if I knew it would help save somebody.”

The program’s recruiting volunteers set up booths and donor applications in various parts of the campus for Cancer Week. Each day they pushed students to register with the

program’s database.

“There’s about 8 million people on the registry nationwide,” Saenz said. “You never know if you could be that one person that could match.”

Christensen said it’s important that as many people join the registry as possible.

“The more people there are in the registry, the more likely that people who are looking

for that can find a match,” Christensen said. “Be the one to save a life.”

After preparing for a year, the group recruited for a week.

Saenz the reason the drive was held during Cancer Week was to draw attention to the number of people cancer can affect and how individuals can help.

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to come together as a group, so what better way as an institution to come together and to honor all four groups of people that have impacted the life of the institution.”

Fa m i ly member s were escorted to their seats by the Green Jackets, a student organization, as the ceremony opened with the presentation of the colors and the national anthem.

Interim President Phil Diebel spoke about the university and

“Our community is diminished by these losses because each person was unique and irreplaceable.”

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The UNT Glee Club performs a dance piece to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in a dress rehearsal in order to prep for their first performance. The set list includes songs and dances from all genres of music. The group will perform at 7 p.m. on May 7 in the Auditorium building.

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Cancer patient finds transplant via program Continued from Page 1 “Most students have been touched by cancer at least once in their life, whether it be family or friends,” she said. “We just wanted them to be aware of how cancer can affect you and how you can prevent it and what resources are out there, and of course do a good deed by joining the registry.”

Because of her experience, Christensen is now the UNT committee coordinator for “Be the Match.”

“It was so amazing,” she said.

“My heart was encouraged by so many people who would stop and listen. I was so impressed and touched with our student body.”

UNT was chosen, along with the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of Houston, Texas State University and Texas A&M, to host drives.

“We did do this all over the state,” Saenz said “Each center took on a different college.”

Registered people will only be called to donate if the program finds a match. Donors will be kept on file for as long as 20 years.

“My donor was in college when she registered,” Christensen said.

“It was five years later when they called her.”

Registrants undergo a cheek swab to obtain a sample of their DNA, which is entered into a database and kept on file for potential matches with bone marrow recipients.

Upon finding a match, participants will undergo a physical to make sure they are healthy candidates for donation.

“If you do get chosen and agree to do it, 90 percent of the time it is a blood draw, similar to plasma,” Christensen said.

Christensen said candidates used to undergo surgery but insisted that recent developments have made the procedure more tolerable.

“It’s not that way anymore,” she said. “It’s not so painful.”

For more information, visit www.bethematch.org.

Vernon Jackson, a business sophomore, recently signed up for the program.

“It’s the feeling of knowing you have the potential to save somebody’s life, old or young,” he said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF RHONDA CHRISTENSEN

Elizabeth Jordan, (left) who registered her DNA seven years ago, donated her bone marrow through a program called “Be the Match” to Rhonda Christensen, a research science faculty member at UNT. “Be the Match” helps pair bone marrow donors to cancer patients to help save their lives.

CARE team helps potential suicide victims

BY LISA GARZA

Senior Staff Writer The number of attempted suicide cases on campus has steadily risen this semester, but school officials have banded together in an effort to keep students safe.

The CARE team is a new university-recognized resource composed of five members from different departments.

Policies and procedures are in place to respond to student needs, and team members meet regularly, said Maureen McGuinness, assistant vice president for student development and acting chairwoman of the team.

“Post-Virginia Tech made universities look at how we communicate,” McGuinness said. “[Seung-Hui] Cho sent up red f lags to a number of d i f ferent depa r t ments on campus, but no one was ever talking.”

McGuinness said the UNT team and similar ones nationwide have been modeled after the Virginia Tech’s Behavior Threat Assessment team.

“We decided to go from a caring aspect, kind of like we’re wrapping our arms around the students and helping them stay in school and finding them help in one form or another,” McGuiness said.

called in on a case-by-case basis, McGuinness said.

E l i s a bet h Wa r ren, t he director of UNT Housing, said resident adv isors and hall directors are trained to notice student behaviors that are out of the ordinary and to intervene.

Student mental health issues are dealt with as discretely and privately as possible, she said.

“We probably err on the side Working together of perhaps being a little too The team was formed in t he summer of 2008 w it h invasive sometimes, but we’d members appointed by then- rather ask a student how things Vice President for Student are going and confront the Development Bonita Jacobs issue than to pretend everyto look at mental health issues thing is OK,” Warren said. “We on campus and form a unified have to maintain both a focus on the individual’s welfare and response.

The f ive team members the group’s welfare — for no include representatives from student resides in our halls the UNT Police Department, the in isolation … One person’s provost’s office, UNT Housing, behavior can affect so many and the Counseling and Testing students.”

Center. Other departments are

The response Calling 911 is always the quickest action to ta ke if someone is in danger of hurting himself, Warren said.

“If our staff is contacted and the situation is deserving, they will call 911 … so we encourage that to be the first action, followed by finding a staff member,” she said.

The UNT Police Department responds to attempted suicide calls, Deputy Chief Ed Reynolds said.

“Our primary concern when we get there is to make sure that the person is taken care of,” he

said. “If they need medical attention, that’s provided to them, and then it’s determined what type of counseling is appropriate.”

Incidents are posted on the department’s online blotter which lists the date, time and location.

“Something like [a suicide] — we have our officers fill out a report so we can make sure we follow up appropriately,” Reynolds said.

Ever y ac t ion t a ken i n response is with the student’s b e s t i nt e r e s t i n m i n d , McGuinness said.

“My job is to reach out to that student and their parents, talk to them and then make sure

performs “wellness checks” on a requested basis.

“Students may be depressed or acting out,” McGuinness sa id. “It’s not just about suicide attempts but all kinds of issues.”

The number of requested wellness checks has increased as the end of the semester nears.

“Two weeks ago, we had seven requests in one week, and that was pretty extensive,” McGuinness said. “You never know when something like this is going to happen, so this is one of those things that I would drop everything for to make sure that the student is taken care of and we get

“No student resides in our halls in isolation ... One person’s behavior can affect so many students.”

—Elisabeth Warren Director of UNT Housing

that school is the best place for them at that time,” she said.

If students are not admitted to a hospital for treatment following a suicide attempt, they must be cleared by a physician, counselor or psychiatrist before resuming academic life, McGuinness said.

Preventative measures The Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities

them through the proper channels.”

Anybody in the community can make a referral to the CARE team.

“Since we believe that caring for our fellow students is everyone’s job, we obviously want all students to be vigilant of others being a danger to themselves,” Warren said. “This should not be confused, though, with students becoming caretakers and guardians of the safety of others. This would be asking too much.”

Students should pay attention to what is happening with their peers, and if necessary, seek the proper help.

“If it’s serious enough, call

Warning Signs Level 1 * Changes in academic performance * Change in pattern of interaction * Problems concentrating and remembering things or making decisions Level 2 * Being disruptive to other students, faculty or staff * Persistent sadness or unexplained crying * High levels of irritability or inappropriate excitement Level 3 * Inability to communicate clearly * Statements related to death or dying * Threats of harming self or harming others Info courtesy of UNT CARE team

911 or simply mention a seemingly odd behavior to a staff member, which we will follow up on,” Warren said.

The CARE team has created a resource guide folder that every faculty and staff will have by this summer, McGuinness said.

“This will give them an overview of how to recognize a person in distress, refer them to the proper resources, which will hopefully help them stay in school.”

The C A RE team can be reached at careteam@unt.edu or 940-565-4373.

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Researchers rave about visualization system

BY A LEX CHEATHAM Staff Writer

A f ter si x mont hs of const r uct ion, t he UN T Research and Visualization Env ironment at Discover y Park is complete. A n open house will take place Friday.

Sp or t i n g a d i s p l a y of 12 m on i t or s i n a f ou rby-t h ree g r id tota l i ng 49 mi l lion pi xels, t he system can give researchers a new w ay to a na ly z e i n for mation created from the UNT supercomputer, the TALON cluster. El i zabet h Hi n k leTurner, assistant director of academic computing and user services, and Jesse Hamner, project ma nager, sa id t he system is important for data analysis.

“T he 21st cent u r y ha s brought the ability to generate over whelming a mounts of data,” H i n k le-Tu r ner a nd Hamner wrote in an article.

“These data, while usef ul, must still be examined and understood.”

T he s y stem cost about $100,000 to build.

UNT’s TALON cluster uses more t ha n 1,700 computer processors. Each processor can work on a specific problem, creating an immense amount of data for the researchers, Hamner said.

“A fter the data is generated, now what? ” Ha mner sa id. “T he R AV E a nswers the now what and can give a better understanding of the work [the researchers have done].”

Hinkle-Turner said the new system would arrange the data produced by the supercomputer in a various ways.

“Because of high performance computing, researchers have generated so much data,” Hinkle-Turner said. “It’s hard to analyze a bunch of numbers and create a graph, so the RAVE translates data [created by the TALON cluster] into a visual ent it y to help resea rchers better understand.”

A visual entity can include a shape, graph or picture to demonstrate the data.

The system was created to give researchers a more comprehensive way of a na lyzing data while enhancing research at UNT. The system’s large display shows lists of numbers as g raphs or pictures or ca n a llow researchers to zoom in without losing important information.

Resea rchers who m ig ht benef it f rom t he s y stem i nclude t he UN T facu lt y, profe s sor s a nd st udent s, who need not be limited to a

PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSE HAMNER

The UNT Research And Visualization Environment will have an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday in room C236 at Discovery Park. On display will be a system of 12 monitors arranged in a four-by-three grid totaling 49 million pixels. The system can give researchers a new way to analyze information created from the UNT supercomputer, the TALON cluster. specific area of research.

A lt hough not open as a general-access computer lab, students in the engineering, information science, social science, a r t a nd pol it ica l science programs will be able to use the system.

Most students using the s y stem w i l l be g r aduate students, Hamner said.

After researchers view the data on the large screen, they have oppor tunit y to print their data on a large-scale printer.

“The pr inter work s just like a regular ink-jet printer, but has nine ink-cartridges and can print up to five feet by 100 feet at a really high, photographic resolution,” said Hamner.

The system will be open

to the public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday for an open house at Discovery Park C236. There, staff will conduct demonstrations of the facility and the software as well as answering quest ions about resea rch opportunities.

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League trains student groups in leadership

BY DREW GAINES

Staff writer and photographer T he UN T L E A D Leag ue ha s a nswered t he ca l l of organizations in need since last semester. Its members descend upon group meetings to assist students and faculty in their efforts to mold tomorrow’s leaders.

LE AD is an acrony m for leadership, education, activit ies a nd development — a summat ion of what t he league is all about. The group employs exercises, retreats, discussions and icebreakers with student organizations to promote everything from conf lict resolution to team building.

“The progra m combines leadership and personality,” said Kristin Brinlee, a graduate assistant and overseer of the league. “Some of the activities are a little silly and people wonder, ‘why a m I doing this?’ but they realize that this helps [them] to work better in a group and they get the big picture.”

The league got its start last semester when officials in the Center for Leadership and Services saw the need for an on-campus organization that

specialized in outreach and leadership education.

The group began with 15 member s a nd c onduc te d five programs last semester.

This spring, the league has quadrupled in number and ha s a ssisted 20 d i f ferent student organizations with their developmental needs, including Phi A lpha Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, Greek Life and UNT Housing.

“Basica l ly, what I do is go to or ga n i z at ion s a nd faci litate dif ferent leadership activities,” said Jordan Brown, a league facilitator and psychology senior. “We all like to think we are good leaders, but leaders need to learn more and grow more, too.”

The most requested act iv it y f rom t he orga n ization is a program ca lled UZOO-Identifying Your Style.

Brown and his fellow facilitators attend an organization’s meeting with surveys in hand.

Once filled out, the surveys help categorize the students based on leadership qualities of four different animals. The students then have to solve problems based on the char-

acteristics of their specific animal.

Members of t he orga nization participate in league retreats and undergo in-depth team building programs to be a part of the group. Brown joi ned t he leag ue “to get more involved on campus,” he said.

Student groups who request assistance from the league are asked to decide between a 30-minute ice breaker session, 60-minute team building exercise or a 2-hour group facilitation. They then list their expected goals for the session and work with the league to achieve those goals.

“I t hin k it of fers a nice break,” Brinlee said. “It gives the organization the opportunity to have outsiders come in and present. It allows the people in charge the chance to step back and be a part of the group.”

Since its incept ion, t he league has seen more requests from organizations with the desire to improve their team and leadership qualities.

The league members expect to r u n more work shops, retreats and exercises in the future, Brinlee said.

PHOTO BY DREW GAINES/PHOTOGRAPHER

The Center for Leadership and Services is the headquarters of the LEAD league, a student organization that uses retreats, workshops and ice-breakers to promote leadership.

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PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH/VISUALS EDITOR

UNT dance students will connect their audience with the world around them when they perform the “Closer to the Earth and Sky” concert to display the work of the department’s faculty.

The performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building University Theatre.

“It’s a chance for the students to dance in professional work,” said Ellie Leonhardt, a dance faculty member and artistic director for the production. “These students are getting an opportunity they wouldn’t otherwise get if they weren’t enrolled in our program.”

Haitian universities cope after earthquake PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (MCT) — On a recent weekday afternoon at the University of Haiti, students huddled under a large tree while a professor lectured over a megaphone, his voice booming over the rumble of generators and squeals of homeless children at play.

None of the students will get credit for attending this outdoor religion lesson, as the vast majority of Haiti’s 25,000 university students have been shut out of class since the Jan. 12 earthquake toppled about 90 percent of the school buildings.

“There is no hope for this year, so our only hope is that our government will find a plan for next year,” said Jeff Lefevre, a communications student. “We hear a lot of speeches about tents and food, but not about higher education. It’s not what anybody is thinking about.”

It has been more than three months since the 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed nine of the state university’s 13 campuses, and the country’s largest institution of higher learning is still looking for tents and space to offer classes outdoors.

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Still, officials at both public and private universities in Haiti said that with food and shelter straining resources in a nation wracked with problems, higher learning is low on the list of priorities.

The quake served to unmask an already crippled education system where even university presidents lack doctorate degrees and students complained they had to offer their professors sex to graduate. So as educators scramble to count the losses, some experts say that the devastation will serve as the opportunity to create a higher education system from scratch, or risk forever becoming a leaderless nation dependent on foreign aid.

“Higher education in Haiti was a mess prior to the earthquake,” said Louis Herns Marcelin, a University of Miami anthropologist who is the chancellor of Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development, a research and higher education organization in Port-au-Prince.

“Over the years of institutional degradation, no regulation, no standards, it became ‘whatever.’

Whatever happens.

“The earthquake unveiled a disaster that was already happening.”

An study by the institute showed 80 percent of Haiti’s 159 universities were in the quakeravaged capital of Port-au-Prince.

Of the 32 they surveyed, 28 were destroyed.

Anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 students died.

Marcelin said the state university needs $2.5 million immediately just to get temporary structures up, but the issue is not on

the government — the U.S. or Haiti’s — agenda.

Opening schools and institutions of higher education in preparation for the new school year is among Haiti’s priorities, the government said in a needs assessment report presented to the March 31 international donors conference at the United Nations.

Although it did not distinguish between lower and higher education, the report says more than 1,300 education institutions collapsed as a result of the quake.

The government estimates that it will cost $915 million to relaunch Haiti’s education system over the next 12 months, and $3.5 billion to build an education system over the next decade.

A Ministry of Education official acknowledged that the emphasis has been on lower education, because of an urgent quest to get children off the street. The government is worried that the international community’s solution will be to offer scholarships to Haiti’s gifted university students, who will leave the country and not return.

A plan to relocate and centralize the school’s various divisions on a field location outside Port-auPrince is still in the planning stages, officials said.

“The state university has big problems because 90 percent of our buildings are collapsed,” said rector Jean Vernet Henry. “Our big priority is finding money, funding, financial resources to buy prefabricated structures to begin courses.”

He said at least half the university’s student body has left the capital, so he is eager to begin virtual learning programs.

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UNT Glee Club to give its first performance

BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer

UNT history will be made at 7 p.m. May 7 when the curtain opens and the first UNT Glee Club debuts.

The show will be in the Auditorium Building, and tickets are $5 at the door or $6 online at www.untglee.com.

“I think it is important for us to end the year with a bang and show UNT that this is the new glee club,” said Kelsey Hughen, an undecided freshman and glee club member.

The group has rehearsed almost every day of the week, she said.

“We’ve been working so hard,” Hughen said. “I’m excited to see how our hard work is put into place. I’m really hoping that we can surprise the audience.”

Members of the club will perform about 14 numbers, including solo and duet performances.

A s a n en s emble, t he

30-person group will perform five numbers.

Hughen sa id when she watched some of the “gleeks” audition for solos, she realized that the talent each individual has is what makes the club.

“I was amazed by the amount of individual talent because I had only heard us as a group,” she said. “Then I heard people individually, and it gave me a whole new perspective and a whole new respect for each person in the group that we all have something we can bring.”

It is important the glee club establish itself as something different from the television show, Hughen said.

“We’re not trying to be like the characters … we’re trying to establish ourselves,” she said. “I think it’s important to play along a little bit and do a couple numbers [from the show] for fun to show people what kind of things we can

do, but at the same time we are doing numbers like ‘Bad Romance’ and ‘Thriller,’ which are so fun.”

Jose Coira, a radio, television and film senior and founder of the glee club, said he is excited for the group’s first show.

“It has been a long, long journey, and I’m super excited for everybody to see what we have been working on,” he said.

It is important for UNT to have a glee club because it is something new, Coira said.

“UNT has tons of choirs for the music majors, and I know that they have dance classes for dance majors, but this is an opportunity for people who aren’t music or dance majors but have a passion in one or the other,” he said.

All the money collected at the show will go toward paying for the group to go to Disney World next semester, where they want to perform, Coira said.

PHOTO BY AUGUSTA LIDDIC/PHOTOGRAPHER

The UNT Glee club practices for their first performance, which will be held May 7 in the Main Auditorium. Members of the club will perform songs including “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Thriller. ” “Even though this is our first semester, I hope we have some jaw-droppers [at the show],” said Yadin Echeverry, a performance sophomore and “gleek.”

He is looking forward to performing “Bad Romance” by

Lady Gaga and seeing how the audience reacts, he said.

Eliza Kelly, an international studies senior, said she has heard a lot about the show “Glee” and will probably start watching it soon, in part because of her love

for musicals.

She said she would like to go to the glee club’s show.

“I bet it would be really fun,” Kelly said.

For more information, visit untglee.com

Alumnus writes book, encourages abroad travel

BY NICOLE LANDRY Staff Writer

Since Clarke Straughan was a boy growing up in San Antonio, he dreamed of adventure. After spending Saturdays watching films with his friends, he decided that he wanted to be an adventurer when he “got big.”

He has been from the Caribbean to Africa to China and back again, and he retells the hundreds of stories he’s collected in his selfpublished memoir, “Romancing the Impossible: Traveling the World Without Money.”

“I had an idea, a five-year

plan to adventure the world,” Straughan said, “It grew into a 10-year plan, and it ended up being seven.”

Straughan began traveling after he graduated from Texas A&M University in 1960 and returned to Texas to receive his Master of Public Administration degree from UNT in 1974.

The memoir chronicles adventures like taking care of the Beatles during their first world tour, getting lost in the Himalayan mountains and living as a monk in one of the world’s oldest monasteries.

St raug ha n hopes t hat whole life, I’ve always known “Romancing the Impossible” that I wanted to experience life inspires people to go after their outside of Texas and the United States,” Patino said. dreams, but his type St raug ha n sa id of adventuring isn’t for that learning other everyone, he said. cultures was the best “I was in danger part about travelling, quite a few times, and and he tried to learn a I took many chances,” little bit of each counhe said. try’s language, religion Edgar Patino, a radio, and customs. television and film CLARKE “I lived with a senior, said he wanted STRAUGHAN Japanese family and a taste of adventure, so he spent a semester abroad in didn’t speak a word of English, so I learned Japanese,” he said.

Spain.

“Having lived in Texas my “I also learned judo, kendo,

karate [and other Japanese customs]. It was a different way of thinking.”

Straughan’s next adventure is taking his book to big-time publishers. In the future, he said he would like to see his words turned into a movie, much like “Into the Wild,” a book and film about Christopher McCandless’ trek into the Alaskan wilderness.

“It’s sad because he threw his life away looking for freedom,” Straughan said.

Heather Ramsey, a music education, composition and

theory senior, has spent a lot of time traveling, and she doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon.

“My mother is from the Philippines, so we go a couple times every five years for Christmas holidays, New Year’s and a couple summers,” she said.

Ramsey has been to Argentina and Hungary for educational purposes, and this fall she’s hoping to go to Austria.

“Those same opportunities might not come up again,” she said.

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Victorian museum replicates life in 19th century

BY GRACIELA R AZO Around the corner from the Courthouse-on-the-Square sits a fully furnished house as it would have looked in the 19th century.

Filled with antique furniture, Victorian artwork and a blooming garden, the BaylessSelby House Museum is one of a kind in Denton.

The renovation from house to museum was completed in 2001, and the building was then named a Denton Historical Landmark in 2005.

“It tells the story of the kind of life that would have been typical at the end of the 19th century, beginning of 20th century,” said Robyn Lee, manager of the Historical Park of Denton County.

In 1881, the Bayless family lived in the Victorian Queen Annestyle house, which used to be on Myrtle Street, until a death in the family in 1919 when the family gave it to their neighbors, the Selby family. The house was moved to 317 W. Mulberry St. in 1998 when it was donated to the Denton Historical Society to be turned into the museum.

Now when visitors walk up the house’s front steps, they walk into a world when the British Empire was politically and culturally dominant, a time period that influenced the architecture and

furnishings of the home, Lee said.

“It enraptures a period of time in the life of the community and shows all kinds of furniture that would have been available, a lot of which could have been purchased on the Square,” Lee said. “We’re able to talk about different aspects of living, and it brings together some things that are very important to the families here.”

Families around Denton have donated most of the furnishings, but the museum also uses donated money to buy artifacts to house in the museum.

Many UNT art and interior design students visit the museum to get inspiration for projects or just to learn more about art history, Lee said.

Jennifer Way of the art history faculty said the museum holds a great importance to Denton, especially UNT students.

“What’s important about having this house in Denton is that it provides a tangible link to all the art and culture that’s associated with the Victorian age,” she said.

Not only do the artifacts inside the museum tell a story of 19th century America, but also the house is a testament to what life was like in the Victorian era, Way said.

The influence of the British Empire on American architec-

CHICAGO (MCT) — Twenty students are holding several animated small-group discussions, but no one in this Northern Illinois University classroom utters a word.

Their fingers weave in complex patterns as they converse in American Sign Language, which the university has declared an official foreign language.

To the students, the new label is fitting: They say that American Sign Language is distinct from spoken English and that its coursework provides a new perspective akin to the cultural immersion they’d experience in French, Spanish or other traditional language classes.

“It shapes how you view the world around you,” said Christine

Theobold, a sophomore from Streamwood, Ill., who is taking the most advanced sign class at NIU. “I guess it’s how you view the word ‘foreign.’ “ But the practice of awarding foreign language credit for American Sign Language coursework has been fiercely debated at universities across the country.

Some educators argue an indigenous language by definition can’t be considered foreign. Others say a language must have literature for proper study.

The University of MichiganFlint several years ago denied a student’s request of foreign language credit for American Sign Language proficiency, but the school reversed its stance in the past year after about 14

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PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH/VISUALS EDITOR

The Bayless-Selby House located at 319 W. Mulberry St. was donated to the Denton Historical Society in 1998. It was renovated and furnished into a museum. The home belonged to the Bayless family until 1919 when it was given to the family’s neighbors, the Selbys. ture proves just how significant this particular time period was for our country’s art and architectural history, Way said.

“We treat these houses as artifacts because they tell us not only what the houses looked like

but [also] about the people who built them and lived in them,” Way said.

Students of all majors benefit from what the museum has to offer, Way said.

“It’s part of the contemporary

art world in that it asks contemporary artists what relevance their artwork has on the world today, no matter what their discipline is,” Way said.

Linda Pedraza, an electronic merchandising sophomore, said

the Bayless-Selby House Museum provides a look into another way of life.

“It’s like stepping into another area of time when you visit,” Pedraza said. “It’s a very inspiring and beautiful place to visit.”

months of debate. Students at Boston University are now able to apply American Sign Language credits in this manner, but for years some school officials were against the practice because they said it lacked the same elements of culture as other foreign language courses.

“It’s not a foreign language,” said Robert Belka, a former chair of the foreign language department at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Belka, who is now retired, long opposed requests for American Sign to count as a foreign language, though he said the university eventually acquiesced.

“These are people ... dependent on the English language,” he said. American Sign Language

“is not sufficient to sustain a culture.”

The Pizza Hut at NIU is loud during dinnertime, but one table of two dozen students is conspicuously quiet. The patrons don’t speak. They order by pointing at the menu.

This is a “silent dinner,” one of many extracurricular events A merica n Sig n La ng uage students attend for additional practice. Their instructor Sara Bianco, who is deaf, said these events give students a taste of deaf culture.

Kelsey Borg, a sophomore from Maple Park, Ill., is in the beginning American Sign Language class and described her first silent dinner as a bit nerve-racking.

Signing felt different in public and she became lost when more advanced students had intricate conversations, she said.

“APPEAR tooth equals PAIN (plus sign)(plus sign)BAD DENTIST GO NEED”

This is written in gloss, a transcription of American Sign Language, and essentially means, “It seems I have a toothache; I need to go to a dentist.”

While the sentence seems convoluted to most people who can hear, it makes sense to Joe Lellman, an NIU senior from Buffalo Grove, Ill. He uses the sentence to show how different A merica n Sig n La ng uage grammar is compared with spoken English.

Lellman is considered legally deaf, but with a hearing aid, he can hear about two-thirds as well as the average hearing person. He was taught in a deaf school until third grade, when he entered regular public school. Though he continues to think in American Sign Language, he lost many of his signing skills and is now relearning much of the language at NIU — and embracing a part of himself that was lost.

American Sign Language is the

fourth-most studied language other than English at colleges across the country, according to a 2006 Modern Language Association study.

At least 150 postsecondary schools offer it for foreign language credit, said Sherman Wilcox, chair of the department of linguistics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He said it’s no less a foreign language than Navajo, which is also indigenous to the U.S. He adds that most languages around the world, including many African languages, lack a written component.

Timothy Reagan, an education professor at Central Connecticut State University, said American Sign Language has a rich tradition of poetry, history and culture that shouldn’t be dismissed.

“One of the worst things you can do to a human being is to say, ‘Your language doesn’t count,’” he said.

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Mean Green awaits rankings for NCAA tournament Team learns tourney seeding next week

BY ERIC JOHNSON Senior Staff Writer

The UNT tennis team (17-6) will learn who it will play in t he NC A A Tou r na ment on May 7.

T he No. 60 tea m i n t he nation will hold a watch party May 7 at the Waranch Tennis Complex to find out where it is seeded among the 64 teams.

“We a re exc ited to see where we will get an opportunit y to prove ourselves,” head coach Sujay Lama said.

“This is why we played eight of the top-50 teams, so that we could prepare ourselves for this moment.

“O u r goa l w a s to be a top-50 progra m, so we a re going to continue climbing the ladder.”

The NC A A tennis cha mpionships bear resemblance to bot h t he Col lege World Series and the NCA A basketball championship.

The 64 teams are separated PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER into 16 regions with half of t he bids goi ng to con fer- Junior Ashley Akin returns the ball with a forehand during practice. UNT will learn on May 7 who it will play in the NCAA Tournament. ence w inners, and t he rest Each of the top 16 seeds will 14. The lone survivor of each home of No. 19 Georgia. are chosen at-large based on potent ia l ly play on some “This will definitely be a of the top campuses in the host three other teams, with region will continue to the national ranking. regional play beginning May Round of 16 in Athens, Ga., new challenge for us, but this T he Mea n Green cou ld nation.

is where we belong,” senior Cat a l i na Cr u z sa id. “T he teams we will be playing in this tournament are the established veterans, but we are young a nd hung r y a nd we still have something left to prove.”

When the NCAA announces the seeding next week, UNT could end up in the region right down the road in Waco w ith the No. 1 team in the country, Baylor.

The Mean Green has already played No. 13 Georgia Tech and No. 3 Florida, other potential regional hosts this year.

“We have a chance to go in and knock out one of the bigg ies a nd rea l ly put our program on the map,” associate head coach Jeff Maren said. “We may end up with the No. 1 team in the nation, but these are the types of teams that we want to play.”

With the hopes of becoming a more respected program, UNT played the the most difficult schedule in the programs history.

The Mean Green won two matches during 2007.

“These women and these coaches did not accept mediocrity,” athletic director Rick Villarreal said. “Now we have proved t hat as long as you have the right pieces, you can win any where.”

The Script: Teams fill needs with draft Opinion

BY SEAN GORMAN Senior Staff Writer

Bold moves in free agency and savvy trades can help build an NFL team, but nothing impacts the potential success of a franchise more than the draft.

Selections like Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell can devastate an organization, while sound picks like Peyton Manning and rare finds like Tom Brady can help elevate a team that has struggled in past years.

With this in mind, here are three teams who improved their chances in the future with a successful draft in 2010.

Seattle Seahawks It’s hard to call Pete Carroll a competent NFL head coach at this point, as he experienced a few mediocre seasons with the New England Patriots and New York Jets in the late 1990s.

During this time, Carroll’s players hardly took him seriously and saw him as more of a college coach then someone who could coach grown men.

All past failures aside, Carroll had perhaps the best draft in the league this year and has already helped a struggling Seahawks team rebuild with the selections he made.

Sean Gorman Russell Okung was the best tackle in the draft, and drafting Earl Thomas with the No. 14 pick filled a glaring need in the Seahawks defense.

With former left tackle Walter Jones retiring, it was a good time for the Seahawks to find an heir to the slot held by the future Hall of Famer for so many years.

Some scouts had Thomas ranked above safety Eric Berry as the best safety in the draft, and he joins a defense that needed playmakers desperately.

It’s not hard to have a good draft with two early picks, but the Seahawks made the most of their selections.

Baltimore Ravens The Ravens had a great draft for a team that traded out of the first round.

Teams had doubts about for mer Texas sta r Serg io Kindle’s health, but he was a top-20 talent when healthy. The Ravens are confident his injury history will not be a problem and he can contribute right away.

Terrence “Mount” Cody is a massive defensive tackle that helped a championship caliber Alabama defense thrive last season.

The rich got richer, as the picks Baltimore made will improve a defense that is aging at some positions. The idea of having Cody and Haloti Ngata’s 700 pounds in the middle is going to scare a lot of offensive coordinators. And Kindle’s pressure on the quarterback w ill only ma ke the NFL’s third ranked defense last year better.

Detroit Lions There has been much debate about whether Lions’ pick Ndamukong Suh or now-Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy will be the better pro, but it’s hard to criticize the Lions first round selection.

Suh has shown that he can wreak havoc in the middle and even apply some pressure on the quarterback from the defensive tackle position. He will help energize a defense that

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By t rading up to dra f t Jahvid Best, they got a speedy and talented back that coach Schwartz clearly coveted in the weeks before the draft.

The Lions were aggressive by trading into the first round and grabbed a player they wanted to fill a need.

Sometimes bold moves like that can help redefine a franchise.

It’s never easy to measure the quality of a team’s draft until the picks actually get on the field and play, but these teams have to feel better about themselves after an eventful weekend in New York City.

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Immigration reform Letter from the Editor: So long, farewell to come to Texas Editorial If two state lawmakers have their way, Texas might become the next border state to pass a controversial and aggressive version of immigration reform.

Rep. Leo Berman R- Tyler and Rep. Debbie Riddle RTomball said they plan to introduce legislation similar to the Arizona immigration law when the Texas Legislature convenes again in January.

The Arizona law, which Riddle characterized as “common sense,” has stirred a national uproar since Gov. Jan Brewer signed it last week. The law now forces immigrants to carry documents proving they are legal in the U.S. Many people have voiced concern that allowing police officers to stop any person they suspect to be illegal constitutes a policy of racial profiling.

Opposition to the law is widespread.

San Francisco threatened to boycott Arizona unless the law is repealed, and the League of United Latin American Citizens has already enacted a boycott. President Barrack Obama called the law “misguided” but also indicated he understood the frustration behind its enactment.

The Editorial Board fully opposes any law that singles out individuals for police scrutiny based entirely on his or her ethnicity.

And so does the U.S. Constitution.

In fact, almost as soon as the bill became law, the Obama administration began pressuring the justice department to challenge its constitutionality in court by suing Arizona. For now, the law stands, and its implications could reach to North Texas if lawmakers follow through in January.

As part of the law, people will no longer be allowed to solicit work, and employers will not be allowed to hire day laborers.

Local police will be responsible for enforcing these laws. For a border state with a large Hispanic population, like Arizona, that could mean devoting a lot of resources and manpower to dealing with an issue that has little to do with the main task of police officers — ensuring public safety.

Illegal immigration is an issue that has no easy answer.

For many North Texans, the existence of illegal immigrants in our communities has been an unspoken and largely accepted reality for decades. Only since the economic downturn has the issue been thrust into the spotlight. With unemployment rising and the national deficit at an all-time high, the idea of non-taxpaying residents draining resources from a struggling economy has begun to once again weigh heavily on the minds of many Americans. Yet during the economic prosperity of the 1990s, most Americans were more than willing to accept their services and deal with the impact of their toll on public services.

To be clear, the Editorial Board does not advocate illegal immigration. Many people save and work hard for years for a chance to enter this country legally, and those who don’t follow the correct channels must be held accountable. Yet the reality and magnitude of the problem dictates the need for a measured and realistic response.

Arizona has chosen to outlaw the soliciting of work, and require police officers to profile for illegal aliens. Denton has chosen to build a brick pavilion for the dozens of day laborers who congregate on the corner of Collins Street and Fort Worth Drive.

Campus Chat

What final are you dreading the most this semester?

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“Foreign language teaching methods. The questions are all short answer.”

As the Daily’s end inches closer, I am reflective of my time here at the paper.

I’ve worked at this publication for seven semesters continuously and in that time, risen from the unpaid intern to staff writer to arts editor then news assigning and managing.

And now as the editor, I am able to sit back and watch my ideas come alive. I watch students I’ve taught in the past, now helping others in the same fashion — a constant cycle of learning.

That is exactly the point I’ve tried to make to everyone in the Mayborn School of Journalism.

We are the best teaching tool the school has and recognition is finally being received. But we had to earn it first.

To my staff: When I first joined the Daily in spring 2007, I had no editor that offered assistance. Sorry to sound like Grandpa, but “in MY day,” the editors made you figure stuff out on your own, including how to write.

For someone like me, who had no journalism background, the choice was clear.

Either learn or get out.

And the paper’s content suffered greatly from this mindset.

I will never forget telling myself as an intern that “I am going to change this place one day. To make it a place where teaching is crucial and learning is vital.”

I can only hope you all realize

how lucky you are to have such dedicated a staff in your life, who is willing to teach you everything you need to know to be successful in the journalism world and in life, if need be.

Thank you so much for all of your hard work this semester. It’s been a great ride, and I’ll really miss you guys. Thank you for creating a product of which we can all be proud.

Please continue to move forward, never backward.

This paper is in your hands now, and I know Kip Mooney and Eric Johnson will do an amazing job next semester.

My final advice: Always stay motivated in your coverage, never fall into mediocrity or remain stagnant. Most importantly, never settle for less than you know you deserve.

We are award winning journalists now!

To my readers: For those who only know us through our copy, I’m sure you imagine the Daily staffers as paleskinned hunchbacks who live in the basement of the GAB. You need to know this is absolutely, 100 percent true. (For some of us.)

However, I am one of the lucky ones that ventures outside once in a while to get fresh air.

Some of those times, I was on assignment, learning new and exciting things about UNT and the Denton community. It was through being a staff writer that

To my faculty advisers:

hilation or major errors in my paper.

I may be able to take a lot of credit for our Best of Show in Texas award this year, but I’ll always know who to thank in the end for teaching me how to make it happen.

It was my drive that got the publication to be where it was, but it was you all who drove me to this point.

You’ve been an inspiration to me and helped me in more ways than you will ever know. You’ve pushed me to become a better leader, a better teacher and a better person.

Thank you so much for everything you’ve done, and I’ll never forget it.

Kathie and Tracy, good luck with the next batch of kids, I know they will be just as inspired by you.

Everyone has those teachers that make such an impact on your life that their names are singed into your cerebral lobes. For me, those names will always be Tracy Everbach, Kathie Hinnen, Richard Wells and Gene Zipperlin.

Our weekly Slash meetings are where faculty comes to critique our hard, or not so hard, work from each day of the week.

During these Friday meetings, I would listen intently to everything they had to say.

The paper was so bad, and the critiques were so warranted, that I soaked in every word, like a sponge. This is why you don’t see libel, racism, symbolic anni-

Shaina Zucker is a journalism senior and the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily. She can be reached at snz0004@gmail.com.

I learned how much I absolutely love this city and its people.

There are so many interesting things about Denton that I’ve come to realize you cannot find anywhere else in this world. I hope I have given you all the coverage you crave about this community.

I know my successors will continue my dream of bringing important news and interesting features in the best possible ways.

I want to thank you all for being an ear to the many, many stories I’ve edited and written.

I will miss this job more than anything. Please continue to read the Daily as much as possible.

These kids work their butts off to put out an amazing product for you.

Student says be nice to nerds The nerd has evolved.

No longer is a nerd the proverbial dweeb with glasses, bow ties, pocket protectors, suspenders, high waters and tube socks. Now, a nerd looks like everyone else.

Take me for example: Normal clothes, semi-athletic build, receding hairline, a 12-pack (of Dr Pepper — a lot different from a six-pack) and a gorgeous pair of legs.

If I were walking down Fraternity Row and an Ogre-like character (like “Revenge of the Nerds”) sees me, I don’t think he will yell, “NERD!” from his balcony as I pass. Then again, a lot of things have changed in almost three decades.

Despite my average appearance (and rugged good looks), I am a nerd through and through.

Case in point: I have the Triforce, Buster Sword and Mega Man tattooed on my right arm, and the Cowboys star on my shoulder blade.

Most people wouldn’t guess I knew the Konami code before I

knew my multiplication tables (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start, in case you were wondering).

I still have two complete sets of Marvel Universe trading cards, and three of the cards are autographed by artist Joe Jusko. I always wonder if I could fetch some money for them, but I’m too much of a packrat to part with them.

I do enjoy spending my time in front of the TV or computer, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get outdoors and stay active.

I give it my all, too. I’ll steal two bases and rip the skin off my leg to get into scoring position. Sadly, I could have stolen home but didn’t think about and was stranded at third. Still, I bled for my team and will do it again.

I’ll play as many snaps and downs while injured for my flag football team. I’m usually making our three fans laugh because I’m falling down constantly and using the weirdest and most awkward jukes to gain as many yards as

possible.

I love watching sports, too.

I’m also a big fantasy sports guy, which some have called Dungeons and Dragons for jocks.

I won’t disagree with that statement.

I’ve been participating in fantasy leagues for more than four years and have yet to win a championship. It irks me. I’m like the Buffalo Bills of fantasy, because I can make it to the championship but I always fall short.

I know a lot of this sounds nonsensical and irrelevant, but I’m trying to say appearances are deceptive and don’t judge a book by its cover (unless it’s “Twilight”). Clichéd, yeah, but it’s the truth.

A person that is picked on just because they’re into Magic the Gathering, World of Warcraft or Pokemon may become the next Bill Gates. So, be nice to everyone.

I think the term nerd is a lot less offensive and derogatory than it used to be, too. People call them-

selves nerds all the time, especially if they’re into band, theater, Harry Potter, etc. Nerf herder, now that is an offensive term. Only we can use that word (Star Wars/ Family Guy reference).

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UNT hits the road for conference series finale

BY L AURA ZAMORA Staff Writer

The UNT sof tba ll tea m (26-14, 12-6) is gearing up for its final regular-season conference series against the LouisianaLafayette Ragin’ Cajuns on Saturday in Lafayette, La. ULL is currently riding a 10-game winning streak and has sole possession of first place in the Sun Belt Conference Standings, while UNT stands in third.

The Mean Green is 1-23 in series history against the Ragin’ Cajuns, but sophomore infielder Lisa Johnson feels confident about the three-game series.

“We have a lot of scouting reports on them,” she said. “We know how they play. They do a lot of short game, so we know what they’ve got.”

Head coach T.J. Hubbard is implementing strategies on the defense to help his team succeed.

“We’re just looking to get in their faces and crash the

infielders in,” he said. “We’re preparing a little differently because ULL has a different style, not because they’re in first place.”

Hubbard’s aggressive defense strategy has his pitching staff focusing on ULL’s ground balls and speed.

“We have to worry about them putting it on the ground and running because they have a lot of fast girls,” senior pitcher Kayla Lawson said. “As pitchers, we’re trying to get all of our stuff moving on the corners. I think we’ll do well if we stick with pitches that are working and approach it like any ordinary game.”

Senior pitcher Ashley Lail’s 1.72 ERA is second in the Sun Belt Conference. Junior infielder PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH/FILE Mallory Cantler’s .366 batting average leads the Mean Green, Senior Rebecca Waters throws to first base during infield practice before the start of an inning. The Mean Green will play with Johnson trailing closely at three games this weekend against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns. .364. Junior outfielder Mariza Martinez follows at .350 and The achievement didn’t UNT has won 13 of its last 16 its home-series finale to secure leads the team in hits, 49, and games, including a three-game the team’s first winning record surprise Hubbard, who said RBI, 33. he noticed something special sweep of Western Kentucky in in school history.

in the team last season.

“I k new last year before Mallory [Cantler] and Sarah [Jones] went down with injuries that we had a pretty good group of kids,” he said. “We brought the core back this year, and I had a good feeling going into this season that we would be successful.”

Hubbard said he hopes the momentum from the guaranteed winning record and recent sweep of WKU will carry on against the Ragin’ Cajuns.

“It def initely helps their confidence, and it satisfied what one of their goals are, which is to be conference champions,” he said. “All those things are definitely pointing in the right direction for them.

They just have to keep a little more fight and fire underneath them.”

The Mean Green will face the Ragin’ Cajuns in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Saturday and play the third game of the series at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Freshmen help UNT place fifth in conference tourney

BY SEAN GORMAN Senior Staff Writer

Led by two of the best performances in UNT history by its star freshmen, the men’s golf team ended its year with a fifth-place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Muscle Shoals, Ala. Freshman Rodolfo Cazaubon earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year after placing second at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s the Shoals, while freshmen Carlos Ortiz joined him on the All-Sun Belt Conference Team, finishing 21st.

“I’m extremely proud of the

way our freshmen have played all season,” head coach Brad Stracke said. “We knew coming into the year that this class would be special, but they’ve exceeded our expectations.”

Cazaubon is the first player in school history to earn the honor, and the pairing was the first UNT freshmen tandem to make the All-Sun Belt Team.

Earning the best finish by a freshman in the conference tournament in 40 years, Cazabon used a final round 68, his secondlowest score of the season, to end with a three-under par 213.

“With the results we’ve seen

from them this season, I’m encouraged about the future and our chances to compete in the next few years,” Stracke said.

“I’d say there’s a good chance some more records will be shattered before these guys are done playing.”

The best round of any Mean Green player came from Ortiz, who shot an astounding 8-under par 64 in the first round.

“Carlos and Rodolfo are great to have as teammates because there’s so much you can learn from them,” freshman Marco Scarola said. “After seeing the kind of success they have had

“There’s a good chance some more records will be shattered...”

—Brad Stracke Coach on the team’s future

all year, you want to learn from them as much as you can.”

The round tied the Fighting Joes course at the Shoals record, broke the UNT freshman record

and tied for the second-lowest score by a UNT player.

Ortiz struggled on day two with an 83, but he finished with a solid 76 on the third day to end with a three round score of 223.

“This group of guys has done an outstanding job of keeping its poise and dealing with adversity,” Stracke said. “Whether it’s a bad round or tough conditions, they are mentally tough enough to deal with it.”

Seniors Peter Fallon and Dustin Thompson concluded their careers with strong efforts, posting final round scores of

one-under par 71 and one-over par 73.

“I’ve enjoyed my time here playing at UNT, especially this year,” Thompson said. “It has been great playing alongside these guys all season.”

After slipping from second to fourth place on day two, UNT saved its best effort for the last day, shooting its lowest round as a team with a 287 to secure fifth place.

South Alabama came away w it h t he cha mpionsh ip, outshooting tournament favorite Middle Tennessee by six strokes after a final round of 282.

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