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Drink up!

Once home to music venues and a dance club, 125 Ave. A now hosts Denton’s newest hot spot, the Public House.

With a full menu and new ideas, the owner of this restaurant-pub hopes to attract patrons with a new approach to the Fry Street scene.

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‘Human errors’ cause enrollment problems

BY C YNTHIA CANO AND CALI THOMPSON Interns

Breanna Burks’ first year at UNT was less than promising.

Burks attended classes as usual Sept. 3, but during roll in history class, the professor didn’t call her name.

“She said my name was not on the roll and that I should go speak with the registrar to see if I was still enrolled,” Burks said.

After meeting with three dif ferent reg ist ra rs, Burks was told that lack of payment might be the cause.

“But even on her computer, it showed t hat my classes were paid for,” Burks said of

her experience with one of the registrars.

Ma ny UNT st udents encou nter problems w it h the university dropping their cla sses a f ter t hey ensu re tuition is paid by deadlines, somet i mes w it hout bei ng notified beforehand.

Associate Registrar L or r a i n e H a m i lt on s a id the university is aware that mistakes happen.

“The university is not out to drop students,” Hamilton said. “But human errors are possible.”

Ha milton sa id students’ classes should be reinstated if the university is responsible for the mistake.

Ha m i lton cou ld not

comment on Burks’ case, but said being more forceful in trying to get her classes back would have helped her.

Burks’s classes had been d ropped ea rl ier i n t he semester a f ter she missed the payment deadline.

After re-enrolling during t he add/d rop per iod, she thought she had eliminated any chance of further difficulties.

“The second time around my mom got on the [tuition] installment plan and made the first payment before the deadline date,” Burks said.

“So I know the classes were paid for.”

T he t u it ion i nsta l l ment pl a n i s de v i s e d to help

students divide the amount of the total tuition costs into three payments spaced across the semester.

Burks was told she could re-enroll in t he courses if she gained approval from her academic dean and all of her instructors.

However, shor t ly a f terward, Burks dropped out of school.

“I didn’t just leave because I didn’t like the university,” Burks said. “I just felt like I shouldn’t have to be going t h roug h a l l t hat t rouble, seeing t hat my classes shouldn’t have been dropped the second time.”

Upperclassmen often face the same difficulties.

Da n iel le W i l l i a m s, a n international studies senior, enrolled in two Summer I, on l i ne-on ly cou r ses. She completed her assignments a nd sa id she wa s able to access all the online materials.

But when she went online at t he end of t he summer session to see her g rades, her MyUNT account did not show her enrollment in the courses. “ W he n I w e nt t o t he Financial Aid office they just kept telling me ‘Our records show you were dropped after t he f irst week,’” Wi l lia ms said. “I could tell they felt bad and really tried to help, but there was nothing they

could do.”

A ll students are notified when they are dropped from a c ou r se t h roug h U N T’s EagleConnect network, Andy Brockett of student accounting said in an e-mail.

EagleConnect is the official form of communication bet ween students a nd t he university.

But Williams said she was never alerted to the fact that her courses were dropped and as a result completed her coursework for the entirety of the Summer I session. She has not received credit for the courses.

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Bomb threat leads to evacuation

PHOTO BY KAITLIN HOAG / PHOTOGRAPHER

Many UNT students attended the College of Business Internship and Career Fair on Wednesday.

Students flock to fair

BY T.S. MCBRIDE

Contributing Writer

PHOTO BY ANDREW MCLEMORE/ EDITOR -IN-CHIEF

A Denton police officer prepares to leave Wal-Mart at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat forced store employees to evacuate the building. Wal-Mart customers ran out of the store at 1515 S. Loop 288 and into the rain as employees and officials led the way. Employees used the intercom to inform customers of the emergency and asked everyone to evacuate, said Rebecca Hoeffner, a Denton resident who was in the store at the time.

In spite of steady rain, students and alumni flooded into the Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon to meet perspective employers at a job fair sponsored by the UNT Career Center.

Companies interested in recruiting interns or employers set up booths on the first floor concourse, often featuring koozies, bobbleheads and key rings in addition to job opportunities.

“O u r ma i n goa l i s to make sure that students and employers can meet at whatever venue, whether it’s a career fair, whether it’s an industry day, whether it’s a festival, whet her it’s a net work ing event,” said April Kuykendall, assistant director of the Career Center. “We’re trying to offer multiple ways that students and employers can meet.”

Most companies represented at the fair seemed undeterred by the recession.

“G eic o’s a ver y st a ble compa ny. Ou r i ndu st r y ’s very stable. We are actually hiring about the same amount of students we have in the past,” said Toni Cato, a college recruiter for Geico. “We have a certain number of schools that we do every semester and we have positions reserved for recent college graduates.”

Job fairs like Wednesday’s are a good way for students and graduates to find internships or jobs, said Brittany Cooley, an accounting senior.

“For the students who are business majors, it’s a great, great thing to come to. You learn a lot,” Cooley said. “Last year, I came here and I landed an internship, so it’s really a good opportunity to get in and network and find people with in your major and land a posi-

tion or an internship.”

However, not everyone used the fair to actively look for a job.

Allison Kline, a business management freshman, said she was using t he fa ir to explore new opportunities.

“I’m looking to see what this is like before I get older and actually need it,” Kline said.

Nkemjika Onyemerekeya, an economics senior, who said he has been searching for a job since the beginning of the year, expressed dismay over the current job market.

“I mean nobody calls me back. It’s quite understandable also, but I wish I could get a job,” he said.

However, he was hopeful that opportunities could be found at the fair.

“I myself have gotten a c ou ple of c on ne c t ion s ,” Onyemerekeya said.

Workplace women discuss biases, stereotypes

BY CAROLYN BROWN Senior Staff Writer

In a time when more women are attending universities and hav ing careers, questions about cultural expectations of female behavior and stereotypes linger.

Uyen Tran, director of organizational development for the Women’s Center, said she thinks women in the workplace still face difficulties despite advances in recent years.

“I think that women definitely are more confident and expressive,” Tran said. “But I

also think there are barriers for them.”

Women often have to fulfill multiple roles in the family and workplace within a framework built for men, she said.

Kijafa Davis, a communication studies senior, said that as a black woman, she often feels both ethnic and gender-related pressures in everyday life.

“There’s this unrealistic expectation that you are this strong black woman, that you are everything at once,” she said. “You are nice and cordial, you cook and clean, you can be

mean and aggressive when you need to be, and you never fail.”

Davis, who has worked in many student organizations, said people often expect her to use indirect, unassertive language in her roles and get upset when she doesn’t.

“If I say ‘so and so, I need you to turn in the budget,’ people get really offensive, and it’s like you’re being too strong,” Davis said. “So they expect you to say ‘oh, you know, when you have time, will you please turn in the budget.’”

Rachel Si m mons, a n educator a nd best-sel ling author, published “The Curse of t he Good Girl: Ra ising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence.” The book discusses cultural expectations of female behavior stemming from youth.

Simmons said in the book that women are taught from a young age to be “good girls” who are always modest, polite, accommodating and docile.

She argues that these expectations ca n da mage girls’ communication sk ills and

indirectly affect their careers later in life.

Other books, such as Lois Frankel’s 2004 book “Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mista kes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers” advise women to be more assertive at work.

Frankel argues that women should change certain body language such as head-tilting and frequent smiling, which make women “less likely to get ahead.”

Sandra Spencer, director of the Women’s Studies program,

said women still face behavioral double standards in the workplace.

“I think the expectation is that women should never get angry, speak softly, never interrupt,” Spencer said. “W hen men do these things in a business situation, it’s seen as a positive. When a woman does it, it’s seen as a negative.”

However, as more women enter t he work force a nd assume leadership roles, the chances of a cultural shift happening could increase, she said.

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TelevisionSCENE

‘Soup’ comedian opens up about new sitcom

By Charlie R all Intern

Joel McHale, the quirky host of “The Soup,” leads a prime cast in the new NBC comedy “Community.” The show tells the tale of a small misfit study group at Greendale Community College and stars McHale, Ken Jeong (“The Hangover”), Yvette Brown (“500 Days of Summer”), and Chev y Chase (“Caddyshack”) among others. McHale discusses his career and role on “Community”:

Q: How has it been getting into an acting role when you’re normally doing comedy as yourself and doing standup? How similar is your character to yourself?

McHale: I guess he … is similar to me in that I did everything I could not to work hard in school because I was much more

interested in acting and trying to do that. And I always felt like I was just kind of clocking time at school until I could get out and do something and perform. So it’s fun to play a guy who [is] kind of reckless in how he approached life in that he just kind of did what he wanted to do.

Q: Being seen in “Community” and getting larger roles in movies like “The Informant!” — is that going to affect your role on “The Soup”?

McHale: No, I’m still doing “The Soup”. We’ve worked out the contract and the schedule so I can do both. I’m so happy and proud to be on “Community” and so excited to do what I’ve always wanted to do, which is act, and do that stuff and at the same time do the job that I just have so much fun doing.

Q : Are you going to be making fun of your own show on “The Soup”?

McHale : Wel l, if we do something that is egregious in the same vein of “Rock of Love” and “The Bachelor,” then yes. But on “The Soup,” we don’t make fun of comedy. We don’t make fun of half-hour comedies and we don’t make fun of late night talk shows because those shows are funny for funny’s sake. And if we show jokes that they’re doing then they’re doing our job for us.

We’re not pointing out the absurdity of television.

Q: I’m wondering if there’s any additional pressure working for a huge studio like NBC and how you feel about that.

McHale: I mean it’s just a completely different beast in that we’re doing a single camera half hour show, which is like shooting a movie every week. And “The Soup” is one camera and a green screen. And it takes all of about two hours to actually shoot it, you know, from us hitting the f loor to us finishing and folding the chairs up from where the audience was. So it’s a completely different beast. But there are similarities in that the support from above is tremendous. I’ve never been a part of anything like this where at the launch of a show, that a network has been so behind something with advertising and promotion.

Q: The critics who have seen the pilot seem to have a pretty positive reaction to it, and it’s getting a lot of promotion. Are you guys feeling any pressure to sort of live up to any expectations of success?

McHale : The only thing that I can really control is that I look at the scripts and I say, “How do I … serve these jokes properly and … tell the story of the

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Joel McHale, host of “The Soup” on E!, stars in a new comedy about nontraditional students at a community college. The show premiered Sept. 18 on NBC. script?” And beyond that, I mean I really can’t control anything unless I said something horribly obscene during one of these interviews. But there’s nothing I can do to control whether it’s good hy pe or bad hype. And all we can do is deliver on the scripts, and then it’s up to the editor. So it’s all great. I don’t feel pressure … because all I control … is just telling the jokes as well as they can be told and telling the

stories. So in that sense, I don’t feel much pressure at all.

Q: Would you be offended if I told you that I first mistook you for Ryan Seacrest?

McHale: How dare you! No, Ryan is a very handsome man, so I take that as a great compliment. I mean, sure, he’s 4’11”, but still.

“Community” airs at 8:30 p.m.

Thursdays on NBC.

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News Editors ntdailynews@gmail.com

Denton residents get ready to feel the blues

BY A MBER A RNOLD Senior Staff Writer

The fragrance of free food will float with the smooth sounds of the blues this Saturday in Quakertown Park.

The 11th annual Denton Blues Festival, presented by the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.

In 1996, members of the chamber decided to hold a major event to including African American music and an arts festival, according to the organization’s Web site.

What began as the Gospel Extravaganza quickly evolved into the Denton Blues Festival in 1998 and has been a success ever since, Reggie Hill, the chamber’s president said.

Hill said because the festival is held in September, it doesn’t have to compete w ith the famous Denton Jazz Fest. He also said that having both festivals in Denton gives residents a better mix of music.

Blues musicia n Michael Burks will be headlining the festival and other acts such as UpAllNight Blues, Lil’ Dave

Thompson and Miss Marcy & her Texas Sugardaddy’s will perform.

Chamber treasurer John Baines said Burks is a ferocious musician. He said a rewarding part of being involved with the event is listening to the talented musicians.

Bonita Hairston, UNT president’s chief of staff, attended t he event la st yea r w it h President Gretchen Bataille.

“These may be artists that some may not have heard of, but they are still completely entertaining and engaging,”

Hairston said.

Baines said the festival isn’t all about the music — it’s about the food, too.

“We have vendors there ser v i ng ever y t h i ng f rom barbecue to soul food to tacos,” said Baines. “Whatever’s good, it will be out there.”

The festival costs an estimated $40,000 to put on, but the event is free for attendees.

T he cha mber rel ies on sponsorships and donations from the City of Denton, businesses, and volunteers, as well as UNT.

T he fest iva l is fa m i lyoriented a nd w ill include a youth stage where young artists will have the chance to perform hip-hip, rap songs, sla m poet r y a nd da nces, Baines said.

Even though the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce hosts the festival, its aim is to include everyone and make the event as diverse as possible.

“That’s what’s so great about the blues, it’s the type of music everyone can relate to, because everyone has felt the blues,” Baines said.

Festival Performers http://dentonbluesfestival.org • • • • • • •

Michael Burks UpAllNight Blues Lil’ Dave Thompson Miss Marcy and her Texas SugarDaddy’s Nicole Fournier Three Time Fool Kayla Reeves

Drops limit options Continued from Page 1 St udent s hav i ng t hei r cou r ses d ropped w it h i n t he f i rst few week s of a semester is not uncommon, sa id Dr. Dav id Ha r t ma n, the professor for Williams’ online course.

University policy requires professors to notify the registrar’s office of students who haven’t attended class and also of students who attend but aren’t listed on the roll.

H a r t m a n s a id on l i ne c ou r s e s c a n h ave more t ha n 1,000 st udent s a nd that reviews of the roll aren’t always accurate.

Students who completed cou rsework for d ropped classes have two options: contact the professor and en rol l i n t he cla s s t he following semester to receive a grade or retake the class.

Williams plans to graduate in December after spreading those six credit hours over

t he Su m mer II a nd Fa l l semesters.

“I feel like it was my fault not keeping up w it h my finances,” Williams said. “I just wish they would have told me.”

Over a one-week period, the Daily sent five e-mails to of f icia ls at t he f ina ncial aid office in addition to three phone calls and three attempts to speak to someone in person before getting a response from an official.

Correction In the Sept. 17 online ed it ion of t he Da i ly, the story “Bomb threat causes Wal-Mart evacuation” incorrectly identified Battalion Chief Cort

Higgins of t he Denton Fire Dept. A lso, in the sa me a r t icle, A l l i son Ben net t a nd Rebecca Hoeffner’s names were misspelled.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KHAI HA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

As social networking sites increase in popularity, profiles face more increasing scrutiny from potential employers.

Bosses check social sites

BY JOSH PHERIGO Staff Writer

Students who post inappropriate photographs on Facebook or MySpace might not see a connection to why a potential employer passed on their resume.

Dan Naegeli, director of the UNT Career Center, said that employers will most likely continue to focus on social sites, such as Facebook, as a cheap method to both screening and recruiting college students entering the workforce.

“Employers are looking for ways to cut costs,” Naegeli said. “These social sites provide a unique and cheap way for companies to learn information about the applicant that won’t be presented in an interview.”

A survey conducted by www.

CareerBuilder.com indicates that employers are using social networking sites to screen applicants for potential jobs with increasing frequency.

The survey said 45 percent of employers are using social Web

sites to research job candidates.

The results also indicate that 35 percent of those employers who use the Web sites disqualified candidates based on content found on the applicant’s personal page.

The survey listed that the inappropriate content ranged from “provocative ... photographs” to a demonstration of “poor communication skills.”

Tom Reedy, Denton County Police spokesman, said the department is among the 55 percent of employers who do not screen applicants using social sites. However, Reedy said this will change in the near future.

“The city attorney’s office is currently drafting a form of consent which applicants can sign giving the department permission to screen their social site,” Reedy said. “Viewing an individual’s social networking site will give us a more wellrounded understanding of that applicant.”

Naegeli said he believes it is important to make the distinc-

tion that social networking Web sites are not meant to be professional networking sites, but he cautioned students that employers can gain access to the content associated with their name.

“Any time an employer comes into contact with a student it will potentially help or hurt them,” he said. “Avoid putting a bad foot forward.”

The survey also showed that employers often find information from social sites, which can benefit the applicants.

Eighteen percent of employers found positive content that resulted in applicants being offered positions, according to the survey.

Phylicia Jasper, a resident assistant in Clark Hall, said she found out she was screened via Facebook before being offered her current position.

“The staff looked before I got hired,” Jasper said, a hospitality management junior. “It helped them to see if I would be a good fit.”

are read and discussed at book club meetings throughout the year.

In 2007, Denton Reads focused on environmentalist Julia “Butterf ly” Hill and in 2008, the author of “Ender’s Game”, Orson Scott Card, was featured.

“I never would’ve picked up sci-fi if it weren’t for Denton Reads selecting Orson Scott Card,” said Lilly Ramin, virtual reference coordinator at Willis.

“The program really helps to broaden your literary scope.”

Participants will meet in groups on Nov. 3, 7 and 11 at various libraries throughout the Denton area.

These meetings will build up to when Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” visits the Texas Woman’s University on Nov. 21 to lecture and sign books.

But Denton Reads does more than strengthen the community through literary discussion, Ramin said.

“The program helps increase and promote literacy while r e m a i n i n g a c a d e m ic a l l y accessible to many different groups,” she said. “The book clubs, film events and author lecture foster a lot of discussion.”

Avery said that the members of Denton Reads are looking forward to a full year of the works of Gregory Maguire.

She said it was a happy coincidence that Maguire’s new book, “Matchless: A Christmas Story,” is being released close to the date of his lecture and book signing.

“A new signed book would ma ke a g reat C h r i st ma s present,” Avery said. “When Orson Scott Card came to sign books, he stayed for hours. He said to bring as many books as you could.”

For more information on Denton Reads book discussions and events, check out www.dentonreads.unt.edu or its self-titled Facebook page.

Readers connect at event

BY MORGAN BOOKSH Intern

A three-year-old program at UNT has gained new interest and readers, adding to its growth.

Denton Reads is a literary initiative for med by loca l librarians to connect readers through the experience of one shared book.

“Denton Reads has created a dialogue across lines,” said Beth Avery, a librarian at UNT’s Wi l lis Libra r y who works with the program now. “This program allows me to discuss literature with students of all ages. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t be able to talk to high school students about literature, but through Denton Reads I can get connected.”

Texas Woman’s University, Denton Independent School District and Willis librarian Annie Dow ney established Denton Reads in 2006 in an ef for t to promote literacy across school campuses.

Each year the organization selects an author whose works

FilmSCENE

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Denton film fest shows environmental documentaries

BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer

Documentary fans can get a full day of fun Saturday at a mini film festival in Denton.

The mini-fest will feature four documentaries by Pare Lorentz, the first filmmaker to receive money from the government to make a documentary about an environmental issue, such as the Dust Bowl, festival director Joseph Butler said.

The event will be held at 115 Elm St. The Thin Line Film Festival, an international documentar y film festival in Denton, and the I nter n at ion a l D o c u ment a r y A ssociat ion w i l l present t he event.

The Lorentz documentaries give the audience a wider perspective through the lens of a man dealing with similar content in the 1930s as we are now, Butler said.

The other four documentaries are more recent and also address

environmental issues.

Because news segments only show tidbits of information, a documenta r y creates a good avenue to disburse information because it gives a bigger picture and more rounded view. he said “It’s important for people to become aware of these things,” he said.

The event costs $2 or a donation of three nonperishable canned foods per session. There are four sessions, with two documentaries in each.

To see all eight documentaries, the cost is $8 or a donation of 12 canned foods.

Foods will be donated to the Our Daily Bread Community Soup Kitchen.

Admission money will be used to cover the cost of renting the location, Butler said.

The Thin Line Film Fest is a program of the Texas Filmmakers organization. It is the only documentary film festival in Texas,

[ In theaters today... ]

BY K IP MOONEY

Arts & Life Editor

Opinion

“The Informant!”

Starring Matt Damon, Toby Hale, Scott Bakula.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Matt Damon packed on the pounds to play real-life whistleblower Mark Whitacre, who revealed corruption at a Fortune 500 business to the FBI. The trailer plays Whitacre’s undercover work for laughs (“I’m 0014 because I’m twice as smart as 007”), but I bet, like most of Soderbergh’s work, there’s an undercurrent of the darkness of human nature.

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held Feb. 17 to Feb. 21.

“The whole thing is an experience,” Butler said.

Kim Stanton, a board member of the Texas Filmmakers and UNT digital media librarian, said the documentaries bring up relevant social issues and will hopefully start a conversation bet ween community members.

Lorentz’s films are an inter-

esting tie-in with what is going on in the country today, she said.

The Saturday event will also inv ite people to get toget her instead of just sitting in their living room, she said.

Sofia Mejia, a radio, television and film senior, is a documentary fan and saw f lyers for the event.

While Mejia isn’t familiar with Lorentz, film festivals are impor-

tant to Denton, she said.

“The film and music community is a big deal here in Denton. It is kind of what gives it its personality,” she said. “It wouldn’t be the same without it.”

The f irst documentar y w ill begin at 10 a.m. Attendees are not required to stay all day.

For more information, v isit www.thinlinefilmfest.com.

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Sports

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Sports Editor ntdaily.sports@gmail.com

Football team ready with backup quarterback

By Eric Johnson Senior Staff Writer

92,000 fa ns a nd t he No. 4 col lege footba l l tea m in the country will be waiting for­ U N T tomor row a f ternoon when it arrives to play t he Universit y of A laba ma Crimson Tide (2-0) on t he road.

Last week’s heartbreaking loss coupled with two starters quarterback Riley Dodge, an undeclared redshirt freshmen, and left tackle Victor Gill, a kinesiolog y redshirt junior, missing this game lead to a challenge for the Mean Green (1-1).

“What Riley brings to the game, that is hard to replace,” head coach Todd Dodge said.

“This is a complete football team though, and we have great depth, so we still feel good with what we have.”

Redshir t junior qua r terback Nathan Tune replaced Riley Dodge in last week’s double overtime loss, leading t he tea m to t hree scor ing drives and falling just short of earning the win.

Tune will be called on for h is f i rst col leg iate ca reer start, something he has been looking forward to for three years.

“I have been waiting for this opportunity since I got here,” Tune, a finance major, said. “I couldn’t think of a better situation, playing a great team on a big scale in front of so many people.”

There will be a familiarity bet ween the t wo teams on Saturday, when Todd Dodge will stare across the sidelines at h is for mer qua r terback at Sout h la ke Ca r rol l Hig h School, Greg McElroy.

McElroy, a true freshman, is in his first year as Alabama’s starting quarterback. W hat was supposed to be a showdown between McElroy and former teammate Riley Dodge, will now be a young quarterback challenging a coach that he still admires.

“Coach Dodge is a really great coach, and I am glad to se e h i m hav i ng some success this year,” McElroy said. “Other than this game, I will be rooting for them all season long.”

The biggest challenge for the Mean Green will be the Crimson Tide defense a nd All-American defensive tackle Terrance Cody. In two games, Alabama has allowed only 65 yards rushing.

Sat u rday, A laba ma held

Photo by Christena Dowsett / Photo Editor

Senior running back Cam Montgomery scores a touchdown against Ohio University on Saturday. Ohio won 31-30 in double overtime.

T he Flor ida Inter nat iona l University Golden Panthers, a fellow Sun Belt Conference team, to one yard rushing in its 40-14 victory.

This week will be a bigger test for Alabama, UNT ranks

in the top-30 for rushing in t he nation, averaging over 200 yards per game.

“T hey a re a ver y good offensive team, very product ive a nd lots of ba la nce,” A laba ma head coach Nick

Saban said. “They run the ball probably as well as anybody we have played.”

T he Mea n Green ha s a formidable defense of its own this season, surrendering 270 yards and 20 points a game.

A labama’s offense ranks 14th in the country and averages 37 points a game, so this game will gauge how much the Mean Green defense has improved since giving up 47 points a game last year.

Ohio road trip presents challenge to Mean Green

By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer

Photo by Ryan Bibb / Photographer

Sophomore Kati Dillard works with her teammates during a drill at Monday’s practice. The team will compete in the Sam Houston Invitational.

Volleyball team ready for last regular season tourny

By R emington Bird Staff Writer

One week away from Sun Belt Con ference play, t he Mean Green volleyball team will participate in its final tournament of t he reg ula r season at the Comfort Suites Bearkat Classic.

The Mean Green (2-8) will be looking to extend its twogame winning streak against Central Michigan University ( 3 -3 ) , L a m a r Un i v e r s it y (4-5) and Sam Houston State University, the hosting school (5-7).

“Right now our spirits are rea l ly h ig h,” l ibero Sa ra h Willey, a math sophomore, said. “After proving we can win, we’ve really gone hard in practice and we just want to do anything to keep that winning streak.”

UNT has not lost to t he L a m a r C a rd i n a l s or t he Sa m Hou ston Bea rk at s since Cassie Headrick took over as head coach, but it will be meeting the Central Michigan Chippewas for the

first time.

UNT is 8-17 aga inst t he Bearkats and 3-15 against the Cardinals.

Headrick sa id t he Mea n Green’s morale is good, and the team is focused for the tournament.

“We feel pretty sure of what we’re going to do right now,” she said. “We’re all headed in the right direction, and that is really good to see.”

Headrick a lso sa id bot h U N T’s a nd her per s on a l for mer record aga inst t he Bearkats and Cardinals does not add any pressure to the upcoming tournament.

“Every year is a different year, and you’ve got to look at it that way,” she said. “Lamar has had success a nd Sa m Houston has had success, so we’re just going to go down and do our thing.”

The Mean Green’s error rate improved during last weekend’s tournament, recording 60 in three games.

In t he prev ious tour nament, the team recorded 93

errors over three games.

R i g h t- s i d e h i t t e r K a t i Dillard, a psychology sophomore, said the team has been working on its hustle and on finishing games.

“I think we really set the sta nda rd for how wel l we know we can play, so we just want to work through every practice and get better,” she said. “We’re really focusing on serving and blocking as two of our main strengths.”

Headrick said it is still early in the season, and the team has a long way to go in some areas.

“This weekend is going to be great to get us ready for conference play,” Headrick sa id. “We’re going to have to be sharp in order to be good.”

T he Mea n Green’s f i rst match of t he tou r na ment is Fr iday aga i nst Cent ra l Michigan at 4 p.m.

U N T w i l l cont i nue t he tournament Saturday, playing Sam Houston State at noon and Lamar at 4 p.m.

After starting the season w it h f ive of its f i rst si x games at home, the UNT soccer team (4-2-0) will play its first back-to-back road games of the season in Ohio this weekend.

The Mea n Green plays Fr iday at 7 p.m. aga i nst the Ohio State University Buckeyes (5-1-1) and finishes t he we ekend by t a k i ng on t he Xav ier Universit y Mu s k e t e e r s ( 0 - 6 - 0 ) on Sunday at 11 a.m.

T he tea m comes i nto t he ga me a f ter a d isappointing 1-0 loss to Prairie A&M University in a contest where UN T wa s heav i ly favored.

“Well it was stupid for me to schedule the game one day after the Baylor game.

My kids had no legs left and were mentally drained after the previous win,” Hedlund said. “I’ll take full responsibility for the loss, it was a f luke due to the circumstances.”

Suc c e s s at home h a s been a cornerstone for UNT a l l season but t he tea m rema ins untested on t he

road, dropping its only away game to Southern Methodist University (1-0).

“We always want to win at home, but its just as important for us to play at our highest level on the road too,” said forward Michelle Young, an undeclared Arts and Sciences freshman.

You ng ha s prov ided a spark for the UNT offense, scoring two goals against B a y l o r Un i v e r s i t y l a s t weekend, w h i le lead i ng the team in points for the season.

“My shots were a litt le off at the beginning of the season so I made sure to work more and stay after practice if I had to,” she said. “I’ve taken advantage of more opportunities and the results have come.”

With a top-25 ranking and a four game winning streak, the Buckeyes could be the Me a n Gr e en’s tou g he s t competition this year in the teams’ first-ever meeting.

The Buckeyes are coming of f a 6 - 0 w i n a g a i n s t Youngstown State University a nd plays wel l at home, compiling a 48-13-7 record since 2003 in Columbus.

“I really believe we can handle any kind of hostile environment presented to us,” Hedlund said. “We’ve already beaten two Big 12 tea ms t his yea r a nd our defense gives us a chance to keep the game close enough to pull off an upset.”

A la rge pa r t of OSU’s success comes from senior goa l keeper Lauren “Ta z” Robertson, who leads the Big 10 Conference with 5 shutouts and has an average of .55 goals allowed per game this season.

“I need to make sure I’m mov ing players around a bit more, t r y to f ind t he right chemistr y and what offensive system works best to create goals,” Hedlund said.

There has never been a better time for t he Mean G r e e n t o t a k e on t h e Musketeers, a tea m t hat ha s yet to w i n a nd ha s been outscored 19-4 t his season.

“Our team has the character and maturity to take e v e r y g a me s e r iou s l y,” Hed lu nd sa id. “I’m not worried about not ta k ing our opponent seriously.”

Football coach not guilty Louisville, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky high school football coach was found not guilty Thursday in the death of a player who collapsed at a practice where the team was put through a series of sprints on a hot summer day.

Attorneys said the case was the first time a football coach was charged in the death of a player.

It was closely watched by those involved in youth athletics and has a lready r e s u lte d i n c h a nge s to Kent uck y law a nd ot her efforts to make practices safer for athletes.

Former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach Dav id Jason Stinson, 37, was charged after 15-year-old Max Gilpin collapsed at an August 2008

practice as the team ran a series of sprints known as “gassers.”

He died three days later at a Louisville hospital of heat stroke, sepsis and multiple organ failure. His temperature reached at least 107 degrees.

The jur y deliberated for about 90 minutes, and Stinson hugged defense at tor ney Brian Butler after the verdict was read.

“That’s why they came back quickly, because he was innocent,” said Butler, who characterized the charges of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment as a “witch hunt.”

St i nson lef t w it hout speaking to reporters.

During the trial, players

sa id St inson ordered t he gassers as punishment for the lack of effort they showed at practice on a day where the temperature and heat index were both 94 degrees.

Prosecutors relied on a series of Gilpin’s teammates who testified that several teens became ill during the gassers, vomiting or bowing out with ailments.

Gilpin’s mother, Michele Crockett, said the trial told the story of what led up to her son’s death and was “an uphill battle” for prosecutors.

But because t he public heard the details of what happened, the trial was worth it, she said.

“We know Max didn’t die in vain,” said Gilpin’s father, Jeff Gilpin.

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Public House seeks to blend restaurant, pub atmospheres

[ ] Food Snobs Public House 125 Ave. A Denton

By Chris Speight and Jeph Burton

Senior Staff Writer and Contributing Writer

The words “identity crisis” came to mind during this week’s review of Public House, which opened Sept.

11 in Denton.

Part pub, part restaurant, Public House falls short on service and has all the ambiance of a Tennessee truck stop. Yet still, the selfproclaimed “restaurant-bar” at 125 Ave. A manages to deliver pretty decent food.

When you look at the menu, which features tomato bruschetta, cordon bleu chicken and flat iron steaks among other things, an intimate, smooth-jazz cocktail lounge comes to mind. Cocktail waitresses should bring you a mellow highball with just enough ice while you relax on comfortable leather lounge seats.

This is not at all the case at Public House.

There is substantial seating at this place, and we had a table in no time.

The menus — short on substance, to say the least — had items which were quite unusual for a bar scene, as its Web site is quick to point out — fried calamari, “college caviar,” a steak — all priced on average between $5 and $11.

It looked very impressive.

You’ll notice at least eight TVs when you enter, two of which are

projector screens mounted on us, but we feel that if you are going the walls. The industrial ceiling, to work at a bar, especially in the supported by iron black columns Fry Street bar scene, you should and steel beams, was lit by tinted probably know more about drink neon blue lights that gave off a mixin’.

The steak Chris got was actuwarehouse type feel.

The bar is on the left after a ally really good, cooked a perfect medium well, sliced, and served grouping of tables.

There’s no artwork to speak of, with mashed potatoes and rice but there is an array of sports on for $10.99.

For dessert, you may want to each TV. There are three giant windows try the crème brûlée, which was upstairs that are kept open and surprisingly good.

Some 20 minutes after Jeph have iron railing for safety, as well as two pool tables and two arcade ordered his burger, it came cooked to order, the buns crisped. games.

Unfortunately, the burger buns This is definitely a cool bar to watch your favorite team with some belonging to our photographer, Melissa, were burnt to a cinder friends.

As patrons slurped down their because of some butter thrown on beer that they dispensed from their the grill. The fresh-cut potato chips own “beer towers” — a tall, blender- on the side were a real standout.

The good food was quickly overlooking thing with a hollow tube in the middle filled with ice to shadowed by continuously inattenkeep the surrounding beer cold, tive service.

Drinks remained empty for total cacophony seemed to fill the almost 10 minutes after ordering soul.

People yelled at almost every another one. Then the server table about one thing or another. returned, empty-handed, to tell Spea kers had t heir volumes us someone else had taken the pumped up to the max, too. We drinks.

Still, there is something both don’t know if the music was good or bad because it just meshed into endearing and a little terrifying about the Public House. the other noise.

It’s like that one puppy at the All of this was accentuated by too many servers on the floor who pound — you know, the one with were just standing around looking only one eye and no hind legs, confused for the majority of our its face twisted into a perpetual grimace because its lots all its teeth? time there.

After waiting a fairly long amount That one.

With time and maturity, the of time for our server to make it over to us, the confusion of ordering a Public House could possibly grow pretty simple drink threatened to into something special. As it is now, though, it might not make it that throw Jeph into a convulsive fit.

“Double Sailor Jerry and diet, long. short, please,” Jeph said.

“If you don’t have it, Captain Morgan’s fine.”

Cleanliness “Wa it, what? ” ou r Service server said.

Jeph told her again.

Affordability “Diet short? W hat’s Atmosphere that?”

Food Quality Perhaps this is naïve of

Former owner of The Drink renovates location

By Morgan Walker Staff Writer

Photo by Melissa Boughton / Photographer

Public House has happy hour from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The restaurant also has a full menu and features a to-go window for hungry patrons on foot.

Alumnus Mike Hammans enjoys a beer tower at the new Public House on Fry Street.

Select beer towers are $5 during happy hour, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Public House

Photo by Stephen Masker / Photographer

After three years of owning The Drink, Byron Crain looked at the Fry Street area and realized it needed something different.

To fix this problem, he turned the former dance club and bar, at the corner of Avenue A and Mulberry Street, to Fry Street Public House, a combination restaurant-bar that opened Sept. 11.

“I thought there was a huge void when the demolition happened,” Crain said, referring to the 2007 Fry Street demolition that included The Tomato and former location of Mr. Chopsticks. “There were good restaurants there that were all open for 15 to 20 years.”

Prior to being The Drink, the Public House location was housed The Inferno, a former music venue. Before that was Rick’s Place, also a well-known live music spot for about 13 years, Crain said.

As a restaurant close to campus, the Public House will cater mostly to college students.

It provides a weekend atmosphere Thursdays through Saturdays and a to-go window for patrons to get something to eat before class during the week, Crain said.

To make the business successful, he said he plans to provide great food at a reasonable price and introduce guests to its signature “beer towers.”

The tower is a beer container with a spout for guests to pour drinks at their convenience and a chamber with ice in the middle to keep the beer cold. It can be set up at a table with parties of two or more.

The Public House has also set up a way for text message orders. The restaurant distributes cards with the number to text on the front, along with ordering instructions.

While the Public House strives to provide a new atmosphere, good food and pleasant service, some customers were alarmed while checking their bank accounts over

Photo by Melissa Boughton / Photographer

Public House is the home of the beer tower. Students can order domestic beers for $8 or Blue Moon for $11. the weekend.

When Sara Salih, a radio, television and film junior, went online to check her bank account Sunday night there was a $50 pending charge from the Public House.

She only spent $5 while she was there.

“I was terrified,” Salih said. “I had signed a $5 amount, and I thought somebody forged my signature for a $50 amount.”

As part of a procedure to make sure a credit or debit card is genuine, the Public House automatically charges a fee to preauthorize the card.

For opening weekend, the preauthorization amount was $50.

“It’s a fairly standard operation in

the hospitality industry,” Crain said.

“It’s just to make sure that the card is good.”

After a purchase, employees close out the transaction for the correct amount, and it takes about two to three business days for the merchant to put the money back into the consumer’s account, Crain said.

He recommends anyone who does not see the $50 back in his or her account within three business days to contact the restaurant.

“Now it shows the actual amount I was charged, which was just $5,” Salih said.

The restaurant has now changed the system to preauthorize at $0 rather than $50.

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MusicSCENE

Muse intensifies sound with ‘The Resistance’

By Graciela R azo Senior Staff Writer

Within the past few years, Muse’s fan base has become tenfold what it once was. Intricate instrumentation and outstanding vocals from frontman Matthew Bellamy are the reasons why.

Muse’s howling singer brings his finest lyrics and extravagant voice to combine with equally interesting beats and bass riffs to make its latest album, “The Resistance.”

The band intensifies its rock-androll sound on its fifth LP, making a dramatic opus of anthems with which fans can chant along and

clap their hands.

Bellamy becomes a one-man vocal orchestra but never takes the limelight away from drummer Dominic Howard or bassist Christopher Wolstenholme.

The album’s first single, “Uprising,” is just that: a song of revolution and rebellion as Bellamy cries, “They will stop degrading us/ they will not control us/ we will be victorious.”

Wolstenholme’s bass creates an eerie sense of impending doom of crashing drums, chants and screaming guitar riffs to go along with the intense mood of “The Resistance.”

Fervor-infused lyrics and vocals combine for an intense display of the perfect album single.

However, the song “Resistance” does not match up to the album as a whole.

It has its moments, but u n ne c e s s a r y, almost-tacky backing vocals downgrade the overall effect of the song.

Also, some parts bear a striking resemblance to fellow English rock band Queen’s most popular tunes.

Thankfully, it barely makes a dent on how well done the entire album is.

“Unnatural Selection” resumes a few songs later and is not only the longest song of the album, but also the most outstanding.

Opening w it h a solemn fusion of organ and vocals, it bursts into a theatrical rockand-roll cry, complete with 40 seconds of Bellamy’s grittiest guitar solo of the album.

After one dark, ostentatious song

after another, Muse juxtaposes the ending of its album with an assembly of “Exogenesis” songs.

The last three songs, “Exogenesis: Symphony Parts I, II, and III,” bring the temper down to a calming effect of gentle pianos, a sophisticated orchestral setting and an airy voice crawling in the background.

Technically, no song on “The Resistance” is completely weak, but there are a few loose ends.

Especially with the release of this album, Muse’s European superstardom will begin to creep over to the United States to give American fans a taste of its orchestra-rock flare.

punch for the band.

This was definitely a crowd favorite and a prominent sign of what was in store for the rest of the night.

Hammering through songs with ear-bleeding solos and enchanting riffs, guitarist Omar RodriguezLopez played with precision and

grace, undoubtedly a performer every fan must see.

From its curly headed Afros to ’60s-style threads, the band was recognizably reminiscent of the 1969 performance of “Soul Sacrifice” by Santana at Woodstock.

With polyrhythm beats and continuous drum, guitar, and keyboard solos, it’s easy to see where the group’s great musical influences came from and how talented the individuals within the band actually are.

Bixler-Zavala stirred up the crowd with his perpetual energy and break dancing moves, alongside his piercing-but-superb vocals.

As things were shaping up to be another great performance for the Volta, things started to slow down,

and the band’s once-striving energy and vivacity seemed to disappear.

After the performance of “Roulette Dares,” the crowd seemed to lose focus and intensity.

On stage, the band members kept with their swaying and head nodding, but without the excitement. They started to play like they were going through the motions of a microphone check or a pre-show warm up.

For certain songs, the crowd got back into the feel for the show, but was not an overwhelming trend for the entire venue.

Compared to Volta’s show at the Palladium in April 2008, the fans kept an uncontrollable enthusiasm throughout the three-hour set, which made believers out of

those who called it a studio band — a band whose music, noise and sound could never translate into a live music spectacle.

As the night came to an end after a lackadaisical hour-and-45minute set with no encore, the fans left perplexed.

After waiting around as the house lights came up and the stage crew went to work, hoping that this was all a joke and the Volta would at least come out and play one more song, no one showed.

I’m not sure if it was the John F. Kennedy/Sept. 11 conspiracy remark by Bixler-Zavala that received mixed reactions from the crowd, or the subpar ending of a set, which was drastically opposite from the opening vigor where everyone was on their heels, but the night seemed a little off with no real satisfaction from the performance.

With ticket prices nearing $40-plus, an hour-and-45-minute set is not enough.

With no opening band and following up from a 2008 performance that was one for the ages, the Mars Volta left Dallas with its fans begging for more.

The Mars Volta delivers disappointing set in Dallas

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The Mars Volta came out from at full throttle Wednesday night at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas.

The progressive rock band started fast, opening with “Son et Lumiere,” followed by “Inertiatic ESP,” which has become a common one–two

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By Dominique Beck Staff Writer

Hip-hop rapper Lil Wayne claims to have coined the term “bling bling,” a slang term for jewelry, back in 1994.

The term received an official place in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2007.

Since then, the music world, not the fashion world, has constantly invented new terms for the fashion accessory.

Whatever the word may be — “ice,” “bling,” “rock” or simply “jewelry” — this fashion trend is worn by many types of people. Some make bold statements with the jewelry they wear, while others sometimes make jewelry No-Nos. Jewelry designer Ann Hodrick said the occasion usually dictates the rules of fashion.

“While the first criteria for jewelry is beauty, even the most gorgeous pieces of jewelry can be worn to distract from either the jewelry itself or your outfit,” Hodrick said. “You should be the center of attention, not your jewelry.”

Wearing too much jewelry is probably the most common jewelry faux pas because it can confuse the eye and make several pieces look like one piece of gaudy jewelry, she said.

“A stack of bangles worn with layers of bead and chain necklaces and large dangly earrings and

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Jewelry designer Ann Hodrick says jewelry rules are often ignored. several rings is just too much of a good thing,” Hodrick said.

Jennifer Clark, a criminal justice junior, said this is a fashion crime she commits all too often.

“I love wearing rings and bracelets,” Clark said. “I like to wear one [ring] on every finger, well except for my thumbs, and I have to wear a lot of bracelets, but I do go too far with it sometimes.”

Wrong-sized jewelry can also become a bit of a problem. Wearing jewelry in proportion to one’s body helps unify a look, Hodrick said.

“A tiny person in huge jewelry or too much jewelry can look almost like a child playing dress-up,” she said.

Another issue that arises is jewelry maintenance.

Earrings and necklaces can be affected by hairspray and cosmetics, while cleaning products and lotions can affect rings and bracelets.

“Keep your jewelry clean by using the cleaning methods recommended for each type of jewelry you wear and … your jewelry will create a wonderful accessory for your outfit and your own look,” Hodrick said.

Once maintenance, size and amount have been fixed, she said, deciding on a focal point for jewelry is key.

Elizabeth Bennett, an electronics sophomore, said choosing a theme for her jewelry of the day is important to her.

“I like to make sure everything matches in color with my outfit,” Bennett said.

No matter what jewelry someone chooses to wear, the person, not the jewelry, should be the center of attention, Hodrick said.

“Jewelry is an accessory, not an adornment,” she said.

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GameSCENE ‘Beatles’ game soars with graphics, features

By Shannon Winnett Contributing Writer

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Best Buy employee and marketing senior Joshua Hauberg poses for a photo in front of “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game, which was released Sept. 9. Because of the game’s popularity, retailers are struggling to keep it in stock.

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve noticed that Beatlemania is making a bit of a comeback.

It’s been 40 years since The Beatles called it quits, but their legacy lives on with the release of the phenomenal “The Beatles: Rock Band.”

The game is set up like the other editions of “Rock Band,” where you can play plastic instruments along with the songs, but “The Beatles: Rock Band” makes a departure from the others, and it’s very apparent.

From the gorgeous introduction sequence to the end credits, the game is custom-tailored to the Fab Four.

It chronicles the Beatles’ history, including real photos and audio footage of the band. It’s obvious the game was created out of love and respect for the group.

You can perform songs at famous Beatles gigs, like Liverpool’s Cavern Club, the Ed Sullivan Show, Shea Stadium and their farewell roof concert at the Apple Corps building in London. You get the chance to experience these iconic moments, and you feel like you are a Beatle.

The animated versions of the band members are instantly recognizable and have their mannerisms down perfectly.

Their iconic hairstyles and outfits from each era are all there, including the matching black suits and shag hair to the outlandish Sergeant Pepper costumes.

The graphics for each song are incredible.

For “Yellow Submarine,” the band is playing underwater. In “I Am the Walrus,” the game uses so many psychedelic and trippy colors that you feel like you’re back in the late ’60s. I kept wanting to stare at the background and not my notes.

This version of “Rock Band” includes features from past versions with a little twist. The “no fail” feature can be selected before choosing an instrument, so people new to the game can still play while not affecting the rest of the players’ performances.

My only criticism, and it’s a small one, is that the song list is too short.

Considering how large the Beatles’ catalog is, 45 songs seem a bit light, especially compared to the 84-song set list for “Rock Band 2.” Several songs will be available online soon for download.

“The Beatles: Rock Band” is a beautiful tribute to one of the best bands of all time, available on Nintendo Wii, XBox 360 and Playstation 3.