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Unemployment rates on decline BY A MBER A RNOLD Senior Staff Writer
Since the economic downturn, many Americans have had trouble finding and keeping jobs. However, based on numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Denton residents are weathering the storm better than the rest of Texas and the nation. According to the bureau’s Web site, unemployment in Denton County has dropped from 7.8 percent in July to 7.6 percent in August. That figure is lower than the national unemployment rate of 9.7 percent for the month of August. The city of Denton’s unemployment rate is even lower than these numbers at 6.5 percent — only 1.5 percent higher than the natural rate of unemployment. Unemployment rates include only those who are available for work and are seeking work. “College towns are inflated a little bit, because we’ve got 30,000 students here spending money, and I’d be surprised if students are cutting back on their spending as much as the general public,” said Jeffrey Rous of the economics faculty. It should be noted that unemployment is not a direct indication of whether the recession is coming to an end any time soon, said Steve Hipple, an economist for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In many cases, after a recession ends, unemployment will still rise for quite some time. “Unemployment is what we call a lagging indicator,” he said. “At the BLS, we try not to make any projections based solely on
unemployment statistics.” In the past, it has taken two years or more for unemployment to stop increasing after a recession ends, he said. Although the last recession ended in November 2001, the U.S. didn’t see unemployment reach its peak until June of 2003, he said. Terry Jewell of the economics faculty also noted unemployment is a lagging indicator when forecasting what students can expect from the job market. “I’d expect them to look at the numbers and see that the recession is over by the end of this year,” he said. “However, if you’re graduating in May and looking for a job, the labor force is still going to be difficult at that time.” Students will most likely fare better in the government, education and health care sectors of the job market since each has been adding jobs since the recession began, Hipple said. Bob Wiman, an account manager of the Proflex Personnel employment agency, said he has seen an improvement during the past few months. “It’s still a lot harder to find a job than it was a year ago, but I’ve been seeing improvement,” he said. One of the biggest reasons Texas has not been as affected by the recession, Jewell said, is because the state’s economy does not rely on things like financial institutions or automakers. “Texas learned after the oil crisis during the ’70s to diversify its market, and that’s the reason that it’s dealing with the recession and unemployment so much better,” Jewell said.
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Miguel Sanchez pours paint on Paul Harder, a new media senior, for Harder’s interactive art project Saturday at Fouts Field during Family Weekend.
Art student becomes canvas BY MORGAN WALKER Staff Writer
Things got messy at the Mean Green Village on Saturday afternoon. During Family Weekend, Paul Harder, a new media senior, wandered around the field dressed in a white plastic suit and goggles while spectators covered him with messy things like mustard, spray paint, and chili as part of an interactive art project for his performance new media class. He also participated in a similar interactive project last week where he dressed as a Tetris block.
“For t h i s projec t we’re supposed to f i nd ways to interact with the public and bring them into the piece,” Harder said. His i n it ia l pla n wa s to place himself in a stockade, a wooden device used in medieval times in which people hurl items such as vegetables at him, but he said his teacher was afraid he would get hurt. Harder then said his idea was to start out using colorful paint, but he didn’t want to limit anyone. Participants were allowed to throw dirt, chili, feathers
or anything else that would stick to his suit, as long as he didn’t get hurt, he said. “I w a s ju s t hopi ng to get stra ngers interested in making spontaneous art by making myself the canvas,” Harder said. Ha rder a lso broug ht his girlfriend, Chelsea Anderson, a Denton veterinary assistant, along for the project. “He’s ver y advent u rous w it h his ideas and doesn’t mind taking risks,” Anderson said.
Harder is also a housing ambassador at UNT and was accompanied by fellow ambassadors who were participating in the Chili Cook-off. “I think it’s a really good idea to see where people w i l l act ua l ly go w it h t he project since he leaves it up to everyone else,”, David Dix, a ma nagement senior a nd housing ambassador, said. Harder said he would bring in the finished project, now a colorful suit, to class this week for a grade.
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Student housing provides different safety options BY MELISSA BOUGHTON Senior Staff Writer
Safety in housing both onand off-campus goes far beyond locked doors and fire alarms to keep students sleeping soundly. However, many residents are unaware of what efforts are put in place to keep them safe. On-campus safety measures Only seven dorms of the 13 on campus have some form of a fire sprinkler system in case of an emergency, said Tommy Jones, the safety services officer in Risk Management Services. However, the other dorms have fire drill procedures and fire alarms. UNT does not have plans to add fire sprinkler systems to any of the seven dorms that are without them, said Ryan Paris, a fire safety specialist. Paris said sprinkler systems are expensive and could cost UNT hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on the size of the building and what type of system is installed. “There are fire extinguishers throughout all the buildings and they also have a fire-alarm system,” Paris said. “There are smoke detectors in every room and all through the hallways.” Jones said that the fire-alarm systems are in place to alert students in case of a fire and they do fire-alarm drills at least twice a semester to make sure everything works properly.
Measures taken on campus to ensure students’ safety include fire alarm systems, fire extinguishers, police patrol and cardoperated doors. “In terms of on campus, there is always just a great sense of security around here,” Shelton
The Right Housing in the Wrong Economy Part 3 of a Series Alves, Crumley Hall desk clerk said. “Especially in the residence halls, the RAs make sure everything is OK and they do rounds in the evening. Not only that, but the police officers also do rounds in the residence halls which is really nice.” Alves said residents on-campus have basic safety concerns, especially during move-in time, but to help students with their concerns the residence assistants help out with programs such as selfdefense and computer safety. Other safety benefits in a dorm on-campus are the card-operated doors to get in the building. If someone who doesn’t live at a dorm tries to open the doors after a certain time, they remain locked and can’t be opened without a student ID or someone letting people in from the inside of the hall. “There’s always someone here, so it’s never creepy,” Mary Nogay, a chemistry freshman, said. “Just the fact that there’s like several thousand people that live here
and are always moving around here constantly makes you feel more comfortable than living in an apartment with people you don’t know.” Off-campus concerns Students who live off-campus have to worry about keeping their doors locked and walking in the dark at night. The Ridge, City Parc, Uptown and The Forum are all studentliving apartments and do have fire sprinklers in place in their units. A fire earlier this year at Woodhill Apartments concerned other apartment complexes because Woodhill did not have a fire sprinkler system in place, according to a previous Daily article. “We have sprinklers, we have alarms, we have the fire detectors, all of that to make students feel safe,” Alexa Cantu, a community assistant at The Ridge Apartments, said. In addition to fire-safety measures, Cantu said The Ridge Apartments off-campus also have courtesy officers from the Denton Police and Fire Departments that live in the apartment complex and also a security officer on duty. “We don’t really have too much crime. Nobody’s car is being broke in, so I feel good about living off-campus,” Joshua Hamilton, a kinesiology junior said. “I do take my time getting
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Students who live on-campus must use their student ID card to enter dorms after 10 p.m. as a safety precaution. The dorms’ doors stay locked until 7 a.m. out of my car when I get home late at night and things like that basically to stay safe.” The University Courtyard offers protection to its residents t hrough red “pa nic buttons” in every bedroom. The buttons can be pressed in the event of an apartment emergency. “Usually, they are thought to be used for burglary but I’ve seen them used in medical emergencies,” said Geoffrey Brown, a community assistant for University Courtyard. Authorities typically reply
to the call from the “panic button” within about 10 to 15 minutes, he said. Hamilton said he thinks students feel safer on-campus because more police patrol. Where to stay Students making a decision to live on- or off-campus based on security concerns have to consider location and what measures apartments and dorms have in place to protect them. Some apartments are safer than others and some dorms
have more security measures in place to keep students safer than others. Overall, many students said they feel more comfortable in an on-campus environment where someone is monitoring the halls’ activity 24/7. “I think it’s just the preference of where you want to live. I think it’s safe both ways,” Cantu said. “I’ve lived on-campus and I’ve lived offcampus, and I felt safe in both areas. I think that bad things can happen everywhere, so it’s just a personal preference.”
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Violinist views music as ‘all about life’ Music student works toward doctorate BY JORDAN FOSTER Staff Writer
Students flock to the College of Music every year to learn what it takes to become an accomplished musician. For one student, it is more than acquiring skill and knowledge. For her, music is life. Szemoke Jobbagy, a graduate student in the College of Music, is working on her second year of her doctorate of musical arts. Coming f rom a musica l backg rou nd i n Budapest, Hu nga r y, she k now s t he i mpor ta nce of music a nd the happiness it brings to its listeners. “My life is all around music,” Jobbag y said. “W hen I was growing up, our family often got together to play music, and because of it, I came to love music and it has become an essential part of my life.” She bega n to st udy t he violin with her father when she was five-years-old along with her three older siblings.
Her t wo brot hers a re now composers and teach music theory and history. Her sister is also a violinist, who plays in the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. Jobbagy earned her Master of Music deg ree f rom t he Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 2004. During her study, she won first prize at the Koncz Hungarian Nationa l Violin Competition. A f ter her st ud ie s, s he became concertmistress of the MAV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest. After three years at the orchestra, she decided to pursuit higher education at UNT under the tutelage of Julia Bushkova, of the music faculty. “She i s a t r emendou s v iol i n ist,” Bush kova sa id. “She’s ver y modest, so she might not speak about herself as much. She is probably one of the very best violin students to ever come to UNT.” Jobbagy said she is thankful to Bush kova because her teachings helped her improve. Apart from being a full-time student at UNT, she regularly performs with several professional orchestras in the North
Texas area as well as in her native Hungary. I n s u m me r 2 0 0 8 , s he toured w it h t he Budapest Festival Orchestra. Together w it h t he or c he s t r a , s he per for med ma ny concer ts in seven European countries in some of the world’s most famous concert halls such as England’s Royal Albert Hall and Germany’s Schlesw igHolstein Festival’s Concert Hall. “She has one of the best attitudes that I have encountered in my long life of teaching,” Bushkova said. “She is incredibly modest and yet absolutely brilliant v iolinist, which a lot of times these two things don’t go toget her. A lot of times it comes together with some arrogance, but she has one of the most agreeable and amiable personalities.” Besides performances and school works, her practicing and rehearsing schedule keeps her busy. She is a member of t he Ba ncrof t Graduate St r i ng Quartet, which is the resident quartet of the College of Music’s Center for Chamber Music Studies. “When she walks in, every-
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Szemoke Jobbagy, a music graduate student, led the MAV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest, Hungary, as concertmistress, the title for the lead violinist in an orchestra. body sm i les r ig ht away,” Bushkova said. “She shines when she walks in, she lights up any room, literally. When she comes to audition or play somet h i ng , ever y bod y i s immediately in better spirits when she’s there.” When she isn’t rehearsing or playing concerts, Jobbagy
said she likes to spend her free time outdoors. Even though she is far from home, she is starting to adapt to life in the U.S. “Well, when I first came here, I felt lost in a new world,” she said. “As of now, I got accustomed to things here, and feel more comfortable.”
She has no pla ns as to whether she will remain in the U.S. If she does, she said she aspires to play in one of the major symphony orchestras. “I believe that music is one of the most beautiful things on earth,” she said, “It is all about life.”
MBA students learn in high-school setting BY C YNTHIA CANO Intern
U N T st udent s work i ng toward a master’s degree in finance can now relive memories of rushing to class through high school hallways.
Through an initiative developed i n 2008 by Ra nda l l Gutter y, an associate dean for graduate programs in the College of Business, students can attend core classes for t hei r Ma ster of Busi ness
Administration degree while sitting in a Justin Wakeland High School classroom in Frisco. Guttery said he developed the initiative to better accommodate students who reside in
the Collin County area. T he prog ra m proved successf ul during its f irst year in 2008 and prompted UNT to offer four additional classes at the high school each semester during the 2009-10 school year. Guttery conducted a survey out of the 333 MBA students in 2007, which revealed 47 percent of finance master’s students lived and worked in Collin County. “I had a feeling most of our students lived or worked in the Frisco, McKinney and Plano areas,” he said. Guttery said he thought it was important for the College of Business to cater to students’ needs by making it easier for them to attend class. “W hy have 25 st udents face traffic when coming to Denton when we could have one professor drive to them?” Guttery asked. P rofessor s get m i leage reimbursement for driv ing to Frisco to teach. Gutter y said the classes, professors and program are the same on the Denton campus as the Frisco location. The goal of this program is to make it as convenient for students to receive their master’s, he said. Students in this program
“Driving time is such a waste, especially when the weather is bad or you’re stuck in traffic.”
—Joy Jung Accounting senior
are able to take eight out of their 12 master’s core classes on Monday and Wednesday nights during the fa ll and spring semesters. No cla sses a re of fered dur ing w inter or summer terms at the Frisco location. Joy Jung, an accounting senior, said she would love to ta ke adva ntage of t his program when she decides to pursue her master’s. “Driv ing time is such a waste, especially when the weather is bad or you’re stuck in traffic,” Jung said. “It used to take me 40 minutes every day just to come here.” She sa id t he t ime most students spend driving could be used for better things, like studying in the library, especially to prepare for master’s level tests. “It’s really good that they are doing this,” Jung said. Guttery said students have shown great appreciation for this program, which adds to its success.
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“The program has been very popular so far. Enrollment nearly doubled from the first yea r to t he second yea r,” Guttery said. Ji m Ga nd y, t he pre sident of the Frisco Economic Development Corporation, said in published reports that institutions of higher education are desirable and a perfect fit for a community where the average age is 32. He also said many companies looking for a spot in the communit y inquire about institutions of higher education that have the ability to educate a current workforce and new employees.
Correction In the Sept. 25 issue of the Daily, the article “UNT presents business building design” misrepresented Robert Young, who is an associate partner at Polshek Partnership Architects with the Business Leadership Building’s head architect.
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Arts & Life
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Choralfest members work past illnesses By Bradford P urdom Contributing Writer
The air is heav y in the rehearsal hall where the A Cappella Choir rehearses for the last time before it performs at t h is yea r’s Chora l fest ! concert. It’s ev ident the group is missing a few voices when the director Jerry McCoy says, “The sickness is killing us.” With little time to prepare, the choral department gears up for Choralfest! while battling the cold and flu season. Choralfest! is an annual concert designed to showcase several university choral ensembles. The ensembles will perform at the Winspear Performance Hall tonight at 8 p.m. Hav ing only a month to prepare six choirs for a large performance, the situation becomes more stressful with many singers getting sick. “We have so little time to
prepare,” McCoy said. “It really is a good launch pad for us.” As one of t he premiere chora l en sembles, t he A Cappella Choir features 52 voices selected from a competitive pool of 1,700 music majors within the College of Music. The A Cappella Choir has on ly been pract icing t wo weeks for Choralfest! and is missing almost 10 voices, said Brandon Nase, a tenor in the A Cappella Choir. “As a singer, it is so hard to stay healthy during flu season, they tell us to get our shots and to just stay away from people if they are even close to being sick,” said Trista l Bigham, a vocal performance senior and soprano in the A Cappella Choir. “It just happens, we try to stay healthy and get enough rest to keep singing.” Bigham sounds optimistic, but Andrew Kesselring, a vocal performance senior and bass in the A Cappella Choir, sounds
a bit more cautious when he says, “The guy who sits right behind me has swine flu which kind of sucks cause I’m like, ‘Whoa, am I going to get it?’” In spite of the flu season and time crunch, all three students maintain the performance will continue as planned. “H1N1 can’t stop the UNT A Cappella Choir,” Nase said. This year, Choralfest! will consist of six choirs: the A Cappella Choir, Concert Choir, Collegium Singers, Chamber Choi r, Men’s Chor us a nd Women’s Chorus. The concert may appeal not only to choral enthusiasts but also to those interested in a cultural experience a bit out of the ordinary for a college student’s usual Tuesday night. “We are going to be singing some really awesome music. It’s not going to be just some boring choir music,” Nase said.
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Vocal performance senior Caye Copeland prepares with the A Cappella Choir for the Choralfest! concert. Students and College of Music faculty can see the A Cappella Choir in action for free tonight at the Winspear Per for ma nce Ha l l, i n t he
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Murchison Performing Arts Center. General admission is $10 and $8 for children, seniors, and non-UNT students.
Prof’s story one of the ‘Best’ Director Polanski arrested by Swiss
By Brooke Nottingham Intern
Much like the character in his most successful story, “Buying Lenin,” Miroslav Penkov is a Bulgarian immigrant who came to America at 18 to study at the University of Arkansas. But that’s where the similarities end. At 25, the creative writing professor has been published in “The Best American Short Stories 2008,” and is working toward publishing his own collection of short stories. “I wouldn’t say my stories are autobiographical,” he said. “There is nothing that actually happened, but there are emotions.” Like his character, Penkov knows what it feels like to be disconnected. In his stories, emotional things are true, but factual things are not. “And thank God, because some of my stories are really out there,” he said with a laugh. “I’d rather not live life interestingly enough to be a book.” When he was younger, Penkov never imagined he would write in English. “I was awful at English,” he said, and didn’t improve until high school. He wrote stories in Bulgarian about American characters, but when he came here, it struck him as ridiculous. He realized he had very little knowledge of Americans. “But I didn’t know if I could write about Bulgarian characters, and for a long time I was in a kind of limbo,” Penkov said. Things finally clicked when he began taking creative fiction courses in college. Penkov
(AP) — Oscar winner Roman Polanski’s legal troubles did not end with his guilty plea in a 1970s child rape case. They only got more complicated. The movie director fled the country before sentencing and remained a fugitive from justice for three decades until his arrest in Switzerland over the weekend. Here’s a look at the crime and how it has played out in court.
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Intermediate and advanced fiction writing professor Miroslav Penkov graduated from the University of Arkansas graduate school in the spring of 2009. credits most of his writing to Ellen Gilchrist, his professor at the University of Arkansas. Her encouragement inspired him to continue writing. “That’s why I think creative writing classes are so important,” he said. “If you meet the right person, it can honestly change your life.” Although Penkov is comfortable with English, his work is still rich with Bulgarian culture and folklore. He wanted to go through Bulgaria’s history and culture to find different moments to write about. “For me, that became essential,” he said. The weight of the culture is not lost on some of his American readers. “Penkov creates this modern depiction of Bulgaria, using
cultural themes to fabricate relatable stories,” Aaron Case, a language arts sophomore, said. Most writers claim to begin with a specific character, but Penkov starts from a broader point. He begins with a situation, or an interesting first line. “I’ll see something and say, ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if this happened?’” Penkov said. Kristen Keckler, a creative fiction professor, appreciates this approach. “I love how Penkov challenges my students to think of their own characters as storytellers — keepers of all the history that has passed through them,” she said. Since “Buying Lenin” was published in “Best American,” Penkov has become much more aware of his audience. He gets
e-mails from people all over the country. “You step back and think, ‘You wrote a story, but you have a greater responsibility. You realize how it affects people,’” he said. Penkov is currently working on a collection of short stories with publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Though most of his stories are finished, Penkov remains in the throes of editing and re-writing. “I think that’s where the muse gets killed, somewhere in the seventh rewrite,” he said, joking. The collection is expected in the spring of 2011.
THE EVENT: Polanski, now 76, was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977 while photographing her during a modeling session. She said Polanski performed various sex acts on her after giving her champagne and part of a Quaalude pill at Jack Nicholson’s house while the actor was away. Polanski has called the girl a sophisticated teen who willingly had sex with him, but she said he forced himself on her. His victim, Samantha Geimer, who long ago identified herself publicly, sued Polanski and reached an undisclosed settlement. She said she wants the case to be over. THE CASE: The Poland-born Polanski was initially indicted on six felony counts, including rape and sodomy, and faced up to life in prison. He pleaded guilty
to one count — unlawful sexual intercourse — and spent 42 days in prison for diagnostic tests. Polanski was expected to be sentenced to time served, but became aware that Judge Laurence J. Rittenband wouldn’t approve the plea agreement and the director fled to France. The U.S. placed a fugitive warrant on Polanski in 1978. THE AFTERMATH: Polanski’s attorneys have sought to dismiss the case following the release of the HBO documentary “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” which raised questions about judicial and prosecutorial misconduct. The film contends Rittenband, who has since died, was improperly consulted by a prosecutor not assigned to Polanski’s case about what kind of sentence the film director should receive. While Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza earlier this year found there was “substantial misconduct” in the handling of the original case, he dismissed Polanski’s motion to throw out the case because the director did not appear in court. Polanski risked arrest on a fugitive warrant if he returned to Los Angeles. He has appealed Espinoza’s decision, and a California appellate court is reviewing the case.
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Sports
Justin Umberson
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Conference losing streak stands at twelve By Eric Johnson Senior Staff Writer
Missed opportunities. Those two words sum up the season thus far for the Mean Green (1-3, 0-1) after losing its 12th straight conference game 37-21 on Saturday night. UNT turned the ball over five times, had a field goal blocked and had several back-breaking penalties, which led to its fourth consecutive defeat to the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders (3-1, 1-0). “We are really hurting right now,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “Losing is not OK. Coming close is not OK. We will not let the stench of losing overcome this football team because we have the makings to win games.” Royce Hill, an undeclared sophomore, ignited the 22,346 in attendance with a 73-yard opening kick off return, but the momentum would quickly die. The Mean Green offense managed just six yards on the drive and MTSU blocked the 37-yard field goal attempt. That would set the tone for the rest of the night for UNT, since MTSU scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive after an offsides penalty against the Mean Green
gave the Blue Raiders new life, and they never looked back. “You have got to make mistakes hurt,” Todd Dodge said. “We did not make their mistakes hurt, they made ours hurt, and when you do that you win.” UNT running back Lance Dunbar, an undeclared sophomore, was the biggest weapon for the Mean Green with 101 yards rushing on just five carries, and an explosive 66-yard touchdown run that got the team back into the game late in the first quarter. “Before I even got the ball I knew I was going to score,” Dunbar said. “They were on a blitz and I saw the middle open up. It was great execution by the offensive line.” The Mean Green tried to dig itself out of a 30-7 halftime hole. UNT outscored the Blue Raiders 14-0 in the third quarter, despite a fumble call that the team questioned at the MTSU 5-yard line, but two more fourth quarter turnovers sealed its fate. “We were not executing, and I was not getting the ball to my guys,” quarterback Riley Dodge said. “They are a veteran defense, but I’ve got to stop turning the
Sophomore Royce Hill makes the sack on Middle Tennessee’s offense at last Saturday’s game. ball over. You have got to treat the ball like it’s precious.” UNT came into the game as the Sun Belt’s No. 1 ranked pass defense, but MTSU quarterback Dwight Dasher picked it apart for 269 yards and two touchdowns and also added 75 yards and two
scores on the ground. “He did all right,” Hill said. After putting up a career-high 54 pass attempts and turning it over four times, Riley Dodge showed his passion and belief in his football team. “We’re not here to get close
to people,” Riley Dodge said. “We are here to help turn this program around. We want to go to New Orleans. I am getting sick of talking about moral victories. There’s no such thing as moral victories. We came to this school to make plays and we’re just not
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doing that right now. We’re here to win ballgames.” The Mean Green will get a bye week before its next chance at Sun Belt redemption, a road game against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Youth powers Mean Green in weekend sweep By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer
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Midfielder Katie Wendling works the ball up the field for a shot on goal last Sunday against University of Louisiana at Monroe.
UNT’s soccer team recovered from a three-game losing streak this weekend with two wins. The team won 2-0 against the University of Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (0-9-1,0-2) on Friday and won again 4-0 over the University of Louisiana Monroe Warhawks (1-7-2, 0-2) on Sunday. In the first week of Sun Belt Conference play, much of the Mean Green (6-4-0, 2-0) offense came from its younger players as midfielders Ellen Scarfone, an undeclared freshman, and Carly McDowell, a hospitality management freshman, scored the lone goals in the first game for UNT. “Our young players are still like babies out there,” head coach John Hedlund said. “There’s a different level of intensity at this
level, and they’re starting to adjust to it.” Friday’s game against the Ragin’ Cajuns remained scoreless until McDowell broke the tie in the 31st minute by running down a loose ball and scoring in the back corner of the net. “We just seem more relaxed offensively,” Hedlund said. “To score as much as we did was certainly a good thing.” An insurance goal came right after halftime, as Scarfone scored her first career goal on a cross from forward Kendall Juett, a sociology senior. The assist was Juett’s 26th in her career, moving her to second in Mean Green history in that category. “All weekend we just picked up the intensity and worked hard to put more pressure on the defense,” forward Michelle Young, an undeclared freshman, said.
More offense was the story for the Mean Green against the Warhawks, as its four goals were the most scored by the team since September of last year. The youth continued to step up, as Young provided the first half’s only goal in the 10th minute on an assist from Scarfone. ULM goalkeeper Alex Holland was hurt on the play, forcing Mallory George to fill in. “As long as we keep making strong pushes on the sides of the field while giving our players a chance to score in the middle we will be able to score some goals,” Young said. UNT stayed aggressive after halftime, scoring two goals in the first seven minutes of the second half. Sophomore forward Kelsey Perlman, a journalism sophomore, increased the lead in the 50th minute with a chip shot over George, who fell down trying to
make a save. “We’re using the same system as before, but we’re becoming more familiar with it and so our offense is becoming more consistent,” Hedlund said. Young scored her second goal of the game two minutes later while Scarfone’s putback in the 80th minute cemented the game for UNT. Plenty of opportunities came up for UNT, as they out-shot ULL 31-3 and ULM 16-4. While the offense played well, defense was the difference for the Mean Green, not allowing a single goal all weekend. “I really think we have a championship caliber defense this year. It’s that solid,” Hedlund said. The team continues Sun Belt play this weekend against Florida Atlantic University on Friday at 6 p.m. and Florida International University on Saturday at noon.
Reasons did have three digs in the game, but it was not enough to keep up with Denver’s defensive effort. Reasons also mentioned that the team’s six serving errors played a major role in the loss. “When we get on a high and get in there and miss a serve, it just kills our energy,” she said. Every set was close until the score reached about 20 points, when Denver seemed to take over the sets. The final scores for each set were 25-19, 25-20 and 25-20.
The final score that gave Denver the win was an attack error by UNT, and the Mean Green tallied 19 errors in the three-set match. Libero Jessica Green, a business senior, said the whole team was unhappy with its game during the break at halftime but was still unable to finish a set. “We were all pretty distraught with how we were playing, so we definitely came out with more energy,” she said. “It just kind of went down as the game went
on. I think we beat ourselves because we were not taking care of what needed to be taken care of.” The Mean Green did not do well on the offensive side of the ball either. They finished with a .168 attack-to-kill ratio compared to Denver’s .281 average. This problem has plagued the team the whole season thus far. Setter Kayla Saey, an interior design sophomore, finished the game with 30 assists, breaking a four-game streak with 40 or more assists. Denver is a hard place to play any sport because of the altitude, but no one on the team blames the loss on Denver’s home-court advantage. “It’s a tough place to play, but I will never use that as an excuse,” Headrick said. “On our end, we didn’t get done what we needed to.” The loss gave UNT a 0-1 record in the SBC, and the Mean Green has a 6-6 record for conference openers since the school joined the SBC in 2000. UNT’s next three games will all be conference games and will be played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The team w ill travel to Louisiana where they will face the University of LouisianaMonroe, the Universit y of Louisiana-Lafayette and the University of New Orleans.
UNT loses first conference game to Denver By R emington Bird Staff Writer
The UNT volleyball team could not carr y its recent success into conference play, as it fell quickly to the University of Denver Pioneers. After winning the last four of six games, the Mean Green (4-11, 0-1) traveled to Denver (6-9, 1-0)
on Saturday for its first match against a Sun Belt Conference opponent. The Mean Green lost in three straight sets to the Pioneers. “We d id n’t play good defense,” head coach Cassie Headrick said. “For the first time, I really felt like it hurt us all game long.”
The Mean Green only had 25 digs in the match compared to Denver’s 43, leaving UNT unable to set up an offense as well. “We just were not doing what we were supposed to be doing,” outside hitter Lacy Reasons, a business sophomore, said. “Personally, I don’t think I dug up one ball.”
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Programs attempt to lower dropout rate Editorial The number of students who enroll in colleges is drastically higher than the number of students who graduate. Thirty percent of college and university students drop out after their first year and about half never graduate. UNT’s enrollment rate has actually increased by 4.3 percent, or 1,508 students, compared to last fall. This proves that even in the depths of a recession, students are still eager to get a degree. Despite this success in increasing enrollment, the university still makes an attempt to offer programs that provide students with an alternative to dropping out. The editorial staff applauds UNT for these programs, most notable the Student Money Management Center. The Student Money Management Center provides students with the help and information they need to pay for college and achieve financial independence after graduation. It offers frequent workshops and presentations as well as personal consultations and online training opportunities. These services are provided free of charge to all students and are a great way to help them avoid dropping out of college. T h e c e nt e r a l s o m a n a ge s t wo st ud e nt loan programs, the Memorial Loan and the Green Loan, available to eligible students to help pay for unanticipated expenses that could threaten enrollment. Students interested in learning about money management can reach the Student Money Management Center at 940-369-7761. The school also offers programs such as Eagle Camp, a three-day program for new students that helps them make a smooth transition into college life and the Denton community. The program acquaints students with the university and gives them a chance to make friends and contacts before the semester starts. Programs like these are a great chance for students to avoid wasting time and money by dropping out of college. We encourage students to make the most of their education and use these services provided by the university.
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President Obama made remarks about students needing to spend more time in school. What are your thoughts on how long the school year lasts?
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U.S. needs new strategy for war Months ago, I had the pleasure of reliving the childhood euphoria that is Chuck E. Cheese’s. Specifically, it was my youngest sister’s fourth birthday, and I delighted to watch her run about the establishment selecting her favorite fun-filled mechanisms. She settled easily on the Whacka-Mole game and played for hours. As I watched my sister take the oversized rubber mallet in hand and swing, to no avail, at each of the lightning-fast mole mannequins, something occurred to me. If I took away the Whack-A-Mole machine and substituted Iraq or Afghanistan, took away my sister and substituted former President George W. Bush, then I’d have a pretty accurate summary of the United States’ foreign policy for the past eight years. Every threat we, as a nation, faced has been met with hard power, and unfortunately it was generally as successful as my sister’s mole whacking. America, as a war-fighting entity, has become lethargic. Ever since World War II, the U.S. held its antiquated view of smotherthe-other warfare above adaptation. It was unsuccessful in Vietnam, it was unsuccessful in
Iraq, and it will be unsuccessful in Afghanistan. In a breakdown of the inner workings of our war in Afghanistan we see the Taliban as a meager force in terms of hard power. Their weapons are generally supplied by Iran or Russia and therefore are usually behind the times. Their military strategies are generic: a desert guerilla style. And most of all they’re up against the combined force of the U.S. and NATO. On the y-axis of hard power, they’re clearly beat. Why, then, have we been unsuccessfully fighting the Taliban for nearly a decade? The answer: because we’ve left the soft power front wide-open and we’re decisively losing the culture war in Afghanistan. The Taliban is a group that gains from strength of relevance, and that fiery relevance is only fueled by the oxygen of our continued assaults. A popular enemy among the Afghan public is the U.S. unmanned probe. The probe is an unthinking vehicle that’s programmed to fire on certain thermal signs that are common traits of terrorist gathering areas.
These probes have been responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths, most recently a 40-member wedding party including women and children. Popular support is a key part of any war, and in terms of Afghan popular support, we’re broke. When a terrorist exclaims “Death to America” and conjures up images of the women and children killed by the U.S. probes, it’s no wonder that Afghan citizens sympathize. The Taliban is powerful, not because of the men who physically fight under its name, but because of the support it receives from the Afghan population. It would be foolhardy to call the Taliban an unbeatable organization. It is far from it. The war in Afghanistan can be won if we spend less money on battalions of troops and more money on special operations forces. The most pervasive myth about special operations forces is that they are comprised of government-manufactured super humans trained from birth to kill in the blink of an eye. The truth is that a special operations force is simply one that specializes in one area of warfare:
infrastructure, agriculture and public relations. The U.S. could be well on its way to declaring “mission accomplished” in Afghanistan by reducing troop presence and increasing special operations programs designed to better our relationship with the Afghan people and implant cheap profitable crops. Hopefully, the expected revision of Afghanistan war policy will include some of these provisions. Perhaps the U.S. will be able to put down the rubber hammer of Whack-a-Mole and pick up a ski-ball. After all, Whack-a-Mole is fun and all, but it leaves you with a bunch of blisters on your hand and maybe two tickets.
Morgan Booksh is a journalism freshman and a Daily intern. He can be reached at mdbooksh@ gmail.com.
Parking not a problem for UNT UNT doesn’t have a parking problem. It has a walking problem. I concede, in a perfect world, parking could be better. Sure, I’d love to be able to park right outside the General Academic Building, Wooten Hall or the University Union. So I’m going to go ahead and blame Joshua Chilton for not having the foresight back in 1890 to see that UNT would one day have more than 35,000 students. I’m sure if he could he’d apologize from his grave for inconveniencing us. Or let’s blame Scott Kangas, associate director of parking. Why, Scott, can you not work an overnight miracle with the mess you’ve inherited? It can’t
be that hard, right? Instead of throwing blame around, let’s focus on what we do have instead of complaining about what we don’t. UNT has more than 13,100 parking spaces — that’s not a small number. We have more than 70 stops on nine different bus routes to bring weary commuters from lonely corners of Fouts Field and students from various apartment complexes around Denton right to the heart of campus. Since January 2008, parking services spent more than $1.5 million on improvements from lot re-stripping to software that allows students to purchase permits online to parking lot lighting. Parking services is
looking into the possibility of building a parking garage. So go compla i n about the length of your walk to the women and children of Samburu, Kenya, Yambara, Tanzania, or Ginchi, Ethiopia. They walk between three and 20 miles daily for their drinking water. Forget an education, these people are just trying to survive. Or go bemoan the parking “situation” to a military service member, packing 35 pounds of gear or more, whose daily walking patrols in Iraq are in 110-degree misery. And by the way, walking patrols can last as long as 12 hours. Have to walk in the rain? Bring an umbrella. Too cold
outside? This is not Syracuse University; we don’t get “frostbite” warnings. You can warm up by walking faster. Yes, it gets hot, so bring a bottle of water. Pain is temporary. Parking should be a blip on your radar of inconveniences. So, get some perspective, UNT, and get walking.
Kerry Solan is a journalism junior. She can be reached at kerrysolan@my.unt.edu.
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“In my opinion, the school year is fine as it is, and Obama should be more focused about fixing the economy so I can have a job after I graduate.”
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“I’m not in grade school anymore, so I don’t really care one way or the other.”
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