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‘Giggles and chills’ at Scare on Square BY A MBER A RNOLD Senior Staff Writer
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The Denton Animal Shelter Foundation is raising money for PAWS for Refreshment, a program where participating restaurants donate a portion of their proceeds to help fund a new Denton Animal Care and Adoption Center.
Restaurants collect for critters BY CALI A. THOMPSON Intern
Each will host the PAWS for Refreshment fundraiser on a different Thursday night. The restaurants will donate a portion of their food and beverage profits to the foundation. The group developed the ide a a f ter it approache d s e v er a l r e st au r a nt s w it h brochures about the cause, Sherman said. Abbey Inn hosted the first PAWS for Refreshment fundraiser on Oct. 15 and donated about $440 or 20 percent of their sales that night. “Obviously $440 is a small dent in $3 million, but it’s a start,” said Tim Trawick, an Abbey In n associate pa r tnering with the foundation. “Part of the goal is to raise awareness.” The event also drew new customers, which benefited the restaurant. “It brought new business to us,” Trawick said. “It was definitely much busier.” W hile Abbey Inn waiters and waitresses dealt with the inf lux of customers because of the fundraiser, waiters like Devin Garrett said they also profited from the added business. “It got pretty crazy,” Garrett said. “But it was one of the better nights I’ve had.”
Enjoy ing Denton cuisine could help homeless animals t hroug h a f undra iser happening ever y Thursday evening until Nov. 12. The Denton Animal Shelter Foundation encourages residents to PAWS for Refreshment at five Denton restaurants to help raise $3.2 million for a new animal shelter. Formed in 2006, the foundation is work ing w ith the city of Denton to build a new shelter. “We feel the event is great exposure for DASF,” said Bette Sherman, chairwoman of the foundation. “People are able to learn about our mission.” Denton’s current anima l shelter is more than 30 years old with a maximum capacity of 114 animals and handles an average of 5,000 animals annually. Members of t he foundat ion proposed t he Denton Animal Care and Adoption Center to house 250 animals and make the pet adoption process more accessible. To help raise money, five Denton restaurants are participating: Abbey Inn Restaurant a nd P ub, Bu rg u ndy Stea k a nd S e a food Re st au r a nt , Hannah’s, Sweetwater Grill and Tavern, and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. See RESTAURANT on Page 2
Future fundraisers Thursday, Oct. 29-- Hannah’s Off the Square Thursday, Nov. 5-- Sweetwater Grill and Tavern Thursday, Nov. 12-- Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Storytelling blended with performance art will be the theme Saturday at the Tejas Storytelling Association’s 6th annual Scareon-the-Square event. Members of the association will tell traditional and original scary stories on the Courthouseon-the-Square lawn beginning at 7 p.m. “It’s something that will offer both giggles and chills,” event producer Ann Marie Newman said. “Children’s programming for the first hour-and-a-half will incorporate a lot of scary humor.” At 8:30 p.m., the party will move inside the building to a courtroom for a more adult, no-holds-barred storytelling experience. Storytellers Skip Skipworth, Betsy Mosier, De Cee Cornish and Steve McCluer will tell stories during the first segment. Stories include Dr. Seuss’s “The Pants with Nobody in Them” and local original “Mr. Peterson’s House” by Cornish, as well as many others. “With the segment on the lawn, there are gasps but also laughter, but when you go inside the courtroom, there’s just something about being in that darkened room that makes people think scary thoughts,” association president Elizabeth Ellis said. “You’re likely to hear gasps and jumps during it.” It is Newman’s fourth year with the association and her first year
producing the event, which she will co-produce and emcee with Genie Hammel. Newman has a theatrical background and is the resident storyteller for the Dallas Museum of Art. She said she expects it to be an experience similar to an old Saturday night horror show, in which she and Hammel will play the eccentric hosts and have audience involvement. Storytellers Donna Lively, Cornish and Gwen Caldwell will tell stories inside the Courthouse until 10 p.m. The stories, which Newman said have a more sophisticated take on horror, include an opening story entitled “What are you Afraid of?” by Caldwell. The association decided to do the annual event as a way to repay the Denton community for allowing them to host the annual Texas Storytelling Festival for the last 25 years, Ellis said. “You can take almost anything you learn and trace it back to a story that was told — it’s the grandmother of everything we know,” she said. “Telling ghost stories is a tradition, and is still one of the most popular forms.” The event is free until 8:30 p.m. when it moves inside the Courthouse, and attendees are asked to pay a $5 fee. There is no age requirement for the adult segment. Organizers allow parents and people attending to decide, Ellis said.
Charity donates shoes to children BY A LBA TORRES Intern
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Steve Young, a Denton firefighter and volunteer at the Denton animal shelter, spends some time with Missy and Jackie, two dogs looking for a place to call home.
month for food and shelter.” Cole traveled to Juarez with friend and congregation member Joseph Gomez, in summer 2002. Cole said he was surprised to find people living in makeshift homes along the perimeter of the city’s dump and felt the urge to be proactive. He said he saw the opportunity to offer a helping hand after noticing that many of the children didn’t have shoes. “Through Hope for the Sole, we strive to save the mother three months of discretionary income which can be used for other things, such as school books,” Cole said.
The Thanksgiving season is fast approaching, a time when many count their blessings and consider themselves fortunate. The Christian City Church in Colleyville said it hopes this will encourage people to dig deep for its Hope for the Sole cause. Hope for the Sole is a fundraising program that was born out of the Rev. Paul Cole’s concern for Mexico’s youth after encountering poverty in the city of Juarez. “The average mother in Juarez has three children and the father is absent, traveling wherever he can find work,” Cole said. “The mother usually works in a factory and makes enough money in a See ORGANIZATION on Page 2
Smoke fills Union restaurant, students evacuate building BY T.S. MCBRIDE Senior Staff Writer
T h e Un i v e r s i t y Un i on was evacuated within three minutes Thursday morning when a smoking bread oven set off fire alarms. Tom Rufer, vice president of auxiliary services in the Union, said it was an exemplary evacuation time for a building of the Union’s size. The small fire originated on the first f loor of the building in the convenience store. “We had people ba k i ng bread in an oven in the Boar’s Head, a nd gat hered some smoke in the oven,” said Tom Rufer, vice president for auxiliar y services in the Union. “When they opened the door, it set off a smoke detector in the ceiling.”
“We speculated that it was probably a student trying to miss his exam.”
—Addison Day Design sophomore and UNT Bookstore employee
St udent s i n t he Un ion largely ignored the warning sirens unt il a n automated voice alarm began calling for an evacuation. “P e o p l e w e r e l o o k i n g a round li ke, ‘what a re we supposed to do? ’ a nd one person got up a nd we a l l followed,” said Kiley Hughes, a special education junior. By the time everyone was collected outside, the alarms had stopped and the smoke
had cleared. T here were no i nju r ies reported and the fire department was not contacted. Students, faculty and staff returned as quickly as they left. Some said they thought the alarm was a prank. “We speculated that it was probably a st udent t r y ing to m i s s h i s e x a m,” s a id Addison Day, a design sophomore who works in the UNT Bookstore.
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A small oven fire caused disruption 10 a.m. Wednesday at Boar’s Head, a deli in the corner store of the second level of the University Union.
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Rumors of lynching surround local bridge By Morgan Walker Staff Writer
A woman’s spirit wanders in search of her baby. A creature resembling a half-goat, half-man keeps watch over the woods. An apparition guards those who wish to make a safe passage across the bridge. These are some of the many stories of Old Alton Bridge that have evolved over the years, according to the book “Ghosthunting Texas” by Denton resident and paranormal investigator April Slaughter. The Old Alton Bridge on Copper Canyon Road, about 12 miles south of Denton, was built in 1884. Some locals know it as “Goatman’s Bridge,” a name with several possible explanations, according to Slaughter’s book. One possibility behind the name is from the story of Oscar Washburn, a black goat farmer said to have been
lynched by Klansmen in 1937. Rumors say after the Klansmen lynched him, they checked to see if he was dead, but all they saw was a dangling rope. Washburn was nowhere to be found. Alton Bridge was the first place in Texas that Slaughter actively investigated. She has investigated the bridge with her husband and other groups including the Denton Area Paranormal Society. She said she has visited the bridge during both the day and night because she is not convinced that everything happens at night. She must be patient. “A lot of times people have a mistaken impression that ghosts will jump out and say ‘boo,’” said Lance Oliver, founder of the society. “But sometimes they don’t, and it’s just very subtle.”
Slaughter said she and her husband unloaded their equipment when they arrived. They used EMF meters, which are electromagnetic field detectors that can indicate the presence of a ghost if a disruption occurs, according to the book “Haunted Texas” by Scott Williams. In theory, Slaughter said, one can ask a “yes” or “no” question, and the meter will flash twice for “yes”’ and once for “no.” That night, Slaughter and her husband used the meter to contact a ghost, and it flashed “yes” when they
asked, “Are you female?” Slaughter said. When they played an audio recorder back, they heard the voice of a woman crying, “Baby.” “We also heard something big on four legs, like a horse, running toward us on the bridge,” Slaughter said. “The noise would come right up to us and then just stop.” Others like Holden Bucy, a fashion design graduate student, have visited Alton Bridge many times but haven’t experienced the same events as Slaughter.
“About two years ago, we’d go all the time really late at night when we didn’t have anything to do,” Bucy said. “There was always the gossip about Goatman, but we never saw or heard anything.” Because nothing is there and nobody is around, Bucy added, it’s a good place to go for people looking to get scared.
This is the second of a 3-part series spotlighting haunted places in the Denton area.
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Located in Argyle, Old Alton Bridge – also known as Goatman’s Bridge – was constructed in 1884 to suspend horses and carriages. A modern hotspot for paranormal activity, the bridge is surrounded by popular legends of abandoned vehicles, missing persons, ghosts and a murder.
This map shows the location of Old Alton Bridge in Argyle.
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Restaurant hosts PAWS event Continued from Page 1 Bu r g u nd y Re st au r a nt hosted the event Thursday and Hannah’s Off the Square will host “PAWS for Refreshment” on Oct. 29. Jeff Solomon, Hannah’s general manager, said he would donate 10 percent of the night’s
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Nancy Barry, author of “When Reality Hits: What Employers Want Recent College Graduates to Know,” discusses the pitfalls of social networking sites when applying for jobs during her speech Thursday.
Companies dissuade shorthand language BY T.S. MCBRIDE Senior Staff Writer
Students tempted to use “lol” with potential employers may find it difficult to get a job. That’s one of the messages author Nancy Barry gave UNT students during her speech Thursday night in the University Union titled “When reality hits, will you be ready?” “Communication skills are the No. 1 skill employers want in their new hires,” Barry said. “It’s also the No. 1 skill employers are saying recent college grads don’t have.” Barry’s lecture is meant to emphasize the “soft skills” of communication. One of Generation Y’s biggest problem is its reliance on texting shorthand like “lol” or “omg,” Barry said. She said that Generation Y has lapsed into an informal style of communication. Barry describes herself as an expert of Generation Y, which includes everyone born from 1980 to 2000. She has spent years helping new hires adjust to the environment of her corporate clients.
“It’s extremely important that every piece of communication you send, whether it’s a résumé, an email or a cover letter, needs to be perfect,” she said. “Or your résumé or cover letter will end up in the trash.” Renee Hebert, director of the Professional Leadership Program, invited Barry to speak Thursday. The Professional Leadership Program is designed to make the transition from college to the corporate world easier on students. Members of the program are each assigned a corporative executive to introduce them to the corporate world, taking them to business meetings, networking events or philanthropy events. Heber t met Ba r r y at a net work ing event through one of those corporate mentors and invited her to speak to the group last year. She said she was so impressed that she set out to make Barry’s lecture available to all UNT students. “She’s just so great and her message is so good. I wanted to
bring it to the entire campus,” Hebert said. Barry said she is passionate about helping the younger generation transition from school to work. “This generation wants a sense of purpose. They want to go out into the workforce and make a difference,” she said. “This generation wants what I call life-work balance, which is different from worklife balance because in the younger generation, life comes before work. I think the older generation can learn a lot from this generation.” Barr y acknowledges that texting shorthand is increasingly accepted. “But I don’t know that it will ever become the norm to the extent that Gen Y uses text communication,” she said. “Technology is great, but in the business world, you have to be more formal.” She said young people should be aware that managers and corporate executives will carefully scrutinize any communication submitted by a potential employee.
sales. The restaurant is hoping for a big turnout and might participate in the fundraiser again if all goes well, he said. “We hope to revisit the idea later on, perhaps in the spring,” Solomon said. Money raised by “PAWS for Refreshment” will be used
to build the “care and adoption” areas of the new facility, Sherman said. There is no specific goal for these fundraisers since they are the first ones for the foundation, but the organization already has other events planned in December to raise more money.
Campus organizations volunteer for ‘Make a Difference Day’ BY GRACIELA R AZO Senior Staff Writer
More than 600 people from various UNT campus organizations w ill spend their Saturday morning helping children, the elderly and the environment as a part of the annual Make a Difference Day. The Center for Leadership and Ser v ice is sponsoring the day at 8 a.m. on Oct. 24 beginning on t he Libra r y Mall where student clubs, f rater n it ies, soror it ies a nd indiv idua ls w ill help 25 dif ferent places in t he Denton c om mu n it y a nd around campus. “It is going to be a big celebration to give students the opportunity to participate in service projects — big or small,” said Kenneth Og uejiofor, st udent coordinator for the VolUNTeer League . USA Weekend Magazine be ga n t he e vent to get people around t he nation involved in their communities through volunteerism — more than 3 million people nationwide volunteered for Make a Difference Day last year. Oguejiofor, a psychology senior, said Saturday w ill be a day of fest iv it y for everyone. In add it ion to helpi ng
local non-profit organizat ions, st udent s w i l l a lso st reng t hen t hemselves as student groups, he said. “It gives them a chance to see d i f ferent pa r t s of the community and bridge barriers by meeting people t hey may not have met if t hey hadn’t volunteered,” Oguejiofor said. Amy Simon, director of the Center for Leadership and Service, said more than 900 people signed up to volunteer i n October, a nd she expects many people w ill be making a big difference in the community that day. “I t hink it is important for ever yone to volunteer because we’re a part of a broader community,” Simon said. “W hen you’re a part of a student organization, the real outcome is getting connected with each other and other people.” The Golden Key International Honor Society is one of the UNT groups volunteering. Members will spend the day working at the Nelson Children’s Center, a facility offering group and individual therapy for physically, emotionally, and sexually abused children. In addition, the Golden Key chapters from Southern Methodist University, Texas Ch r ist ia n Un iversit y a nd
Texas Woman’s University and UNT’s NA ACP chapter will be lending their hands to help. One group of volunteers will be doing maintenance repairs to the building while the other group holds a Field Day outside for the kids to enjoy activities and games. At the end of the day, the children and volunteers will have lunch and an ice cream social together. G olden Ke y pre sident Maureen Nduta, a forensic science senior, said about 25 members from the UNT G olden Key chapter w i l l be at the Children’s Center Saturday morning. “Just by having students from the community come out, it ’l l rea l ly help t he k ids t here. It’s somet hing different for them,” Nduta said. “A nd for us, helping is a way of possible growth because it’s a good way to meet people and learn group dynamics.” Si mon s a id she look s forward to a large turnout on Saturday and wants to see more days of volunteering with the entire UNT community. “Hopefully it is not just a one-day event, and it leads to more people volunteering with their grounds and individually,” she said.
Organization offers opportunity to help Continued from Page 1 “The extra money buys a pair of shoes, therefore it would take a mother three months to purchase shoes for her children.” Although born in El Paso, Gomez was raised in Juarez and said he experienced the struggle to survive in an impoverished environment and said he was compelled to join Cole‘s
cause. After many conversations on the topic, both men returned to Mexico for Thanksgiving to hand out 100 pairs of shoes and used clothing to the people inhabiting the dumpsite. Since then, Hope for the Sole has evolved to the annual collection of money and new or gently used tennis shoes. Hope for t he Sole ha s partnered with half a dozen
chu rches a nd out reach programs in Juarez and consistent ly delivers about 1,000 shoes annua lly w ith donations from local and national churches and organizations. Upon delivering the shoes, there is also a small celebration that includes eating cake and drinking soda pop, which is a rare treat for the children. Cole said he is aware that the economic situation could affect their expected donations, but he remains optimistic, as the program has dealt with similar obstacles previously. “In the past we had taken groups of 20 to 30 people to help distribute, but because of increased sa fet y issues last year, Homeland Security advised us not to take large groups,” Cole said. As a result he drove across the border to deliver the shoes so that they could be distributed to those that were eagerly awaiting them. As spokesman for Hope for the Sole, Gomez is giving the UNT community the opportunit y to donate a nd w i l l be placing drop-of f boxes t hroug hout ca mpus. Hope
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Joseph Gomez, a member and musician of the Hope Christian City Church in Colleyville, is a part of the Hope for the Sole charity. Every Thanksgiving for five years, Hope for the Sole has given thousands of shoes to underprivileged children in Juarez, Mexico, to help families that struggle economically. for the Sole is also receiving suppor t f rom t he Denton Police Department and local businesses. “We live in a countr y of abundance and it’s inconceivable to a lot of people
that $15 goes a long way in a not her cou nt r y,” G omez said. “Any amount of help is welcomed,” Hope for t he Sole w i l l continue to accept donations for the remainder of the year.
The first shipment w ill be sent on Thanksgiving, and the second will be delivered a week before Christmas. For i n for mat ion about donating to the cause, visit www.hopechurch.tv.
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MusicSCENE
Friday 10.23.2009
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Student guitarist doubles in two Denton bands BY JESSICA PAUL Intern
For some musicians, playing in one group is enough. Kennon Talley begs to differ. An advertising senior, Talley has played for two local bands, Western Giants and This Old House, for the past year. “We both started around the same time, which was the beginning of last year,” he said. Western Giants, a blend of folk rock and Americana, includes Talley on guitar and vocals, computer science junior Jordan Stephens on keys and guitar, journalism junior Hunter Faucher on guitar, business senior Aaron Stoner on bass and Josiah Hampton on drums. Talley started Western Giants and wrote demos for the band on his own last fall, he said. Conflicting schedules hasn’t been a problem in playing for both groups. “It hasn’t been that bad,” he said. “We all kind of have an understanding when scheduling practices. We’ve
never really had any conflicts.” The members of Western Giants all agreed that getting gigs and performing live around Denton was surprisingly easy. “There’s coffee shops and people who will open up their homes for bands to come in,” Talley said. “It seems ridiculous, but it happens all the time here. It’s great.” This Old House, Talley’s second project, which he describes as “dream pop,” includes journalism junior Ryan McAdams on vocals, Talley on guitar, Drew McCary on bass and Michael Allison on drums. Western Giants currently has EPs and hopes to release its first album in the near future. “We’re actually hoping to write and record sometime next year, and probably have them out by the fall of 2010,” Talley said. “Our goal is to be able to do this after graduating.” All agreed that performing live is the best part of playing in the band. “The crowd’s reaction is usually my favorite,” Talley said.
But the band hasn’t had a perfect show every night. All agreed there have been some mistakes while performing. “We had one show that was absolutely terrible,” Talley said. “Pretty much everything that went wrong with a guitar went wrong. I broke a string, and that hadn’t happened in a while. I had strings that were half a step out of tune, and it just completely threw me off.” Western Giants has kept a positive outlook on every performance, whether technical difficulties were evident or not. “That’s where the whole mentality of ‘the show must go on’ comes into effect,” Hampton said. Nonetheless, the band has gained many fans over the course of the year and has been successful at their local shows. The band plays at 8 p.m. this Friday at the Syc House on Sycamore. Admission is free. The members of Western Giants had some advice for aspiring bands
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Kennon Talley, an advertising senior, splits his time between Denton bands Western Giants and This Old House. Talley said scheduling practices and performances has not been a problem for the two bands. as well. “Just do it,” Talley said. “Just find whatever is comfortable to you and just make something.”
Coffee house opens second shop BY TAMARA STROM Contributing Writer
One of Denton’s most popular hangouts is seeing double. Jupiter House coffee shop will open a second location Oct. 26 on Carroll Boulevard, and owners Amy and Joey Hawkins aren’t letting the economy get them down. “We feel very encouraged through the economy right now,” Amy Hawkins said. “Of course business has slowed a little, but we have been very blessed that people are still treating themselves to their cup of coffee.” The new store will have a similar atmosphere to the original, featuring local artists and musicians. In addition to the coffee and other drinks, the menu will include chocolate confections like dipped strawberries, Jupiter
bark, pecan clusters, and others. Local artist Jon Olbock is painting the art for the new location. Just like the original location, the new Jupiter House will feature performances by local musicians on Saturday mornings. The original Jupiter House is on the Denton Square, where it moved from La Di Da’s location to the present spot at 106 N. Locust St. The Hawkinses bought the store from the original owners in October 2007. “My husband Joey was a regular, and after a joke that he would like to buy the coffee shop, he began meeting with the previous owners to iron out all the details,” Amy Hawkins said. Before the Jupiter House, Joey Hawkins owned multiple
Cinnamonsters, allowing him to get familiar with owning a food business. “I’m excited that the Jupiter House is expanding their business,” North Central Texas College sophomore Aimee Speer said. “I remember the first time I went there with my church youth group thinking to myself, ‘This is where I’m going to hang out when I get older.’” However, some people like Jason Christenson think the new Jupiter House will turn into a franchise coffee house and lose its originality. “It’s more like a historic place in Denton where I know I can find my friends and family when I need them and where I study for my classes,” he said. “I hope the new shop will make the place an unique area of the community as the original is.”
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This impulsive mentality pulsated within all of the band’s members. “Don’t ever think it. Just do something,” Stephens said.
Sports
Friday, October 23, 2009
Senior Staff Writer
The 1,800-pound brick wall that is the Troy University Trojans front seven will be lying in wait when the Mean Green travel to Troy, Ala., on Saturday. The Troja ns’ defense is filled w ith NFL prospects: L i nebacker s Bea r Wood s and Boris Lee, and defensive ends Cameron Sheffield and Brandon Lang will look to shut down the Mean Green’s potent rushing attack. “They a re as stacked a defense as we are going to see,” said head coach Todd Dodge. “I would put their defensive front right up there with Alabama. This will definitely be a test of how far we have come.” With starting quarterback Riley Dodge, an undeclared redshirt freshman, likely out for the game with an upper ankle sprain, UNT will lean on its sophomore sensation, running back Lance Dunbar, a sociology sophomore. D u nba r w i l l pac e t he nation’s No. 24 ranked rushing offense that averages 190 yards per game, against that physical and intimidating defense that allows a stingy 120 yards a game on the ground. Dunbar will be joined by senior r unning back Ca m
Montgomery, a post-graduate senior, who is returning from a two game absence with a hamstring injury. “With Cam in the lineup we have a one-two punch that is impossible to stop,” Dunbar said. “Our offensive line is great, and with how aggressive Troy is we should find some holes and be able to gash them when they blitz.” For t he second st ra ight week, UNT’s defense will be challenged by an NFL prospect at quarterback. At last year’s meeting, the Trojans’ Levi Brown picked apart the Mean Green defense, completing 80 percent of his passes for 391 yards and two touchdowns. The key to having success against Brown will be creating pressure, which UNT was unable to do last time. The Mean Green ranks No. 92 in the nation with just 1.33 sacks per game, and it will be difficult to find any this week against Troy’s mammoth offensive line, averaging 310 pounds across the board. “Obviously anyone who is given all day to throw will find success,” said linebacker Tobe Nwigwe, a sociology senior. “I expect us to get pressure, and I expect us to dominate. They have a good line but we
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Backup likely to start in place of Riley Dodge By Eric Johnson
have great athletes and we will make it a long day for them.” Backup quarterback Nathan Tune, a business redshir t junior, will likely replace Riley Dodge in the starting lineup. Tune has been successful when called upon, completing 70 percent of his passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns. His teammates and coaches trust him to get the job done if he is needed. “We are lucky because we have two guys who can get the job done,” Todd Dodge said. “Nathan has all the tools to be successful and we are confident in him. I see Nathan Tune as the starter this week, but we will use Riley if we can.” The Trojans have dominated this riva lr y the last two seasons, outscoring UNT 90-24. “Last time we played them it was a nightmare,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “But this program has progressed so much since then. We are more experienced, more talented and these players believe in themselves.” The Mean Green will look to put its four-year losing streak to Troy, and 14-game Sun Belt Conference losing trend to rest Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Follow UNT live on espn360.com or KNTU-FM, 88.1.
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Erika Palmacci, an applied sciences junior, works against the Troy University defense to get to the goal.
Mean Green defends first place position in Sun Belt By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer
With only t hree reg ular season games remaining, the UNT soccer team (11-4-1, 7-0-1) can clinch at least a first place tie in the Sun Belt Conference this weekend with two wins. A s t he la st rema i n i ng unbeaten team in conference play, the Mean Green will go on the road to face the second plac e We ster n Kent uc k y University Hilltoppers and the fourth place Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders. “Both of these games will be close,” head coach John Hedlund said. “We need our six subs to step up so we are able to play a complete game and perform at the end when it matters most.” With the Mean Green riding a four-game winning streak, there hasn’t been a better time for key matchups all year. “We’re just taking it one game at a time,” said forward Kenda ll Juett, a sociolog y senior. “It took a while for us to find our stride, but we’re as confident now as we’ve been all season.” After struggling on the road earlier in the season, UNT
bounced back to complete a weekend sweep in Arkansas last weekend, proving it is capable of winning on the road. “W i n n i ng t hose ga mes motivated us a lot,” Juett said. “We’re at the top of conference now and have prepared enough to win anywhere.” It could be a historic week for goalkeeper Mandy Hall, a history junior, if the Mean Green is able to shut out both teams this weekend. Hall has 16 career shutouts, which is one behind record holder Briana Buchanan. “It’s not something I think about all the time,” she said. “When I step out onto the field all I think about is that championship ring.” Midd le Tennessee State (12-3-1, 6-2-0) won’t be the Mean Green’s toughest game of the weekend, but may be just as hot as UNT. After a 6-1 victor y over the University of Louisiana – Monroe, the Blue Raiders scored four goals in the second half to defeat the University of Louisiana Lafayette in a comeback 4-2 win. “We’ve been finding ways to win on the road all season,” Hall
said. “As long as we continue to do the little things correctly, we have a good chance.” In a game that could determine first place in the Sun Belt Conference, the Hilltoppers (12-3-1, 7-0-1) will be the Mean Green’s biggest challenge all season. Western Kentucky has overwhelmed opponents over the last month, winning its last six games and eight of its last nine. “Most conference games from here on out will be competitive,” Hedlund said. “There’s enough balance in the conference for it to go anybody’s way.” Action begins at 7 p.m. Friday against the Blue Raiders and resumes at 1 p.m. on Sunday against the Hilltoppers.
The Mean Green (7-15, 3-5) will hit the road for mustwin conference matchups this weekend against South Alabama University (11-12, 2-8) and Troy University (11-11, 6-4). With eight spots in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and 10 games in the regular season, UNT would not qualify for the postseason without wins against both teams. “Every game right now is going to count, and we’ve got to go and put our best effort forth every night now,” head coach Cassie Headrick said. While neither team boasts stellar records, both teams are also trying to make it into the SBC Tournament. Troy has only lost one game at home this year, and SAU presents a unique game plan by using 12 players in its rotation. Defensive specialist Kelsey Robins, a kinesiology junior, has been injured most of the season with her third meniscus tear since beginning college volleyball, but finally saw some action last week and she recognizes the possible challenge that SAU brings to the table. “They don’t have one star hitter. They don’t have an Amy Huddleston,” she said. “We can’t focus on one person. We have to focus on their system and what they do consistently.” Libero Sarah Willey, a math sophomore, said issues such as Troy’s home record are not something the team thinks about, but she does not underestimate either team. “Both of them are scrappy teams,” she said. “They’re never going to quit on the ball, and they will get crazy things back over the net.” The Mean Green have lost its last three games, but they were all against teams that made it
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The Mean Green’s starting line up wish each other luck before a game against FIU. to the NCAA tournament last year and are ranked highly in the SBC this year. Now, the team has these two road games before beginning a stretch of six straight home conference games on Monday against Denver. Willey said the team has continued working on its overall game as well as being consistent and cutting down on unforced errors. Robins said these next two
games are crucial for the Mean Green, and the team cannot split the games, but has to win them. “If we don’t win this weekend, we’re going to make it even harder on ourselves to get to the conference tournament,” she said. The Mean Green will face off against South Alabama on Friday at 7 p.m. and then face Troy on Saturday at 7 p.m. The team will then return home Monday to start the stretch of home games beginning with Denver.
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e us o h l o Local music finds home at T h e Scho By R achel Watts Contributing Writer
Twenty years ago, Denton was a different place. The bars closed at midnight, the kids swapped mix tapes instead of files, and the Fry Street redevelopment turmoil had yet to surface.
Despite all of this, one thing that has appeared to remain constant throughout Denton’s shifts is the sheer volume of musicians: kids who itch for their voices to be heard and share a love of all things local — primarily music. Like most artists, an outlet was
needed to cultivate their interests, and Denton house venues emerged. One of the newest house venues carrying the torch in Denton is The Schoolhouse, a quaint home nestled in a neighborhood near Texas Woman’s University. “We always see people over there,” said Sean Keely, a computer engineering sophomore and neighbor. “We always know when there are bands playing because you can usually hear it. We don’t mind at all. We love being able to walk over and see who’s playing.”
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Charlie Hunter and John Jurado, the proprietors of The Schoolhouse, live and run the venue out of their home at 914 Bolivar St. “I originally thought it would be fun to run a house venue just from going to other house shows around
t o w n ,” Hunter said. “It seemed like a good way to see what’s out t here, to scout out talent for our record label, and Charlie Hunter naturally, having a band come play in your living room is the best way to see if a band has potential.” Hunter and Jurado said The Schoolhouse is actually the official music venue for their new record label, I Love Math Records. So far, they have hosted five shows and begun recording a band called Spooky Folk on a fourtrack recorder in various spaces of their home. They hope to finish recording and pressing the album
A member of the band The River Mouth performs at The Schoolhouse on Sept. 5. The River Mouth will play Nov. 17 at J&J’s Pizza on the Square.
Petra Kelly, a member of the band Leatherwood, plays the violin during a house show at The Schoolhouse on Sept. 5. Photo courtesy of Danny Fulgencio
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by late this To me, this is our home, too. year. “There I think it makes everyone are so many feel that way. different rooms with –Petra Kelly Spooky Folk violinist d i f ferent fe elings,” Spooky Folk want to showcase their music,” violinist Petra Kelly said. “The attic Kelly said. “And The Schoolhouse has the best acoustics, and I love it. definitely allows that.” To me, this is our home, too. I think The venue has been successful it makes everyone feel that way.” since its first show in July, Hunter said. In September, a writer and A different kind of venue photographer for the Dallas The energy at The Schoolhouse Observer attended a show at The is definitely different than playing Schoolhouse and wrote a review for the Dallas Observer blog. Hunter at any venue, Kelly said. She likes not having to struggle said he hopes to use that steam to to get a show, and there is a bigger get people interested in coming out cross section of people that attend to support local music. “Just being friends with so many house shows than the venues of these musicians and knowing around town, she said. Chris Flemmons, creative these crowds, people came out director of Denton’s annual NX35 and were very supportive,” Hunter music festival and 22-year Denton said. “One of the highlights for resident and musician, reflected on me was seeing nearly 90 people his memories of the house venues crammed into my attic, singing in Denton’s neighborhoods several along to one make-up smeared guy with a guitar.” years ago. The Schoolhouse is open to any “We worked jobs that didn’t pay anything, we lived together, new ideas or talent, Jurado said. we were too young or too poor to Making money was never any goal drink in a bar,” Flemmons said. “We of his, and instead, he sees it as a shirked any immediate interest learning process. in playing at venues because our bands weren’t getting shows at Upcoming benefit venues.” The Schoolhouse’s upcoming House venues f i xed t his event will be a benefit show on Oct. problem. 30 for the Denton Community Food “Our houses would become the Center. The price of admission is $2 cultural seats for our early influ- or a food donation, and all money ence on what later would be going and food will go to the center. on musically in town,” Flemmons The Schoolhouse has booked said. “We built our own culture. It five bands for the benefit, including was ours and nobody else’s.” The Virgin Wolves, Bleach Boys, Kelly said she feels lucky to be Dear Human, Parata and Western in such a creative community, and Giants. at The Schoolhouse, nothing is for A live painting installation will profit. take place between sets by two “It’s based completely on the local artists, John Finn and Orville idea that artists want an outlet or Neeley. Hot Box Pizza on Hickory
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Giggle Party, a local band from Deep Ellum, considers itself “spazzy punk/ pop, Japanese hardcore,” according to the group’s Facebook page. Street will donate free pizza to the cause. For more information on The Schoolhouse, visit the venue’s Facebook page. “The vibe is great, and every new artist I see never disappoints me,” said Brooke Day, an interdisciplinary studies sophomore and Schoolhouse attendee. “I am able to just sit, and listen to good bands with good people.”
Photo courtesy of Danny Fulgencio
Nicholas Thayer performs at The Schoolhouse on Sept. 5 in Denton. The venue is at 914 Bolivar St.
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WHY? returns to Denton with latest release By Graciela R azo Senior Staff Writer
The experimental band WHY? is making its return to Denton on Monday with its cryptic lyrics, deep vocals and unlikely song arrangements. The ba nd’s latest “Esk imo Snow” was released in September and is WHY?’s fourth full-length album. Frontman Yoni Wolf discusses the production process, working with his brother, Josiah, and how he feels about playing in Denton.
Q: How do you think your sound has progressed since you all first began? Wolf: I can’t pinpoint exactly what the difference in sound is. We’ve had a lot of incarnations in terms of different members. We’ve had different ways of working. We used to be all home-recorded. We used all these B-tracks and stuff like that.
Q: How does the entire band contribute to the creative process of making the album? Wolf: Each album is different. They have a different process to it. The last two records I sort of wrote songs. Some were more collaborative. But over the course of about three years, we wrote these songs, and then I made demos for most of the songs that had arrangement ideas and things like that. Then we went in and kind of went from there. We went into the studio and knocked it out pretty quick, mostly playing live. Q: You do a cover of the Cure’s “Close to Me” that sounds nothing at all like the original. What was the idea behind doing the cover in the way that you did? Wolf: I had really been listening to that song. I was out one time and someone DJed it. I went back and listened to it a bunch at my house, and I just thought, “I just really love
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this song.” Then I started to hear it in a different way and heard how dark it really was. It’s all jumpy and happy when you hear it, but I thought about how dark it is as a song. I did it for fun. I didn’t think we would actually even put it up on the Internet. I just kind of did it as a fun little production exercise.
Q: What’s it like working with your brother? Wolf: It’s all good. It’s cool to
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Q: What was your first time playing in Denton like?
Wolf: We’ve played in Denton a bunch, and it’s always cool. It’s always a nice, rowdy crowd, genera lly, and good people. I like that town. Our sound guy lives there, so it’s nice going back there.
‘Storm Chasers’ stars risk lives ‘for the adrenaline’ By Graciela R azo Senior Staff Writer
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Q: How did you come to make tornadoes your specialty? Timmer: I’ve been obsessed with extreme weather since I was like 5 years old, for as long as I could remember. I always wanted to chase tornadoes, but you really couldn’t do that much in Michigan because of the
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trees. So I came to the University of Oklahoma in ’98 to study meteorology, and I’ve been tornado-chasing ever since.
Q : W hat is the purpose of your storm chasing? Timmer: The whole reason why we designed a bulletproof vehicle to drive in the tornadoes is because we have a radar in the back that shoots straight up and measures the updraft wind of a tornado. They have still never been d i rect ly mea su red until this year when we drove into a tornado standing upwards and
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Q: W hat’s going through your mind when you’re driving toward a tornado? Chittick: It’s pretty exciting when you get close. Later in the season, we actually get in five tornadoes, and that is when it can get a little bit scary. We have a bulletproof shell we can drop to the ground with hydraulics so no
wind can get underneath. So we get in the path of the tornado, drop to the ground, and at that point, we’re no longer mobile. There was one instance where a tornado intensified right on top of us, which is our worstcase scenario. We have bulletproof windows that we manually lift up and a rock got caught in mine so I couldn’t lift mine. So I put up a regular window and then the 150-mph wind blew the window into my face. At that point, I was a little bit worried. Timmer: I don’t know exactly because I have a lot going through my head — Is it going to zigzag? Are we going to miss it? But that’s the thing, the insanity of getting extremely close. I love it. I love the adrenaline that flows through the body. I love the feel and also just being out there trying to better understand these things that are amazingly powerful, crazy phenomena of weather.
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Denton County Independent Hamburger Company 113 W. Hickory St. Denton
By Chris Speight & Jeph Burton Contributing Writers
supernaturally fast burger maestro will throw a heaping mound of meat, shredded cheese and whatever other toppings they’ve got hiding back there — all in about 15 seconds. Burgers don’t come with fries automatically, but for about $2 extra, you get unlimited beans and fries. The hickory burger was pretty good. The buns, patty, onions and shredded cheese were smothered in hickory sauce. It was a little heavy on the sauce and frankly not on our topfive burgers list, but decent nonetheless. This one will run you $4.25. The classic fully-loaded cheeseburger includes a thick patty smothered in shredded cheddar cheese that spilled out from the sides of the bun. Lettuce was literally everywhere: on the plate, the table and the floor. This place isn’t afraid to lay on the toppings. The fries were nothing special. The place doesn’t serve alcohol, which is kind of a bummer. Beer and burgers? Come on now. A strange thing about this restaurant is that it is only open between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Denton County Independent Hamburger Company. It’s a name that takes longer to say than it will take for you to get your burger. Located on the Denton Square next to Beth Marie’s, the saloonstyled exterior of this 30-plus-yearold burger joint brandishes its garish sign atop an aged wooden face. Small-looking on the outside, a step through the doors reveals one long stretch of room. Inside, the place is crammed full of random junk that makes the ambiance, once again, an eclectic slice of America. You’ll find the wooden wheel of an old-timey ship, a carnival game that will tell you your romance level, cattle skulls with Cleanliness light-bulb eyes, street Service signs and old advertiseAffordability ments. Atmosphere Barbecue-style tableFood Quality cloths and a roll of paper towels on every table set the mood. Although one may assume that This place is big. However, the amount of tables almost seemed having a restaurant open more than overkill because we were the only four hours a day would win more customers. We did go close to closing cash, the guy at the counter assured us the restaurant doesn’t have any time, though. Head deep into the back of the problems with business. Fair enough. restaurant to a large bar top, over If you’re craving a burger around which you can catch a glimpse of fresh french fries crackling in boiling dinnertime, though, there’s a second location at 715 Sunset Drive, and it’s hot oil. Burgers are prepared on the open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Overall, this place is decent, but spot. Choose from one of only a few options on the menu, and the nothing to write home about. It’s
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The burgers at Denton County Independent Hamburger Company don’t come with fries, but for around $2 extra, patrons get unlimited fries and beans. great if you’re looking for some grub with a little atmosphere while you’re on the Square. The price is right for a good
burger — all priced around $4 — and the speedy delivery makes Denton Count y Independent Hamburger Company that much
more appealing. But with strange hours and average food, it probably isn’t worth it to make this place a priority.
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HorrorSCENE
Filmmakers rev up for two-day horror contest By Charlie R all Intern
Tonight, hell comes to Denton. About 100 amateur filmmakers will embark on a two-day horror filmmaking exploit for the third-annual 48 Hours of Hell video competition late tonight. “You get some fake blood and go out there in the middle of the night to make a horror movie,” said Texas Filmmakers president Joshua Butler. “It’s awesome.” The competition is sponsored by the Texas Filmmakers, based in
downtown Denton. Texas Filmmakers officials will gather at 10 p.m. with competition team captains at Art Six Coffee House for the kickoff. The participants will be given four elements that their films must contain, including prop, location, theme and a line of dialogue. Other than these basic guidelines, participants are free to make their films in any style or fashion. Butler is excited to see the teams run rampant on the town charged with horror.
The competition usually sees a wide variety of films, from spoof comedies to dark horror narratives,” he said. Although the majority of participants are learned UNT radio, television and film majors, it’s not always the technically sublime films that win. “Judges really go for entertainment,” Butler said. An audience favorite award is also given at the end of the final screening. The final projects are due by 10 p.m. Sunday. They will be judged by a
panel of local residents and shown at the Golden Triangle Mall beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. Admission is free and open to the public. The top film’s team will win a cash prize based on the amount of entry fees received. RTVF freshman Rodney Blu is a member one of this year’s teams. “I’m helping out a friend,” Blu said. “I love movies, and I think this will be a lot of fun.” He and his team plan on spending most of tonight writing a script after
the kickoff meeting. They will begin shooting Saturday morning and piece everything together using each individual’s talents. “We’re going to use my camera, and one of the guys knows how to edit on his computer,” he said. “We all bring different elements to the table, but we’ll work together on everything to get it all done in time.” Although the competition begins tonight, it’s not too late to register. Teams of any size can register on the Texas Filmmakers Web site until 9:30 tonight.
Students get ghoulish for improvised zombie attack By Susan Miska Photo Intern
While cameramen flooded the UNT campus like a SWAT team Thursday afternoon, spectators stood in awe as they watched the rehearsal for the upcoming zombie takeover. Out of Order, the UNT improv group behind this spectacle, will showcase a large-scale attack of zombies vs. humans today on campus. “Everyone’s been waiting for a zombie apocalypse for years, and now it’s finally here,” said zombie actor Logan Williams, a radio, television and film senior. The event will start today with the help of more than 200 UNT students dressed like the walking dead to the fullest extent, sponsored by Rose Costumes. The 200 hell-growling students w i l l attack on casted zombie survivors, which include theater senior Allegra Denes, economics senior Ryan Cortez, psychology f resh ma n Morga n Moss a nd for mer Nor t h Cent ra l Tex a s College student Ma x Brown, a Denton resident. The casted zombie survivors will fight off the zombies in an improvised way.
“It ’s t a ken u s a b out t w o weeks to get to where we are now with pre-production,” said Brent Coble, an RTVF senior and director of the attack. “It wasn’t ver y hard to get people to be on board with it because when people hear the word zombies, t he y u lt i m atel y get e xc ite d enough to say yes without question.” Ca mera ma n No. 2 for t he zombie attack is RTVF freshman Noah Sargent. “It’s a pretty awesome concept, a nd ever yone ha s just been working really hard to get this as good as it is now,” Sargent said. W hile the time and destination of the event is intentionally unknown, the group invites a l l UNT st udents to join t he attack. Participants will meet at 3:30 p.m. at Cla rk Pa rk on Maple Street to get into f lesh-eating cha racter a nd help w it h t he zombie takeover. “This is going to be one of the most epic things to ever happen here at UNT, at least since I’ve been here,” said Kevin Phillips, an RTV F junior and executive producer of the attack.
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(From right) Executive producer Kevin Phillips and director Brent Coble of the UNT Zombie vs. Humans attack collaborate on ideas for the uzombie invasion, which takes place today.