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UNT Dallas campus anticipates growth BY T.S. MCBRIDE Senior Staff Writer
The UNT Dallas campus may help br i ng econom ic development to sout heast Dallas in the future, but for now, the university is already expanding. The area surrounding the one-bu i ld i ng ca mpus ha s been targeted for development as part of the forwardDallas! urban development plan. “We ca n’t ma ke people develop around the campus, but we can encourage them to do so based on the growth of our enrollment, which is evidence that we will bring a v ibrant, four-year public universit y to Da llas,” sa id G r e g To m l i n , e x e c u t i v e director of ma rket ing a nd com mu n icat ions for UN T Dallas. If the plan is approved, the city could invest in building
new residential, retail, and transportation infrastructure on an area roughly the size of Addison, at the northwest corner of Interstate Highway 35 and Interstate Highway 20, according to the forwardDallas! Web site. About half of the 3,500 acre area is unused. The remainder is mostly residential. Under t he proposa l by for wa rdDa l las ! , DA RT ra i l service would extend to the UNT Dallas campus, and most of the vacant areas would be developed as multi-use land, meaning that residences and retail businesses would be in walking distance of each other. For w a r d D a l l a s ! i s t he result of adv isor y committees working with residents and businesses to plan a long term strategy for developing areas all around Dallas. The plan is intended to take
into consideration the business, residential, transportation, security and environmental needs of the future, according to Web site. “It’s a three to four year effort of pulling together the views and aspirations of stake holders in the city of Dallas,” said Peer Chacko, assistant director for strategic planning with the Department of Sustainability, Development and Construction. He said based on the landuse needs, t he cit y wou ld bring necessary services like water, sewage and transportation to the area. T h e a r e a i n q u e s t ion became more attractive to developers in February 2009 when UNT Da llas met one of the key requirements for becoming a n independent four-year university.
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Zombies take over Library Mall Brian D’ Augustine, a senior, and many other UNT students experienced a zombie takeover Friday when about 100 students flooded the Library Mall. Some students stopped in their tracks and sat back to watch the walking dead. The group behind the manifestation of zombie spectacles was the UNT Out Of Order improv group. NTTV production crews taped this event from 12 different camera angles ranging from on foot to on top of Willis Library and the Hurley Administration Building with the clock tower as their back post. Some students’ makeup was done by James Gorski, a political science freshman, and Annie Williams, a radio, television, and film freshman. Others came dressed, some as the zombie version of Spiderman and Shawn from “Shawn of the Dead.” To see this display of movie and improv excitement, watch NTTV this week at 7:30 p.m.
Center attempts to reunite families, trafficking victims BY MELISSA BOUGHTON Senior Staff Writer
FORT WORTH — The UNT Center for Human Identification is tackling the international problem of human trafficking through a grant received in June. The center is working on the DNA-PROKIDS project, which aims at fighting against human trafficking through the use of DNA to bring children back to their families. “This is more unique and I think even a worst-case scenario that needs to be addressed. It’s not being addressed anywhere,” said Bruce Budowle, executive director of the Institute of Invest igat ive Genet ics. “These are children that are still alive.” The center in the UNT Health
Science Center in Fort Worth has made more identifications than any other lab in the U.S. databases. T he L i fe Te ch nolog ies Fou ndat ions awa rded $ 2 million in grants to three recipients, including the UNT Center for Human Identification, to aid in developing a new DNA collection kit. The kit will be distributed nationally and internationally to help identify human trafficking victims. Budowle sa id i n ca ses with bones and remains, the remains can be identified, but they can’t change the fact that they died. “Children don’t have any way of expressing themselves because they’re the most innocent and, in a sense, the weakest
as far as rights and being able to do things without someone stepping in,” Budowle said. “And there is nobody working on this, as far as identification of these people in the U.S.” Joh n Pl a n z , a s s o c i at e professor in forensics and investigative genetics, said that human trafficking occurs all over the world in a variety of different methods. Trafficking can be in the form of adoption, slavery, work abuse, sexual abuse, abandonment and molestation, he said. The center is not on ly working on preparing the DNA kits, but also to outreach and get the program in the mainstream.
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John Planz, associate professor in forensics and investigative genetics, stands in front of the forensics lab at the Center for See TIME on Page 2 Human Identification Lab in the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth.
Freeway monitoring system to assist Denton commuters JOSH PHERIGO Staff Writer
D enton motor i s t s w i l l soon have a new weapon to combat t he f r ust rat ion of traffic jams. A system to monitor traffic is coming to Denton in early November and transportation officials said it would
help drivers avoid delays by prov id i ng on l i ne updates about major f reew ay s i n D a l l a s - F o r t Wo r t h a n d surrounding areas. T he system ha s been helping Dallas and Fort Worth commuters avoid backed-up freeways and prepare alternate routes since its installa-
tion in 2004, said Rick Cortez, Da l la s’ D i st r ic t Fre e w ay Management Engineer. “ We’v e g ot t e n a v e r y positive response from the com mu n it y,” Cor tez sa id. “People are using the information and planning their routes accordingly.” T he i n for mat ion comes
from a network of cameras a nd sensors t hat mon itor traffic f low. Cor tez sa id insta l lat ion of the telephone-pole-sized metal towers has been taking place for about four months. T he new i nsta l l ment w i l l span from Interstate 35E at t he George Bush Turnpike
to I-35W at Eagle Drive, just sout h of t he Texas Motor Speedway. “We hope to have t he system completed and online by race day [Nov. 5],” said Tony Ha r t zel, spokesma n for the Texas Department of Transportation, referring to the heav y traffic of specta-
tors during race weekends at the Speedway. The biggest challenge was expanding the surveillance system to meet t he needs of g row i ng t ra f f ic i n t he northern parts of the DallasFort Worth area.
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News
Shaina Zucker & Courtney Roberts
News Editors ntdailynews@gmail.com
Residents rally for carbon emission limits BY A LBA TORRES
Intern
Members of the Denton com mu n it y gat hered for International Climate Change Day at the corner of Elm and Hickory streets on Saturday afternoon. The meet-up was spurred by the international group 350 and was intended to urge Congressional representatives to set stricter limitations on carbon dioxide emissions. “It is our duty as a more highly civilized country to lead by example and avoid overusing our resources,” said Shari Buhan, the event’s coordinator. 350 is an internationa l environmental organization concerned with the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. The organization derives its name from the level of carbon dioxide that can be present in the atmosphere without harmful consequences, which is 350 parts per million. The event kicked off with volunteer John McClellan reading Mayor Mark Burroughs’ signed proclamation, in which he stated his support for the gathering. “Celebrating worldwide activities to promote more stringent pollution controls on producers will greatly enhance both the current quality of life and will also preserve a more enjoyable world in which to raise our
Online: Climate Change To see video for this story, see ntdaily.com. To read the editorial on this issue, see Page 5. future generations,” Burroughs wrote in the statement. The event attendees then marched from the square, down Locust Street to the Emily Fowler Public Library, where Buhan spoke about environmental issues that have perpetuated excessive coal use. After Buhan’s brief speech, the group discussed its views on climate change and the most effective methods to persuade its representatives to act in favor of the cause. During the brainstorming session, the members said they concluded many people are unaware of the extent of global warming and how their everyday activities severely impact the environment. Denton resident Josh Mayer attended the event and said he hopes people realize if they leave a cell phone charger plugged in, it is still drawing electricity. “Basically, if you look at the life cycle of a cell phone, you might think that manufacturing is going to have the greatest env ironmenta l footprint,” Mayer said. “But a lot of the time, it comes from consumer use.”
“I would encourage more passive methods like wind and solar energy and getting rid of dirty coal.”
—Shari Buhan Coordinator of Denton International Climate Change Day Peggy La Point, married to Thomas La Point, a UNT biology professor, attended the event and said that compared to last year, 10 percent fewer Americans believe global warming is an actual problem brought about by human activity. Peggy La Point went on to suggest a different approach to educating people about climate change. “People arg ue t hat our climate has been changing for hundreds of years long before we developed industry, but they fail to recognize that we have disrupted its natural rate,” Peggy La Point said. “I think that we should begin to refer to it as climate disruption rather than climate change.” In order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, many are pushing for the United Nations’ idea of cap and trade-in where companies and organizations are allotted a certain amount of credits representative of the amount of waste they are allowed to produce annually, according to the U.S. Energy
Information Administration Web site. Those with fewer carbon d iox ide em issions cou ld trade their unused credits to those who are in need of more credits. However, this idea does face opposition because it promotes a market-based solution. The organizations that oppose cap and trade are promoting alternative methods, such as localized food production and ridesharing. “I can see the benefits of cap and trade, but it sounds to me like your borrowing from Peter to pay Paul,” Buhan said. “I would encourage more passive methods like wind and solar energy and getting rid of dirty coal altogether.” Texas is the leading carbon polluter in the U.S., according to the Web site. The Denton 350 g roup encourages its residents to write to their congressmen and women to persuade them to reevaluate their use of resources.
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Denton residents and UNT students march around the Courthouse Square on Saturday as part of the first International Climate Change Day. World leaders w i l l be convening in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 7 to 18 as part of the United Nations Framework for Climate Change
in hopes of coming to an agreement that countries can commit to, according to the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Web site.
Site aids traffic avoidance Dallas campus develops Continued from Page 2 Visitors to the Web site can view a map of area roadways and select icons displaying t he location of accidents, traffic speeds, lane closures a nd v iews f rom roadside cameras. Aaron Dixon, a journalism freshman, said he commutes to the Fort Worth area four times every week for work and to visit family. “I would definitely use the Web site before I leave for work,” Dixon said. “Just last night, I was late because I didn’t know about a traffic ja m on I-35. I wou ld’ve avoided it had I known.” While Dallas and Tarrant count ies bot h of fer a na l-
“Just last night, I was late because I didn’t know about a traffic jam on I-35.”
—Aaron Dixon Journalism freshman
yses of traff ic conditions, Da llas is t he only count y in North Texas to offer live video coverage of roadways instead of t he snap-shots used in Fort Worth. “Hav ing ca meras a long t he f reeway a l lows us to verify the information, and let people know exact road conditions,” Cortez said. The Denton cameras will
be temporarily connected on a wireless system to allow for future roadway expansion, but will eventually join the rest of the Dallas grid on a more reliable fiber optic line underground, said Cortez. He said the Dallas system has expanded rapidly in the past five years, growing from 50 ca meras to more t ha n 285.
more accommodations Continued from Page 1
T he s chool ne e de d a n enrollment of at least 1,000 full time students to qualify as an independent university. This semester it has a total of 2,300 students, 1,032 of which are full time. The UNT Dallas campus w a s a l w a y s i nt ende d to b e c ome a n i nde p endent school, Tomlin said. “That decision was made before the campus was ever planted,” Tomlin said. He said the growth of the UNT Dallas
campus is on schedule. Construction has already begun on the second of 66 campus buildings planned. Representat ives of UNT Da l las have been meet ing w it h a rea residents, businesses a nd t ra nspor tat ion representatives to work out the plans for the surrounding area. Tomlin said the city’s and the university’s interests overlapped. “We have been work ing w it h t he d i rec tor of t he Dallas long range planning committee for a number of years,” Tomlin said. He said that students would
benefit from the development because they need places to live, eat and shop. “They need places to go to the dentist,” he said. According to an economic i m p a c t s t ud y pu b l i s he d by the Dallas university in January 2008, the university is projected to bring an additional $460 million to the area by 2030, by which time the enrollment is expected to be 26,000. For now, the UNT Dallas plan is being discussed in the Economic Development Committee of the Dallas City Council.
Time essential to recover victims while ‘still alive’ Continued from Page 1 “We wou ld be t he ones doing all the DNA testing on a ny t hing t hat ca me in on these,” Planz said. “And we have to have a fairly rapid turn around time because
you can’t keep people waiting forever when t hey ’re st i l l alive.” The center will collaborate with other universities, both nationally and internationally to get the program kickstarted.
Pla n z sa id t hat once a n individual is identified, they will be taken into protective custody and off the streets. “All this type of identificat ion works back towa rd the people who are actually carrying it out and tries to
put some way of stopping them in the process earlier on,” Budowle said. Budow le sa id t he y a re doing identification, but he said he hopes in doing that, it will eventually slow down the potential crimes.
George Adams, program coordinator, said this program is one of many that allow the center to be a leading DNA forensics center in the U.S. The center does not only d e a l w i t h hu m a n t r a fficking.
It a lso invest igates a nd reports on DNA typing and other forensic procedures, as well as doing forensic, DNA, and paternity testing to help in missing persons cases and solving crimes, Adams said.
Correction In the SCENE section of the Oct. 23 Daily issue, the article “‘Storm Chasers’ stars risk lives ‘for the adrenaline’” incorrectly identified the photos. The top photo is of Chris Chittick and the bottom photo is of Reed Timmer. Also, in the same article, the answers to the
final question should have been attributed to Timmer and Chittick, respectively. In the Oct. 22 issue of the Daily, the e-mail for Mark Bradford at the end of the article “Scrappy Squad helps mascot on the field” should have said mark.bradford88@ gmail.com.
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Arts & Life
Kip Mooney
Arts & Life Editor ntd.artslife@gmail.com
Printmaking group works toward recognition BY BRADFORD P URDOM Contributing Writer
For Taylor McClure, printmaking is life. “You put so much of your life into this matrix, and you can kind of cut a slice off for everyone,” said McClure, a printmaking senior and graphic designer. “That’s the best part of printmaking, everyone can have a piece of it.” The Printmaking Association of North Texas Students (PANTS) is a student group that promotes the art of printmaking. It is working on becoming university recognized, which will allow it access to university money for large group projects. “This year, our goal is to get recognition,” said Justin Jones, an art senior and president of the association. “We are a registered organization, but with recognized status we can officially use the North Texas as part of our name, and we will get access to funds provided by student service fees.” The association is currently funded by membership dues and fundraisers. It hosts several art shows throughout the year for charity and its own use. “Funds have never been our strong point,” Jones said. “Typically our fund raisers include print sales, but because we know we are selling to our fellow students, we don’t charge as much as our prints are actually worth.” Jones said the group plans to hold a fund raiser with head football coach Todd Dodge, in which he would draw up
a fantasy play and the group would print and sell it. As part of the application process to become recognized, the association must prove their relevance to the university by becoming more involved with UNT culture. It has been doing this by planning art shows and nominating candidates for Homecoming. Susan Cobb and McClure were elected Homecoming Lord and Lady at this year’s Homecoming game. “We are becoming intertwined with UNT spirit and tradition by participating in Homecoming, and are goodwill ambassadors for the school because we will do service projects on and off campus,” Jones said. They plan to paint a mural with Denton High School students on one side of Recycled Books on the Denton Square that will depict the history of Denton. “Denton High is helping us as well, the high school I actually went to. So it’s kind of cool,” said Lucas Eagleton, a printmaking senior. Not every member of the association is actually an art student. Susan Cobb, an international studies senior, became involved because she has several friends who are members. “I came to realize a few months ago that a lot of my friends that are artists don’t really know or understand how to promote themselves and their art,” Cobb said, adding that many artists focus on creation and fail to make financial plans.
Providing its members with the tools they will need to succeed in the business world after college is another focus of the group. “We learn the fine arts, studio arts part in class, but we’re really not trained how to teach or how to market ourselves,” Jones said. “We’re not trained how to survive in the business world of art, and that’s half of the art world.” In addition to working on university projects, the association has become affiliated with Let Art Talk, an organization founded by Ugandan activist and artist Fred Mutebi. “Fred, coming from Uganda, has a community-based perspective of art, and that is what we all really appreciate,” Jones said. “It’s just to raise awareness, to get communities involved and to teach children art.” Community is a large part of the printmaking process. Whether they are burning an image into a screen or taking a dance break, the students spend hours together in the print studio. “I spend more time in the studio than I do in my own apartment,” said Megan Lockhart, a printmaking senior. The application for university recognition will become available at the end of the semester. For more information, e-mail the group at pants@unt.edu.
and it’s just to create a dialogue about sex in the college setting,” said Cara Walker, the Student Services Coordinator for the Multicultural Center and host of the first-time event. The discussion is also sponsored by the Buddy System, a peer mentoring program focused on connecting new students with upperclassmen mentors through academics, community service, leadership, and social and cultural awareness.
The student panel will consist of three pro-abstinence students and three students in favor of sexual activity. Audience members a re invited to write down their questions and send them to the panelists for discussion. “I wanted to do it because it’s not talked about a whole lot,” Walker said. “There are resources on campus that talk about safe-sex and protecting yourself, but there’s not a lot of discussion about why students
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Discussion weighs pros, cons of abstinence in college BY STEPHANIE DANIELS Contributing Writer
The Multicultural Center will present a different spin on sex education today. Rather than lecturing to students on staying abstinent, organizers of the event 20 Year Old Virgin invite students to participate in a panel discussion about abstinence and sexual activity. “I gathered a group of students who are either on the stance of abstinence or sexual activity,
make the choices that they do.” Jennifer Daniels, an international studies senior and student worker for the Multicultural Center, will join two others on the abstinence side of the panel. “We never talk about abstinence vs. sex, we always talk about sex education vs. sex,” she said. “The ‘A’ word is so, oh. I expect people to attack me with whatever I say.” Daniels said she would be
more observant of the panel and see what they have to say. “I don’t think I’m going to teach anyone anything so much as remind them, one, there’s a fine line; and two, it’s just really not that bad,” she said. “I hope to remind them how you kind of tread the two.” Daniels said even seniors could benefit from the discussion, since it’s not just new students who are faced with this decision. “Right now, as a college
student you may aggressively be pointing towards sex and next month or next week you may aggressively be pointing towards abstinence. Stuff happens and you change your mind,” she said. “College students don’t realize how much they change in the course of the time they’re here.” The 20-Year-Old Virgin is free and open to the public. The discussion will start at 11 a.m. in the One O’Clock Lounge in the University Union.
UNT offers defensive driving course in classroom setting BY MORGAN WALKER Staff Writer
Students look ing to ta ke defensive driving don’t have to go far. T he k i nesiolog y, hea lt h promot ion a nd recreat ion department has offered defensive driving for 30 years but many students are unaware the program exists. The courses, which require no pr ior reg ist rat ion, a re offered to reduce insurance prem iu ms a nd to prevent paying routine traffic citations, according to the KHPR Web site. Ken Bahnsen of the KHPR depa r t ment w ill teach t he courses in the Coliseum 47 t hroughout November a nd December. “The reason I like teaching this one here instead of online is because students can ask questions and get feedback,” Bahnsen said. The $25 fee students pay goes towa rds schola rships
in the KHPR department, Bahnsen said. This course is also offered by the state of Texas online but Bahnsen BAHNSEN said there are a couple of reasons why taking the course in a classroom is more beneficial. Bahnsen also said he likes to make the classes conversational. In an effort to get students to talk to each other, Bahnsen asks them questions and if they don’t know the answer, they can call on someone else in the room. “If you just know one name, you can get out of the trap,” he said. During the six-hour course, students review a packet that includes information from the Department of Public Safety, car maintenance tips, Texas vehicle laws and speed limits along with
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a lesson summary and staterequired quiz. Bahnsen also distributes to students a sign quiz that asks them to list the name and color of each sign on the page. Once students are finished, Bahnsen sends the completed course to the state, which then sends students two papers certifying that they have completed the course. He added that the students then send those two papers to their insurance company and to the court where the person got the ticket. Lucas Cook, a psychology soph-
omore, said he did not know UNT offered a defensive driving course and never had to take defensive driving but has received a ticket in the past. “It’d probably be easier to take it online but I wouldn’t mind taking it here,” Cook said. Cook also suggested that it might be convenient for students without internet access at home to sign up for the class on campus. Mike Brown, a history senior, said he has taken defensive driving several times, all of which have been online, despite posing a few problems. “Online, say you’re working
on a section and it allows you one hour to finish it,” Brown explained, “You aren’t allowed to go on to the next section if you finish early.” Brown said that he would take
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Sports
Justin Umberson
Sports Editor ntdaily.sports@gmail.com
Trojan ‘weapons’ overwhelm Mean Green By Eric Johnson Senior Staff Writer
For the second time this season, UNT (1-6, 0-4) was led into battle by backup quarterback Nathan Tune, but the Troy University Trojans’ (5-2, 4-0) offensive onslaught prevented Tune from coming home to a hero’s welcome. The Mean Green defense allowed a season- high 697 yards and 50 points. Steady performances from Tune, running back Lance Dunbar and wide receiver Mike Outlaw were not enough for the offense to overcome that deficit. “A whole bunch of credit to the Troy Trojans,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “They are bordering on being a great football team. Just too many weapons on offense and we couldn’t stop them.” Troy quarterback Levi Brown earned the honor of Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the fourth time this season, as he torched the Mean Green for a Trojans’ record 469 yards passing. Despite not playing in the fourth quarter, Brown led Troy on eight scoring drives, passed for one touchdown and ran for another. “What can you say he is a great player,” Todd Dodge said. “He is
accurate, consistent and he is a pretty special player.” Troy’s running backs also got in on the action, gashing the UNT defense for 198 yards and four touchdowns. The Mean Green’s No. 24 ranked rushing offense struggled to get going and gained its second lowest total of the season — 128 yards. “Their two defensive tackles and their two linebackers had a lot to do with it,” Todd Dodge said. “They are really good, and I was impressed with what they did defensively. There are not many front sevens better than what they run out there.” Dunbar, an undeclared sophomore, still tore through Troy’s defense for 111 yards on just 14 carries, his fourth straight game with over 100 yards rushing. He also caught four passes for a career-high 90 yards, and scored three total touchdowns. “This is what we expected Lance to do with his career,” Todd Dodge said. “We have got to get the ball in his hands as much as possible. He is a great weapon that is hard to defend.” Tune, a business redshirt junior, started in place of Riley Dodge, an undeclared redshirt freshman, who was out with a high-ankle sprain, and posted
Photo by Augusta Liddic / Photographer
Sophomore running back Lance Dunbar runs through the defense in the Oct. 17 game against Florida Atlantic University. UNT lost the game 44-40. career highs in passing yards, 267, and touchdowns, two. “It makes life so much easier when you know you have a guy to depend on if your number one goes down,” Todd Dodge said. “Any time we have had to call on
him, he has stepped up, and the Troy game was no different.” Outlaw, a sociology senior, has become Tune’s No. 1 target during the last two games and led the team with seven receptions, 112 yards and a touchdown.
“We were able to get a lot of things going offensively,” Todd Dodge said. “They put their safety in the box and Mike was able to step up and make some big plays because of that.” The Mean Green will attempt
to end its conference-losing streak, now standing at 15, and turn the season in the right direction at 3 p.m. Saturday, when the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers, ranked 120 out of 120 FBS schools, visit Fouts Field.
Winless trip knocks Mean Green from first By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer
Even with goalkeeper Mandy Hall tying the school record for career shutouts, the UNT soccer team lost its first place position in the Sun Belt Conference after coming up winless this weekend. The Mean Green (11-5-2, 7-1-2) began the weekend with a 0-0 tie against the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders (12-4-1, 6-3-0) and lost its first conference game 2-0 to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers (13-4-1, 8-2-0). “It’s disappointing because I thought we controlled the game,” Hedlund said. “It’s our first conference loss, and we’ll move on.” Defense was once again at a premium for the Mean Green, allowing only four goals in the second half and overtime combined. With six saves and no goals allowed, Hall is now tied
with former UNT goalkeeper Buchannan for most career shutouts with 17. “I don’t think about it much when I’m on the field,” she said. “When I’m playing, all I think about is that ring that our team could win.” There were chances for the Mean Green to score, but the team failed to take advantage of them. UNT outshot the Blue Raiders 17-8 with midfielder Kelli Lunsford, an applied behavior analysis senior, forward Kelsey Perlman, a journalism sophomore, and undeclared sophomore midfielder Ellen Scarfone leading the way with three shots. “Middle Tennessee is a good team and is not an easy place to play, so I’m proud of my team for remaining unbeaten in league play,” Hedlund said. The Mean Green’s best chance to score came near the end of regulation when a Perlman header just missed being a goal. “I really thought we had the
game-winner off Kelsey’s header with just a few minutes to play,” Hedlund said. “Give credit to one of their players for saving it off the goal line.” In its biggest challenge of the season, UNT came up short against the Hilltoppers in a 2-0 loss. The Mean Green offense looked noticeably different after undeclared freshman forward Michelle Young went down in the 15th minute with a concussion. “It did not help matters when our leading scorer received a concussion 15 minutes into the game,” Hedlund said. Both offenses stayed aggressive with 10 shots apiece, but the Hilltoppers outplayed the Mean green on shots on goal 7-3. Photo by Ryan Bibb / Intern An early score by Mallory Outbridge in the seventh minute Nikki Crocco, an interdisciplinary studies sophomore, steals the ball against University of Louisiana - Monroe. The team gave the Hilltoppers the lead, as lost one of its road games against Western Kentucky University and tied Middle Tennessee University this weekend. the Mean Green defense let up UNT will have to get over the Champions, the University a goal for the first time in 207 provided late into the second half off Kaylyn Pratt’s sixth goal loss fast, as they travel to Colorado of Denver Pioneers at 7 p.m. minutes. to take on last year’s Sun Belt Friday. Insurance for WKU was of the season.
rugby club team recovered to win its first game of the year this weekend. T he tea m defeated t he Texas State University Bobcats
(0-1) 34-32 after a try by Stein Baughman, a business junior, gave the Mean Green (1-0) the lead in the final two minutes of the game.
Rugby team opens season with 34-32 win over Bobcats By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer
Despite losing a two-score lead w ith five minutes left in the second half, the UNT
“It wa s a tea m ef for t,” Baughman said. “All fifteen of our guys out there did their jobs and are responsible for this win.” A st rong st a r t wa s t he d i f ference for UN T, a s it scored three tries in the first half while its deffense only a l lowed one t r y f rom t he Bobcats. “We came out better than we ever have before,” Stein said. “If we can continue to play like we did then, we could do very well this year.” Complacency took over in the second half as the Mean Green let Texas State back in t he game, a llow ing t wo straight Bobcat tries and a drop kick to fall behind 32-29 with five minutes left in the contest. “We need to ma ke su re that doesn’t happen again,” said Arturo Quesada, a business senior. “I like the way things got started but we can do better than we did in the second half.” With the game on the line, Baughman took the contest into his own hands, running 20 yards untouched for the game-winning try.
“It pumps me up to know that there’s a group of people recognizing our success and supporting us.”
“It was such a hectic game. I wasn’t even aware that we were losing,” he said. “It feels good knowing that I was able to step up and make a big play for my team when we needed it most.” The program’s popularity has gone hand-in-hand with the Mean Green’s improvements on t he f ield, as t he turnout yesterday exceeded any from seasons before this year. “It pumps me up to know that there’s a group of people recognizing our success and supporting us,” Quesada said. “There must be about four times as many people here for today’s game t han any time before.” After two consecutive trips to the state tournament, the team has high expectations for the upcoming season.
—Arturo Quesada Business senior
“I’m very confident in these guys,” Baughman said. “We beat a team in Texas State that has made it to the state tournament four years in a row today, it’s hard not to feel pretty good about ourselves right now.” One thing that could hinder the Mean Green is the loss of team leadership from the players who graduated last year. “There’s no doubt we will miss t he seniors from last year,” Baughman said. “Sure we’re young, but at this point there’s rea lly no excuse or reason we can’t continue to win.” The team looks to build upon the win on Friday Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.,when it travels to Fort Worth to face the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs.
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Evidence supports global warming Editorial Two speakers offered widely different opinions on global warming last week at UNT. Mayor Mark Burroughs proclaimed an International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24, followed by a discussion led by a UNT scientist on the effects of global warming. The editorial staff applauds Burroughs’ efforts to educate students about global warming. Whether a person chooses to believe in global warming or not, the fact remains that humans are negatively affecting the planet and that immediate action is necessary. The other speaker was Robert Smith, a former Environmental Protection Agency employee, who gave a lecture on Oct. 20 arguing that Earth is actually cooling and that carbon dioxide is not contributing significantly to global warming. The lecture was sponsored by the Institute of Petroleum Accounting. The vast majority of the scientific community agrees on the reality and effects of global warming. Given the overwhelming evidence in support of it, we feel that spreading disbelief in the phenomenon is unwarranted and counterproductive. Certain human activities are changing the composition of the atmosphere, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases and ultimately changing the planet’s climate. Scientists have already observed changes such as rising sea level, shrinking glaciers, changes in the range and distribution of plants and animals, trees blooming earlier, lengthening of growing seasons, ice on rivers and lakes freezing later and breaking up earlier, and thawing of permafrost. As human activities cause more carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere, the problem is expected to get worse. Increasing global temperatures will profoundly affect Earth’s ecosystems, pushing species that cannot adapt to extinction. Some polar bears, for example, are drowning because they have to swim longer distances to reach ice floes. A comprehensive assessment of the extinction risk from global warming found that more than 1 million species could be obliterated by 2050 if the current trajectory continues, according to the National Resources Defense Council. Warmer water in the oceans is also pumping more energy into tropical storms, making them stronger and potentially more destructive. Warmer temperatures also exacerbate drought conditions and increase the risk of wildfires. Last year, for example, more than 5 million acres in the U.S. were burned because of wildfires. These are only a handful of the many current and possible future effects of global warming. Rather than argue about the reality of global warming, people should instead take it upon themselves to protect the environment to the best of their ability. For tips on how to help put a stop to global warming, visit www.stopglobalwarming.org.
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“I was Mary Katherine Gallagher from “Superstar” and I’d say, ‘Sometimes when I get nervous, I stick my hands under my arms, and then I smell my fingers.’”
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Dollar menus harm children
Texas is not doing enough for overweight children. Sec ond on ly to C huck Norris, heart disease is one of the leading killers in America. Adult onset diabetes from eating calorie-filled foods is one of the leading causes of heart disease. W hen Texas was named the 15th fattest state in 2008 by the CalorieLab United States of Obesity, the blame was targeted toward schools instead of where it should have been. A new amendment to the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy has required middle schools and high schools to stop serving fried foods. This is a positive step, but when are parents and kids themselves going to be held accountable? Instead of serving a nutritious mea l, many families pack into their cars and head to the nearest McDonalds for its dollar menu. Instead of going outside to exercise, the families sit in front of the television all
day. If the Texas government wants to make a difference in kids’ lives, it should make it harder for fast food restaurants to serve a fatty hamburger for a dollar. Kids can eat nutritious food at school for one meal, but a 1,200-calorie meal from any number of fast food restaura nts w i l l ca ncel out t he healthy part. Col lege st udent s of ten complain that there is not enough time in the day to be
ioned running outside. Schools and teachers are not there to do the parents’ job, and when they are forced to by the state, they have to take time away from their jobs — actual teaching. The Texas government is on the right track, but something needs to be done so that kids will stop eating so many fatty meals. Although the government cannot force the restaurants to change, laws can be passed making it more difficult to charge a dollar for an arteryclogging hamburger.
healthy and good students too, but that is simply not true. Ever yone has at least 30 ex t ra minutes somewhere in their day that they could spend being active. Students at UNT especially have no excuse, as they pay in their fees to use one of the top student workout facilities in the state. And if you don’t want to go there, there are numerous other workout facilities in Denton, as well as old-fash-
Justin Umberson is journalism senior and Sports Editor for the Daily. He can be reached at ntdaily.sports@gmail.com.
U.S. needs new definition for growth For the past week, editorialists across the nation have been addicted to two words: economic growth. Since Oct. 19, The New York Ti mes, t he Sa n Fra ncisco Chronicle and Time Magazine h a v e a l l p o s t e d s t or i e s revolving around the implications of “grow t h” in t he U.S. economy. They all question why there isn’t job growth. If growth is good, why haven’t more jobs been created? Though these a r t icles d i f fer i n a na lysis of the impacts of economic grow th, they all share one common theme: Grow th is good. I’m writing this column to contest that claim. In many cases grow th is not a bad thing, but to make this determination we must first come to understand what exactly economic growth is. In the United States, our economy is growing when our real gross domestic product is increasing. Our GDP is the sum of government spending, gross investments, consumption and net exports in a given year, meaning that “growth” is determined by the comparison of dif ferent spending entities. Now let’s consider what we might think of as growth in
general. Growth as we see it in the natural world is not something which is infinite. In fact, growth is defined in large part by a complex web of limitations. A tree grows only so long as it is kept in sunlight and around nutritional soil. However, growth does not occur in a vacuum. If a tree were given access to sunlight, water and nutritional soil constantly it would grow far too large, hording sunlight, water, and nutrients and disallowing growth of ot her orga n isms i n its ecosystem. Grow t h, in a lmost ever y nat u ra l set t i ng , is not consta nt. It ends at some point of maturity. At this point, the contradiction in terms should be clear. In the U.S., growth is seen as a never-ending celebration of infinite happiness, but its measurement, our GDP, often belies the true meaning of growth. For instance, to increase t he GDP a nd t herefore to grow,, we should increase any of the four components. So, by t he GDP g row t h model, if every citizen were to spend the entirety of his/ her excess revenue immediately, disallowing saving,
we’d probably see a si zeable decline in wealth over a couple of generations. However, through the lens of GDP, our economy would be growing. A f u nda menta l issue w it h GDP measurement of econom ic g row t h is a l so its complete disrega rd for quality of goods and services and ways in which they’re ma nufactured. A fa ntastic example was put forth in the U.S. months ago. In June of this year, General Motors underwent a surgical ba n k r uptcy because of its inability to produce and sell c a rbon-ef f ic ient automobiles. But in the years leading up to its bankruptcy, based on its profits, it had no reason t o c h a n ge : Pe ople w er e purchasing fuel-inefficient ca rs a nd, despite it being env ironmentally taboo, oil was the cheapest industrial fuel. Here we see that the profit margins couldn’t provide a number to represent env ironmental repercussions of its business. On paper, General Motors w a s a g row i ng c ompa ny until spring of 2009, but its manufacturing methods were undermining the strength of
U.S. automobile companies. The U.S. isn’t immune to t he problems t hat a la rge compa ny ca n have, i f we continue to measure growth w it h a u n it t hat for get s production method, quality, and individual prosperity and associate this grow th w ith aff luence, then the U.S. is in for a shock much like General Motors. I n s t e ad of a s s o c i at i ng g row t h w it h t he GDP, we shou ld put ou r foc u s on economic development. In other words, focus economic conf idence on met hods in which things are produced. It would seem that a lot of quest ions t hat columnists have had in the past week m ig ht be a nswered by a n inquir y into t he nature of growth in the U.S.
Morgan Booksh is a journalism freshman. He can be reached at mdbooksh@gmail.com.
Undeclared freshman
“One Halloween I was Mick Jagger until lunchtime and then I changed into an 80’s break-dancer.”
Mark Jacob
Radio, television, and film junior
“When I was 12 years old, my mom dressed me up as a rodeo clown. I then proceeded to go trick-ortreating by myself.”
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