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Veterans relate stories about service, lives

BY LISA GARZA

BY DREW GAINES

Contributing Writer They have been stationed overseas, battled the enemy, witnessed their fellow soldiers die, been separated from their loved ones and risked their lives — all for their loyalty to the nation.

Today is Veterans Day, which began 90 years ago when President Woodrow Wilson established the day to mark the end of WWI. “Today, we reflect on the invaluable contributions of our country’s veterans and reaffirm our commitment to provide them and their families with the essential support they were promised and have earned,” President Barack Obama said in a press release.

UNT is home to about 976 veteran students, according to the registrar’s office.

There are likely some veterans unaccounted for, because the registrar’s office is only able to identify veterans receiving benefits, associate registrar Bobby Lothringer said.

Staying in touch Kyle Ruch, a 25-year-old hospitality management senior who has been stationed in Africa, returned from a tour in Iraq in August with his Marine reserve unit.

Kyle Ruch had only days between his return to the U.S. and the start of the fall semester.

“One day, I’m carrying a gun around everywhere, always watching my back and then three days later I’m sitting in a classroom with a bunch of kids who have no idea what’s going on outside their campus,” Kyle Ruch said. “It was frustrating.”

Karen Ruch said she worried about her son frequently during his last deployment.

“It was disturbing knowing that he would be a target,” she said.

Kyle Ruch’s term of service will be complete in January. His mother said she is relieved.

“It’s almost kind of weird thinking of him as a veteran because he’s so young, but I’m proud of him,” she said.

Tommie Roberts, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2205 in Denton, is a U.S. Navy veteran. He served from 1961 to 1971 in Vietnam, Europe and North Africa.

He said the hardest part of his deployments was the separation from his loved ones. During his tour to Vietnam, Roberts was married to his first wife and had two children.

There were no e-mail or video chats back then.

“It’s not like it is now, letters took up to three weeks to get back and forth,” he said.

When he finally got home, he

thought things were going to be a whole lot different.”

He joined the Marines in June Joshua Carmona looks a bit different on this Veterans Day. His 2005, when war and foreign policy hair has grown long and shaggy saturated the nations’ political and his face is unshaven. He climate.

The short, energetic 18-yearsmokes a cigarette and says he values his freedom now that he’s old was fresh out of nearby McKinney High School. He was outside of military life. full of wanderlust and a Ca r mona, a desire to see how far he freshman majoring could push his limits. in new media, spent “I wanted to travel four years as an and I wanted a chalactive Marine and is lenge,” Carmona said. thankful for anyone “I felt like I was proving that serves in the something to myself by military. going through with it.”

“I just remember A f ter endu r i ng all the people that boot camp in San have served and done Diego, Cali., Carmona their part to make CARMONA attended the Defense this country safe,” the Information School in 22-year-old veteran said. “Veterans Day makes me Fort Mead, Maryland, where he feel proud of my service, because learned to become a combat correbeing in the Marines was a really spondent, or military journalist.

When he graduated from the miliimportant part of my life.”

The former Marine plans on tary school, he had a job waiting for commemorating the sacrifices him back in the Golden State.

Carmona spent his remaining made by his fellow servicemen and women by playing “Taps” on two years of service contributing his battered bugle at sundown in to the Barstow Log, the newspaper of the Marine Corps Logistics Base his backyard.

Carmona remembers looking Barstow.

Carmona never got the chance at images of soldiers in exotic places before joining the Corps. to step outside the U.S. border as But nearly six months after his last he had hoped. He felt stuck in the day on active duty, he recounts his California desert, restrained by his experiences with sand, notepads, surroundings and superiors.

“I would count down the days. alcohol and disillusionment.

He is finding that it was an I celebrated at each benchmark, experience he doesn’t regret and 1,000 days left, 500, 100 until I was one that shapes his life today as a finally out … Barstow is just one of those places,” Carmona said.

UNT student.

“I didn’t know what I was getting in to,” Carmona said. I See CARMONA on page 2 Photographer

PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / PHOTOGRAPHER

Commander Tommy Roberts of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2205 in Denton salutes a fellow veteran in front of their post. Denton’s VFW caters to nearly 500 members who have served from WWII to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Roberts spent 10 years in the Navy, with time in Vietnam and the Mediterranean. and his fellow naval veterans did not receive a warm welcome like today’s troops. Roberts’ eyes welled up as he recalled memories of that homecoming.

“We weren’t talked to and spit on. We were called baby killers,” he said. “The war was so long and lost the support of the public. That probably hurt the most.”

When they come home George Karas is a veteran whose military career spanned from the ’50s to the ’70s. He served in the Navy, Air Force National Guard, and Army Reserve and is now a bus driver on UNT’s Colorado Express route.

He said he felt pride and sadness as he recalled his service.

During one of his deployments with the Navy around the time of the Suez crisis of the ’50s, his ship rescued some American citizens who were stranded at troubled ports.

Despite his service, Karas said he often felt uneasy in foreign countries.

“When I was in the military all those years ago, we had to hide because we thought everyone hated us,” he said. “I would hide my uniform every time I got off the ship so people wouldn’t know I was in the service.”

The effects of war follow most veterans after they return home.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among service members who have been deployed to hostile environments.

“A lot of veterans don’t talk about their experiences unless it’s with another veteran,” said Cary Ziegler, president of the Student Veteran Association and Navy veteran. “It’s because civilians don’t understand.”

Kyle Ruch credits his family and friends for helping him cope with what considers a minimal amount of post-traumatic stress.

“It took a while for me to realize that I was back in a safe environment and not freak out,” he said.

But today, Ruch is humbled by the attention veterans receive on this national holiday.

PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / PHOTOGRAPHER

Former Marine Joshua Carmona looks over the “Barstow Log,” the newspaper he wrote for in Barstow, Cali. Carmona spent four years in the Marine Corps and is now a new media freshman at UNT.

Top UNT officials move offices to Dallas Board of Regents will relocate away from UNT

BY COURTNEY ROBERTS Assigning Editor

Members of the governing board and other divisions of the UNT System will formally a nnounce t heir relocat ion to the Universities Center in downtown Dallas on Friday e v e n i n g i n t he C e nt e r ’s lobby.

The UNT System consists of t h e U N T c a m p u s i n Denton, t he U N T Hea lt h Science Center at Fort Worth, The Universities Center in

Dallas and the UNT Dallas campus.

Administrators and employees in the Board of Regents, Chancellor’s office, General Counsel office and system’s facilities moved to 1901 Main St. in Da llas in August to create a central, neutral location for all the campuses, officials said.

“Having a system office on t he Denton ca mpus, t here was probably not a neutral feel i ng for t he rest of t he campuses, so we just centrali zed it w it h a locat ion for ever ybody to come to,” said Cy nt hia Ha l l, t he director of t he U N T S y s t em a nd External Relations. “With the

Mark Burroughs g row t h, it ju st bec a me a log ist ics t h ing to move to downtown Dallas.”

The switch to a non-main campus location is different t h a n w her e ot her m ajor universities in Texas place their governing bodies.

The Universit y of Texas’ Board of Regents meets at its

main campus in Austin, the Texas A&M University System is in College Station and the Texas Tech University System is located on its main campus in Lubbock.

Denton Mayor Ma rk Burroughs said he believes t he cha nge cou ld have a n adverse effect on UNT and the city.

“The heart of the eagle has just been moved to Dallas,” Burroughs said. “A fter 120 years, it’s not a positive step, and I have grave concerns with it.”

Bur roug hs was a lso concerned about the lack of notification both the public and the cit y have received

on the move.

“It was not brought in on a ny discussions about t he

Regent s, but she cou ld n’t recall if any formal notification was sent to the Denton

“The heart of the eagle has just been moved to Dallas. After 120 years, it’s not a positive step.”

—Mark Burroughs Denton Mayor

implications that this move m ig ht have on t he cit y of Denton,” he said.

Ha l l, however, sa id t he mov e h a s ne v e r b e e n a secret since they had to seek approval from the Board of

City Council.

“We [Denton a nd UN T] have long shared a common ident it y,” Bu r roug hs sa id.

“It is clea rly a n i ntent to shift the main campus from Denton to Dallas.”

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Carmona: ‘I came out a better person’ Continued from Page 1

under the bill, he did not receive his monthly housing Carmona learned to make allowances, which were set the most of his surroundings, to begin in August.

T he vetera n was i n and, af ter being honorably discharged in June, he is now su r v iv a l mode u nt i l he trying to make the most of his received a $3,000 emergency check f rom t he Vetera ns transition to Denton.

“After I got here, the reality A f fa irs Of f ice on Nov. 1. set in that this isn’t a vaca- Before this, he relied on his tion I’m coming to,” Carmona roommate Nathan Phennel, a n inter nat iona l st ud ies said.

Carmona has been relying senior, to cover some of on t he Post 9/11 G.I Bi l l, his bills.

“Financial aid is somereleased in August, to pay for t hing t hat is f lawed if a tuition at UNT. He said he was hoping to veteran who has served for use the G.I. Bill to pay for rent his country cannot receive and basic necessities on top of money to pay for school,” school. But like many veterans Phennel said.

He opted not to go out and sometimes ate at the neighborhood soup kitchen, as he could not afford food.

“I felt ashamed that my life had come to t hat, it sucks being poor,” Carmona said.

He has since caught up on rent and plans for the rest of the emergency money to last him to December, when the four-months late allowances are set to begin.

“Despite a ll the hardships I had to endure, I think I came out a better person because of it, a more well-rounded person,” Carmona said. “I can put this all behind me and just focus on my education.”

PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UNT students rallied at Wooten Hall for Drop Dead Day on Tuesday, a march that began at Wooten Hall and ended at the Denton Square. Marchers fell to the ground and left only four standing to signify the number of children affected by child abuse on a daily basis.

Students march for awareness

BY A LBA TORRES Intern

Students from social work practice classes brought homemade noisemakers, signs and balloons in front of Wooten Hall on Tuesday to raise awareness about child abuse.

At 11 a.m., the students kicked off the annual Drop Dead Day, clad in their blue and yellow shirts that read “There’s No Excuse for Child Abuse.”

“In Denton County there are 167,632 children in the population, and there were 1,000 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect,” said Camille Massey, in charge of communications for the day.

Drop Dead Day was thought up by Kadetrah Moffet, a social work senior who read about a similar event at a high school in South Dakota.

Moffet said she felt she, along with the help of her classmates, could organize an event to inform Denton about the severity of child abuse.

Moffet pitched the idea to

her social practice III class and they all said they agreed it was a project they could handle.

They informed students in other social work classes and distributed 200 f liers throughout campus.

Teachers encouraged their students to attend the event by allowing them to leave class early to participate in the march, Moffet said.

However, she said they faced some obstacles, including a lost permit from the police department, but were able to solve the problem in time for Drop Dead Day. Moffet led the group as they marched down Hickory Street to the Denton Square.

En route to the Square, the group made use of their megaphone and noisemakers as they chanted, “I don’t know what you’ve been told, but child abuse is getting old,” as curious passers-by slowed their vehicles to witness the march.

Upon arriving at the Square, the students stood in front of the The Courthouse-on-the-

Square and all but four students dropped to the ground. The four individuals that remained standing represented the four children that die daily in the U.S. because of child abuse and negligence.

The group prayed and shared in a moment of silence for the victims of child abuse to end their awareness march.

The students then reflected on the success of Drop Dead Day. “Hopefully, if people see child abuse or are around it they may be able to think back to what we did and they’ll have the child abuse hotline number and they will be able to make a little bit of a difference,” social work senior Katy Ribinskas said.

The group emphasized the importance of knowing the child abuse hotline number, which was printed in the back of the T-shirts in hopes that anyone aware of child abuse would be encouraged to report

it.

“Our teacher always asks us what the child abuse hotline number is and we are expected to have it memorized,” said Jill Herrera, a social work senior.

The students involved with organizing Drop Dead Day will also host a benefit dinner on Dec. 13 to raise money that will be donated to the Nelson Center.

The event will take place in Dallas at Harwood 609 Jazz Club and will include a live jazz band.

Cost of entry to the event will be $25 per person.

Dinner will be followed by a silent auction. The items up for grabs include two roundtrip tickets from Southwestern Airlines, four tickets to the Lew isv ille Sy mphony, and bed and breakfast at the Hilton Hotel.

If you suspect child abuse, contact the child abuse hotline at 1-800-252-5400.

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University plans renovations for Union

BY A MBER A RNOLD Senior Staff Writer

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T he Un iversit y Un ion is more than 30 years old and is only equipped to accommodate 17,000 students.

Since the enrollment has grown to more than 36,000, the administration said the building is becoming inadequate.

U N T be ga n de velopi ng t he Un ion Master Pla n i n September, but the timeline

and cost are still unknown.

“We’re at a crossroads, and we’ve got a lot of issues we need to address,” sa id Bonita Jacobs, vice president for student development. “I don’t know where it will lead, but I’m hopeful that we don’t have to tear the building down and leave students without a union.”

During the assessment of the condition of the building in Ju ly, consu lta nts found we a k i n f r a st r uc t u re a nd asbestos lurking in the ceilings.

Ma ster pla n com m it tee members a re now v isit ing other universities with new

or remodeled unions, such as Texas Tech, Louisiana State, and Georgia Tech universities, to see what they have done, said Tom Rufer, assistant vice president for auxiliary services.

T h e c om m it t e e h a s a mission of being 100 percent t ra nspa rent and involv ing students in every step of the process, Jacobs said.

A university-wide survey was sent out in early October as a way to find out what students, faculty and staff preferred for the Union’s future.

The committee received 4,200 responses, more than 3,200 of which were students,

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“I have been very impressed with the participation level of students, faculty and staff in the way of focus groups surveys and requests of information,” Jacobs said.

T he u n i v er s it y h a s to work backward, in that they are finding out information first and determining cost, construction, and a timeline later, Jacobs said.

Since the Union is paid for through the Union fee in every student’s tuition, there will be fundraisers to avoid increasing the fee.

“I’m always hopeful that we don’t have to add to the financial burden that students already carry,” she said.

In keeping with the practice of involving students, Rufer sa id t he u n iversit y wou ld c on sider g i v i ng st udent s different options of what the Union would offer at different costs and let students choose from the options.

Jac obs sa id t hat t he committee is fairly certain now that the Union is in the right spot on campus.

However, UNT must decide whet her to phase in structures to the existing building or replace it altogether, she said.

Rufer said that replacing the Union has been on the university’s agenda for quite some time, but figuring students’ needs would come first.

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Student network aims to end foreign wars

BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer

Students and supporters gathered Monday to hear Victor Agosto, an Army veteran and member of Iraqi Veterans Against the War who was recently released from jail after publicly refusing deployment to Afghanistan.

“I realized the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan had absolutely nothing to do with making the American people safer,” Agosto said. “It was simply an imperialist occupation meant to protect American power … After I came to this realization I started to feel a great deal of guilt about my involvement.”

The forum and discussion in the Biology Building was hosted by the UNT Chapter of the Campus Antiwar Network, a grassroots activist organization run by students with no political party affiliation that aims to end all foreign wars in which the U.S. is involved.

Grassroots activism “Now, the war overseas is becoming a domestic issue,” said Andrew Teeter, a general studies senior. “We have to take care of things here because we can’t ignore it.”

The network demands immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan of all occupation troops and private contractors, economic reparations for Iraqi and Afghan people,

and full physical and mental health benefits for all U.S. military personnel, regardless of discharge status.

“We believe they [wars] are not for spreading democracy,” he said. “We believe they’re for economic interests.”

In order to educate people about war and keep it on people’s minds, members of the organization talk to students about war, hold discussion forums and counter-recruit.

Soldiers in the military benefit from this organization because of the resources the network provides, such as the number for the GI rights hotline.

The UNT chapter does not have organization officers, only members, to ensure everyone has the ability to share their opinion.

Teeter said the organization should exist in every city and every university.

“In order for people to actively oppose the war and for real change to happen, it has to be happening on the ground in every city from the ground up,” Teeter said. “We can’t rely on elected officials to do things for us because they have their own economic interests. That’s just the nature of the representative system, which is why it has to be grassroots activism.”

In order for economic reparations to be made to people in those countries, Teeter suggested that money from the defense budget should go

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Iraq War veteran Victor Agosto spoke about his service and protest in the Biology Building on Monday night. The Campus Antiwar Network sponsored the event.

Teeter said the events at Fort toward building schools and roads, and establishing elec- Hood could spread racism and fear of Muslims, which members tricity and a water supply. of the network oppose, along with sexism and homophobia.

‘The horrors’ of war “The sorts of negative psychoThe network’s tactics have changed since President Barack logical effects that come from Obama took office. Teeter said the war don’t discriminate so that people make excuses saying it’s not like we should discriminate either,” he said.

Afghanistan is the good war.

The UNT chapter of the “We have to sort of wake people up again and show them net work began in Januar y and has about five active the horrors,” he said.

Film editor shares experiences Texan worked with Linklater on 14 films

BY CAROLYN BROWN Senior Staff Writer

About 30 people gathered in the Radio, TV, Film & Performing Arts Building Tuesday for “An Evening with Sandra Adair, A.C.E” as she described her decades-long career, answered questions from the audience and aired clips from several of her movies.

She has edited more than 20 films, including such wellknown titles as “Dazed and Confused,” “School of Rock,” and “Me and Orson Welles.” She is especially well known for her work on 14 films with Academy Aw a rd-nom i nate d w r iterdirector Richard Linklater.

Adair began editing in the 1970’s. She hadn’t planned on

entering the movie business, and had not attended film school, she said.

Her brother, a film editor, invited her to work with him.

After years of work as an apprentice, Billy Weber gave her the chance to edit the film “Jekyll and Hyde … Together Again”.

“It was so empowering to hear him say ‘embrace your fear’ because when you’re scared and you have adrenaline, it’s what creates a situation where you do your best,” she said of the director.

Adair shared her thoughts on editing and discussed some of the many challenges that face aspiring editors, such as cutting and choosing music for scenes, which she called a “trial and error process.”

Adair spoke frequently about her relationship with Linklater, whom she bega n work ing with in 1992 after she and her husband moved to Austin.

“My job is to support him in making his films, so I’m very clear about getting my ego out of the picture,” she said. “It’s not about me. I respect him, and he respects me. We’re collaborators, and I’m there to help him in the story.”

She showed clips from several movies, including “Dazed and Confused,” “A Scanner Darkly,” and the period piece “Me and Orson Welles,” which will be released later this month.

Daniel McQueary, a radio, television, and film junior, said

he liked hearing about the inner workings of Hollywood.

“It was very interesting to hear a very real and honest industry-insider view of the working relationship between an editor and a director and an editor and the studio system, a nd how a l l t hose forces interact,” he said.

Brent Garner, an RTVF sophomore, also enjoyed Adair’s anecdotes, he said.

“I felt like it kind of shed a different light on what goes on to create the films,” he said.

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Kevin Hayes, a sociology sophomore, said he joined the organization this semester because he agrees with its mission.

“I would be better served if our government, instead of spending billions and billions of dollars on warfare around the world, if they took that money and put it into schools or health care,” he said.

Hayes said people could serve

their country without going into war by joining the Peace Corps and nonprofit organizations.

“We absolutely, unequivocally support the troops and want them to actually receive all of the things that have been promised to them,” he said.

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Gov’t treatment of vets must improve Editorial

As servicemen and servicewomen return home and others head off to join the thousands already engaged in two distant wars this Veterans Day, it is not just important to honor them for the sacrifices they make overseas.

Americans must ensure they are also honored in the way they are cared for once they return.

The message “Support the troops, not the war” has been restated so often that it’s almost become a cliché.

But how is America supporting the troops once they return from war, and is it enough?

The editorial board believes that evidence suggests the government is not doing enough to care for veterans.

Few would disagree that the nation has come a long way since the hateful riots that greeted soldiers returning from Vietnam. Mainstream public opinion has now shifted in favor of military members.

Yet under the stress and strain of prolonged and frequent deployments, many soldiers are returning to broken homes and broken lives, with little military support to fall back on.

The Army suicide rate is at a 30-year high. Studies place enlisted divorce at 70 percent and climbing.

Investigations suggest that the Army has been encouraging its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder in returning veterans in order to avoid the costly and long-term “burden” of required healthcare. And last summer, an investigation revealed criminal conduct and misplaced bodies at Arlington National Cemetery.

It has become increasingly obvious that internal military problems must now be addressed and solutions must be openly discussed within the American public.

Citizens must hold the U.S. government accountable for this gross pattern of negligence in veterans’ well being.

Patriotism is not tied to the support of one’s government, but can and should be expressed in the staunch defense of those individuals that fight for the ideals, which allow that government to remain in power. In the words of Edward R. Murrow, “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.”

Inaction supports no one.

Michael Burgess represents the 26th District of Texas.

His Lewisville District Office telephone number is 972-434-9700.

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V-Day a chance to honor heroes My grandfather was a Marine, and my father was a member of the Air Force, so growing up I often heard stories of heroes and fallen friends.

I grew to have a great respect for the men and women who give their lives for this country.

With today being Veterans Day, I cannot help but think about a ma n who t r u ly embodied what it means to be a hero.

There are many who should be honored today, but I will focus on one of my biggest heroes.

I still remember where I was the day I heard of Pat Tillman’s death.

On April 22, 2004, I returned home from one of my final days in high school and flipped on ESPN as usual, only to learn that Iraqi soldiers had killed Tillman in an ambush attack.

Controversy surrounded the details of his death for years, and despite an attempted coverup by the U.S. military, it was

eventually discovered that he was killed by friendly fire.

Growing up as a kid in California, Tillman was just like any other little boy.

He loved spending time outdoors and playing sports, especially football.

Despite being undersized at just 5 feet, 11 inches, Tillman earned a scholarship to play linebacker for Arizona State University.

During his time as a Sun Devil, he was a standout on the football team, winning numerous awards.

He also set an example in the classroom. carrying a 3.84 grade point average in pursuit of a marketing degree, which he earned in just three and a half years.

Tillman was one of the last picks in the 1998 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals, and he transitioned to safety to fill a void for the team.

He started 10 games his rookie season, and was an

All-Pro in his second season.

As a free agent, the St. Louis Rams offered him a five-year deal worth more than $10 million, but Tillman declined.

He turned down millions in his show of loyalty to the team that drafted him.

When Tillman learned of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he made the decision to serve his country.

He honored the remaining 15 games of his contract and turned down another $5 million to enlist in the Army Rangers.

He would go on to win a Purple Heart, and one of the armed forces’ highest honors, the Silver Star.

Tillman is on record as saying he felt America did not belong in Iraq and that it was an illegal war, but he felt it was his duty to fight for the freedom and honor of his country.

Tillman left behind a wife and a young son.

Thousands of people attended his funeral.

This man truly represented everything that a person should be.

He was a well-rounded, intelligent, athletic, unselfish and caring person.

He devoted his life to others and was one of the few loyal people in this world.

On a day when we should thank each and every person who has ever ser ved this country, I just wanted to point out one of the true American heroes.

Eric Johnson is a journalism junior and sports writer for the Daily. He can be reached at ericjohnson3@my.unt.edu.

Smokers should obey campus rules Secondhand smoke causes almost 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year, according to t he A mer ica n Lu ng Association.

So why are students forced to walk through potentially deadly clouds of smoke on a daily basis on t he UNT campus?

Because it is impossible to become a smoke-free campus because of the campus’ size, Gretchen Bata i l le sa id at “Really, let’s talk” in March of this year.

Under the university policy on smok ing, smokers a re prohibited from smoking in the buildings and must be at least 25 feet from campus buildings.

It’s a good policy in theory, but when you think about it, how many buildings are less than 50 feet apart?

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Building and the Language Building. Students notoriously pop out to smoke inside of the pavilion outside the Language Building.

Is that person 25 feet from bot h t he Auditor ium a nd Language buildings?

W hat about t he outside of t he Genera l Academ ic Building?

Students inevitably hover outside the doors in between cla sses to smoke. Aga i n, breaking the rule.

However, no one is doing anything about it.

UNT has made it a point to have parking officers patrol every parking lot for misplaced cars.

Why shouldn’t smokers be awarded a little yellow envelope when t hey brea k t he specific university smoking rule?

This would stop smokers from standing too close to

buildings in a flash.

According the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Fou ndat ion, at lea st 305 campuses in the U.S. are 100 percent smoke-free, while 49 are smoke free except for small, designated smoking areas.

A l l public col leges a nd universities in Arkansas are smoke free. Oklahoma State University is one of the almostsmoke-free campuses.

These are ideal situations.

So why can’t UNT make more of an effort to create an environment where nonsmokers can avoid clouds of smoke?

The distance from buildings to smoking areas should be much greater.

Smokers would inevitably complain about more enforcement s a nd new smok i ng rules.

But when you think about it, smoking not only affects the smoker, but also every person

within at least a 25-foot radius.

Smokers shou ld consider this.

Be considerate and walk a few more feet to beg in smoking.

Becom ing a smoke-f ree campus is a healthy, environmentally smart concept that would be difficult to carr y out on UNT’s campus, but strict rules about smoking are feasible.

Non smoker s w a nt t he cur rent r u les enforced at least.

Police the smokers who are outside the doors of campus buildings.

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Jets soar into the Super Pit

By Justin Umberson Sports Editor

Photo by Ryan Bibb/ Intern

(Left) Setter Kayla Saey, interior design sophomore, sets the ball for middle blocker Amy Huddleston, an interdisciplinary studies junior, at Monday’s game.

The Mean Green beat University of Louisiana-Monroe in three straight sets.

Volleyball team’s wins help cause

By R emington Bird Staff Writer

The Mean Green Volleyball Center was packed Monday to watch the Mean Green (12-18, 8-8) defeat the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (8-23, 2-14) in its last home game of the season.

With only two games left in the regular season, the victory over ULL almost guarantees UNT a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Championship.

Troy would have to pick up victories against two toprated teams, Western Kentucky Un i v e r s i t y a n d M i d d l e Tennessee University, to knock the Mean Green out of the tournament.

“I think it’s really important to this team that we try and get some respect from other people in this conference right now, and we’re playing well,” head coach Cassie Headrick said.

The Mean Green also defeated the University of LouisianaMonroe (3-26, 0-14) in three sets on Friday, but the University of New Orleans (16-11, 9-6) beat

UNT for the second time this season Saturday Setter Kayla Saey, a business sophomore, said she is “overly pumped” about the tournament.

“We’ve wanted the tournament. That has been our goal since the beginning of the season,” she said.

Outside hitter A my Huddleston, an interdisciplinary studies junior, had seven kills in the match and said she has been working a lot with her setter, Saey.

“I’m getting really comfortable on the outside, and she’s getting the ball there every time,” Huddleston said.

In the match against New Orlea ns, t he Mea n Green only managed a .146 attack percentage and had 27 errors compared to New Orleans .267 attack percentage and 15 errors.

The team has two matches left in the season, at Arkansas State University on Friday and at the University of ArkansasLittle Rock on Saturday.

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After losing its first exhibition game Thursday, the UNT women’s basketba ll team has a second shot at winning before the regular season gets underway next week.

Play ing t wo ex hibition games before t he season for the first time since 2005, the Mean Green hosts the Newman University Jets at 5 p.m. today in the Super Pit. “This game is important because it definitely w ill tell us where we are at as a team,” head coach Shanice Stephens said. “The f irst one was so crucial because it really showed our deficiencies, so we have taken the last few days to really work on those and improve our shortcomings.”

Also preparing for their second ex hibit ion ga me, The Jets fell 97-46 to the Wichita State Universit y Shocker s on Su nday i n Wichita, Kan. The meeting with UNT will be Newman’s second against a NC A A Div ision 1 school.

Thursday’s loss to t he Texas Woman’s University Pioneers was UNT’s f irst i n more t ha n 28 yea rs.

Stephens sa id she is thankful for the 79-75 loss because of the effect she expects it to have on the remainder of the season.

After being down by 20 points with 10 minutes to play to t he Pioneers, t he Mean Green stormed back and cut the deficit to two with less than a minute to play.

Stephens and the players said they think the team is more like, if not better than, the team that fought back within a basket of tying.

“The team in the second half is the one I see every day and I was wondering where it was before that,” Stephens said. “I don’t think we took our opponent very seriously and they made us pay for that.”

Guard Brittney James was the game’s leading scorer Thursday, but she credited the comeback attempt to the defense, which she said the Mean Green continues to focus on.

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Guard Denetra Kellum, a criminal justice junior, goes up for a shot against Texas Woman’s University on Thursday. The team hopes to make up its loss tonight against Newman University.

“It all starts with defense,” said James, a criminal justice senior. “If we have good one-

6-foot forward from Garland expects herself to continue to obtain similar numbers throughout the season.

“It means a lot to get the start because it shows t he coaches have a lot of faith in me,” said Godbolt, a kinesiolog y freshman. “Since the first game is over and I actually did that, I have a lot more confidence.”

Last week, Stephens set a goa l to out rebou nd t he Pioneers by at least five, and the team responded with 12 more than TWU. She said the team’s season goal is to lead the Sun Belt Conference in rebounding, while sticking with her plus five every game.

feel any real pressure,” said guard Josh White, an applied arts and sciences junior.

A fa m i l ia r face w i l l be seen across the court from UNT, as former Mean Green head coach Vic Trilli is now coaching a Jets team that will only be play ing its second Division I opponent.

“The big thing about this game is getting our younger guys some experience before the season starts,” head coach Johnny Jones said.

With a 21-10 record last year, the Mean Green hopes to have the edge over a Newman team that sported a 15-12 record last season.

Despite keeping its starting five intact, the UNT bench will have a different look after losing seniors Collin Dennis and Adam McCoy. “This is a totally different team from last year,” White said.

U N T shou ld have no problem controlling the post,

as Tramiel was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team after leading the Mean Green in scoring, field goal percentage and free throw attempts last season.

“Sure it’s nice to have the accolades after all of the hard work,” Tramiel said. “At the end of the day, my teammates deserve credit, too, for everything they’ve done for this team.”

If the team is able to meet ex pectat ions w it h a not her 20-win season, a handful of records will be broken.

W hile Jones is eight wins away from tying Hall of Fame coach Bill Bla keley for t he most wins in school history, UNT is eight victories away from reaching the 1,000 win plateau.

“W henever we w i n t hat eighth game, it will be a big night for all of us,” Jones said.

“Right now, we’re just focused on the opponent in front of us.”

nearly had a triple double, as she a massed 13 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks. The

“The team in the second half is the one I see every day and I was wondering where it was before that.”

—Shanice Stephens Head coach of women’s basketball team

on-one defense, ou r tea m defense will come together.”

The only freshman to start against TWU, Jasmine Godbolt

Men’s team hopes to shoot down Jets

By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer

After an offseason of roster t u r nover a nd h ig h ex pectat ions, t he men’s basketball team opens play in an exhibition game against the Newman University Jets at 7 tonight in the Super Pit. The exhibition game won’t cou nt towa rds t he tea ms’ records, but w ill a llow the Mean Green to see how the team meshes with eight new players on the roster.

“We played these guys a few times over the summer, so we know what to expect,” said forward Eric Tramiel, a sociology senior.

Wit h t he coaches of t he Sun Belt Conference unanimously selecting UNT to win the conference’s west div ision, t he team is expected to contend for the Sun Belt Title and a bid to the NCA A Tournament.

“We know the expectations are high, but I don’t think we